WXV Round 11: Armadillo Rampage to Claim Another?

[Purple 77]

Beijing Thunder (24.7.151) lost to Pacific Islanders (24.8.152*)
*1507 (151) v 1508* (scaled up to 152)

WOW! WOW! What a game! Going into the last game of the round, the Islanders had 3 players left to take on Beijing's 2 and it looked like Pacific just had to simply cruise home. HOWEVER! The RESTED Josh Jenkins blew the game out of the park with a massive 171 (plus a record resting bonus of 18!) to almost SINGLE HANDEDLY hand Beijing an unlikely victory (at the time). What a match. What a high scoring match... I would say MOTY. I highly advise everyone to look at this games scorecard.

Best
Beijing: Callan Ward, Lachie Neale, Josh Jenkins
Pacific: Matt Suckling, Tom Mitchell, Marcus Bontempelli, Cameron Guthrie, Matthew Leuenberger, Michael Barlow, Michael Rischitelli

Late Changes
Beijing: Allen Christensen subbed out for Bradley Hill
Pacific: Nil

WXV Debut
Beijing: Nil
Pacific: Mitch McGovern

Club debut
Beijing: Nil
Pacific: Nil

Reserves

Shanghai Storm (8.11.59) lost to Port Morseby Iguanadons (12.7.79)

Best
Shanghai: Jared Polec, Kade Stewart
Port Morseby: Jed Lamb, Matthew Taberner, Callum Ah Chee

[Purple 77]

And just to extend on that, what a game to show off how far these two teams have come in the last 2 years?!

They were the 3rd and 4th highest scores of the round (very unlucky Beijing). It was Beijing's highest score of the year, and Pacific's second highest. And amazingly, this continues Pacific's undefeated dominance over Beijing too...

MOTY.

[upthemaidens]

Yes, Pacific back in the winners circle. :)    Bad luck and good game Beijing.

[Purple 77]

Samurai give Armadillos Seven

They just cannot be stopped! That's seven in a row now for the Dillos, which is crazy. Their Carlton players really are their secret weapon I feel, and Wagner & Adams continue to prove drafting master-strokes by Vinny. Samurai were certainly not embarrassed though, and haven't been seeing reward for effort of late.

Tokyo Samurai (21.9.135) lost to Buenos Aires Armadillos (23.11.149)

Best
Tokyo: Luke Parker, Anthony Miles, Aaron Young, Zac Smith
Buenos Aires: Zach Tuohy, Joshua Wagner, Scott Pendlebury, Edward Curnow

Late Changes
Tokyo: Steven Morris subbed out for Martin Gleeson
Buenos Aires: Easton Wood replaced by Shaun Atley

WXV Debut
Tokyo: Nil
Buenos Aires: Nil

Club debut
Tokyo: Nil
Buenos Aires: Nil

Reserves

Yuzawa Yakuza (16.6.102) lost to La Plata Armada (22.9.141)

Best
Yuzawa: Shaun Edwards
La Plata: Daniel Gorringe, Jake Neade, Dennis Armfield

[iZander]

We lost.

Nic Nat you flowering spud.

I thought everyone had finally learnt not to captain rucks against Doggies....this is taking way too long.

[Purple 77]

Hear the Wolves Howl!

They've done it! The Wolves have posted their first win of the season! WHOOOOOOO! Well done to coach Adamant for notching up his first win  :D :D :D

At least for Cairo, Tom Cole wouldn't have made any difference  :-X but the fact remains that Cairo continue to offend in playing an OOP midfielder.



Cairo Sands (16.8.104) lost to Toronto Wolves (20.7.127)

Best
Cairo: Paul Puopolo
Toronto: Jack Ziebell, Jackson Macrae, Sam Kerridge, Taylor Walker

Late Changes
Cairo: Jeremy McGovern, Karl Amon replaced by Sam Rowe, Dougal Howard
Toronto: Nil

WXV Debut
Cairo: Dougal Howard
Toronto: Nil

Club debut
Cairo: Nil
Toronto: Nil

Reserves

Alexandria Heiroglyphics (4.11.35) def Windsor Warriors (2.11.23)

Best
Alexandria: Nil
Windsor: Nil

[meow meow]

WE NEED COMPO

[Purple 77]

Christchurch Compo Claims fall on deaf Royal Ears

London out-Christchurched Christchurch in their way to their 5th win for the season! This game also presented the every-now-and-then occurrence of the captain also being the HGA, this time for Christchurch's Gibbs. Meanwhile, Tom Rockliff gets 200 points for Mexico City... how did that trade pass again? :P

Christchurch Saints (19.9.123) lost to London Royals (21.9.135)

Best
Christchurch: Matthew Boyd, Ben Reid
London: Dane Rampe, Daniel Hannebery

Late Changes
Christchurch: Nil
London: Nil

WXV Debut
Christchurch: Nil
London: Jarrad Jansen

Club debut
Christchurch: Jack Trengove
London: Nil

Reserves

Wellington Weta (14.10.94) def Imperial Princes (9.7.61)

Best
Wellington: Jake Lever
Imperial: Kyle Hartigan

[Adamant]

Aaaaand there it is! FINALLY!

#goodbyeowen

[Purple 77]

Spetsnaz Guns Misfire as Tigers Claim Gritty Victory

Moscow simply didn't have enough quality scores from its players, whereas New Delhi only had one more, which was the difference in the end. New Delhi should be feeling lucky with the win. However, the Elephants absolutely massacred the Wolverines! Wow!

New Delhi Tigers (19.7.121) def Moscow Spetsnaz (18.8.116)

Best
New Delhi: Jeremy Howe, Kieren Jack
Moscow: Paul Seedsman

Late Changes
New Delhi: Nil
Moscow: Nick Vlastuin subbed out for Hayden Ballantyne

WXV Debut
New Delhi: Nil
Moscow: Nil

Club debut
New Delhi: Nil
Moscow: Nil

Reserves

Mumbai Elephants (26.10.166) def Siberian Wolverines (0.6.6)

Best
Mumbai: Matt Crouch, Sebastian Ross, Jarman Impey, Simon White
Siberia: Nil

[Nige]

WE NEED CHARITY

[Purple 77]

Rockliff Shines Brightest in Intense Victory

Dayum son Suns! A Tom Rockliff (204) inspired performance has seen the Suns approach the 170 barrier for what would have been the third time this year had it not been for Betts & Riewoldt failing to live up to the standard at the end. The Suns ever looked like they might trouble the all time record of 1919 set by Dublin last year  :o but they decided to conserve their energies instead. New York... well, they couldn't be expected to whip out another 170+ score against the other 2015 top 2 teams could they? But they still performed admirably.

New York Revolution (22.11.143) lost to Mexico City Suns (27.6.168)

Best
New York: Shannon Hurn, David Mundy, Kurt Tippett, Shaun Grigg
Mexico City: Heath Shaw, Kade Simpson, Jimmy Bartel, Tom Rockliff, Trent Cotchin, Brent Harvey, Daniel Wells

Late Changes
New York: Nil
Mexico City: Nil

WXV Debut
New York: Nil
Mexico City: Nil

Club debut
New York: Nil
Mexico City: Nil

Reserves

Washington Rebellion (23.10.148) def Mexico City Suns (15.8.98)

Best
Washington: Ben Sinclair, Matt Rosa, Jesse White, Daniel Menzel
Mexico City: Sam Gray, James Rose, Ryan Davis

[Purple 77]

Reindeers Bring the Rain

I call BS PNL coaches! I have nothing to do with it, so stop using me as a scapegoat for your bad performances :P however, I'm calling it; PNL are well and truly back, and are looking to do damage in finals! It was a spirited performance by Cape Town however, with a score that would have beaten 9 other teams (wow... only 9? Fark, high scoring round hey?). It's obvious though that Billy Stretch proved the difference; something the Reindeers will continue to rely on in the future.

PNL Reindeers (25.7.157) def Cape Town Cobras (23.6.144)

Best
PNL: Corey Enright, Matt Priddis, Dylan Shiel, Nathan Jones, Justin Westhoff, Chad Wingard, Zachary Merrett, Hayden Crozier
Cape Town: Shane Savage, Josh P Kennedy, Lachie Hunter, Dion Prestia, Dom Tyson, Tom Hawkins, Touk Miller

Late Changes
PNL: Nil
Cape Town: Nil

WXV Debut
PNL: Nil
Cape Town: Nil

Club debut
PNL: Nil
Cape Town: Nil

Reserves

Marseille Kings (11.6.72) lost to Durban Pirates (15.7.97)

Best
Marseille: Jarrod Harbrow
Durban: Gary Rohan

[Purple 77]

Don't even care. flower this game

I'll change my picture to Ben Jacobs as promised after all this Levi... god flowering stupid game.

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (23.7.145) def Berlin Brewers (22.8.140)

Best
Rio de Janeiro: Gary Jnr Ablett, Sam Jacobs, Mitch Robinson, Bernie Vince, Danyle Pearce
Berlin: Daniel Talia, Tom Liberatore, Max Gawn, Michael Walters, Drew Petrie

Late Changes
Rio de Janeiro: Scott Thompson replaced by Danyle Pearce
Berlin: Nil

WXV Debut
Rio de Janeiro: Nil
Berlin: Nil

Club debut
Rio de Janeiro: Nil
Berlin: Nil

Reserves

Copacabana Capuchins (13.7.85) def Rhineland Rum-Runners (11.9.75)

Best
Copacabana: Brayden Maynard
Rhineland: Nick Suban

[Toga]

F! That is just bloody annoying that we go down by one fricking SC point! Christo's injury really cost us and Brandon Ellis (usually ultra consistent) was a big let down.

But positives come out of it as well. Highest score for the year which I'm pretty stoked about and it was a masterstroke resting GUN Jenkins last week for his big outing this week.

Pity such a good effort fell to waste only just, but good work Pacific on a well-deserved win. Sure to be the first of many close matchups between our up and coming sides in years to come ;)