WXV Rising Star and Team of the Week 2016

[Nige]

Dayne :-*

Wish I could say the same.  :P

[Ricochet]

Hard luck story of the week sees us look at the silly coaches at New Delhi who left superstar Ben Griffiths to rot in the reserves where he showed he's above the competition

So true  :-[

[meow meow]

Dayne :-*

Wish I could say the same.  :P

Me too. Oh well I'll get compo for such an inequitable trade passing.

[Nige]

Round 9

Rising Star

It was bound to happen sooner or later. Yes, Worlds has finally been petraccattacked! Beijing's Christian Petracca scored a pretty solid 105 to get himself this week's nomination. Had Christchurch's Connor Blakely played in the seniors, this week's honour would have been his,

Team of the Week

A pretty decent mix in this week's team with both familiar and fresh faces. The regulars need no introduction, but the likes of Matt Dea and Seb Ross have put their hand up. The big news was a monster score from Todd Goldstein which was amazingly topped by Heath Shaw who broke the magical 200 point barrier. JROO8 gets another coach of the week nod for inspiring Heater to a ridiculous effort.

D: Heath Shaw [c] (Mexico City), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Matt Dea (Cape Town), Dane Rampe (London)
M: Seb Ross (New Delhi), Trent Cotchin (Mexico City), Jack Steven (Berlin), Lachie Neale (Beijing)
R: Todd Goldstein [vc] (Dublin)
F: Josh J Kennedy (New York), Tom T Lynch (London), Dustin Martin (Dublin), Jesse Hogan (Moscow)
I: Kurt Tippett (New York), Jack Ziebell (Toronto)

Coach: JROO8 (Mexico City)

[Ricochet]

Nice work as usual Nige.

Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?

[Toga]

Petracca! :D :D :D

[Holz]

Nice work as usual Nige.

Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?

agreed Pendles was robbed.

drop Hogan, Tippett to Forward line then Pendles in. Smashed Hogan.

[Purple 77]

Great to see my stalwart Steven in the team  8)

[Nige]

Nice work as usual Nige.

Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?

I usually award the TOTW places based on where the player was named by their Worlds team. As Tippett was named as ruck for New York, I put him as I1.

Honestly, I probably haven't been consistent with this, but this is the way I personally prefer it to be and plan to keep it unless there's an overwhelming objection by the community. More than happy to change it if others feel strongly about it being done the other way.

[Holz]

Nice work as usual Nige.

Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?

I usually award the TOTW places based on where the player was named by their Worlds team. As Tippett was named as ruck for New York, I put him as I1.

Honestly, I probably haven't been consistent with this, but this is the way I personally prefer it to be and plan to keep it unless there's an overwhelming objection by the community. More than happy to change it if others feel strongly about it being done the other way.

nah its fine.

give it to Hogan, he isnt that good so he might only get a few in his career.

[Torpedo10]

Nice work as usual Nige.

Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?

I usually award the TOTW places based on where the player was named by their Worlds team. As Tippett was named as ruck for New York, I put him as I1.

Honestly, I probably haven't been consistent with this, but this is the way I personally prefer it to be and plan to keep it unless there's an overwhelming objection by the community. More than happy to change it if others feel strongly about it being done the other way.

nah its fine.

give it to Hogan, he isnt that good so he might only get a few in his career.

You can only be chosen in the positions you play.  ;)

You won't see Goldy at FF in the All-Australian side.  :P

Well done Hoges, we will let your score speak for itself.  :P

[Holz]

Nice work as usual Nige.

Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?

I usually award the TOTW places based on where the player was named by their Worlds team. As Tippett was named as ruck for New York, I put him as I1.

Honestly, I probably haven't been consistent with this, but this is the way I personally prefer it to be and plan to keep it unless there's an overwhelming objection by the community. More than happy to change it if others feel strongly about it being done the other way.

nah its fine.

give it to Hogan, he isnt that good so he might only get a few in his career.

You can only be chosen in the positions you play.  ;)

You won't see Goldy at FF in the All-Australian side.  :P

Well done Hoges, we will let your score speak for itself.  :P

Was clearly talking about making the team.

yeah Goldy wont be FF but he will be the ruck.

For the record Goldy snuck up forward for like 10 minutes and kicked 3 goals. He is a beast.

[Memphistopheles]

So, does any of the other teams in the Essendon top-up draft regret not taking Dea now? #Dealightful #DeamonInTheSack #Dealicious

[Purple 77]

So, does any of the other teams in the Essendon top-up draft regret not taking Dea now? #Dealightful #DeamonInTheSack #Dealicious

Yes :(

But I feel better knowing that he comes off your list the moment your season finishes :P

[Nige]

Round 10

Rising Star

The Round 10 nomination goes to Connor Blakely of Christchurch who made his debut this week against the club that drafted him in Cairo. He scored 97 to take out this week's honour and help his team to a very comfortable victory over his former club. The next best rookie was Callum Mills with a score 28 points worse off than Blakely's.

Team of the Week

Probably the most interesting team of the week yet if you ask me. While a number of the faces in the team of the week are those we've seen before, the highlight is that not a single player from neither Mexico City nor Dublin made the team. Another amazing point is that Holz still managed coach of the week... but only just! 9 more points and it would have gone to New York's co-coaches or 12 more points and it would have gone to Buenos Aires' coaching duo in Vinny and iZander! Tom Mitchell's big score sees him don the armband, while World favourite (unless you're Holz/Dublin) Max Gawn is his vice.

D: Jeremy Howe (New Delhi), Josh Gibson (New York), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Jarrad McVeigh (Christchurch)
M: Tom Mitchell [c] (Pacific), Josh P Kennedy (Cape Town), David Armitage (Moscow), Gary Ablett Jr (Rio)
R: Max Gawn [vc] (Berlin)
F: Josh J Kennedy (New York), Chad Wingard (PNL), Justin Westhoff (PNL), Taylor Walker (Toronto)
I: Jordan Lewis (New York), Bryce Gibbs (Christchurch)

Coach: Holz (Dublin)