XVs CL 2016 - Knockout Round of 16 (Rd 19) Dicussion thread

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Matchups

KO1	KO2	KO3	KO4	KO5	KO6	KO7	KO8
Australian Ales	UAE Tigers	Bradford Badgers	Swansea Breakers	Iceland Polar Bears	Hastings Hurricanes	Spanish Stallions	Belgian Bashers
Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team

There's all the group winners in their spots. First up, who will the Ales play? The options are listed below and there's a lot of them :)

Australia Ales: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Machester Magic, Serbian Eagles, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams

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Matchups

KO1	KO2	KO3	KO4	KO5	KO6	KO7	KO8
Australian Ales	UAE Tigers	Bradford Badgers	Swansea Breakers	Iceland Polar Bears	Hastings Hurricanes	Spanish Stallions	Belgian Bashers
PNL Reindeers	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team

It's the Reindeers! A big test for HPs gang coming up against the quality Australian outfit. Who wants to go next? Too bad no choices it's the UAE Tigers up next. A list of their potential opponent below


UAE Tigers: Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Machester Magic, Serbian Eagles, Huddersfield Hawks, Mexico City Suns

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Matchups

KO1	KO2	KO3	KO4	KO5	KO6	KO7	KO8
Australian Ales	UAE Tigers	Bradford Badgers	Swansea Breakers	Iceland Polar Bears	Hastings Hurricanes	Spanish Stallions	Belgian Bashers
PNL Reindeers	Berlin Brewers	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team

Wow! So it's two AXV vs WXV matchups in the first week. I was hoping to avoid that it'll make the rest of the draw go very quickly now. I could say I saw this coming how somehow in all 3 of my simulations UAE drew a WXV side, happened again in the actual thing as well!! Here's where we sit on the who can play who for the remaining teams. Once any of these rows goes down to one team then it's automatically filled into that spot.

Bradford Badgers: English Lions, Serbian Eagles, Mexico City Suns
Spanish Stallions: Manchester Magic, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Swansea Breakers: Serbian Eagles, Mexico City Suns
Belgian Bashers: Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Hastings Hurricanes: English Lions, Mexico City Suns
Iceland Polar Bears: Machester Magic, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns

English Lions: Bradford Badgers, Hastings Hurricanes
Manchester Magic: Spanish Stallions, Iceland Polar Bears
Serbian Eagles: Bradford Badgers, Swansea Breakers
Huddersfield Hawks: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers
Liverpool Rams: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, Iceland Polar Bears
Mexico City Suns: Bradford Badgers, Spanish Stallions, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears

Next up, The Group A winners, Bradford Badgers

[GoLions]

Please give them the eagles

[iZander]

haha i guess there will be no Brewers v Hurricanes then :P

[GoLions]

Please give them the eagles

Wait no not me haha

[GoLions]

Show me the Lions PB!

[iZander]

Please give them the eagles

Wait no not me haha

haha its too late now GoLions, you asked for it ;)

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Matchups

KO1	KO2	KO3	KO4	KO5	KO6	KO7	KO8
Australian Ales	UAE Tigers	Bradford Badgers	Swansea Breakers	Iceland Polar Bears	Hastings Hurricanes	Spanish Stallions	Belgian Bashers
PNL Reindeers	Berlin Brewers	Serbian Eagles	Team	Team	Team	Team	Team

You could call this the short straw, or maybe it's lucky for the Badgers. Knock out the Eagles this week and they won't have to worry about getting them next week! For the Eagles they'll be happy to have avoided the big two AXV sides but this will be no pushover

Spanish Stallions: Manchester Magic, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Swansea Breakers: Mexico City Suns
Belgian Bashers: Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Hastings Hurricanes: English Lions, Mexico City Suns
Iceland Polar Bears: Machester Magic, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns

English Lions: Hastings Hurricanes
Manchester Magic: Spanish Stallions, Iceland Polar Bears
Huddersfield Hawks: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers
Liverpool Rams: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, Iceland Polar Bears
Mexico City Suns: Spanish Stallions, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears

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oh Dave you didn't just post that *doh*

Unlucky mate, I honestly drew and almost finished my write-up before stopping to see what was posted :P

[GoLions]

Oh showersnacks :-\

Can someone lend me replacements for Boyd, Prestia, Rischitelli, Higgins, and Barlow?

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Okay so the above means there's a few forced matchups to slot in. Swansea Breakers will play Mexico City Suns, and the English Lions will play the Hastings Hurricanes

Matchups

KO1	KO2	KO3	KO4	KO5	KO6	KO7	KO8
Australian Ales	UAE Tigers	Bradford Badgers	Swansea Breakers	Iceland Polar Bears	Hastings Hurricanes	Spanish Stallions	Belgian Bashers
PNL Reindeers	Berlin Brewers	Serbian Eagles	Mexico City Suns	Team	English Lions	Team	Team

Iceland's opposition is next up

Spanish Stallions: Manchester Magic, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams
Belgian Bashers: Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams
Iceland Polar Bears: Machester Magic, Liverpool Rams

Manchester Magic: Spanish Stallions, Iceland Polar Bears
Huddersfield Hawks: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers
Liverpool Rams: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, Iceland Polar Bears

[Purple 77]

Oh yeah, and if anyone is watching do comment that way I feel like I am not doing this spaced out for no reason :P

Im here, fingers crossed the Hurricanes dont draw the Brewers :P

I resent that emoticon

And you're damn lucky you didn't draw me  ;)

[iZander]

Oh yeah, and if anyone is watching do comment that way I feel like I am not doing this spaced out for no reason :P

Im here, fingers crossed the Hurricanes dont draw the Brewers :P

I resent that emoticon

And you're damn lucky you didn't draw me  ;)

haha well Brewers have been in decent form laterly :P

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Iceland draw the Rams which forces the last two matchups to be the Stallions vs Magic and Hawks vs Bashers

Matchups

KO1	KO2	KO3	KO4	KO5	KO6	KO7	KO8
Australian Ales	UAE Tigers	Bradford Badgers	Swansea Breakers	Iceland Polar Bears	Hastings Hurricanes	Spanish Stallions	Belgian Bashers
PNL Reindeers	Berlin Brewers	Serbian Eagles	Mexico City Suns	Liverpool Rams	English Lions	Manchester Magic	Huddersfield Hawks

Ta Da!! I am relieved that ran smoothly in the end and we didn't reach a problem :P One day I will be good enough to code it all and run simulations to be able to provide you with the % chance each team has of drawing another (As it's not as straightforward as it may seem) which would make things even cooler (Technically I should know how to do that now but I don't pay attention at uni :P)