WXV Round 4: Powerful Pacific

[Purple 77]

What's that ol chesnut? New York to win with an OOP ruck and HGA against!

;D ;D ;D

I know Betts did a hammy, but I assume it was in the 2nd half of the game as we've copped his 31? That sucks  :(

Yup  :(

[Ringo]

What's that ol chesnut? New York to win with an OOP ruck and HGA against!

;D ;D ;D

I know Betts did a hammy, but I assume it was in the 2nd half of the game as we've copped his 31? That sucks  :(

Yup  :(

Do not worry RD we are sucking big time this week.  Only one ton so far after 5 last week. No consistency from ourguys just like the Lions.

[RaisyDaisy]

What's that ol chesnut? New York to win with an OOP ruck and HGA against!

;D ;D ;D

I know Betts did a hammy, but I assume it was in the 2nd half of the game as we've copped his 31? That sucks  :(

Yup  :(

Do not worry RD we are sucking big time this week.  Only one ton so far after 5 last week. No consistency from ourguys just like the Lions.

Don't know what else we could have done to help you haha

OOP ruck, Betts injured for 31 and you've got HGA  :-X

[upthemaidens]

Two sub 40 scores, it's going to be hard to crack 1500 this week.  Mitchell being tagged isn't helping.

[Purple 77]

omg, I think Dublin are gonna lose  :o

[Boomz]

flowering Charlie. So close, so far  ::)

[Purple 77]

omg, I think Dublin are gonna lose  :o

Aw, dunno actually. It's gonna be real close! Jelwood, Henry & Hawkins chasing a 56 point lead as at 4 mins into the last quarter

[Purple 77]

And might I just say, that is one well timed resting by Seoul re: Parfitt.

[Purple 77]

Jagaurs sink Destroyers

Wowzer! What an upset! Take a bow JOM & Yeo in combining for 295 points to post a magnificent victory against Dublin! This is despite that Dublin's captain scored 49 more points (so 98) than Rio's captain and Rio having an OOP ruck! Although it came down to Rio's 16th man, this was still a deserved win that could go down as their best for the year!

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (22.9.141) def Dublin Destroyers (22.6.138)

Best
Rio de Janeiro: Elliot Yeo, Jeremy Finlayson, Jaeger O'Meara, Tim Taranto
Dublin: Dustin Martin, Stephen Hill, Brett Deledio

Late Changes
Rio de Janeiro: Shaun McKernan replaced by Mark Baguley
Dublin: Nil

WXV Debut
Rio de Janeiro: Nil
Dublin: Jack Henry

Club debut
Rio de Janeiro: Angus Brayshaw, Luke Brown & Mark Baguley
Dublin: Nil

Reserves

Copacabana Capuchins (10.7.67) def Belfast Braves (5.7.37)

Best
Copacabana: Nil
Belfast: Phil Davis

[Purple 77]

Tigers extinguish Suns

A very solid performance by the Tiges, not so the Suns. Tigers would be thrilled with leadership emerging in the past couple of games.

Mexico City Suns (18.6.114) lost to New Delhi Tigers (23.10.148)

Best
Mexico City: James Sicily, Jarryn Geary, Jared Polec
New Delhi: Steele Sidebottom, Jack Ziebell, Robbie Gray, Sam Menegola

Late Changes
Mexico City: Nil
New Delhi: Nil

WXV Debut
Mexico City: Nil
New Delhi: Nil

Club debut
Mexico City: Jordan Murdoch
New Delhi: Nil

Reserves

Guadalajara Wolves (12.10.82) lost to Mumbai Elephants (13.11.89)

Best
Guadalajara: Tim O'Brien, Jordan Cunico, Aaron Naughton
Mumbai: Jack Darling, Scott Selwood, Harry Morrison

[Purple 77]

Moscow begs your Par-fitt

It looked like it was going to be a real close one for a while there... at the very least, Seoul was never gonna score 150+ on Sunday, could they? Well, enter: Parfitt. He scored 168 + a 17 point resting bonus to ensure the Magpies top-scored for the week, whilst for Moscow, a solid performance wasn't gonna cut it at the end of the day.

Seoul Magpies (24.9.153) def Moscow Spetsnaz (21.11.137)

Best
Seoul: Nick Haynes, Patrick Dangerfield, Clayton Oliver, David Swallow, Brandan Parfitt
Moscow: Stephen Coniglio, Adam Treloar, Dyson Heppell, David Astbury

Late Changes
Seoul: Nil
Moscow: Ryan Burton replaced by Bailey Banfield

WXV Debut
Seoul: Nil
Moscow: Nil

Club debut
Seoul: Nil
Moscow: Jordan De Goey

Reserves

Pyongyang Chollimas (32.10.202) def Siberian Wolverines (20.7.127)

Best
Pyongyang: Liam Shiels, Lachie Weller, David Myers, Josh Thomas, Travis Varcoe, Lachlan Fogarty
Siberian: Jack Watts, Shaun Grigg, Daniel Talia, Tomas Bugg

[Purple 77]

PNL leave Merrett Stranded on Pacific Islands

The Islanders channelled their inner Usain Bolt - having time to look back at their opponents - slowing down towards the end in an otherwise great performance. Whilst we saw a rare occurrence where the sub rule disadvantaged a team, where PNL's Rioli (45) was subbed out for Nelson (42).

Pacific Islanders (23.7.145) def PNL Reindeers (17.10.112)

Best
Pacific: Rory Laird, Michael Hurley, Matthew Suckling, Marcus Bontempelli, Andrew Gaff, Matt de Boer
PNL: Zach Merrett

Late Changes
Pacific: Nil
Cyril Rioli subbed out for Jackson Nelson

WXV Debut
Pacific: Nil
PNL: Nil

Club debut
Pacific: Nil
PNL: Nil

Reserves

Port Morseby Iguanadons (13.11.89) def Marseille Kings (1.11.17)

Best
Port Morseby: Liam Duggan, Mitch McGovern
Marseille:

[Purple 77]

Berlin lose, coz everything is BS

flowering, ZJones. flowering JPK.... and flowerING BREUST!

Sigh, well deserved Beijing.

Berlin Brewers (21.9.135) lost to Beijing Thunder (22.6.138)

Best
Berlin: Nat Fyfe, Max Gawn, Daniel Menzel, Brendon Goddard
Beijing: Tom Jonas, Callan Ward, Brodie Grundy, Kane Lambert, Luke Breust

Late Changes
Berlin: Nil
Beijing: Nil

WXV Debut
Berlin: Nil
Beijing: Nil

Club debut
Berlin: Nil
Beijing: Nil

Reserves

Rhineland Rum-Runners (10.11.71) def Shanghai Storm (10.6.66)

Best
Rhineland: Dane Rampe, David Mirra
Shanghai: Easton Wood, Matt Guelfi

[Purple 77]

Another week/win, another downed Christchurch midfielder.

Far out Christchurch. Midfielders aren't that expendable! Meanwhile, another opportunity passes by at Cape Town.

Christchurch Saints (21.7.133) def Cape Town Cobras (20.6.126)

Best
Christchurch: Bryce Gibbs, Aaron Sandilands, Toby McLean, Harris Andrews
Cape Town: Mitch Duncan, Ben Cunnington

Late Changes
Christchurch: Marc Murphy replaced by Harris Andrews
Cape Town: Nil

WXV Debut
Christchurch: Zac Bailey
Cape Town: Nil

Club debut
Christchurch: Nil
Cape Town: Nil

Reserves

Wellington Weta (4.8.32) lost to Durban Pirates (16.8.104)

Best
Wellington: James Stewart
Durban: Aaron Mullett, Dean Kent, Jaidyn Stephenson

[Purple 77]

New York have the biggest Knacks

OOP ruck, HGA against... just another day at the office for New York, who have proven to me that they'll always have this knack of finding a win, year in, year out. Royals just need to find some consistency at this stage.

London Royals (17.11.113) lost to New York Revolution (21.10.136)

Best
London: Callum Sinclair
New York: Shaun Higgins, Luke Dunstan, Isaac Heeney, Josh J Kennedy

Late Changes
London: Nil
New York: Nil

WXV Debut
London: Nil
New York: Nil

Club debut
London: Nil
New York: Nil

Reserves

Imperial Princes (11.6.72) lost to Washington Rebellion (13.10.88)

Best
Imperial: Heath Grundy, Dean Towers
Washington: Reece Conca, Jed Anderson