WXV Semi Finals: Armadillos v Suns, Jaguars v Reindeers

[Purple 77]

This is finals.

Friday night FULL LOCKOUT at 7.50pm AEST

FOUR EMERGENCIES PERMITTED

Semi Finals, AFL Round 21

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Buenos Aires Armadillos	Mexico City Suns	Estadio de River	3  v  8
Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	PNL Reindeers	Maracana Stadium	5  v  3

Buenos Aires Armadillos vs Mexico City Suns

Active Streak: Mexico City (3)

Buenos Aires
WXV Average (History): 1323
WXV Average (against Mexico City): 1303
Average Winning Margin (against Mexico City): 181

Mexico City
WXV Average (History): 1426
WXV Average (against Buenos Aires): 1420
Average Winning Margin (against Buenos Aires): 229

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Mexico City 1445 Buenos Aires 1210 235 2 2013 Mexico City 1453 Buenos Aires 1366 87 3 2014 Buenos Aires 1586 Mexico City 1433 153 4 2015 Mexico City 1726 Buenos Aires 884 842 5 2016 Mexico City 1393 Buenos Aires 1291 102 6 2017 Mexico City 1567 Buenos Aires 1128 439 7 2018 Buenos Aires 1341 Mexico City 1131 210 8 2019 Buenos Aires 1413 Mexico City 1232 181 9 2020 Mexico City 1312 Buenos Aires 1293 19 10 2021 Mexico City 1532 Buenos Aires 1494 38 11 2022 Mexico City 1401 Buenos Aires 1328 73

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars vs PNL Reindeers

Active Streak: Rio de Janeiro (1)

Rio de Janeiro
WXV Average (History): 1366
WXV Average (against PNL): 1446
Average Winning Margin (against PNL): 131

PNL
WXV Average (History): 1367
WXV Average (against Rio de Janeiro): 1394
Average Winning Margin (against Rio de Janeiro): 80

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2015 PNL 1449 Rio de Janeiro 1394 55 2 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1483 PNL 1480 3 3 2017 Rio de Janeiro 1632 PNL 1373 259 4 2018 Rio de Janeiro 1264 PNL 1250 14 5 2019 Rio de Janeiro 1603 PNL 1255 348 6 2020 PNL 1485 Rio de Janeiro 1384 101 7 2021 PNL 1483 Rio de Janeiro 1398 85 8 2022 Rio de Janeiro 1406 PNL 1373 33

2022 Head-to-Heads
(i.e. what if these match-ups occurred every single week?)

Buenos Aires Armadillos (9) v Mexico City Suns (9)
This really is a tale of two halves! Buenos Aires would have won 7 of the first 8 match-ups, but the Suns will have won the past 6 in a row.

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (5) v PNL Reindeers (13)
The Jags may have finished ahead of the Reindeers, but PNL have certainly had a stronger season points-wise. PNL would have won 8 of the past 9 match-ups... and yet, Rio has beaten the Reindeers in their last actual game in Round 3. A mental edge?



And don't forget reserves!

There are 2 teams (London, Rome) who have made Reserves 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
Guadalajara Wolves	Imperial Princes	Fireball Stadium
Copacabana Capuchins	San Marino Broncos	Maracana Stadium

[Purple 77]

Mexico City clearly have the edge over the Dillos - outscoring them in the past 6 weeks, beating them in the last 3 encounters, and overall historical dominance of 8-3. Can the Dillos of first half of the season return and upset the in-form Suns?

Considering how good these teams were in 2012-2014... crazy that this will be the first time they meet in finals.



Rio go in this match us heavy underdogs, despite hosting it at Marcana Stadium. But irrespective of PNLs overwhelming good form, and 13-5 record in the 2022 match-ups... Rio did actually play them in one of those 5 weeks, and got the result. Finals plays funny mind games.

[kilblufftwo]

GL have fun

[GoLions]

Eh, I'll try I guess

[PowerBug]

Rio de Janeiro #Flaguars

Def: Daniel Rich, Isaac Cumming, Brayden Maynard, Will Day.
Mid: Brad Crouch (VC), Jack Viney (C), Karl Amon, Kyle Langford.
Ruck: Andrew Phillips.
Fwd: Tim Taranto, Jeremy Cameron, Jeremy Finlayson, Todd Marshall.
Util: James Jordon [Mid], Eric Hipwood [Fwd].

Emerg: Mason Wood [Fwd], Ben Hobbs [Mid], Tom De Koning [Ruck], Josh Walker [Def].

In: Daniel Rich, Andrew Phillips, Todd Marshall, Eric Hipwood.
Out: Changkuoth Jiath (Suspended), Matthew Kennedy (Concussion), Tom De Koning (Omit), Gary Rohan (Concussion)

8)

[iZander]

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

Emg: Bonner, Owens, Johnson, Ash

[iZander]

Def: Short, Hurn, Scrimshaw, Webster
Mid: Parish (C), Wines (VC), Green, Serong
Ruck: ROB
Fwd: JDG, Greene, Hayward, Rayner
Int: Cerra, Berry

Emg: Owens, Johnson, Sharp, Walker

[Jukes]

For reserves purposes;
D: Docherty, Houston, Blakey, Chapman
M: Kelly, Parker, Daicos, Treloar
R: Draper
F: Berry, Gulden, Rozee, Moore
U: Bergman, Cumberland
Emg: Sonsie, Starcevich, Jonas, Pickett

[DazBurg]

Parisian Nice Lyon Reindeers

D: Luke Ryan, Darcy Moore, Marcus Adams, Hunter Clark
M: Zach Merrett(C), Ben Keays(VC), Scott Pendlebury, Luke Shuey
R: Todd Goldstein
F:  Will Brodie, Lance Franklin, Darcy Cameron, Robbie Gray
U: Sam De Koning, Steele Sidebottom

E:  Jayden Laverde, Dougal Howard, Marcus Windhager, Paul Curtis,

[Pkbaldy]

Mexico City Baby

DEF: Aaron Hall, James Sicily, Hayden Young, James Aish
MID: Sam Walsh (CC) , Christian Petracca (CC), Luke Davies Uniacke, David Mundy
RUCK: Nic Naitanui
FWD: Harry McKay, Aaron Naughton, Jake Stringer, Ben Ainsworth
Util: Jacob Weitering, Shai Bolton

Emg: Bradley Hill, Archie Perkins, Jackson Hately, Bailey J Williams

[Ringo]

London Royals

LONDON ROYALS (Traditional)

D: Adam Saad,  John Noble, Liam Baker,Nick Hind
M: Touk Miller (C) Willem Drew,, Jack Redden (VC), Lachie Young
R: Timothy English
F: Daniel McStay, Jamaine Jones, Tim Membrey, Keidan Coleman
U: Rhys Matthieson , Jack Lukosius,
E: Xavier O'Neill,Darcy Gardiner, Charlie Spargo Zac Guthrie

[iZander]

Def: Short, Hurn, Scrimshaw, Webster
Mid: Parish (C), Wines (VC), Green, Serong
Ruck: ROB
Fwd: JDG, Greene, Hayward, Rayner
Int: Cerra, Berry

Emg: Owens, Johnson, Ash, Sharp

[PowerBug]

Rio de Janeiro #Flaguars

Def: Daniel Rich, Isaac Cumming, Brayden Maynard, Will Day.
Mid: Brad Crouch (VC), Jack Viney (C), Karl Amon, Kyle Langford.
Ruck: Tom De Koning.
Fwd: Jeremy Cameron, Jeremy Finlayson, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan, Eric Hipwood.
Util: James Jordon [Mid], Mason Cox [Fwd].

Emerg: Ben Hobbs [Mid], Mason Wood [Fwd], Jed McEntee [Fwd], Josh Walker [Def].

In: Daniel Rich, Eric Hipwood, Mason Cox, Jamarra Ugle-Hagan.
Out: Changkuoth Jiath (Suspended), Matthew Kennedy (Concussion), Gary Rohan (Concussion), Tim Taranto (Concussion).

For the first time in club history (I assume) the Jaguars name a forward 4 consisting only of left-footed key forwards. This is the club culture and we are finally living it out in a Semi Final. Go get them lads

[Pkbaldy]

Mexico City Baby

DEF: Aaron Hall, James Sicily, Hayden Young, James Aish
MID: Sam Walsh (CC) , Christian Petracca (CC), Luke Davies Uniacke, David Mundy
RUCK: Nic Naitanui
FWD: Harry McKay, Aaron Naughton, Jake Stringer, Ben Ainsworth
Util: Jacob Weitering, Shai Bolton

Emg: Bradley Hill, Archie Perkins, Ryan Clarke, Bailey J Williams

[Purple 77]

After Saturday afternoon

Dillos would be reasonably pleased with that start to the game, but they gotta keep it up as the Suns have similarly got off to a good start. Great game in the making this one!

Rio would be absolutely thrilled PNL Captain Zerret failed to re-live his QF heroics, and now find themselves with the advantage! PNL face an uphill battle now, but it's still doable.

	Buenos Aires Armadillos					Mexico City Suns
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Jayden Short	0		0	D1	Aaron Hall	0		0
D2	Shannon Hurn	0		0	D2	James Sicily	104		104
D3	Jack Scrimshaw	76		76	D3	Hayden Young	0		0
D4	Jimmy Webster	0		0	D4	James Aish	0		0
M1	Darcy Parish	120		120	M1	Sam Walsh	0		0
M2	Ollie Wines	0		0	M2	Christian Petracca	136		136
M3	Tom Green	105		105	M3	Luke Davies-Uniacke	0		0
M4	Caleb Serong	0		0	M4	David Mundy	0		0
R1	Reilly O'Brien	0		0	R1	Nic Naitanui	0		0
F1	Jordan De Goey	98		98	F1	Harry McKay	0		0
F2	Toby Greene	85		85	F2	Aaron Naughton	0		0
F3	Will Hayward	0		0	F3	Jake Stringer	44		44
F4	Cameron Rayner	0		0	F4	Ben Ainsworth	95		95
U1 (MID)	Adam Cerra	0		0	U1 (DEF)	Jacob Weitering	0		0
U2 (MID)	Jarrod Berry	0		0	U2 (MID FWD)	Shai Bolton	0		0
E1 (MID)	Mitchito Owens	0	0	0	E1 (DEF)	Bradley Hill	0	0	0
E2 (FWD)	Ash Johnson	78	0	0	E2 (FWD)	Archie Perkins	44	0	0
E3 (DEF MID)	Lachlan Ash	62	0	0	E3 (DEF MID)	Ryan Clarke	0	0	0
E4 (MID)	Jeremy Sharp	46	0	0	E4 (RUC FWD)	Bailey J Williams	0	0	0
C	Darcy Parish	120		120	CC	Sam Walsh	0		0
VC	Ollie Wines	0		0	CC	Christian Petracca	136		68
HA		0		0
		Total:	604	5			Total:	447	4

	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars					PNL Reindeers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Daniel Rich	0		0	D1	Luke Ryan	0		0
D2	Isaac Cumming	79		79	D2	Darcy Moore	72		72
D3	Brayden Maynard	84		84	D3	Marcus Adams	0		0
D4	Will Day	83		83	D4	Hunter Clark	0		0
M1	Brad Crouch	0		0	M1	Zach Merrett	71		71
M2	Jack Viney	110		110	M2	Ben Keays	0		0
M3	Karl Amon	0		0	M3	Scott Pendlebury	85		85
M4	Kyle Langford	75		75	M4	Luke Shuey	0		0
R1	Tom De Koning	0		0	R1	Todd Goldstein	0		0
F1	Jeremy Cameron	0		0	F1	Will Brodie	0		0
F2	Jeremy Finlayson	0		0	F2	Lance Franklin	0		0
F3	Jamarra Ugle-Hagan	0		0	F3	Darcy Cameron	45		45
F4	Eric Hipwood	0		0	F4	Robbie Gray	0		0
U1 (MID)	James Jordon	78		78	U1 (DEF FWD)	Sam De Koning	0		0
U2 (FWD)	Mason Cox	58		58	U2 (MID FWD)	Steele Sidebottom	104		104
E1 (MID)	Ben Hobbs	78	0	0	E1 (DEF)	Jayden Laverde	79	0	0
E2 (FWD)	Mason Wood	0	0	0	E2 (DEF)	Dougal Howard	0	0	0
E3 (MID FWD)	Jed McEntee	0	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	Marcus Windhager	0	0	0
E4 (DEF)	Josh Walker	0	0	0	E4 (FWD)	Paul Curtis	0	0	0
C	Jack Viney	110		110	C	Zach Merrett	71		71
VC	Brad Crouch	0		0	VC	Ben Keays	0		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	677	7			Total:	448	5