WXV Finals Week 1: The Return of the Karen

[Toga]

Beijing underperforming a bit here... :-X

[Purple 77]

Beijing underperforming a bit here... :-X

You could do with a little more underperformance though

[Purple 77]

After Saturday

Unsurprisingly, Toronto have to come to play and will look to score 150+ today. Although it's not all over for New Delhi, they certainly needed more from Captain Lloyd, and they need Jack Macrae to be very quiet. Toronto likely, but not certain.

DBJ has led from the front, but the rest of the team hasn't followed yet, with Beijing certainly not setting the world on fire so far. Alas, my rookies have let me down via Ronke, Langlands and Petty, but I had that comin. God I wish I played Hibbed over Petty now. With HGA of 50, I'm 386 ahead with effectively 4 extra played, but Grundy & Neale are coming to get me. Beijing will win.

A very interesting game this one, with neither team really pulling ahead. Cairo benefitted from a solo Mummy performance, whilst Moscow will hope for a late withdrawal from one of its defenders to get Clarke's score. This came will be won & lost by the captains performances I reckon, but in saying that, the OOP ruck could be the difference if they cancel each other out. I still reckon Cairo from here.

The Jaguars' prayers were answered yesterday, with Seoul Captain Dangerfield putting in one of his worst performances of his career. However, assuming HGA of 55, Seoul are 84 ahead with effectively 1 extra played via its captain bonus. A Cripps 120+ should do it for Rio, but he's let them down before. Not looking god for Seoul. I think Rio gets up from here.

	Toronto Wolves					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Kade Simpson	0		0	D1	Jake Lloyd	85		85
D2	Wayne Milera	96		96	D2	Shannon Hurn	0		0
D3	Connor Blakely	78		78	D3	Bachar Houli	132		132
D4	Mason Redman	66		66	D4	Shane Savage	99		99
M1	Jack Macrae	0		0	M1	Scott Pendlebury	0		0
M2	James Harmes	88		88	M2	Steele Sidebottom	0		0
M3	Jacob Hopper	106		106	M3	Angus Brayshaw	67		67
M4	Dion Prestia	131		131	M4	Ed Langdon	102		102
R1	Andrew Phillips	0		0	R1	Stefan Martin	0		0
F1	Tim Kelly	114		114	F1	Jack Darling	0		0
F2	Travis Boak	101		101	F2	Luke Dahlhaus	0	DNP	0
F3	Rowan Marshall	109		109	F3	Robbie Gray	111		111
F4	Tom Hawkins	87		87	F4	Jack Martin	0		0
U1 (MID )	Jack Redden	0		0	U1 (MID )	Scott Selwood	62		62
U2 (MID )	Gary Jnr Ablett	95		95	U2 (MID )	Jordan Dawson	93		93
E1 (DEF )	Alex Witherden	0	0	0	E1 (MID )	Darcy Tucker	84	0	0
E2 (FWD )	Peter Wright	0	0	0	E2 (DEF MID)	Noah Answerth	0	0	0
E3 (RUC )	Matthew Lobbe	0	0	0	E3 (FWD )	Oscar McInerney	0	0	0
CC	Jack Macrae	0		0	C	Jake Lloyd	85		85
CC	Travis Boak	101		51	VC	Steele Sidebottom	0		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	1122	11			Total:	836	8

	Beijing Thunder					Berlin Brewers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Brandon Ellis	59		59	D1	Zak Jones	87		87
D2	Heath Shaw	89		89	D2	Jarrod Harbrow	0		0
D3	Darcy Byrne-Jones	127		127	D3	Jake Lever	68		68
D4	Tom Jonas	64		64	D4	Sam Frost	85		85
M1	Lachie Neale	0		0	M1	Nat Fyfe	144		144
M2	Dayne Zorko	0		0	M2	Josh P Kennedy	72		72
M3	Tom Rockliff	80		80	M3	Jack Viney	69		69
M4	David Swallow	0		0	M4	Jay Kennedy-Harris	82		82
R1	Brodie Grundy	0		0	R1	Max Gawn	134		134
F1	Kane Lambert	84		84	F1	Michael Walters	137		137
F2	Darcy MacPherson	0		0	F2	David Mundy	48		48
F3	Josh Caddy	69		69	F3	Doulton Langlands	23		23
F4	Luke Breust	50		50	F4	Ben Ronke	49		49
U1 (MID )	Daniel Howe	60		60	U1 (DEF )	Luke Hodge	0		0
U2 (FWD )	Jy Simpkin	62		62	U2 (DEF )	Harrison Petty	49		49
E1 (FWD )	Taylor Walker	83	0	0	E1 (DEF )	Michael Hibberd	113	0	0
E2 (DEF )	Marcus Adams	0	0	0	E2 (MID )	Oskar Baker	56	0	0
E3 (FWD )	Mason Cox	0	0	0	E3 (FWD )	Daniel Menzel	69	0	0
C	Brodie Grundy	0		0	C	Max Gawn	134		134
VC	Lachie Neale	0		0	VC	Nat Fyfe	144		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	744	10			Total:	1181	13

	Cairo Sands					Moscow Spetsnaz
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Stewart	92		92	D1	Jack Crisp	0		0
D2	Jeremy McGovern	0		0	D2	Matthew Scharenberg	0		0
D3	Nick Vlastuin	88		88	D3	Jake Kelly	88		88
D4	Andrew McGrath	57		57	D4	David Astbury	73		73
M1	Taylor Adams	0		0	M1	Adam Treloar	0		0
M2	David Zaharakis	65		65	M2	Jack Sinclair	72		72
M3	Ricky Henderson	67		67	M3	George Hewett	63		63
M4	Hugh McCluggage	0		0	M4	Chris Masten	0		0
R1	Dawson Simpson	0	DNP	0	R1	Callum L Brown	0	0.5	0
F1	Ben Brown	117		117	F1	Connor Rozee	113		113
F2	Lincoln McCarthy	0		0	F2	Sam Petrevski-Seton	0		0
F3	Jake Melksham	36		36	F3	Blake Acres	0	DNP	0
F4	Jason Castagna	76		76	F4	Patrick Lipinski	0		0
U1 (MID FWD)	Shane Edwards	112		112	U1 (FWD )	Levi Casboult	0		0
U2 (MID FWD)	Mitch Robinson	0		0	U2 (MID FWD)	Bailey Banfield	51		51
E1 (FWD )	Oliver Hanrahan	33	0	0	E1 (FWD )	Nick Blakey	52		52
E2 (RUC )	Shane Mumford	110		110	E2 (DEF )	Ryan Clarke	114	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Daniel McKenzie	41	0	0	E3 (FWD )	Matthew Parker	39	0	0
C	Hugh McCluggage	0		0	C	Adam Treloar	0		0
VC	Ricky Henderson	67		0	VC	Jack Crisp	0		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	820	10			Total:	512	7

	Seoul Magpies					Rio de Janeiro Jaguars
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Nick Haynes	109		109	D1	Daniel Rich	0		0
D2	Lachie Weller	0		0	D2	Jeremy Finlayson	83		83
D3	Zach Tuohy	55		55	D3	Hamish Hartlett	86		86
D4	Christian Salem	67		67	D4	Aaron Francis	73		73
M1	Clayton Oliver	111		111	M1	Patrick Cripps	0		0
M2	Marc Murphy	0		0	M2	Elliot Yeo	0		0
M3	Isaac Smith	82		82	M3	Tim Taranto	72		72
M4	Liam Shiels	63		63	M4	Jaeger O'Meara	82		82
R1	Ben McEvoy	92		92	R1	Zachary Clarke	54		54
F1	Patrick Dangerfield	57		57	F1	Jack Ziebell	120		120
F2	Toby McLean	0		0	F2	Sam J Reid	100		100
F3	Tom J Lynch	80		80	F3	Shaun McKernan	0	DNP	0
F4	Cameron Zurhaar	76		76	F4	Eric Hipwood	0		0
U1 (MID )	Ed Curnow	0		0	U1 (MID )	Karl Amon	101		101
U2 (FWD )	Jamie Elliott	0		0	U2 (MID )	Tarryn Thomas	50		50
E1 (MID FWD)	Zac Fisher	0	0	0	E1 (RUC )	Ivan Soldo	94	0	0
E2 (MID FWD)	Will Setterfield	0	0	0	E2 (DEF )	Levi Greenwood	0	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Jez McLennan	0	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	Bailey Dale	0	0	0
C	Patrick Dangerfield	57		57	C	Patrick Cripps	0		0
VC	Clayton Oliver	111		0	VC	Tim Taranto	72		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	849	10			Total:	821	10

[Purple 77]

After Coll/GCS

A good game, but Toronto just have that edge.

Hmm. With HGA of 50, Berlin are 63 ahead with 1 extra played. But it's Neale & Zorko v Hodge + 63. I'd need a miracle.

Adam Treloar! You'd think that'd be enough for Moscow, but not yet. A Hugh McCluggage 120+ will see the tables turn Cairo's way I reckon. Watch this space!

A very disappointing exit looms for Seoul, with Crippa doing enough so far.

	Toronto Wolves					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Kade Simpson	0		0	D1	Jake Lloyd	85		85
D2	Wayne Milera	96		96	D2	Shannon Hurn	0		0
D3	Connor Blakely	78		78	D3	Bachar Houli	132		132
D4	Mason Redman	66		66	D4	Shane Savage	99		99
M1	Jack Macrae	0		0	M1	Scott Pendlebury	106		106
M2	James Harmes	88		88	M2	Steele Sidebottom	121		121
M3	Jacob Hopper	106		106	M3	Angus Brayshaw	67		67
M4	Dion Prestia	131		131	M4	Ed Langdon	102		102
R1	Andrew Phillips	0		0	R1	Stefan Martin	0		0
F1	Tim Kelly	114		114	F1	Jack Darling	0		0
F2	Travis Boak	101		101	F2	Luke Dahlhaus	0	DNP	0
F3	Rowan Marshall	109		109	F3	Robbie Gray	111		111
F4	Tom Hawkins	87		87	F4	Jack Martin	38		38
U1 (MID )	Jack Redden	0		0	U1 (MID )	Scott Selwood	62		62
U2 (MID )	Gary Jnr Ablett	95		95	U2 (MID )	Jordan Dawson	93		93
E1 (DEF )	Alex Witherden	0	0	0	E1 (MID )	Darcy Tucker	84	0	0
E2 (FWD )	Peter Wright	33	0	0	E2 (DEF MID)	Noah Answerth	0	0	0
E3 (RUC )	Matthew Lobbe	0	0	0	E3 (FWD )	Oscar McInerney	0	0	0
CC	Jack Macrae	0		0	C	Jake Lloyd	85		85
CC	Travis Boak	101		51	VC	Steele Sidebottom	121		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	1122	11			Total:	1101	11

	Beijing Thunder					Berlin Brewers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Brandon Ellis	59		59	D1	Zak Jones	87		87
D2	Heath Shaw	89		89	D2	Jarrod Harbrow	69		69
D3	Darcy Byrne-Jones	127		127	D3	Jake Lever	68		68
D4	Tom Jonas	64		64	D4	Sam Frost	85		85
M1	Lachie Neale	0		0	M1	Nat Fyfe	144		144
M2	Dayne Zorko	0		0	M2	Josh P Kennedy	72		72
M3	Tom Rockliff	80		80	M3	Jack Viney	69		69
M4	David Swallow	92		92	M4	Jay Kennedy-Harris	82		82
R1	Brodie Grundy	121		121	R1	Max Gawn	134		134
F1	Kane Lambert	84		84	F1	Michael Walters	137		137
F2	Darcy MacPherson	59		59	F2	David Mundy	48		48
F3	Josh Caddy	69		69	F3	Doulton Langlands	23		23
F4	Luke Breust	50		50	F4	Ben Ronke	49		49
U1 (MID )	Daniel Howe	60		60	U1 (DEF )	Luke Hodge	0		0
U2 (FWD )	Jy Simpkin	62		62	U2 (DEF )	Harrison Petty	49		49
E1 (FWD )	Taylor Walker	83	0	0	E1 (DEF )	Michael Hibberd	113	0	0
E2 (DEF )	Marcus Adams	0	0	0	E2 (MID )	Oskar Baker	56	0	0
E3 (FWD )	Mason Cox	51	DNP	0	E3 (FWD )	Daniel Menzel	69	0	0
C	Brodie Grundy	121		121	C	Max Gawn	134		134
VC	Lachie Neale	0		0	VC	Nat Fyfe	144		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	1137	13			Total:	1250	14

	Cairo Sands					Moscow Spetsnaz
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Stewart	92		92	D1	Jack Crisp	98		98
D2	Jeremy McGovern	0		0	D2	Matthew Scharenberg	86		86
D3	Nick Vlastuin	88		88	D3	Jake Kelly	88		88
D4	Andrew McGrath	57		57	D4	David Astbury	73		73
M1	Taylor Adams	89		89	M1	Adam Treloar	177		177
M2	David Zaharakis	65		65	M2	Jack Sinclair	72		72
M3	Ricky Henderson	67		67	M3	George Hewett	63		63
M4	Hugh McCluggage	0		0	M4	Chris Masten	0		0
R1	Dawson Simpson	0	DNP	0	R1	Callum L Brown	68	0.5	34
F1	Ben Brown	117		117	F1	Connor Rozee	113		113
F2	Lincoln McCarthy	0		0	F2	Sam Petrevski-Seton	0		0
F3	Jake Melksham	36		36	F3	Blake Acres	0	DNP	0
F4	Jason Castagna	76		76	F4	Patrick Lipinski	0		0
U1 (MID FWD)	Shane Edwards	112		112	U1 (FWD )	Levi Casboult	0		0
U2 (MID FWD)	Mitch Robinson	0		0	U2 (MID FWD)	Bailey Banfield	51		51
E1 (FWD )	Oliver Hanrahan	33	0	0	E1 (FWD )	Nick Blakey	52		52
E2 (RUC )	Shane Mumford	110		110	E2 (DEF )	Ryan Clarke	114	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Daniel McKenzie	41	0	0	E3 (FWD )	Matthew Parker	39	0	0
C	Hugh McCluggage	0		0	C	Adam Treloar	177		177
VC	Ricky Henderson	67		0	VC	Jack Crisp	98		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	909	11			Total:	1084	11

	Seoul Magpies					Rio de Janeiro Jaguars
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Nick Haynes	109		109	D1	Daniel Rich	0		0
D2	Lachie Weller	66		66	D2	Jeremy Finlayson	83		83
D3	Zach Tuohy	55		55	D3	Hamish Hartlett	86		86
D4	Christian Salem	67		67	D4	Aaron Francis	73		73
M1	Clayton Oliver	111		111	M1	Patrick Cripps	0		0
M2	Marc Murphy	0		0	M2	Elliot Yeo	0		0
M3	Isaac Smith	82		82	M3	Tim Taranto	72		72
M4	Liam Shiels	63		63	M4	Jaeger O'Meara	82		82
R1	Ben McEvoy	92		92	R1	Zachary Clarke	54		54
F1	Patrick Dangerfield	57		57	F1	Jack Ziebell	120		120
F2	Toby McLean	0		0	F2	Sam J Reid	100		100
F3	Tom J Lynch	80		80	F3	Shaun McKernan	0	DNP	0
F4	Cameron Zurhaar	76		76	F4	Eric Hipwood	0		0
U1 (MID )	Ed Curnow	0		0	U1 (MID )	Karl Amon	101		101
U2 (FWD )	Jamie Elliott	71		71	U2 (MID )	Tarryn Thomas	50		50
E1 (MID FWD)	Zac Fisher	0	0	0	E1 (RUC )	Ivan Soldo	94	0	0
E2 (MID FWD)	Will Setterfield	0	0	0	E2 (DEF )	Levi Greenwood	55	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Jez McLennan	0	DNP	0	E3 (MID FWD)	Bailey Dale	0	0	0
C	Patrick Dangerfield	57		57	C	Patrick Cripps	0		0
VC	Clayton Oliver	111		0	VC	Tim Taranto	72		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	986	12			Total:	821	10

[Purple 77]

Hibberd over Petty and I win. flower.

[upthemaidens]

Would have scored 1429 with an OOP and just 16 players available.

[Purple 77]

Wolves mercilessly ravage Tigers

*tugs on sweater neck*

The Wolves have peaked at the right time of the year, posting back-to-back 170+ scores on its way to a home preliminary final. Can they be stopped? Meanwhile, New Delhi would have beaten everyone else, it what was a pretty disappointingly low scoring round!

Toronto Wolves (27.8.170) def New Delhi Tigers (22.11.143)

Best
Toronto: Jack Macrae, Jacob Hopper, Dion Prestia, Tim Kelly, Travis Boak, Rowan Marshall
New Delhi: Bachar Houli, Scott Pendlebury, Steele Sidebottom, Ed Langdon, Robbie Gray

Late Changes
Toronto: Nil
New Delhi: Luke Dahlhaus replaced by Oscar McInerney

WXV Debut
Toronto: Nil
New Delhi: Nil

Club debut
Toronto: Nil
New Delhi: Nil

TORONTO progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
NEW DELHI progresses to a SEMI FINAL

JACK MACRAE wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Purple 77]

Beijing defeat Petty Berlin

... I mean, I could dog and moan (and I will in healthy doses throughout the week) that I was one selection away from overcoming Beijing's match-winning HGA, but ultimately, I posted a pretty dreadful score and I was exceptionally fortunate Beijing wasn't on this week. They deservedly bank on their hard-earned HGA and progress to a prelim.

Beijing Thunder (21.9.135) def Berlin Brewers (21.6.132)

Best
Beijing: Darcy Byrne-Jones, Lachie Neale, Brodie Grundy
Berlin: Nat Fyfe, Max Gawn, Michael Walters

Late Changes
Beijing: Nil
Berlin: Nil

WXV Debut
Beijing: Nil
Berlin: Nil

Club debut
Beijing: Nil
Berlin: Jay Kennedy-Harris

BEIJING progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
BERLIN progresses to a SEMI FINAL

NAT FYFE wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Purple 77]

Treloar soars over Sunk Sands

A disappointing way to end a very promising year by Cairo, who were overcome by the shear will of Moscow Captain Treloar (354 points). But, a HUGE congratulations to Moscow, doing some justice for the injured warriors they'll welcome back next year (and some maybe next week?).

A cracker of game, but Mitch Robinson couldn't chase down the Moscow total on his own.

Cairo Sands (21.11.137) lost to Moscow Spetsnaz (22.7.139)

Best
Cairo: Jeremy McGovern, Ben Brown, Shane Edwards, Mitch Robinson, Shane Mumford
Moscow: Adam Treloar, Connor Rozee, Sam Petrevski-Seton

Late Changes
Cairo: Dawson Simpson replaced by Shane Mumford
Moscow: Blake Acres replaced by Nick Blakely

WXV Debut
Cairo: Nil
Moscow: Nil

Club debut
Cairo: Nil
Moscow: Nil

MOSCOW progresses to a SEMI FINAL
CAIRO finish 7th

ADAM TRELOAR wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Nige]

flower this game man, it’s too cruel.

[Purple 77]

Rio rise over Danger Wreckage

Ugh, Patrick Dangerfield. The flower were you doing?! Such an anti-climatic way to finish such an inspiring run to finals, but for Rio, they'll face Berlin next week with Patrick Cripps on the rebound from a poor score  :-X

Seoul Magpies (20.7.127) lost to Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (20.11.131)

Best
Seoul: Nick Haynes, Clayton Oliver, Marc Murphy
Rio de Janeiro: Elliot Yeo, Jack Ziebell, Sam J Reid, Karl Amon

Late Changes
Seoul: Nil
Rio de Janeiro: Shaun McKernan replaced by Bailey Dale

WXV Debut
Seoul: Nil
Rio de Janeiro: Nil

Club debut
Seoul: Nil
Rio de Janeiro: Nil

RIO DE JANEIRO progresses to a SEMI FINAL
SEOUL finishes 8th

JACK ZIEBELL wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

[Purple 77]

Yakuza fend off Capuchins

Bloody ripper of a qualifying final, but Copacabana joins Rio in a semi next week.

Yuzawa Yakuza (21.8.134) def Copacabana Capuchins (20.11.131)

Best
Yuzawa: Sam Powell-Pepper, Brody Mihocek, Liam Ryan, Harry Perryman, Travis Varcoe
Copacabana: Brayden Maynard, Joel Hamling, Luke Brown, Ivan Soldo

Late Changes
Yuzawa: Lachie Plowman withdrawn for Dale Thomas
Copacabana: Bailey Dale withdrawn for Shaun McKernan

YUZAWA progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
COPACABANA progresses to a SEMI FINAL

[Purple 77]

Wolves defeat Russian Hugh Jackmans

I'd watch that.

Guadalajara Wolves (15.10.100) def Siberian Wolverines (6.6.42)

Best
Guadalajara: Jack Graham, Matthew Broadbent, Tim O'Brien
Siberian: Ryan Clarke

Late Changes
Guadalajara: Nil
Siberian: Nick Blakely withdrawn for Blake Acres

GUADALAJARA progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
SIBERIA progresses to a SEMI FINAL

[Purple 77]

Pirates navigate through Storm

Another close final! Fek, there you go.

Durban Pirates (17.6.108) def Shanghai Storm (16.10.106)

Best
Durban: David Mackay, Josh Battle
Shanghai: Taylor Walker, Daniel Rioli, Sam Switkowski

Late Changes
Durban: Taylor Garner & Jasper Pittard withdrawn for Toby Nankervis & Alex Neal-Bullen
Shanghai: Nil

DURBAN progresses to a SEMI FINAL
SHANGHAI finishes 8th

[Purple 77]

Princes pile on South Korean Pain

Tough week for those south of Kim.

Pyongyang Chollimas (6.9.45) lost to Imperial Princes (15.11.101)

Best
Pyongyang: Nil
Imperial: Orazio Fantasia, Jordan Roughead, Jake Waterman

Late Changes
Pyongyang: Nil
Imperial: Nil

IMPERIAL PRINCES progresses to a SEMI FINAL
PYONGYANG finishes 7th