EurAsia v AAP Alliance: Clash 2 - Endgame

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AAP Alliance

James Sicily (Mexico City), Nick Vlastuin (Cairo), Bailey Dale (New York), Harrison Himmelberg (Pacific)
Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific - C), Jackson Macrae (Toronto), Tom Mitchell (Pacific), Charlie Constable (Pacific)
Toby Nankervis (Cape Town)
Shai Bolton (Mexico City - VC), Harry Sheezel (Cape Town), Nicholas Martin (New York), Isaac Heeney (Toronto)
Rowan Marshall (Toronto), Jake Stein (Toronto)

Kieren Briggs (Cairo), Chad Warner (Cape Town), Christian Salem (New York), Aaron Naughton (Mexico City)

[JBs-Hawks]

Eurasia

D: Jack Sinclair, Sam Docherty, Caleb Daniel, Bailey Macdonald

M: Clayton Oliver, Tom Liberatore (VC), Matt Rowell, Luke Parker

R: Oscar Mcinerney 

F: Errol Gulden, Darcy Cameron, Dylan Moore, Josh Dunkley (C)

U: Adam Treloar, Scott Pendlebury

E: Josh Kelly, Charlie Curnow, Luke Ryan, Max Gawn

[Purple 77]

Rowell and Dylan Moore need 195 to win the series for EurAsia!

HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS

[Purple 77]

EurAsia's BIGGEST Game Ever... Was it Enough?

EurAsia needed to come out big - so they produced its HIGHEST EVER SCORE! What a coaching masterclass by 2021 victor JB - selecting a whopping 7 players whom scored 120+, and a further 4 centurions. Rome foursome Gulden, Kelly, Parker and Treloar combined for an eye-watering 604 points to put the result beyond any doubt quite early in the contest. It was clearly enough for the game... but what of the series?

AAPs only active victorious coach FTC (save iZander last week) produced AAPs 5th highest ever score to follow its highest ever score last week. This was largely off the back of Captain Bontempelli whom in most other years would have produced a match winning performance.

But did he successfully defend the series?

AAP Alliance (28.7.175) lost to EurAsia (31.6.192)

Best
AAP: Marcus Bontempelli, Harry Sheezel, Nicholas Martin, Isaac Heeney, Kieren Briggs, Chad Warner   
EurAsia: Jack Sinclair, Sam Docherty, Caleb Daniel, Tom Liberatore, Luke Parker, Errol Gulden, Darcy Cameron, Josh Dunkley, Adam Treloar, Josh Kelly, Luke Ryan 

Late Changes
AAP: James Sicily, Charlie Constable, Jake Stein replaced by Kieren Briggs, Chad Warner, Christian Salem
EurAsia: Bailey MacDonald, Clayton Oliver replaced by Josh Kelly, Luke Ryan

	AAP Alliance					EurAsia
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	James Sicily (Mexico City)	0	DNP	0	D1	Jack Sinclair (New Delhi)	133		133
D2	Nick Vlastuin (Cairo)	92		92	D2	Sam Docherty (Rome)	111		111
D3	Bailey Dale (New York)	95		95	D3	Caleb Daniel (Dublin)	103		103
D4	Harrison Himmelberg (Pacific)	72		72	D4	Bailey MacDonald (Tokyo)	0	DNP	0
M1	Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific)	169		169	M1	Clayton Oliver (Seoul)	0	DNP	0
M2	Jack Macrae (Toronto)	81		81	M2	Tom Liberatore (Tokyo)	115		115
M3	Tom Mitchell (Pacific)	85		85	M3	Matt Rowell (Berlin)	87		87
M4	Charlie Constable (Pacific)	0	DNP	0	M4	Luke Parker (Rome)	134		134
R1	Toby Nankervis (Cape Town)	96		96	R1	Oscar McInerney (New Delhi)	94		94
F1	Shai Bolton (Mexico City)	56		56	F1	Errol Gulden (Rome)	164		164
F2	Harry Sheezel (Cape Town)	103		103	F2	Darcy Cameron (PNL)	107		107
F3	Nicholas Martin (New York)	124		124	F3	Dylan Moore (Rome)	91		91
F4	Isaac Heeney (Toronto)	150		150	F4	Josh Dunkley (Tokyo)	122		122
U1 (RUC)	Rowan Marshall (Toronto)	99		99	U1 (MID)	Adam Treloar (Rome)	142		142
U2 (DEF)	Jake Stein (Toronto)	0	DNP	0	U2 (MID)	Scott Pendlebury (PNL)	83		83
E1 (RUC)	Kieren Briggs (Cairo)	129		129	E1 (MID)	Josh Kelly (Rome)	164		164
E2 (MID)	Chad Warner (Cape Town)	135		135	E2 (FWD)	Charlie Curnow (Seoul)	81	DNP	0
E3 (DEF)	Christian Salem (New York)	96		96	E3 (DEF)	Luke Ryan (PNL)	143		143
E4 (FWD)	Aaron Naughton (Mexico City)	76	DNP	0	E4 (RUC)	Max Gawn (Berlin)	92	DNP	0
C	Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific)	169		169	C	Josh Dunkley (Tokyo)	122		122
VC	Shai Bolton (Mexico City)	56		0	VC	Tom Liberatore (Tokyo)	115		0
		Total:	1751	15			Total:	1915	15

[Purple 77]

2023 SERIES RESULT: AAP by a whisper

My, GOD!

This spectacle gets bigger and better every single year!

Game 1: AAP Alliance (30.6.186) def EurAsia (27.7.169)
Game 2: AAP Alliance (28.7.175) lost to EurAsia (31.6.192)

The series was tied at 1-1, so the overall points scored was the decider...

AAP scored 3610 to EurAsia's 3600.

10 SC in it! 60 players and only 10SC in it! My god, this could have been anyones match and it came down to every decision made in the match.

Congratulations to iZander and FTC for bringing the title back to the Alliance for the first time since that fateful day in 2019 when ROB went bonkers.

JOSH KELLY AND ERROL GULDEN wins the EURASIA Medal
TAYLOR WALKER wins the AAP ALLIANCE Medal
TAYLOR WALKER wins the WORLDS Medal

The series at a glance:
- AAP started Game 1 with a BANG when Tex Walker (208) did the unbelievable, the same time Laird (156) was VC loopholed and, you know it, ROB (135) made his presence felt
- EurAsia meanwhile started poorly with Houston (47) turning up for the wrong week and Cripps (58) making the normal look difficult
- Game 1 was decided well and truly at this point. But EurAsia renewed its focus - keep it within 200 and minimise the damage.
- Coaches Jukes/Torp turned it on at this point, with master coaching moves to bring Neale as a Captain (whom wasn't a clear choice mind you) and banking on some strong centuries along the way. At this point, AAP was too busy looking back, as they slowed RIGHT down towards the end and somehow DIDN'T finish 190+.
- The margin? A mere 174 points. We could do this.
- Game 2 started and it was clear AAP was nervous - barely managing a ton in the first half of the game. Of course, with one notable exception as Captain Bont (169) did Bont things. A Paddy Cummins-esque Captain Knock, as it would turn out
- Meanwhile, EurAsia was CHARGING. The JB-led side could do no wrong with centurion after centurion fronting up for the cause. But it was Jukes' troops that was doing the damage- the 5 Romans contributed for 712 points to give the EurAsian's the platform for its BIGGEST EVER SCORE!
- Going into the final game... Rowell + Dylan Moore needed a very gettable 195 for victory. And with 11 out of 13 centurions done, and 45 points scored in the first 5 minutes of the game... we all thought it would be a procession!
- Alas, Rowell choked. He choked big time, landing on just 87 where a 98 would have won the match.
- AAP win from a truly fantastic score and coaching prowess. A very EurAsian performance.
- Congratulations to all involved in what was the best incarnation of Rep Round we've had yet I reckon!

[PowerBug]

Go the Alliance!! Well done coaches :)