WXV: New Delhi Tigers

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2017 Round 04

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	Buenos Aires Armadillos	Wipro Stadium	2  v  4

PREVIEW:

Yeah. Look, I liked it when I wasn’t intimidated by New Delhi, back in the day. They unsettle me now, given they just cracked back-to-back 160+ scores. Taking down Rio & Pacific in the process are great scalps and their draw opens up a little from now on, but they’ll have to handle the tag of favourites; something they probably haven’t experienced much until now. Buenos Aires will need to call on its 3 centurions this year (I’ll stop bringing it up when I lose count Vinzander :P) and then some to even compete with a bad Tiger day at this rate. The Dillos might not get a good chance at a win until Round 7, with the Tigers, Rio and Dublin marking an intimidating upcoming trio. If you win any of these games, I’ll exempt you from any negative previews, reviews or general comments for the rest of the year. So with my caps lock still set to SAVAGE, I’ll be tipping the Tigers here.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					Buenos Aires Armadillos
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Bachar Houli	89		89	D1	Easton Wood	31		31
D2	Jeremy Howe	130		130	D2	Marcus Adams	82		82
D3	Hamish Hartlett	67		67	D3	Zach Tuohy	96		96
D4	Jake Lloyd	98		98	D4	Shaun Atley	58		58
M1	Steele Sidebottom	64		64	M1	Travis Boak	90		90
M2	Marc Murphy	123		123	M2	Ed Curnow	86		86
M3	Matt Crouch	78		78	M3	Darcy Parish	54		54
M4	Jack Ziebell	86		86	M4	Trent Dumont	87		87
R1	Stefan Martin	131		131	R1	Rohan Bewick	74	0.5	37
F1	Jeremy Cameron	86		86	F1	Cale Hooker	40		40
F2	Travis Cloke	65		65	F2	Isaac Smith	82		82
F3	Jack Martin	110		110	F3	Jamie Elliott	28		28
F4	Riley Knight	70		70	F4	Taylor Walker	142		142
U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	100		100	U1 (DEF MID)	Jarrod Berry	29		29
U2 (MID )	Daniel Rich	137		137	U2 (MID FWD)	Oliver Florent	43		43
E1 (DEF )	Nick Vlastuin	82	DNP	0	E1 (FWD )	Lindsay Thomas	44	DNP	0
E2 (MID FWD)	Harley Balic	73	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Jesse Joyce	56	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Paddy McCartin	0	DNP	0	E3 (DEF )	Jack Leslie	55	DNP	0
C	Marc Murphy	123		123	C	Travis Boak	90		90
VC	Steele Sidebottom	64		0	VC	Ed Curnow	86		0
HA	Steele Sidebottom	64		64	RP		0		0
RP		0		0	NR
NR	Robbie Gray	69
		Total:	1621	15			Total:	1075	15

https://youtu.be/qQ6wSei-NJU?t=60

Yep, I'm there. New Delhi are the premiership favourites.

New Delhi Tigers (26.6.162) def Buenos Aires Armadillos (17.6.108)

Best
5. Stef Martin
4. Jeremy Howe
3. Daniel Rich
2. Marc Murphy
1. Jack Martin


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (22.8.140) def La Plata Armada (10.9.69)

Best
Mumbai: Aaron Mullett, Harley Balic, Nick Vlastuin, Phil Davis

Team of the Week

We can't go on without mentioning first mention the good looking roosters that found themselves as coach(es) of the week, but now on to the team itself! Three of their finest made the team, two defensive stalwarts - Roberton and McGovern, and the best ruck in the competition Shane Mumford keeps his spot on the throne. In other news, forwards were very good this week, especially a duo from Seoul by the name of TJ Lynch and Brandon Matera while Luke Hodge and Taylor Walker were shining lights for their teams who have thus far have indifferent years.

D: Jeremy Howe (New Delhi), Dylan Roberton (Cairo), Luke Hodge (PNL), Jeremy McGovern (Cairo)
M: Tom Rockliff [c] (Mexico City), Lachie Neale (Beijing), Daniel Rich (New Delhi), Shaun Grigg (Rio)
R: Shane Mumford (Cairo)
F: Tom J Lynch [vc] (Seoul), Brandon Matera (Seoul), Eddie Betts (Mexico City), Luke Dahlhaus (Tokyo)
I: Taylor Walker (Buenos Aires), Elliott Yeo (Rio)

Coach(es): Nige and MajorLazer

[Nige]

Not a bad round that one.  :P

[Ricochet]

Not a bad round that one.  :P

And a very impartial review too haha

[RaisyDaisy]

Geeez you're going to do this for every round? Wowser! Looks very time consuming Haha

[Purple 77]

Jeez I churn out some good content  8) :P

[Ricochet]

Geeez you're going to do this for every round? Wowser! Looks very time consuming Haha

Nah just a bit of copy and paste. Nowhere near as much effort doing full writeups like Purps and Nige do

[Ricochet]

Jeez I churn out some good content  8) :P

I'm liking the early previews from this year :P

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2017 Round 05

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	Beijing Thunder	Neutral, Sydney Cricket Ground, EurAsia, Asia, Billions Cup	3  v  2

PREVIEW:

With their third consecutive 160+ score, I here declare that Dublin is no longer the premiership favourites. Instead, it’s the team that scored three consecutive 90+ scores about this time two years ago. With two 100+ averaging defenders to go along with a 120+ averaging ruck and a 135+ averaging midfielder, this team just looks so, solid! 10 players are averaging more than 90, and another 13 averaging more than 63. They have the list to do it, it’s now just a matter of timing. Meanwhile at Beijing, I dare say no other club has suffered as many painful losses as the Thunder so far this year. With that 157 against Mexico City aside, the Thunder have posted three just average scores to get oh so close to a down New York & Pacific sides, as well as Cape Town in Round 1. These were teams that, had the Thunder beaten, would have made the rest of the year a lot easier. Instead, Beijing will have to grit their teeth and push through, starting with the form team of the competition. Although I’m tipping the Tigers, they are due to come back down.

Late Changes
Nick Vlastuin & Travis Cloke replaced by Aaron Mullett & Nakia Cockatoo

WXV Debut
Nakia Cockatoo

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					Beijing Thunder
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Bachar Houli	87		87	D1	Sharrod Wellingham	63		63
D2	Jeremy Howe	108		108	D2	Sam Mayes	92		92
D3	Jake Lloyd	84		84	D3	Jayden Hunt	99		99
D4	Nick Vlastuin	0	DNP	0	D4	Jackson Thurlow	53		53
M1	Steele Sidebottom	81		81	M1	Dayne Zorko	121		121
M2	Marc Murphy	69		69	M2	Ollie Wines	122		122
M3	Robbie Gray	139		139	M3	Callan Ward	100		100
M4	Matt Crouch	124		124	M4	Lachie Neale	119		119
R1	Stefan Martin	107		107	R1	Brodie Grundy	71		71
F1	Jeremy Cameron	139		139	F1	Josh Caddy	69		69
F2	Travis Cloke	0	DNP	0	F2	Christian Petracca	64		64
F3	Jack Martin	64		64	F3	Bradley Hill	85		85
F4	Riley Knight	70		70	F4	Dan Butler	64		64
U1 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	58		58	U1 (MID )	Brandon Ellis	62		62
U2 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	123		123	U2 (MID )	Jared Polec	101		101
E1 (DEF )	Aaron Mullett	82		82	E1 (DEF MID)	Daniel Howe	42	DNP	0
E2 (MID )	Darcy Tucker	57	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Harry Taylor	52	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Nakia Cockatoo	71		71	E3 (FWD )	Aaron Black	101	DNP	0
C	Steele Sidebottom	81		81	C	Dayne Zorko	121		121
VC	Marc Murphy	69		0	VC	Ollie Wines	122		0
RP	Robbie Gray	139		14	RP		0		0
NR	Daniel Rich	65			NR
		Total:	1501	15			Total:	1406	15

New Delhi temper Asian Thunder

*whistles*, look at all those midfielders tonning up. This was a ripper of a game and Beijing did well to set the challenge to New Delhi for almost the whole game, but late slip-ups from Petracca, Butler and Caddy gave New Delhi the sniff they needed. A great win for New Delhi in a great game, another disappointing/honourable loss for the Thunder.

New Delhi Tigers (24.6.150) def Beijing Thunder (22.9.141)

Best
5. Jeremy Cameron
4. Robbie Gray
3. Matt Crouch
2. Seb Ross
1. Jeremy Howe


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (16.9.105) lost to Shanghai Storm (23.8.146)

Best
Mumbai: Ed Langdon, Phil Davis

Team of the Week

D: Rory Laird (Pacific), Marcus Adams (Buenos Aires), Dylan Roberton (Cairo), Zach Tuohy (Buenos Aires)
M: Joel Selwood [c] (New York), Adam Treloar [vc] (Dublin), Rory Sloane (Dublin), Robbie Gray (New Delhi)
R: Toby Nankervis (Cape Town)
F: Jeremy Cameron (New Delhi), Jack Riewoldt (Dublin), Luke Dahlhaus (Tokyo), Toby Greene (Seoul)
I: Tom Mitchell (Pacific), Shane Mumford (Cairo)

Coach: Holz (Dublin)

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2017 B&F Leaderboard - Round 5 update

Marc started off the season with a bang! 16 votes in the first 5 rounds and a handy 4 vote lead early.
Stef also managed to grab votes early


16 - Marc Murphy
12 - Stef Martin
9 - Robbie Gray
8 - Jeremy Howe
6 - Jeremy Cameron
5 - Jack Martin
5 - Matt Crouch
4 - Steele Sidebottom
3 - Daniel Rich
2 - Jake Lloyd
2 - Jack Ziebell
2 - Seb Ross
1 - Bachar Houli

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2017 Round 06

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	Berlin Brewers	Tata Stadium, EurAsia	1  v  4

PREVIEW:

Oh jeez. Just flowering look at New Delhi’s past month: 161, 166, 162 and 150. I mean, what else can I say? Last week I guess was a good win against a challenging opponent, but that’d be the third opponent that has scored in the 140-150 range that New Delhi has accounted for. The only blemish, and concern for the Tigers is the Round 1 performance against Dublin to which it choked and won’t be able to rectify until September. I’ll point out that New Delhi has HGA here, and that it in all my time coaching Berlin in... flower, my 96th game as coach, that the Brewers will have an OOP ruck. It flowering disgusts me that this flowering game flowers me over and every flowering opportunity it flowering gets... *sigh*. I just want a premiership, you know? Something to show for the 95 games I’ve coached? You know how depressing it is to make fun of New Delhi only two years ago only for them to come across a shoot right by you? Well, joke’s on me I guess! Can’t tip against the Tigers here.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					Berlin Brewers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Flood	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Bachar Houli	77		77	D1	Michael Hibberd	90		90
D2	Jeremy Howe	70		70	D2	Andrew Mackie	77		77
D3	Hamish Hartlett	96		96	D3	Zak Jones	93		93
D4	Jake Lloyd	100		100	D4	Jamie MacMillan	69		69
M1	Steele Sidebottom	64		64	D5	Shaun Burgoyne	74		74
M2	Marc Murphy	88		88	M1	Nat Fyfe	62		62
M3	Robbie Gray	111		111	M2	Tom Liberatore	65		65
M4	Matt Crouch	111		111	M3	Jack Viney	98		98
R1	Stefan Martin	68		68	M4	Jack Steven	107		107
F1	Jeremy Cameron	56		56	R1	Sam Frost	71	0.5	36
F2	Jack Darling	96		96	F1	Lance Franklin	82		82
F3	Jack Martin	63		63	F2	Charlie Dixon	151		151
F4	Nakia Cockatoo	55		55	F3	Michael Walters	28		28
U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	105		105	U1 (MID )	Jobe Watson	54		54
U2 (MID )	Daniel Rich	93		93	U2 (DEF )	Michael Johnson	106		106
E1 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	103	DNP	0	E1 (FWD )	Steve Johnson	48	DNP	0
E2 (DEF )	Nick Vlastuin	39	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Darcy Byrne-Jones	31	DNP	0
E3 (DEF )	Aaron Mullett	93	DNP	0	E3 (DEF )	Dylan Grimes	43	DNP	0
C	Robbie Gray	111		111	C	Nat Fyfe	62		62
VC	Steele Sidebottom	64		0	VC	Jack Steven	107		0
HA	Nakia Cockatoo	55		55	RP	Michael Hibberd	90		9
RP	Daniel Rich	93		10	NR	Mark LeCras	89
NR
		Total:	1429	15			Total:	1263	15

Tigers too Tough

flower me I'm so annoyed at flowering Gawn & Spencer & Fyfe... Tigers off game still accounts for 72% of the comp this week.

New Delhi Tigers (22.11.143) def Berlin Brewers (20.6.126)

Best
5. Matt Crouch
4. Robbie Gray
3. Jake Lloyd
2. Seb Ross
1. Jack Darling


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (20.10.130) def Rhineland Rum-Runners (7.9.51)

Best
Mumbai: Aaron Mullett, Ed Langdon, Harley Balic, Jack Ziebell

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2017 Round 07

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Moscow Spetsnaz	New Delhi Tigers	Luzhniki Stadium, EurAsia	4  v  1

PREVIEW:

It's been a rough year for Moscow, they're just not able to put competitive scores on the board in the absence of key members. They do have a win to their name, but it's hard to imagine they'll be adding to that this week. However, you can expect them to continue to blood the youth and potentially aim to have another one of their youngsters get a rising star nomination. In their way of the second of this season stands New Delhi, the highest scoring team of the year. Although, it should be noted that they have been sliding in scoring output since Round 3. Did they spend all their tickets too early, or are they just lulling the opposition into a sense that they're beatable when the Tigers juggernaut is actually ready to roll on full stem ahead? This matchup has the potential to get real ugly, so look away if you're a Russian national.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	Moscow Spetsnaz					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Sam Docherty	103		103	D1	Bachar Houli	103		103
D2	Steven May	112		112	D2	Jeremy Howe	60		60
D3	Daniel Talia	104		104	D3	Hamish Hartlett	77		77
D4	Thomas Barrass	95		95	D4	Jake Lloyd	106		106
M1	Stephen Coniglio	101		101	M1	Steele Sidebottom	72		72
M2	Dyson Heppell	103		103	M2	Marc Murphy	118		118
M3	Jack Crisp	40		40	M3	Robbie Gray	30		30
M4	Jaeger O'Meara	0	DNP	0	M4	Matt Crouch	97		97
R1	Eric Hipwood	11		11	R1	Stefan Martin	93		93
F1	Jesse Hogan	88		88	F1	Jeremy Cameron	91		91
F2	Darcy Moore	23		23	F2	Jack Darling	68		68
F3	Joe Daniher	114		114	F3	Jack Martin	62		62
F4	Tim Taranto	66		66	F4	Nakia Cockatoo	48		48
U1 (MID FWD)	Levi Greenwood	89		89	U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	111		111
U2 (DEF FWD)	Ryan Burton	112		112	U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	91		91
E1 (DEF )	Lynden Dunn	68		68	E1 (MID )	Daniel Rich	66	DNP	0
E2 (MID )	Tomas Bugg	56	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Nick Vlastuin	44	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Jarman Impey	75	DNP	0	E3 (MID FWD)	Harley Balic	41	DNP	0
CC	Stephen Coniglio	101		51	C	Steele Sidebottom	72		72
CC	Dyson Heppell	103		52	VC	Robbie Gray	30		0
HA	Darcy Moore	23		23	RP		0		0
RP	Levi Greenwood	89		9	NR
NR
		Total:	1364	15			Total:	1299	15

Coniglio's Revenge

flowering, wow. This is the upset of the season, and boy, would it feel sweet for the men at Moscow, whom attracted a little bit of controversy in a trade that centered around Gary (30) for Coniglio (101). Despite JOM being a late withdrawal, the rest of the team (maybe except Hipwood) came to the party in Moscow's best win since, I dunno, one in 2015.

I love this game.

Moscow Spetsnaz (21.10.136) def New Delhi Tigers (20.10.130)

Best
5. Marc Murphy
4. Jake Lloyd
3. Seb Ross
2. Bachar Houli
1. Matt Crouch


Reserves
Siberian Wolverines (29.6.180) def Mumbai Elephants (18.9.117)

Best
Mumbai: Phil Davis

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2017 Round 08

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	Christchurch Saints	Tata Stadium	0  v  2

PREVIEW:

The Tigers dropped a game that the bookies probably didn’t even bother opening a market for. That loss will hurt more the longer the season pans out and the placing competition in the top 4 heats up. Just as well basically the rest of the top 8 lost hey? Anyway, the Tigers have been the dominant team that unexpectedly slipped up last week and this regard, the Adelaide comparison is obvious. Their opponents this week have been trending upwards since Round 5 and dare I say, have finally woken up! The Saints have hit 140+ two weeks in a row now as their golden oldies return from injury, but it’s nice to know guys like Petrevski-Seton are helping too! But more performance like that from Jarrad Waite and he won’t have too. The Saints are team that are waking up from the lows of last year and the start of this one, and in this regard I liken them to the Dockers. Who would I tip out of Adelaide v Freo at Adelaide Oval with the Crows coming off a bad loss? RIP Christchurch (and Melbourne).

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					Christchurch Saints
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Attack	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Bachar Houli	65		65	D1	Leigh Montagna	75		75
D2	Jeremy Howe	91		91	D2	Nathan Wilson	99		99
D3	Hamish Hartlett	51		51	D3	Jarrad McVeigh	56		56
D4	Jake Lloyd	101		101	M1	Connor Blakely	103		103
M1	Steele Sidebottom	91		91	M2	Sam Petrevski-Seton	59		59
M2	Marc Murphy	108		108	M3	Brayden Fiorini	74		74
M3	Robbie Gray	76		76	M4	Chris Masten	103		103
M4	Matt Crouch	79		79	R1	Aaron Sandilands	104		104
R1	Stefan Martin	125		125	F1	Tom Boyd	51		51
F1	Jeremy Cameron	119		119	F2	Jack Steele	114		114
F2	Jack Darling	61		61	F3	Toby McLean	73		73
F3	Jack Martin	41		41	F4	Clay Smith	55		55
F4	Nakia Cockatoo	63		63	F5	Shaun Higgins	89		89
U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	129		129	U1 (MID )	Bryce Gibbs	115		115
U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	93		93	U2 (MID )	Daniel Wells	71		71
E1 (MID )	Daniel Rich	82	DNP	0	E1 (FWD )	Will Hoskin-Elliott	75	DNP	0
E2 (MID FWD)	Ed Langdon	78	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Alex Silvagni	87	DNP	0
E3 (DEF )	Phil Davis	70	DNP	0	E3 (FWD )	Ryan Lester	97	DNP	0
C	Marc Murphy	108		108	C	Aaron Sandilands	104		104
VC	Stefan Martin	125		0	VC	Bryce Gibbs	115		0
HA	Jack Martin	41		41	RP	Chris Masten	103		11
RP		0		0	NR	Sam Mitchell	103
NR
		Total:	1442	15			Total:	1356	15

Tigers ignore Saints Sermon

The Saints did well to stick with New Delhi for as long as they did, but they needed more from their western bulldogs to contend with the depth of the Tigers.

New Delhi Tigers (23.6.144) def Christchurch Saints (21.10.136)

Best
5. Stef Martin
4. Seb Ross
3. Jeremy Cameron
2. Marc Murphy
1. Jake Lloyd


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (13.9.87) lost to Wellington Weta (24.9.153)

Best
Mumbai: Daniel Rich, Ed Langdon, Phil Davis

Team of the Week

D: Nic Newman [vc] (Mexico City), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Michael Hurley (Pacific), Rory Laird (Pacific)
M: Patrick Cripps [c] (Rio), Tom Rockliff (Mexico City), Josh Kelly (Seoul), Clayton Oliver (Seoul)
R: Sam Jacobs (Rio)
F: Isaac Heeney (New York), Christian Petracca (Beijing), Jeremy Cameron (New Delhi), Caleb Daniel (Seoul)
I: Zach Merrett (PNL), Jack Billings (PNL)

Coach: Hellopplz & DazBurg (PNL)

[Ricochet]

2017 Round 09

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Pyongyang Chollimas	Mumbai Elephants	Seoul World Cup Stadium, EurAsia, Asia	1  v  4

PREVIEW:

Pyongyang will welcome at least one Magpie this week with the return of Toby Greene likely to send Myers or Weller to a team that could do with their help. Sitting 7th from 8th in the points ladder, the Chollimas are in a nice position to make the finals and have already displayed their scoring power from 4 consecutive tons in Rounds 3-6. Two sub 60 scores in the past two weeks is not the form they want to have entering into this match, facing the might of Mumbai. The Elephants mirror the Tigers as the number 1 scoring team of the comp and, really, there isn’t a better position India could be. The opposite is true for their financial position, though, with the salary cap sure to hit hard come the end of the year. But that’s future Ricophants problem. Right now, Mumbai need to address at how they’ve managed to fall down to 6th in the ladder. They’ve lost 3 of the past 4 matches where their opponent has scored 146, 180 and 153. Damn haha, that’s unlucky. I’m not willing to bet that will happen again this week, so I’ll back MUMBAI!

Late Changes
Nakia Cockatoo subbed out for Travis Cloke

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	Seoul Magpies					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Christian Salem	46		46	F3	Jack Martin	56		56
D2	Caleb Marchbank	61		61	M1	Steele Sidebottom	100		100
D3	Kamdyn McIntosh	58		58	E2	Daniel Rich	118	DNP	0
D4	Taylor Duryea	58		58	R1	Stefan Martin	107		107
M1	Patrick Dangerfield	151		151	U2	Jack Ziebell	95		95
M2	Clayton Oliver	91		91	F4	Nakia Cockatoo	14	DNP	0
M3	Josh Kelly	101		101	D1	Bachar Houli	88		88
M4	Lachie Whitfield	93		93	D2	Jeremy Howe	105		105
R1	Ben McEvoy	96		96	M3	Robbie Gray	44		44
F1	Tom J Lynch	92		92	E3	Travis Cloke	54		54
F2	Toby Greene	70		70	U1	Sebastian Ross	112		112
F3	Caleb Daniel	80		80	M2	Marc Murphy	123		123
F4	Brandon Matera	78		78	F1	Jeremy Cameron	105		105
U1 (MID )	Liam Shiels	95		95	D3	Hamish Hartlett	116		116
U2 (MID )	David Myers	60		60	E1	Aaron Mullett	61	DNP	0
E1 (FWD )	Lachie Weller	92	DNP	0	D4	Jake Lloyd	110		110
E2 (FWD )	Cam McCarthy	61	DNP	0	M4	Matt Crouch	88		88
E3 (DEF )	Scott D Thompson	80	DNP	0	F2	Jack Darling	76		76
C	Patrick Dangerfield	151		151	C	Steele Sidebottom	100		100
VC	Clayton Oliver	91		0	VC	Stefan Martin	107		0
HA	Christian Salem	46		46	RP		0		0
RP		0		0	NR
NR
		Total:	1427	15			Total:	1479	15

Tigers Triumph over Searching Seouls

Seoul are still looking for that big win over one of the big boys, and again it's because OliveField is getting scarce help, particularly from the back line. Whilst New Delhi was solid all over, as seen from how many players are listed in the "Best"

Seoul Magpies (22.11.143) lost to New Delhi Tigers (23.10.148)

Best
5. Marc Murphy
4. Hamish Hartlett
3. Jake Lloyd
2. Stef Martin
1. Jeremy Cameron


Reserves
Pyongyang Chollimas (19.10.124) def Mumbai Elephants (15.9.99)

Best
Mumbai: Daniel Rich, Jake Barrett

Team of the Week

D: Nathan Wilson (Christchurch), Dylan Roberton (Cairo), Hamish Hartlett (New Delhi), Zach Tuohy (Buenos Aires)
M: Tom Mitchell [vc] (Pacific), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Dustin Martin (Dublin), Scott Pendlebury (Toronto)
R: Zac Smith (Tokyo)
F: Charlie Dixon [c] (Berlin), Michael Walters (Berlin), Joe Daniher (Moscow), Cameron Pedersen (Toronto)
I: Brad Ebert (Rio), Gary Ablett Jr (Rio)

Coach: Holz (Dublin)

[Ricochet]

2017 Round 10

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Tokyo Samurai	New Delhi Tigers	Tokyo Olympic Stadium, EurAsia, Asia	3  v  2

PREVIEW:

The Samurai are fast fading into the lands of irrelevancy whom face the stark reality of a 6th consecutive loss for the season, against the Spetsnaz. This calls for analysis! *brings up ol mate spreadsheet* Right, I can see that Lukey Dahlhaus (102) is your only 100+ averaging player. As a forward, that’s brilliant. As a captain? More is needed, so that’s definitely problem 1 at Tokyo; lack of leadership. They then have 4 other players averaging 90+, which is fine I guess. It’s actually amazing when you consider that two defenders and ruckman are in that group. But Luke Parker? Wtf are doing! That’s problem 2; Luke Parker’s drop in form. The other problem is that 4 of Tokyo’s top 15 highest averaging players are scoring less than 70 points a week. Given the healthy balance of defenders, forwards and a ruckman in this 15 though, the answer to Tokyo’s problem is... TRADE IN AT LEAST TWO MORE DECENT MIDS. Then, dare I say, Tokyo could impact finals in a serious manner. The Tigers did that, except on every line, and more than 2 players. You know, I could give New Delhi some well deserved praise after all the crap they’ve had to take over the years. But all I think about now when I see them, is that three weeks ago, flowering Moscow beat them! I mean, no disrespect to the Spetsnaz, but you were down and out sitting 17th on the ladder. And New Delhi let you beat them. Heh, unbelievable. Tigers in this one.

Late Changes
Jake Lloyd subbed out for Hamish Hartlett

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	Tokyo Samurai					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Zac Williams	109		109	D1	Bachar Houli	127		127
D2	Jason Johannisen	90		90	D2	Jeremy Howe	66		66
D3	Matt Dea	72		72	D3	Jake Lloyd	4	DNP	0
D4	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	44		44	D4	Aaron Mullett	62		62
M1	Luke Parker	72		72	M1	Steele Sidebottom	109		109
M2	Rory Atkins	117		117	M2	Marc Murphy	83		83
M3	Tom Phillips	58		58	M3	Robbie Gray	104		104
M4	Sam Powell-Pepper	55		55	M4	Matt Crouch	123		123
R1	Zac Smith	79		79	R1	Stefan Martin	62		62
F1	Luke Dahlhaus	78		78	F1	Jeremy Cameron	83		83
F2	Charlie Cameron	80		80	F2	Jack Darling	72		72
F3	Jamie Cripps	82		82	F3	Jack Martin	73		73
F4	Sam Lloyd	60		60	F4	Paddy McCartin	61		61
U1 (DEF )	Garrick Ibbotson	56		56	U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	94		94
U2 (FWD )	Jarryd Blair	65		65	U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	117		117
E1 (FWD )	Aaron Young	41	DNP	0	E1 (DEF MID)	Hamish Hartlett	42		42
E2 (MID )	Connor Menadue	71	DNP	0	E2 (MID )	Daniel Rich	69	DNP	0
E3 (DEF )	Aidan Corr	70	DNP	0	E3 (FWD )	Liam Sumner	27	DNP	0
C	Luke Dahlhaus	78		78	C	Steele Sidebottom	109		109
VC	Luke Parker	72		0	VC	Robbie Gray	104		0
HA	Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti	44		44	RP		0		0
RP		0		0	NR
NR
		Total:	1239	15			Total:	1387	15

Tigers devour Samurai

Leadership continues to be a problem for Samurai, which was ultimately the difference between the two sides.

Tokyo Samurai (19.10.124) lost to New Delhi Tigers (22.7.139)

Best
5. Bachar Houli
4. Matt Crouch
3. Jack Ziebell
2. Steele Sidebottom
1. Robbie Gray


Reserves
Yuzawa Yakuza (5.6.36) lost to Mumbai Elephants (17.7.109)

Best
Mumbai: Darcy Tucker, Jake Barrett, Nick Robertson

Team of the Week

D: Shaun Burgoyne (Berlin), Bachar Houli (New Delhi), Jeremy McGovern (Cairo), Sam Docherty (Moscow)
M: Rory Sloane [c] (Dublin), Patrick Dangerfield [vc] (Seoul), Brandon Ellis (Beijing), Adam Treloar (Dublin)
R: Matthew Kreuzer (Toronto)
F: Josh Jenkins (Beijing), Shaun Higgins (Christchurch), Toby Greene (Seoul), Lance Franklin (Berlin)
I: Bryce Gibbs (Christchurch), Jack Newnes (Cairo)

Coach: Holz (Dublin

[Ricochet]

2017 B&F Leaderboard - Round 10 update

Marc continues his impressive start, grabbing another 12 votes from rounds 5 to 10.
Not to be out done though, Jake Lloyd grabbed 11 votes, while Matt Crouch starts to get going with 10 votes in the same 5 rounds.


28 - Marc Murphy
19 - Stef Martin
15 - Matt Crouch
14 - Robbie Gray
13 - Jake Lloyd
11 - Seb Ross
10 - Jeremy Cameron
8 - Jeremy Howe
8 - Bachar Houli
6 - Steele Sidebottom
5 - Jack Martin
5 - Jack Ziebell
4 - Hamish Hartlett
3 - Daniel Rich
1 - Jack Darling