WXV Round 9: Dublin's Demise

[Purple 77]

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Round 9, AFL Round 9

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Beijing Thunder	Tokyo Samurai	Beijing Olympic Park, EurAsia, Asia	4  v  3
Dublin Destroyers	London Royals	Crooke Park, EurAsia, Europe, British Isles Cup	3  v  4
New Delhi Tigers	Christchurch Saints	Wipro Stadium	2  v  3
Berlin Brewers	Toronto Wolves	Berlin Olympic Stadium	4  v  4
New York Revolution	Pacific Islanders	MetLife Stadium, AAP Alliance, John McCarthy Cup	2  v  6
Cape Town Cobras	Mexico City Suns	Newlands Cricket Ground, AAP Alliance	1  v  9
Moscow Spetsnaz	Buenos Aires Armadillos	Luzhniki Stadium	5  v  4
Cairo Sands	Seoul Magpies	Borg El Arab Stadium	1  v  6
PNL Reindeers	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	Stade du Ray	1  v  3

The last 6 yo-yo weeks says Beijing puts in a 130 score this week, and Tokyo will pounce on that. Oh what the heck, Tokyo for me!

Dublin's season is pretty much over, unless they flick the switch NOW! London won the first 4 matches against Dublin, but lost the last 3. Are they due? Gee they really could be! But I think Dublin get up.

New Delhi still seem prone to the odd poor match, and last week suffered a loss because of it. Christchurch meanwhile would be rapt with the win last week - its first for the season and under new coach Koop - but I think they're dreaming if they think they can win here.

Berlin have been a very consistent team this year, scoring between 133-141 in 6 of the past 8 weeks. True to form, that means they haven't been able to compete with the big boys, and I'm not sure that changes this week. Toronto for me.

The Revolution's scores have slid for 5 straight weeks, officially bottoming out last week with a loss against Christchurch. The Islanders meanwhile have struggled to get going,m with a shock loss against Buenos Aires last week likely to hurt in the long run. A win is a must for them, and I reckon they get it here.

It really was a disaster week for Cape Town, losing both the game and their ruck in one swoop. The Suns however continue on their merry 130ish way, and will surely start to see reward for that. Danger game for Cape Town... I back the Suns!

The Spetsnaz put up a good effort against Toronto, but are at least a Docherty-away from matching them IMO. Mind you, where has this form come from? An average of 127 in the first month was followed by an average of 144 in the next month... anyway, the Dillos are starting to see some reward for effort, with a great win over the Islanders last week. Could be a chance here, but I like the in form Moscow.

Sitting pretty at second spot, Cairo probably need to win just 4 more games in the remaining 9 to make finals. Surely they do it! Seoul produced their first 150+ score last week, with the holy trinity starting to come into form. I dunno, I kinda wanna pile on pressure on Cairo here, so Seoul for me!

The Reindeers have been alright this year tbh, notching up a couple of wins along the way. But all we really wanna see is them cause some shower for the top 8 teams, and there is a great opportunity here against the inconsistent Rio. Rio are this rare team where they can both beat or lose to anyone on the day. You know what? PNL for me!

[fanTCfool]

Toronto Wolves

Traditional

Connor Blakely, Alex Witherden, Mason Redman, Scott D. Thompson
Jack Macrae (C), Brayden Fiorini, Jacob Hopper, Gary Ablett Jnr
Matthew Kreuzer
Tim Kelly (VC), Travis Boak, Tom Hawkins, Rowan Marshall
Dion Prestia, James Harmes

Jack Redden, Jesse Hogan, Tom Cole

[Toga]

Beijing Thunder:
D: Brandon Ellis, Heath Shaw, Darcy Byrne-Jones, James Aish
M: Lachie Neale, Tom Rockliff (VC), Dayne Zorko, David Swallow
R: Brodie Grundy (C)
F: Kane Lambert, Josh Caddy, Luke Breust, Tex Walker (R)
IC: Darcy Macpherson, Liam Baker

EMG: Jy Simpkin, Jackson Thurlow, Nathan Broad

[Holz]

Backs: Jeremy Howe, Connor O'Riordan, Mark O'Connor, Nathan Brown
Mids: Dustin Martin, Rory Sloane (C), Joel Selwood, Brad Crouch
Ruck: Todd Goldstein (VC)
Fwds: Jack Gunston, Tom McDonald, Josh J Kennedy, Elliott Himmelberg
Interchange: Zak Butter , Justin Westhoff (R/F)

Bench: Mitch Lewis (F), Daragh Joyce (D), Ned McHenry (F)

Rest: Toby Greene

[Koop]

CHRISTCHURCH SAINTS

D: Phil Davis (c), Tom Langdon (vc), Robbie Tarrant, Mark Blicavs
M: Tom Scully, Brett Deledio, Sam Lloyd, Liam Stocker
R: Brayden Preuss
F: Jake Stringer, Paddy Dow, Harry McKay, Brent Daniels (RP)
U: Jackson Trengove, Sam B Reid

E: Connor McKenna (d), James Rowbottom (m), Josh Thomas (f)

[Nige]

Karen (now with double the amount of African Cups!)

Jeremy McGovern, Tom Stewart, Alex Keath, Nick Vlastuin
Dayne Beams, David Zaharakis, Ricky Henderson, David Zaharakis
Shane Mumford
Mitch Robinson, Rory Lobb, Shane Edwards, Ben Brown
Hugh Greenwood, Hugh McCluggage

Lincoln McCarthy, Daniel McKenzie, Mark Hutchings

Rest: Andrew McGrath

[Nige]

Karen (now with double the amount of African Cups!)

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

Lincoln McCarthy, Daniel McKenzie, Mark Hutchings

Rest: Andrew McGrath

[PowerBug]

The no skill pure fluke Jaguars (Flood)

Def: Daniel Rich, Jeremy Finlayson, Brayden Maynard, Luke Brown, Josh Walker.
Mid: Patrick Cripps, Elliot Yeo (VC), Jaeger O'Meara, Tim Taranto (C).
Ruck: Callum Sinclair.
Fwd: Jeremy Cameron, Jack Ziebell, Gary Rohan.
Int: Karl Amon (Mid) (RB), Sam J Reid (Def/Fwd).

Emerg: Aaron Francis (Def), Ivan Soldo (Ruck), Josh Corbett (Fwd).

In: Karl Amon, Luke Brown, Josh Walker.
Out: Levi Greenwood, Joel Hamling (Omit), Tarryn Thomas (Rested).

[Nige]

Karen (now with double the amount of African Cups!)

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

Jason Castagna, Daniel McKenzie, Mark Hutchings

Rest: Lincoln McCarthy

[upthemaidens]

        Pacific Islanders

D: Rory Laird (VC), Michael Hurley, Matt Suckling(rested), Cam Guthrie
M: Marcus Bontempelli (C), Andrew Gaff, Jarryd Lyons, Adam Tomlinson
R: Jarrod Witts
F: Matt Taberner, Harrison Himmelberg, Matt de Boer, Steven Motlop
Int: Rhys Stanley, Liam Duggan

E: Bailey Williams, Mitch McGovern, Jake Kolodnashnij

Resting: Aliir Aliir

[RaisyDaisy]

New York Revolution

D: Brodie Smith, Dan Houston, Xavier Duursma, Ben Paton
M: Jack Steele, Tom Liberatore (CC), Jed Anderson, Cam Ellis-Yolmen (CC)
R: Paddy Ryder
F: Isaac Heeney, Jade Gresham (RP), Kyle Langford, Ben Reid
I: Ed Phillips, Josh Wagner

E: Darcy Fort (R), Alex Sexton (F), Willie Rioli (F)

[Jroo]

Mexico City Suns
D: James Sicily (C), Adam Kennedy (RB), Aaron Naughton, Jordan Clark
M: Lachie Hunter (VC), Sam Walsh, Luke Dunstan, Brad Hill
R: Tom Hickey
F: Christian Petracca, James Worpel, Tim O'Brien, Shai Bolton
U: Anthony Miles, Charlie Constable

EMG: Jackson Hately, Jacob Weitering, Mason Wood

Resting: Nic Newman

[Jukes]

D: J. Crisp, J. Kelly, C. Rozee, D. Astbury
M: A. Treloar (cc), D. Heppell (cc), J. Sinclair, G. Hewett
R: T. Bellchambers
F: J. Daniher, J. De Goey, B. Acres, S. Petrevski-Seton
U: B. Stretch, C. Brown

Emg: L. Casboult, J. Begley, A. Pearce

[fanTCfool]

Ah, Connor Blakely, I've been waiting for you  8)

[iZander]

Buenos Aires Armadillos

Team Format: Traditional

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

C: Luke Parker
VC: Jarrod Berry
RP:
NR: