Rd 15 Banter and Lodgement,

[Ringo]

We enter the last round with so many permutations possible on the top 8.  Wth one game and % separating 2nd to 6th a lot riding on the results. Also one game and % separates 7th to 11th. So some great matches assured this weekend.

Thanks to Koop for the analysis being used.

Rd 15 Draw with first name team having HGA

Liverpool Rams v Wrexham Knights.
16th v 7th
WREXHAM (PK)
- Beat Liverpool & they play finals, whether 7th or 8th
- If they lose, they can still finish 8th if Nottingham beat Huddersfield, Winchester beat HB & Manchester lose to Birmingham
Rams had one of the better scores last week and were unlucky to lose so Knights will need to be on their game.

Hastings Hurricanes v Grope Lane Giants
6th v 1st
Giants have sown up top position and had a monster win, Hurricanes will want to limit damage to % Hurricanes are equal 4th on points but lowest % of teams above them so hard to see them breaking into top 4. Do not think Giants will rest on their Laurels after last week as they will want to maintain momentum leading into final. Giants should be too strong here.

Bradford Badgers v Staines Steins
2nd v 3rd This match has so may implications to make up of Top 4. If Badgers lose they could drop as low as 6th given % of those on 40 points who will also go to 44 with wins. Similarly a loss and other teams win could see Steins drop to 6th as well.
Injuries will no doubt play a part in the result with both having players under injury clouds.  Match of the round for me and hard to predict at this stage with a lot depending on final teams. May be a case of home ground crowd lifting Badgers into final four.

Manchester Magic v Birmingham Dragons
10th v 4th
MANCHESTER (FTC)
If Wrexham somehow lose to Liverpool. The HB/Winchester result is irrelevant assuming Nottingham beat Huddersfield by anything less than a thumping.
- If Wrexham lose to Liverpool & HB lose to Winchester. The Nottingham/Huddersfield result is irrelevant barring a blowout to Nottingham
Loss = Elimination
Both teams have so much to play for with Dragons wanting to remain in Top 4 and magic wanting to get into the 8. Dragons seemed to have struggled in recent weeks so again with a strong home crowd really driving them on tipping magic to douse the Dragons fire and keep their chances alive,

Huddersfield Hawks v Nottingham Hoods
8th v 11th
HUDDERSFIELD (JB)
- Beat Nottingham & they play finals, whether 7th or 8th
- If they lose, due to their weak % they'd need HB to lose to Winchester, Manchester to get smashed by Birmingham & Wrexham to lose to Liverpool by a fair bit to finish 8th. So a loss is basically elimination

NOTTINGHAM (LF)
- Need to beat Huddersfield, if Manchester beat Birmingham as well, their margin needs to be greater
- If they beat Huddersfield, they need Hebden Bridge to lose to Winchester assuming that Wrexham beat Liverpool, if Liverpool somehow win, they can slip into 8th regardless of HB/Winchester or Manchester/Birmingham if they absolutely demolish Huddersfield.
Loss = Elimination
Hoods have come with a wet sail climbing up the ladder but the injury curse has struck maybe ruining chance to get into the 8. Expecting a strong game though from both and again depending on team announcements bit hard to predict.

Winchester Werewolves v Hebden Bridge Hedgehogs
5th v 9th
HEBDEN BRIDGE  (Koop)
- Need to beat Winchester & hope either Nottingham beats Huddersfield, or Liverpool beats Wrexham. If both somehow happen, they finish 7th. If one happens, they finish 8th. % irrelevant due to draw v Staines.
Loss = elimination
This match also has implications for Top 4 Wolves can go to second because of their superior % if Badgers beat Steins, Another match hard to call due to Wolves inconsistent form. So dependent on which Wolves team turns up. If pressed will put my kiss of Death on Hedgies,

Swansea Breakers v Blackpool Bunnies
15th v 12th - Breakers have a chance to go to 3 wins and a chance to go as high as 13th depending on other results.
If Breakers win well and Leeches beat Lions Breaker can finish 13th. If Lions beat Leeches depending on % as Both Breakers and lions will need substantial wins Breakers can fish 14th Breakers lose and position remains.

Leeds Leeches v Oxford Lions
14th v 13th - Another interesting match here that effects the bottom of the table. With a win a strong % Leeches can go to 12th, Lose and they can be 15th if Breakers beat Bunnies. Lions with a win will be 12th if Bunnies lose to Breakers lose and if Breakers beat Bunnies could finish 15th.

Do not forget to name teams in this thread and update UF prior to lockout at bounce of Crows and Bombers game on Friday

Wow after all that what an exciting round of fixtures with overall positions except first and last up for grabs,

[Koop]

Hebden Bridge

D: Darcy Byrne-Jones, Alex Witherden, Zak Jones, David Cuningham

M: Lachie Neale (c), Dion Prestia (vc), Luke Dunstan, Will Brodie

R: Ryan Clarke (OOP)

F: Toby Greene, Brandon Parfitt, Pat Lipinski, Zac Fisher

U: Levi Casboult, Will Setterfield

E: Cal Wilkie, Kayne Turner, Mason Cox, Levi Greenwood

[nas]

Staines Steins.

Backs: Nick Vlastuin - Callum Mills - Luke Ryan - Jason Johannisen.
Mids: Elliot Yeo - Lachie Hunter - Marcus Bontempelli (EVC) - K Amon.
Ruck: Brodie Grundy (C).
Fwds: Christian Petracca - A M-Tippa - Callum Brown - Blake Acres.
Util: Max Gawn (VC) - Brayden Fiorini.

Emerg: Adam Tomlinson (C) - Conor Blakely (D) - Zach Bailey (F/C) - Brayden Sier (oop R)

[fanTCfool]

Manchester Magic

Def: Zac Williams, Brodie Smith, Dan Houston, Harry Cunningham
Mid: Angus Brayshaw, Rory Sloane, Brad Crouch (VC), Jared Polec
Ruck: Rhys Stanley
Fwd: James Worpel (C), Jeremy Cameron, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Jack Silvagni
Util: Sam Powell-Pepper, Kyle Langford

Emerg: Paul Ahern (M), Marley Williams (D), Nick Larkey (F), Darcy Fort (R)

[kilbluff1985]

Birmingham

Crisp, Hurn, Tarrant, J Lewis
Rocky (EVC), Zerrett, Duncan (VC), T Phillips
Westy
Breust, Atley, S McKernan, Boak (C)
R Henderson, Mckenna

Suckling, G Birchall (D), T Thomas (M), WHE (F)

[SilverLion]

Oxford Lions

Def: Zach Tuohy, Tom Jonas, Mason Redman, Bailey Williams
Mid: Jaeger O'Meara (C), Tom Liberatore (EVC), Bailey Smith, Allen Christensen
Ruck: Ben McEvoy (VC)
Fwd: Darcy MacPherson, Sam Lloyd, Tom Hawkins, Tim O'Brien
Utilities: Jarman Impey, Connor Rozee

Emg: Jack Gunston (F), Jonathan Ceglar (R/F), Liam Ryan (F), Dylan Grimes (D)

Ins: Mason Redman, Tom Liberatore
Outs: Ollie Wines (Fractured Thumb), Anthony Miles (Suspension)

[fanTCfool]

Manchester Magic

Def: Zac Williams, Brodie Smith, Dan Houston, Jack Silvagni
Mid: Angus Brayshaw, Rory Sloane, Brad Crouch (VC), Jared Polec
Ruck: Rhys Stanley
Fwd: James Worpel (C), Jeremy Cameron, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Esava Ratugolea
Util: Sam Powell-Pepper, Kyle Langford

Emerg: Marley Williams (D), Nick Larkey (F), Zac Smith (R), Alex Sexton (F)

[Nige]

Liverpool

Bachar Houli, Mark Blicavs, Hayden Crozier, Heath Shaw
Hugh Greenwood (vc), Jarryd Lyons (c), Reece Conca, Nick Hind
Todd Goldstein
Jack Riewoldt, Ben Brown, Ollie Hanrahan, Jack Lonie
Hunter Clark (evc), Braydon Preuss

Scott Thompson, Travis Varcoe, Griffin Logue, Darren Minchington

[iZander]

Def: Laird (VC), Salem, Barrass, Finlayson
Mid: JPK (C), Jelwood, Miller, Dumont
Ruck: Mummy
Fwd: Billings, Walters, Parish, Lobb
Int: Brayshaw, Clarke

Emg: Scully, Stringer, Joyce, Darcy

[GoLions]

HepD Higgoat Caleb all back letS GO

[GoLions]

HepD Higgoat Caleb all back letS GO

Badgers team as per UF

Reddo EVC

Emg order: Duman, Hill, Bruce, Langlands

[Ringo]

SWANSEA BREAKERS
Def: Cameron Guthrie, Pearce Hanley, Harris Andrews, Wayne Milera
Mid: Scott Pendlebury (C),George Hewett  James Harmes,  Nathan Jones
Ruck: Stefan Martin (VC)
Fwds: Jack Darling, Mitch Robinson, Shai Bolton, Sam Day
Util: Shaun Burgoyne, James Rowbottom
Em: Sam Frost, Chris Masten,  Eddie Betts, Oscar McInerney

[JBs-Hawks]

Def: Hartlett, Lloyd, Nelson, Thomas,

Mid: Swallow, Shiel (VC), Deledio, Sidebottom

Ruck: Kreuzer

Fwd: Danger (C), Kelly, Zieball, Baker

Int: Zieball, Langdon

Emg: Jetta, Mckay, Appleby

[Koop]

Hebden Bridge

D: Darcy Byrne-Jones, Alex Witherden, Zak Jones, Nicholas Coffield

M: Lachie Neale (c), Dion Prestia (vc), Luke Dunstan, Will Brodie

R: Ryan Clarke (OOP)

F: Toby Greene, Pat Lipinski, Zac Fisher, Will Setterfield

U: Levi Casboult, Cal Wilkie

E: Brett Bewley, Kayne Turner, Mason Cox, Nathan Broad

[Pkbaldy]

DEF: Cale Hooker, Phil Davis, Dane Rampe, Jasper Pittard
MID: Dustin Martin (VC), Luke Parker, Seb Ross, Hugh McCluggage
RUCK: Rowan Marshall (EVC)
FWD: Patrick Dangerfield (C), Jy Simpkin, Harry Taylor, Mitch Brown
UTIL: Brad Hill, Alex Keath

EMG: Blake Hardwick, Brent Daniels, Paddy Dow, Tom Clurey (OOP RUCK)