America's DT XVIII: Round 1 2017

[LF]

-There will be a partial lockout for this round,all Richmond and Carlton players will be locked out on Thursday 23rd March at 7:20pm EST,there is no loopholing allowed in the AXVIII comp.

-Full lockout will on Friday 24th March at the start of the Collingwood v Bulldogs match at 7:50 AEDT

-Please post your full team before the Richmond v Carlton game then repost any changes you have after the partial lockout into a new post

-Teams are to be posted in this format only
Captain: Player name
Vice Captain: Player name
Emergency: Vice Captain: Player name
Backs: DEF , DEF , DEF , DEF, - Four starting defenders
Mids: MID, MID, MID, MID, MID, MID, - Six starting midfielders
Ruck: RUC - One starting ruck
Forwards: FWD, FWD, FWD, FWD, - Four starting forwards
Utilities: UTI, UTI, UTI, - Three starting utilities (These can be players from any position)
Emergencies: Named from any position in preference order

-HGA for the first team named in the fixture and is the lowest scoring player on field
-C is worth x2 and VC is worth x1.5

-OOP Players are worth 50% of their total score

-There is 20 bonus points for posting score before the deadline for this round all final scores must be in by 11:59pm Monday 27th March



Round 1 Fixture

El Paso Pioneers v Washington Senators
El Paso when through a fairly decent turnover of players in the off season and also lost their coach Tdog,they were in limbo for awhile with a caretaker coach stepping in for drafting purpose and then there were players running amok on whilst on holiday overseas,enter newly appointed head coach Barra,he quickly laid down the law and got the boys back on track after their top of the ladder finish last season and then subsequent failure to progress to the grand final.
Washington were last years wooden spooners and were extremely quiet during the trading period,seems coach popes has faith in his men bouncing back after a poor year,he gains back his main ruck in Ryder which could make some difference,unfortunately he has copped an injury to Coniglio who had a very good season last year for Washington,his young midfield brigade could be rather dangerous with the old hands of Barlow and Goddard leading them.
The dramas of the off season might come back and haunt El Paso but for round 1 I can see them grabbing a win here

Calgary Fireflies v Springfield Isotopes
This should be a very interesting clash,both teams have gone through a big turnover of players in the offseason and both are rebuilding teams.
Springfield finally looks like a team that can compete after coaches Rids and Nostra made great use of the trade period and pulled in some decent players as well as some good depth which was lacking before,they showed they could very well make the top 8 after a nice win in the preseason cup.
Calgary coming off back to back premierships went into full rebuild mode,offloading many older players and grabbing a lot of youth during the trade and draft periods.I can see them possibly slipping out of the 8 this year but you never know.
Very tight call but Springfield to grab a round 1 win

Los Angeles Kings v Bermuda Tiger Sharks
LA have been quite in the trade period for the past 2yrs,they slipped from the 8 last year mainly because they lost key players to suspension,they still remained fairly competitive tho and now they gain these players back this year which could boost their chances to play finals this year.
Coach KB did what he needed to in the trade period to boost a few lines after loosing the grand final last season,a change of scenery and team name could do wonders for the boys formerly from Nicaragua and they should again play finals this season.
This one is a tough one to pick but LA to just edge out Bermuda with HGA

Roswell Aliens v Dallas Coyotes
Roswell made a few changes during the offseason,they made a play for Ben Graham medalist Patrick Dangerfield and manged to obtain his services but at the expense of young gun forward Toby Greene,Roswell is confident however that one of their other young forwards can fill his void.Adding to Dangerfield they secured Luke Dalhaus and Zach Merrett in an attempt to boost their midfield and utility spots,Roswell defence could be their downfall after losing Corey Enright to retirement,they need their other boys to step up and fill the void left by Enright.
I will be blunt here and say that Dallas choked badly last season,they had finals right there and failed at the last to grab a spot,coach Atto surprisingly held back from a clean out and just did enough during trade period to boost the team in hope they can push into the 8 this season.Hopefully he has worked the players hard during the preseason,dangling what could have been in front of them to motivate them to push hard all season and not drop off at the pointy end.
Roswell should be too strong in this one but stranger things have happened.

Guadalajara Pirates v Arizona Scorpions
Arizona whilst fairly active during trade period,did trades that boosted their depth and added some youth rather than improving their best team,they did add Todd Goldstein to their ruck division to back up Grundy and seems quite a few of their players are up for position changes this season such as star midfielder Jackson Macrae who looks likely to move up forward.
Guadalajara boosted their midfield some more by adding young gun Dom Sheed to their list,Sheed looks poised for a great season after spending much of last year on the sidelines injured,word from coach Nige is he has been tearing up the preseason for his new team and is a certain starter for the Pirates in round 1.Nat Fyfe will need to keep on the park this season if the Pirates are any chance to remain in the 8 and push further into the finals.Ellis and Lecras are 2 players who nee to fine some form after being passengers for the Pirates most of last season.
With Arizona looking like they will be missing a couple of key players,I can see Guadalajara winning this if their players can put last seasons issues behind them

Hawaii Hydro Bombs v Bolivia Condors 
Hawaii went hard during trade period,after falling short the past couple of years in finals,coach Elephants pulled out all stops to try and get the team to the grand final this season adding Dayne Zorko,Dayne Beams to boost his midfield and Bernie Vince to boost his defence whilst still adding some young guns to the depth as well.Will Hawaii finally manage to crack the bigtime this season.
Bolivia coach PK continued to build his list on from last season where the team made the 8 for this first time after a mini rebuild.I expect them to improve on last seasons effort with the additions of some solid players such as Ablett,Pittard,K Jack and Lloyd to help them along in the pursuit to the ultimate goal of the grand final.
Hawaii should win this one with HGA helping them but it would not surprise me to see Bolivia grab the win here

[LF]

El Paso Pioneers

Score: 1632

Captain: Matt Priddis
Vice Captain: Chris Masten
Emergency VC: Ollie Wines

DEF: Bob Murphy(81), Ben Reid(56), Robbie Tarrant(56), Tom Cutler(74)
MID: Brent Stanton(99), Matt Priddis-C(176), Ollie Wines(110), Chris Masten-VC(152), Mitch Robinson(58), Brad Ebert(116)
RUC: Sam Jacobs(65)
FWD: Travis Colyer(63), Isaac Smith(87), Travis Cloke(71), Richard Douglas(99)
UTI: Will Langford(93), Pearce Hanley(60), Daniel Rich(48)
EMG: James Frawley (D), Tendai Mzungu (M), Jake Stringer (F), Oscar McDonald (D)

v

Washington Senators

Score: 1772

Captain: Andrew Gaff
Vice Captain: Patrick Cripps
Emergency VC: Michael Barlow

DEF: Jeremy Howe (114), Alex Rance (44), Luke Brown (71), Christian Salem (83)
MID: Patrick Cripps (77*1.5 = 116), Brendon Goddard (127), Michael Barlow(94), Andrew Gaff (144*2 = 288), Sam Menegola , Mark Blicavs (45), Tom Liberatore (115)
RCK: Paddy Ryder (80)
FWD: Elliot Yeo (120), Jesse Hogan (118), Kyle Langford (62), Jack Martin (51)
UTI: Tom Liberatore (115),Darcy Byrne-Jones (69), Sharrod Wellingham (72), Billy Stretch (83)
EMG: Darcy Byrne-Jones(69),Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti [D], Paul Puopolo [F], Jarrod Witts [R]

Liberatore to mids t replace Menegola,Byrne-Jones to U to replace Liberatore



Calgary Fireflies

Score: 1829

Capt: Aaron Hall
VC: Taylor Adams
DVC: Shaun Grigg

Defenders: Taylor Adams (151x1.5=227), Kade Simpson (126), Zach Touhy (101), Matthew Suckling (90)
Midfielders: Aaron Hall (109x2=218), Shaun Grigg (111), Sam Gibson (76), Ryan Griffen (57), Jaeger O'Meara (65), David Swallow,Luke Dunstan (71)
Ruckman: Matthew Kreuzer (120)
Forwards: Koby Stevens,Jade Gresham (65), Jack Watts (59), Steve Johnson (88), Angus Brayshaw (83)
Utilities: Luke Dunstan (71),Darcy Moore (41), Christian Petracca (91), Andrew Mackie (79)
Emergencies: Steve Johnson (Fwd) Jade Gresham (65) (Fwd), Tom Sheridan (Def), Darcy Moore (41) (Fwd)

Johnson named twice,Stevens out Gresham in,Swallow out Dunstan to mids and Moore to U

v

Guadalajara Pirates

Score: 1482

Cale Hooker 57, Matthew Boyd 87, Bachar Houli 47, Nick Haynes 59
Joel Selwood 99x2=198 (c), Nathan Fyfe 110x1.5=165 (vc), Brandon Ellis 51, Luke Shuey 93 (evc), Jarryd Lyons 75, Jake Melksham 60
Aaron Sandilands 86
Jack Gunston 60, Justin Westhoff 61, Tom Hawkins 78, Matthew Wright 87
Rohan Bewick 74, Jared Polec 78, Jack Bowes 46
Aaron Young 78 (f), Daniel Talia 18 (d), Jayden Hunt 87 (d), Billie Smedts 61 (f)



Bermuda Tiger Sharks

Score: 1873

D: Brayden Maynard 77, Heath Shaw 86, Hamish Hartlett 81, Grant Birchall 69
M: Tom Mitchell (C) 256, Callan Ward 69, Lachie Hunter 101, Jordan Lewis (VC) 179, Mitch Duncan 128, Anthony Miles,Andrew Swallow 102
R: Tom Hickey 43
F: Chad Wingard 90, Luke Breust 62, Josh Jenkins 92, Joe Daniher 98
I/C: Andrew Swallow 102,Scott D. Thompson 58 , Liam Picken 105, Darcy Parish 114
E: Scott D. Thompson 58 (D), Travis Varcoe 60 (F), Billy Longer (R)

Swallow to mids to cover Miles and Thompson to U replacing Swallow

v

LA Kings

Score: 1681

Captain: Josh P Kennedy
Vice Captain: Lance Franklin
Emergency: Vice Captain: David Mundy
Backs: M.Hurley 77, D.Rampe 52 , L.Spurr 111, B.Sheppard 66
Mids: J.P.Kennedy 118x2=236, R.atkins 114, J.Watson 122, M.Crouch 97, J.Ziebell 103, D.Mundy 84
Ruck: K.Tippet 75
Forwards: L.Franklin 110x1.5=165, T.Walker,R.Lester 63, C.McCarthy 52, T.Membrey 68
Utilities: R.Lester 63, T.Menzel 68, L.Jetta 36
Emergencies: M.Weller(M) 72,  S.Hurn(D), J.Patton 46, S.Naismith(R)

Lester to forwards for Walker and Weller to U for Lester



Roswell Aliens

Score: 1821

Captain: Patrick Dangerfield
VC: Jack Steven
EVC: Sam Mitchell

Def: Shaun Burgoyne(69),Kade Kolodjashnij(78),Tom McDonald(104),Zak Jones(96)
Mids: Patrick Dangerfield(118x2=236)Jack Steven(94x1.5=141)Sam Mitchell(111)Zach Merrett(129),Nathan Jones(126),Lachie Neale(92)
Ruck: Ben McEvoy(84)
Fwds: Nick Reiwoldt(99),Cyril Rioli(42)Tom Phillips(86),Michael Walters(35)
U: Luke Dahlhaus(99),Liam Shiels(77),Caleb Daniel(62)
E: Charlie Cameron(112)Lin Jong(87),Jarryn Geary(63)Tim English

v

Dallas Coyotes

Score: 1489

Captain: Bryce Gibbs
VC: Jakc Viney
EVC: Robbie Gray

DEF: Josh Gibson (45), Mark Baguley (78), Callum Mills (67), Cameron Sutcliffe (72)
MID: Bryce Gibbs (210) (C), Jack Viney (126) (VC), Robbie Gray (21) (EVC), David Zaharakis (88), Stephen Hill (103), Travis Boak (97)
RUC: Toby Nankervis (83)
FWD: Shaun Higgins (87), Chris Mayne (72), Jack Darling (60), Lachie Weller (80)
UTL: Ryan Bastinac (86), Matt Rosa (54), Taylor Duryea (40)
EMG: Sam Mayes (D), Rhys Stanley (R/F), Jordan Murdoch (F), Jimmy Webster (D)



Springfield Isotopes

Score: 1678

Captain: Tom Rockliff
Vice Captain: Stefan Martin
Emergency Vice Captain: Dustin Martin

Backs: Rory Laird 142, Jason Johannisen 109, Marley Williams 38, Curtly Hampton 66
Mids: Tom Rockliff 127 x 2, Dustin Martin 139, Dion Prestia 103, Jack Newnes 78, Billy Hartung 70, Brad Hill 60
Ruck: Stefan Martin 101 x 1.5 =152
Forwards: Josh Caddy 61, Toby Greene 72, Tom J Lynch (GC) 72, Toby McLean 84
Utilities: Nathan Hrovat 47, Tom Boyd 37, Karl Amon 37
Emergencies: Andrew McGrath (Def), Declan Mountford (Mid), Archie Smith (Ruck), Ed Langdon (Fwd)

v

Arizona Scorpions

Score: 1504

Captain: Dan Hannebrey.
VC: Rory Sloane.
EVC: Marcus Bontempelli.

Def: Zac Williams (106) - Dylan Roberton (69) - Jamie McMillian (55) - Josh Smith (73).
Mids: Dan Hannebery (C 49x2=98) - Rory Sloane (VC 68x1.5=102) - Marcus Bontempelli (EVC 89) - Josh Kelly (87) - Jack Crisp (72) - Jack Macrea (M/F) (116) 
Ruck: Todd Goldstein (90).
Fwd: Devon Smith (67) - Rory Lobb (71) - Touk Miller (F/M) (108) - Jarryd Roughead (79).
Util: Jack Carlisle (D/F) (37) - Brodie Grundy (94) - Sam P-Pepper (71).
Emerg: Tyrone Vickery (F) (64) - Jack Hombsch (D) (47) - A Sexton (M) (46) - WH-Elliot (F) (95).



Hawaii Hydro Bombs

Score: 1988

Captain: Dayne Zorko
VC: Luke Parker
EVC: Trent Cotchin

B: B.Vince 103, S.Savage 52, B.Smith 70, J.Ramsay 82
M: S.Pendlebury 135, L.Parker 99x1.5=149 (vc), T.Cotchin 98 (dvc), D.Heppell 156, D.Beams 103, D.Zorko 116*2=232 (c)
R: S.Mumford 84
F: T.Lynch 54, J.Kennedy 125, J.Steele 94, J.Riewoldt 83
U: D.Armitage 60, T.Scully 97, M.Murphy 139
EMG: S.Motlop (f), T.Campbell (r), S.Ross (m), R.Henderson (d)

v

Bolvia Condors

Score: 1675

Capt: Adam Treloar
Vice: Dylan Shiel
D-Vice: Gary Ablett

DEF: Sam Docherty(90), Jake Lloyd(87), Shane Biggs(73), Jarrod Harbrow,Luke McDonald(82)
MID: Adam Treloar(125x2=250), Dylan Shiel(84x1.5=126), Gary Ablett(105), Steele Sidebottom(124), Dom Tyson, Kieran Jack(74)
RUCK: Max Gawn(111)
FWD: Jack Billings(75), Jeremy Cameron(78), Jamie Cripps(95), Josh Bruce(47)
UTIL: Sam Gray(64), Clayton Oliver(122), Peter Wright(72)
EMG: James Aish, Dean Kent, Luke McDonald(82), Jake Spencer

Harbrow out for McDonald,Dom Tyson DNP

[LF]

Roswell Aliens

Captain: Patrick Dangerfield
VC: Jack Steven
EVC: Sam Mitchell

Def: Shaun Burgoyne,Kade Kolodjashnij,Tom McDonald,Zak Jones
Mids: Patrick Dangerfield,Jack Steven,Sam Mitchell,Zach Merrett,Nathan Jones,Lachie Neale
Ruck: Ben McEvoy
Fwds: Nick Reiwoldt,Cyril Rioli,Tom Phillips,Michael Walters
U: Luke Dahlhaus,Liam Shiels,Caleb Daniel
E: Charlie Cameron,Lin Jong,Jarryn Geary,Tim English

[Rids]

Springfield

Captain: Tom Rockliff
Vice Captain: Stefan Martin
Emergency Vice Captain: Dustin Martin

Backs: Rory Laird, Jason Johannisen, Marley Williams, Curtly Hampton
Mids: Tom Rockliff, Dustin Martin, Dion Prestia, Jack Newnes, Billy Hartung, Scott Selwood
Ruck: Stefan Martin
Forwards: Josh Caddy, Toby Greene, Tom J Lynch (GC), Brad Hill
Utilities: Nathan Hrovat, Tom Boyd, Karl Amon

Emergencies: Andrew McGrath (Def), Brayden Fiorini (Mid), Archie Smith (Ruck), Ed Langdon (Fwd)

***Subject to change as per teams

[nas]

Arizona Scorpions:

Captain: Dan Hannebrey.
VC: Rory Sloane.
EVC: Marcus Bontempelli.

Def: Zac Williams - Dylan Roberton - Jamie McMillian - Josh Smith.
Mids: Dan Hannebery - Rory Sloane - Marcus Bontempelli - Josh Kelly - Jack Crisp - Jack Macrea (M/F)  Sam Kerridge
Ruck: Todd Goldstein.
Fwd: Devon Smith - Rory Lobb - Touk Miller (F/M) - Jarryd Roughead.
Util: Jack Carlisle (D/F) - Brodie Grundy - Sam P-Pepper.
Emerg: Josh Dunkley (M/F) - Jack Hombsch (D) - Tyrone Vickery (F) - Majak Daw (R/F)

**Subject to Team line ups.**

[R.Griffen]

Calgary Fireflies

Capt: Aaron Hall
VC: Taylor Adams
DVC: Shaun Grigg

Defenders: Taylor Adams, Kade Simpson, Zach Touhy, Matthew Suckling
Midfielders: Aaron Hall, Shaun Grigg, Sam Gibson, Ryan Griffen, Jaeger O'Meara, David Swallow
Ruckman: Matthew Kreuzer
Forwards: Koby Stevens, Jack Watts, Steve Johnson, Angus Brayshaw
Utilities: Luke Dunstan, Christian Petracca, Andrew Mackie
Emergencies: Steve Johnson (Fwd) Jade Gresham (Fwd), Tom Sheridan (Def), Darcy Moore (Fwd)

Players challenging for selection which is good, got no clue who my best team is atm but defenders are stronger than last year even without Docherty while Aaron Hall hopefully can be a beast this season and not get dropped

Nothing like the opponent naming 2 former players as capt and VC

Do we still name emgs in preference order still or just def/mid/ruck/fwd?

Jordan De Goey the absolute idiot...

[LF]

Yeah name emergencies in preference order
And you don't have to have def/fwd/ruck/mid as emergencies can be any combination of positions as some may not have a ruck to name or have one named as a U

[LF]

Have fixed the OP now in regards to emergencies,didn't check properly when copy and pasting from one of last years threads

[Atto]

Great effort on the write ups LF! Hopefully we don't choke for a third year in a row!

[Pkbaldy]

Bolvia Condors

Capt: Adam Treloar
Vice: Dylan Shiel
D-Vice: Gary Ablett

DEF: Sam Docherty, Jake Lloyd, Shane Biggs, Jarrod Harbrow
MID: Adam Treloar, Dylan Shiel, Gary Ablett, Steele Sidebottom, Dom Tyson, Kieran Jack
RUCK: Max Gawn
FWD: Jack Billings, Jeremy Cameron, Jamie Cripps, Josh Bruce
UTIL: Sam Gray, Clayton Oliver, Peter Wright
EMG: James Aish, Dean Kent, Luke McDonald, Jake Spencer

Subject to change obviously

[popedelio]

Washington Senators

Captain: Andrew Gaff
Vice Captain: Patrick Cripps
Emergency VC: Michael Barlow

DEF: Jeremy Howe, Alex Rance, Luke Brown, Christian Salem
MID: Patrick Cripps, Brendon Goddard, Michael Barlow, Andrew Gaff, Sam Menegola, Mark Blicavs
RCK: Paddy Ryder
FWD: Elliot Yeo, Jesse Hogan, Karl Langford, Jack Martin
UTI: Tom Liberatore, Sharrod Wellingham, Billy Stretch
EMG: Darcy Byrne-Jones[D], Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti [D], Paul Puopolo [F], Jarrod Witts [R]

[Barra13]

El Paso Pioneers

Captain: Matt Priddis
Vice Captain: Chris Masten
Emergency VC: Ollie Wines

DEF: Bob Murphy, Ben Reid, Robbie Tarrant, Tom Cutler
MID: Brent Stanton, Matt Priddis, Ollie Wines, Chris Masten, Mitch Robinson, Brad Ebert
RUC: Sam Jacobs
FWD: Travis Colyer, Isaac Smith, Travis Cloke, Richard Douglas
UTI: Will Langford, Pearce Hanley, Daniel Rich
EMG: James Frawley (D), Tendai Mzungu (M), Jake Stringer (F), Oscar McDonald (D)

[Nige]

Guadalajara Pirates

Cale Hooker, Matthew Boyd, Bachar Houli, Nick Haynes
Joel Selwood (c), Nathan Fyfe (vc), Brandon Ellis, Luke Shuey (evc), Jarryd Lyons, Jake Melksham
Aaron Sandilands
Jack Gunston, Justin Westhoff, Tom Hawkins, Matthew Wright
Dom Sheed, Jared Polec, Jack Bowes

Rohan Bewick (m), Aaron Young (f), Jayden Hunt (d), Billie Smedts (f)



Lecca's only playing Eagles' home games.  :P

[Atto]

Dallas Coyotes

DEF: Josh Gibson, Mark Baguley, Hayden Crozier, Callum Mills
MID: Bryce Gibbs (C), Jack Viney (VC), Robbie Gray (EVC), David Zaharakis, Stephen Hill, Travis Boak
RUC: Toby Nankervis
FWD: Levi Greenwood, Shaun Higgins, Chris Mayne, Jack Darling
UTL: Ryan Bastinac, Matt Rosa, Cameron Sutcliffe
EMG: Taylor Duryea (D), Matthew Lobbe (R), Ben Kennedy (F), Matt White (M)

[Pkbaldy]

Washington Senators

Captain: Andrew Gaff
Vice Captain: Patrick Cripps
Emergency VC: Michael Barlow

DEF: Jeremy Howe, Alex Rance, Luke Brown, Christian Salem
MID: Patrick Cripps, Brendon Goddard, Michael Barlow, Andrew Gaff, Sam Menegola, Mark Blicavs
RCK: Paddy Ryder
FWD: Elliot Yeo, Jesse Hogan, Karl Langford, Jack Martin
UTI: Tom Liberatore, Sharrod Wellingham, Billy Stretch
EMG: Darcy Byrne-Jones[D], Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti [D], Paul Puopolo [F], Jarrod Witts [R]

The flower is a Karl Langford?