WXV Round 1: The Debut of Christchurch and Rio de Janeiro

[Hellopplz]

OMG!

I think Dublin may have beaten Pacific by less than 30 points! Won on HGA!

Barlow regret?!

They'd be kicking themselves if that happened!!

AND BEIJING! Shenton shining bright in his new team :').

Be afraid, be very afraid >:D.

I'll be afraid when you outscore me  :P I'm looking at 1500+ this week, without first choice players Crouch, Grimes, Dixon, Thomas, X.Ellis >:D

Yeah, wasn't anything special but was extremely tight so was a good match to follow. Great effort by Rio in their first game! And again, PNL have some depth for their reserves 8).

[Holz]

I did say dont rest, every team can have an off week.

my captain hopefully will never score under 70 again though.

[Jay]

OMG!

I think Dublin may have beaten Pacific by less than 30 points! Won on HGA!

Barlow regret?!

The tears are real :'(

But if Barlow played would you still have made Redden(95) Capt.?

Our score would have been lower with Barlow, because we would not have had Redden captain.

But losing on HGA hurts... :-\

[roo boys!]

Like I said before, well played and well deserved Beijing.

Considering disciplining myself, not the players so much for this one. Naming Hickey without checking the Sunday teams cost me, as did thoughtlessing forgetting to rank my emergencies (Morris at E1 over Crisp cost 59 points)

[Jroo]

Mexico City Suns - 1,573         
D: K.Simpson 103, S.Hurn 86, M.Broadbent 76, D. Byrne-Jones K.McIntosh 120  :-*
M: S.Sidebottom (C) 136x2 = 272, T.Rockliff 71, J.Lewis 154, B.Ebert 142
R: I.Maric (VC) 82         
F: B.Deledio 66, B,Goddard 66, B.Harvey 54, J.Bartel    90
U: M.Stokes 102, N.Riewoldt 89      

Seoul - 1,196
Def: Jack Newnes 69 - Tom Langdon 90 - Trent McKenzie 44 - Cameron Sutcliffe 61
Mid: David Swallow 79 - Toby Greene  54 - Brandon Ellis (VC) 123x2= 246 - Lachie Whitfield   100
Ruck: Ben McEvoy 76         
Fwd: Josh Kelly 76 - Tom Boyd 55 - Christian Salem 55 - Eli Templeton 19x2 = 38 (HGA)
Int: Jonathon Ceglar 94 - Jed Anderson Jordan Roughead 59            
            
Looks like Kamdyn has secured the RD1 rising star nomination too  8)
         

[Purple 77]

These game reports my be a little late... it takes a long time! Especially with round 1, writing down all these club debuts  ::) you little happy traders you  ;)

[Nige]

These game reports my be a little late... it takes a long time! Especially with round 1, writing down all these club debuts  ::) you little happy traders you  ;)

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[Purple 77]

Berlin Win Midfield Tussle; Game

Oh and I'm happy too! Almost coach of the round  8) Cape Town would be disappointed that a lot of their good players failed to perform, whereas the Brewers' journey men stepped up.

Berlin Brewers (24.11.155) def Cape Town Cobras (21.7.133)

Best
Berlin: Nat Fyfe, Jack Steven, Adam Treloar, Jarryn Geary, Jack Watts
Cape Town: Josh P Kennedy, Shane Savage

Late Changes
Berlin: Dale Thomas replaced by Marco Paparone
Cape Town: Cameron O'Shea replaced by Andrejs Everitt

WXV Debut
Berlin: Nil
Cape Town: Nil

Club debut
Berlin: Adam Treloar, Daniel Cross, Drew Petrie, Dustin Fletcher, Marco Paparone, Will Langford
Cape Town: Mitch Honeychurch, Scott Selwood, Shane Savage

Reserves

Rhineland Rum-Runners (8.10.58) lost to Durban Pirates (10.10.70)

Best
Rhineland: Kyle Cheney, Ben Sinclair
Durban: Cameron McCarthy, Mark Blicavs, Jaden McGrath, Stewart Crameri

[Purple 77]

Cairo Outgun and Shock Spetsnaz

No one saw this coming! Cairo proved that the pre-season was just mere practice, and put themselves firmly back in the finals contenders group. Moscow were unfortunate with many below average performances from their players, but Cairo deserved the win.

Cairo Sands (23.10.148) def Moscow Spetsnaz (20.9.129)

Best
Cairo: Brodie Smith, Jeremy McGovern, Dayne Beams, Dion Prestia, Paul Puopolo
Moscow: Sam Docherty, Dyson Heppell, Robbie Gray, Steven May

Late Changes
Cairo: Ben Brown replaced by Jake Batchelor
Moscow: Corey Gault, Jaeger O'Meara replaced by Hayden Ballantyne, Steven May

WXV Debut
Cairo: Jack Lonie
Moscow: Jesse Hogan

Club debut
Cairo: Ben Stratton, Jake Batchelor, Nick Smith, Rhys Palmer, Travis Colyer
Moscow: David Armitage, Clancee Pearce, Hayden Ballantyne, Luke McDonald, Robbie Gray, Ryan Bastinac

Reserves

Alexandria Heiroglyphics (4.7.31) lost to Siberian Wolverines (14.8.92)

Best
Alexandria: Jeremy Laidler
Siberian: Nick Vlastuin, Josh Jenkins, Jack Hombsch

[Purple 77]

Christchurch with a heavenly debut

The veteran coach meow meow does it again! Although Tokyo had more centurions, the Saints simply had 15 contributors in their team, whereas Tokyo had passengers. Tokyo would be ruing a missed opportunity here, but weren't embarrassed by an impressive Saints performance.

Christchurch Saints (23.7.145) def Tokyo Samurai (21.11.137)

Best
Christchurch: Matthew Boyd, Jeff Garlett, Dayne Zorko
Tokyo: Shaun Burgoyne, Chris Judd, Anthony Miles, Kieran Jack, Luke Dahlhaus, Jamie Cripps

Late Changes
Christchurch: Nil
Tokyo: Nil

WXV Debut
Christchurch: Nil
Tokyo: Nil

Club debut
Christchurch: Aaron Sandilands, Bryce Gibbs, Dayne Zorko, Dylan Roberton, Hamish Hartlett, Jake Stringer, Jamie Elliott, Jeff Garlett, Joel Patfull, Liam Picken, Luke Shuey, Matthew Boyd, Sam Mitchell, Sean Dempster, Will Minson
Tokyo: Chris Yarran, Jamie Cripps, Scott Lycett, Shaun Burgoyne, Zac Smith

Reserves

Wellington Weta (10.10.70) lost to Yuzawa Yakuza (30.11.161)

Best
Wellington: Joshua Green, Aaron Vandenberg, Tory Dickson
Yuzawa: Andrew Carrazzo, Harry Cunnigham, Jason Johannisen, Sam Lloyd, Patrick Ambrose

[Purple 77]

Home Crowd cheers off impressive Islanders

Wow. What a match! No one gave Pacific a chance, especially after the Islanders rested boom recruit Barlow. But Pacific didn't care. They came to win and they came hard. Dublin only prevailed on HGA! Captain Joel Selwood very rusty on return.

Dublin Destroyers (23.9.147) def Pacific Islanders (23.7.145)

Best
Dublin: Alex Rance, Tom McDonald, Rory Sloane, Jobe Watson, Todd Goldstein, Jarryd Roughead, David Mundy
Pacific: Jeremy Howe, Rory Laird, Marcus Bontempelli, Jarryd Blair, Michael Rischitelli

Late Changes
Dublin: Lachlan Hansen replaced by Sam Frost
Pacific: Tom Mitchell, Ben Howlett replaced by Alex Fasolo, Tomas Bugg

WXV Debut
Dublin: Nil
Pacific: Nil

Club debut
Dublin: Dustin Martin, Jarryd Roughead, Jack Gunston, Rory Sloane
Pacific: Alex Fasolo, Cameron Guthrie, Devon Smith, Michael Rischitelli, Rory Laird

Reserves

Belfast Braves (8.7.55) lost to Port Morseby Iguanadons (17.9.111)

Best
Belfast: Nathan van Berlo, Josh Bruce
Port Morseby: Michael Barlow, Claye Beams, Lee Spurr, Ben Howlett, Adam Tomlinson

[Purple 77]

London showed up. New Delhi didn't

And the horrible round 1 history continues. This is the third straight round 1 performace where NDT have failed to score more than 100. But this was instead mainly due to only having 12 players to "choose" from. London solid, and would be happy with the win.

London Royals (21.8.134) def New Delhi Tigers (13.8.86)

Best
London: Dan Hannebery, Shane Edwards, Danyle Pearce
New Delhi: Andrew Gaff

Late Changes
London: Nil
New Delhi: Tom Nicholls, Koby Stevens, Zachary Williams replaced by a summer wind...

WXV Debut
London: Adam Saad
New Delhi: Isaac Heeney

Club debut
London: Bradley Sheppard, Mark Baguley, Mark LeCras
New Delhi: Ben Griffiths, Chris Masten, Daniel Gorringe, Jarman Impey, Jarrad Grant, Jesse White, Simon White, Stephen Coniglio, Zachary Clarke

Reserves

Imperial Princes (10.7.67) def Mumbai Elephants (0.0.0)

Best
Imperial: Nil
Mumbai: Nil

[Purple 77]

New York break drought against Buenos Aires

New York register their first win of the season and first win of debut coaches RD and AK. A very respectable score in 140 too, and they know had injuries in pre season gone their way, then that score would be higher. Buenos Aires I think have officially started their long season, but did not score the lowest for the week.

New York Revolution (22.8.140) def Buenos Aires Armadillos (17.7.109)

Best
New York: Josh Gibson, Sam Fisher, Steve Johnson, Leigh Montagna
Buenos Aires: Nil

Late Changes
New York: Nil
Buenos Aires: Sam Durdin, Ben Lennon replaced by Justin Clarke, Liam Jones

WXV Debut
New York: Nil
Buenos Aires: Angus Brayshaw, Ben Newton, Jordan De Goey

Club debut
New York: Heath Shaw, Jed Adcock, Josh J Kennedy, Kurt Tippett, Leigh Montagna, Mitch Duncan, Paul Duffield, Steve Johnson
Buenos Aires: Bradley Hill, Brett Goodes, Justin Clarke, Liam Jones, Lindsay Thomas, Mitch Wallis, Rohan Bewick, Shaun Atley, Taylor Adams, Troy Chaplin

Reserves

Washington Rebellion (19.11.125) def Buenos Aires Armadillos (17.8.110)

Best
Washington: Matt Rosa, Sharrod Wellingham, Heath Grundy
Buenos Aires: Dale Morris, Jake Melksham

[Purple 77]

PNL all class in crucial match against Rio

Result aside, Rio would be content with their debut, scoring a respectable 139. However, not even a rampant Taylor Walker could beat the all round strength of PNL, who will finally look to the finals this year.

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (22.7.139) lost to PNL Reindeers (23.7.145)

Best
Rio de Janeiro: Bachar Houli, Gary Ablett Jnr, Taylor Walker
PNL: Dylan Shiel, Daniel Rich, Dane Swan, Chad Wingard

Late Changes
Rio de Janeiro: Andrew Mackie, Colin Sylvia replaced by Patrick Cripps, Jack Riewoldt
PNL: Matthew Lobbe, David Myers replaced by Marley Williams, Zachary Merrett

WXV Debut
Rio de Janeiro: Nil
PNL: Nil

Club debut
Rio de Janeiro: Bachar Houli, David Zaharakis, Elliot Yeo, Gary jnr Ablett, Jack Riewoldt, Kane Cornes, Lewis Taylor, Marc Murphy, Matthew Wright, Mitch Clark, Patrick Cripps, Paul Chapman, Sam Jacobs, Stephen Hill, Taylor Walker
PNL: Dane Swan, Luke Hodge, Nick Malceski

Reserves

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (4.7.31) lost to Marseille Kings (9.9.63)

Best
Rio de Janeiro: Adam Schneider
Marseille: Jackson Trengove

[Purple 77]

Suns waiting for the end of Round 17 in brutal display of dominance

The Suns looked like they didn't exert themselves much in getting the highest score of the week (... I was so god damn close this time), but face the prospect of being without Sidebottom and Rockliff for some while. Seoul was looking at Round 2 at the start of the match, having rested star midfielder Patrick Dangerfield for next's weeks clash against Cairo.

Seoul Magpies (19.6.120) lost to Mexico City Suns (25.7.157)

Best
Seoul: Brandon Ellis, Lachie Whitfield
Mexico City: Kade Simpson, Steele Sidebottom, Jordan Lewis, Bradley Ebert, Matthew Stokes, Kamdyn McIntosh

Late Changes
Seoul: Jed Anderson replaced by Jordan Roughead
Mexico City: Darcy Byrne-Jones replaced by Kamdyn McIntosh

WXV Debut
Seoul: Nil
Mexico City: Kamdyn McIntosh

Club debut
Seoul: Jonathon Ceglar, Lachie Whitfield, Toby Greene, Trent McKenzie
Mexico City: Brent Harvey, Brett Deledio, Kade Simpson, Matthew Broadbent, Matthew Stokes, Tom Rockliff

Reserves

Pyongyang Chollimas (8.9.57) lost to Mexico City Suns (20.7.127)

Best
Pyongyang: Patrick Dangerfield
Mexico City: Allen Christensen, Shaun Grigg, Taylor Hunt, Cameron Ellis-Yolmen