WXV Round 1: This is a New One

[Purple 77]

As always, if you see any bugs, let me know. Round 1 especially may be prone to them.

Trying to fix the PNL one now. No flowering way they're 897 off 8...

[Toga]

I love Big Brodes :-*

[upthemaidens]

Harry Perryman, you little ripper.

[Purple 77]

After Saturday

Certainly at the big boy table this game. 11 centurions and counting, where all remaining players all have it in them to get tons themselves. This could be game of the year in Round 1! Goldstein has a big say in this game, but I think the Wolves kick on from here.

Grundy. What can you do?

A low scoring affair with Harry Perryman keeping the Islanders in it. Tom Mitchell needs to go big for the Islanders to win, and I might JUST give them the nod given Gaff and Lyons can go big too. Kreuzer going down is an ominous sign for Rio.

Close game this one! Parker has carried some low scores, headed by Gibbs for the Dillos, whereas New York have been much more consistent throughout. I think New York's fortunes lay with Tom McDonald... will he rediscover his alter ego at Optus? I know I'll be watching to find out. Revs for me!

You know what this game reminds me of? Tokyo, Round 1 2016. The Samurai came out and absolutely destroyed me, only to fail to go on with it throughout the season. THIS BETTER NOT BE ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE GAMES! PNL, you better bloody kick on with this form, otherwise I'll hold it against you for forever (clearly). But for now, kudos.

Dunkley has let the Samurai down here, whereas the Spetsnaz can't stop the tons from all rushing in at the moment! A glimpse of the real Moscow I feel!

Now this is a tense game! Both destined for sub-120, Jake Lloyd let the Tigers down as captain whilst the Saints extracted some value out of Cotchin. Whilst New Delhi still have some good cattle in Brayshaw and Stefan to come, Ricky Henderson is no stranger to a ton either. New Delhi will probably win, but boy, nervous times!

The Suns would be disappointed with this showing so far, with Naughton the biggest offender of those played so far. Dom Sheed can guide the Royals home here, but will he have the composure? Royals for me.

Kate v Karen. You can just sense the tension in this one. Cape Town have performed quite strongly thus far, but McCluggage can undo their hard work with a captains knock. Well, he'll have to if the Sands are any chance. Kate for me!




Score Summary
Toronto Wolves (1086) from 9# vs Dublin Destroyers (1084) from 10*
Beijing Thunder (1176) from 11# vs Seoul Magpies (997) from 12#
Pacific Islanders (836) from 11* vs Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (735) from 8#
New York Revolution (748) from 9* vs Buenos Aires Armadillos (877) from 10#
PNL Reindeers (1292) from 12# vs Berlin Brewers (686) from 8
Tokyo Samurai (872) from 11# vs Moscow Spetsnaz (1360) from 13#
New Delhi Tigers (671) from 9# vs Christchurch Saints (685) from 10#
London Royals (679) from 9 vs Mexico City Suns (634) from 9**
Cape Town Cobras (882) from 8# vs Cairo Sands (936) from 11

# = Captain Played
* = one Co-Captain Played
** = two Co-Captain's Played

	Toronto Wolves					Dublin Destroyers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Wayne Milera	96		96	D1	Shannon Hurn	152		152
D2	Ryan Burton	101		101	D2	Dane Rampe	86		86
D3	Alex Witherden	41		41	D3	Jeremy Howe	156		156
D4	Kade Simpson	82		82	D4	Robbie Tarrant	66		66
M1	Jack Macrae	103		103	M1	Brad Crouch	92		92
M2	Dion Prestia	118		118	M2	Rory Sloane	123		123
M3	Tim Kelly	86		86	M3	Matt Crouch	68		68
M4	Travis Boak	125		125	M4	Josh P Kennedy	129		129
R1	Rowan Marshall	92		92	R1	Todd Goldstein	136		136
F1	Isaac Heeney	152		152	F1	Dustin Martin	126		126
F2	Jack Darling	68		68	F2	Toby Greene	108		108
F3	Tom T Lynch	113		113	F3	Justin Westhoff	57		57
F4	Gary Jnr Ablett	93		93	F4	Jack Riewoldt	74		74
U1 (MID )	Jaeger O'Meara	112		112	U1 (FWD )	Jack Gunston	73		73
U2 (MID )	Dan Hannebery	93		93	U2 (MID )	Trent Dumont	80		80
E1 (RUC FWD)	Patrick Ryder	79	DNP	0	E1 (DEF )	Colin O'Riordan	54	DNP	0
E2 (DEF )	Michael Hibberd	79	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Grant Birchall	0	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Tom Atkins	26	DNP	0	E3 (FWD )	Lachlan Schultz	51	DNP	0
C	Jack Macrae	103		103	CC	Josh P Kennedy	129		65
VC	Dion Prestia	118		0	CC	Todd Goldstein	136		68
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR	Marlion Pickett	94			NR	Majak Daw	0
		Total:	1578	15			Total:	1659	15

	Beijing Thunder					Seoul Magpies
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Caleb Daniel	92		92	D1	Nick Haynes	114		114
D2	Heath Shaw	62		62	D2	Caleb Graham	31		31
D3	Tom Jonas	50		50	D3	Zach Tuohy	64		64
D4	James Aish	62		62	D4	Lachie Weller	61		61
M1	Lachie Neale	157		157	M1	Patrick Dangerfield	83		83
M2	Dayne Zorko	52		52	M2	Josh Kelly	102		102
M3	David Swallow	92		92	M3	Clayton Oliver	99		99
M4	Tom Rockliff	115		115	M4	Ed Curnow	57		57
R1	Brodie Grundy	179		179	R1	Ben McEvoy	80		80
F1	Kane Lambert	90		90	F1	Darcy Fogarty	59		59
F2	Jy Simpkin	131		131	F2	Jonathon Ceglar	101		101
F3	Josh Caddy	84		84	F3	Jamie Elliott	70		70
F4	Luke Breust	113		113	F4	Zac Fisher	80		80
U1 (MID )	Brandon Ellis	79		79	U1 (MID )	Matt Rowell	80		80
U2 (MID )	Tom Cutler	92		92	U2 (MID )	Andrew McGrath	113		113
E1 (FWD )	Taylor Walker	55	DNP	0	E1 (MID )	Marc Murphy	101	DNP	0
E2 (DEF )	Marcus Adams	28	DNP	0	E2 (FWD )	Toby McLean	0	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Daniel Rioli	99	DNP	0	E3 (DEF )	Ryley Stoddart	0	DNP	0
C	Brodie Grundy	179		179	C	Patrick Dangerfield	83		83
VC	Lachie Neale	157		0	VC	Ed Curnow	57		0
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR		0			NR	Liam Shiels	127
		Total:	1629	15			Total:	1277	15

	Pacific Islanders					Rio de Janeiro Jaguars
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Rory Laird	88		88	D1	Daniel Rich	87		87
D2	Michael Hurley	63		63	D2	Brayden Maynard	104		104
D3	Bailey Williams	77		77	D3	Hamish Hartlett	68		68
D4	Aliir Aliir	71		71	D4	Luke Brown	60		60
M1	Tom Mitchell	119		119	M1	Nat Fyfe	110		110
M2	Marcus Bontempelli	76		76	M2	Elliot Yeo	57		57
M3	Andrew Gaff	119		119	M3	Jack Viney	186		186
M4	Jarryd Lyons	115		115	M4	Karl Amon	92		92
R1	Jarrod Witts	50		50	R1	Matthew Kreuzer	33		33
F1	Devon Smith	105		105	F1	Jeremy Cameron	70		70
F2	Matt Taberner	41		41	F2	Jack Ziebell	19		19
F3	Harrison Himmelberg	63		63	F3	Mason Wood	0	DNP	0
F4	Sam Day	32		32	F4	Tarryn Thomas	86		86
U1 (MID )	Harry Perryman	132		132	U1 (MID )	Reece Conca	88		88
U2 (MID )	Adam Tomlinson	51		51	U2 (FWD )	Shaun McKernan	0	DNP	0
E1 (DEF )	Matthew Suckling	67	DNP	0	E1 (FWD )	Jeremy Finlayson	62		62
E2 (RUC )	Zac Smith	0	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Isaac Cumming	57		57
E3 (FWD )	Mitch McGovern	69	DNP	0	E3 (RUC )	Callum Sinclair	0	DNP	0
CC	Tom Mitchell	119		60	C	Nat Fyfe	110		110
CC	Marcus Bontempelli	76		38	VC	Elliot Yeo	57		0
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR		0			NR	Bailey Dale	16
		Total:	1300	15			Total:	1289	15

	New York Revolution					Buenos Aires Armadillos
POS	Attack	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Dan Houston	79		79	D1	Adam Cerra	54		54
D2	Darcy Byrne-Jones	114		114	D2	Riley Bonner	0	DNP	0
D3	Jake Kelly	51		51	D3	Daniel Talia	79		79
M1	Jack Steele	128		128	D4	Shaun Atley	67		67
M2	James Harmes	77		77	M1	Luke Parker	125		125
M3	Luke Dunstan	92		92	M2	Jacob Hopper	112		112
M4	Jed Anderson	75		75	M3	Jarrod Berry	52		52
R1	Steven Motlop	93	0.5	47	M4	Tom Green	41		41
F1	Luke Dahlhaus	98		98	R1	Reilly O'Brien	107		107
F2	Jade Gresham	27	DNP	0	F1	Chad Wingard	131		131
F3	Tom McDonald	40		40	F2	Darcy Parish	53		53
F4	Darcy Fort	94		94	F3	Andrew Brayshaw	66		66
F5	Kyle Langford	88		88	F4	Cameron Rayner	53		53
U1 (MID )	Xavier Duursma	79		79	U1 (MID )	Oliver Florent	99		99
U2 (MID )	Cameron Guthrie	58		58	U2 (MID )	Bryce Gibbs	16		16
E1 (FWD )	Esava Ratugolea	46		46	E1 (FWD )	Will Hayward	43	0.5	22
E2 (RUC )	Rhys Stanley	0	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Jack Scrimshaw	0	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Elliott Himmelberg	0	DNP	0	E3 (MID FWD)	Aiden Bonar	0	DNP	0
CC	Dan Houston	79		40	C	Luke Parker	125		125
CC	Jack Steele	128		64	VC	Reilly O'Brien	107		0
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR		0			NR		0
		Total:	1270	15			Total:	1202	15

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	PNL Reindeers					Berlin Brewers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Luke Ryan	52		52	D1	Brodie Smith	55		55
D2	Hayden Crozier	115		115	D2	Steven May	0		0
D3	Hunter Clark	0		0	D3	Jake Lever	0		0
D4	Darcy Moore	55		55	D4	Harry Taylor	85		85
M1	Zach Merrett	111		111	M1	Patrick Cripps	112		112
M2	Steele Sidebottom	125		125	M2	Joel Selwood	68		68
M3	Dylan Shiel	163		163	M3	Zak Jones	0		0
M4	Jack Billings	0		0	M4	Sam Powell-Pepper	105		105
R1	Sam Jacobs	134		134	R1	Max Gawn	0		0
F1	Robbie Gray	104		104	F1	Bayley Fritsch	0		0
F2	Mitch Wallis	59		59	F2	Will Hoskin-Elliott	96		96
F3	Bailey Smith	106		106	F3	Daniel Lloyd	101		101
F4	Dougal Howard	0		0	F4	Jay Lockhart	0		0
U1 (RUC )	Sam Naismith	121		121	U1 (DEF )	Sam Frost	0		0
U2 (MID )	Will Brodie	36		36	U2 (FWD )	Josh Thomas	64		64
E1 (RUC FWD)	Jonathon Patton	0	0	0	E1 (FWD )	Ben Davis	51	0	0
E2 (MID )	Paul Seedsman	58	0	0	E2 (FWD )	Ryan Gardner	44	0	0
E3 (DEF FWD)	Jarrod Brander	0	0	0	E3 (DEF )	Jarrod Lienert	38	0	0
C	Zach Merrett	111		111	C	Max Gawn	0		0
VC	Jack Billings	0		0	VC	Patrick Cripps	112		0
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR		0			NR		0
		Total:	1292	12			Total:	686	8

	Tokyo Samurai					Moscow Spetsnaz
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Jayden Short	86		86	D1	Sam Docherty	117		117
D2	Lachie Plowman	36		36	D2	Jack Crisp	62		62
D3	Harry Cunningham	56		56	D3	Jamie MacMillan	0		0
D4	Jason Johannisen	61		61	D4	Mason Redman	79		79
M1	Sebastian Ross	0		0	M1	Scott Pendlebury	109		109
M2	Tom Phillips	64		64	M2	Stephen Coniglio	114		114
M3	Isaac Smith	0		0	M3	Sam Petrevski-Seton	113		113
M4	Matt Guelfi	79		79	M4	Jack Sinclair	0		0
R1	Scott Lycett	70		70	R1	Tom Bellchambers	101		101
F1	Michael Walters	110		110	F1	Jordan De Goey	66		66
F2	Jamie Cripps	0		0	F2	Connor Rozee	125		125
F3	Charlie Cameron	0		0	F3	Tom Hawkins	103		103
F4	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	67		67	F4	Callum L Brown	89		89
U1 (MID )	Josh Dunkley	67		67	U1 (DEF FWD)	Levi Casboult	104		104
U2 (MID FWD)	Lachie Whitfield	109		109	U2 (DEF )	Liam Jones	64		64
E1 (DEF )	Brandon Zerk-Thatcher	49	0	0	E1 (FWD )	Sam Sturt	100	0	0
E2 (FWD )	Michael Gibbons	27	0	0	E2 (DEF )	David Astbury	90	0	0
E3 (RUC FWD)	Peter Ladhams	0	DNP	0	E3 (FWD )	Nick Blakey	60	0	0
C	Josh Dunkley	67		67	C	Stephen Coniglio	114		114
VC	Lachie Whitfield	109		0	VC	Sam Docherty	117		0
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR		0			NR		0
		Total:	872	11			Total:	1360	13

	New Delhi Tigers					Christchurch Saints
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Jake Lloyd	77		77	D1	Phil Davis	22		22
D2	Thomas Barrass	0		0	D2	Mark Blicavs	86		86
D3	Sydney Stack	55		55	D3	Callum Wilkie	0		0
D4	Noah Answerth	0		0	D4	Tom Clurey	61		61
M1	Angus Brayshaw	0		0	M1	Trent Cotchin	94		94
M2	Brayden Fiorini	71		71	M2	Ricky Henderson	0		0
M3	Ed Langdon	0		0	M3	Josh Daicos	61		61
M4	Noah Anderson	42		42	M4	Tom Scully	0		0
R1	Stefan Martin	0		0	R1	Sean Darcy	54		54
F1	Jordan Dawson	84		84	F1	Brandan Parfitt	0	DNP	0
F2	Jack Martin	107		107	F2	James Rowbottom	46		46
F3	Josh Bruce	40		40	F3	Cameron Zurhaar	0		0
F4	Darcy Tucker	76		76	F4	Brennan Cox	54		54
U1 (RUC FWD)	Oscar McInerney	0		0	U1 (FWD )	Cam McCarthy	51		51
U2 (FWD )	Zak Butters	42		42	U2 (DEF )	Jack Henry	62		62
E1 (MID FWD)	Harry Morrison	0	0	0	E1 (MID )	Brendon Ah Chee	0	0	0
E2 (FWD )	Josh J Kennedy	0	0	0	E2 (FWD )	Brent Daniels	73	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Nathan Broad	53	0	0	E3 (DEF )	Lewis Young	0	0	0
C	Jake Lloyd	77		77	C	Trent Cotchin	94		94
VC	Stefan Martin	0		0	VC	James Rowbottom	46		0
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR		0			NR		0
		Total:	671	9			Total:	685	10

	London Royals					Mexico City Suns
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Adam Saad	110		110	D1	James Sicily	0		0
D2	Brad Sheppard	0		0	D2	Nic Newman	39		39
D3	Dylan Grimes	50		50	D3	Jarryn Geary	0		0
D4	John Noble	74		74	D4	Jacob Weitering	102		102
M1	Dom Sheed	0		0	M1	Lachie Hunter	84		84
M2	Jared Polec	0		0	M2	Sam Walsh	55		55
M3	Jack Redden	0		0	M3	James Worpel	0		0
M4	Touk Miller	111		111	M4	Jackson Hately	0	DNP	0
R1	Timothy English	63		63	R1	Nic Naitanui	0		0
F1	Jack Lukosius	57		57	F1	Christian Petracca	0		0
F2	Tim Membrey	0		0	F2	Aaron Naughton	18		18
F3	Jack Petruccelle	0		0	F3	Jake Stringer	74		74
F4	Liam Baker	91		91	F4	Chayce Jones	50		50
U1 (MID FWD)	Darcy MacPherson	56		56	U1 (MID )	Bradley Hill	0		0
U2 (MID )	Jack Newnes	67		67	U2 (MID )	Jack Graham	40		40
E1 (DEF )	Lewis Jetta	0	0	0	E1 (DEF )	Hayden Young	0	DNP	0
E2 (DEF )	Darcy Gardiner	0	0	0	E2 (FWD )	Shai Bolton	102		102
E3 (FWD )	David Cuningham	57	0	0	E3 (RUC )	Tom Hickey	0	0	0
C	Dom Sheed	0		0	CC	Lachie Hunter	84		42
VC	Darcy MacPherson	56		0	CC	Sam Walsh	55		28
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR		0			NR		0
		Total:	679	9			Total:	634	9

	Cape Town Cobras					Cairo Sands
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Harris Andrews	0		0	D1	Tom Stewart	100		100
D2	Jasper Pittard	0		0	D2	Nick Vlastuin	78		78
D3	Shaun Burgoyne	0		0	D3	Jeremy McGovern	0		0
D4	Callum Mills	85		85	D4	Dylan Roberton	0		0
M1	Mitch Duncan	120		120	M1	Taylor Adams	112		112
M2	Ben Cunnington	0		0	M2	David Zaharakis	47		47
M3	Luke Shuey	0		0	M3	Mitch Robinson	0		0
M4	Shaun Higgins	0		0	M4	Hugh McCluggage	0		0
R1	Ivan Soldo	100		100	R1	Rory Lobb	133		133
F1	Tom Papley	85		85	F1	Tom J Lynch	55		55
F2	Jaidyn Stephenson	0	DNP	0	F2	Hugh Greenwood	116		116
F3	Brad Ebert	104		104	F3	Jason Castagna	79		79
F4	Ben Ainsworth	93		93	F4	Sam Lloyd	48		48
U1 (MID )	Quinton Narkle	82		82	U1 (DEF MID)	Shane Edwards	86		86
U2 (MID )	Jack Bowes	93		93	U2 (FWD )	Will Snelling	82		82
E1 (RUC )	Toby Nankervis	27	0	0	E1 (FWD )	Jake Melksham	0	0	0
E2 (MID )	Chris Mayne	107	0	0	E2 (DEF )	Alex Keath	79	0	0
E3 (FWD )	Gryan Miers	64	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	Sean Lemmens	47	0	0
C	Mitch Duncan	120		120	C	Hugh McCluggage	0		0
VC	Ben Cunnington	0		0	VC	Taylor Adams	112		0
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR	Sam Menegola	35			NR	Ben Brown	0
		Total:	882	8			Total:	936	11

[PowerBug]

Viney

[Purple 77]

Wolves humbled by Returning Destroyers

The match of the round lived up to its named, with a mammoth 13 centurions supported by another five 90+ players coming to play. But, it was the Destroyers CC duo and one Jeremy Howe that proved the difference.

Toronto Wolves (25.8.158) lost to Dublin Destroyers (26.10.166)

Best
Toronto: Ryan Burton, Jack Macrae, Dion Prestia, Travis Boak, Isaac Heeney, Tom T Lynch, Jaeger O'Meara
Dublin: Shannon Hurn, Jeremy Howe, Rory Sloane, Josh P Kennedy, Todd Goldstein, Dustin Martin, Toby Greene

Late Changes
Toronto: Nil
Dublin: Nil

WXV Debut
Toronto: Nil
Dublin: Nil

Club debut
Toronto: Dan Hannebery, Isaac Heeney, Jack Darling, Jaeger O'Meara, Ryan Burton, Tom T Lynch
Dublin: Dane Rampe, Josh P Kennedy, Robbie Tarrant, Shannon Hurn, Trent Dumont

Reserves

Windsor Warriors (15.6.96) def Belfast Braves (6.9.45)

Best
Windsor: Patrick Ryder, Marlion Pickett, Michael Hibberd, Taylin Duman, Justin McInerney
Belfast: Mark O'Connor

[Purple 77]

Thunder deliver Seoul Crushing Defeat

Beijing MIGHT lose when Captain Grundy goes 179. But they won't lose when Neale backs him up with a 157. Whilst Seoul probably never had a chance in this one, 128 is an underwhelming score from a team that promises so much.

Beijing Thunder (26.7.163) def Seoul Magpies (20.8.128)

Best
Beijing: Lachie Neale, Tom Rockliff, Brodie Grundy, Jy Simpkin, Luke Breust
Seoul: Nick Haynes, Josh Kelly, Jonathon Ceglar, Andrew McGrath

Late Changes
Beijing: Nil
Seoul: Nil

WXV Debut
Beijing: Nil
Seoul: Caleb Graham & Matt Rowell

Club debut
Beijing: Caleb Daniel
Seoul: Andrew McGrath

Reserves

Shanghai Storm (13.11.89) def Pyongyang Chollimas (11.8.74)

Best
Shanghai: Daniel Rioli, Mason Cox
Pyongyang: Marc Murphy, Liam Shiels, Curtis Taylor

[Purple 77]

Perry the Man for the Islanders

The Islanders one new recruit in this match proved to be the difference, with his timely 132 giving the Islanders what they needed to win the match. Rio were down early when Kreuzer suffered an injury, but Jack Viney nearly single handedly won them the game in what has so far proven to be a great trade acquisition by Rio. A great game this one.

Pacific Islanders (20.10.130) def Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (20.9.129)

Best
Pacific: Tom Mitchell, Andrew Gaff, Jarryd Lyons, Devon Smith, Harry Perryman
Rio de Janeiro: Brayden Maynard, Nat Fyfe, Jack Viney

Late Changes
Pacific: Nil
Rio de Janeiro: Mason Wood & Shaun McKernan replaced by Jeremy Finlayson & Isaac Cumming

WXV Debut
Pacific: Nil
Rio de Janeiro: Nil

Club debut
Pacific: Harry Perryman
Rio de Janeiro: Jack Viney, Matthew Kreuzer, Nat Fyfe, Reece Conca

Reserves

Port Morseby Iguanadons (18.6.114) def Copacabana Capuchins (9.9.63)

Best
Port Morseby: Liam Duggan, Tom McCartin
Copacabana: Eric Hipwood, Todd Marshall

[Purple 77]

Revolution outlast Dillos

Boasting 3 of this weeks 4 returning club players, the Revolution were able to outlast the Dillos in a scrappy affair. I'm not sure how Buenos Aires could possibly score 1202 with 4 centurions, one of which was their captain, but Bryce Gibbs and the OOP Hayward ensured their regretful result.



New York Revolution (20.7.127) def Buenos Aires Armadillos (19.6.120)

Best
New York: Darcy Byrne-Jones, Jack Steele
Buenos Aires: Luke Parker, Jacob Hopper, Reilly O'Brien, Chad Wingard

Late Changes
New York: Jade Gresham subbed out for Esava Ratugolea
Buenos Aires: Riley Bonner replaced by Will Hayward

WXV Debut
New York: Nil
Buenos Aires: Tom Green

Club debut
New York: Cameron Guthrie, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Jake Kelly, Luke Dahlhaus, Steven Motlop
Buenos Aires: Chad Wingard, Jacob Hopper

Reserves

Washington Rebellion (-1.11.5) lost to La Plata Armada (6.6.42)

Best
Washington: Nil
La Plata: Nil

[Purple 77]

Reindeers reign supreme

Well this was a blast from the past! The Reindeers have sent a loud wake-up call to the rest of the comp with their highest score since Round 11, 2016! In that year they went down in a semi... so is this a sign of things to come?

For Berlin, well, the upcoming hiatus is really, really timely.

PNL Reindeers (25.7.157) def Berlin Brewers (20.10.130)

Best
PNL: Hayden Crozier, Zach Merrett, Steele Sidebottom, Dylan Shiel, Jack Billings, Sam Jacobs, Robbie Gray, Bailey Smith, Sam Naismith
Berlin: Patrick Cripps, Zak Jones, Sam Powell-Pepper, Daniel Lloyd

Late Changes
PNL: Nil
Berlin: Nil

WXV Debut
PNL: Nil
Berlin: Jay Lockhart

Club debut
PNL: Robbie Gray, Sam Jacobs, Steele Sidebottom
Berlin: Bayley Fritsch, Brodie Smith, Joel Selwood, Josh Thomas, Patrick Cripps, Sam Powell-Pepper, Steven May, Will Hoskin-Elliott

Reserves

Marseille Kings (15.6.96) def Rhineland Rum-Runners (3.9.27)

Best
Marseille: Lachlan Murphy
Rhineland: Nil

[Purple 77]

Moscow finally in working order*

*mostly.

A very good all round performance from the Spetsnaz proved no match for the Samurai, who were just a centurion short of a good, competitive score (looking at you Dunkley).

Tokyo Samurai (19.8.122) lost to Moscow Spetsnaz (23.11.149)

Best
Tokyo: Isaac Smith, Michael Walters, Lachie Whitfield
Moscow: Sam Docherty, Scott Pendlebury, Stephen Coniglio, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Tom Bellchambers, Connor Rozee, Tom Hawkins, Levi Casboult

Late Changes
Tokyo: Nil
Moscow: Jack Sinclair replaced by Sam Sturt

WXV Debut
Tokyo: Nil
Moscow: Sam Sturt

Club debut
Tokyo: Isaac Smith, Matt Guelfi, Michael Walters
Moscow: Jamie MacMillan, Mason Redman, Scott Pendlebury, Tom Hawkins

Reserves

Yuzawa Yakuza (27.7.169) def Siberian Wolverines (8.6.54)

Best
Yuzawa: Rory Atkins, Brody Mihocek, Liam Ryan, Ben Long, Jordan Ridley, Brett Bewley
Siberian: David Astbury, Oscar McDonald

[Purple 77]

Tigers escape the Saints

The list may have undoubtedly improved on last year, but the Saints still have a long way to go to right the wrongs of its predecessor coach. Meanwhile, New Delhi would be thankful they didn't let go of Langdon & Martin.

New Delhi Tigers (17.9.111) def Christchurch Saints (16.7.103)

Best
New Delhi: Ed Langdon, Jack Martin
Christchurch: Nil

Late Changes
New Delhi: Nil
Christchurch: Brandan Parfitt replaced by Brendon Ah Chee

WXV Debut
New Delhi: Nil
Christchurch: Noah Anderson & Sydney Stack

Club debut
New Delhi: Brayden Fiorini, Josh Bruce, Thomas Barrass, Zak Butters
Christchurch: Brendon Ah Chee, Callum Wilkie, Cam McCarthy, Cameron Zurhaar, Ricky Henderson, Tom Clurey, Trent Cotchin

Reserves

Mumbai Elephants (7.7.49) lost to Wellington Weta (11.9.75)

Best
Mumbai: Trent McKenzie
Wellington: Brent Daniels

[Purple 77]

Better to be Saad, not Naughty.

... I'm happy with that one :D ^^

Saad scored 110, Naughton 18, but it was Sheed that proved the difference in this game, leading the Royals to victory in a low scoring affair. The Suns would be disappointed at letting this one slip.

London Royals (19.10.124) def Mexico City Suns (18.7.115)

Best
London: Adam Saad, Dom Sheed, Touk Miller
Mexico City: Jacob Weitering, Nic Naitanui, Christian Petracca, Shai Bolton

Late Changes
London: Nil
Mexico City: Jackson Hately replaced by Shai Bolton

WXV Debut
London: John Noble
Mexico City: Chayce Jones

Returning Players
London: Darcy MacPherson
Mexico City: Nil

Club debut
London: Jack Newnes, Jack Petruccelle, Jack Redden, Liam Baker, Touk Miller
Mexico City: Christian Petracca, Jacob Weitering, Jake Stringer, Lachie Hunter

Reserves

Imperial Princes (14.7.91) lost to Guadalajara Wolves (17.7.109)

Best
Imperial: Lewis Jetta, Daniel McStay
Guadalajara: Ben Paton, Zac Langdon, Mitch Georgiades

[Purple 77]

Kate kills Karen

A MASSIVE PERFORMANCE from Cape Town has not only buried the Sands, but announced to the comp that the Cobras are ready to challenge for the eight this year. Lets hope they can continue on with it!

Cape Town Cobras (25.11.161) def Cairo Sands (20.11.131)

Best
Cape Town: Harris Andrews, Shaun Burgoyne, Mitch Duncan, Ben Cunnington, Luke Shuey, Ivan Soldo, Brad Ebert
Cairo: Tom Stewart, Taylor Adams, Rory Lobb, Hugh Greenwood

Late Changes
Cape Town: Jaidyn Stephenson replaced by Jack Bowes
Cairo: Nil

WXV Debut
Cape Town: Nil
Cairo: Will Snelling

Club debut
Cape Town: Brad Ebert, Ivan Soldo, Luke Shuey
Cairo: Sam Lloyd, Tom J Lynch

Reserves

Durban Pirates (18.10.118) lost to Alexandria Hieroglyphics (21.8.134)

Best
Durban: Chris Mayne, Sam Gray, Dean Kent, Samuel Collins
Alexandria: Ben Brown, Alex Keath, Jacob Townsend, Oliver Hanrahan