WXV Round 7: Cairo-mania

[Purple 77]

Although we'll have to wait until Doctor Who is finished, I can certainly say Berlin have OWNED this round :D

Where has this been all year?!

[AaronKirk]

... I think every team in the top 4 is going to get beaten this week

I'm assuming Baguley comes on for Laidler and Longer is HGA

If so, it's going to be a nail biter between us and we're currently in front but it's small, and it's Mundy vs Goddard, Baguley and Zaharakis

Fell about 80 short.

[Toga]

Bradley Hill has a big week in his week off ::) Typical!

[Purple 77]

Cobras strangle Royals

It was a low scoring affair that was in doubt for most of the match. But you can't afford to have a player score 17 if you wanna win too many games. That, and Hunter was the difference

Cape Town Cobras (20.7.127) def London Royals (18.7.115)

Best
Cape Town: Luke McDonald, Lachie Hunter, Blake Acres
London: Heath Grundy, Dan Hannebery

Late Changes
Cape Town: Taylor Garner replaced by Kayne Turner
London: Tom T Lynch subbed out for Brad Sheppard

WXV Debut
Cape Town: Nil
London: Blake Hardwick

Club debut
Cape Town: Tom Papley
London: Claye Beams

Reserves

Durban Pirates (0.6.6) lost to Imperial Princes (21.7.133)

Best
Durban: Nil
Imperial: Dean Towers, Will Langford

[Purple 77]

Berlin cries NO MORE!

YEAH! That's right! I was flowering baffled as to why I was SO ordinary this year... the month I was coming off was the leanest in my administration in terms of my average score. THIS is what I thought I could do this year! And without a ruck! So, flowering, stoked.

Berlin Brewers (27.8.170) def Seoul Magpies (22.6.138)

Best
Berlin: Zak Jones, Jack Viney, Jack Steven, Lance Franklin, Charlie Dixon, Shaun Burgoyne, Michael Walters
Seoul: Caleb Marchbank, Scott D Thompson, Patrick Dangerfield, Josh Kelly, Ben McEvoy, Tom J Lynch

Late Changes
Berlin: Nil
Seoul: Nil

WXV Debut
Berlin: Nil
Seoul: Nil

Club debut
Berlin: Nil
Seoul: Cam McCarthy, David Myers

Reserves

Rhineland Rum-Runners (8.11.59) def Pyongyang Chollimas (8.10.58)

Best
Rhineland: Darcy Byrne-Jones, Michael Johnson
Pyongyang: Nil

[Purple 77]

Coniglio's Revenge

flowering, wow. This is the upset of the season, and boy, would it feel sweet for the men at Moscow, whom attracted a little bit of controversy in a trade that centered around Gary (30) for Coniglio (101). Despite JOM being a late withdrawal, the rest of the team (maybe except Hipwood) came to the party in Moscow's best win since, I dunno, one in 2015.

I love this game.

Moscow Spetsnaz (21.10.136) def New Delhi Tigers (20.10.130)

Best
Moscow: Sam Docherty, Steven May, Daniel Talia, Stephen Coniglio, Dyson Heppell, Joe Daniher, Ryan Burton
New Delhi: Bachar Houli, Jake Lloyd, Marc Murphy, Sebastian Ross

Late Changes
Moscow: Jaeger O'Meara replaced by Lynden Dunn
New Delhi: Nil

WXV Debut
Moscow: Nil
New Delhi: Nil

Club debut
Moscow: Stephen Coniglio
New Delhi: Nil

Reserves

Siberian Wolverines (29.6.180) def Mumbai Elephants (18.9.117)

Best
Siberian: David Astbury, Jack Hombsch, Jack Sinclair, Jarman Impey, Matt Rosa, Nick Graham, Ryan Clarke, Sam Menegola
Mumbai: Phil Davis

[Purple 77]

Toronto triumphs in 2016 Spoon Replay

I love that this was the week you did the write-ups Nige. Now you know how humiliating it is to be proven so god damn wrong all the god damn time. This was a good win for the Wolves, whom have posted back-to-back wins for the first time since 2015! For Cairo, surely Beams doesn't make that much of a difference?

Toronto Wolves (21.10.136) def Cairo Sands (18.6.114)

Best
Toronto: Matthew Kreuzer, Jack Macrae
Cairo: Taylor Adams

Late Changes
Toronto: Nil
Cairo: Nil

WXV Debut
Toronto: Nil
Cairo: Brad Scheer

Club debut
Toronto: Nil
Cairo: Nil

Reserves

Windsor Warriors (10.8.68) def Alexandria Hieroglyphics (10.7.67)

Best
Windsor: Joel Hamling, Shane Kersten
Alexandria: Nil

[Purple 77]

Heavenly Saints part Thunder Clouds

^^ I like that one

Beijing just cannot take a trick. The writing was on the wall when Waite & SPS combined for 324 points... damn, this just isn't your year is it Toges?

Beijing Thunder (21.11.137) lost to Christchurch Saints (23.9.147)

Best
Beijing: Lachie Neale, Callan Ward
Christchurch: Connor Blakely, Jarrad Waite, Tom Boyd, Sam Petrevski-Seton

Late Changes
Beijing: Nil
Christchurch: Daniel Wells replaced by Sam Petrevski-Seton

WXV Debut
Beijing: Nil
Christchurch: Nil

Club debut
Beijing: Nil
Christchurch: Nil

Reserves

Shanghai Storm (22.6.138) def Wellington Weta (21.11.137)

Best
Shanghai: Bradley Hill, Tim O'Brien, Tom Clurey
Wellington: Alex Silvagni, Clay Smith, Jake Lever, Nathan Wilson, Ryan Lester

[GoLions]

Reserves

Durban Pirates (0.6.6) lost to Imperial Princes (21.7.133)

Best
Durban: Nil
Imperial: Dean Towers, Will Langford

Hahahahahahahaha

[JBs-Hawks]

Berlin cries NO MORE!

YEAH! That's right! I was flowering baffled as to why I was SO ordinary this year... the month I was coming off was the leanest in my administration in terms of my average score. THIS is what I thought I could do this year! And without a ruck! So, flowering, stoked.

Berlin Brewers (27.8.170) def Seoul Magpies (22.6.138)

Best
Berlin: Zak Jones, Jack Viney, Jack Steven, Lance Franklin, Charlie Dixon, Shaun Burgoyne, Michael Walters
Seoul: Caleb Marchbank, Scott D Thompson, Patrick Dangerfield, Josh Kelly, Ben McEvoy, Tom J Lynch

Late Changes
Berlin: Nil
Seoul: Nil

WXV Debut
Berlin: Nil
Seoul: Nil

Club debut
Berlin: Nil
Seoul: Cam McCarthy, David Myers

Reserves

Rhineland Rum-Runners (8.11.59) def Pyongyang Chollimas (8.10.58)

Best
Rhineland: Darcy Byrne-Jones, Michael Johnson
Pyongyang: Nil

Welcome to the peaking too early club  :P

[Purple 77]

Buenos win GOTY

Well, I was wrong. Turns out you can win with one centurion, and your captain scores 24. Geez Tokyo, how did it all go so wrong? But Dillos get first win! WHOO!

Buenos Aires Armadillos (17.11.113) def Tokyo Samurai (16.8.104)

Best
Buenos Aires: Isaac Smith
Tokyo: Jason Johannisen, Luke Dahlhaus

Late Changes
Buenos Aires: Nil
Tokyo: Zac Smith replaced by Harry Cunningham

WXV Debut
Buenos Aires: Nil
Tokyo: Nil

Club debut
Buenos Aires: Nil
Tokyo: Matt Dea

Reserves

La Plata Armada (7.8.50) lost to Yuzawa Yakuza (7.8.51*)
*248 - 250

Best
La Plata: Nil
Yuzawa: Dale Thomas

[Purple 77]

Jaguars capitalise on Down Dublin

Well! A good win by the Jaguars, sure, but the story that comes out of this match is that the Destroyers are showing a vulnerability that we haven't seen since 2013 if you ask me.



Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (23.7.145) def Dublin Destroyers (19.11.125)

Best
Rio de Janeiro: Aaron Hall, Shaun Grigg, Brad Ebert, Sam Jacobs, Elliot Yeo, Mason Wood, Patrick Cripps
Dublin: Nathan Jones, Todd Goldstein

Late Changes
Rio de Janeiro: Nil
Dublin: Grant Birchall subbed out for James Parsons

WXV Debut
Rio de Janeiro: Nil
Dublin: James Parsons

Club debut
Rio de Janeiro: Nil
Dublin: Nil

Reserves

Copacabana Capuchins (12.8.80) def Belfast Braves (4.7.31)

Best
Copacabana: Jackson Ramsay, Sean Lemmens
Belfast: Nil

[meow meow]

NDT are Pie.

[Purple 77]

Reindeers raid Islanders

Wow! Wtf is up with this round?! WHAT A PERFORMANCE by the Reindeers! And just, wow at Pacific losing their third came whilst scoring 144+ this year. That's actually incredible.

PNL Reindeers (23.11.149) def Pacific Islanders (23.6.144)

Best
PNL: Jarrod Harbrow, Zach Merrett, Jack Billings, Patrick Ryder, Chad Wingard
Pacific: Rory Laird, Michael Hurley, Marcus Bontempelli, Tom Mitchell, Jarrod Witts, Devon Smith, Jarryd Lyons

Late Changes
PNL: Nil
Pacific: Nil

WXV Debut
PNL: Nil
Pacific: Nil

Club debut
PNL: Nil
Pacific: Nil

Reserves

Marseille Kings (6.10.46) lost to Port Morseby Iguanadons (23.6.144)

Best
Marseille: Darren Minchington
Port Morseby: Bailey Williams, Callum Ah Chee, Lee Spurr, Matt Taberner, Sam Gibson

[Purple 77]

Revolution win the only way they know how...

#OOPruckandHGAagainst

Mexico City Suns (21.10.136) lost to New York Revolution (21.11.137)

Best
Mexico City: Tom Rockliff, Trent Cotchin, Ben Cunnington
New York: Ben Reid, Isaac Heeney, Jarryd Roughead

Late Changes
Mexico City: Jeremy Laidler replaced by Mark Baguley
New York: Lachie Henderson replaced by Sam Gilbert

WXV Debut
Mexico City: Nil
New York: Nil

Club debut
Mexico City: Nil
New York: Ben Reid, Sam Gilbert

Reserves

Mexico City Suns (10.7.67) lost to Washington Rebellion (13.8.86)

Best
Mexico City: Nathan Wright
Washington: Alex Sexton