WXV Round 5: London and Pacific to break ducks?

[Nige]

But yeah, we lost.

[Toga]

With Dawes (F3) a late out I take it that Michael Talia (E1) will come on in his place at OOP half score? And with Polec (M4) green vest in this evening's game, Touk Miller (IC1) moves to M4, with Cam Wood (E1) to replace him on the interchange?

A confusing day for us :P

[Purple 77]

With Dawes (F3) a late out I take it that Michael Talia (E1) will come on in his place at OOP half score? And with Polec (M4) green vest in this evening's game, Touk Miller (IC1) moves to M4, with Cam Wood (E1) to replace him on the interchange?

A confusing day for us :P

Miller replaces Polec

Wood replaces Miller

Talia (OOP) replaces Dawes.

So yes, that's right  :)

[Purple 77]

Sorta cool in the Toronto v Moscow match that each team had a forward score 2...

[Toga]

Cool, thanks Purps! Good to get Wood's score, was very solid. A pity we didn't know Aaron Black was playing as he could've been our fwd emergency - not that he scored much :P

[My Chumps]

Selection issues have potentially led to another loss here. We just can't get it right!

[Boomz]

Got Dublin on an off week and didn't take advantage of it  :(

[Purple 77]

Got Dublin on an off week and didn't take advantage of it  :(

Poor form, when Dublin score 1692, that's the time to take advantage!  :P

[Purple 77]

Thunder sends Armadillos into Shells

With a unique choice of making two tall defenders as being Beijing's Co-Captains paying off with Harry Taylor firing, Beijing made light work of their opponents whom just didn't have comparable quality. The Dillos would be liking the form of Captain Taylor Adams of late though.

Buenos Aires Armadillos (17.11.113) lost to Beijing Thunder (22.6.138)

Best
Buenos Aires: Easton Wood, Jay Schulz, Taylor Adams
Beijing: Harry Taylor, Lachie Neale, Brodie Grundy, Eddie Betts, Touk Miller, Jackson Thurlow

Late Changes
Buenos Aires: Rohan Bewick replaced by Justin Clarke
Beijing: Jared Polec, Chris Dawes replaced by Cameron Wood, Michael Talia

WXV Debut
Buenos Aires: Ben Lennon
Beijing: Nil

Club debut
Buenos Aires: Nil
Beijing: Phil Davis

Reserves

Buenos Aires Armadillos (22.8.140) def Shanghai Storm (13.7.85)

Best
Buenos Aires: Tyson Goldsack, Jackson Ramsay
Shanghai: Liam Shiels, Ted Richards

[Purple 77]

Christchurch stomp on Cobras

Despite having less centurions, Christchurch's bottom 5 players smashed the bottom 5 players of the Cobras, and that was the difference in the end, and a testament to both teams. One, who could afford to rest Shuey and still post a great score. The other, continue a year descending into a nightmare.

Christchurch Saints (23.7.145) def Cape Town Cobras (19.8.122)

Best
Christchurch: Sean Dempster, Liam Picken, Sam Mitchell
Cape Town: Josh P Kennedy, Trent Cotchin, Mark Blicavs, Stefan Martin

Late Changes
Christchurch: Nathan Hrovat replaced by Jake Stringer
Cape Town: Nil

WXV Debut
Christchurch: Nil
Cape Town: Cameron McCarthy

Club debut
Christchurch: Nil
Cape Town: Billy Longer

Reserves

Wellington Weta (16.10.106) def Durban Pirates (16.6.102)

Best
Wellington: Luke Shuey, Tory Dickson
Durban: Stewart Crameri, Gary Rohan, Edward Curnow, Mitch Honeychurch, Will Schofield

[Purple 77]

Destroyers' Cannons no match for Samurai Swords

Oh who cares about Dublin. We all know they're in insane form, and posted this score with their captain being their HGA. The real news to take out of this is the disappointing performance of Tokyo, which makes two scores below 120 in three weeks. Are Tokyo worthy of being labelled as a finals contender?

Dublin Destroyers (27.7.169) def Tokyo Samurai (18.11.119)

Best
Dublin: Tom McDonald, Robert Murphy, Jobe Watson, Travis Boak, Dustin Martin, Jack Gunston, David Mundy, Scott Thompson
Tokyo: Patrick Ambrose

Late Changes
Dublin: Nil
Tokyo: Nil

WXV Debut
Dublin: Nil
Tokyo: Nil

Club debut
Dublin: Nil
Tokyo: Courtney Dempsey

Reserves

Belfast Braves (8.10.58) lost to Yuzawa Yakuza (17.11.113)

Best
Belfast: Josh Bruce, Josh Walker
Yuzawa: Jake Carlisle, Jared Rivers, Nick Suban

[Purple 77]

London celebrate birth of Princess with huge win

I called it! I bloomin called it! London just keep finding ways to win, whereas PNL just keep finding ways to lose. I challenged the Reindeers pre-match, and they didn't deliver, despite scoring a good score. With this, I can only conclude PNL have more than just remnants of years gone by still in their team, and that London are now well truly deserving of the competitions' respect.

London Royals (24.10.154) def PNL Reindeers (23.6.144)

Best
London: Dan Hannebery, Brent Stanton, Chris Mayne, Danyle Pearce
PNL: Corey Enright, Jarrod Harbrow, Dylan Shiel, Matt Priddis, Cyril Rioli

Late Changes
London: Nil
PNL: Nil

WXV Debut
London: Nil
PNL: Nil

Club debut
London: Nil
PNL: Nil

Reserves

Imperial Princes (19.7.121) def Marseille Kings (14.8.92)

Best
Imperial: Bradley Sheppard, Josh Hill, Tom Lonergan
Marseille: Jack Billings, Marley Williams, Sebastian Tape, Luke Delaney

[Purple 77]

Suns survive (brief) scare from Tigers

At the start of the last day, the score line looked promising for New Delhi, it well and truly did. But a combination of again not fielding XV players and a late rally from Ebert and Goddard turned the brief tight contest into a blow-out. New Delhi continue to struggle, and Mexico City continue to have their premiership credentials questioned if you ask me.

Mexico City Suns (22.6.138) def New Delhi Tigers (15.9.99)

Best
Mexico City: Bradley Ebert, Brendon Goddard
New Delhi: Andrew Gaff, Chris Masten

Late Changes
Mexico City: Tom Rockliff replaced by Kamdyn McIntosh
New Delhi: Jack Hannath, Tom Curren, Patrick McCartin replaced by Robert Warnock

WXV Debut
Mexico City: Nathan Krakouer
New Delhi: Nil

Club debut
Mexico City: Nil
New Delhi: Robert Warnock

Reserves

Mexico City Suns (10.8.68) def Mumbai Elephants (0.0.0)

Best
Mexico City: Adam Oxley, Josh Glenn
Mumbai: Nil

[Purple 77]

Revolution Glass the Sands

Some red-hot form from New York in the second half of the match has secured an important win, and also remind the competition that they are well and truly a top eight team. Cairo responded somewhat to their poor form of late; scoring their second best score of the year. But, the Sands are in trouble, and the question continues to be asked, who is gonna get them out of it?   
   
New York Revolution (23.9.147) def Cairo Sands (20.11.131)   
   
Best   
New York: Heath Shaw, Sam Fisher, Mitch Duncan, Harley Bennell, Mike Pyke, Josh J Kennedy   
Cairo: Dayne Beams, Shane Mumford, Luke Breust   
   
Late Changes   
New York: Nil   
Cairo: Paul Puopolo replaced by Jake Batchelor   
   
WXV Debut   
New York: Nil   
Cairo: Nil   
   
Club debut   
New York: Nil   
Cairo: Nil   
   
Reserves   
   
Washington Rebellion (19.11.125) def Alexandria Heiroglyphics (3.9.27)   
   
Best   
Washington: Sharrod Wellingham, Matthew White, Jamie Bennell, Alex Sexton, Nathan Brown   
Alexandria: Jeremy Laidler   

[Holz]

The captain curse continues thats 3 weeks with horrible captains. Need to turn that around.