EurAsia v AAP Alliance: Clash 1 - iZander's Revenge

[Purple 77]

WXV Round 12
Rep Round 1
Rep Round 2
   
AFL Round 13   
Thu 8 Jun 7:20pm    Sydney v St Kilda
Fri 9 Jun 7:50pm   Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide
Sat 10 Jun 1:45pm   Hawthorn v Brisbane
Sat 10 Jun 4:05pm   Adelaide v West Coast
Sat 10 Jun 5:25pm   Fremantle v Richmond
Sun 11 Jun 3:20pm   North Melbourne v GWS
Sun 11 Jun 7:15pm   Carlton v Essendon
Mon 12 Jun 3:20pm   Melbourne v Collingwood

AFL Round 14   
Thu 15 Jun 7:10pm   Port Adelaide v Geelong
Fri 16 Jun 7:50pm   Brisbane v Sydney
Sat 17 Jun 4:35pm   GWS  v Fremantle
Sat 17 Jun 7:25pm   Richmond  v St Kilda
Sun 18 Jun 1:10pm   Carlton v Gold Coast
Sun 18 Jun 4:40pm   North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
   
AFL Round 15   
Thu 22 Jun 7:20pm   Geelong v Melbourne
Fri 23 Jun 7:50pm   St Kilda v Brisbane
Sat 24 Jun 4:35pm   Sydney v West Coast
Sat 24 Jun 5:25pm   Fremantle v Essendon
Sun 25 Jun 1:10pm   Collingwood v Adelaide
Sun 25 Jun 4:40pm   Gold Coast v Hawthorn

Representative Round 1, AFL Round 13 scores from Collingwood, Essendon, GWS, Port Adelaide, West Coast, Adelaide , Carlton , Hawthorn, Melbourne , North Melbourne , Richmond, Western Bulldogs + AFL Round 14 scores from Geelong, Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle, St Kilda and Gold Coast

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
AAP Alliance (iZander)	EurAsia (Jukes/Torp)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	3  v  8

The season has been boiling up to our most memorable annual fixture, but hold onto your hats because we're doing it different this time around.

The AFL's introduction of 'AFL Gather Round' has added a new dimension to our epic clash! Instead of having 1 game over 2 weekends... we'll have a 'best of 2' games over the next 3 weekends!

The rules:
- We have a best of 2 games series, where in the event of a tie, the highest combined score wins. If that is also the same, the highest individual team score wins.
- Game 1 MUST use entirely different players to Game 2, and vice versa. There can be no crossover whatsoever. Coaches must co-ordinate with each other WHO will be using WHICH players.
- The highest ranking coach of AAP will go against the highest ranking coach of EurAsia in Game 1. The second highest ranking coaches of each team will clash in Game 2.
- A rolling lockout, traditional team format, 4 emergencies no restings.
- You are able to tag, but you can only nominate a tagger and taggee with non-locked players.
- Loopholing in all forms is permitted.



This contest has been getting seriously hot in recent years. I encourage everyone to have a look at last years report just to get a sense at how tight these games get. EurAsia - predictably - has been DOMINATING the Alliance for quite some time, winning 7 of the past 8 fixtures with a ROB-sized blip occurring in 2019.

If it weren't for the clear amount of hurt AAP coaches feel, I fear this contest may have fizzled out by now.

Fortunately for EurAsia, the depths of AAP sorrow is bottomless, and 2021 champion JB has jumped at the chance to take them down again. He will be following new EurAsia coaches Jukes/Torp, whom take on 2022 bridesmaid iZander in Game 1.

AAP have called upon it's only active champion to 'try' and take down JB, but FTC might not have ROB available to bail him out this time, with iZ undoubtedly learning his lesson from last year and will put him straight in (as he would have been the difference yet again if selected in 2022).

#	AAP Alliance	#	EurAsia
1	Buenos Aires Armadillos	3	Rome Gladiators
2	Toronto Wolves	4	Seoul Magpies
6	Mexico City Suns	5	Beijing Pandas
8	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	7	New Delhi Tigers
9	Pacific Islanders	10	Tokyo Samurai
12	Cape Town Cobras	11	PNL Reindeers
13	Christchurch Saints	15	Dublin Destroyers
14	New York Revolution	16	Berlin Brewers
17	Cairo Sands	18	London Royals

2022 (kilbluff1985): EurAsia (28.7.175) def by AAP Alliance (28.6.174)
2021 (JBs-Hawks): AAP Alliance (28.6.174) lost to EurAsia (29.6.180)
2020 (Holz): EurAsia (30.9.189) def AAP Alliance (27.10.172)
2019 (FTC): AAP Alliance (29.6.180) def EurAsia (29.6.179*)
2018 (Purple77): EurAsia (28.11.179) def AAP Alliance (26.10.166)
2017 (Ricochet/elephants): AAP Alliance (25.8.158) lost to EurAsia (26.7.163)
2016 (Holz): EurAsia (27.11.173) def AAP Alliance (23.11.149)
2015 (JROO8): AAP Alliance (26.12.168*) def EurAsia (26.11.167)
2014 (Nails): EurAsia (24.11.155) lost to AAP Alliance (25.18.168)
2013 (Ringo): AAP Alliance (25.22.172) lost to EurAsia (27.21.183)
2012 (CrowsFan): AAP Alliance (28.8.176) def EurAsia (27.11.173)



This clash has never had so much strategy attached! It'll involve DOUBLE the amount of players, so put them forward to iZ, FTC, Jukes/Torp and JB,  and get amongst it! Ensure that one of your players isn't a 'Tired Third'  8)

ROLLING LOCKOUT PERMITTED / FOUR EMERGENCIES PERMITTED

[Purple 77]

Preview TBC

[fanTCfool]

LFG AAP  8)

[Urbaninfinnity]

EurAsia sweep incoming

[Jukes]

EurAsia

D: Nick Daicos, Jordan Dawson, Dan Houston, Darcy Moore
M: Zach Merrett, Lachie Neale, Patrick Cripps, Noah Anderson
R: Tim English (vc)
F: Josh Dunkley (c), Zak Butters, Connor Rozee, Charlie Curnow
U: Lachie Whitfield, Todd Goldstein

Emg: Hugh McCluggage, Jordan Ridley, Dom Sheed, Izak Rankine

[iZander]

Def: Redman, Stewart, Young, Blicav
Mid: Laird (VC), Petracca (C), Green, Walsh
Ruck: Nank         
Fwd: Greene, Sheezal , Taranto , Heeney
Util: Serong, Cerra      
         
Walker, Ziebell, Witho, ROB

[iZander]

Def: Redman, Stewart, Young, Wilkie
Mid: Laird (VC), Petracca (C), Green, Walsh
Ruck: Nank         
Fwd: Greene, Sheezal , Taranto , Heeney
Util: Serong, Cerra      
         
Walker, Ziebell, Witho, ROB

[Purple 77]

Starts tonight! I'll get around to a preview... tomorrow

[Jukes]

EurAsia

D: Nick Daicos, Jordan Dawson, Dan Houston, Darcy Moore
M: Zach Merrett, Lachie Neale, Patrick Cripps, Noah Anderson
R: Tim English (vc)
F: Josh Dunkley (c), Zak Butters, Connor Rozee, Charlie Curnow
U: Hugh McCluggage, Todd Goldstein

Emg: Lachie Whitfield, Dom Sheed, Jordan Ridley, Izak Rankine

[iZander]

Def: Redman, Stewart, Young, Wilkie
Mid: Laird (VC), Petracca , Green, Walsh
Ruck: Nank         
Fwd: Greene, Sheezal , Taranto , Jed Anderson (C)
Util: Serong, Cerra      
         
Walker, Ziebell, Witho, ROB

[iZander]

Def: Redman, Stewart, Young, Wilkie
Mid: Laird (VC), Petracca , Green, Walsh
Ruck: Lane   
Fwd: Greene, Sheezal , Taranto , Jed Anderson (C)
Util: Serong, Cerra      
         
Walker, Ziebell, Witho, ROB

[Jukes]

EurAsia

D: Nick Daicos, Jordan Dawson, Dan Houston, Darcy Moore
M: Zach Merrett, Lachie Neale, Patrick Cripps, Noah Anderson
R: Tim English (vc)
F: Josh Dunkley (c), Zak Butters, Connor Rozee, Tyler Sonsie
U: Hugh McCluggage, Todd Goldstein

Emg: Lachie Whitfield, Dom Sheed, Jordan Ridley, Izak Rankine

[iZander]

Def: Redman, Stewart, Young, Wilkie
Mid: Laird (VC), Petracca , Green, Walsh
Ruck: Lane   
Fwd: Greene, Heeney, Taranto , Jed Anderson (C)
Util: Serong, Cerra      
         
Walker, Ziebell, Witho, ROB

[Purple 77]

After 6 AFL teams..

EurAsia in trouble.

AAP have lucked out with a fkn MAMMOTH performance from Pacific's Tex Walker, as well as teammate Rory Laird's 156 destined to be VC loopholed. Even Tim Taranto has come to the party, and flowerING ROB strikes again from the bench.

791 from 5 that is. shower.

In response, EurAsia is... doing just OK, with now discernibly great performances so far (harsh on Butters and Rankine). The English VC - whilst a good choice - hasn't worked out, and Houston has bloody killed us. Look, it's not over, but christ, the momentum is fiercely with the Alliance at this stage.

Need a response.

	AAP Alliance					EurAsia
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Mason Redman (Christchurch)	0		0	D1	Nick Daicos (Rome)	0		0
D2	Tom Stewart (Cairo)	0		0	D2	Jordan Dawson (New Delhi)	95		95
D3	Hayden Young (Mexico City)	0		0	D3	Dan Houston (Rome)	47		47
D4	Callum Wilkie (Christchurch)	0		0	D4	Darcy Moore (PNL)	0		0
M1	Rory Laird (Pacific)	156		156	M1	Zach Merrett (PNL)	0		0
M2	Christian Petracca (Mexico City)	0		0	M2	Lachie Neale (Beijing)	0		0
M3	Tom Green (Buenos Aires)	0		0	M3	Patrick Cripps (Seoul)	0		0
M4	Sam Walsh (Mexico City)	0		0	M4	Noah Anderson (New Delhi)	0		0
R1	Kalin Lane (Buenos Aires)	0		0	R1	Timothy English (London)	99		99
F1	Toby Greene (Buenos Aires)	0		0	F1	Josh Dunkley (Tokyo)	0		0
F2	Isaac Heeney (Toronto)	0		0	F2	Zak Butters (New Delhi)	118		118
F3	Tim Taranto (Rio de Janeiro)	136		136	F3	Connor Rozee (Rome)	108		108
F4	Jed Anderson (New York)	0		0	F4	Tyler Sonsie (Rome)	0	DNP	0
U1 (MID)	Caleb Serong (Buenos Aires)	0		0	U1 (MID)	Hugh McCluggage (Seoul)	0		0
U2 (MID)	Adam Cerra (Buenos Aires)	0		0	U2 (RUC)	Todd Goldstein (PNL)	0		0
E1 (FWD)	Taylor Walker (Pacific)	208	0	0	E1 (DEF MID)	Lachie Whitfield (Tokyo)	0	0	0
E2 (DEF)	Jack Ziebell (Buenos Aires)	0	0	0	E2 (MID)	Dom Sheed (Berlin)	47	0	0
E3 (DEF)	Alex Witherden (Toronto)	48	0	0	E3 (DEF)	Jordan Ridley (Tokyo)	0	0	0
E4 (RUC)	Reilly O'Brien (Buenos Aires)	135	0	0	E4 (FWD)	Izak Rankine (Dublin)	118		118
C	Jed Anderson (New York)	0		0	C	Josh Dunkley (Tokyo)	0		0
VC	Rory Laird (Pacific)	156		0	VC	Timothy English (London)	99		0
		Total:	292	2			Total:	585	6

[Purple 77]

iZander has missed a couple in Shai Bolton (151) and Nick Vlastuin (141), but FTC will be able to pick them next week at least.

Similarly, Tom Liberatore (139) produced the kinds of score EurAsia needs at the moment... the only EurAsian in the top 11 scorers so far in the entire pool.

This is hard to watch.