WXV Finals Week 1: Cobras, Royals & Reindeers Reward

[Purple 77]

Hey all!

Fortunately, the top 8 teams have been decided prior to Round 17, which will make things easier when Finals Week 1 starts when Round 17 finishes :)

However, the positioning of the 8 is still well in dispute! Once Round 17 is over, I will formalise the OP and set-out the match-ups. But for now, could the following teams be sure to submit a team this week :)

Qualifying/Elimination Finals, AFL Round 15

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Seoul Magpies	Cape Town Cobras	Seoul World Cup Stadium	5  v  4
Beijing Thunder	Pacific Islanders	Beijing Olympic Park	3  v  7
PNL Reindeers	Toronto Wolves	State de France	4  v  5
Dublin Destroyers	London Royals	Crooke Park	3  v  6

Given the inevitable loopholing accusations that will come with a rolling lockout, I've decided to again enforce a FULL LOCKOUT at the commencement of Richmond v West Coast, this Thursday night at 7.10pm AEST.

YOU MUST NAME EIGHT ( 8 ) EMERGENCIES

For reserves, I will fix the ladder in the coming day or so to determine top 8 teams. If you are in the Reserves finals, but not in the seniors, you may name an indicative senior team if you wish, which will be used to determine who will not play in your Reserves side. Obviously, this senior team must consist of players you would be naming if you were playing senior finals.



Seoul v Cape Town
Head-to-Head: 5  v  4
Last time they played (Round 12): Seoul Magpies (24.8.152) def Cape Town Cobras (21.9.135)
2020 Head-to-Head: 10 v 7
Purps' Takeaway: Seoul have gone gang busters in the second half of the year. They haven't dipped below 150 since Round 10! Cape Town's wins of came at teh the start of the year, including 6 of the first 8, but interesting would have beaten Seoul in Round 17. I think Seoul wins... as usual.

Beijing v Pacific
Head-to-Head: 3  v  7
Last time they played (Round 15): Pacific Islanders (26.6.162) def Beijing Thunder (20.11.131)
2020 Head-to-Head: 8 v 9
Purps' Takeaway: Without a doubt, my MATCH OF THE ROUND! Beijing & Pacific have been interwined for multiple years now, and have been using each other as a yard-stick ever since they were cellar dwellers together. Pacific have come out on top in the 2020 H2H, but only just. They sure have the mental advantage though - absolutely smacking Beijing just a couple of weeks ago. Personally, I think Greale will get the 'Jing home.

PNL v Toronto
Head-to-Head: 4  v  5
Last time they played (Round 13): Toronto Wolves (21.8.134) lost to PNL Reindeers (21.8.135*)
2020 Head-to-Head: 9 v 8
Purps' Takeaway: Only 7SC points separated these two teams when they last met. This is another evenly matched game, but only with respect to how they fluctuated throughout the season. They both had multiple scores in the 120s, 130s, 140s and 150s, so tipping who wins this game is anyones guess. I'll tend towards HGA in that case. PNL for me!

Dublin v London
Head-to-Head: 3  v  6
Last time they played (Round 13): London Royals (22.7.139) def Dublin Destroyers (20.9.129)
2020 Head-to-Head: 11 v 6
Purps' Takeaway: The two H2Hs says it all for me. Dublin - when fully fit - is a consistent powerhouse and would beat London on most weeks. But, the thing is... they tend to play in those other weeks. It's actually quite amazing. London just match up well on Dublin! But that's not to discount the Royals either - they've put up some strong performances this year and pushed that 150 mark. But, Dublin have a bigger ceiling, so I'll tend to favour the Destroyers in this one.



WXV Round 17
Elimination/Qualifying
Semi Finals

And yes, we'll need all teams in the top 8 to submit teams for the Semis, in case they win.

AFL ROUND 14
Thu 27 Aug	Hawthorn	Essendon
Thu 27 Aug	Richmond	West Coast
Fri 28 Aug	Western Bulldogs	Geelong
Sat 29 Aug	Port Adelaide	Sydney
Sat 29 Aug	Fremantle	GWS
Sat 29 Aug	Melbourne	St Kilda
Sun 30 Aug	Carlton	Collingwood
Sun 30 Aug	Gold Coast	North Melbourne
AFL ROUND 15
Tue 1 Sep	Hawthorn	Adelaide
Tue 1 Sep	West Coast	Essendon
Wed 2 Sep	Richmond	Fremantle
Thu 3 Sep	Sydney	Melbourne
Thu 3 Sep	GWS	Carlton
Fri 4 Sep	Brisbane	Collingwood
AFL ROUND 16
Sat 5 Sep	North Melbourne	Port Adelaide
Sun 6 Sep	St Kilda	Hawthorn
Sun 6 Sep	Geelong	Essendon
Sun 6 Sep	Western Bulldogs	West Coast
Mon 7 Sep	Melbourne	Fremantle
Tue 8 Sep	Adelaide	GWS
Tue 8 Sep	Carlton	Sydney
Wed 9 Sep	Brisbane	Gold Coast

And don't forget reserves!

There are three teams (Tokyo, New Delhi, Buenos Aires) who have made Reserves finals but not the seniors.

Given the poor notice I my part, I will be naming your final XV based on form and your historical naming of players.  If you would like to challenge my selection, I will entertain it.

Qualifying/Elimination Finals, AFL Round 15

Home Team	Away Team	Venue
Yuzawa Yakuza	Port Morseby Iguanadons	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Durban Pirates	Mumbai Elephants	Newlands Cricket Ground
Pyongyang Chollimas	Shanghai Storm	Seoul World Cup Stadium
La Plata Armada	Marseille Kings	Estadio de River

[Toga]

BEIJING THUNDER:
D: Caleb Daniel, Bachar Houli, Heath Shaw, Tom Jonas
M: Lachie Neale [VC], Dayne Zorko, Tom Rockliff, Brandon Ellis
R: Brodie Grundy [C]
F: Jy Simpkin, Kane Lambert, Luke Breust, Daniel Butler
IC: Callan Ward, David Swallow

Emg: Tom Cutler, Daniel Howe, Wil Powell, Max King, James Aish, Josh Caddy, Taylor Walker, Kyron Hayden

[fanTCfool]

Toronto Wolves

Alex Witherden, Ryan Burton, Wayne Milera, Connor Blakely
Jack Macrae (C), Tim Kelly, Travis Boak (VC), Marlion Pickett
Rowan Marshall
Jack Darling, Tom T Lynch, Sam Weideman, Boyd Woodcock
Paddy Ryder, Jaeger O'Meara

Michael Hibberd, Kade Simpson, Taylin Duman, Myles Poholke, Nick Larkey, Rupert Wills, Sam Wicks, Lachlan Sholl

[upthemaidens]

    Pacific Islanders   

DEF: Rory Laird, Michael Hurley, Bailey Williams, Liam Duggan
MID: Tom Mitchell (C), Marcus Bontempelli (VC), Andrew Gaff, Jarryd Lyons
RCK: Jarrod Witts 
FWD: Devon Smith, Matt Taberner, Josh Jenkins, Peter Wright
UTL: Harry Perryman (Mid), Zac Bailey (Mid/Def) 

EMG: Harrison Himmelberg(F), Adam Tomlinson(M), Aidan Corr(D), Tom McCartin(F), Tim O'Brien(F/D), Sam Day(F), Zac Smith(R), Bailey J Williams(R/D)

[Holz]

Shannon Hurn, Robbie Tarrant, Grant Birchall, Mark O'Connor
Matt Crouch, Trent Dumont (CC), Rory Sloane, Josh P Kennedy
Todd Goldstein (CC)
Jack Gunston, Toby Greene, Dustin Martin, Jack Reiwoldt
Marc Pittonet, Brad Crouch

Justin Westhoff (F), Ben Mckay (D), Brandon Starcevich (D/M), Lachie Schulz (F), Tristan Xerri (R/F), Lachie Hosie (F), Jack Mahony (F/M)

[JBs-Hawks]

Seoul

D: Nick Haynes, Lachie Weller, Christian Salem, Nathan Wilson
M: Clayton Oliver (C), Patrick Dangerfield (VC), Josh Kelly, Andrew McGrath
R: Ben McEvoy
F: Jonathon Ceglar, Charlie Dixon, Zac Fisher, Bailey Scott
I: Ed Curnow, Will Setterfield
E: Liam Shiels, Marc Murphy, Zach Tuohy, Jamie Elliot, Jake Riccardi, Darcy Fogarty, Liam Henry, Caleb Graham

[DazBurg]

Parisian Nice Lyon Reindeers

D: Luke Ryan, Hunter Clark, Darcy Moore, Hayden Crozier
M: Zach Merrett, Jack Billings, Dylan Shiel, Bailey Smith
R: Sam Jacobs
F: Oscar Allen, Robbie Gray, Mitch Wallis, Ben Keays
U: Jackson Nelson, Paul Seedsman
E: Jack Madgen, Matthew Kennedy, Lachlan Murphy, Jack Lonie, Nathan Jones, Dougal Howard, Ben King, Darcy Cameron

C: Zach Merrett
VC: Luke Ryan

[Hellopplz]

Nevermind my last post, deleted it as just realised the eagles match that counts for this round isn't this week but next week so all good!

[GoLions]

Kate

Callum Mills, Daniel Andrews, Luke McDonald, Josh Battle
Mitch Duncan (C), Sam Menegoat, Shaun Higgoat (VC), Luke Shuey
Nank
Bradstopher Ebert, The Papsmear, Gryan Gryan, Ben Ainsworth
Jack Bowes, Sam Collins

Jake Carlisle, Ivan Soldo, James Cousins, Shaun Burgoyne, Chris Mayne, Jaidyn Stephenson, Dean Kent, Jasper showertard

[iZander]

Bradstopher Ebert, The Papsmear, Gryan Gryan

Gee purps, I reckon this forward line should score 0, agree?

[Nige]

Bradstopher Ebert, The Papsmear, Gryan Gryan

Gee purps, I reckon this forward line should score 0, agree?

The fact he doesn't use Graaaaaaaaahn Maaaaaaaaaaaaahrs is utterly ridiculous and should DQ him from any potential premiership aspirations.

[GoLions]

Bradstopher Ebert, The Papsmear, Gryan Gryan

Gee purps, I reckon this forward line should score 0, agree?

If i wrote them 'properly' it would probably mess with Purps' spreadsheet tbh.

[Ringo]

LONDON ROYALS (Traditional)
D: Adam Saad, Blake Hardwick, Dylan Grimes, Brad Sheppard
M:  Dom Sheed (VC), Jack Newnes, Jack Redden, Touk Miller ('C)
R: Timothy English
F: Liam Baker ,Jack Lukosius,Nick Hind, Tim Membrey
U:  John Noble,  Jared Polec
E: Bews, Spargo, Bytel, Gardiner, O'Neill, Hartigan, McStay, Sweet

C:  Touk Miller
VC: Dom Sheed

[GoLions]

Kate

Callum Mills, Daniel Andrews, Luke McDonald, Josh Battle
Mitch Duncan (C), Sam Menegoat, Shaun Higgoat (VC), Luke Shuey
Nank
Bradstopher Ebert, The Papsmear, Gryan Gryan, Ben Ainsworth
Jack Bowes, Sam Collins

Jake Carlisle, Ivan Soldo, James Cousins, Shaun Burgoyne, Chris Mayne, Jaidyn Stephenson, Dean Kent, Jasper showertard

Cousins E1, Carlisle and Soldo move down a spot each

[Purple 77]

Bradstopher Ebert, The Papsmear, Gryan Gryan

Gee purps, I reckon this forward line should score 0, agree?

If i wrote them 'properly' it would probably mess with Purps' spreadsheet tbh.

Haha, these nick names all flow onto my spreadsheet :P they are used so often that I thought it was worth adding to the auto-list haha