WXV Semi Finals: Islanders v Brewers, Reindeers v Wolves

Purple 77 · August 03, 2021, 08:16:23 PM

This is finals.

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FOUR EMERGENCIES PERMITTED

Semi Finals, AFL Round 21

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Pacific Islanders	Berlin Brewers	Linkbelt Oval	6 v 4
PNL Reindeers	Toronto Wolves	Stade du Ray	6 v 5

Pacific v Berlin
Head-to-Head: 6 v 4
Last time they played (Round 5): Pacific Islanders (23.10.148) def Berlin Brewers (23.7.145)
2021 Head-to-Head: 12 v 6
Purps' Takeaway: Pacific go into this game as red-hot favourites, and rightly so. They have beaten the Brewers 12 out of 18 weeks, and have a vastly superior midfield that can destroy any team really. BUT... Berlin have nothing to lose. They put in a great display last week against Dublin, which would have also been enough to take down the Islanders. Alas, I fear that it's unlikely Pacific have two average weeks in a row, and equally unlikely that my team has two good weeks in a row. However, Taylor Walker out and Cameron "Pupper Power" Zurhaar in certainly helps my cause! I'll dare to dream; my Bont voodoo doll is coming along, but I have the Islanders solid $1.20 favourites here.

PNL v Toronto
Head-to-Head: 6 v 5
Last time they played (Round 4): PNL Reindeers (24.11.155) def Toronto Wolves (21.10.136)
2021 Head-to-Head: 10 v 8
Purps' Takeaway: The Wolves match up well against the Reindeers! I was somewhat surprised to learn that the 2021 h2h was 10-8, given the periods of dominance displayed by the Reindeers. Like Pacific, PNL had a week to forget last week, and like Berlin, the Wolves put in a great display as underdogs to grab a well deserved win. Both teams have some key outs, namely Jack Billings for the Reindeers, and a host of defenders for the Wolves. I think PNL are vulnerable here, but if Toronto have to field an OOP... that'll be hard to come back from. PNL for me.

And don't forget reserves!

There are 3 teams (Tokyo, London and Seoul) who have made the Reserves semi finals but not the seniors.

You may name an indicative senior team if you wish (or I will), 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.

Semi Finals, AFL Round 21

Home Team	Away Team	Venue
Yuzawa Yakuza	Imperial Princes	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Marseille Kings	Pyongyang Chollimas	Stade de Gerland

fanTCfool · August 04, 2021, 12:09:34 PM

Toronto Wolves

Ryan Burton, Alex Witherden, Tom Williamson, Lachlan Sholl
Jack Macrae (C), Travis Boak (VC), Tim Kelly, Dion Prestia
Rowan Marshall
Jack Darling, Isaac Heeney, Tom Atkins, TT Lynch
Justin McInerney, Luke Shuey

Connor Blakely, Tom Phillips, Jesse Hogan, Michael Hibberd

upthemaidens · August 04, 2021, 02:22:52 PM

Pacific Islanders - In Mitchell we trust -

DEF: Rory Laird, Aliir Aliir, Liam Duggan, Bailey Williams
MID: Marcus Bontempelli (VC), Tom Mitchell (C), Jarryd Lyons, Andrew Gaff
RCK: Zac Smith
FWD: Zac Bailey, Peter Wright, Tom McCartin, Matt Taberner
UTL: Harry Perryman (M), Devon Smith (M)

EMG: Harry Himmelberg(F), Andrew McPherson(D), Trent Bianco(D/M), Lloyd Meek(R)

Resting: on a beach with a sandy crack

fanTCfool · August 05, 2021, 06:32:51 PM

Quote from: fanTCfool on August 04, 2021, 12:09:34 PM
Toronto Wolves

Ryan Burton, Alex Witherden, Tom Williamson, Jake Stein
Jack Macrae (C), Travis Boak (VC), Tim Kelly, Dion Prestia
Rowan Marshall
Jack Darling, Isaac Heeney, Tom Atkins, TT Lynch
Justin McInerney, Connor Blakely

Tom Phillips, Jake Bowey, Tobe Watson, Josh Corbett

Ringo · August 05, 2021, 06:52:25 PM

London again unchanged - Holmes into emergencies to replace O'Neill

D: Adam Saad , Brad Sheppard, Jack Lukosius . John Noble
M: Dom Sheed (VC),Touk Miller (C) , Jack Newnes, Willem Drew
R: Timothy English
F: Daniel McStay,Nick Hind,Charlie Spargo, Tim Membrey
U: Liam Baker, Dylan Grimes
E: Hartigan,Dahlhaus, Holmes, Jake Waterman

Captain: Touk Miller
Vice Captain: Tim English

Purple 77 · August 05, 2021, 08:08:08 PM

BERLIN BREWERS

D: Steven May, Jeremy McGovern, James Harmes, Sam Frost
M: Joel Selwood, Zak Jones (VC), Callan Ward, Patrick Cripps
R: Max Gawn (C)
F: Lance Franklin, Cameron Zurhaar, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Tom J Lynch
U: Sam Powell-Pepper, Brodie Smith
E: Aaron Vandenberg, Bayley Fritsch, Daniel Howe, Ryan Lester

Purple 77 · August 05, 2021, 08:28:29 PM

Previews added for those interested! I like talking about me, long may it continue.

DazBurg · August 06, 2021, 07:14:16 AM

Quote from: DazBurg on July 30, 2021, 07:02:23 AM
Parisian Nice Lyon Reindeers

D: Luke Ryan, Jack Madgen, Charlie Ballard, Jackson Nelson
M: Zach Merrett (C), Bailey Smith, Ben Keays, Paul Seedsman
R: Tom Hickey (VC)
F: Steele Sidebottom, Robbie Gray , Matthew Kennedy, Darcy Cameron
U: Ned Reeves, Trent Cocthin
E: Oscar Allen, Nik Cox, Jayden Laverde, Ben King,

DazBurg · August 06, 2021, 05:16:44 PM

Quote from: DazBurg on August 06, 2021, 07:14:16 AM
Quote from: DazBurg on July 30, 2021, 07:02:23 AM
Parisian Nice Lyon Reindeers

D: Luke Ryan, Jack Madgen, Charlie Ballard, Jackson Nelson
M: Zach Merrett (C), Bailey Smith, Ben Keays, Paul Seedsman
R: Tom Hickey (VC)
F: Steele Sidebottom, Robbie Gray , Matthew Kennedy, Darcy Cameron
U: Ned Reeves, Trent Cocthin
E: Oscar Allen, Nik Cox, Jayden Laverde, Ben King,

D: Luke Ryan, Jack Madgen, Charlie Ballard, Jackson Nelson
M: Zach Merrett (C), Bailey Smith, Ben Keays, Paul Seedsman
R: Tom Hickey (VC)
F: Robbie Gray , Matthew Kennedy, Darcy Cameron, Oscar Allen
U: Steele Sidebottom, Trent Cocthin
E: Nik Cox, Jayden Laverde, Ben King, Josh Schache

fanTCfool · August 06, 2021, 05:44:36 PM

Quote from: fanTCfool on August 05, 2021, 06:32:51 PM
Quote from: fanTCfool on August 04, 2021, 12:09:34 PM
Toronto Wolves

Ryan Burton, Alex Witherden, Tom Williamson, Jake Stein
Jack Macrae (C), Travis Boak, Tim Kelly, Dion Prestia
Rowan Marshall (VC)
Jack Darling, Isaac Heeney, TT Lynch, Tom Phillips
Justin McInerney, Connor Blakely

Damon Greaves, Jake Bowey, Tobe Watson, Josh Corbett

upthemaidens · August 06, 2021, 05:49:34 PM

Quote from: upthemaidens on August 04, 2021, 02:22:52 PM
Pacific Islanders - In Mitchell we trust -

DEF: Rory Laird, Aliir Aliir, Liam Duggan, Bailey Williams
MID: Marcus Bontempelli (VC), Tom Mitchell (C), Jarryd Lyons, Andrew Gaff
RCK: Zac Smith
FWD: Zac Bailey, Peter Wright, Tom McCartin, Matt Taberner
UTL: Harry Perryman (M), Devon Smith (M)

EMG: Harry Himmelberg(F), Tim O'Brien(F), Andrew McPherson(D), Lloyd Meek(R)

Resting: on a beach with a sandy crack

Purple 77 · August 07, 2021, 09:56:50 AM

After Friday...

Really would have loved more from Ward, whereas Pacific would be reasonably pleased with Perryman's output.

Crickets so far in the other game... oh wait... *squints*, oof, Jake Stein.

	PNL Reindeers					Toronto Wolves
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Luke Ryan	0		0	D1	Ryan Burton	0		0
D2	Jack Madgen	0		0	D2	Alex Witherden	0		0
D3	Charlie Ballard	0		0	D3	Tom Williamson	0		0
D4	Jackson Nelson	0		0	D4	Jake Stein	18		18
M1	Zach Merrett	0		0	M1	Jack Macrae	0		0
M2	Bailey Smith	0		0	M2	Travis Boak	0		0
M3	Ben Keays	0		0	M3	Tim Kelly	0		0
M4	Paul Seedsman	0		0	M4	Dion Prestia	0		0
R1	Tom Hickey	0		0	R1	Rowan Marshall	0		0
F1	Robbie Gray	0		0	F1	Jack Darling	0		0
F2	Matthew Kennedy	0		0	F2	Isaac Heeney	0		0
F3	Darcy Cameron	0		0	F3	Tom T Lynch	0		0
F4	Oscar Allen	0		0	F4	Tom Phillips	0		0
U1 (MID FWD)	Steele Sidebottom	0		0	U1 (MID)	Justin McInerney	0		0
U2 (MID)	Trent Cotchin	0		0	U2 (MID)	Connor Blakely	0		0
E1 (DEF FWD)	Nikolas Cox	0	0	0	E1 (DEF)	Damon Greaves	0	0	0
E2 (FWD)	Jayden Laverde	0	0	0	E2 (MID FWD)	Jake Bowey	0	0	0
E3 (FWD)	Ben King	0	0	0	E3 (DEF)	Tobe Watson	0	0	0
E4 (FWD)	Josh Schache	0	0	0	E4 (FWD)	Josh Corbett	0	0	0
C	Zach Merrett	0		0	C	Jack Macrae	0		0
VC	Tom Hickey	0		0	VC	Rowan Marshall	0		0

HA		0		0
		Total:	0	0			Total:	18	1

	Pacific Islanders					Berlin Brewers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Rory Laird	0		0	D1	Steven May	0		0
D2	Aliir Aliir	0		0	D2	Jeremy McGovern	0		0
D3	Liam Duggan	0		0	D3	James Harmes	0		0
D4	Bailey Williams (WB)	0		0	D4	Sam Frost	0		0
M1	Marcus Bontempelli	0		0	M1	Joel Selwood	95		95
M2	Tom Mitchell	0		0	M2	Zak Jones	0		0
M3	Jarryd Lyons	0		0	M3	Callan Ward	69		69
M4	Andrew Gaff	0		0	M4	Patrick Cripps	0		0
R1	Zac Smith	0		0	R1	Max Gawn	0		0
F1	Zac Bailey	0		0	F1	Lance Franklin	0		0
F2	Peter Wright	0		0	F2	Cameron Zurhaar	0		0
F3	Tom McCartin	0		0	F3	Will Hoskin-Elliott	0		0
F4	Matt Taberner	0		0	F4	Tom J Lynch	0		0
U1 (MID)	Harry Perryman	93		93	U1 (MID FWD)	Sam Powell-Pepper	0		0
U2 (MID)	Devon Smith	0		0	U2 (DEF MID)	Brodie Smith	0		0
E1 (FWD)	Harrison Himmelberg	87	0	0	E1 (MID)	Aaron Vandenberg	0	0	0
E2 (FWD)	Tim O'Brien	0	0	0	E2 (FWD)	Bayley Fritsch	0	0	0
E3 (DEF)	Andrew McPherson	0	0	0	E3 (DEF MID)	Daniel Howe	0	0	0
E4 (RUC)	Lloyd Meek	0	0	0	E4 (DEF)	Ryan Lester	0	0	0
C	Tom Mitchell	0		0	C	Max Gawn	0		0
VC	Marcus Bontempelli	0		0	VC	Zak Jones	0		0

HA		0		0
		Total:	93	1			Total:	164	2

upthemaidens · August 07, 2021, 12:32:55 PM

Happy enough with 'don't pay the Perryman', scored his average and all.

When Zac Smith outscores Patty Cripps, that has to be a good omen.

Purple 77 · August 08, 2021, 02:39:13 PM

After Saturday

Berlin will need a miracle. 3 players scoring less than 40, that's just awesome.

Toronto meanwhile have seemingly recovered somewhat from Stein! PNL have the advantage, but a slip-up from Zerrett would be ever so costly. Watch this one!

	PNL Reindeers					Toronto Wolves
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Luke Ryan	0		0	D1	Ryan Burton	105		105
D2	Jack Madgen	0		0	D2	Alex Witherden	0		0
D3	Charlie Ballard	86		86	D3	Tom Williamson	41		41
D4	Jackson Nelson	0		0	D4	Jake Stein	18		18
M1	Zach Merrett	0		0	M1	Jack Macrae	0		0
M2	Bailey Smith	0		0	M2	Travis Boak	109		109
M3	Ben Keays	80		80	M3	Tim Kelly	0		0
M4	Paul Seedsman	120		120	M4	Dion Prestia	120		120
R1	Tom Hickey	81		81	R1	Rowan Marshall	123		123
F1	Robbie Gray	51		51	F1	Jack Darling	0		0
F2	Matthew Kennedy	90		90	F2	Isaac Heeney	67		67
F3	Darcy Cameron	0		0	F3	Tom T Lynch	94		94
F4	Oscar Allen	0		0	F4	Tom Phillips	0		0
U1 (MID FWD)	Steele Sidebottom	0		0	U1 (MID)	Justin McInerney	57		57
U2 (MID)	Trent Cotchin	74		74	U2 (MID)	Connor Blakely	0		0
E1 (DEF FWD)	Nikolas Cox	0	0	0	E1 (DEF)	Damon Greaves	0	0	0
E2 (FWD)	Jayden Laverde	0	0	0	E2 (MID FWD)	Jake Bowey	0	0	0
E3 (FWD)	Ben King	21	0	0	E3 (DEF)	Tobe Watson	0	0	0
E4 (FWD)	Josh Schache	0	0	0	E4 (FWD)	Josh Corbett	74	0	0
C	Zach Merrett	0		0	C	Jack Macrae	0		0
VC	Tom Hickey	81		0	VC	Rowan Marshall	123		0

HA		0		0
		Total:	582	7			Total:	734	9

	Pacific Islanders					Berlin Brewers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Rory Laird	119		119	D1	Steven May	0		0
D2	Aliir Aliir	126		126	D2	Jeremy McGovern	0		0
D3	Liam Duggan	0		0	D3	James Harmes	0		0
D4	Bailey Williams (WB)	0		0	D4	Sam Frost	0		0
M1	Marcus Bontempelli	0		0	M1	Joel Selwood	95		95
M2	Tom Mitchell	0		0	M2	Zak Jones	99		99
M3	Jarryd Lyons	0		0	M3	Callan Ward	69		69
M4	Andrew Gaff	0		0	M4	Patrick Cripps	73		73
R1	Zac Smith	103		103	R1	Max Gawn	0		0
F1	Zac Bailey	0		0	F1	Lance Franklin	38		38
F2	Peter Wright	0		0	F2	Cameron Zurhaar	92		92
F3	Tom McCartin	56		56	F3	Will Hoskin-Elliott	0		0
F4	Matt Taberner	0		0	F4	Tom J Lynch	33		33
U1 (MID)	Harry Perryman	93		93	U1 (MID FWD)	Sam Powell-Pepper	87		87
U2 (MID)	Devon Smith	0		0	U2 (DEF MID)	Brodie Smith	30		30
E1 (FWD)	Harrison Himmelberg	87	0	0	E1 (MID)	Aaron Vandenberg	0	0	0
E2 (FWD)	Tim O'Brien	0	0	0	E2 (FWD)	Bayley Fritsch	0	0	0
E3 (DEF)	Andrew McPherson	83	0	0	E3 (DEF MID)	Daniel Howe	0	0	0
E4 (RUC)	Lloyd Meek	0	0	0	E4 (DEF)	Ryan Lester	0	0	0
C	Tom Mitchell	0		0	C	Max Gawn	0		0
VC	Marcus Bontempelli	0		0	VC	Zak Jones	99		0

HA		0		0
		Total:	497	5			Total:	616	9

upthemaidens · August 08, 2021, 03:55:43 PM

Captain Mitchell 75 at HT. It's not over yet, but the fat lady is doing vocal exercises in the green room.