WXV: New Delhi Tigers

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Not gonna lie it feels pretty good owning two boys averaging 110+ for the first time in our time at NDT  ;D

Sidey at 116 has been a star as captain

and Conigs <3 at 113 is only just hitting his straps ;)


Certainly not something we're use to down at New Delhi


Toges if only you traded us Neale like you promised, my life would have been complete :P

[Toga]

Could definitely argue that you are a force already, my bad ;) Could be a season defining match come the end of the year!

Man do I know that feeling - Ward, Neale and Zorko going 110+ is the first time we've ever had that as well, makes a huge difference when you've got a captain you can rely on. Haha but Neale would've probably cost you one of those boys anyway ;)

[Purple 77]

OH! You guys think you're SOOO good with your numerous 110+ averaging players!

*say in condescending voice*

"Oh yes! Look at me! I'm improving! I've got good players! I smacked Berlin!"

WELL NO ONE CARES! - quote; Purps insecurity

:'(

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hahaha let us have our little moment Purps

That's all we ask






Oh and trade NDT Fyfe at the end of the year...

[Nige]

Would sure be nice to have players scoring 100s on a fairly consistent basis, let alone averaging in the 110s.  :(

[Toga]

hahaha let us have our little moment Purps

This! :P

Would sure be nice to have players scoring 100s on a fairly consistent basis, let alone averaging in the 110s.  :(

That's how we felt less than a year ago! So just need to do some work with the list and I'm sure you can get there ;)

[Purple 77]

ftr, I only have one :(

[Ricochet]

Jeremy Howe is also starting to make some noise

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20 intercept possessions for Jeremy Howe since Rnd 7 as a defender - ranked No.1 at @CollingwoodFC. #SCPod @gilbertgardiner @al_superfooty


108, 135 and 104 in those 3 weeks

[Purple 77]

Lol at Howe

"One of the reasons why I left Melbourne is because Collingwood have a defined role for me up forward"

You're a shower forward Howe. Given consistency, you're a pretty handy defender. But that makes me lol.

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Lol at Howe

"One of the reasons why I left Melbourne is because Collingwood have a defined role for me up forward"

You're a shower forward Howe. Given consistency, you're a pretty handy defender. But that makes me lol.

hahaha too good

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http://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/news/2016-05-25/martins-move-paying-dividends-for-suns

It was a move designed to bring one of Gold Coast's most gifted players into the action, and Jack Martin's switch to the backline has shown early signs of success.

Like many of his teammates, Martin was excellent in the unbeaten first three weeks, kicking nine goals and proving a perfect foil for spearhead Tom Lynch.

But as the SUNS began to lose, the young West Australian drifted out of games and began to lose touch in the forward line.

So when Adam Saad left with a hamstring injury late in the third quarter against GWS two weeks ago, coach Rodney Eade shifted Martin to half-back.

He wanted to get the 21-year-old more involved.

Eade persisted with him there against Adelaide last weekend, and Martin â€" playing primarily as a loose man - responded with 21 disposals and seven marks.

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Round 10

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New York Revolution	New Delhi Tigers	MetLife Stadium	2  v  2

PREVIEW:

A very New kind of feeling in this match which I have gonged my MATCH OF THE ROUND! The Revolution have been an impressive force this year; besting its peers, generally beating the teams below it comfortably but has seen a couple of disappointments in the form of a 3 point loss against a good team in Rio and a more convincing loss against another good team in Christchurch. There is a bit of Adelaide about the Revolution for me, they just have a good outlook about them and are generally considered to belong in the top 8. New Delhi have really asserted themselves of late in the form of two consecutive 150+ scores! Amongst their 4 wins, they comfortably beat teams ranked below them and bested two respected peers whilst their losses have come against the more established teams in the comp. In this regard, I liken them to Port Adelaide, but unlike Port Adelaide I'm more sure of them continuing this upward trajectory! My tip? A very tough match this one! But New York have been doing it for longer and I think they'll get over the line.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil



RESULT:

	New York Revolution					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Josh Gibson	123		123	D1	Daniel Rich	75		75
D2	Tom McDonald	99		99	D2	Jeremy Howe	125		125
D3	Scott D Thompson	75		75	D3	Tomas Bugg	72		72
D4	Shannon Hurn	60		60	D4	Sharrod Wellingham	62		62
M1	Mitch Duncan	108		108	M1	Steele Sidebottom	91		91
M2	Jordan Lewis	141		141	M2	Stephen Coniglio	95		95
M3	Stephen Hill	79		79	M3	Kieren Jack	120		120
M4	Shaun Grigg	106		106	M4	Mitch Wallis	67		67
R1	Kurt Tippett	79		79	R1	Stefan Martin	40		40
F1	Josh J Kennedy	146		146	F1	Jack Darling	91		91
F2	Jarrad Waite	53		53	F2	Jack Martin	86		86
F3	Isaac Heeney	50		50	F3	Jeremy Cameron	75		75
F4	James Harmes	55		55	F4	Ben Griffiths	72		72
U1 (MID )	Liam Picken	55		55	U1 (MID )	Tom Scully	83		83
U2 (RUC FWD)	Jonathon Griffin	87		87	U2 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	91		91
E1 (FWD )	Jack Redpath	73	DNP	0	E1 (MID )	Adam Oxley	49	DNP	0
E2 (DEF FWD)	Mitch W Brown	46	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Nathan Krakouer	64	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Jesse White	71	DNP	0	E3 (RUC FWD)	Trent West	24	DNP	0
CC	Mitch Duncan	108		54	C	Steele Sidebottom	91		91
CC	Josh J Kennedy	146		73	VC	Stephen Coniglio	95		0
HA	Isaac Heeney	50		50	HA		0		0
RP		0		0	RP		0		0
NR					NR	Jake Lloyd	111
		Total:	1493	15			Total:	1336	15

Revolution account for Tigers

Was an interesting match the whole way through, and the New York coaches would have you believe they were done and dusted from start to finish. An effective tactic to get into the Tigers heads? Maybe, maybe...

New York Revolution (23.11.149) def New Delhi Tigers (21.8.134)


Best
5. Jeremy Howe
4. Kieren Jack
3. Jack Darling
2. Stephen Coniglio
1. Jack Martin


Reserves
Washington Rebellion (14.7.91) lost to Mumbai Elephants (18.11.119)

Best
Mumbai: Jake Lloyd, Nicholas Robertson, Simon White

Team of the Week

Probably the most interesting team of the week yet if you ask me. While a number of the faces in the team of the week are those we've seen before, the highlight is that not a single player from neither Mexico City nor Dublin made the team. Another amazing point is that Holz still managed coach of the week... but only just! 9 more points and it would have gone to New York's co-coaches or 12 more points and it would have gone to Buenos Aires' coaching duo in Vinny and iZander! Tom Mitchell's big score sees him don the armband, while World favourite (unless you're Holz/Dublin) Max Gawn is his vice.

D: Jeremy Howe (New Delhi), Josh Gibson (New York), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Jarrad McVeigh (Christchurch)
M: Tom Mitchell [c] (Pacific), Josh P Kennedy (Cape Town), David Armitage (Moscow), Gary Ablett Jr (Rio)
R: Max Gawn [vc] (Berlin)
F: Josh J Kennedy (New York), Chad Wingard (PNL), Justin Westhoff (PNL), Taylor Walker (Toronto)
I: Jordan Lewis (New York), Bryce Gibbs (Christchurch)

Coach: Holz (Dublin)

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B&F Leaderboard - Round 10 update

Well a few changes over the last 5 weeks
Jeremy Howe and Stephen Conigs the big movers, both polling 12 votes over the last 4 weeks
We also have a new leader with Conigs jumping 6 votes clear of Sidebottom and Rich

20. Stephen Coniglio
14. Steele Sidebottom
14. Daniel Rich
12. Jeremy Howe
12. Tom Scully
12. Stefan Martin
12. Thomas Bugg
11. Kieren Jack
10. Jack Darling
9. Phil Davis
9. Jack Martin
5. Sebastian Ross
5. Jeremy Cameron
4. Mitch Wallis
1. Travis Cloke

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Round 11

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	Moscow Spetsnaz	Tata Stadium, EurAsia	0  v  4

PREVIEW:

There is no arguing that these Tigers are a vastly different unit to what they were last year. I mean, if they lost the remainder of their games this year, the season could still be marked down as a huge success. Despite being 12th on the ladder, the Tigers are the 5th highest scoring team so far this year! Wow! Moscow in that regard, seem to be the complete opposite; sitting 9th on the ladder (when you consider their outs, that's god damn impressive) but 15th on the points ladder. The Spetsnaz though have really turned up in the last two weeks with scores of 136 & 142 and if they post a score in that vicinity again, then you'd give them a chance to upset the Tigers... despite being above them on the ladder. Moscow would have beaten the Tigers last week, but I reckon New Delhi will respond to their recent loss and account for the Spetsnaz.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					Moscow Spetsnaz
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Daniel Rich	78		78	D1	Sam Docherty	79		79
D2	Jeremy Howe	102		102	D2	Paul Seedsman	101		101
D3	Tomas Bugg	56		56	D3	Nick Vlastuin	28	DNP	0
D4	Sharrod Wellingham	52		52	D4	Steven May	57		57
M1	Steele Sidebottom	95		95	M1	David Armitage	82		82
M2	Stephen Coniglio	66		66	M2	Robbie Gray	89		89
M3	Kieren Jack	103		103	M3	Ryan Bastinac	98		98
M4	Mitch Wallis	95		95	M4	Levi Greenwood	70		70
R1	Stefan Martin	69		69	R1	Nic Naitanui	71		71
F1	Jack Darling	83		83	F1	Jesse Hogan	58		58
F2	Jack Martin	50		50	F2	Joe Daniher	61		61
F3	Jeremy Cameron	22		22	F3	Tom Bell	31		31
F4	Travis Cloke	62		62	F4	Tyrone Vickery	59		59
U1 (MID )	Tom Scully	80		80	U1 (DEF )	James Frawley	68		68
U2 (MID )	Jake Lloyd	74		74	U2 (FWD )	Wayne Milera	70		70
E1 (MID )	Adam Oxley	42	DNP	0	E1 (FWD )	Hayden Ballantyne	93		93
E2 (DEF )	Phil Davis	67	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Tom Lee	0	DNP	0
E3 (RUC FWD)	Trent West	56	DNP	0	E3 (MID FWD)	Jack Sinclair	0	DNP	0
C	Steele Sidebottom	95		95	CC	Sam Docherty	79		40
VC	Stephen Coniglio	66		0	CC	Nic Naitanui	71		36
HA	Jeremy Cameron	22		22	HA		0		0
RP	Jake Lloyd	74		8	RP		0		0
NR	Sebastian Ross	71			NR
		Total:	1212	15			Total:	1163	15

Spetsnaz Guns Misfire as Tigers Claim Gritty Victory

Moscow simply didn't have enough quality scores from its players, whereas New Delhi only had one more, which was the difference in the end. New Delhi should be feeling lucky with the win. However, the Elephants absolutely massacred the Wolverines! Wow!

New Delhi Tigers (19.7.121) def Moscow Spetsnaz (18.8.116)


Best
5. Jeremy Howe
4. Kieren Jack
3. Jack Darling
2. Steele Sidebottom
1. Mitch Wallis


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (26.10.166) def Siberian Wolverines (0.6.6)

Best
Mumbai: Matt Crouch, Sebastian Ross, Jarman Impey, Simon White

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Round 12

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	Cape Town Cobras	Nepal	1  v  3

PREVIEW:

The Tigers got luck last week; winning with the 3rd lowest score of the week. But to be fair, they were probably due for a bit of luck when you consider were they have come from... luck turns with form I guess! The Tigers sit 10th and just a game and a bit of percentage outside the eight, and when you consider that they finished in the bottom 6 last year and will hence play those teams in the final 5 weeks... then they're every chance to make the finals! Cape Town have had a really solid past 3 weeks with scores of 141, 132 and 144 despite losing their last two matches. For a currently bottom 4 team, they're not that bad are they? It's a tough, tough comp this year and although only with 3 wins, the Cobras present a danger game for all of its opponents. Cape Town would have beaten New Delhi last week, but I expect the Tigers to respond to their down game and account for the Cobras.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					Cape Town Cobras
POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Team Format: Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Daniel Rich	96		96	D1	Brodie Smith	68		68
D2	Phil Davis	78		78	D2	Shane Savage	97		97
D3	Tomas Bugg	71		71	D3	Matt Dea	94		94
D4	Sharrod Wellingham	40		40	D4	Luke McDonald	75		75
M1	Steele Sidebottom	80		80	M1	Josh P Kennedy	99		99
M2	Stephen Coniglio	108		108	M2	Lachie Hunter	63		63
M3	Kieren Jack	61		61	M3	Dion Prestia	84		84
M4	Mitch Wallis	96		96	M4	Dom Tyson	121		121
R1	Stefan Martin	56		56	R1	Mark Blicavs	82		82
F1	Jack Darling	74		74	F1	Craig Bird	63		63
F2	Jack Martin	45		45	F2	Touk Miller	38		38
F3	Jeremy Cameron	53		53	F3	Gary Rohan	45		45
F4	Jeremy Howe	71		71	F4	Dean Kent	119		119
U1 (MID )	Tom Scully	93		93	U1 (MID )	Darcy Parish	76		76
U2 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	99		99	U2 (MID )	Blake Acres	75		75
E1 (MID )	Jake Lloyd	58	DNP	0	E1 (MID )	Callum Mills	74	DNP	0
E2 (RUC FWD)	Zachary Clarke	42	DNP	0	E2 (FWD )	Peter Wright	62	DNP	0
E3 (DEF )	Darcy Tucker	71	DNP	0	E3 (DEF )	Trent McKenzie	57	DNP	0
C	Steele Sidebottom	80		80	C	Josh P Kennedy	99		99
VC	Stephen Coniglio	108		0	VC	Lachie Hunter	63		0
HA	Sharrod Wellingham	40		40	HA		0		0
RP	Sebastian Ross	99		10	RP		0		0
NR					NR
		Total:	1251	15			Total:	1298	15

Cobra Strike at the Death

Now that was impressive! Faced with under-the-odds chances in the last stretch of the game against quality NDT opposition, young Cobras Dom Tyson (121) and Dean Kent (119) each pulled out truly special performances to get the Cobras over the line! This was a great win for Cape Town, and a really deflating loss for the Tigers.

New Delhi Tigers (19.11.125) lost to Cape Town Cobras (20.10.130)


Best
5. Stephen Coniglio
4. Daniel Rich
3. Sebastian Ross
2. Mitch Wallis
1. Tom Scully


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (27.8.170) def Durban Pirates (19.7.121)

Best
Mumbai: Matt Crouch, Liam Sumner, Nathan Krakouer, Ben Griffiths, Darcy Tucker