Rd 9 Banter and Lodgement Threads

[Ringo]

With the likelihood that Team announcements will revert to Thursday night these rules will apply for rest of season given we have approved 6 emergencies in UF. Six emergencies can be nominated but should you not wish to use UF arrangements for replacements ie like for like please name your emergencies in your preferred order in this thread. 

Teams are to be lodged in this format:

Def: xxxx  xxxx  xxxx xxxx
Mid: xxxx  xxxx  xxxx xxxx
Ruck: xxxx
Fwds: xxxx  xxxx  xxxx xxxx
Util: xxxx xxxx (can be in any position)
Emergencies: xxxx  xxxx  xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx

Saints and  Cats players will be locked at bounce of their game 7.50pm Friday as will Captain, Vice Captain and emergency Vice Captain.
All players will then be locked at bounce of Swans/Pies game on Saturday.

With  lockout in UF at bounce of First Saturday game please ensure teams are also updated in UF.

When lodging teams please do not edit teams post in a new or quoted post.

Rd 9 trade with first named team having the HGA

Oxford Lions v Swansea Breakers
3rd v 13th - Breakers had a win last week but with injury to Bolton now will struggle against the Lions who will want to remain in the Top 4.  Lions with HGA should have a % booster.

Leeds Leeches v Huddersfield Hawks
5th v 15th  Another game where Leeches equal in 1st place would want to win to maintain position.  With the Hawks having a big injury and form crisis presents an ideal opportunity for Leeches to bounce back from last weeks defeat and gain a % boost. Should be an easy win for Leeches,

Blackpool Bunnies v Birmingham Dragons
9th v 7th Bunnies had a shock loss against the breakers last week whereas the Dragons upset the Hoods to cement a place in the top 8. Bunnies have struggled in attack recently and will need to find a little more scoring power if they are douse the Dragons fire, Contender for match of the round but expect the Bunnies to bounce back buoyed by home crowd to overcome the Dragons and keep in touch with top 8.

Hebden Bridge Hedgehogs v Staines Steins
16th v 2nd Hard to see anything but a Steins win here unless injury strikes the Steins twin rucks.  Steins to win comfortably and possibly assume Top place on %

Nottingham Hoods v Hastings Hurricanes
4th v 1st Match of the round with Top position possibly riding on the result.  Hoods will really have to contain the Hurricanes potent forward line if they are to get over them. Question though is can the foreword line maintain the momentum? The forward line has contributed to the large scores for the Hurricanes with the last 3 rounds scoring over 2500 with a massive 3062 in Rd 6. Hoods will have the HGA but doubt if that will be enough to get over the Hurricane that will come their way.

Manchester Magic v Wrexham Knights
11th v 8th These two teams are evenly matched with very little separating them on points for and against despite Knights being in 8th position. Both teams having been leaking a lot of points so whichever team stops the leakage better will take home the chocolates.  The Magic's home crowd could be the difference here,

Bradford Badgers v Winchester Werewolves
14th v 12th Another close game expected here with both teams on 2 wins and separated by %.  Winner will keep touch with the top 8 so a lot on the line here. Badgers are struggling with injury and the Werewolves have a few as well. Result will depend on how Badgers contain the driving force of Zeibell and Steele. Think the Badgers injury crisis may be too much to overcome so Wolves favoured here.

Liverpool Rams v Grope Lane Giants
10th v 6th Rams coach will be looking for an increased effort from his team overall if they are to topple the Giants.  If he can get them up they may cause the upset. In a close game expect Giants to get home.

Couple of games effecting ladder positions here and some Top Teams playing lower teams which may assist percentages.

Let the banter begin.

[Rusty00]

Potential Milestones for Rd.9

150 Games
Dayne Zorko (Giants)

100 Games
Jack Riewoldt (Badgers)
Mark Blicavs (Hedgies)
David Swallow (Hawks)
Max Gawn (Staines)
Dane Rampe (Knights)

50 Games
Robbie Tarrant (Dragons)
Jake Lever (Bunnies)
Jarrod Berry (Hoods)

[SilverLion]

Oxford Lions

Def: Sam Docherty, James Harmes, Tom Jonas, Sam Taylor
Mid: Ollie Wines (C), Jaeger O'Meara (VC), Tom Liberatore (EVC), Bailey Smith
Ruck: Marc Pittonet
Fwd: Connor Rozee, Peter Ladhams, Michael Gibbons, Jarman Impey
Util: Noah Anderson (M), Ben Keays (M)

Emg: Marlion Pickett (M), Sam Hayes (R), Mason Redman (D), Jayden Hunt (F), Todd Marshall (F), Brandon Starcevich (D)

Ins: Jaeger O'Meara, Marc Pittonet, Peter Ladhams
Outs: Scott Lycett, Marlion Pickett, Jayden Hunt

Milestones: Jarman Impey (50 BXVs Games) (last week heh)

[fanTCfool]

Manchester Magic

Dan Houston, Brodie Smith, Lachlan Sholl, Callum Wilkie
Rory Sloane (C), Hugh Greenwood (VC), Brad Crouch, James Worpel
Rhys Stanley
Steele Sidebottom, Kyle Langford, Joe Daniher, Jeremy Cameron
Angus Brayshaw, Zac Williams

Sam Powell-Pepper, Harry McKay, Errol Gulden, Liam Jones, Tom De Koning, Esava Ratugolea

[ChuckStig]

Grope Lane Giants

D: Jake Lloyd (EVC), Aaron Francis, Jimmy Webster, Zach Tuohy (OOP)
M: Sam Walsh (C), Adam Treloar, Andrew Gaff (VC), Dayne Zorko
R: Tom Hickey
F: Jordon De Goey, Jack Newnes, Jayden Laverde, Lincoln McCarthy
U: Jacob Hopper (M), Andrew McGrath (M)

E: Tim English (R), James Jordon (M), Will Hayward (F), Harry Schoenberg (F), Jake Melksham (M/F), Luke Dahlhaus (F)


In:
Out:
New:

Unchanged squad for big Zork's 150th game

[kilbluff1985]

as UF

[Urbaninfinnity]

Blackpool Bunnies

C: Ben Cunnington
VC: Brandon Ellis
EVC: Callan Ward

D: Isaac Cumming, Jordan Dawson, Jake Lever, Dougal Howard
M: Ben Cunnington, Brandon Ellis, Callan Ward, Tom Powell
R: Ben McEvoy
F: Brody Mihocek, Tom McCartin, Charlie Dixon, Lance Franklin
U: Darcy Moore (D), Wil Powell (D)

E: Nik Cox (D/F), Lachie Plowman (D), Jack Buckley (M/D), Justin McInerney (M), Marc Murphy (M)

Unchanged

[JBs-Hawks]

as UF

[Koop]

Hebden Bridge

D: Darcy Byrne-Jones, Oleg Markov, Alex Witherden, Brad Sheppard
M: James Rowbottom (C), Brandan Parfitt, Mark Blicavs, George Hewett
R: Shane Mumford
F: Tobias Greene (VC), Tom McDonald, David Cuningham, Paddy Ryder
U: Jack Henry, Jack Bytel


E: Patrick Lipinski (MID), Lachie Fogarty (FWD), Lachlan Young (DEF/MID), Nathan Broad (DEF), Levi Casboult (RUC/FWD), Steven Motlop (FWD)

IN: Mark Blicavs, George Hewett, Jack Henry
OUT: Pat Lipinski, Lachie Fogarty, Zak Jones (quad)

Neale, Presti, and now ZJones. You can only laugh  :-X

[Pkbaldy]

as UF

[Ringo]

Swansea Breakers:

Def: Andrews, Gardiner, Ballard, Brown
Mid: Robinson,Cam Guthrie  ('C), Pendlebury (EVC)  Tim Kelly (VC)
Ruck : McInerney
Fwds: Darling, Bergman, Farrell, Rankine
Util: Brander, Green

Emergencies: Butler, Kennedy, O'Halloran, Lester, Petrucelle, Walker

In: Brown, Farrell, Rankine
Out: Walker, Bolton, Robertson

[SilverLion]

Oxford Lions

Def: Sam Docherty, James Harmes, Tom Jonas, Sam Taylor
Mid: Ollie Wines (C), Jaeger O'Meara (VC), Tom Liberatore (EVC), Bailey Smith
Ruck: Marc Pittonet
Fwd: Connor Rozee, Michael Gibbons, Jarman Impey, Jonathon Patton
Util: Noah Anderson (M), Ben Keays (M)

Emg: Peter Ladhams (R/F), Sam Hayes (R), Mason Redman (D), Jayden Hunt (F), Todd Marshall (F), Zach Guthrie (D/M)

Ins: Jaeger O'Meara, Marc Pittonet, Peter Ladhams*
Outs: Scott Lycett, Marlion Pickett, Jayden Hunt

Milestones: Jarman Impey (50 BXVs Games) (last week heh)

So, I've been advised this is the simplest way to do it by both admins and have had it ticked off.

Naming Patton as a tactical donut at F4 to ensure Ladhams can cover the ruck.

[Nige]

Liverpool

Hunter Clark, Bachar Houli, Jack Bowes (evc), Trent Rivers
Jarryd Lyons (c), Jack Graham, Josh Daicos, Ed Curnow (vc)
Todd Goldstein
Charlie Spargo, Nick Hind, Josh Bruce, Josh Corbett
Ryan Byrnes, Hayden Crozier

Ronin O'Connor, Noah Balta, Liam Stocker, Daniel Rioli, Nick Larkey, Callum Coleman-Jones

[GoLions]

Badgers as per UF

HepD EVC

Emg order: Battle, Narkle, Prior, KMac, JRoo, Menapoo

[Rusty00]

Winchester Werewolves

Def: Lachie Whitfield  (EVC), Josh Rotham, Jake Kelly, Michael Hibberd
Mid: Jack Steele (VC), Patrick Cripps, Oliver Florent, Nathan Fyfe
Ruck: Toby Nankervis
Fwd: Jack Ziebell (C), Will Snelling, Harrison Himmleberg, Alex Neal-Bullen
Util:  James Cousins (M), Chris Mayne (D/M)

Emg:  Jordan Butts (D), Jason Castagna (F), Michael Hartley (D), Oliver Henry (F), Jake Riccardi (F), Mabior Chol (R)