British XV Round 6 Lodgement and Banter

[GoLions]

No more Monday/Tuesday games :')

Fixture:



Bunnies vs Rams: Both of these teams have been quite impressive thus far! The Bunnies have won their last 3 games, whereas the Rams have won their last 2, so both in some good form heading into this clash. The Bunnies scoring has been slightly better, and they have HGA as well, but have a few outs this weekend to go with it. Should be a really good match, with both teams fighting for a spot in the 8. I'll go with the Bunnies at home in a close one.

Hedgies vs Owls: Coach Vinny continues to disappoint, leaving Sammy Mayes out of the Owls lineup almost every single week. There is no doubt in my mind that this decision has been causing unrest in the playing group, and ultimately lead to their loss against the Magic last weekend. The Hedgies fell short against the Rams in a disappointing showing, and will want to improve on last week substantially. However, the team sheets have come in, and it looks like Sammy is finally back in the team again, and he will see the Owls home.

Leeches vs Hoods: Won't need to say much here. The Leeches have been outstanding, and looking at their squad, I think they're every chance to keep this up and finish top 4 end of year providing that their list stays fit. Hoods are still struggling to get going this year, and will remain winless for yet another week.

Breakers vs Magic: Breakers were pretty good last week! It seems as though every time I think they're basically a shoe-in to lose, they pull something out of nowhere. But...what about the Magic?! Got an incredible win against the Owls, and the return of Brad Crouch will be a huge boost for them throughout the rest of the season if he can stay on the park. Couple that with Sloaney's ridiculous form as well, and the Breakers won't stand a chance ;)

Werewolves vs Badgers: The Werewolves have delivered every single week, and last week was no exception, showing no mercy against the Knights. The Badgers however haven't been able to do a lot since round 1. Matty Boyd is being rested this week as well, which will hurt their defensive stocks. However, they will welcome the returns of both Tommy Cutler (hamstring) and Sir Daniel of Caleb (shower team selection by Bevo). It won't be enough to get the 4 points over the Werewolves at home though.

Giants vs Hawks: Grope Lane pls, you let me down! Had a great chance against the Breakers to get your first win, and it won't get any easier this week, coming up against the Hawks who will be looking to bounce back after 2 heavy losses over the last 2 weeks. Although I do think the Giants are a chance at home, I'll back in the top 8 placed Hawks to get the job done.

Dragons vs Knights: Ah yes, the tale of two tales. In the left hand corner, we have the Dragons, who are currently the highest scoring team of the competition. And then in the right hand corner, we have the Knights, sitting in the bottom 4 with just the 1 win. The Dragons are going to be looking for a percentage boost this week to catapult them into 2nd on the latter, and I don't think there will be anything that the Knights can do about it.

Hurricanes vs Steins: The Steins were looking really good after the first 2 weeks of the season, but have since lost 3 on the trot, and now come up against top 2 favourites in the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes are yet to drop below 2400, epitomising consistency. They'll take the chocolates comfortably.

[GoLions]

Teams on the left underneath the UF fixture have HGA. Regular lockouts and all that finally :)

Will do some write-ups later.

[Rusty00]

(Potential) Milestones Games for Round 6

Matt Suckling (Birmingham) 50 games
Michael Hurley (Blackpool) 50 games
Luke Dunstan (Wrexham) 50 games

[Koop]

D: Montagna, Rich, Mullett, Geary
M: Martin (c), Neale (vc), Parker, Zaharakis
R: Sinclair
F: Greene, Watts, Weller, Neal-Bullen
U: Wright, Greenwood

E: Hughes, Broomhead, Stanley, Smedts

IN: Weller, Greenwood
OUT: Bruce, Stanton

[nas]

Staines Steins.

Def:  Caleb Marchbank - Braden Maynard - Luke McDonald - James Harmes.

Mid: Josh Kelly (EVC) - Lachlan Hunter - Marcus Bontempelli (C) - Billy Stretch.

Ruck: Brodie Grundy (VC).

Fwd: Christian Petracca - Elliot Yeo (F/M) - Lewis Taylor - Jarman Impey.

Util: Brayden Fiorini - Sam Menegola.

Emerg: Conor Blakely (M) - Shane Kersten(F) - C Mills (D) - AM-Tippa (D).

**Subject to Team line ups.**

[kilbluff1985]

Birmingham

D: Matthew Suckling, Robbie Tarrant, Robert Murphy, Kaiden Brand
M: Tom Mitchell, Tom Rockliff (VC), Mitch Duncan, Zach Merrett (C)
R: Ben McEvoy
F: Josh Caddy, Steven Motlop, Josh Jenkins, Luke Breust
I/C: Brad Ebert, Aaron Hall

E: Jack Crisp (M), Darcy Byrne-Jones (D),  Tom Bellchambers (R), Orazio Fantasia(F)

[iZander]

Hurricanes

Def: Laird, Pittard, Zac Williams, Salem
Mid: JPK (C), Jelwood (VC), Nathan Jones, Brendon Goddard
Ruck: Mummy
Fwd: Westhoff, Stringer, Matera, Pedobear
Int: Dumont, Wells

Emg: Newnes, Henderson, Lobb, Trengove

Taking hits in the one line i really cant afford to :/ Cyril, Edwards and knight all out this week but lucky pedobear comes in :P

[kilbluff1985]

really thinking of Zerrett C this week

[iZander]

really thinking of Zerrett C this week

Well we should win the ruck battle!!!

[Nige]

Liverpool Rams

Bachar Houli, Marcus Adams, Hayden Crozier, Griffin Logue
Adam Treloar (c), Dayne Beams (vc), Dyson Heppell (evc), Reece Conca
Todd Goldstein
Eddie Betts, Tom Hawkins, Tim Membrey, Ben Brown
Zac Fisher, Sam Reid

Ben Stratton, Alex Fasolo, Levi Casboult, Josh Gibson

[Vinny]

Oxford Owls:

D: S.Docherty, J.Johannisen, Z.Tuohy, S.Mayes
M: S.Pendlebury (C), O.Wines (VC), B.Gibbs, M.Robinson.
R: A.Sandilands.
F: J.Gunston, J.Riewoldt, R.Lester, L.Jong.
U: C.Guthrie, J.O'Meara.

E: K.Kolodjashnij (B), T.O'Brein (F) A.Swallow (M), J.Griffin (R)

[GoLions]

Oxford Owls:

D: S.Docherty, J.Johannisen, Z.Tuohy, S.Mayes
M: S.Pendlebury (C), O.Wines (VC), B.Gibbs, M.Robinson.
R: A.Sandilands.
F: J.Gunston, J.Riewoldt, R.Lester, L.Jong.
U: C.Guthrie, J.O'Meara.

E: K.Kolodjashnij (B), T.O'Brein (F) A.Swallow (M), J.Griffin (R)

;)

[GoLions]

Bradford Badgers

DEF: Tom Cutler, Shannon Hurn, Jarrod Harbrow, Kamdyn McIntosh
MID: Luke Shuey (C), Trent Cotchin (VC), Dion Prestia, Tom Liberatore
RUCK: Jarrod Witts
FWD: Tom J Lynch, Shaun Higgins, Sir Daniel of Caleb, Mark LeCras
UTIL: Michael Barlow (EVC), Jack Redden

EMG: Taylor Garner, Jason Castagna, Wayne Milera, Ryan Harwood

[kilbluff1985]

dave when previews coming i look forward to them been checking all day lol

[GoLions]

dave when previews coming i look forward to them been checking all day lol

Haha yeah was about to do them now :P