WXV: Berlin Brewers

[Purple 77]

Round 2 Review

Rhineland maintain their top 4 spot in impressive fashion, whereas Berlin put out a disappointing coach where coach Purple 77 thought "We had squandered a great chance to beat a premiership fancy,"

[ossie85]

Go Rhineland! Bit improvement from the week before!

+10

[Purple 77]

Round 3 Review

Although we lost, a might performance from the Brewers drew praise from the Coach, and Rhineland continue their undefeated start to the season, currently sitting 2nd!

[Purple 77]

Round 4 Review

Berlin post the 4th highest score of the week, coming from posting the 3rd highest last week, and Rhineland break the club record for highest reserves score to remain 2nd in the competition.

[roo boys!]

No storm brewing this week? Haha

Honestly the Brewers are looking really good this year, bit of a surprise packet along with London?

[ossie85]

No storm brewing this week? Haha

Honestly the Brewers are looking really good this year, bit of a surprise packet along with London?

And New York! Great read btw

[Purple 77]

No storm brewing this week? Haha

Honestly the Brewers are looking really good this year, bit of a surprise packet along with London?

And New York! Great read btw

Cheers guys

Truth be told, am a little surprised myself. But really I shouldn't be when I look at my team, it's a lot better than last year IMO, still, didn't see two 1500+ scores in a row that is for sure

[roo boys!]

No storm brewing this week? Haha

Honestly the Brewers are looking really good this year, bit of a surprise packet along with London?

And New York! Great read btw

New York not too much of a surprise to me given their trading, not saying that London and Berlin didn't trade well, I believe they did and as Purps said his team's looking considerably stronger than this time last year. It's just looking at New York's team listed for Rd1 I sensed they'd be right up there this year. Thank god Ryder will be back for my clash with Alex haha

[Purple 77]

Round 5 Review

Berlin post their 3rd win for the season, putting them up to 6th position on the Ladder, and Rhineland continue to dominant reserves to be one of the two undefeated teams in the competition.

[Purple 77]

The media went to enter the Berlin Brewers HQ for the weekly interview, only to find that the gates have been padlocked shut. A security guard came out and said

"This is the last place you, or anyone else would wanna be right now guys, no conferences today."

One begins to think from this reaction, that there is up to fifteen players being yelled at, told home truths, hurting... and sweating.

[Purple 77]

Have caught up with the Match Reviews, having been busy in the last couple of weeks.

Round 6, Round 7 and Round 8 Reviews

Major Points to take out of 3 the week period

Berlin register there worst score since Round 9 last year in a squandered chance to win against the Royals

Berlin show worst, average and excellent form

Rhineland lose their only two games for the year, the second in a top of the table clash against Alexandria

Jack Steven becomes the first Brewer to make the WXV team of the week, also scoring the highest score for the Brewers in 2013

Lachlan Henderson scores his only career WXV centuries in every match

Jack Grimes goes down with a 6-8 week injury

[Purple 77]

Thought I'd catch up with some Match Reviews, oh the things you do when you don't want to study haha.

Round 9, Round 10 and Round 11 Reviews

Major Points to take out of 3 the week period

Berlin go 2-1, with a easy win over Wellington, a respectable loss against the dominant Armadillos and a thrilling one point win over New York.

Rhineland go undefeated, having a firm grasp in the top four.

No debutants, as Berlin go to form their core XV, however with Reece Conca making a much welcome return and Jack Grimes still out injured

Lance Franklin stripped of captaincy as he gets given time to find form without leadership pressures

Michael Hibberd and Matthew Stokes represent Berlin in the EurAsia team facing the AAP Alliance, with Lance Franklin an emergency

[Purple 77]

The weeks don't slow down do they! Have finished writing another 3 weeks worth of reviews:

Round 12, Round 13 and Round 14 Reviews

Major Points to take out of 3 the week period

Berlin go 1-2, an expected result heading into the period, but the game lost against Mexico was "an opportunity gone begging" - coach Purple 77

Rhineland go undefeated once again, stuck on 2nd position with Alexandria whom have a superior percentage.

Jack Grimes makes a more than welcome return to the Seniors! But Hibberd has taken his D1 spot while he was out, will he regain it?

Berlin at the fringe of the top 8, probably having to win against all three of Toronto, Seoul and Beijing to have a serious shot at the finals

Daniel Jackson and Lachie Henderson feature in Team of the Week

[ossie85]

Great reading as per usual

[Purple 77]

Have now reviewed the Home and Away season, albeit 3 weeks late  :P

Round 15, Round 16 and Round 17 Reviews

Major Points to take out of 3 the week period

Berlin go 3-0, with an amazing and crucial win against the Toronto Wolves led by an mammoth Captain score by Jack Steven (161)

Subsequently, Jack Steven was awarded the Vice-Captaincy in TOTW

The following wins against Seoul and Beijing qualified the Brewers for the finals, finishing 7th!

Berlin go from 5-12 at 16th last year to 10-7 at 7th in 2013

Brad Crouch excites supporters with 3 straight centuries (100, 101 and 104)!

Berlin end the Home and Away season with the title of most defensive team of the year, with the least points scored against them than any other team