AAP Alliance v EurAsia: AAPs Atonement

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AAP

DEF: Callum Mills (Cape Town), Rory Laird (Pacific), Tom Stewart (Cairo), Daniel Rich (Rio)
MID: Darcy Parish [C] (Buenos Aires), Marcus Bontempelli [VC] (Pacific), Jack Macrae (Toronto), Jarryd Lyons (Pacific)
RUCK: Nic Naitanui (Mexico)
FWD: Shai Bolton (Mexico), Bailey Dale (Cairo), Aaron Hall (Mexico), Kyle Langford (New York)
UTIL: Sam Walsh (Mexico), Jye Caldwell (Cairo)

EMG: James Sicily (Mexico), Sean Darcy (Christchurch), Cam Guthrie (New York), Taylor Walker (Pacific)



Caldwell in for Rayner, Guthrie in for Bowes

Caldwell C over Parish

Gonna need a huge one from Parish here...so he can have the C back  :-X

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Shall do official write up tomorrow :)

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United EurAsia expose AAP Weakness

This was a very even match up going in! As forecasted, AAP had advantages in the defence and midfield and they won these battles. However - also as forecasted - both teams had players (in particular AAP) in the forward line that had potential to chuck in a stinker. And that was the difference - EurAsia had a more dependable forward line and that's exactly what showed.

The other point of difference was JBs gutsy call to name Lachie Neale!

Easing his way back into AFL footy, the 2020 Jim Stynes Medallist has had a disappointing year, only tonning once. His average of 94 ranked 43rd out of all the pure midfielders of the competition! However, JB backed in his history, and boy did it pay off. Lachie Neale not only tonned, but his 156 was a BOG performance and played a VITAL role in EurAsia's victory. An absolutely marvellous call.

AAP got more right than they did wrong - it's just Bailey Dale (50) had a shocker, Walsh (71) got de Boer'd and Langford (72) also had a down match. You could say the rest of the team outperformed EurAsia, but in this game more than any others, you need 15 contributors to win and that's what EurAsia had (with a slight exception to Jack Crisp (79)).

Congrats to JB for notching up his first win as coach of EurAsia! Commerisations to GL whom again showed a steady hand at the wheel in his second attempt.

AAP Alliance (28.6.174) lost to EurAsia (29.6.180)

Best
AAP: Callum Mills, Rory Laird, Tom Stewart, Darcy Parish, Marcus Bontempelli, Jarryd Lyons, Nic Naitanui, Aaron Hall, Sean Darcy   
EurAsia: Jake Lloyd, Luke Ryan, Clayton Oliver, Jack Steele, Touk Miller, Max Gawn, Jack Ziebell, Dustin Martin, Toby Greene, Josh Kelly, Lachie Neale 

Late Changes
AAP: Jye Caldwell replaced by Sean Darcy
EurAsia: Nil

MARCUS BONTEMPELLI wins the AAP ALLIANCE Medal0
LACHIE NEALE wins the EURASIA Medal
LACHIE NEALE wins the WORLDS Medal



There is plenty of other stories in this match too - Bontempelli delivering for AAP, Sean Darcy / Nic Naitanui showing up EurAsia Captain Max Gawn, Jack Ziebell continuing his career best form... check out the scorecard!

Also, chart! You can see it was the forwards that was the difference (and Lachie Neale on the bench)

	AAP Alliance					EurAsia
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Callum Mills (Cape Town)	105		105	D1	Jake Lloyd (New Delhi)	104		104
D2	Rory Laird (Pacific)	132		132	D2	Luke Ryan (PNL)	128		128
D3	Tom Stewart (Cairo)	120		120	D3	Jack Crisp (Seoul)	79		79
D4	Daniel Rich (Rio de Janeiro)	90		90	D4	Sam Docherty (Moscow)	92		92
M1	Darcy Parish (Buenos Aires)	115		115	M1	Clayton Oliver (Seoul)	108		108
M2	Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific)	143		143	M2	Jack Steele (Seoul)	126		126
M3	Jack Macrae (Toronto)	97		97	M3	Touk Miller (London)	107		107
M4	Jarryd Lyons (Pacific)	141		141	M4	Zach Merrett (PNL)	93		93
R1	Nic Naitanui (Mexico City)	125		125	R1	Max Gawn (Berlin)	123		123
F1	Shai Bolton (Mexico City)	96		96	F1	Jack Ziebell (Moscow)	134		134
F2	Bailey Dale (Cairo)	50		50	F2	Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul)	95		95
F3	Aaron Hall (Mexico City)	100		100	F3	Dustin Martin (Dublin)	110		110
F4	Kyle Langford (New York)	72		72	F4	Toby Greene (Dublin)	125		125
U1 (MID)	Sam Walsh (Mexico City)	71		71	U1 (MID)	Josh Kelly (Moscow)	101		101
U2 (MID FWD)	Jye Caldwell (Cairo)	0	DNP	0	U2 (MID)	Lachie Neale (Beijing)	156		156
E1 (DEF)	James Sicily (Mexico City)	0	DNP	0	E1 (RUC)	Tom Hickey (PNL)	96	DNP	0
E2 (RUC)	Sean Darcy (Christchurch)	140		140	E2 (MID)	Brad Crouch (Dublin)	124	DNP	0
E3 (DEF)	Jack Bowes (Cape Town)	61	DNP	0	E3 (MID FWD)	Steele Sidebottom (PNL)	74	DNP	0
E4 (FWD)	Taylor Walker (Pacific)	34	DNP	0	E4 (DEF)	Christian Salem (Dublin)	99	DNP	0
C	Jye Caldwell (Cairo)	0	DNP	0	C	Max Gawn (Berlin)	123		123
VC	Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific)	143		143	VC	Jack Steele (Seoul)	126		0
		Total:	1740	15			Total:	1804	15

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Rep round centurions

Jake Stringer is the saltiest second for AAP, and Scott Pendlebury was for EurAsia.

Player	WXV Club	REP	P
Jake Stringer	Mexico City Suns	180	0
Scott Pendlebury	Moscow Spetsnaz	167	0
Dougal Howard	PNL Reindeers	160	0
Lachie Neale	Beijing Pandas	156	S
Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific Islanders	143	S
Brayden Maynard	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	142	0
Jarryd Lyons	Pacific Islanders	141	S
Sean Darcy	Christchurch Saints	140	S
Jy Simpkin	New York Revolution	136	0
Nick Hind	London Royals	136	0
Jack Ziebell	Moscow Spetsnaz	134	S
Zac Bailey	Pacific Islanders	133	0
Rory Laird	Pacific Islanders	132	S
Dane Rampe	Dublin Destroyers	131	0
Sam Menegola	Cape Town Cobras	130	0
Luke Ryan	PNL Reindeers	128	S
Jack Steele	Seoul Magpies	126	S
Tom Liberatore	Tokyo Samurai	126	0
Jack Sinclair	New Delhi Tigers	126	0
Lachie Whitfield	Tokyo Samurai	126	0
Sam Draper	Moscow Spetsnaz	126	0
Nic Naitanui	Mexico City Suns	125	S
Toby Greene	Dublin Destroyers	125	S
Jaeger O'Meara	Cape Town Cobras	124	0
Brad Crouch	Dublin Destroyers	124	0
Max Gawn	Berlin Brewers	123	S
Aliir Aliir	Pacific Islanders	122	0
Willem Drew	London Royals	122	0
Shannon Hurn	Dublin Destroyers	122	0
Joel Selwood	Berlin Brewers	121	0
Jeremy Finlayson	Cairo Sands	121	0
Lincoln McCarthy	Cairo Sands	121	0
Tom Stewart	Cairo Sands	120	S
Luke Breust	Beijing Pandas	119	0
Charlie Dixon	Seoul Magpies	118	0
Ollie Wines	Buenos Aires Armadillos	117	0
Steven Motlop	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	117	0
Ben McEvoy	Seoul Magpies	116	0
Mark Blicavs	New York Revolution	116	0
Nick Vlastuin	Cairo Sands	116	0
Darcy Parish	Buenos Aires Armadillos	115	S
Jordan De Goey	Buenos Aires Armadillos	115	0
Miles Bergman	Moscow Spetsnaz	115	0
Matthew Kennedy	PNL Reindeers	115	0
Tom Mitchell	Pacific Islanders	114	0
Matt de Boer	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	114	0
Darcy Cameron	PNL Reindeers	113	0
Jack Redden	London Royals	113	0
Isaac Cumming	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	113	0
Luke Jackson	Seoul Magpies	113	0
Tim Taranto	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	111	0
Jayden Short	Buenos Aires Armadillos	111	0
Jordan Ridley	Tokyo Samurai	111	0
James Aish	Mexico City Suns	111	0
Steven May	Berlin Brewers	111	0
Tom Highmore	Buenos Aires Armadillos	111	0
Bailey Williams (WB)	Pacific Islanders	110	0
Ben Cunnington	Cape Town Cobras	110	0
Dustin Martin	Dublin Destroyers	110	S
Riley Thilthorpe	Tokyo Samurai	110	0
Rory Lobb	Christchurch Saints	110	0
Jarman Impey	Tokyo Samurai	109	0
Josh J Kennedy	New Delhi Tigers	109	0
Clayton Oliver	Seoul Magpies	108	S
Jacob Hopper	Tokyo Samurai	108	0
Touk Miller	London Royals	107	S
Josh P Kennedy	Dublin Destroyers	107	0
Karl Amon	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	107	0
Marc Pittonet	PNL Reindeers	107	0
Callum Mills	Cape Town Cobras	105	S
Luke Dunstan	New York Revolution	105	0
Isaac Smith	Tokyo Samurai	104	0
Jake Lloyd	New Delhi Tigers	104	S
Rory Sloane	Dublin Destroyers	103	0
Ben Keays	PNL Reindeers	103	0
Blake Hardwick	New York Revolution	102	0
Josh Kelly	Moscow Spetsnaz	101	S
Dyson Heppell	Dublin Destroyers	101	0
Grant Birchall	Dublin Destroyers	101	0
Jack Lukosius	London Royals	101	0
Aaron Hall	Mexico City Suns	100	S
Caleb Daniel	Beijing Pandas	100	0
Paul Seedsman	PNL Reindeers	100	0
Harry Jones	Moscow Spetsnaz	100	0