WXV Preseason Cup 2021

[Purple 77]

There is ONE round of the AAMI Community Series, where - as Drew Carey would say - everything is made up and the points don't matter.

Well, this comp may be made up, but who says it doesn't matter!



Rules

We have 18 teams, and 1 tournament winner to decide within 1 week. How will we go about it this time?

In the spirit of pre season matches, often we see the inexperienced get given match exposure. Why should we be any different?

1) XV structure - as per usual, with 4 emergencies (which is the now default in 2020)

2) Scoring - essentially, the rookies are gold mines this year.

The scoring formula will be as follows

Points scored x ( $290,000* / salary of player)

*league wide average salary per player, excluding those priced at $100k.

All of a sudden, Max Gawn isn't the gun he's supposed to be, and Matt Rowell / Tom Green become demi-gods.

For example, Gawn scores say, 150. This is adjusted as so:
- 150 * 290,000 / 924,000
= 47

Whereas say, Will Day scores 75, which turns into:
- 75 * 290/169
= 129

3) Captain scores will be based on raw scores as always.



Just go with it, it'll be fun!

I started this thread thinking AFL pre-season started Feb 18, but that has since been moved to March 4th. So here's to being early!

[Torpedo10]

Very exciting!

[Purple 77]

The cup kicks off on Thursday!

Let's try... a 8 emg team submission, partial lockout on both Thursday and Friday, and a full lockout on the first Saturday game.

I'm experimenting with this submission approach, as it might become the new norm since it looks like teams won't be released until a day before games now. Or something annoying like that.

Participation in the Cup is encouraged, but optional.

[Pkbaldy]

Mexico City Suns

D: Hayden Young, Tom Cole,  Flynn Perez, Jacob Wehr

M: Sam Walsh, Luke Davies-Uniacke,  Jackson Hately, Riley Collier-Dawkins
R: Bailey J Williams (FWD)

F: Archie Perkins (MID), Sam Sturt, Mitch Georgiades, Sam Flanders,

U:Nick Larkey, Jarrod Brander (MID)

E: Jacob Weitering, Jordan Clark (DEF), Hugo Ralphsmith, Callum Jamieson

[Holz]

Mark O'Connor, Grant Birchall, Ben McKay, Jeremy Howe

Matt Crouch (C), Dyson Heppell, Brad Crouch, Dylan Shiel

Tom Campbell

Lachlan Schultz, Ned McHenry, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Josh Treacy

Jack Riewoldt, Seamus Mitchell

E: Todd Goldstein, Dustin Martin, Rory Sloane, Christian Salem,  Dane Rampe, Toby Greene

[Urbaninfinnity]

Beijing Pandas

D: Wil Powell, Kyron Hayden, Lachie Henderson, Jake Lever

M: Blake Acres (VC), Chayce Jones, Brayden Ham, Brandon Ellis

R: Brodie Grundy (oof)

F: Milo (C), Dan Butler, Taylor Duryea, Ned Cahill

U: Isaac Chugg (D/F), Luke Breust (F)

E: Kane Lambert (F), Tom Rockliff (M), Luke Edwards (M), Lachie Gollant (M), James Frawley (D), Jy Farrar (F), Kane Farell (F), Sam J Reid (D)

[upthemaidens]

   Pacific Bench Warmers United

D: Liam Duggan (C), Bailey Williams, Andrew McPherson, Connor Idun

M: Harry Perryman (VC), Luke Valente, Cooper Stephens, Charlie Lazzaro

R: Lloyd Meek

F: Zac Bailey, Josh Jenkins, Peter Wright, Tom McCartin

U: Charlie Constable (M), Trent Bianco (D/M)

E: Nathan Murphy(D), Jack Ross(M), Will Gould(D), Aliir Aliir(D), Tim O'Brien(F), Tex Walker(F), Sam Day(F), Jarrod Witts(R)

[JBs-Hawks]

D: Josh Rotham, Sam Collins, Jed Bews, Nathan Wilson

M: Matt Rowell (C), Jack Steele, Bailey Scott, Conor Downie

Ruck: Ben McEvoy

Fwd: Joe Daniher, lachie Fogarty, Luke Jackson, Curtis Taylor

Int: will setterfield, Liam Henry

Emg: Lachie Weller, Nick Haynes, Clayton Oliver, Jack Crisp, Patrick Dangerfield, Ed Curnow, Jon Ceglar, Levi Casboult

[RaisyDaisy]

New York, New York

D: Jake Kelly, Sam Taylor, Brandon Starcevich, Lewis Melican

M: Jy Simpkin (C), Will Phillips, Tom Powell (VC), Dom Tyson

R: Darcy Fort

F: Kyle Langford, Izak Rankine, Jake Riccardi, Elliott Himmelberg

I: Esava Ratugolea (R/F), Fischer McAsey (D/F)

E: Rhys Stanley (R), Andrew McGrath (M), Cam Guthrie (M), Jed Anderson (M), Trent Dumont (M), Mark Blicavs (D/M), Luke Dunstan (M), Darcy Byrne-Jones (D)

[SilverLion]

New Dehli Tigers

Defence: Harry Morrison, Trent McKenzie, Stephen Hill, James Madden
Midfield: Darcy Tucker, Noah Anderson, Brayden Sier (C), Dylan Stephens
Ruck: Oscar McInerney
Forwards: Zak Butters, Mitchell Lewis, Laitham Vandermeer (VC), Sam Wicks
Utilities: Noah Answerth (D), Sam Switkowski (F)

Emergencies: Will Snelling (F), Robbie Fox (D), Jack Martin (F), Jack Sinclair (M), David Mackay (D), Josh J. Kennedy (F), Alex Sexton (F), Ed Langdon (M)

[Koop]

D: Isaac Quaynor, Lachie Jones, Jack Payne, Liam Stocker

M: James Rowbottom (C), Tyler Brown (VC), Josh Daicos, Deven Robertson

R: Sean Darcy

F: Harry Schoenberg, Paddy Dow, James Stewart,  Jack Silvagni

U: Louis Butler, Jackson Mead

E: Zane Trew (M), Bailey Laurie (D/F), Brendan Ah Chee (F), Lewis Young (D), Xavier Duursma (M), Rory Lobb (R/F),  Mason Redman (D), Jamie Elliott (F),

[Nige]

Karen

Oleg Markov, Josh Worrell, Matthew Ling, Kieren Briggs
Alex Davies, Tom Sparrow, Jye Caldwell (vc), Mark Hutchings
Matthew Flynn (c)
Sam Philp, Ollie Hanrahan, Bailey Dale, Josh Bruce
Sean Lemmens, Jacob Townsend

Josh Walker, Jake Melksham, Lincoln McCarthy, Shane Edwards, Shane Mumford, Alex Neal-Bullen, Alex Keath, Mitch Robinson

[GoLions]

Kate

Trent Rivers (VC), Griffin Logue, Will Hamill, Luke McDonald
James Cousins, Ely Smith (C), Tanner Bruhn, Sam Menegoat
Toby Nankervis
Ben Ainsworth, Jaidyn Stephenson, Shane McAdam, Gryan Miers
Jack Bowes, Josh Battle

Mitch Duncan, Tom Papley, Callum Mills, Harris Andrews, Ben Cunnington, Luke Shuey, Mabior Chol, Jaegar O'Meara

[Ringo]

Royals

Adam Saad, Jack Lukosius , Liam Baker, John Noble
Touk Miller, Willem Drew, Jack Redden, Jack Bytel,
Tim English (C)
Jack Higgins, Tim Membrey, Nick Hind, Keidean Coleman
Luke Dahlhaus, Orazio Fantasia

Stef Martin, David Cunningham, Jake Waterman, Jack Petruccelle, Brad Sheppard, Dylan Grimes, Kyle Hartigan, Charlie Spargo

[Purple 77]

A reminder that captain scores are based on the unadjusted player score.

E.g. if Gawn scores 150 and he's my captain, the captain score is still 150, but the adjusted score is 47. So 197 in total.