WXV Finals Week 1: Christchurch, Pacific & New York Debut

[AaronKirk]

Oh thank god.

I know New York weren't at their best, so I'm considering myself lucky.

GG New York, you had an outstanding season!

too good mate

Disappointing season overall, but that's what injuries do I guess.

[ossie85]

New York did amazingly well to make the finals guys, disappointing to lose, but a great season IMO, well done

[meow meow]

Good game PNL. Fight your way back and I'll see you in the grand final.

[Holz]

You let me down hp daz.

We were supposed to play in the grandfinal.

No mercy if you make it to crooke park

[Hellopplz]

Good game PNL. Fight your way back and I'll see you in the grand final.

Good game, we were looking good until today as well. Our Finals curse continues :'(.

[DazBurg]

You let me down hp daz.

We were supposed to play in the grandfinal.

No mercy if you make it to crooke park

we tried mate just a few key players decided to slack off

Good game PNL. Fight your way back and I'll see you in the grand final.

good game MM
enjoy the week off

our boys will get a flogging on the track and expect them to breath fire next week

[Purple 77]

Dublin Proves Round 17 No Fluke

The Destroyers progress, and pretty much look unstoppable right now. They remain the premiership favourites, with a lazy 8 players posting centuries. Mexico City were great, but not good enough with Johnson, Bartel and Simpson not up to the Dublin standard. The Suns will get their second chance though... this isn't last time we hear from them.

Dublin Destroyers (28.6.174) def Mexico City Suns (24.6.150)

Best
Dublin: Robert Murphy, Alex Rance, Joel Selwood, Rory Sloane, David Mundy, Todd Goldstein, Dustin Martin, Jarryd Roughead
Mexico City: Tom Rockliff, Brett Deledio, Brendon Goddard, Brent Harvey, Allen Christensen

Late Changes
Dublin: Nil
Mexico City: Nil

WXV Debut
Dublin: Nil
Mexico City: Nil

Club debut
Dublin: Nil
Mexico City: Nil

DUBLIN Progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
MEXICO CITY Progresses to a SEMI FINAL

TOM ROCKLIFF & RORY SLOANE wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Purple 77]

SANDILANDS DOES IT AGAIN

WOW! What a comeback! The Saints were behind the whole day and I just expected the all round consistency from the Reindeers to overrun them... but finals hero Sandilands had something to say about that! I'm very glad I recently praised Sandi in his 50th game celebration, because I mention that he has a history of performing on the big stage and almost single-handedly the Captain of Christchurch brings the preliminary final to New Zealand. Incredible! The bad luck for PNL just continued... coz they certainly weren't shamed, they had 7 centurions for goodness sake! What a game, what a result!

PNL Reindeers (24.8.152) lost to Christchurch Saints (25.10.160)

Best
PNL: Luke Hodge, Corey Enright, Daniel Rich, Dane Swan, Justin Westhoff, Chad Wingard, Tom T Lynch
Christchurch: Hamish Hartlett, Luke Shuey, Aaron Sandilands, Jamie Elliott, Dayne Zorko

Late Changes
PNL: Nil
Christchurch: Nil

WXV Debut
PNL: Nil
Christchurch: Nil

Club debut
PNL: Nil
Christchurch: Nil

CHRISTCHURCH Progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
PNL Progresses to a SEMI FINAL

AARON SANDILANDS wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Purple 77]

Moscow Guns no match for Islander Spears

This was also a great close game, and wasn't really decided until Pacific's Jack Martin went down in the 3rd quarter with due to injury. The ruck battle was epic, with Monfries 10cm height advantage accounting for Blair. There was five 130+ scores too! For the Islanders, this ends an outstanding transformation from receiving the wooden spoon about this time last year to an amazing final 6 game winning streak grabbing 5th spot in the year after. For Moscow, huge relief and encouragement about getting back into some form that may challenge Mexico City.

Pacific Islanders (20.10.130) lost to Moscow Spetsnaz (22.6.138)

Best
Pacific: Jack Redden, Cameron Guthrie, Tom Mitchell
Moscow: Dyson Heppell, Callan Ward, David Armitage, Angus Monfries, Robbie Gray

Late Changes
Pacific: Nil
Moscow: Clancee Pearce replaced by Darcy Moore

WXV Debut
Pacific: Nil
Moscow: Nil

Club debut
Pacific: Nil
Moscow: Nil

MOSCOW Progresses to a SEMI FINAL
PACIFIC finishes 7th

TOM MITCHELL wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Jay]

:'(

[ossie85]

Great write ups!

Bad luck Pacific, you had a great season.

Not sure why you listed Selwood as winning a Finals Champions medal Purps - he didn't do that well, I took the liberty of changing that :P

As mentioned, that was Sandilands 3rd BOG performance in a final

[Purple 77]

Berlin's Virgin Finals Crowd knocks out Virgin Finals New York

I was genuinely stressed the whole weekend, and the thought of doing it all again is gonna suck so bad. Berlin won this match on debutant Rory Atkins HGA of 50, in a game where both teams were performing well below what they would like. This was Berlin's 5th lowest score for the year and New York's 6th lowest, which makes sense seeing as there was only 5 centurions for the match. New York started the match slowly and was slightly behind Berlin the whole time, until Sunday were all 5 of Berlin's Melbourne players choked horribly, allowing the Revolution back into the match. With Captain Fyfe on just 43 at half-time, a Revolution victory became the likely outcome. But Fyfe produced a 42 point quarter and followed it up with another 34 point quarter to get the Brewers home. I also like to think my micro-management of Drew Petrie (I saw him play live) got the win, so I reckon my on-field coaching was telling :P. This ends another amazing transformation year for the Revolution, having improved so much despite constant injuries.

Berlin Brewers (22.6.138) def New York Revolution (21.8.134)

Best
Berlin: Nat Fyfe, Drew Petrie
New York: Kade Kolodjashnij, Leigh Montagna, Josh J Kennedy

Late Changes
Berlin: Jack Grimes replaced by Xavier Ellis
New York: Nil

WXV Debut
Berlin: Rory Atkins
New York: Nil

Club debut
Berlin: Nil
New York: Nil

BERLIN Progresses to a SEMI FINAL
NEW YORK finishes 8th

DREW PETRIE wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Purple 77]

Great write ups!

Bad luck Pacific, you had a great season.

Not sure why you listed Selwood as winning a Finals Champions medal Purps - he didn't do that well, I took the liberty of changing that :P

As mentioned, that was Sandilands 3rd BOG performance in a final

:-[

I meant to write Rory Sloane, and they were right next to each other...  :-X

[ossie85]

Great write ups!

Bad luck Pacific, you had a great season.

Not sure why you listed Selwood as winning a Finals Champions medal Purps - he didn't do that well, I took the liberty of changing that :P

As mentioned, that was Sandilands 3rd BOG performance in a final

:-[

I meant to write Rory Sloane, and they were right next to each other...  :-X

Ah!

That's Sloane's 3rd time being BOG in a final also!

[Purple 77]

Kings outrank Princes

At least PNL get some consolation in a low scoring affair, with Laverde and Myers getting them home despite the Princes having one more player.

Marseille Kings (11.10.76) def Imperial Princes (9.11.65)

Best
Marseille: David Myers, Jayden Laverde
Imperial: Matt Shaw

MARSEILLE Progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
IMPERIAL Progresses to a SEMI FINAL