WXV Round 2: The deadliest thing to come out of China since...

[Purple 77]

SIMULTANEOUS ROUND
A reminder that WXV Rounds 2 and 3 will be occurring simultaneously this week:

• You are able to submit different team sheets for each round. If you only submit a team for one round, that team will be assumed to apply to both rounds.
• You are able to rest a player in the earlier round, and receive their resting bonus in the later round
• You can attack/flood in 1, or both rounds. If you attack/flood for both rounds, you will have done it twice for the purposes of deducting from your allowance of 5 per year

PARTIAL LOCKOUT FROM THURSDAY 7.40PM AEDT

FULL LOCKOUT FROM FRIDAY 7.50PM AEDT

Round 2, AFL Round 2

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Beijing Thunder	Christchurch Saints	Beijing Olympic Park	3  v  2
Seoul Magpies	London Royals	Seoul World Cup Stadium, EurAsia	5  v  3
Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	Berlin Brewers	Maracana Stadium	2  v  4
Tokyo Samurai	Pacific Islanders	Tokyo Olympic Stadium	0  v  8
Buenos Aires Armadillos	Dublin Destroyers	Estadio de River	4  v  5
New York Revolution	New Delhi Tigers	MetLife Stadium	4  v  5
Cape Town Cobras	Toronto Wolves	Newlands Cricket Ground, AAP Alliance	2  v  6
Cairo Sands	PNL Reindeers	Borg El Arab Stadium	3  v  5
Mexico City Suns	Moscow Spetsnaz	Fireball Stadium	7  v  3

Beijing is forming as the deadliest thing to come out of China since... yeah, whilst the Saints still have a little way to go to reach their 2015 heights. Thunder for me.

Seoul showed it still can't shake the odd sub-130, but London is still tracking for a few more of those. Seoul for this guy.

An off-field tension I think rose between these two clubs with 1 particular trade, so I'm dubbing this my MATCH OF THE ROUND! Crippa for Fyfe + Viney was regarded as a huge, but widely viewed fair trade. Although most sung the praises of anyone who could acquire a young talent like Cripps, Rio certainly won the trade in Round 1, with Viney going bananas, and looking in terrific shape. Both teams were disappointing in Round 1, and I reckon will be using each other as a measuring stick. My lack of depth though will show in this one - think Rio get up.

Pacific is gettable by Tokyo I reckon, but the Samurais quality players have to got to start coordinating. A Tom Mitchell lead victory to Pacific looms.

It was a nice change of pace in 2019, but we're back to our regular broadcast I fear, with Dublin looking the goods early. It would be quite the victory for the young Dillos to get this one. Dublin for me.

The Revolution will pencil this one in, as only a very bad day will give the Tigers I chance I feel. Pressure is on, but Revolution will win.

Cape Town outscoured Toronto in Round 1, and its not because Toronto shat the bed! The Cobras heaped on 161 to put a bit of healthy fear for Toronto in Round 2. It'd be great to see the Cobras get up, but I'll back in the Wolves.

The Sands would note that their two opponents this week combined for 320 in Round 1. An 0-3 start would be tough to come back from, but can you imagine how amazing it'd be for PNL to be 3-0?! As I said at the time PNL, that better not have been an aberration, so I fully expect you to win most games from now on... or else! Reindeers for this guy!

Spetsnaz (I think?) have got the squad together, and it showed in Round 1. Although the Suns fell flat in the season opener, I reckon an atoning performance from Lachie Hunter will turn their outlook right around overnight. But Moscow for me.

[Toga]

Beijing... Bats? :-X :o

In all seriousness though hope everyone is keeping well! Keen to get back into it.

[Koop]

CHRISTCHURCH SAINTS

D: Phil Davis, Mark Blicavs, Callum Wilkie, Jack Henry
M: Ricky Henderson (c), Brendan Ah Chee, Tom Scully, Josh Daicos
R: Sean Darcy
F: Brandon Parfitt, James Rowbottom (vc), Cameron Zurhaar, Brennan Cox
U: Cameron McCarthy, Tom Clurey

E: Harry McKay (F), Thomas Murphy (D), Tyler Brown (M)

Resting: Trent Cotchin

[Toga]

BEIJING THUNDERBATS:
D: Caleb Daniel, Bachar Houli, Heath Shaw, Tom Jonas
M: Lachie Neale [VC], Dayne Zorko, Callan Ward, Tom Rockliff
R: Brodie Grundy [C]
F: Kane Lambert, Jy Simpkin, Luke Breust, Daniel Rioli
IC: James Aish, Tom Cutler

Emg: Will Powell, Taylor Walker, Daniel Butler

[Holz]

Backs: Shannon Hurn, Dane Rampe, Jeremy Howe, Robbie Tarrant
Mids: Brad Crouch, Rory Sloane, Matt Crouch, Josh P Kennedy (VC)
Ruck: Todd Goldstein (C)
Fwds: Dustin Martin, Toby Greene, Justin Westhoff, Jack Gunston,
Interchange: Dyson Heppell,Trent Dumont

Emg: Jack Riewoldt (F), Marc Pittonent (R), Grant Birchall (D), Connor O'Riordan (D)

Resting Mark O'Connor

[fanTCfool]

Toronto Wolves

Wayne Milera, Ryan Burton, Kade Simpson, Michael Hibberd
Jack Macrae (C), Dion Prestia (VC), Tim Kelly, Travis Boak
Rowan Marshall
Isaac Heeney, Jack Darling, Tom T. Lynch, Gary Ablett Jnr
Marlion Pickett (Rested), Dan Hannebery

Jesse Hogan, Jaeger O'Meara, Connor Blakely

Resting: Alex Witherden

[PowerBug]

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars

Def: Brayden Maynard, Daniel Rich, Hamish Hartlett, Luke Brown.
Mid: Nathan Fyfe (C), Elliot Yeo (VC), Jack Viney, Karl Amon.
Ruck: Callum Sinclair.
Fwd: Jeremy Cameron, Jack Ziebell, Jeremy Finlayson, Bailey Dale (Rest Bonus).
Util: Reece Conca (Mid), Tarryn Thomas (Fwd).

Emerg: Shaun McKernan (Fwd), Josh Walker (Def), Andrew Phillips (Ruck).

In: Callum Sinclair, Bailey Dale
Out: Matthew Kreuzer (Foot), Isaac Cumming (Omitted), Eric Hipwood (Rested)

[Boomz]

Tokyo Samurai
Def: Short, Williams, Ridley, Johannisen
Mid: Ross, Phillips, Smith, Dunkley (VC)
Ruc: Lycett
Fwd: Mihocek, Cripps, Cameron, Bewley
Uti: Walters, Whitfield (C)
Emg: Ryan, Cunningham, Ladhams

[kilbluff1985]

New Delhi Tigers

D: Jake Lloyd (C), Conor McKenna, Tom Barrass, Sydney Stack
M: Angus Brayshaw, Brayden Fiorini, Ed Langdon, Noah Anderson
R: Stefan Martin (VC)
F: Jordan Dawson, Jack Martin, Josh Bruce, Darcy Tucker
IC: Oscar McInerney, Zak Butters

EMG: Harry Morrison (F/M), Josh J. Kennedy (F), Noah Answerth (D)

[DazBurg]

Parisian Nice Lyon Reindeers

D: Darcy Moore
M: Steele Sidebottom
R:
F:
U:
E:

[GoLions]

Kate

Harris Andrews, Callum Mills, Shaun Burgoyne, Josh Battle
Mitch Duncan (C), Ben Cunnington (VC), Luke Shuey, Shaun Higgins
Ivan Soldo
Brad Ebert, Tom Papley, Jaidyn Stephenson, Ben Ainsworth
Sam Menegola (rested), Quinton Narkle

Lewis Taylor, Jasper Pittard, Sam Gray

Resting: Jack Bowes

[Pkbaldy]

Mexico Suns

D:  James Sicily, Jarryn Geary, Jacob Weitering, Ben Paton,
M: Sam Walsh (VC), James Worpel (C) , Bradley Hill, Jack Graham
R: Nic Naitanui
F: Christian Petracca, Jake Stringer, Aaron Naughton, Mitch Georgiades
U: Luke Davies-Uniacke, Shai Bolton

E: Hayden Young, Sam Flanders, Paul Puopolo

RESTING: Chayce Jones

[Nige]

Karen (she attacc)

Jeremy McGovern, Tom Stewart, Nick Vlastuin
Taylor Adams (c), Hugh McCluggage, Mitch Robinson, David Zaharakis
Rory Lobb (vc)
TJ Lynch, Ben Brown (rested), Sam Lloyd, Will Snelling, Jake Melksham
Shane Edwards, Hugh Greenwood

Jacob Townsend, Alex Keath, Sean Lemmens

Rest: Jason Castagna

[Jukes]

D: S. Docherty (cc), J. Crisp, J. Macmillan, M. Redman
M: S. Coniglio (cc), S. Pendlebury, G. Hewett, S. Petrevski-Seton
R: T. Bellchambers
F: J. De Goey, P. Lipinski, C. Rozee, L. Casboult
U: L. Jones, C. Brown

Emg: D. Astbury, N. Blakey, B. Banfield

Resting: T. Hawkins

[iZander]

Def: Cerra, Bonner, SAtley, Talia
Mid: Parker (C), Hopper, Berry, Florent
Ruck: ROB (VC)
Fwd: Wingard, Parish, Brayshaw, Hayward
Int: Wines, Bennell

Emg: Gibbs, Scrimshaw, Rayner