WXV Round 1: Have no fear, we've got seasons for years...

[Purple 77]

Back for more eh?

Welcome back everyone to season 11! We have officially made it a decade - that is bloody nuts. WXVs really does have a rich history now, which is something I'm seeking to celebrate as the year progresses :)

Pk's Mexico City brought his first and the Suns 3rd premiership home last year, to mark off a truly dominant decade together with Dublin, accounting for 6 of WXVs 10 premierships. It was a great success story, particularly because they won it having finished 11th the year prior! Who will be the leaper this year? Who will fall? Or will the old champions reign supreme again?

Coaches, teams and players come and go, but the contest of WXVs remains the same.

Here we go again!  :D



Wednesday night PARTIAL LOCKOUT at 7.10pm AEDST

Thursday night PARTIAL LOCKOUT at 7.25pm AEDST

Friday night FULL LOCKOUT at 7.50pm AEDST



A REMINDER ABOUT SUBMISSION RULES:
- AFL teams are released at 6:25pm of the night before for the following day’s games
- As such, 8 emergencies are permitted.
- You don't have to name 8 emergencies. However, if you don't (courtesy of a great rule voted in 2020):
    - I won't be finding replacements for you :D and you won't be eligible for the 'late inclusion' luxury (where players outside of your named squad come in at 25% of their score). I love it when this happens >:D
    - If you do name a full squad of 23 however, and make a mistake in your submission, I will continue to correct these using your list preferences as a guide.
- NO LOOPHOLING ALLOWED - please see this post which was ultimately rejected . The community voted 'tough luck' on the unique and rare situation where our current loopholing restrictions prevents you from naming a preferred XV. So, yeah, tough luck. Strictly no loopholing.
- You are permitted to indicate whether you'll flood/attack both before and AFTER the partial lockout.
- However, you must still indicate who you will be resting BEFORE the partial lockout.
- Players are eligible to be subbed out of a match if they take NO part of the 2nd half of an AFL match, or if they themselves are an AFL substitute)
- Players are ONLY subbed out of a match if they have an eligible replacement (listed either on the utilities or emergencies)
- If you were forced to name an OOP player in your XV, and that player then becomes eligible to be subbed, I will replace them with another OOP player.

Round 1, AFL Round 1

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Mexico City Suns	PNL Reindeers	Fireball Stadium	7  v  3
Pacific Islanders	Buenos Aires Armadillos	Tuanaimato International Stadium, AAP Alliance	5  v  5
Seoul Magpies	Beijing Pandas	Seoul World Cup Stadium, EurAsia, Asia	6  v  5
Toronto Wolves	New York Revolution	Rogers Centre, AAP Alliance, Americas	9  v  1
Berlin Brewers	London Royals	Berlin Olympic Stadium, EurAsia, Europe	7  v  3
Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	Cape Town Cobras	Maracana Stadium, AAP Alliance	2  v  5
Cairo Sands	Dublin Destroyers	Borg El Arab Stadium	4  v  6
Tokyo Samurai	New Delhi Tigers	Tokyo Olympic Stadium, EurAsia, Asia	6  v  4
Christchurch Saints	Rome Gladiators	AMI Stadium	0  v  0

Mexico City Suns vs PNL Reindeers

Active Streak: Mexico City (1)

Mexico City
WXV Average (History): 1427
WXV Average (against PNL): 1461
Average Winning Margin (against PNL): 162

PNL
WXV Average (History): 1361
WXV Average (against Mexico City): 1391
Average Winning Margin (against Mexico City): 144

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Mexico City 1566 PNL 1466 100 2 2013 Mexico City 1668 PNL 1461 207 3 2014 Mexico City 1609 PNL 1330 279 4 2015 Mexico City 1672 PNL 1542 130 5 2016 Mexico City 1644 PNL 1465 179 6 2017 PNL 1486 Mexico City 1307 179 7 2018 Mexico City 1168 PNL 984 184 8 2019 PNL 1365 Mexico City 1214 151 9 2020 PNL 1383 Mexico City 1281 102 10 2021 Mexico City 1482 PNL 1429 53

Pacific Islanders vs Buenos Aires Armadillos

Active Streak: Pacific (2)

Pacific
WXV Average (History): 1361
WXV Average (against Buenos Aires): 1351
Average Winning Margin (against Buenos Aires): 332

Buenos Aires
WXV Average (History): 1316
WXV Average (against Pacific): 1334
Average Winning Margin (against Pacific): 297

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Buenos Aires 1432 Pacific 1172 260 2 2013 Buenos Aires 1620 Pacific 1190 430 3 2014 Buenos Aires 1707 Pacific 1091 616 4 2015 Pacific 1365 Buenos Aires 971 394 5 2016 Buenos Aires 1490 Pacific 1325 165 6 2017 Pacific 1456 Buenos Aires 1004 452 7 2018 Pacific 1673 Buenos Aires 1020 653 8 2019 Buenos Aires 1275 Pacific 1263 12 9 2020 Pacific 1476 Buenos Aires 1369 107 10 2021 Pacific 1502 Buenos Aires 1448 54

Seoul Magpies vs Beijing Pandas

Active Streak: Seoul (2)

Seoul
WXV Average (History): 1407
WXV Average (against Beijing): 1403
Average Winning Margin (against Beijing): 168

Beijing
WXV Average (History): 1362
WXV Average (against Seoul): 1390
Average Winning Margin (against Seoul): 172

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Beijing 1536 Seoul 1399 137 2 2013 Seoul 1362 Beijing 978 384 3 2014 Beijing 1299 Seoul 1180 119 4 2015 Seoul 1487 Beijing 1367 120 5 2016 Beijing 1442 Seoul 1305 137 6 2017 Seoul 1621 Beijing 1597 24 7 2018 Beijing 1526 Seoul 1413 113 8 2019 Seoul 1486 Beijing 1441 45 9 2020 Beijing 1629 Seoul 1277 352 10 2020 Seoul 1313 Beijing 1156 157 11 2021 Seoul 1593 Beijing 1317 276

Toronto Wolves vs New York Revolution

Active Streak: Toronto (6)

Toronto
WXV Average (History): 1387
WXV Average (against New York): 1395
Average Winning Margin (against New York): 179

New York
WXV Average (History): 1324
WXV Average (against Toronto): 1257
Average Winning Margin (against Toronto): 237

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Toronto 1437 New York 1144 293 2 2013 Toronto 1394 New York 1248 146 3 2014 Toronto 1363 New York 1315 48 4 2015 New York 1528 Toronto 1291 237 5 2016 Toronto 1244 New York 1204 40 6 2017 Toronto 1320 New York 1120 200 7 2018 Toronto 1467 New York 1425 42 8 2019 Toronto 1618 New York 1059 559 9 2020 Toronto 1584 New York 1370 214 10 2021 Toronto 1229 New York 1157 72

Berlin Brewers vs London Royals

Active Streak: London (1)

Berlin
WXV Average (History): 1372
WXV Average (against London): 1368
Average Winning Margin (against London): 208

London
WXV Average (History): 1294
WXV Average (against Berlin): 1255
Average Winning Margin (against Berlin): 111

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 London 1319 Berlin 1140 179 2 2013 London 1219 Berlin 1099 120 3 2014 Berlin 1295 London 1172 123 4 2015 Berlin 1651 London 1221 430 5 2016 Berlin 1397 London 1326 71 6 2017 Berlin 1416 London 1203 213 7 2018 Berlin 1366 London 1214 152 8 2019 Berlin 1581 London 1313 268 9 2020 Berlin 1492 London 1290 202 10 2021 London 1275 Berlin 1240 35

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars vs Cape Town Cobras

Active Streak: Cape Town (2)

Rio de Janeiro
WXV Average (History): 1362
WXV Average (against Cape Town): 1317
Average Winning Margin (against Cape Town): 64

Cape Town
WXV Average (History): 1354
WXV Average (against Rio de Janeiro): 1373
Average Winning Margin (against Rio de Janeiro): 104

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2015 Cape Town 1380 Rio de Janeiro 1366 14 2 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1364 Cape Town 1321 43 3 2017 Cape Town 1411 Rio de Janeiro 1368 43 4 2018 Cape Town 1375 Rio de Janeiro 1288 87 5 2019 Rio de Janeiro 1354 Cape Town 1270 84 6 2020 Cape Town 1503 Rio de Janeiro 1177 326 7 2021 Cape Town 1353 Rio de Janeiro 1302 51

Cairo Sands vs Dublin Destroyers

Active Streak: Dublin (1)

Cairo
WXV Average (History): 1320
WXV Average (against Dublin): 1330
Average Winning Margin (against Dublin): 151

Dublin
WXV Average (History): 1433
WXV Average (against Cairo): 1373
Average Winning Margin (against Cairo): 172

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Cairo 1385 Dublin 1106 279 2 2013 Cairo 1361 Dublin 1262 99 3 2014 Dublin 1506 Cairo 1477 29 4 2015 Dublin 1550 Cairo 1323 227 5 2016 Dublin 1539 Cairo 1272 267 6 2017 Dublin 1538 Cairo 1489 49 7 2018 Dublin 1349 Cairo 1091 258 8 2019 Cairo 1413 Dublin 1216 197 9 2020 Cairo 1313 Dublin 1283 30 10 2021 Dublin 1377 Cairo 1175 202

Tokyo Samurai vs New Delhi Tigers

Active Streak: Tokyo (2)

Tokyo
WXV Average (History): 1327
WXV Average (against New Delhi): 1331
Average Winning Margin (against New Delhi): 244

New Delhi
WXV Average (History): 1301
WXV Average (against Tokyo): 1260
Average Winning Margin (against Tokyo): 189

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Tokyo 1346 New Delhi 1087 259 2 2013 New Delhi 1329 Tokyo 1308 21 3 2014 Tokyo 1297 New Delhi 965 332 4 2015 Tokyo 1379 New Delhi 966 413 5 2016 New Delhi 1594 Tokyo 1187 407 6 2017 New Delhi 1387 Tokyo 1239 148 7 2018 Tokyo 1494 New Delhi 1312 182 8 2019 New Delhi 1570 Tokyo 1392 178 9 2020 Tokyo 1380 New Delhi 1192 188 10 2021 Tokyo 1285 New Delhi 1196 89

Christchurch Saints vs Rome Gladiators

Active Streak: Nil (Nil)

Christchurch
WXV Average (History): 1288
WXV Average (against Rome): Nil

Rome
WXV Average (History): Nil
WXV Average (against Christchurch): Nil

[Nige]

Karen

Tom Stewart, Nick Vlastuin, Brennan Cox, Noah Balta
Taylor Adams (cc), Hugh McCluggage (cc), Hugh Greenwood, Josh Ward
Matthew Flynn
TJ Lynch, Lincoln McCarthy, Alex Neal-Bullen, Will Kelly
Jordan Clark, Josh Daicos

Shane Edwards, Ed Richards, Jason Castagna, Kieren Briggs, Alex Davies, Sam Frost, Travis Colyer, Mitch Robinson

Rest: Jye Caldwell

[Urbaninfinnity]

Beijing Pandas

D: Dyson Heppell, Wil Powell, Jeremy Howe, Dane Rampe
M: Lachie Neale (VC), Dayne Zorko, Brandon Ellis, David Swallow
R: Brodie Grundy (C)
F: Stephen Coniglio, Tom Hawkins, Luke Breust, Conor Nash
U: Dylan Shiel, Blake Acres

Emergencies: Connor Blakely, Robbie Tarrant, Connor West, Milo, Marlion Pickett, Michael Frederick, Tyson Stengle, Kyle Hartigan

NEW: Dyson Heppell, Jeremy Howe, Dane Rampe, Stephen Coniglio, Tom Hawkins, Conor Nash, Dylan Shiel

Resting Taylor Dureya

[Jukes]

D: S. Docherty, J. Ziebell (vc), D. Houston, H. Chapman
M: J. Kelly (c), L. Parker (evc), N. Daicos, J. Worpel
R: S. Draper
F: A. Treloar, E. Gulden, C. Rozee, D. Moore
U: N. Cox, N. Blakey

Emg: P. Naish, K. Pickett, T. Jonas, O. McDonald, B. Starcevich, J. Aarts, S. Berry, N. Bryan

[Koop]

Christchurch Saints

D: George Hewett, Mason Redman, Callum Wilkie
M: Sam Menegola (vc), Brandan Parfitt, James Rowbottom, Harry Schoenberg
R: Sean Darcy  (c)
F: Tom McDonald, Jade Gresham, Jamie Elliott, Rory Lobb, Jesse Hogan
U: Xavier Duursma, Tom Phillips

Team Format: Attack

Resting: Jack Henry

E: Lachie Jones, Ryan Byrnes, Lewis Young, Jack Silvagni, Tyler Brown, Hayden McLean, Sam B. Reid, Zaine Cordy

[Pkbaldy]

Mexico City Suns

D: Aaron Hall, James Siciliy, Jacob Weitering, Nic Newman
M: Christian Petracca (C), Luke Davies-Ukiacke, Lachie Hunter, David Mundy
R: Nic Naitanui (VC)
F: Shai Bolton, Jake Stringer, Archie Perkins, Harry McKay
U: Hayden Young, Ben Ainsworth

Rest: Aaron Naughton

E: Mitch Georgiades, Hugo Ralphsmith, Bradley Hill, Oliver Henry, Bailey J Williams, Josh Sinn, James Aish, Jarrod Brander

[fanTCfool]

Toronto Wolves

Ryan Burton, Tom Atkins, Jake Bowey, Nathan Broad
Jack Macrae (C), Travis Boak, Dion Prestia, Justin McInerney
Rowan Marshall (VC)
Isaac Heeney, Joe Daniher, Max King, Josh Rachele
Connor MacDonald, Lachlan Sholl

Rest: Dan Butler

Jai Newcombe, Trey Ruscoe, Michael Hibberd, Denver Grainger-Barras, Josh Goater, Jackson Mead, Sam Weideman, Jake Stein

[RaisyDaisy]

New York Revolution

D: Bailey Dale, Caleb Daniel, Sam Taylor, Blake Hardwick
M: Cam Guthrie (CC), Nat Fyfe (CC), Rory Sloane, Jy Simpkin
R: Rhys Stanley
F: Tom Powell, Max Holmes, Brad Close, Jake Riccardi
U: Patrick Lipinski, Darcy Fort

E: Jake Kelly, Willie Rioli, Josh J Kennedy, Esava Ratugolea, Cooper Sharman, Brady Hough, Elliott Himmelberg, Beau McCreery

RESTING: Mark Blicavs

[iZander]

Buenos Aires Armadillos

Def: Short, Hurn, Doedee, Scrimshaw
Mid: Parish (C), Wines, Cerra (VC), Serong
Ruck: ROB
Fwd: Martin, Wingard, JDG, Rayner
Int: Berry, Green

Emg: Ash, Sharp, Strachan, Bonner, Hayward, FMacrae, Campbell, Durdin

[DazBurg]

Parisian Nice Lyon Reindeers

D: Luke Ryan, Darcy Moore, Dougal Howard, Marcus Adams
M: Zach Merrett (C), Matt Crouch, Ben Keays, Scott Pendlebury,
R: Todd Goldstein
F: Steele Sidebottom, Robbie Gray, Lance Franklin, Will Brodie
U: Luke Shuey, Scott Lycett

E: Ned Reeves, Charlie Ballard, Jayden Laverde, Darcy Cameron, Josh Schache, Sam De Koning, Max Lynch, Lachlan Murphy

[Pkbaldy]

Mexico City Suns

D: Aaron Hall, James Siciliy, Jacob Weitering, Nic Newman
M: Christian Petracca (C), Luke Davies-Uniacke, Shai Bolton, David Mundy
R: Nic Naitanui (VC)
F: Jake Stringer, Archie Perkins, Harry McKay, Ben Ainsworth
U: Hayden Young, Mitch Georgiades

Rest: Aaron Naughton

E: Hugo Ralphsmith, Bradley Hill, Oliver Henry, Bailey J Williams, Josh Sinn, James Aish, Jarrod Brander, Sam Flanders

[GoLions]

Kate

Daniel Andrews, Jackstopher Bowes, IQ, SPS
Achilles Mills (C), Ben 10 Cunnington, JOM, Chadley Warner
Daddy Nank
Mitch Duncan (VC), The Papsmear, Jaidyn Stephenson, Joshua Battle
Luke McDonald, Sparkle Narkle

Ivan Soldo, Shaun Higgoat, Trent Rivers, Dev Robertson, CCJ, Footlong Chol, Gryan Miers, Nick Murray

[JBs-Hawks]

Seoul

D: Jack Crisp, Nick Haynes, Zach Tuohy, Josh Rotham

M: Clayton Oliver (CC), Jack Steele (CC), Patrick Dangerfield, Matt Rowell

R: Ben McEvoy

F: Lachie Weller, Jack Gunston, Zac Fisher, Curtis Taylor

I: Patrick Cripps, Nathan Wilson

E: Liam Henry, Bailey Scott, Sam Collins, Ed Curnow, Jordan Butts

[Holz]

O'Dublin Destroyers
Nige v O'Holz

you know what time it is

D: Christian O'Salem, Jake O'Lever, Ben O'McKay, Josh O'Gibiscus
M: Andrew O'Brayshaw (CC), Bailey O'Smith (CC), Andrew O'McGrath, James O'Harmes
R: Marc O'Pittonet
F: Izak O'Rankine, Jack O'Riewoldt,  Lachlan O'Schultz, Ned O'McHenry
U: Trent O'Cotchin, Jack O'Mahony

Lachlan O'Fogarty, Tristian O'Xerri, Levi O'Casboult, Brodie O'Kemp, Jed O'Bews, Jack O'Nelson, Kayne O'Turner, Jayden O'Hunt, Ryan O'Lester, Ben O'Miller, Bigoa O'Nyuon

[Ringo]

LONDON ROYALS (Traditional)

D: Adam Saad , Nick Hind, Jack Lukosius, Liam Baker
M: Touk Miller (C) , Jack Redden, Willem Drew, Liam Shiels
R:  Timothy English
F: Daniel McStay,Jack Higgins, Tim Membrey, Charlie Spargo
U: John Noble, Jared Polec
E: Darcy Gardiner, Jack Newnes,Jack Bytel, David Cunningham, Zac Guthrie, Jack Newnes. Jake Waterman, Luke Dahlaus

Captain: Touk Miller
Vice Captain: Jack Redden