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

[Jukes]

flowering GREENwood :/

[RaisyDaisy]

Bad start for NY after what was looking very promising early on

At 1/2 time Cloke and Tippett were both close to 50SC and on track for good scores, but the KPP curse hit in the 2nd half and they did bugger all, barely scoring :(

[Purple 77]

Shall update scores later tonight... Been a bit busy.

Will get to cheer on petrie, Steven and Geary in person, and boo montagna though!

[Purple 77]

Alrighty. Team submission stuff:

Just the two OOP players, both on purpose.

I have agreed with the teams not playing finals that named a senior best XV. Tokyo didn't name one (which is fine), so I named one based on the amount of times you selected a player and on form. Tokyo's best XV (3 emergencies at end) is:

Garrick Ibbotson
Shaun Burgoyne
Jake Carlisle
Ricky Henderson
Anthony Miles
Kieran Jack
Luke Parker
Andrew Carrazzo
Scott Lycett
Luke Dahlhaus
Jamie Cripps
Steven Motlop
Nick Suban
Andrew Phillips
Harry Cunningham

Martin Gleeson
Jackson Merrett
Liam Dawson

[Purple 77]

After the first 3 AFL games:

Dublin & Mexico City are toughing out another epic, with no real leader established yet... maybe Dublin at this stage.

PNL have started strong, whereas Christchurch have crumbled somewhat! A lot of catching up to do here for the Saints.

This game hasn't lit many fires yet, but Tom Mitchell & David Armitage have produced inspired efforts only to be let down by their teammates. No one more than Joe Daniher. Still fairly even at this stage.

Berlin has been blessed with an inspired performance by Drew Petrie (where I watched him LIVE!), and has take the early advantage.

	Dublin Destroyers					Mexico City
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Robert Murphy	0			D1	Kade Simpson	0
D2	Alex Rance	0			D2	Matthew Broadbent	0
D3	Grant Birchall	0			D3	Michael Johnson	0
D4	Tom McDonald	0			D4	Shannon Hurn	0
M1	Joel Selwood	0	VC	0	M1	Steele Sidebottom	96	1	96
M2	Rory Sloane	145	1	145	M2	Tom Rockliff	0	CC	0
M3	Travis Boak	0			M3	Jordan Lewis	0
M4	David Mundy	0			M4	Bradley Ebert	0
R1	Todd Goldstein	122	C	244	R1	Ivan Maric	0
F1	Michael Walters	0			F1	Brett Deledio	0	CC	0
F2	Dustin Martin	0			F2	Brendon Goddard	116	1	116
F3	Jack Gunston	0			F3	Jimmy Bartel	0
F4	Jarryd Roughead	0			F4	Brent Harvey	121	1	121
U1	Nick Dal Santo	78	1	78	U1	Allen Christensen	0
U2	Scott Thompson	68	1	68	U2	Shaun Grigg	0
E1	Nathan van Berlo	76			E1	Nick Riewoldt	95
E2	Josh Bruce	54			E2	Nathan Krakouer	0
E3	Josh Walker	0			E3	Kamdyn McIntosh	0
			Total	535				Total	333

	PNL Reindeers					Christchurch Saints
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Luke Hodge	0			D1	Sam Gilbert	96	1	96
D2	Corey Enright	0			D2	Sean Dempster	62	1	62
D3	Marley Williams	90	1	90	D3	Dylan Roberton	66	1	66
D4	Jarrod Harbrow	0			D4	Liam Picken	0	VC	0
M1	Matt Priddis	0	CC	0	M1	Hamish Hartlett	0
M2	Nathan Jones	0			M2	Sam Mitchell	0
M3	Thomas Sheridan	0			M3	Matthew Boyd	0
M4	Daniel Rich	0			M4	Luke Shuey	0
R1	Tom Campbell	0			R1	Aaron Sandilands	0	C	0
F1	Dane Swan	127	CC	191	F1	Jamie Elliott	102	1	102
F2	Justin Westhoff	0			F2	Ben Reid	54	1	54
F3	Chad Wingard	0			F3	Jake Stringer	0
F4	Cyril Rioli	0			F4	Tory Dickson	0
U1	Nick Malceski	0			U1	Dayne Zorko	0
U2	Tom T Lynch	102	1	102	U2	Harris Andrews	0
E1	Zac O'Brien	0			E1	Jack Steele	0
E2	David Myers	77			E2	Jeff Garlett	0
E3	Jonathon Patton	0			E3	Jake Lever	51
			Total	383				Total	380

	Pacific Islanders					Moscow Spetsnaz
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Rory Laird	90	1	90	D1	Lynden Dunn	0
D2	Jeremy Howe	0			D2	Nick Vlastuin	0
D3	Alex Fasolo	54	1	54	D3	Sam Docherty	0
D4	Lee Spurr	0			D4	Jack Hombsch	0
M1	Michael Rischitelli	0			M1	Dyson Heppell	109	CC	164
M2	Michael Barlow	0			M2	Callan Ward	0
M3	Jack Redden	0	VC	0	M3	David Armitage	143	1	143
M4	Cameron Guthrie	0			M4	Dominic Sheed	0
R1	Jarryd Blair	85	P	43	R1	Angus Monfries	0	P	0
F1	Marcus Bontempelli	0	C	0	F1	Robbie Gray	0	CC	0
F2	Tom Mitchell	147	1	147	F2	Jesse Hogan	0
F3	Jack Martin	0			F3	Joe Daniher	32	1	32
F4	Devon Smith	0			F4	Josh Jenkins	73	1	73
U1	Ben Howlett	65	1	65	U1	Clancee Pearce	0
U2	Jarryd Lyons	67	1	67	U2	Steven May	0
E1	Sam Gibson	74			E1	Darcy Moore	84
E2	Adam Goodes	46			E2	Alex Pearce	0
E3	Tomas Bugg	0			E3	Tyrone Vickery	0
			Total	466				Total	412

	Berlin Brewers					New York Revolution
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Michael Hibberd	90	1	90	D1	Heath Shaw	0	CC	0
D2	Jarryn Geary	84	1	84	D2	Josh Gibson	0
D3	Colin Garland	0			D3	Kade Kolodjashnij	0
D4	Jack Grimes	0			D4	Heath Grundy	53	1	53
M1	Nat Fyfe	0	C	0	M1	Steve Johnson	0
M2	Jack Steven	77	VC	77	M2	Harley Bennell	0
M3	Daniel Cross	0			M3	Jackson Macrae	0
M4	Jack Viney	0			M4	Leigh Montagna	103	CC	155
R1	Max Gawn	0			R1	Mike Pyke	73	1	73
F1	Drew Petrie	141	1	141	F1	Josh J Kennedy	0
F2	Lewis Jetta	82	1	82	F2	Kurt Tippett	64	1	64
F3	Marco Paparone	0			F3	Jarrad Waite	87	1	87
F4	Jack Watts	0			F4	Travis Cloke	53	1	53
U1	Jesse Lonergan	0			U1	Matt Rosa	0
U2	Rory Atkins	50	1	50	U2	Sharrod Wellingham	0
E1	Charlie Dixon	0			E1	Sam Fisher	70
E2	Xavier Ellis	0			E2	Jed Adcock	0
E3	Jordan Murdoch	0			E3	Dylan Buckley	0
			Total	524				Total	485

[ossie85]

Don't think any game is over yet!

[Holz]

Don't think any game is over yet!

agreed NDS Thompson cost me big and Goldy was good but down on form.,

[Purple 77]

I was gonna mention it in my preview, but forgot.

Berlin has won 10 games this year... 9 of which came from the bottom 9  :-X the other was against Mexico City.

Take that however you like I suppose  :-X

[Purple 77]

And just a fun fact about Berlin...

In my only other elimination final (2013 v Cape Town), I debuted Darren Minchington (also his AFL debut) as my F4. I was THIS close to naming him ahead of Atkins at U2, which would have been his SECOND WXV's match lol.

This is also Atkins debut for me... also in an elimination final! It's about time, seeing as he has been on my list for 3 years and has only played 4 AFL games in this time (all this year).

ftr, his 50 I am reasonably happy with. I'm simply convinced Dixon is going to stink it up and get a 30, so I'm glad Atkins did better than that

[Purple 77]

*pre-scaled

Funny how PNL's Rioli and Hodge combined for 10 goals but just 202 SC points  :P

[DazBurg]

*pre-scaled

Funny how PNL's Rioli and Hodge combined for 10 goals but just 202 SC points  :P

yeah we were ripped off  >:(

[meow meow]

*pre-scaled

Funny how PNL's Rioli and Hodge combined for 10 goals but just 202 SC points  :P

yeah we were ripped off  >:(

Cyril did literally nothing other than kick those 6 goals, half of which came in junk time. Lucky to have scored more than 75.

[Holz]

*pre-scaled

Funny how PNL's Rioli and Hodge combined for 10 goals but just 202 SC points  :P

gunston roughy got 3 together and combined for more.

Euro is updated before Worlds!!!

[Hellopplz]

*pre-scaled

Funny how PNL's Rioli and Hodge combined for 10 goals but just 202 SC points  :P

yeah we were ripped off  >:(

Cyril did literally nothing other than kick those 6 goals, half of which came in junk time. Lucky to have scored more than 75.

I was at the game, Hodge helped break in front start of the game. Half of Rioli's goals came in junk, but he did some nice taps and whatnot during the game without getting disposals haha. Thoguth Rioli would get like 80-90 and Hodgey more like 120. So evens out :P.

Still pretty consistent from our guys, can Christchurch have a big Sunday to take it or will PNL FINALLY win their first final?!?!?!

[Purple 77]

After Saturdays games

Dublin have established the advantage with players continuing the standard but more because Simpson, Bartel, Lewis and Ebert combining for just 299 points... the Suns needed more. They are still a chance, but it is unlikely. If the rumours come true and TMac is a late withdrawal, then the Suns would come close to a victory with Josh Bruce's 54 coming on to replace him, but they need players to stand up now otherwise they'll play again next week.

It'd be a helluva game right now if it was Dublin v PNL. The Reindeers are roaring (can Reindeers roar?), having had 9 players play and with the current HGA set at 90! Bloomin 90! No player has gone nuts, but EVERY play has a good game, and at this stage it looks like the Reindeers will overcome the Saints, who aren't playing that badly really. The Saints are still a chance though, but captain Sandi would have to repeat his 2012 finals heroics and produce a 150+ I reckon. Then they still have guys like Picken, Boyd and Shuey that can score high, so there is still an outside chance.

This is a bloody close game! The Spetsnaz are back playing their good football, and if it weren't for the subdued Daniher scoring just 32 then I reckon they would be a guaranteed win. BUT, this Islanders outfit have been playing inspiring footy for 7 weeks now, and as such have that pesky HGA which looks like might come in handy. If you factor it in (currently 54), the Islanders are 66 points behind, same amount of players played but the Spetsnaz have had their CCs play and captain Bont is still to come. I sure hope for the Islanders sake that Bernie Vince doesn't destroy him again in the tag like earlier in the year. This game might have even come down to the ruck battle, where Monfries' 10cm height advantage proved telling, on his way to a reduced century.

Sunday was always going to be the day when this result was going to be decided, with Berlin "boasting" 6 Demons in play that usually dictate whether the Brewers will go huge or not. As it stands, the Brewers have the advantage (if you factor in HGA of 50), New York are in front by 147 points with two extra played and both CCs played. It has been a pretty ordinary game so far with just the two centurions, but as I said the quality of the players is today so the game is still in dispute. Hopefully, the early advantage will get me over the line, but I'll be nervous all day.

	Dublin Destroyers					Mexico City
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Robert Murphy	0			D1	Kade Simpson	65	1	65
D2	Alex Rance	0			D2	Matthew Broadbent	75	1	75
D3	Grant Birchall	98	1	98	D3	Michael Johnson	0
D4	Tom McDonald	0			D4	Shannon Hurn	0
M1	Joel Selwood	114	VC	114	M1	Steele Sidebottom	96	1	96
M2	Rory Sloane	145	1	145	M2	Tom Rockliff	145	CC	218
M3	Travis Boak	84	1	84	M3	Jordan Lewis	81	1	81
M4	David Mundy	0			M4	Bradley Ebert	78	1	78
R1	Todd Goldstein	122	C	244	R1	Ivan Maric	0
F1	Michael Walters	0			F1	Brett Deledio	0	CC	0
F2	Dustin Martin	0			F2	Brendon Goddard	116	1	116
F3	Jack Gunston	94	1	94	F3	Jimmy Bartel	66	1	66
F4	Jarryd Roughead	110	1	110	F4	Brent Harvey	121	1	121
U1	Nick Dal Santo	78	1	78	U1	Allen Christensen	108	1	108
U2	Scott Thompson	68	1	68	U2	Shaun Grigg	0
E1	Nathan van Berlo	76			E1	Nick Riewoldt	95
E2	Josh Bruce	54			E2	Nathan Krakouer	17
E3	Josh Walker	46			E3	Kamdyn McIntosh	0
			Total	1035				Total	1024

	PNL Reindeers					Christchurch Saints
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Luke Hodge	108	1	108	D1	Sam Gilbert	96	1	96
D2	Corey Enright	116	1	116	D2	Sean Dempster	62	1	62
D3	Marley Williams	90	1	90	D3	Dylan Roberton	66	1	66
D4	Jarrod Harbrow	0			D4	Liam Picken	0	VC	0
M1	Matt Priddis	0	CC	0	M1	Hamish Hartlett	117	1	117
M2	Nathan Jones	0			M2	Sam Mitchell	95	1	95
M3	Thomas Sheridan	0			M3	Matthew Boyd	0
M4	Daniel Rich	101	1	101	M4	Luke Shuey	0
R1	Tom Campbell	0			R1	Aaron Sandilands	0	C	0
F1	Dane Swan	127	CC	191	F1	Jamie Elliott	102	1	102
F2	Justin Westhoff	106	1	106	F2	Ben Reid	54	1	54
F3	Chad Wingard	102	1	102	F3	Jake Stringer	0
F4	Cyril Rioli	91	1	91	F4	Tory Dickson	0
U1	Nick Malceski	0			U1	Dayne Zorko	117	1	117
U2	Tom T Lynch	102	1	102	U2	Harris Andrews	95	1	95
E1	Zac O'Brien	59			E1	Jack Steele	34
E2	David Myers	77			E2	Jeff Garlett	0
E3	Jonathon Patton	49			E3	Jake Lever	51
			Total	1007				Total	804

	Pacific Islanders					Moscow Spetsnaz
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Rory Laird	90	1	90	D1	Lynden Dunn	0
D2	Jeremy Howe	0			D2	Nick Vlastuin	0
D3	Alex Fasolo	54	1	54	D3	Sam Docherty	80	1	80
D4	Lee Spurr	0			D4	Jack Hombsch	70	1	70
M1	Michael Rischitelli	0			M1	Dyson Heppell	109	CC	164
M2	Michael Barlow	0			M2	Callan Ward	102	1	102
M3	Jack Redden	135	VC	135	M3	David Armitage	143	1	143
M4	Cameron Guthrie	135	1	135	M4	Dominic Sheed	0
R1	Jarryd Blair	85	P	43	R1	Angus Monfries	100	P	50
F1	Marcus Bontempelli	0	C	0	F1	Robbie Gray	131	CC	197
F2	Tom Mitchell	147	1	147	F2	Jesse Hogan	0
F3	Jack Martin	0			F3	Joe Daniher	32	1	32
F4	Devon Smith	55	1	55	F4	Josh Jenkins	73	1	73
U1	Ben Howlett	65	1	65	U1	Clancee Pearce	0
U2	Jarryd Lyons	67	1	67	U2	Steven May	0
E1	Sam Gibson	74			E1	Darcy Moore	84
E2	Adam Goodes	46			E2	Alex Pearce	0
E3	Tomas Bugg	47			E3	Tyrone Vickery	0
			Total	791				Total	911

	Berlin Brewers					New York Revolution
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	MUL	ADJ
D1	Michael Hibberd	90	1	90	D1	Heath Shaw	96	CC	144
D2	Jarryn Geary	84	1	84	D2	Josh Gibson	63	1	63
D3	Colin Garland	0			D3	Kade Kolodjashnij	0
D4	Jack Grimes	0			D4	Heath Grundy	53	1	53
M1	Nat Fyfe	0	C	0	M1	Steve Johnson	99	1	99
M2	Jack Steven	77	VC	77	M2	Harley Bennell	0
M3	Daniel Cross	0			M3	Jackson Macrae	0
M4	Jack Viney	0			M4	Leigh Montagna	103	CC	155
R1	Max Gawn	0			R1	Mike Pyke	73	1	73
F1	Drew Petrie	141	1	141	F1	Josh J Kennedy	0
F2	Lewis Jetta	82	1	82	F2	Kurt Tippett	64	1	64
F3	Marco Paparone	70	1	70	F3	Jarrad Waite	87	1	87
F4	Jack Watts	0			F4	Travis Cloke	53	1	53
U1	Jesse Lonergan	0			U1	Matt Rosa	0
U2	Rory Atkins	50	1	50	U2	Sharrod Wellingham	0
E1	Charlie Dixon	0			E1	Sam Fisher	70
E2	Xavier Ellis	0			E2	Jed Adcock	67
E3	Jordan Murdoch	51			E3	Dylan Buckley	91
			Total	594				Total	791