WXV Preliminary Finals: Tigers v Armadillos, Islanders v Jaguars

[Purple 77]

This is finals.

Friday night FULL LOCKOUT at 7.50pm AEST

FOUR EMERGENCIES PERMITTED

Preliminary Finals, AFL Round 22

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	Buenos Aires Armadillos	Wipro Stadium	5  v  7
Pacific Islanders	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	BSP Stadium	7  v  1

New Delhi Tigers vs Buenos Aires Armadillos

Active Streak: Buenos Aires (3)

New Delhi
WXV Average (History): 1310
WXV Average (against Buenos Aires): 1289
Average Winning Margin (against Buenos Aires): 242

Buenos Aires
WXV Average (History): 1323
WXV Average (against New Delhi): 1309
Average Winning Margin (against New Delhi): 207

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Buenos Aires 1494 New Delhi 1171 323 2 2013 Buenos Aires 1117 New Delhi 962 155 3 2014 Buenos Aires 1504 New Delhi 1115 389 4 2015 Buenos Aires 1138 New Delhi 872 266 5 2016 New Delhi 1463 Buenos Aires 1326 137 6 2016 New Delhi 1423 Buenos Aires 1250 173 7 2017 New Delhi 1621 Buenos Aires 1075 546 8 2018 New Delhi 1523 Buenos Aires 1252 271 9 2019 New Delhi 1392 Buenos Aires 1310 82 10 2020 Buenos Aires 1319 New Delhi 1261 58 11 2021 Buenos Aires 1411 New Delhi 1302 109 12 2022 Buenos Aires 1517 New Delhi 1368 149

Pacific Islanders vs Rio de Janeiro Jaguars

Active Streak: Pacific (6)

Pacific
WXV Average (History): 1368
WXV Average (against Rio de Janeiro): 1472
Average Winning Margin (against Rio de Janeiro): 169

Rio de Janeiro
WXV Average (History): 1366
WXV Average (against Pacific): 1360
Average Winning Margin (against Pacific): 296

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2015 Pacific 1478 Rio de Janeiro 1344 134 2 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1687 Pacific 1391 296 3 2017 Pacific 1608 Rio de Janeiro 1312 296 4 2018 Pacific 1624 Rio de Janeiro 1278 346 5 2019 Pacific 1450 Rio de Janeiro 1406 44 6 2020 Pacific 1300 Rio de Janeiro 1289 11 7 2021 Pacific 1574 Rio de Janeiro 1270 304 8 2022 Pacific 1348 Rio de Janeiro 1297 51

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

New Delhi Tigers (6) v Buenos Aires Armadillos (12)
Enlightening head-to-head! Buenos Aires has clearly been the better team for most of the year, with New Delhi claiming its first would-be win in Round 9. However, the Tigers would have won the past 4 matches... during Buenos Aires' season crash. But are they back?! It was an ominous victory last week against the red hot Suns, and I think the Dillos' best is the best in the comp. If Buenos Aires are indeed back, they'll go all the way. But this New Delhi team has forgotten how to lose, winning a whopping 11 of its last 12 matches. Will Buenos Aires remind them this week at Wipro Stadium?

Pacific Islanders v (10) Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (8 )
I was surprised actually to see the 2022 h2h was this even. The Islanders have a much stronger perception in my view, probably due to the four 159+ scores it has notched in its past 7 matches. They have timed their run supremely well, and they know the stage (3 prelims in a row) and the opponent (7 v 1) so well. The odds are firmly against the Jags... but they were last week too, against a team that was in better form and a full compliment of players to choose from. The Jags were missing players everywhere, and got by with just 1 centurion! An incredible victory against the odds... can they do it twice in a row?



And don't forget reserves!

There are 3 teams (Cairo, 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.

Preliminary Finals, AFL Round 22

Home Team	Away Team	Venue
La Plata Armada	Imperial Princes	Estadio de River
Alexandria Hieroglyphics	San Marino Broncos	Borg El Arab Stadium

[Purple 77]

It's interesting to note that the last time New Delhi played Buenos Aires in a final was in a 2016 elimination final. New Delhi would go on to win that match and go all the way to the grand final, before going down to Jaguars.

I wonder if Buenos Aires will again provide the Tigers a GF platform?

[Purple 77]

How's this for a bunny team?

Pacific average 1472 against the Jagaurs. 1472. Yikes.

They've beaten them 6 times in a row, with an overall 7-1 record. In the H&A season, the Islanders averaged 144 ppg to the Jags 139ppg... the difference in 2022 may not be that big, but there is certainly a 1 sided history here.

[kilblufftwo]

New Delhi Tigers

D: Jake Lloyd, Jordan Dawson (CC), Tom Barrass, Jack Sinclair
M: Noah Anderson, Ed Langdon, Angus Brayshaw (CC), Sam Durham
R: Oscar McInerney
F: Zak Butters, Harry Morrison, Laitham Vandermeer, Paddy McCartin
U: Robbie Fox, Mitch Hinge

Emerg: Finn Maginness (M/F), Dylan Stephens (M), Noah Answerth (M/D), Will Snelling (F)

[PowerBug]

Any more stats you want to provide to help pump up the #Flaguars there Purps?

[PowerBug]

Rio de Janeiro #Flaguars

Def: Daniel Rich, Brayden Maynard, Isaac Cumming, Changkuoth Jiath.
Mid: Brad Crouch (CC), Jack Viney (CC), Matt Kennedy, Karl Amon.
Ruck: Tom de Koning.
Fwd: Jeremy Cameron, Jeremy Finlayson, Todd Marshall, Mason Wood.
Util: Kyle Langford [Mid], James Jordon [Mid].

Emerg: Ben Hobbs [Mid], Will Day [Def], Andrew Phillips [Ruck], Mason Cox [Fwd].

In: Changkuoth Jiath, Matt Kennedy, Mason Wood, Todd Marshall.
Out: Will Day (Omit), Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (Omit), Eric Hipwood (Omit), Mason Cox (Omit).

:jezza:

[upthemaidens]

        Pacific Islanders       

DEF: Harry Perryman, Aliir Aliir, Liam Duggan, Aidan Corr 
MID: Rory Laird (C), Marcus Bontempelli (VC), Tom Mitchell, Jarryd Lyons
RCK: Jarrod Witts     
FWD: Taylor Walker, Harry Himmelberg, Zac Bailey, Peter Wright 
UTL: Andrew Gaff(M), Lloyd Meek(R)       

EMG: Jack Ross(M), Jake Soligo(M), Mitch McGovern(F), Tom McCartin(D)     

Resting: on my Chaise longue

[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

[Ringo]

London

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

[Purple 77]

Any more stats you want to provide to help pump up the #Flaguars there Purps?

There is 6 players active in the competition that have won a flag for the Jaguars (Patrick Cripps, Travis Boak, Robbie Tarrant, Tom Cutler, Aaron Hall, Mitch Robinson).

None remain at the club.

[Nige]

Karen

Tom Stewart, Nick Vlastuin, Brennan Cox, Ed Richards
Hugh McCluggage, Jordan Clark, Jye Caldwell, Josh Daicos
Kieren Briggs
TJ Lynch, Lincoln McCarthy, Alex Neal-Bullen, Daniel Lloyd
Hugh Greenwood, Shane Edwards

Glyphs:

Sean Lemmens
Josh Worrell
Noah Balta
Kamdyn McIntosh
Josh Ward
Alex Davies
Jason Castagna
Alex Keath
Jake Melksham
Will Kelly

[PowerBug]

Rio de Janeiro #Flaguars

Def: Daniel Rich, Brayden Maynard, Isaac Cumming, Will Day.
Mid: Brad Crouch, Jack Viney (VC), Karl Amon, Kyle Langford.
Ruck: Tom de Koning.
Fwd: Jeremy Cameron, Jeremy Finlayson (C), Todd Marshall, Mason Wood.
Util: James Jordon [Mid], Ben Hobbs [Mid].

Emerg: Ben Brown [Fwd], Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera [Def/Mid], Gary Rohan [Fwd], Mason Cox [Fwd].

In: Mason Wood, Todd Marshall, Ben Hobbs.
Out: Jamarra Ugle-Hagan (Omit), Eric Hipwood (Omit), Mason Cox (Omit).

Taranto, Kennedy, Jiath are all still out. Worst time of the year to run in to this. Then TDk goes and gets dropped giving me the fabled OOP Ruck + HGA Against combo in a prelim against a behemoth opposition.

There is some positive news to come out of the group. Jeremy Finlayson is back as the first ruck and Todd Marshall returns to the side.

Carn the Jags!

:jezza:

[kilblufftwo]

New Delhi Tigers

D: Jake Lloyd, Jordan Dawson (CC), Tom Barrass, Jack Sinclair
M: Noah Anderson, Ed Langdon, Angus Brayshaw (CC), Sam Durham
R: Oscar McInerney
F: Zak Butters, Harry Morrison, Laitham Vandermeer, Sam Switkowski
U: Robbie Fox, Mitch Hinge

Emerg: Paddy McCartin (D/F), Finn Maginness (M/F), Dylan Stephens (M), Noah Answerth (M/D)

[iZander]

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

Emg: Bonner, Owens, Ash, Ginnivan

[Jukes]

Rome
D: Docherty, Houston, Blakey, Chapman
M: Kelly, Parker, Treloar, Daicos
R: Draper
F: Gulden, Rozee, Moore, Berry
U: Bergman, Starcevich

Emg: Sonsie, Cumberland, Jonas, Andrew