AXV: Taiwan Dolphins

[Koop]

Club information

Coaching staff

        Head Coach: Koop

        Assistant Coach: Kane
Stadium

        Kerr-ching National Stadium - Capacity 120,000
       

Rivals

        Kathmandu Eskimos - PowerBug
        http://www.fanfooty.com.au/forum/index.php/topic,66207.0.html


Team List

DEFENDERS:

Zachary Williams
Zach Tuohy
Brayden Maynard
Thomas Cutler
Nick Vlastuin
Andrew McGrath (MID)
Jayden Hunt
Jake Kolodjashnij
Jackson Nelson
Alex Johnson
Thomas Barrass (R)
Jeremy Finlayson (R)


MIDFIELDERS:

Stephen Coniglio
Brad Ebert
Jarryd Lyons
Nicholas Graham
Trent Dumont
Zac Fisher
Alex Sexton
Jake Barrett
Jack Graham
Jordan Murdoch
Nick O'Kearney (R)

RUCKS:

Matthew Kreuzer
Tom Boyd (FWD)
Andrew Phillips
Daniel Gorringe (R)

FORWARDS:

Josh Caddy (MID)
Isaac Heeney
Jack Steele  (MID)
Jamie Cripps
Mason Wood
Peter Wright
Ben Griffiths
Bradley Hill (MID)
Dean Kent
Travis Varcoe
Brendon Ah Chee
Mitch Honeychurch
Josh Schache
Tom Lamb
Jake Waterman

Best XV

DEF: Zachary Williams, Brayden Maynard, Tom Cutler, Zach Tuohy

MID: Stephen Coniglio, Brad Ebert, Trent Dumont, Nick Graham

RUC: Matthew Kreuzer

FWD: Jarryd Lyons, Josh Caddy, Isaac Heeney, Jamie Cripps

UTL: Jack Steele, Mason Wood

EMG: Nick Vlastuin, Bradley Hill, Dean Kent

Squad

Senior List

1. Mitch Honeychurch
2. Stephen Coniglio
3. Nick Vlastuin
4. Trent Dumont
5. Josh Caddy
6. Zachary Williams
7. Tom Boyd
8. Brad Ebert
9. Peter Wright
10. Jarryd Lyons
11. Dean Kent
12. Tom Cutler
13. Jack Steele
14. Brandon Ah Chee
15. Brayden Maynard
16. Nicholas Graham
17. Zach Tuohy
18. Josh Schache
19. Matthew Kreuzer
20. Isaac Heeney
21. Jake Kolodjashnij
22. Travis Varcoe
23. Jake Barrett
24. Jamie Cripps
25. Jayden Hunt
26. Alex Johnson
27. Bradley Hill
28. Jordan Murdoch
29. Andrew Phillips
30. Jackson Nelson
31. Tom Lamb
32. Andrew McGrath
33. Zac Fisher
34. Jack Graham
35. Jake Waterman
36. Mason Wood
37. Ben Griffiths
38. Alex Sexton
39. ROOK 2
40. NAT 49

Rookie List

1. Nick O'Kearney
2. Thomas Barrass
3. Jeremy Finlayson
4. Dan Gorringe
5. ROOK 18
6. ROOK 50


Fixture

Awards

2016

Memph Medal: Stephen Coniglio
Rising Star: Connor Blakely & Brayden Maynard

[Koop]

Working out the 2016 Dolphins B&F.

Leaderboard after Round 5


Josh Caddy - 61
Dean Kent - 54
Stephen Coniglio - 53
Cam Guthrie - 45
Isaac Heeney - 40
Jamie Cripps - 38
Nick Graham - 36
Matthew Kreuzer - 35
Zach Tuohy - 35
Will Langford - 34

[Koop]

Leaderboard after Round 10

Josh Caddy - 120
Stephen Coniglio - 120
Cam Guthrie - 98
Jamie Cripps - 80
Isaac Heeney - 79
Matthew Kreuzer - 76
Zachary Williams - 69
Nick Vlastuin - 63
Dean Kent - 57
Will Langford - 52

Tight at the top!

[Koop]

Leaderboard after Round 16 (15 not included)

Stephen Coniglio - 182
Josh Caddy - 145
Zachary Williams - 130
Cam Guthrie - 119
Jamie Cripps - 112
Isaac Heeney - 105
Matthew Kreuzer - 101
Nick Vlastuin - 87
Dean Kent - 77
Bradley Hill - 69

Some changes & stalling over the first two bye rounds, as to really be expected. Once I work out what I do for the ghost-shipped weeks. (15, 17, 18 & 19) I will tally votes and update the leaderboard. No one is catching Coniglio however. Shame that Caddy went down.

[Koop]

Off Season Hub

Delistings: Damien Cavka, Jayden Foster, Sam Colquhoun, Cameron Wood (Rookie), Tom Derickx, TBA, TBA

Current Senior Players: 36

Current Rookies: 6 (PENDING)

INTrent Dumont, Alex Sexton, Jarryd Lyons, Jayden Hunt, Brad Ebert, NAT 15, Brendon Ah Chee, Jeremy Finlayson (PENDING), NAT 58, NAT 65, NAT 74

OUT NAT 4, NAT 21, Connor Blakely, Reilly O'Brien, Brandon Jack, Cameron Guthrie, Tory Dickson, Jayden Laverde

Picks: 2, 15, 37, 43, 53, 58, 65, 74

Best XV 2017 (Position Changes permitting)

DEF: Zachary Williams, Brayden Maynard, Tom Cutler, Zach Tuohy

MID: Stephen Coniglio (C), Brad Ebert (VC), Nick Graham, Jack Steele

RUC: Matthew Kreuzer

FWD: Josh Caddy, Jarryd Lyons, Isaac Heeney, Dean Kent

UTL: Trent Dumont, Jamie Cripps

EMG: Nick Vlastuin, Mason Wood, Will Langford

Reserve XV

DEF: Nick Vlastuin, Travis Varcoe, Jake Kolodjashnij, Jayden Hunt

MID: Will Langford, Brad Hill, Alex Sexton, NAT 2

RUC: Dan Gorringe

FWD: Mason Wood (C), Peter Wright, Tom Boyd, Ben Griffiths

UTL: Dean Towers, Mitch Honeychurch

[Koop]

Congratulations to captain Stephen Coniglio for his impressive showing for Taiwan in the Asian's B&F count despite a poor team year. He polled 13 votes over 7 games to sit 10 votes clear of a crowd of other Taiwan players. Well done to Cripps, Langford, Guthrie, Heeney, Williams, Blakely, Maynard, Griffiths and Jordan Murdoch on polling at some point in the season. Bring on 2017!

[Ricochet]

A former KL Croc ;)

[Koop]

A former KL Croc ;)

;)

[Koop]

Congratulations to Stephen Coniglio on his win in the Khalil Medal! Despite not being named Round 1, Stephen absolutely blitzed the young field over the course of the year, finishing streets ahead. Hopefully he can lead Taiwan to a surge up the ladder in 2017!

Brayden Maynard & Connor Blakely share the Taipei medal for the teams rising star.


Leaderboard

1st. Stephen Coniglio - 223
2nd. Zachary Williams - 163
3rd. Josh Caddy - 145
4th. Cameron Guthrie - 142
=5th. Matthew Kreuzer - 121
=5th. Jamie Cripps - 121
7th. Isaac Heeney - 120
8th. Nick Vlastuin - 100
9th. Bradley Hill - 96
10th. Connor Blakley - 86

Apologies to several players left out of the ghost-shipped team towards the end of the season (Heeney), hopefully you will rise up the ranks in 2017!

[GoLions]

finishing streets ahead

Ayyy ;)

[Koop]

finishing streets ahead

Ayyy ;)

Davo pls. :p

[Koop]

Trade Wrap (So Far)

IN

Jarryd Lyons (Tibet)
Brad Ebert (Kathmandu)
Trent Dumont (Bangkok)
Jayden Hunt (Turkey)
Alex Sexton (Bangkok)
Thomas Barrass (PENDING) (Sri Lanka)
Brandon Ah Chee (Turkey
Jeremy Finlayson (Tibet)
NAT 15
NAT 31
NAT 58
NAT 65
NAT 74

OUT

Cameron Guthrie (Kathmandu)
Connor Blakely (Tibet)
Jayden Laverde (Turkey)
Reilly O'Brien (Turkey)
Dean Towers (PENDING) (Sri Lanka)
Tory Dickson (Kathmandu)
Brandon Jack (Tibet)
NAT 4
NAT 21
NAT 37

Upcoming National Picks: 2, 15, 31, 53, 58 (Upgrade), 65 (Upgrade), 68 (Upgrade), 74 (Upgrade)

Coaches Comment: We went into this trade period with the main goal to continue on with the focus Memph originally had for the Dolphins, and despite the volume of movements, we feel we have successfully managed to do just that.

Report - With the arrival of former arch enemy, and long-serving XV coach Koop to the club, it marked a new era in the  Taiwan Dolphin's organization. Many fans were worried that the astigmatism of hiring such a coach with a disputable trading record would hamper the club's hopeful ascension up the Asian ladder in 2017. However it all seems to have transpired rather pleasantly for the new coach.

Several quality players have been welcomed into the Chinese territories training camp over the course of the last month, with the Dolphins having 3 times as many movements as any other club so far in the trade period. Talented inside midfielder Trent Dumont was headhunted by Koop to bolster the thin midfield stocks after a very solid second season in the league. While former co-captain of the Eskimos Brad Ebert jumped at the opportunity to be reunited with his original mentor, signing a 3 year deal that will tie the hard-nut to the Dolphins until the end of 2019.

However the biggest coup for the Dolphins of the trade period was almost undoubtedly the arrival of talented ball-winning forward Jarryd Lyons to the club after spending the last 4 seasons in the high altitude conditions of the Tibetan mountains. Coach Koop was reportedly stoked to welcome Lyons to the club, who should give the Dolphins a much needed points boost every week. The club however said goodbye to their bright young midfield talent in Blakely to get that deal done, as well as depth forward Brandon Jack.

Several promising youngsters have also joined the ranks of the Taiwanese defence. With the dashing Jayden Hunt arriving in a trade from Turkey which saw young ruckman Reilly O'Brien head in the other direction. Young key defender Thomas Barrass was welcomed from Sri Lanka with open arms yesterday in a pick swap deal for Dean Towers. While Jeremy Finlayson also has found his way to Taiwan in exchange for a 3rd round pick after reportedly being on the outer at Tibet.

However, it wouldn't be a trade period with Koop without some level of controversy. The arrival of forwards Brendan Ah Chee and Alex Sexton to the club drew several questions from other head coaches as to the fairness of the deals involved. However coach Koop has stated that "We have every confidence that both of these boys will defy expectations and repay the faith shown during their time at Taiwan"

Cam Guthrie, Tory Dickson & Jayden Laverde are the other 3 Dolphins players who will be continuing their careers at other Asians clubs in 2017.

Taiwan has also been successful in finally obtaining the late picks required to get Mason Wood, Ben Griffiths & Dan Gorringe, along with Sexton, onto the senior list for 2017, in a move that Wood says "was a long time coming." The club is also set to organize one more deal before the draft, however the details of which remain unclear.

Cameron Wood, Jayden Foster, Tom Derickx, Sam Colquhoun & Damien Cavka have all been delisted by the club.

Despite the controversy, senior pundits believe this trade period, albeit with a month left to run, should be considered by Dolphin supporters to be a massive win for the club. Their ability to add scoring power to the best XV, add young depth and still hold 2 first round picks and a second rounder is a huge bonus for the club heading into the draft, and onward to 2017.


2017 Best XV

DEF: Zac Williams, Zach Tuohy, Tom Cutler, Brayden Maynard

MID: Stephen Coniglio (C), Brad Ebert (VC), Josh Caddy, Trent Dumont

RUC: Matthew Kreuzer

FWD: Jarryd Lyons, Isaac Heeney, Mason Wood, Dean Kent

UTL: Nicholas Graham, Jack Steele

EMG: Nick Vlastuin, Will Langford, Peter Wright

[Koop]

Team List - Pre-draft

1. Mitch Honeychurch (M/F)
2. Stephen Coniglio (M)
3. Nick Vlastuin (D)
4. Trent Dumont (M)
5. Josh Caddy (M)
6. Zachary Williams (D)
7. Tom Boyd (F)
8. Brad Ebert (M)
9. Peter Wright (F)
10. Jarryd Lyons (M/F)
11. Dean Kent (F)
12. Tom Cutler (D)
13. Jack Steele (M/F)
14. Brandon Ah Chee (M/F)
15. Brayden Maynard (D)
16. Nicholas Graham (M)
17. Zach Tuohy (D)
18. Josh Schache (F)
19. Matthew Kreuzer (R)
20. Isaac Heeney (M/F)
21. Jake Kolodjashnij (D)
22. Travis Varcoe (D/F)
23. Jake Barrett (M)* (REDRAFTED)
24. Jamie Cripps (F)
25. Jayden Hunt (F)
26. Alex Johnson (D)
27. Bradley Hill (M)
28. Josh Smith (D)
29. Andrew Phillips (R)
30. Jackson Nelson (D/M)
31. Andrew McGrath (D/M)
32. Zac Fisher (M)
33. Jack Graham (M)
34. Jake Waterman (F)
35. Quinton Narkle (M)
36. Mason Wood (M/F)
37. Ben Griffths (F)
38. Alex Sexton (M/F)
39. Jordan Murdoch (M)
40. Tom Lamb (F)

1. Jeremy Finlayson (D)
2. Taylin Duman (D)
3. Dan Gorringe (R)
4. Colin O’Riordan (D)
5. Nick O'Kearney (M)
6. Thomas Barrass (D)


Other picks (if needed)

ROOK 50
ROOK 66

* - Delisted player being held

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TAIWAN DOLPHINS 2016/17 DRAFT HUB


PICK 2 - ANDREW MCGRATH



Koop says: Outstanding quick-footed athlete who averaged 32 disposals, 5 marks, 5 tackles, 7 clearances and 83.6% disposal efficiency in the TAC Cup in 2016. McGrath can play down back, across the half back flank or even inside midfield. Described as an outstanding character & leader.


PICK 15 - ZAC FISHER



Koop says: Had a wrist injury hamper his early season form at Colts level, but the speedy, no-nonsense midfielder won the WA MVP at the Under 18 champs off the back of averaging 21 disposals, 3 marks and 5 tackles throughout the carnival. Possesses elite hands in congested situations.

PICK 31 - JACK GRAHAM



Koop says: High volume accumulator who had a standout Under 18 Champs on his way to winning the Larke medal. Thrives on the physical side of the game and loves to crash packs and do the tough stuff. Averaged 25 disposals, 3 marks & 4 tackles at the Championships.

PICK 37 - JAKE WATERMAN



Koop says: The younger brother of Alec plays a style of football ideally suited for the AXV scoring system. Jake is currently a 3rd tall/general forward with a desire to push into the midfield. He is described as being extremely aggressive & confident when the ball is within the 50 metre arc and works hard to get the ball into his hands. Averaged 21 disposals, 7 marks & 3 goals at Colts level in 2016.

PICK 49 - QUINTON NARKLE



Koop says: Balanced midfielder who enjoyed a solid top-age year, playing for WA in the Under 18 championships. Is described as a player with clean hand and foot skills and clever decision making, however lacking a point of difference. Averaged 28 disposals at Colts level, as well as 16 disposals & 4 tackles at the Under 18 Championships. 

ROOKIE 2 - JOSH SMITH



Koop says: Impressive QLD winger who slotted seamlessly into Collingwood's setup in 2016.

ROOKIE 18 - TAYLIN DUMAN



Koop says - Composed kick out of the back half for Oakleigh in 2016. Needs to add some muscle before making a Fremantle debut.

ROOKIE 50 - TBA

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Lyons losing DPP is a bummer :(