WXV Finals Week 1: Rhythm Cup XVI, Wolves Ready at Rogers

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This is finals.

Friday night FULL LOCKOUT at 7.50pm AEST

FOUR EMERGENCIES PERMITTED

Qualifying/Elimination Finals, AFL Round 21

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Buenos Aires Armadillos	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	Estadio de River	1  v  8
Seoul Magpies	Rome Gladiators	Seoul World Cup Stadium	0  v  2
Toronto Wolves	New Delhi Tigers	Rogers Centre	9  v  6
Mexico City Suns	Cape Town Cobras	Fireball Stadium	12  v  3

Buenos Aires Armadillos vs Rio de Janeiro Jaguars

Active Streak: Rio de Janeiro (3)

Buenos Aires
WXV Average (History): 1337
WXV Average (against Rio de Janeiro): 1305
Average Winning Margin (against Rio de Janeiro): 296

Rio de Janeiro
WXV Average (History): 1367
WXV Average (against Buenos Aires): 1437
Average Winning Margin (against Buenos Aires): 185

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2015 Rio de Janeiro 1530 Buenos Aires 1052 478 2 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1299 Buenos Aires 1251 48 3 2017 Rio de Janeiro 1331 Buenos Aires 1293 38 4 2018 Rio de Janeiro 1428 Buenos Aires 1274 154 5 2019 Rio de Janeiro 1361 Buenos Aires 1309 52 6 2020 Buenos Aires 1598 Rio de Janeiro 1302 296 7 2021 Rio de Janeiro 1592 Buenos Aires 1227 365 8 2022 Rio de Janeiro 1555 Buenos Aires 1362 193 9 2023 Rio de Janeiro 1532 Buenos Aires 1383 149

Seoul Magpies vs Rome Gladiators

Active Streak: Rome (2)

Seoul
WXV Average (History): 1405
WXV Average (against Rome): 1347
Average Winning Margin (against Rome): N/A

Rome
WXV Average (History): 1465
WXV Average (against Seoul): 1535
Average Winning Margin (against Seoul): 189

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2022 Rome 1440 Seoul 1413 27 2 2023 Rome 1630 Seoul 1280 350

Toronto Wolves vs New Delhi Tigers

Active Streak: New Delhi (3)

Toronto
WXV Average (History): 1389
WXV Average (against New Delhi): 1469
Average Winning Margin (against New Delhi): 271

New Delhi
WXV Average (History): 1318
WXV Average (against Toronto): 1335
Average Winning Margin (against Toronto): 70

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Toronto 1366 New Delhi 1190 176 2 2013 Toronto 1520 New Delhi 1141 379 3 2014 Toronto 1444 New Delhi 1157 287 4 2015 Toronto 1418 New Delhi 912 506 5 2016 New Delhi 1384 Toronto 1241 143 6 2017 New Delhi 1628 Toronto 1539 89 7 2018 Toronto 1547 New Delhi 1264 283 8 2018 Toronto 1651 New Delhi 1382 269 9 2019 Toronto 1562 New Delhi 1488 74 10 2019 Toronto 1699 New Delhi 1431 268 11 2019 New Delhi 1443 Toronto 1375 68 12 2020 Toronto 1505 New Delhi 1311 194 13 2021 New Delhi 1390 Toronto 1344 46 14 2022 New Delhi 1405 Toronto 1392 13 15 2023 New Delhi 1492 Toronto 1429 63

Mexico City Suns vs Cape Town Cobras

Active Streak: Mexico City (3)

Mexico City
WXV Average (History): 1424
WXV Average (against Cape Town): 1462
Average Winning Margin (against Cape Town): 208

Cape Town
WXV Average (History): 1352
WXV Average (against Mexico City): 1321
Average Winning Margin (against Mexico City): 128

Clash Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Score Margin 1 2012 Mexico City 1501 Cape Town 1348 153 2 2012 Cape Town 1480 Mexico City 1280 200 3 2012 Mexico City 1580 Cape Town 1460 120 4 2013 Mexico City 1501 Cape Town 1411 90 5 2014 Mexico City 1610 Cape Town 1289 321 6 2014 Mexico City 1770 Cape Town 1250 520 7 2015 Mexico City 1476 Cape Town 1385 91 8 2016 Mexico City 1503 Cape Town 1144 359 9 2017 Mexico City 1256 Cape Town 1223 33 10 2018 Mexico City 1269 Cape Town 1133 136 11 2019 Cape Town 1310 Mexico City 1192 118 12 2020 Cape Town 1453 Mexico City 1388 65 13 2021 Mexico City 1506 Cape Town 1309 197 14 2022 Mexico City 1638 Cape Town 1359 279 15 2023 Mexico City 1460 Cape Town 1261 199

2023 Head-to-Heads
(i.e. what if these match-ups occurred every single week?)

Buenos Aires Armadillos (11) v Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (6)
Seoul Magpies (7) v Rome Gladiators (10)
Toronto Wolves (7) v New Delhi Tigers (10)
Mexico City Suns (9) v Cape Town Cobras (8 )



And don't forget reserves!

There are 2 teams (Tokyo, Cairo) 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.

Qualifying/Elimination Finals, AFL Round 21

Home Team	Away Team	Venue
Copacabana Capuchins	Guadalajara Wolves	Maracana Stadium
Yuzawa Yakuza	San Marino Broncos	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Mumbai Elephants	Durban Pirates	Tata Stadium
Alexandria Hieroglyphics	Pyongyang Chollimas	Borg El Arab Stadium

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Some fun facts...

Toronto v New Delhi, and Mexico City v Cape Town, are WXVs first ever 16th head-to-head clashes! It is also Buenos Aires v Rio/Sao Paulo's 16th clash!

Despite having scored the 3rd most points in the H&A season, Toronto are down 7-10 in the 2023 head-to-head with New Delhi!

Seoul is seeking its first win against Rome, having won its previous 5 encounters against Moscow.

And how can we not mention Rhythm cup! Buenos Aires have only beaten Rio/Sao Paulo ONCE! 1 from 16! The Dillos have some serious demons to face in its home qualifying final.

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Mexico City v Cape Town racked up 3 clashes in its epic 2012 saga, that saw Maca's Suns defeat My Chumps' Cape Town. GoLions will be gunning to bring the Cobras to its first Grand Final since that inaugural season

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This is the first time Buenos Aires take on Rio in the finals, having lost all 3 of its finals against Sao Paulo in 2012, 2013 and 2014

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Toronto v New Delhi was quite the rivalry between 2018-2019, having played 3 finals including the Ricochet/elephants premiership in 2019

[upthemaidens]

Rome are pretty consistent and have the highest scoring ceiling. They would be my tip for the flag.

[PowerBug]

Rio De Janeiro Jaguars

Def: Nathan Broad, Brayden Maynard, Ryan Lester, Isaac Cumming
Mid: Jack Viney (C), Brad Crouch, Mason Wood, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera.
Ruck: Jeremy Finlayson.
Fwd: Tim Taranto, Tarryn Thomas, Jeremy Cameron (VC), Ben Hobbs.
Util: Karl Amon [Mid], Kyle Langford [Mid/Fwd].
Emerg: Gary Rohan [Fwd], Tom De Koning [Ruck], Corey Wagner [Def/Mid], James Jordon [Mid].

In: Karl Amon.
Out: Eddie Ford (Omit).

Finals time!!

[fanTCfool]

Toronto Wolves

Daniel Rich, Alex Witherden, Jack Buckley, Ryan Burton
Timothy Kelly, Jai Newcombe, Jackson Macrae (VC), Dion Prestia
Rowan Marshall (C)
Joe Daniher, Isaac Heeney, Liam Baker, Marcus Windhager
Thomas Atkins, Will Setterfield

Jake Bowey, Connor Macdonald, Josh Corbett, Fergus Greene

[Jukes]

D: Nick Daicos, Sam Docherty (vc), Dan Houston, Nick Blakey
M: Josh Kelly, Luke Parker, Adam Treloar, James Worpel
R: Andrew Phillips
F: Connor Rozee, Dylan Moore, Kysaiah Pickett, Jason Johannisen
U: Errol Gulden (c), James Harmes

Emg: Chayce Jones, Mac Andrew, Nick Bryan, Campbell Chesser

[GoLions]

Kate

D: Daniel Andrews, Mitch Duncan, Trent Rivers, Luke McDonald
M: Chadley Warner (C), Callum Mills, Jaeger O'Meara, Beijing Acres
R: Toby Nankervis
F: Hairy Cheezels (VC), Tom Papsmear, Lachie Schultz, Gryan Miers
U: Tanner Bruhn, Isaac Quaynor

E: Dev Robertson, Ivan Soldo, Dylan Williams, Jack Bowes

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Mexicano City Suns

D: James Sicily, Nic Newman, Hayden Young, Tom Cole
M: Christian Petracca (C), Luke Davies-Uniacke (VC), Shai Bolton, James Aish
R: BJ Williams
F: Aaron Naughton, Ned Flanders, Ben Ainsworth, Brad Hill
U: Archie Perkins, Sam Banks

E: Max Michalanney, Nick Larkey, Ned Long, Jack Williams,

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New Delhi Tigers

D: Jack Sinclair (VC), Jordan Dawson (C), Angus Brayshaw, Jake Lloyd
M: Noah Anderson, Ed Langdon, Zak Butters, Harry Morrison
R: Darcy Fort
F: JHF, Mitch Lewis, Sam Switkowski, Darcy Tucker
U: Mitch Hinge, Sam Durham

E: Conor McKenna (D), Jack Martin (F), Robbie Fox (D), Finn Maginness (M)

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Rio De Janeiro Jaguars

Def: Nathan Broad, Brayden Maynard, Ryan Lester, Corey Wagner.
Mid: Jack Viney (C), Brad Crouch, Mason Wood, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera.
Ruck: Tom De Koning.
Fwd: Tim Taranto, Tarryn Thomas, Jeremy Cameron (VC), Ben Hobbs.
Util: Kyle Langford [Mid/Fwd], Jeremy Finlayson [Ruck/Fwd].
Emerg: James Jordon [Mid], Todd Marshall [Fwd], Gary Rohan [Fwd], Isaac Cumming [Def].

In: Corey Wagner, Tom De Koning.
Out: Isaac Cumming (AFL Omit), Eddie Ford (Omit).

A little bit of a selection headache in that final spot, no Karl Amon or Matt Kennedy providing the headaches. It's a recall for Tom De Koning who can hopefully excel against the Saints backline. Jack Viney is given the opportunity to captain the side against a North side who hopefully roll over for him. Bring on the Rhythm Cup :)

[fanTCfool]

Toronto Wolves

Alex Witherden, Jack Buckley, Ryan Burton, Thomas Atkins
Timothy Kelly, Jai Newcombe, Jackson Macrae (VC), Dion Prestia
Rowan Marshall (C)
Joe Daniher, Isaac Heeney, Liam Baker, Josh Rachele
Marcus Windhager, Jake Bowey

Connor Macdonald, Max King, Josh Corbett, James Borlase

[iZander]

Def: Scrimshaw, Campbell, Hind, Francis
Mid: Serong (VC), Parish (C), Green, JDG
Ruck: ROB
Fwd: Owens, Greene, Rayner, Ziebell
Int: Short, Ash

Emg: Wines, Johnson, Hayward, Mcdonald