2023 Round Three Thread

[SilverLion]

Houston Bombers

Def: Jack Sinclair (C), Sam Taylor, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Keidean Coleman
Mid: Ollie Wines (VC), Jack Crisp (EVC), Jarrod Berry, Lachie Hunter, James Aish, Elijah Hollands
Ruck: Tom De Koning
Fwd: Zac Bailey, Isaac Heeney, Sam Powell-Pepper, Darcy MacPherson
Util: Jacob Weitering (D), Tom Doedee (D), John Noble (D)

Emg: Conor Nash (M), Marc Pittonet (R), Dan McStay (F), Aidan Corr (D - Sub)

Ins: Keidean Coleman, James Aish, Aidan Corr, Elijah Hollands
Outs: Hunter Clark, Ryan Byrnes, Bailey J. Williams, Charlie Constable

Hollands for Constable, Nash to E1.

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Ducks

D: Jordan Ridley 96, Blake Hardwick 109, Jy Farrar 72, Reuben Ginbey 104
M: Zach Merrett 176 (C), Sam Berry 45, Will Ashcroft 120 (VC), Nic Martin 88, Trent Cotchin 81, Anthony Scott 55
R: Sam Draper 81
F: Archie Perkins 64, Sam Switkowski 107, Willie Rioli 30, Harry Sheezel 120
U: Lachlan Murphy 73, Jye Menzie 47, Noah Long 78

E: Connor MacDonald 85 (F), Ned Reeves 66 (R), Hewago Oea 50 (SUB)

D: Steven May 101, Jordan Clark 74, Caleb Daniel 86, Zach Tuohy 85
M: Jackson Macrae 114 (EVC), Touk Miller 163 (VC), Darcy Parish 164 (C), Lachie Whitfield 72, Seb Ross 104, Jordan De Goey 122
R: Sean Darcy 132
F: Dylan Moore 131, Charlie Curnow 107, Jade Gresham 63, Jack Ziebell 78
U: Luke Shuey 42 inj q2, Dayne Zorko 68, Alex Witherden 22 inj q2

E: Dane Rampe 67 (D), Ben Long 76 (D/F), Lloyd Meek 32 (R), Jarman Impey 68 (D - SUB)

[Jukes]

Houston Bombers 14.11.95 lost to New Brooklyn Hawks 17.12.114
(Real: 1422 vs 1708)

Without Steele, a sub, and an active coach, the Hawks were quite up against it - luckily they were only playing a team whose spoon-stocks are rising every week. Where to start for Houston - 63 and 69 from the C and VC, Bailey and Heeney in the 30s forming 7 scores 60 or below - at least they had Hunter and Aish (and HGA) to salvage a score only 2022 Anaheim could think of. At least they won't get much worse than this, right?


San Francisco Grizzlies 16.10.106 lost to Colorado Avalanche 18.8.116
(Real: 1588 vs 1737)

Colorado needed this win and a nice little bit of percentage to help their finals stocks, and they did pretty well at both of those KPIs thanks to the performances of the four Ws - Witts, Wood, scrimshaW and neWcombe - and I guess Willem Drew for good measure. Losing Darcy Cameron will sting them though, but luckily finals aren't in the next 6-8 weeks. We got unlucky though - as you can see above we had the same amount of scoring shots!


Wisconsin Cockerels 18.12.120 defeated Anaheim Mighty Ducks 14.8.104
(Real: 1796 vs 1566)

Like Colorado, a big percentage booster was what the Cocks were after - they got a healthy boost, but it really should've been a lot more until Shuey and Witherden were victims of the Western Derby [insert politically incorrect reference to a genocide/massacre].


Las Vegas Sinners 17.16.118 lost to Carolina Panthers 18.13.121
(Real: 1775 vs 1811)

The same old story - Sydney suck, so Vegas suck! And Brad Close sucked even more than they did! Carolina more than made up for Stringer and Daniher showerting the bed (and three more scorers in the 50s) thanks to mostly Josh Kelly and Grundy, with help from Rozee and Jaicos - and a handy 91 as sub from Tom Atkins - while English and Day 139s weren't enough to get the Sinners over the Swans issue.


Quito Quetzals 17.18.120 defeated Boston Terriers 16.15.111
(Real: 1802 vs 1669)

Plenty of room to improve for Quito, but they easily account for the STILL winless Terriers, who keep finding ways to shoot themselves in the foot. Boston's teamsheet looks nice until you get to the forward line - 41, 39, 76, 84, then 77, 49, and 23 in the utilities - somebody get that Porkins man a hamburger or 40 asap. Quito move to 2-1 in spite of four veteran players scoring 50 or less.


Ottawa Otters 15.14.104 lost to Chicago Sharks 19.10.124
(Real: 1562 vs 1857)

That's the Ottawa Otters we all know and love back at it! Not much they could've done regardless of course, as the Oliver express charged Chicago to a big win and percentage boost - with plenty of help around him. Is LDU the only thing that carries Ottawa, with him inspiring spuds like Balta (who scored 46), Graham (34), Hogan (44), Bruce (38), Clarke (59), McGovern (48 - okay I know he was injured in aforementioned [bad taste historical reference]), and Roma (78 but outscored in head-to-head match-up with Sam Draper).