2021 Grand Final Thread

[Jukes]

Fixtures
Grand Final: Wisconsin Cockerels vs Las Vegas Sinners
May feature surprise third team if events transpire.

Lockout when the Friday night game starts so pls post teams before that.

Team Submission
D: A. Player, B. Player, C. Player, D. Player
M: E. Player (c) or (cc), F. Player (vc) or (cc), G. Player, H. Player, I. Player, J. Player
R: K. Player
F: L. Player (evc), M. Player, N. Player, O. Player
U: P. Player, Q. Player, R. Player
Emg: S. Player, T. Player, U. Player, V. Player (sub)

Finals Schedule
Finals Week One (AFL Round 20)
1st Elimination Final: 4th vs 5th
2nd Elimination Final: 3rd vs 6th
Qualifying Final: 1st vs 2nd

Finals Week Two (AFL Round 21)
1st Semi Final: QF Loser vs Lowest Ranked EF Winner
2nd Semi Final: QF Winner vs Highest Ranked EF Winner

Finals Week Three (AFL Round 22)
Preliminary Final: SF2 Loser vs SF1 Winner

Finals Week Four (AFL Round 23)
Grand Final: SF2 Winner vs PF Winner

[Pkbaldy]

May feature surprise third team if events transpire.

Brooklyn?

[Urbaninfinnity]

Wisconsin Cockerels

D: Lachie Whitfield, Caleb Daniel, Steven May, Alex Witherden
M: Touk Miller (C), Jackson Macrae (VC), Darcy Parish, Luke Dunstan, Luke Shuey, Shane Edwards
R: Sean Darcy (EVC)
F: Dayne Zorko, Jack Ziebell, Jordan De Goey, Dylan Moore
U: Max Gawn (R), Matthew Kennedy (M/F), Dane Rampe (D)

E: Bayley Fritsch (F), Harry Morrison (M/D), Charlie Curnow (F), Charlie Cameron (F - SUB)

IN: Alex Witherden, Luke Shuey, Charlie Cameron
OUT: Trent McKenzie, Zach Tuohy Charlie Curnow

[ChuckStig]

Las Vegas Sinners

D: Jake Lloyd, James Harmes, Jordan Dawson, Nic Newman
M: Christian Petracca(C), Tom Mitchell (VC), Jarryd Lyons, Andrew McGrath, Jaeger O'Meara, George Hewett
R: Nic Naitanui (EVC)
F: Lance Franklin, Jaidyn Stephenson, Will Hoskin-Elliot, Harry Himmelberg
UTIL: Jack Scrimshaw (D), Zak Butters (F), Tim English (R)

EMERG: Wil Powell (D), James Rowbottom (M), Brad Close (F), Harry Cunningham (D - SUB)

In: Jake Lloyd, Lance Franklin
Out: Riley Bonner, Nick Blakey
New:

[Urbaninfinnity]

Wisconsin Cockerels

D: Lachie Whitfield, Caleb Daniel, Steven May, Alex Witherden
M: Touk Miller (C), Jackson Macrae (VC), Darcy Parish, Luke Shuey, Matthew Kennedy, Harry Morrison
R: Sean Darcy (EVC)
F: Dayne Zorko, Jordan De Goey, Bayley Fritsch, Daniel Lloyd
U: Max Gawn (R), Dane Rampe (D), Trent McKenzie (D)

E: Ben Long (D), Charlie Curnow (F), Darcy Fogarty (F), Charlie Cameron (F - SUB)

IN: Alex Witherden, Luke Shuey, Charlie Cameron, Bayley Fritsch, Daniel Lloyd, Harry Morrison
OUT: Zach Tuohy, Charlie Curnow, Shane Edwards, Jack Ziebell, Dylan Moore, Luke Dunstan

[Jukes]

Update
Wisconsin: 1617 add Parish, Darcy, De Goey, and sub (currently 40->98)
Las Vegas: 1781 add McGrath, Stephenson, Hoskin-Elliot, and sub (currently 47->59)
Quito: 1518 add Serong, Snelling, Seedsman, Ross, and sub (currently 58->95)

Very tight! On averages Vegas get up by 33 SC, so one faulty/injured scorer could be a massive difference. But we can't rely on averages, as if Petracca scored a bit closer to his this would be much more in the Sinners' court.

[Jukes]

Wisconsin Cockerels 20.7.127 lost to Las Vegas Sinners 20.13.133
(Real: 1912 vs 1989)
Quito Quetzals honorary runners-up (but will officially pick 10th, i.e. finish third) with 20.10.130 (1946 SC)*
*Note that I did rig this score by picking their highest scoring players for the most part

Las Vegas may be taking the cup home, but I think I speak for every ASC coach when i say this was a win for the people, taking down the Wisconsin empire in one swoop (haha sike they'll still have Macrae and Parish and Darcy and Miller and Gawn and Whitfield and Zorko and Daniel next season) with a semi-comfortable victory, thanks in part to the twin Darcy's tanking today. I'm sure I don't have to go into the game itself too much, as the Sinners' trio of 150s, plus four more in the 120s, did the damage that took them to the edge of 2k in spite of a 35, 47, 49, and 59 - needed more Swans players I'm guessing. Wisconsin stacked on points of their own through three 148+ scores, if you count Miller twice as captain (which you do), but were let down by the aforementioned Darcys, plus Fritsch and Lloyd combining for sub-100, and of course Harry Morrison doing the Lord's work for NBH.

Quito were rock solid across the board, as if somebody was picking only their best scorers from R23, headlined by Ward's 150 and a handful of 110s as they deservedly finished as runners-up to the Sinners (but will still pick 10th luckily enough!).

Best
Wisconsin: Gawn, Miller, Shuey, Macrae, Daniel, Zorko, Witherden, De Goey
Las Vegas: Naitanui, Dawson, Lloyd, Newman, Mitchell, Franklin, O’Meara, Hewett

Pictured: Sinners legends Jukercoach and CoachStig receive the premiership in the unbiased Sinners red and white

[Urbaninfinnity]

Wisconsin Cockerels

D: Lachie Whitfield 68, Caleb Daniel 110, Steven May 81, Alex Witherden 103
M: Touk Miller (C) 148 x 2, Jackson Macrae (VC) 113 x 1.5, Darcy Parish 74, Luke Shuey 123, Matthew Kennedy 76, Harry Morrison 63
R: Sean Darcy (EVC) 61
F: Dayne Zorko 109, Jordan De Goey 102, Bayley Fritsch 59, Daniel Lloyd 40
U: Max Gawn (R) 159, Dane Rampe (D) 69, Trent McKenzie (D) 91

E: Ben Long (D), Charlie Curnow (F), Darcy Fogarty (F), Charlie Cameron (F - SUB) 98

Daniel Lloyd subbed off for Charlie Cameron

Score: 1911.5

Las Vegas Sinners

D: Jake Lloyd 154, James Harmes 91, Jordan Dawson 158, Nic Newman 128
M: Christian Petracca(C) 85 x 2, Tom Mitchell (VC) 127 x 1.5, Jarryd Lyons 113, Andrew McGrath 84, Jaeger O'Meara 120, George Hewett 106
R: Nic Naitanui (EVC) 165
F: Lance Franklin 127, Jaidyn Stephenson 65, Will Hoskin-Elliot 35, Harry Himmelberg 81
UTIL: Jack Scrimshaw (D) 81, Zak Butters (F) 47, Tim English (R) 49

EMERG: Wil Powell (D), James Rowbottom (M), Brad Close (F), Harry Cunningham (D - SUB) 59

Will Hoskin-Elliot subbed off for Harry Cunningham

Score: 1988.5