EurAsia v AAP Alliance: A Shift in Power

[Purple 77]

Salty Seconds

Which of the worthy was omitted in the representation round?

There was a very impressive 20 centurions selected in the match-up, with KB picking 11/15 and iZ picking 9/15. Both were spoiled for choice, with a total of 78 players going on to post centuries, 43 for AAP and 35 for EurAsia.

So who were these players?

Player	WXV Club	POS1	POS2	REP SCORE	Picked?
Toby Greene	Buenos Aires Armadillos	FWD		156
Jack Macrae	Toronto Wolves	MID		155	Y
Mason Redman	Christchurch Saints	DEF		144
Hayden Young	Mexico City Suns	DEF		142
Clayton Oliver	Seoul Magpies	MID		141	Y
Jordan Dawson	New Delhi Tigers	DEF		140	Y
Callum Mills	Cape Town Cobras	MID		138	Y
Luke Davies-Uniacke	Mexico City Suns	MID		138
Andrew Brayshaw	Dublin Destroyers	MID		135	Y
Luke Parker	Rome Gladiators	MID		135
James Jordon	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	MID		135
Jaeger O'Meara	Cape Town Cobras	MID		132
Sam Docherty	Rome Gladiators	DEF		128	Y
Caleb Serong	Buenos Aires Armadillos	MID		127
Angus Brayshaw	New Delhi Tigers	MID		126
Jack Viney	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	MID		126
Jade Gresham	Christchurch Saints	MID	FWD	125	Y
Jack Redden	London Royals	MID		124
Isaac Heeney	Toronto Wolves	FWD		124	Y
Todd Marshall	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	FWD		124
Matt Rowell	Seoul Magpies	MID		123
Lachie Neale	Beijing Pandas	MID		123	Y
Adam Saad	London Royals	DEF		122
Ollie Wines	Buenos Aires Armadillos	MID		122
Jeremy Finlayson	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	FWD		122
Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific Islanders	MID		120
Nick Vlastuin	Cairo Sands	DEF		120
Hugh McCluggage	Cairo Sands	MID		120
Daniel Rich	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	DEF		119
Jack Crisp	Seoul Magpies	DEF	MID	119	Y
Luke Ryan	PNL Reindeers	DEF		119
Zach Tuohy	Seoul Magpies	DEF	MID	118
Riley Bonner	Buenos Aires Armadillos	DEF	MID	118
James Sicily	Mexico City Suns	DEF		116	Y
Jarrod Berry	Buenos Aires Armadillos	MID		116
Cameron Guthrie	New York Revolution	MID		115	Y
Nick Hind	London Royals	DEF		115
Peter Wright	Pacific Islanders	RUC	FWD	115
Rory Laird	Pacific Islanders	MID		114	Y
Thomas Barrass	New Delhi Tigers	DEF		114
Jye Caldwell	Cairo Sands	MID		114
Josh Dunkley	Tokyo Samurai	MID	FWD	114	Y
Stephen Coniglio	Beijing Pandas	MID	FWD	113	Y
Nick Daicos	Rome Gladiators	MID		112
Timothy English	London Royals	RUC	FWD	110	Y
Shannon Hurn	Buenos Aires Armadillos	DEF		109
Archie Perkins	Mexico City Suns	FWD		109
Sam Walsh	Mexico City Suns	MID		109	Y
Mason Cox	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	FWD		109
Nathan Broad	Toronto Wolves	DEF		109
Sam B Reid	Christchurch Saints	FWD		107
Jarryd Lyons	Pacific Islanders	MID		107
Toby Nankervis	Cape Town Cobras	RUC		107
Jack Sinclair	New Delhi Tigers	DEF		105	Y
Caleb Daniel	New York Revolution	DEF		105
Sam Berry	Rome Gladiators	FWD		105
Brody Mihocek	Beijing Pandas	FWD		105
Todd Goldstein	PNL Reindeers	RUC		104
Christian Salem	Dublin Destroyers	DEF		104
Aaron Naughton	Mexico City Suns	FWD		104
Ben Ainsworth	Mexico City Suns	FWD		104
Dylan Shiel	Beijing Pandas	MID		103
Darcy Cameron	PNL Reindeers	FWD		103
George Hewett	Christchurch Saints	DEF	MID	103	Y
Karl Amon	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	MID		103
Tom Atkins	Toronto Wolves	DEF		103
Connor Rozee	Rome Gladiators	FWD		103
Tom Liberatore	Tokyo Samurai	MID		102
Tom Green	Buenos Aires Armadillos	MID		102
Charlie Dixon	Seoul Magpies	FWD		102
Lachie Whitfield	Tokyo Samurai	DEF	MID	101
Izak Rankine	Dublin Destroyers	FWD		101
Ryan Burton	Toronto Wolves	DEF		101
Mark Blicavs	New York Revolution	DEF		101
Touk Miller	London Royals	MID		100	Y
Liam Baker	London Royals	DEF		100
Sebastian Ross	Tokyo Samurai	MID		100
Cody Weightman	Tokyo Samurai	FWD		100

Heartbreakingly, iZ's own Toby Greene would emerge as the saltiest second of rep round, scoring a would-be BOG performance. Granted, his 3 consecutive scores of 80+ didn't give many hints it was coming, but it certainly would have won his coach the game.

The next two saltiest players were also on AAPs side, via Christchuch's Mason Redman and Mexico City's Hayden Young, but they too would have been left field selections based on their 2022 form.

Out of the top 10 players, 6 were from AAP and 4 were from EurAsia, but KB was able to pick 3 of the 4, ahead of the 2 iZ was able to grab.

Further to the pain of missing out on selecting his own would-be BOG player, iZander actually had 7 players from Buenos Aires score tons... and he didn't pick any of them! He clearly needed to be more selfish. Rio also had a whopping 7 players score a ton, only to be snubbed in each instance.

Team	Centurions	Selected
Beijing Pandas	4	2
Berlin Brewers	:(	0
Buenos Aires Armadillos	7	0
Cairo Sands	3	0
Cape Town Cobras	3	1
Christchurch Saints	4	2
Dublin Destroyers	3	1
London Royals	6	2
Mexico City Suns	7	2
New Delhi Tigers	4	2
New York Revolution	3	1
Pacific Islanders	4	1
PNL Reindeers	3	0
Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	7	0
Rome Gladiators	5	1
Seoul Magpies	5	2
Tokyo Samurai	5	1
Toronto Wolves	5	2

This game was incredibly high scoring and yet only 15SC separated the two teams. Each selection was crucial in the result, and a big congratulations to KB for freaking nailing it!