WXV Preliminary Finals: Dillos v Magpies, Gladiators v Wolves

Purple 77 · August 14, 2023, 07:37:01 PM

This is finals.

Friday night FULL LOCKOUT at 7.50pm AEST

FOUR EMERGENCIES PERMITTED

Preliminary Finals, AFL Round 23

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Buenos Aires Armadillos	Seoul Magpies	Estadio de River	4 v 8
Rome Gladiators	Toronto Wolves	The Colosseum	0 v 2

Buenos Aires Armadillos vs Seoul Magpies

Active Streak: Buenos Aires (1)

Buenos Aires
WXV Average (History): 1337
WXV Average (against Seoul): 1290
Average Winning Margin (against Seoul): 120

Seoul
WXV Average (History): 1404
WXV Average (against Buenos Aires): 1342
Average Winning Margin (against Buenos Aires): 137

Clash	Year	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score	Margin
1	2012	Buenos Aires	1347	Seoul	1322	25
2	2013	Buenos Aires	1160	Seoul	1144	16
3	2014	Buenos Aires	1540	Seoul	1406	134
4	2015	Seoul	1217	Buenos Aires	1151	66
5	2016	Seoul	1290	Buenos Aires	1267	23
6	2017	Seoul	1443	Buenos Aires	1228	215
7	2018	Seoul	1335	Buenos Aires	1088	247
8	2019	Seoul	1452	Buenos Aires	1263	189
9	2020	Seoul	1448	Buenos Aires	1356	92
10	2021	Seoul	1354	Buenos Aires	1309	45
11	2022	Seoul	1368	Buenos Aires	1151	217
12	2023	Buenos Aires	1625	Seoul	1321	304

Rome Gladiators vs Toronto Wolves

Active Streak: Toronto (2)

Rome
WXV Average (History): 1462
WXV Average (against Toronto): 1502
Average Winning Margin (against Toronto): N/A

Toronto
WXV Average (History): 1389
WXV Average (against Rome): 1661
Average Winning Margin (against Rome): 159

Clash	Year	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Score	Margin
1	2022	Toronto	1631	Rome	1459	172
2	2023	Toronto	1690	Rome	1544	146

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

Buenos Aires Armadillos (13) v Seoul Magpies (5)
Rome Gladiators (13) v Toronto Wolves (5)

And don't forget reserves!

There are 3 teams (Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Cape Town) 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 23

Home Team	Away Team	Venue
Copacabana Capuchins	Yuzawa Yakuza	Maracana Stadium
San Marino Broncos	Durban Pirates	The Colosseum

Purple 77 · August 14, 2023, 07:44:45 PM

Buenos Aires snapped an 8-loss streak against Seoul this year, putting them to sword in brutal fashion with a 160+ bruising display. But I wouldn't say that gives them the mental edge... but this does. They would have beaten Seoul a whopping 13 times this year (including last 3) which just shows how big a favourite they are going into this match.

Seoul DESPERATELY need any of its 4 ruck to play this week, because you simply can't take Tsatas OOP against the Dillos. Seoul did exceptionally well to win effectively with 13.5 players and no HGA, buoyed by the return of Clarry, but they also have BAs HGA to contend with. I just don't see Seoul getting close on this one with an OOP player.

Purple 77 · August 14, 2023, 07:50:52 PM

Rome v Toronto is fast becoming a must-watch rivalry, with both of its past games toppling 300 total points. Amazingly - despite Toronto's own high ceiling and 2-0 H2H - Rome DOMINATES them most other weeks, going 13-5 in 2023, including 7 of its past 9. Alas, one of those 2 would-be Toronto victories would have been in the first week of finals... clearly Toronto has the mental edge over Rome.

The Gladiators - despites its QF win - lost a huge player in Nick Daicos for the rest of the year, which really could be the difference between Rome's first premiership or not. And yet, I still think they've got one of the biggest arsenals in the league and could blow Toronto away. I'll make the tip official.

fanTCfool · August 14, 2023, 08:54:47 PM

Toronto Wolves

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

Jake Bowey, Connor Macdonald, Max King, Josh Rachele

GoLions · August 16, 2023, 11:23:04 AM

Kate

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

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

PowerBug · August 16, 2023, 03:46:21 PM

The Anti-Copacabana Capuchins

Def: Brayden Maynard, Nathan Broad, Corey Wagner, Ryan Lester.
Mid: Jack Viney, Brad Crouch, Nasiah Wanganeen-Milera, Mason Wood.
Ruck: Sam Hayes.
Fwd: Tim Taranto, Jeremy Cameron, Tarryn Thomas, Kyle Langford.
Util: Karl Amon [Mid], Jeremy Finlayson [Ruck/Fwd].
Emerg: Jamarra Ugle-Hagan [Fwd], Ben Hobbs [Fwd], Tom De Koning [Ruck], Isaac Cumming [Def].

Jukes · August 17, 2023, 06:33:45 PM

D: Sam Docherty, Dan Houston (cc), Nick Blakey, Liam Jones
M: Josh Kelly, Luke Parker, Adam Treloar (cc), James Worpel
R: Sam Draper
F: Errol Gulden, Connor Rozee, Dylan Moore, Kysaiah Pickett
U: Miles Bergman, Thomson Dow

Emg: Ned Long, Andrew Phillips, Bailey Banfield, Alex Pearce

iZander · August 17, 2023, 06:54:28 PM

Def: Scrimshaw, Campbell, Hind, Coffield
Mid: Serong (CC), Parish (CC), Green, Wines
Ruck: ROB
Fwd: Owens, Greene, Martin, Ziebell
Int: Short, Ash

Emg: Dow, Rayner, Hayward, Francis

fanTCfool · August 17, 2023, 11:14:04 PM

Quote from: fanTCfool on August 14, 2023, 08:54:47 PM
Toronto Wolves

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

Jake Bowey, Connor Macdonald, Max King, James Borlase

iZander · August 18, 2023, 02:30:05 PM

Quote from: iZander on August 17, 2023, 06:54:28 PM
Def: Scrimshaw, Campbell, Hind, Coffield
Mid: Serong, Parish (CC), Green (CC), Wines
Ruck: ROB
Fwd: Owens, Greene, Martin, Ziebell
Int: Short, Ash

Emg: Dow, Rayner, Hayward, Francis

JBs-Hawks · August 18, 2023, 06:46:09 PM

Seoul

D: Steven May, Will Day, Elliot Yeo, Zach Tuohy
M: Clayton Oliver (CC), Patrick Cripps (CC), Hugh McCluggage, Patrick Dangerfield
R: Elijah Tsatas
F: Charlie Curnow, Wayne Milera, Bailey Humphrey, Rhylee West
I: Jack Crisp, Bailey Scott
E: Sam Collins, Caleb Marchbank, Toby Mcmullin, Josh Weddle

Purple 77 · August 19, 2023, 11:54:17 AM

A tempered start to the prelims...

	Buenos Aires Armadillos					Seoul Magpies
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Jack Scrimshaw	0		0	D1	Steven May	0		0
D2	Braeden Campbell	0		0	D2	Will Day	0		0
D3	Nick Hind	0		0	D3	Elliot Yeo	0		0
D4	Nicholas Coffield	0		0	D4	Zach Tuohy	0		0
M1	Caleb Serong	0		0	M1	Clayton Oliver	0		0
M2	Darcy Parish	0		0	M2	Patrick Cripps	0		0
M3	Tom Green	0		0	M3	Hugh McCluggage	93		93
M4	Ollie Wines	0		0	M4	Patrick Dangerfield	0		0
R1	Reilly O'Brien	0		0	R1	Elijah Tsatas	0	0.5	0
F1	Mitchito Owens	0		0	F1	Charlie Curnow	0		0
F2	Toby Greene	0		0	F2	Wayne Milera	0		0
F3	Dustin Martin	0		0	F3	Bailey Humphrey	0		0
F4	Jack Ziebell	0		0	F4	Rhylee West	0		0
U1 (MID)	Jayden Short	0		0	U1 (MID)	Jack Crisp	98		98
U2 (MID)	Lachlan Ash	0		0	U2 (DEF MID)	Bailey Scott	0		0
E1 (MID)	Paddy Dow	0	0	0	E1 (DEF)	Samuel Collins	0	0	0
E2 (FWD)	Cameron Rayner	70	0	0	E2 (DEF)	Caleb Marchbank	0	0	0
E3 (FWD)	Will Hayward	0	0	0	E3 (FWD)	Toby McMullin	0	0	0
E4 (DEF FWD)	Aaron Francis	0	0	0	E4 (DEF)	Joshua Weddle	0	0	0
CC	Darcy Parish	0		0	CC	Clayton Oliver	0		0
CC	Tom Green	0		0	CC	Patrick Cripps	0		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	0	0			Total:	191	2

	Rome Gladiators					Toronto Wolves
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Sam Docherty	0		0	D1	Alex Witherden	0		0
D2	Dan Houston	0		0	D2	Jack Buckley	0		0
D3	Nick Blakey	0		0	D3	Ryan Burton	0		0
D4	Liam Jones	0		0	D4	Tom Atkins	0		0
M1	Josh Kelly	0		0	M1	Tim Kelly	0		0
M2	Luke Parker	0		0	M2	Jai Newcombe	0		0
M3	Adam Treloar	0		0	M3	Jack Macrae	0		0
M4	James Worpel	0		0	M4	Dion Prestia	0		0
R1	Sam Draper	0		0	R1	Rowan Marshall	0		0
F1	Errol Gulden	0		0	F1	Joe Daniher	80		80
F2	Connor Rozee	0		0	F2	Isaac Heeney	0		0
F3	Dylan Moore	0		0	F3	Zac Fisher	0		0
F4	Kysaiah Pickett	0		0	F4	Josh Rachele	0		0
U1 (MID)	Miles Bergman	0		0	U1 (DEF FWD)	Liam Baker	0		0
U2 (MID)	Thomson Dow	0		0	U2 (MID FWD)	Marcus Windhager	0		0
E1 (MID)	Ned Long	0	0	0	E1 (DEF)	Jake Bowey	0	0	0
E2 (RUC)	Andrew Phillips	0	0	0	E2 (FWD)	Connor MacDonald	0	0	0
E3 (FWD)	Bailey Banfield	0	0	0	E3 (FWD)	Max King	0	0	0
E4 (DEF)	Alex Pearce	0	0	0	E4 (DEF)	James Borlase	0	0	0
CC	Dan Houston	0		0	C	Rowan Marshall	0		0
CC	Adam Treloar	0		0	VC	Jai Newcombe	0		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	0	0			Total:	80	1

Purple 77 · August 20, 2023, 10:53:37 AM

After Saturday

The end is nigh for Seoul, whilst Rome would be VERY nervous at the moment. Take a bow Roma

	Buenos Aires Armadillos					Seoul Magpies
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Jack Scrimshaw	0		0	D1	Steven May	0		0
D2	Braeden Campbell	72		72	D2	Will Day	0		0
D3	Nick Hind	101		101	D3	Elliot Yeo	0		0
D4	Nicholas Coffield	0	DNP	0	D4	Zach Tuohy	76		76
M1	Caleb Serong	0		0	M1	Clayton Oliver	0		0
M2	Darcy Parish	91		91	M2	Patrick Cripps	57		57
M3	Tom Green	119		119	M3	Hugh McCluggage	93		93
M4	Ollie Wines	0		0	M4	Patrick Dangerfield	27		27
R1	Reilly O'Brien	109		109	R1	Elijah Tsatas	53	0.5	27
F1	Mitchito Owens	68		68	F1	Charlie Curnow	127		127
F2	Toby Greene	70		70	F2	Wayne Milera	60		60
F3	Dustin Martin	158		158	F3	Bailey Humphrey	51		51
F4	Jack Ziebell	95		95	F4	Rhylee West	0		0
U1 (MID)	Jayden Short	92		92	U1 (MID)	Jack Crisp	98		98
U2 (MID)	Lachlan Ash	103		103	U2 (DEF MID)	Bailey Scott	96		96
E1 (MID)	Paddy Dow	99	0	0	E1 (DEF)	Samuel Collins	70	0	0
E2 (FWD)	Cameron Rayner	70	0	0	E2 (DEF)	Caleb Marchbank	63	0	0
E3 (FWD)	Will Hayward	58	0	0	E3 (FWD)	Toby McMullin	25	0	0
E4 (DEF FWD)	Aaron Francis	43		43	E4 (DEF)	Joshua Weddle	0	0	0
CC	Darcy Parish	91		46	CC	Clayton Oliver	0		0
CC	Tom Green	119		60	CC	Patrick Cripps	57		29
HA		0		0
		Total:	1227	12			Total:	741	10

	Rome Gladiators					Toronto Wolves
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Sam Docherty	64		64	D1	Alex Witherden	0		0
D2	Dan Houston	0		0	D2	Jack Buckley	69		69
D3	Nick Blakey	120		120	D3	Ryan Burton	0		0
D4	Liam Jones	0		0	D4	Tom Atkins	115		115
M1	Josh Kelly	100		100	M1	Tim Kelly	0		0
M2	Luke Parker	53		53	M2	Jai Newcombe	0		0
M3	Adam Treloar	0		0	M3	Jack Macrae	0		0
M4	James Worpel	0		0	M4	Dion Prestia	78		78
R1	Sam Draper	49		49	R1	Rowan Marshall	141		141
F1	Errol Gulden	109		109	F1	Joe Daniher	80		80
F2	Connor Rozee	0		0	F2	Isaac Heeney	120		120
F3	Dylan Moore	0		0	F3	Zac Fisher	96		96
F4	Kysaiah Pickett	0		0	F4	Josh Rachele	70		70
U1 (MID)	Miles Bergman	0		0	U1 (DEF FWD)	Liam Baker	54		54
U2 (MID)	Thomson Dow	59		59	U2 (MID FWD)	Marcus Windhager	84		84
E1 (MID)	Ned Long	0	0	0	E1 (DEF)	Jake Bowey	0	0	0
E2 (RUC)	Andrew Phillips	78	0	0	E2 (FWD)	Connor MacDonald	0	0	0
E3 (FWD)	Bailey Banfield	0	0	0	E3 (FWD)	Max King	114	0	0
E4 (DEF)	Alex Pearce	0	0	0	E4 (DEF)	James Borlase	64	0	0
CC	Dan Houston	0		0	C	Rowan Marshall	141		141
CC	Adam Treloar	0		0	VC	Jai Newcombe	0		0
HA		0		0
		Total:	554	7			Total:	1048	10

Purple 77 · August 20, 2023, 07:34:28 PM

Excuse the brevity of the incoming write-ups - gotta do some work tonight :(

Purple 77 · August 20, 2023, 07:43:44 PM

Armadillos roll the Magpies

A gassed Seoul were powerless in the presence of Dusty's Armadillos. It was essentially over when Danger posted just about 100 less points than he did last week. Congratulations to Buenos Aires for making consecutive Grand Finals!

Buenos Aires Armadillos (24.9.153) def Seoul Magpies (18.11.119)

Best
Buenos Aires: Nick Hind, Tom Green, Reilly O'Brien, Dustin Martin, Lachlan Ash
Seoul: Will Day, Charlie Curnow

Late Changes
Buenos Aires: Nicholas Coffield replaced by Aaron Francis
Seoul: Nil

WXV debut
Buenos Aires: Nil
Seoul: Nil

Club debut
Buenos Aires: Nil
Seoul: Nil

BUENOS AIRES progresses to the GRAND FINAL
SEOUL finishes 4th

DUSTIN MARTIN wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal