WXV Round 17: Royal & Armadillo Light at Tunnel-End

[GoLions]

Tokyo are 341 points from 5 players and HGA away from losing Pick 20  :-X

JPK with the tactical shower performance to bump up our 2nd rounder

[meow meow]

Wells might score an extra 100 points in the last 10 minutes to revive us the way he's going.

[meow meow]

As soon as I say that Smith gets the shovel out and puts some more dirt over our corpse.

[Ricochet]

Big 2nd halves from Darling and Stef and there's a small chance of 1700+ to finish off the year

[meow meow]

BTB

[Nige]

Matho is gonna cost us the win with this putrid effort.

[Purple 77]

I have the results, but I don't have time to post them  :-X will be back in an hour

I could post the raw scores... but where would the poetry be in that?

[AaronKirk]

I have the results, but I don't have time to post them  :-X will be back in an hour

I could post the raw scores... but where would the poetry be in that?

I know we lost. NDT looking really good for finals.

[Purple 77]

Samurai make winning a priority

Good for you Tokyo! As a melbourne supporter, I can attest that playing for draft picks only fosters a poisonous culture and that winning is ALWAYS better. The Cobras would be disappointed at ending the season on the low. For now, we say goodbye to you both, and look forward to seeing you next year!

Tokyo Samurai (20.8.128) def Cape Town Cobras (19.8.122)

Best
Tokyo: Jason Johannisen, Anthony Miles, Zac Smith
Cape Town: Luke McDonald, Jake Carlisle, Jasper Pittard, Tom Papley

Late Changes
Tokyo: Nil
Cape Town: Mitch Honeychurch replaced by Cameron Sutcliffe

WXV Debut
Tokyo: Nil
Cape Town: Nil

Club debut
Tokyo: Nil
Cape Town: Nil

Reserves

Yuzawa Yakuza (4.7.31) def Durban Pirates (1.11.17)

Best
Yuzawa: Nil
Durban: Nil

[Purple 77]

Thunder Cracks Through Dublin Destroyers

Best to get the stinkers out of the system now, hey Dublin? Who knows, maybe playing New Delhi is better than playing Seoul? Meanwhile at Beijing, the season is only made more sour that they won't carry a top 4 scalp into finals. It just wasn't your year. I look forward to seeing what you do next in the off-season! Whereas we will see Dublin in action next week.

Dublin Destroyers (21.6.132) lost to Beijing Thunder (22.10.142)

Best
Dublin: Alex Rance, Dustin Martin, Tom Hawkins, Stephen Hill
Beijing: Daniel Howe, Lachie Neale, Brandon Ellis, Brodie Grundy, Jared Polec

Late Changes
Dublin: Nil
Beijing: Nil

WXV Debut
Dublin: Nil
Beijing: Nil

Club debut
Dublin: Nil
Beijing: Nil

Reserves

Belfast Braves (6.9.45) lost to Shanghai Storm (16.10.106)

Best
Belfast: Nil
Shanghai: Tim O'Brien, Tom Clurey, Tom Jonas

[Purple 77]

PNL pile pain on Cairo

Wow! Mathieson only needed to score 42 points for Cairo to win, but only managed 28. That almost sums up a dreadful final run of the H&A season for Cairo, who will have to wait until Round 1 next year to back up their Round 11 win. The Reindeers showed a lot of heart this year, but will fall ever so close to finals. It was great seeing both these teams have a red hot go this season. Until next year!

PNL Reindeers (22.8.140) def Cairo Sands (22.7.139)

Best
PNL: Luke Ryan, Dylan Shiel, Jack Billings, Patrick Ryder, Levi Casboult
Cairo: Taylor Adams, Dayne Beams, Dom Sheed, Rory Lobb

Late Changes
PNL: Nil
Cairo: Nil

WXV Debut
PNL: Nil
Cairo: Wylie Buzza

Club debut
PNL: Paul Seedsman
Cairo: Dawson Simpson

Reserves

Marseille Kings (5.10.40) lost to Alexandria Hieroglyphics (13.7.85)

Best
Marseille: Hayden Crozier
Alexandria: Jason Castagna, Jeff Garlett

[Purple 77]

New Delhi, Familiar Sensation

This team is ready to take the premiership, notching up the highest score of the round! They truly were the best team of the H&A season, and fully deserve the minor premiership. Whereas the Revolution, having held on the a top 4 spot for so long may have slipped out at the last hurdle. A really bad performance, but we know what they can deliver going into finals. Both deserving teams to be playing next week.

New Delhi Tigers (26.9.165) def New York Revolution (19.10.124)

Best
New Delhi: Jeremy Howe, Steele Sidebottom, Marc Murphy, Robbie Gray, Matt Crouch, Sebastian Ross, Jack Ziebell
New York: Jordan Lewis, Jarryd Roughead, Richard Douglas

Late Changes
New Delhi: Nil
New York: Nil

WXV Debut
New Delhi: Nil
New York: Lewis Young

Club debut
New Delhi: Nil
New York: Nil

Reserves

Mumbai Elephants (24.10.154) def Washington Rebellion (8.10.58)

Best
Mumbai: Daniel Rich, Darcy Tucker, Hamish Hartlett, Jake Barrett, Nakia Cockatoo
Washington: Nil

[Purple 77]

Five Year Day finally turns into Night

With this performance, we see Mexico City fail to feature in the finals for the very first time in WXVs history. On the other end of the spectrum, we will get to see Seoul feature in finals for the very first time! A true passing of the guard, and to a team with a genuine chance at taking premiership glory. So long Mexico City... it's about time :P

Mexico City Suns (20.9.129) lost to Seoul Magpies (24.7.151)

Best
Mexico City: Trent Cotchin, Brendon Goddard
Seoul: Nick Haynes, Patrick Dangerfield, Josh Kelly, Clayton Oliver, Ben McEvoy, Tom J Lynch, Liam Shiels

Late Changes
Mexico City: Nil
Seoul: Nil

WXV Debut
Mexico City: Daniel Robinson
Mexico City: Nil

Club debut
Mexico City: Nil
Seoul: Nil

Reserves

Mexico City Suns (4.11.35) lost to Pyongyang Chollimas (27.6.168)

Best
Mexico City: Mark Baguley
Pyongyang: Brandan Parfitt, David Myers, Lachie Weller, Scott D Thompson, Taylor Duryea

[Nige]

Matho's up for trade.

Pretty sure if we played literally any other player available this week we'd have won.

[Purple 77]

Pacific's Finals Purpose

The Islanders consolidate a top 4 position in the final round of the year, and give themselves a red hot chance at going all the way. This was a strong performance that has potential to be improved upon, and they'll be hard to beat in September. For the Royals, we wave our hand ever so slightly as they exit the competition, and we hope to see them come back so much stronger next year.

Pacific Islanders (23.11.149) def London Royals (19.10.124)

Best
Pacific: Michael Hurley, Marcus Bontempelli, Andrew Swallow, Jordan Murdoch, Liam Duggan
London: Luke Shuey

Late Changes
Pacific: Callum Ah Chee subbed out for Alex Fasolo
London: Nil

WXV Debut
Pacific: Liam Duggan
London: Nil

Club debut
Pacific: Nil
London: Nil

Reserves

Port Morseby Iguanadons (18.6.114) def Imperial Princes (16.11.107)

Best
Port Morseby: Andy Otten, Matt de Boer
Imperial: Heath Grundy, Jesse Lonergan