WXV Round 2: Tokyo to Eclipse Suns?

[Purple 77]

Moscow respond against London

The Spetsnaz had to bounce back from the disappointment of last week, and they did just that. The Spetsnaz didn't seem challenged by the disappointing Royals, whom lacked star power this week.

Moscow Spetsnaz (23.7.145) def London Royals (19.9.123)

Best
Moscow: Callan Ward, Dyson Heppell, David Armitage, Nic Naitanui, Robbie Gray
London: Mark LeCras

Late Changes
Moscow: Ryan Bastinac, James Frawley replaced by Luke McDonald, Josh Jenkins
London: Shane Edwards replaced by Dean Towers

WXV Debut
Moscow: Nil
London: Dean Towers, Kyle Hartigan

Club debut
Moscow: Joe Daniher
London: Nil

Reserves

Siberian Wolverines (12.9.81) lost to Imperial Princes (29.6.84)

Best
Siberia: Hayden Ballantyne, Jack Sinclair
Imperial: Bradley Sheppard, Zach Tuohy

[Purple 77]

Buenos Aires too punctual for New Delhi

^^ see what I did there? If not, New Delhi continued to struggle for numbers this week, only having 13 players turning up. One ponders had they had their best XV available, would they have beaten the Dillos? Nonetheless, Buenos Aires had the depth this week, and got the job the done.

New Delhi Tigers (13.9.87) lost to Buenos Aires Armadillos (18.6.114)

Best
New Delhi: Andrew Gaff, Stephen Coniglio
Buenos Aires: Mitch Wallis, Easton Wood

Late Changes
New Delhi: Zachary Williams, Rohan Bail replaced by a summer wind.
Buenos Aires: Brett Goodes, Angus Brayshaw replaced by Easton Wood, Sean Lemmens

WXV Debut
New Delhi: Nil
Buenos Aires: Sean Lemmens, Tim Membrey

Club debut
New Delhi: Simon Tunbridge, Tom Curren
Buenos Aires: Jake Melksham

Reserves

Mumbai Elephants (0.0.0) lost to Buenos Aires Armadillos (29.10.118)

Best
Mumbai: Nil
Buenos Aires: Chris Newman, Robin Nahas

[Purple 77]

Pacific's new found class puts down disappointing Jaguars

Like Beijing, I've had my eye on Pacific this year, and I'm also dubbing them finals contenders this year. They have the midfield star power and solidity at either end to be a genuine force, and this showed against the 2-game old Jaguars. Like the AFL Gold Coast Suns of old, Rio are struggling without the form of Captain Gary Ablett, and find themselves 0-2, after fancying themselves for a 2-0 start at the beginning of the year.

Pacific Islanders (23.10.148) def Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (21.8.134)

Best
Pacific: Michael Barlow, Jack Redden, Michael Rischitelli, Marcus Bontempelli, Devon Smith
Rio de Janeiro: Stephen Hill, Sam Jacobs

Late Changes
Pacific: Nil
Rio de Janeiro: Nil

WXV Debut
Pacific: Nil
Rio de Janeiro: Nil

Club debut
Pacific: Michael Barlow
Rio de Janeiro: Andrew Mackie, Bernie Vince

Reserves

Port Morseby Iguanadons (13.9.87) def Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (23.6.36)

Best
Port Morseby: Jack Martin, Tomas Bugg
Rio de Janiero: Ahmed Saad

[Jay]

We're on the board 8) #wearepacific

[Purple 77]

PNL in an ugly affair

PNL were certainly not impressive, but after infamously being valiant in defeat, I don't think they care anymore as long as they get the win. In the end, it was the Saints' bookends which collapsed, allowing PNL to take the win with a below-average performance.

PNL Reindeers (20.9.129) def Christchurch Saints (19.8.122)

Best
PNL: Matt Priddis, Dylan Shiel, Daniel Rich, Cyril Rioli
Christchurch: Matthew Boyd, Luke Shuey, Bryce Gibbs, Aaron Sandilands

Late Changes
PNL: Jarrod Harbrow replaced by Marley Williams
Christchurch: Sam Mitchell replaced by Aaron Vandenberg

WXV Debut
PNL: Nil
Christchurch: Aaron Vandenberg

Club debut
PNL: Ayce Cordy
Christchurch: Nil

Reserves

Marseille Kings (24.8.152) def Wellington Weta (19.6.72)

Best
Marseille: Jarrod Harbrow, Tom T Lynch, Zachary Merrett, Levi Casboult, Jackson Trengove, Luke McPharlin
Wellington: Tom Scully, Tory Dickson

[Purple 77]

Seoul Showing, Cairo heart-break

Seoul has defeated the Sands with the assistance of the crowd and a rested Dangerfield, marking two matches already decided by HGA this year! To be precise, Seoul won by 16 points, and certainly felt better having an 11 extra points from lone-centurion and Captain Dangerfields' rest bonus. Although Cairo had 4 centurions, it had 8 players score less than 75 and that was ultimately what cost them the match. Co-Captain Dayne Beams would be receiving some stern words from the coaches I feel.

Seoul Magpies (20.8.128) def Cairo Sands (20.6.126)

Best
Seoul: Patrick Dangerfield
Cairo: Brodie Smith, Dion Prestia, Luke Dunstan, Shane Mumford

Late Changes
Seoul: Nil
Cairo: Nil

WXV Debut
Seoul: Jed Anderson
Cairo: Nil

Club debut
Seoul: Nil
Cairo: Nil

Reserves

Pyongyang Chollimas (9.10.64) def Alexandria Heiroglyphics (7.6.48)

Best
Pyongyang: Jonathon Ceglar, Jake Lloyd
Alexandria: Ben Stratton, Ben Brown

[Jukes]

Why couldn't I play cairo this week  ::)

[Purple 77]

Tokyo has Eclipsed the Suns!

I called it! But I didn't think the Suns would struggle this badly without a quartet of noticeable absentees. Nonetheless, Tokyo were very impressive with a deserving 16 (155) point win. But perhaps the most impressive stat to come out of Tokyo's performance, was that it's home advantage was an amazing 62 points, symbolising their all-round consistent performance.

Tokyo Samurai (23.10.148) def Mexico City Suns (21.6.132)

Best
Tokyo: Chris Yarran, Chris Judd, Kieran Jack, Zac Smith, Luke Dahlhaus
Mexico City: Jordan Lewis, Bradley Ebert, Nick Riewoldt

Late Changes
Tokyo: Nil
Mexico City: Daniel Wells replaced by Matthew Broadbent

WXV Debut
Tokyo: Nil
Mexico City: Cameron Ellis-Yolmen

Club debut
Tokyo: Jason Johannisen, Andrew Carrazzo
Mexico City: Allen Christensen, Scott D Thompson, Taylor Hunt

Reserves

Yuzawa Yakuza (18.7.115) def Mexico City Suns (23.7.91)

Best
Yuzawa: Ricky Henderson, Jake Carlisle, Nick Suban, Martin Gleeson
Mexico City: Michael Johnson, Brian Lake, Adam Oxley

[Purple 77]

And final scorecards for people's interest... and for people to check that I haven't made any mistakes (if they doubt me :P)

	Beijing Thunder					Dublin Destroyers
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Harry Taylor	97	1	97	D1	Alex Rance	156	1	156
D2	Matthew Jaensch	98	1	98	D2	Robert Murphy	116	1	116
D3	Cale Hooker	133	1	133	D3	Tom McDonald	122	1	122
D4	Cameron Shenton	103	1	103	D4	Grant Birchall	82	1	82
M1	Oliver Wines	105	C	210	M1	Joel Selwood	110	VC	110
M2	Lachie Neale	108	VC	108	M2	Rory Sloane	134	C	268
M3	Jared Polec	70	1	70	M3	Jobe Watson	94	1	94
M4	Josh Caddy	132	1	132	M4	Travis Boak	68	1	68
R1	Brodie Grundy	114	1	114	R1	Todd Goldstein	154	1	154
F1	Eddie Betts	92	1	92	F1	Lance Franklin	104	1	104
F2	Tom Bell	68	1	68	F2	Dustin Martin	139	1	139
F3	Chris Dawes	56	1	56	F3	Jarryd Roughead	97	1	97
F4	Timothy Broomhead	68	1	68	F4	Jack Gunston	101	1	101
U1	Maverick Weller	66	1	66	U1	David Mundy	150	1	150
U2	Kane Lambert	36	H	72	U2	Nick Dal Santo	79	1	79
E1	Sam Mayes	36	DNP	0	E1	Michael Walters	72	DNP	0
E2	Cameron Wood	68	DNP	0	E2	Nathan Van Berlo	103	DNP	0
E3	Touk Miller	35	DNP	0	E3	Sam Frost	60	DNP	0
			Total	1487				Total	1840

	Berlin Brewers					New York Revolution
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Michael Hibberd	84	1	84	D1	Heath Shaw	101	1	101
D2	Jarryn Geary	59	1	59	D2	Josh Gibson	0	DNP	0
D3	Colin Garland	60	1	60	D3	Paul Duffield	107	1	107
D4	Kyle Cheney	60	1	60	D4	Sam Fisher	121	1	121
M1	Nat Fyfe	162	C	324	M1	Steve Johnson	62	1	62
M2	Jack Steven	80	1	80	M2	Jackson Macrae	86	CC	129
M3	Adam Treloar	107	VC	107	M3	Mitch Duncan	44	1	44
M4	Daniel Cross	82	1	82	M4	Matt Rosa	99	1	99
R1	Mark Jamar	73	1	73	R1	Mike Pyke	72	1	72
F1	Jack Watts	60	1	60	F1	Harley Bennell	94	CC	141
F2	Drew Petrie	60	1	60	F2	Travis Cloke	55	1	55
F3	Lewis Jetta	96	1	96	F3	Josh J Kennedy	178	1	178
F4	Marco Paparone	82	1	82	F4	Kurt Tippett	87	1	87
U1	Will Langford	45	H	90	U1	Jed Adcock	94	1	94
U2	Jack Viney	94	1	94	U2	Kade Kolodjashnij	80	1	80
E1	Ben Sinclair	24	DNP	0	E1	Sharrod Wellingham	80	E	80
E2	James Podsiadly	0	DNP	0	E2	Heath Grundy	92	DNP	0
E3	Dylan Grimes	62	DNP	0	E3	Jarrad Waite	177	DNP	0
			Total	1411				Total	1450

	Cape Town Cobras					Toronto Wolves
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Shaun Higgins	99	1	99	D1	James Kelly	81	1	81
D2	Shane Savage	102	1	102	D2	Rhyce Shaw	75	1	75
D3	Nick Haynes	77	1	77	D3	Jamie MacMillan	0	DNP	0
D4	Andrejs Everitt	90	1	90	D4	Alan Toovey	50	1	50
M1	Josh P Kennedy	130	C	260	M1	Scott Pendlebury	126	C	252
M2	Trent Cotchin	114	VC	114	M2	Ben Cunnington	110	VC	110
M3	Dom Tyson	45	1	45	M3	Ryan Griffen	118	1	118
M4	Edward Curnow	76	1	76	M4	Andrew Swallow	100	1	100
R1	Stefan Martin	98	1	98	R1	Paddy Ryder	82	1	82
F1	Tom Hawkins	51	1	51	F1	Matthew Pavlich	128	1	128
F2	Adam Cooney	63	1	63	F2	Jack Ziebell	150	1	150
F3	Jeremy Cameron	54	1	54	F3	Mitch Robinson	88	1	88
F4	Stewart Crameri	41	H	82	F4	Lachlan Henderson	69	1	69
U1	Craig Bird	73	1	73	U1	Richard Douglas	107	1	107
U2	Mark Blicavs	73	1	73	U2	Isaac Smith	62	1	62
E1	George Horlin-Smith	72	DNP	0	E1	Jack Crisp	53	DNP	0
E2	Mitch Honeychurch	100	DNP	0	E2	Kayne Turner	62	DNP	0
E3	Jasper Pittard	130	DNP	0	E3	Steven Morris	48	E	48
			Total	1357				Total	1520

	Moscow Spetsnaz					London Royals
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Lynden Dunn	93	1	93	D1	Heritier Lumumba	92	1	92
D2	Nick Vlastuin	64	1	64	D2	Mark Baguley	86	1	86
D3	Steven May	49	1	49	D3	Dane Rampe	82	1	82
D4	Sam Docherty	95	1	95	D4	Adam Saad	90	1	90
M1	Callan Ward	106	CC	159	M1	Dan Hannebery	91	C	182
M2	Dyson Heppell	107	1	107	M2	David Mackay	41	1	41
M3	David Armitage	129	1	129	M3	Brent Stanton	91	1	91
M4	Ryan Bastinac	0	DNP	0	M4	Jarrad McVeigh	90	VC	90
R1	Nic Naitanui	103	CC	155	R1	Tom Bellchambers	61	1	61
F1	Robbie Gray	114	1	114	F1	Mark LeCras	100	1	100
F2	Joe Daniher	84	R	93	F2	Shane Edwards	0	DNP	0
F3	Angus Monfries	76	1	76	F3	Chris Mayne	81	1	81
F4	Jesse Hogan	86	1	86	F4	Troy Menzel	23	1	23
U1	Dominic Sheed	78	1	78	U1	Danyle Pearce	65	1	65
U2	James Frawley	2	DNP	0	U2	Kyle Hartigan	83	1	83
E1	Josh Jenkins	38	H	76	E1	Dean Towers	67	E	67
E2	Luke McDonald	77	E	77	E2	Daniel McStay	29	DNP	0
E3	Clancee Pearce	50	DNP	0	E3	Lachlan Dalgleish	0	DNP	0
			Total	1451				Total	1234

	New Delhi Tigers					Buenos Aires Armadillos
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Jarman Impey	11	1	11	D1	Shaun Atley	63	1	63
D2	Simon White	1	H	2	D2	Brett Goodes	10	DNP	0
D3	Daniel Talia	59	1	59	D3	Troy Chaplin	66	1	66
D4	Zachary Williams	0	DNP	0	D4	Rohan Bewick	54	1	54
M1	Chris Masten	86	VC	86	M1	Bradley Hill	90	1	90
M2	Andrew Gaff	100	C	200	M2	Mitch Wallis	110	C	220
M3	Stephen Coniglio	136	1	136	M3	Angus Brayshaw	32	DNP	0
M4	Isaac Heeney	65	1	65	M4	Ben Newton	55	1	55
R1	Zachary Clarke	18	1	18	R1	Tim Membrey	35	P	18
F1	Tom Curren	55	1	55	F1	Jay Schulz	61	1	61
F2	Jesse White	80	1	80	F2	Taylor Adams	75	VC	75
F3	Ben Griffiths	74	1	74	F3	Lindsay Thomas	85	1	85
F4	Simon Tunbridge	48	1	48	F4	Jake Melksham	82	1	82
U1	Jarrad Grant	38	1	38	U1	Lin Jong	55	1	55
U2	Rohan Bail	0	DNP	0	U2	Liam Jones	51	1	51
E1	Blaine Johnson	0	DNP	0	E1	Easton Wood	128	E	128
E2	Patrick McCartin	0	DNP	0	E2	Sean Lemmens	35	E	35
E3	Michael Apeness	0	DNP	0	E3	Nathan Wilson	53	DNP	0
			Total	872				Total	1138

[Purple 77]

	Pacific Islanders					Rio de Janeiro Jaguars
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Attack	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Jeremy Howe	57	1	57	D1	Bachar Houli	89	1	89
D2	Rory Laird	98	1	98	D2	Andrew Mackie	72	1	72
D3	Michael Hurley	91	1	91	D3	Elliot Yeo	57	1	57
D4	Lee Spurr	71	1	71	M1	Gary jnr Ablett	87	C	174
M1	Michael Barlow	136	CR	286	M2	Marc Murphy	93	1	93
M2	Jack Redden	101	1	101	M3	David Zaharakis	87	1	87
M3	Sam Gibson	85	1	85	M4	Stephen Hill	136	1	136
M4	Michael Rischitelli	120	1	120	R1	Sam Jacobs	141	VC	141
R1	Matthew Leuenberger	27	H	54	F1	Taylor Walker	72	1	72
F1	Marcus Bontempelli	142	VC	142	F2	Jack Riewoldt	67	1	67
F2	Jarryd Blair	90	1	90	F3	Paul Chapman	73	1	73
F3	Ben Howlett	32	1	32	F4	Lewis Taylor	84	1	84
F4	Devon Smith	102	1	102	F5	Matthew Wright	31	1	31
U1	Cameron Guthrie	92	1	92	U1	Kane Cornes	88	1	88
U2	Alex Fasolo	57	1	57	U2	Bernie Vince	80	1	80
E1	Claye Beams	24	DNP	0	E1	Patrick Cripps	0	DNP	0
E2	Adam Tomlinson	10	DNP	0	E2	Tendai Mzungu	0	DNP	0
E3	Tomas Bugg	71	DNP	0	E3	Ahmed Saad	75	DNP	0
			Total	1478				Total	1344

	PNL Reindeers					Christchurch Saints
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Nick Malceski	52	1	52	D1	Joel Patfull	39	1	39
D2	Luke Hodge	82	1	82	D2	Sean Dempster	74	1	74
D3	Corey Enright	65	1	65	D3	Dylan Roberton	70	1	70
D4	Jarrod Harbrow	86	DNP	0	D4	Liam Picken	51	1	51
M1	Matt Priddis	106	1	106	M1	Sam Mitchell	0	DNP	0
M2	Nathan Jones	41	CC	62	M2	Matthew Boyd	110	1	110
M3	Dylan Shiel	149	CC	224	M3	Luke Shuey	128	1	128
M4	Daniel Rich	100	1	100	M4	Hamish Hartlett	74	1	74
R1	Ayce Cordy	13	H	26	R1	Will Minson	60	1	60
F1	Dane Swan	99	1	99	F1	Jake Stringer	55	1	55
F2	Chad Wingard	67	1	67	F2	Jeff Garlett	41	1	41
F3	Justin Westhoff	78	1	78	F3	Jamie Elliott	59	1	59
F4	Cyril Rioli	101	1	101	F4	Dayne Zorko	62	1	62
U1	Jack Billings	65	1	65	U1	Bryce Gibbs	110	C	220
U2	Mitch Hallahan	71	R	79	U2	Aaron Sandilands	102	VC	102
E1	Marley Williams	87	E	87	E1	Aaron Vandenberg	75	E	75
E2	Zachary Merrett	90	DNP	0	E2	Tory Dickson	119	DNP	0
E3	Jackson Trengove	86	DNP	0	E3	Matt Maguire	44	DNP	0
			Total	1293				Total	1220

	Seoul Magpies					Cairo Sands
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Jack Newnes	90	1	90	D1	Brodie Smith	117	1	117
D2	Tom Langdon	79	1	79	D2	Nick Smith	82	1	82
D3	Taylor Duryea	47	1	47	D3	Jeremy McGovern	77	1	77
D4	Cameron Sutcliffe	50	1	50	D4	Sam Rowe	45	1	45
M1	David Swallow	96	1	96	M1	Dayne Beams	73	CC	110
M2	Toby Greene	90	1	90	M2	Dion Prestia	122	1	122
M3	Brandon Ellis	90	VC	90	M3	Luke Dunstan	116	1	116
M4	Patrick Dangerfield	109	CR	229	M4	Travis Colyer	81	1	81
R1	Ben McEvoy	54	1	54	R1	Shane Mumford	108	CC	162
F1	Tom J Lynch	51	1	51	F1	Luke Breust	64	1	64
F2	Joshua Kelly	94	1	94	F2	Paul Puopolo	71	1	71
F3	Thomas Boyd	46	H	92	F3	Rhys Palmer	50	1	50
F4	Christian Salem	88	1	88	F4	Jack Lonie	61	1	61
U1	Lachie Whitfield	70	1	70	U1	Jeremy Laidler	46	1	46
U2	Jed Anderson	55	1	55	U2	Jake Batchelor	55	1	55
E1	Jonathon Ceglar	75	DNP	0	E1	Ben Brown	88	DNP	0
E2	Jordan Roughead	56	DNP	0	E2	Nathan Gordon	32	DNP	0
E3	Jake Lloyd	75	DNP	0	E3	Ben Stratton	90	DNP	0
			Total	1275				Total	1259

	Tokyo Samurai					Mexico City Suns
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Jason Johannisen	62	H	124	D1	Kade Simpson	92	1	92
D2	Chris Yarran	100	1	100	D2	Shannon Hurn	53	1	53
D3	Garrick Ibbotson	85	1	85	D3	Kamdyn McIntosh	68	1	68
D4	Matt Suckling	70	1	70	D4	Taylor Hunt	68	1	68
M1	Chris Judd	100	1	100	M1	Jordan Lewis	111	CC	167
M2	Anthony Miles	87	CC	131	M2	Bradley Ebert	100	1	100
M3	Luke Parker	78	CC	117	M3	Matthew Stokes	71	1	71
M4	Kieran Jack	121	1	121	M4	Daniel Wells	63	DNP	0
R1	Zac Smith	108	1	108	R1	Ivan Maric	90	1	90
F1	Luke Dahlhaus	112	1	112	F1	Brendon Goddard	94	1	94
F2	Sam Lloyd	74	1	74	F2	Brent Harvey	91	CC	137
F3	Scott Lycett	96	1	96	F3	Nick Riewoldt	108	1	108
F4	Jamie Cripps	81	1	81	F4	Allen Christensen	72	R	80
U1	Andrew Carrazzo	70	1	70	U1	Scott D Thompson	51	1	51
U2	Shaun Burgoyne	89	1	89	U2	Cameron Ellis-Yolmen	98	1	98
E1	Nick Suban	85	DNP	0	E1	Matthew Broadbent	46	E	46
E2	Patrick Ambrose	63	DNP	0	E2	Shaun Grigg	62	DNP	0
E3	Jake Carlisle	81	DNP	0	E3	Brian Lake	88	DNP	0
			Total	1478				Total	1323

[JBs-Hawks]

I wish we won by 10 points :P

[kilbluff1985]

I wish we won by 10 points :P

wowee

[ossie85]

Loving it!

[Nige]

The lads told me to make Prestia C, but I wanted to keep the CC combo from last week.

Backed in my boy Mummy, but in the end decided to make Prestia CC with him... but didn't actually make the change because I forgot. Also elected to play Laidler over Stratton this week. Those two changes would have got us a win, even one would have.

Left to rue what could have been.  :-X

[JBs-Hawks]

CC are for chumps