WXV Round 6: When will Seoul & Pacific lift?

[Purple 77]

PARTIAL LOCKOUT (1) on Wednesday 7.35pm AEST

PARTIAL LOCKOUT (2) on Thursday 3.20pm AEST

FULL LOCKOUT on on Friday 7.50pm AEST

Round 6, AFL Round 6, ANZAC Day Week

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Dublin Destroyers	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	Crooke Park	2  v  3
Pacific Islanders	Berlin Brewers	Tuanaimato International Stadium	4  v  3
Seoul Magpies	Buenos Aires Armadillos	Seoul World Cup Stadium	4  v  3
New York Revolution	Beijing Thunder	MetLife Stadium	5  v  2
Moscow Spetsnaz	PNL Reindeers	Luzhniki Stadium, EurAsia, Europe	3  v  4
Cape Town Cobras	Christchurch Saints	Newlands Cricket Ground, AAP Alliance, Africonia	1  v  3
Mexico City Suns	Tokyo Samurai	Fireball Stadium	6  v  1
Cairo Sands	Toronto Wolves	Borg El Arab Stadium, AAP Alliance	4  v  4
London Royals	New Delhi Tigers	London Olympic Stadium, EurAsia	3  v  4

The Destroyers have averaged 118 in the past month. Injuries are some of the problem, the forward line is the rest. Gotta start winning. Rio has gone 171, then 136 and now 121. Which week was the anomaly? I think Dublin are due.

The Islanders have been good, but they certainly aren't playing to their top 4 standard of recent seasons. Right now, they aren't a threatening side, and one has to wonder whether the #NoTitchNoPacific tag applies. The Brewers finally got into the form they've been hoping for last week, now the challenge is to keep it up. Tough call, but I fear the Islanders will get up.

The Magpies - phwoah - where *this* close to utter embarrassment, and perhaps season end last week with a close call against Christchurch. What has happened to these 150+ regulars? The Dillos were slowly building to last week's win, and one gets a feeling they won't just collapse after a win. Danger game for Seoul, but I reckon they get up.

The Revolution's last month has been fantastic, ranking 7th in points scored during this time. The midfield has been standing up, and the rest of the line-up is starting to follow suit. The Thunder produced a 120 out of simply nowhere last week, having scored back-to-back 150+ scores before that. They'll bounce back with a win here I reckon.

The Spetsnaz posted an OUTSTANDING win against New Delhi last week, lifting at a good 200 points above their season average in respect of the opposition. The Reindeers also produced a spirited win against Cape Town, with its midfield really lifting in recent weeks. But, I think the Spetsnaz will get it done here.

I'm forgiving the Cobras for that one. They've had a fantastic first month, and we're all entitled to a poor week, it's just a shame it was against a likely bottom 6 team. What's concerning is that they would have lost to Christchurch last week, who have flourished early with their new coach. Danger game for Cape Town, but they should win.

The Suns posted a much deserved - and their first - win of the season last week, off the back of the fruits they enjoyed through the draft. Tokyo - similar to Cape Town - are allowed a poor week, but they really don't deserve to be 2-3 despite being 6th on the points ladder. I'll back Tokyo to get some reward for effort.

It's the giant slayer v the biggest giant of them all, in my MATCH OF THE ROUND! The Sands have now defeated Dublin, New Delhi and Pacific all in three consecutive weeks and as a result, would really fancy themselves for a spot in finals. A win here though would get Cairo thinking of a home qualifying final... anyway, they play a team who probably has a home prelim booked, who expertly navigated out of a tricky spot against London last week. It's just hard to tip against the Wolves, but the tall poppy syndrome in me would love to see them get beat by the Sands here.

The Royals win/loss ratio may not look any different, but their performances sure do. They don't deserve to sit 17th on the ladder at the moment, and would be hungrier than ever for a win to sort that situation out. The Tigers are all of a sudden 3-2 now, which is hard to fathom given their first three weeks. Surely that wasn't just a purple patch, and we've returned to regular broadcast viewing? All I'll say, is that a loss to the Royals here will undo all of their good work in the first 3 weeks. New Delhi for me.

[Koop]

CHRISTCHURCH SAINTS

Traditional

D: Phil Davis (cc), Robbie Tarrant, Tom Langdon (cc), Mark Blicavs

M: Paddy Dow, Sam Lloyd, Tom Scully, James Rowbottom

R: Brayden Preuss

F: Harry McKay, Josh Thomas (RP), Brent Daniels, Jake Stringer

U: Connor McKenna, Jackson Trengove

E:  Jack Henry (D), Easton Wood (D), Ed Richards (D)

Resting: Sam B Reid   

[JBs-Hawks]

Seoul

Def: Haynes, Salem, Tuohy, Wilson

Mid: Oliver (VC), Kelly. Murphy, Smith

Ruck: McEvoy

Fwd: Dangerfield (C), Mclean, Fisher, Lynch

Int: Curnow, McIntosh

Emg: Myers, Ceglar, Marchbank

[PowerBug]

I feel like there's a certain level of expectation the other 16 teams require me to meet this week.

[Nige]

Karen Sanderson is flooding

Tom Stewart, Nick Vlastuin, Jeremy McGovern, Alex Keath, Andrew McGrath
Dayne Beams (vc), Taylor Adams, David Zaharakis, Ricky Henderson
Shane Mumford
Shane Edwards, Mitch Robinson, Rory Lobb
Hugh McCluggage (c), Hugh Greenwood (rp)

Will Hayes, Jake Melksham, Daniel McKenzie

Rest: Lincoln McCarthy

[Jukes]

D: Crisp Burton Rozee Kelly
M: Coniglio (cc) Heppell Treloar (cc) Sinclair
R: Bellchambers
F: De Goey Acres Daniher Petrevski-Seton
U: C. Brown Hewett

Emg: Weideman Clarke Casboult

Resting Chris Masten

[iZander]

i wondered why Seoul rested oliver last week...now i know  :P

[iZander]

Buenos Aires Armadillos

Team Format: Traditional

D: Jamie MacMillan, Jimmy Webster, Cale Hooker, Jack Scrimshaw
M: Luke Parker, Ollie Wines, Bryce Gibbs, Jarrod Berry
R: Reilly O'Brien
F: Caleb Daniel, Darcy Parish, Adam Cerra, Shaun Atley
U: Trent Dumont, Oliver Florent
E: Andrew Brayshaw, Daniel Talia, Cameron Rayner

C: Luke Parker
VC: Ollie Wines
RP:
NR:

[Holz]

Def Jeremy Howe, Mark Oconnor, Nathan Brown
Mid Dustin Martin, Matt Crouch (C), Rory Sloane (VC), Brad Crouch
Ruck Todd Golstein
Fwd: Toby Greene, Jack Riewoldt, Jack Gunston, Tom Mcdonald, Josh J Kennedy
Uti: Justin Westhoff, Zak Butters

Emg: Mitch Lewis, Elliot Himmelberg, Daragh Joyce

5 fwds

[fanTCfool]

Toronto Wolves

Attacking

Kade Simpson, Alex Witherden, Scott D. Thompson
Jack Macrae (C), Brayden Fiorini, Jacob Hopper, James Harmes
Matthew Kreuzer
Tim Kelly (VC), Travis Boak, Tom Hawkins, Rowan Marshall, Jesse Hogan
Dion Prestia, Gary Ablett Jnr (Rested)

Mason Redman, Peter Wright, Sam Wicks

Resting: Jack Redden

[DazBurg]

Parisian Nice Lyon Reindeers

D: Luke Ryan, Hayden Crozier, Darcy Moore, Dougal Howard
M: Dylan Shiel, Zach Merrett, Bailey Smith, Nathan Jones
R: Lachlan Murphy(OOP)
F: Jack Billings, Mitch Wallis, Chad Wingard, Jack Lonie
U: Matthew Kennedy, Will Brodie
E: Charlie Ballard, Oscar Allen, Nick Robertson, Matthew Buntine

C: Zach Merrett
VC: Dylan Shiel

[GoLions]

Kate Upton Cobras

DEF: Jasper Pittard, David Mackay, Callum Mills, Sam Collins
MID: Mitch Duncan, Ben Cunnington (C), Shaun Higgins, Touk Miller (VC)
RUCK: Toby Nankervis
FWD: Tom Papley, Jaidyn Stephenson, Lewis Taylor, Josh Battle
UTIL: Brad Ebert, Jack Bowes

EMG: James Cousins, Gryan Miers Alex Neal-Bullen, Jordan Lewis

[Purple 77]

Updated team selector for those interested

[Purple 77]

Berlin

D: x, x, x, Michael Hibberd
M: x, x, Jack Viney, x
R: Max Gawn (VC)
F: x, x, x, x
U: x, x
E: x, x, Sam Frost

[GoLions]

Kate vs Christine

Lions vs Suns

What could go wrong.