WXV Round 3: The Rise of Beijing and Pacific

[Nige]

Pacific Islanders - 1354/15 with C and HGA

D: Rory Laird 52, Michael Hurley 106, Jeremy Howe 102, Lee Spurr 37
M: Michael Barlow 66x2=132 (C), Jack Redden 64, Michael Rischitelli 101, Cam Guthrie 86
R: Rhys Stanley 72/2=36 (OOP)
F: Marcus Bontempelli (VC) Ben Howlett 113, Jack Martin 129 (+10%), Devon Smith 123, Jarryd Blair 81
U: Sam Gibson 111, Ben Howlett 113 Tom Bugg 44

EMG: Tom Bugg 44, Sam Day 47, Claye Beams 70

vs

Cairo Sands - 1294/15 with CCs

D: B.Smith 87, J.McGovern 100, J.Batchelor 25, B.Stratton 59
M: D.Beams 138x1.5=207 (cc), D.Prestia 125x1.5=188 (cc), L.Dunstan 87, T.Colyer 84
R: S.Mumford 61
F: L.Breust 62, P.Puopolo 83, B.Brown 71, C.Knights J.Lonie 37
I: J.Lonie 37 S.Rowe 73, S.Dwyer 70

E: S.Rowe 73, R.Palmer 95, N.Gordon 91



So in the end we only lost by 60 points.  :o

If my calculations are correct, if we had HGA we would have won?  :o

[upthemaidens]

#WeArePacific

Under performing Barlow(C) and Redden.  No Bontempelli and a OOP Ruck.  Solid start to the season  #WeArePacific

Bad luck Cairo, good game

[Purple 77]

Undisciplined Tokyo Unpunished

It really came down to Buenos Aires captain Mitch Wallis (15) going down injured early in the match, and unable to be subbed out, that robbed a great opportunity at back-to-back wins for the Dillos. Tokyo were very unimpressive, but a win's a win and they will be counting themselves lucky at this one.

Buenos Aires Armadillos (16.9.105) lost to Tokyo Samurai (18.11.119)

Best
Buenos Aires: Jay Schulz, Lindsay Thomas
Tokyo: Anthony Miles, Zac Smith

Late Changes
Buenos Aires: Brett Goodes, Bradley Hill, Taylor Adams replaced by Justin Clarke, Sean Lemmens, Liam Jones
Tokyo: Nil

WXV Debut
Buenos Aires: Nil
Tokyo: Nil

Club debut
Buenos Aires: Nil
Tokyo: Nil

Reserves

Buenos Aires Armadillos (14.10.94) lost to Yuzawa Yakuza (24.7.151)

Best
Buenos Aires: Dennis Armfield, David Astbury, Jackson Ramsay
Yuzawa: Andrew Carrazzo, Harry Cunningham, Ricky Henderson, Nick Suban, Aaron Young, Martin Gleeson

[Purple 77]

Spetsnaz reveal Sins to Saints

Both these teams have had inconsistent years so far, and the trend continued this match, with Christchurch playing on their high and Moscow on their low. Christchurch have once again shown their potential, while Moscow have once again shown their weakness. A very disappointing result for the Spetsnaz.

Christchurch Saints (22.8.140) def Moscow Spetsnaz (19.10.124)

Best
Christchurch: Dylan Roberton, Sam Mitchell, Jamie Elliott, Dayne Zorko, Tom Scully
Moscow: Callan Ward, Dyson Heppell, David Armitage

Late Changes
Christchurch: Matthew Boyd replaced by Tom Scully
Moscow: Nil

WXV Debut
Christchurch: Nil
Moscow: Corey Gault

Club debut
Christchurch: Tom Scully, Tory Dickson
Moscow: Nil

Reserves

Wellington Weta (10.10.70) lost to Siberian Wolverines (15.11.101)

Best
Wellington: Nil
Siberia: Luke McDonald, Steven May, Clancee Pearce, Jack Sinclair

[Purple 77]

London remind competition with a Royal hiding

Where did this come from?! I admit, I didn't think they were capable of a score that big, but shut my mouth ey? London just keep finding ways to win, but this is their first win that will gain some respect from the competition. Well done. Cape Towns' nightmare start to the season continues, dropping 3 winnable matches on the trot. Will be hard to come back from this start.

London Royals (25.6.156) def Cape Town Cobras (20.7.127)

Best
London: Heritier Lumumba, Dan Hannebery, David Mackay, Brent Stanton, Jarrad McVeigh, Shane Edwards, Danyle Pearce
Cape Town: Trent Cotchin, Craig Bird, Mark Blicavs

Late Changes
London: Nil
Cape Town: Tom Hawkins replaced by Nick Haynes

WXV Debut
London: Nil
Cape Town: Nil

Club debut
London: Nil
Cape Town: Nil

Reserves

Imperial Princes (18.9.117) lost to Durban Pirates (19.6.120)

Best
Imperial: Sam Wright, Billy Hartung, Josh Hill, Cory Gregson
Durban: Gary Rohan, Darcy Lang, Will Schofield

[Purple 77]

Beijing Thunder-clouds' Suns

If there ever was a match stolen from the opposition, then this is was certainly happened. Sunday morning, Mexico looked forward to a healthy HGA of 64, Jimmy Bartel and Matthew Stokes to bring home a comfortable and vital win. But it all fell apart, with a Lachie Neale inspired Beijing storming home to blast the Suns out of the stadium! Mexico City are now 1-2!

Mexico City Suns (20.9.129) lost to Beijing Thunder (21.11.137)

Best
Mexico City: Jordan Lewis, Bradley Ebert, Taylor Hunt, Cameron Ellis-Yolmen
Beijing: Cale Hooker, Lachie Neale, Timothy Broomhead

Late Changes
Mexico City: Daniel Wells replaced by Cameron Ellis-Yolmen
Beijing: Nil

WXV Debut
Mexico City: Adam Oxley
Beijing: Nil

Club debut
Mexico City: Michael Johnson
Beijing: Nil

Reserves

Mexico City Suns (12.8.80) lost to Shanghai Storm (27.9.171)

Best
Mexico City: Matthew Broadbent, Shaun Grigg, Brian Lake, Nathan Krakouer
Shanghai: Jackson Thurlow, Phil Davis, Travis Varcoe, Michael Talia, Luke Brown, Cameron Wood, Touk Miller

[Purple 77]

If you weren't scared last week...

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! What is that?! Dublin has pulverised the record of highest score in a match, and are officially the first ever team to crack 1900. With an unprecedented 12 centurions, and had it been a home match, their HGA would have been 86 and they would have cracked 2000!

What New Delhi should take out of this, is that they really could have outscored a few sides this week had they had 15 players available.

New Delhi Tigers (16.6.102) lost to Dublin Destroyers (31.6.192)

Best
New Delhi: Stephen Coniglio, Ben Griffiths
Dublin: Grant Birchall, Rory Sloane, Joel Selwood, Jobe Watson, Travis Boak, Todd Goldstein, Lance Franklin, Dustin Martin, Jarryd Roughead, Jack Gunston, David Mundy, Scott Thompson

Late Changes
New Delhi: Zachary Williams, Nicholas Robertson, Viv Michie replaced by a warm summer wind.
Dublin: Nil

WXV Debut
New Delhi: Patrick McCartin
Dublin: Nil

Club debut
New Delhi: Koby Stevens
Dublin: Scott Thompson

Reserves

Mumbai Elephants (0.0.0) lost to Belfast Braves (11.11.77)

Best
Mumbai: Nil
Belfast: Michael Walters, Josh Walker

[Purple 77]

The Islanders walk all over the Sands

^^ as an Islander always does I guess ^^

Pacific have continued to impress this season; taking another vital scalp in its daring run at the finals. Cairo however, have now scored below 1300 two weeks in a row now, and has paid the price with two losses (against teams that they need to knock over to make the finals). With players going down to injury, and Mumford not performing... how will the Sands respond?

Pacific Islanders (21.9.135) def Cairo Sands (20.9.129)

Best
Pacific: Michael Hurley, Jeremy Howe, Michael Rischitelli, Jack Martin, Devon Smith, Sam Gibson, Ben Howlett
Cairo: Jeremy McGovern, Dayne Beams, Dion Prestia

Late Changes
Pacific: Marcus Bontempelli replaced  by Tomas Bugg
Cairo: Chris Knights replaced by Sam Rowe

WXV Debut
Pacific: Nil
Cairo: Ben Brown

Club debut
Pacific: Nil
Cairo: Nil

Reserves

Port Morseby Iguanadons (7.11.53) lost to Alexandria Heiroglyphics (9.9.63)

Best
Port Morseby: Claye Beams, Matthew Taberner
Alexandria: Nathan Gordon, Rhys Palmer

[Purple 77]

Wolves show sharper teeth than Reindeers

The Wolves have well and truly bounced back from their round 1 disappointment, with another impressive win against another quality opposition in the PNL reindeers. The Wolves midfield continues to be the key, and were simply too good for the average Reindeers. With two scores under 136 in a row now, some are beginning to question whether the Reindeers deserve to be top 4 favourites?

PNL Reindeers (21.9.135) lost to Toronto Wolves (22.8.140)

Best
PNL: Luke Hodge, Nathan Jones, Dane Swan
Toronto: Scott Pendlebury, Richard Douglas, Isaac Smith, Jack Crisp

Late Changes
PNL: Nil
Toronto: Jack Ziebell replaced by Jack Crisp

WXV Debut
PNL: Nil
Toronto: Jack Crisp

Club debut
PNL: Nil
Toronto: Nil

Reserves

Marseille Kings (13.10.88) def Manitoba Moose (7.7.49)

Best
Marseille: Nil
Manitoba: Nil

[Purple 77]

Rio Celebrate First Win in Style!

They have done it! The Jaguars have notched their first ever win, and more impressively, without the best WXV player of all time in Gary Ablett Jnr! New York would be bitterly disappointed, not necessarily dropping the match, but in the manner it did so after two impressive weeks in a row. Have the Jaguars exposed a weakness in the Revolution?

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (22.9.141) def New York Revolution (18.10.118)

Best
Rio de Janeiro: Bachar Houli, Stephen Hill, David Zaharakis, Marc Murphy, Robbie Tarrant
New York: Heath Shaw, Travis Cloke

Late Changes
Rio de Janeiro: Ben Jacobs, Tendai Mzungu, Lewis Taylor replaced by Brendan Whitecross, Patrick Cripps and Robbie Tarrant
New York: Nil

WXV Debut
Rio de Janeiro: Nil
New York: Nil

Club debut
Rio de Janeiro: Andrew Walker, Brendan Whitecross, Robbie Tarrant
New York: Jarrad Waite

Reserves

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (11.9.75) lost to Washington Rebellion (14.7.91)

Best
Rio de Janeiro: Ben Jacobs, Mason Wood, Adam Schneider
Washington: Sharrod Wellingham, Heath Grundy

[ossie85]

Gotta wonder about the Suns top 4 chances


Early days, but the fixture only gets more difficult

[roo boys!]

Late Changes
New Delhi: Zachary Williams, Nicholas Robertson, Viv Michie replaced by a warm summer wind.
Dublin: Nil

Hahahahaha

Some close games and big upsets this week, good to see.

[Purple 77]

Seoul show no Soul in loss against Berlin

This was a pretty ordinary match, with 16 players scoring below 80 (12 from Seoul). But with the absence of no particularly low scorers, it was the Brewers all-round stability that proved the difference. Seoul Captain Dangerfield didn't produce and it has exposed a weakness in the Seoul line-up after their nail-biting win against Cairo last week. Berlin were unimpressive, but got the result they needed and it was most certainly needed to keep in touch with the 8.

Seoul Magpies (19.11.125) lost to Berlin Brewers (21.8.134)

Best
Seoul: Tom J Lynch, Lachie Whitfield
Berlin: Colin Garland, Nat Fyfe, Jack Steven

Late Changes
Seoul: Nil
Berlin: Jack Grimes replaced by Jordan Murdoch

WXV Debut
Seoul: Nil
Berlin: Nil

Club debut
Seoul: Brandon Matera
Berlin: Jordan Murdoch

Reserves

Pyongyang Chollimas (18.6.114) def Rhineland Rum-Runners (0.9.9)

Best
Pyongyang: Thomas Boyd, Taylor Duryea, Jake Lloyd, Ben McGlynn
Rhineland: Nil

[Purple 77]

Late Changes
New Delhi: Zachary Williams, Nicholas Robertson, Viv Michie replaced by a warm summer wind.
Dublin: Nil

Hahahahaha

Some close games and big upsets this week, good to see.

SOMEONE NOTICED!!!!

I've done that 3 weeks in a row now lol

[Toga]

Stoked to have notched up two wins early in the season, certainly the best start to the season in a while for Jing! Let's hope we can get our forward line sorted and push for a few more in the coming weeks!

Unbelievable effort from Lachie Neale to get us over the line, good to have him stand up as a captain replacement for Wines for the next little while. Also great to see our reserves pumping out some good scores, with a few players waiting in the wings... Jackson Thurlow might be set to finally break out!