WXV: New Delhi Tigers

[Ricochet]

2017 Round 11

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	London Royals	Wipro Stadium, EurAsia	2  v  3

PREVIEW:

I can’t help but notice New Delhi might just be running out of the stamina that saw 150+ scores a regular feature. Assuming they will in Round 9, the Tigers will have only done so once in the past 5 weeks; allowing teams such as Pacific, Rio and even Berlin to surpass their scoring output. Have the Tigers peaked too early? Are they concerned with Robbie Gray’s hot and cold nature? You’ll also notice that the number of their 100+ averaging players have now reduced to three. Interesting. Meanwhile, the Royals would like that problem at the moment. The late withdrawal of Luke Shuey against the Reindeers last week cost them the match in the end in an embarrassing score-line for both teams. They just need to return to that early season mindset that they can upset their opponents on any given week; just look at Moscow! But I’ll have back the Tigers.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					London Royals
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Bachar Houli	139		139	D1	Heath Grundy	101		101
D2	Jeremy Howe	104		104	D2	Dane Rampe	56		56
D3	Jake Lloyd	92		92	D3	Adam Saad	87		87
D4	Hamish Hartlett	49		49	D4	Brad Sheppard	69		69
M1	Steele Sidebottom	109		109	M1	Dan Hannebery	101		101
M2	Marc Murphy	86		86	M2	Sam Gray	65		65
M3	Robbie Gray	85		85	M3	Luke Shuey	99		99
M4	Matt Crouch	105		105	M4	Lin Jong	61		61
R1	Stefan Martin	112		112	R1	Callum Sinclair	82		82
F1	Jeremy Cameron	87		87	F1	Dean Towers	61		61
F2	Jack Darling	34		34	F2	Tom T Lynch	105		105
F3	Jack Martin	68		68	F3	Tim Membrey	42		42
F4	Travis Cloke	42		42	F4	Orazio Fantasia	77		77
U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	101		101	U1 (FWD )	Maverick Weller	58		58
U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	77		77	U2 (DEF )	Neville Jetta	50		50
E1 (DEF )	Aaron Mullett	56	DNP	0	E1 (FWD )	Blake Hardwick	52	DNP	0
E2 (MID )	Daniel Rich	98	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Kyle Hartigan	33	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Nakia Cockatoo	39	DNP	0	E3 (DEF )	Darcy Gardiner	90	DNP	0
C	Marc Murphy	86		86	C	Dan Hannebery	101		101
VC	Steele Sidebottom	109		0	VC	Luke Shuey	99		0
HA	Jack Darling	34		34	RP		0		0
RP		0		0	NR
NR
		Total:	1410	15			Total:	1215	15

Tigers dispel Royals Rumble

A no headline performance from either team really. Tigers a little down than usual, whilst Royals score their average

New Delhi Tigers (22.9.141) def London Royals (19.8.122)

Best
5. Bachar Houli
4. Stef Martin
3. Jeremy Howe
2. Steele Sidebottom
1. Matt Crouch


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (24.10.154) def Imperial Princes (20.7.127)

Best
Mumbai: Daniel Rich, Jake Barrett, Nick Robertson

Team of the Week

D: Zac Williams (Tokyo), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Bachar Houli (New Delhi), Harry Taylor (Beijing)
M: Josh Kelly [c] (Seoul), Dustin Martin [vc] (Dublin), Joel Selwood (New York), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul)
R: Matthew Kreuzer (Toronto)
F: Justin Westhoff (Dublin), Isaac Heeney (New York), Jack Macrae (Toronto), Tom Papley (Cape Town)
I: Dayne Beams (Cairo), Gary Ablett Jr (Rio)

Coach: JBs-Hawks (Seoul)

[Ricochet]

2017 Round 12

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Toronto Wolves	New Delhi Tigers	Rogers Centre	4  v  1

PREVIEW:

Over the last three weeks, Toronto have been the 5th highest scoring team of the competition! To me, that’s kinda like saying Melbourne are the 5th best team in the competition... I’m both looking for tell-tale signs that I’m dreaming, but am gosh darn excited until proven otherwise. Personally, I’m thrilled at how Toronto has turned things around and I would find it fitting if they were to topple the team most famous for their turnaround in the Tigers this week. Just think, the coaches that steered the team that won the 2015 spoon just guided EurAsia to victory last week. However, New Delhi isn’t nearly as scary as they were early this season and tbh, if Dublin fire again and the Tigers either lose or don’t fire themselves... I’d have no choice but to change my premiership favouritism to the Destroyers. Six games have gone by since New Delhi last scored 150+ and I think it’s time we all got a reminder of the Tigers’ premiership credentials. New Delhi to win and go 160+.

Late Changes
New Delhi: Brady Grey replaced by Matt Crouch

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	Toronto Wolves					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Jimmy Webster	69		69	D1	Bachar Houli	119		119
D2	Joel Hamling	119		119	D2	Jeremy Howe	125		125
D3	Tyson Goldsack	68		68	D3	Jake Lloyd	99		99
D4	Jayden Short	66		66	D4	Hamish Hartlett	80		80
M1	Scott Pendlebury	109		109	M1	Steele Sidebottom	125		125
M2	Mitch Duncan	95		95	M2	Marc Murphy	77		77
M3	Pearce Hanley	86		86	M3	Robbie Gray	146		146
M4	Scott Selwood	72		72	M4	Brady Grey	0	DNP	0
R1	Matthew Kreuzer	135		135	R1	Stefan Martin	128		128
F1	Jack Macrae	122		122	F1	Jeremy Cameron	133		133
F2	Cameron Pedersen	92		92	F2	Jack Darling	51		51
F3	Jordan De Goey	75		75	F3	Jack Martin	99		99
F4	Lewis Taylor	84		84	F4	Daniel Rich	49	0.5	25
U1 (MID )	Liam Picken	99		99	U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	88		88
U2 (MID FWD)	Nathan Hrovat	73		73	U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	77		77
E1 (DEF )	Brodie Smith	60	DNP	0	E1 (MID )	Matt Crouch	131		131
E2 (DEF )	Jake Kelly	69	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Aaron Mullett	64	DNP	0
E3 (MID )	Jake Melksham	66	DNP	0	E3 (RUC )	Archie Smith	34	DNP	0
C	Scott Pendlebury	109		109	C	Steele Sidebottom	125		125
VC	Jack Macrae	122		0	VC	Marc Murphy	77		0
HA	Jayden Short	66		66	RP		0		0
RP		0		0	NR
NR
		Total:	1539	15			Total:	1628	15

Tigers Tough out Toronto

Wow! Easily the match of the round, but more frustration out of Toronto as they yet again lose as one of the highest scoring teams of the week, only this time accounting for 16 teams... except for New Delhi. But I did say New Delhi were due, didn't I? But wow, some huge praise for both camps in this match.

Toronto Wolves (24.10.154) lost to New Delhi Tigers (26.7.163)

Best
5. Robbie Gray
4. Jeremy Cameron
3. Stef Martin
2. Jeremy Howe
1. Matt Crouch


Reserves
Windsor Warriors (17.9.111) def Mumbai Elephants (10.9.69)

Best
Mumbai: Darcy Tucker, Nick Robertson

Team of the Week

D: Tom McDonald (Dublin), Jeremy Howe (New Delhi), Shaun Burgoyne (Berlin), Sam Docherty (Moscow)
M: Robbie Gray [vc] (New Delhi), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Dylan Shiel (PNL), Zach Merrett (PNL)
R: Matthew Kreuzer (Toronto)
F: Jonathon Patton [c] (PNL), Jeremy Cameron (New Delhi), Bradley Hill (Beijing), Toby Greene (Seoul)
I: Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific), Mark Blicavs (Cape Town)

Coach: elechet (New Delhi)

[Ricochet]

Houli (119) and Sidey (125) stifffffff not to get in the votes in RD12

[Ricochet]

2017 Round 13

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Cairo Sands	New Delhi Tigers	Borg El Arab Stadium	3  v  2

PREVIEW:

Well, that week sure did go wrong for the Sands. Captain Beams going down with injury is a HUGE blow for this team that faces every team in the top for in the next month... wow. How did the fixture work out like that? Damn. All of a sudden, the absence of a key piece in the Sands arsenal will probably mean Cairo goes into each match as the underdogs and, if they go down in each match, they may not actually make finals let alone the top 4. Losing against the Saints last week just hurts that little bit more.  But really, the Sands might only need one more win this year to make the finals, let's just hope we don't have to wait until their Round 17 encounter against the hot-n-cold PNL to find out. The Tigers reclaimed their #1 points ladder throne with big (and surprisingly necessary) score against a fired up Toronto last week - proof that teams are looking to get themselves up against the premiership fancies - a title that I can now safely say is secure again over at India. Still, despite the possibility that the Sands won't play finals, it's likely that they will and beating those teams now is a nice advantage to have later. New Delhi for me.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	Cairo Sands					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Taylor Adams	64		64	D1	Jeremy Howe	63		63
D2	Dylan Roberton	60		60	D2	Jake Lloyd	88		88
D3	Jeremy McGovern	115		115	D3	Hamish Hartlett	65		65
D4	Andrew McGrath	81		81	D4	Nick Robertson	67		67
M1	Rhys Mathieson	75		75	M1	Steele Sidebottom	79		79
M2	Jack Newnes	121		121	M2	Marc Murphy	112		112
M3	Dom Sheed	85		85	M3	Robbie Gray	45		45
M4	David Cuningham	58		58	M4	Matt Crouch	132		132
R1	Shane Mumford	86		86	R1	Stefan Martin	95		95
F1	Jack Lonie	58		58	F1	Jeremy Cameron	77		77
F2	Travis Colyer	35		35	F2	Jack Darling	138		138
F3	Rory Lobb	73		73	F3	Jack Martin	122		122
F4	Ben Brown	88		88	F4	Riley Knight	72		72
U1 (MID FWD)	Koby Stevens	106		106	U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	109		109
U2 (MID )	Mark Hutchings	36		36	U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	70		70
E1 (MID FWD)	Hugh McCluggage	59	DNP	0	E1 (MID )	Daniel Rich	87	DNP	0
E2 (DEF )	Eric MacKenzie	65	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Aaron Mullett	78	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Paul Puopolo	0	DNP	0	E3 (FWD )	Liam Sumner	22	DNP	0
C	Taylor Adams	64		64	C	Steele Sidebottom	79		79
VC	Jack Newnes	121		0	VC	Marc Murphy	112		0
HA	Travis Colyer	35		35	RP		0		0
RP		0		0	NR
NR
		Total:	1240	15			Total:	1413	15

New Delhi tread through Cairo Sand

Just an OK score by New Delhi, and luckily for them it was enough. This team just needs Beams back ASAP, because they don't want to have to wait til Round 17 to lock in a spot for finals.

Cairo Sands (19.10.124) lost to New Delhi Tigers (22.9.141)

Best
5. Jack Darling
4. Matt Crouch
3. Jack Martin
2. Marc Murphy
1. Seb Ross


Reserves
Alexandria Hieroglyphics (11.9.75) lost to Mumbai Elephants (15.10.100)

Best
Mumbai: Aaron Mullett, Daniel Rich, Phil Davis

Team of the Week

D: Sam Docherty (Moscow), Tom McDonald (Dublin), Jeremy McGovern (Cairo), Zak Jones (Berlin)
M: Patrick Dangerfield [c] (Seoul), Bryce Gibbs (Christchurch), Jarryd Lyons (Pacific), Callan Ward (Beijing)
R: Toby Nankervis (Cape Town)
F: Michael Walters [vc] (Berlin), Jack Darling (New Delhi), Patrick Ryder (PNL), Tom J Lynch (Seoul)
I: Matt Crouch (New Delhi), Lachie Whitfield (Seoul)

Coach: JBs-Hawks (Seoul)

[Ricochet]

2017 Round 14

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Cape Town Cobras	New Delhi Tigers	Newlands Cricket Ground	4  v  1

PREVIEW:

The Cobras are officially back! With three 130+ scores in the past month netting 3 wins, Cape Town has re-entered the land of relevancy and pose a concern to whomever they come up against. Last weeks' score of 141 was their second 140+ score for the year, and we can attribute that to the return to form of the Cobras much maligned midfield (and kudos to Ainsworth bringing home a rising star nom!). The Tigers performed as necessary to account for the injury-struck Sands and would have still trumped the Cobras by 2 SC points last week. The premiership fancies will pretty much go into every one of their matches as favourites; maybe except if they faced Dublin or Seoul as the away team, but they won't have to worry about that as they are sitting pretty 2 games and percentage clear on top of the ladder. With 4 games to go, they only really need to win two more games to win the minor premiership; but be warned, the minor premiers have a 0-5 record when it comes to premierships. Will they be the first to buck the trend? Time will tell. In the mean time, the Tigers to win this one.

Late Changes
New Delhi: Jeremy Howe replaced by Aaron Mullett

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	Cape Town Cobras					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Attack	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Jasper Pittard	82		82	D1	Jeremy Howe	0	DNP	0
D2	Luke McDonald	82		82	D2	Jake Lloyd	81		81
D3	Callum Mills	79		79	D3	Hamish Hartlett	85		85
M1	Josh P Kennedy	0	DNP	0	D4	Nick Robertson	60		60
M2	Lachie Hunter	79		79	M1	Steele Sidebottom	106		106
M3	Dion Prestia	56		56	M2	Marc Murphy	141		141
M4	Mark Blicavs	137		137	M3	Robbie Gray	110		110
R1	Toby Nankervis	81		81	M4	Matt Crouch	116		116
F1	Peter Wright	28		28	R1	Stefan Martin	57		57
F2	Tom Papley	87		87	F1	Jeremy Cameron	69		69
F3	Blake Acres	0	DNP	0	F2	Jack Darling	74		74
F4	Tim Broomhead	65		65	F3	Jack Martin	96		96
F5	Ben Ainsworth	23		23	F4	Riley Knight	86		86
U1 (MID )	Kieren Jack	96		96	U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	151		151
U2 (MID FWD)	Touk Miller	79		79	U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	100		100
E1 (DEF FWD)	Jake Carlisle	51		51	E1 (MID )	Daniel Rich	80	DNP	0
E2 (FWD )	Taylor Garner	55		55	E2 (DEF )	Aaron Mullett	110		110
E3 (MID FWD)	Mitch Honeychurch	50	DNP	0	E3 (RUC )	Archie Smith	20	DNP	0
C	Josh P Kennedy	0	DNP	0	C	Steele Sidebottom	106		106
VC	Toby Nankervis	81		81	VC	Marc Murphy	141		0
HA	Ben Ainsworth	23		23	RP		0		0
RP		0		0	NR
NR
		Total:	1184	15			Total:	1548	15

Tigers Turn Up Heat Against Cobras

A lot of quality on show by New Delhi in this one, reflected by a Mullett ton coming in for Howe. Not a lot Cape Town could do, especially when JPK was a late out.

Cape Town Cobras (18.10.118) lost to New Delhi Tigers (24.11.155)

Best
5. Seb Ross
4. Marc Murphy
3. Aaron Mullett
2. Matt Crouch
1. Robbie Gray


Reserves
Durban Pirates (8.6.54) lost to Mumbai Elephants (9.6.60)

Best
Mumbai: Daniel Rich, Darcy Tucker

Team of the Week

D: Sam Docherty (Moscow), Lachie Henderson (New York), Rory Laird (Pacific), Kade Simpson (Mexico City)
M: Dayne Zorko [c] (Beijing), Patrick Dangerfield [vc] (Seoul), Seb Ross (New Delhi), Mitch Duncan (Toronto)
R: Todd Goldstein (Dublin)
F: Justin Westhoff (Dublin), Taylor Walker (Buenos Aires), Patrick Ryder (PNL), Gary Rohan (Rio)
I: Marc Murphy (New Delhi), Nat Fyfe (Berlin)

Coach: Toga (Beijing)

[Ricochet]

2017 Round 15

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	Mexico City Suns	Tata Stadium	1  v  5

PREVIEW:

The new guys vs the old firm. The Tigers continued their standing as the premiership fancy's with another 150+ score, and another win will basically win them the minor premiership. They're just expected to make the top 4 now and really, you could argue they've replaced Mexico City with that reputation. The Suns were finally looking like dropping back from a 5 year high, but when they blast out 150+ scores like last week, then all of a sudden they go from write-offs to finals dark horses. I'd kinda like to see the Suns teach the new guys a thing or two, I just don't think it'll happen. New Delhi for me.

Late Changes
New Delhi: Jeremy Howe replaced by Aaron Mullett

WXV Debut
New Delhi: Jeremy Cameron replaced by  Liam Sumner

Club debut
New Delhi: Liam Sumner

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					Mexico City Suns
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Jeremy Howe	65		65	D1	Heath Shaw	95		95
D2	Jake Lloyd	97		97	D2	Kade Simpson	89		89
D3	Hamish Hartlett	106		106	D3	Nic Newman	64		64
D4	Aaron Mullett	102		102	D4	Jarryn Geary	43		43
M1	Steele Sidebottom	122		122	M1	Tom Rockliff	57		57
M2	Marc Murphy	83		83	M2	Trent Cotchin	123		123
M3	Robbie Gray	81		81	M3	Brendon Goddard	85		85
M4	Matt Crouch	104		104	M4	Ben Cunnington	137		137
R1	Stefan Martin	86		86	R1	Tom Hickey	57		57
F1	Jeremy Cameron	0	DNP	0	F1	Nick Riewoldt	84		84
F2	Jack Darling	70		70	F2	Eddie Betts	81		81
F3	Jack Martin	82		82	F3	Luke Breust	66		66
F4	Riley Knight	72		72	F4	James Sicily	46		46
U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	64		64	U1 (MID )	David Zaharakis	103		103
U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	75		75	U2 (DEF )	Trent McKenzie	71		71
E1 (MID )	Daniel Rich	87	DNP	0	E1 (MID FWD)	Daniel Robinson	76	DNP	0
E2 (DEF MID)	Nick Robertson	76	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Mark Baguley	81	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Liam Sumner	26		26	E3 (DEF )	Lewis Melican	58	DNP	0
C	Steele Sidebottom	122		122	C	Trent Cotchin	123		123
VC	Marc Murphy	83		0	VC	Tom Rockliff	57		0
HA	Liam Sumner	26		26	RP		0		0
RP		0		0	NR
NR
		Total:	1383	15			Total:	1324	15

New Delhi, Old Mexico City

This was a real changing of the guard kinda moment for me, even if in 'meh' circumstances. An important win for New Delhi, a vital blow to Mexico City.

New Delhi Tigers (22.6.138) def Mexico City Suns (21.6.132)

Best
5. Steele Sidebottom
4. Hamish Hartlett
3. Aaron Mullett
2. Matt Crouch
1. Jake Lloyd


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (12.7.79) def Mexico City Suns (8.11.59)

Best
Mumbai: Daniel Rich, Nick Robertson, Nick Vlastuin

[Ricochet]

2017 B&F Leaderboard - Round 15 update

If anyone can catch Marc its BTB!

34 - Marc Murphy
26 - Stef Martin
25 - Matt Crouch
20 - Robbie Gray
17 - Seb Ross
14 - Jake Lloyd
14 - Jeremy Cameron
13 - Jeremy Howe
13 - Bachar Houli
13 - Steele Sidebottom
8 - Jack Martin
8 - Hamish Hartlett
6 - Jack Darling
6 - Aaron Mullett
5 - Jack Ziebell
3 - Daniel Rich

[Holz]

Dublin soo good ill likely win the NDT B & F

[Ricochet]

Dublin soo good ill likely win the NDT B & F

Where did Kieren Jack Tom Hawkins finish in the Dublin BnF?

[Holz]

Dublin soo good ill likely win the NDT B & F

Where did Kieren Jack Tom Hawkins finish in the Dublin BnF?

Low but he plays for a 2 time premiership team, so its harder to win a best and Fairest at my club.

My best and Fairest played 22 games and averaged 120.

[Ricochet]

Dublin soo good ill likely win the NDT B & F

Where did Kieren Jack Tom Hawkins finish in the Dublin BnF?

Low but he plays for a 2 time premiership team, so its harder to win a best and Fairest at my club.

My best and Fairest played 22 games and averaged 120.

Low because you have depth, or low because he's pie...

I'm thinking the latter

Mainly because Hawkins looks like he enjoys a pie or two

[Ricochet]

2017 Round 16

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	PNL Reindeers	Tata Stadium, EurAsia	2  v  4

PREVIEW:

The Tigers notched an important win for their reputation last week; beating the setting Suns and champions of the Worlds to takeover an important mantle, whatever that is. It'd take a minor miracle for New Delhi to lose the minor premiership from here, but they deserve to win it anyway. They have been the best of the comp, so really all we can scrutinise now is their recent form. Yep, even that's been good. But, 3 other teams have been better. They definitely don't have the same 'unbeatable' aura about them that Dublin had in 2015, but does that in itself relieve pressure? Maybe. But they have a danger game on their hands here, with the Reindeers desperate to make finals on the back of some inspired form. They cannot afford to lose another match so from now on, it's do or die for them and with a beatable Cairo waiting for them in Round 17, I'll believe they'll make it if they win this match. But I don't believe they'll win this match. New Delhi for me.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					PNL Reindeers
POS	Flood	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Attack	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Jeremy Howe	114		114	D1	Luke Hodge	90		90
D2	Jake Lloyd	72		72	D2	Jarrod Harbrow	52		52
D3	Hamish Hartlett	64		64	D3	Ricky Henderson	81		81
D4	Aaron Mullett	90		90	M1	Zach Merrett	98		98
D5	Nick Vlastuin	112		112	M2	Dylan Shiel	89		89
M1	Steele Sidebottom	91		91	M3	Jack Billings	75		75
M2	Marc Murphy	88		88	M4	Matt Priddis	91		91
M3	Robbie Gray	90		90	R1	Sam Naismith	57		57
M4	Matt Crouch	134		134	F1	Patrick Ryder	111		111
R1	Stefan Martin	104		104	F2	Chad Wingard	59		59
F1	Jack Darling	96		96	F3	Matthew Kennedy	53		53
F2	Jack Martin	106		106	F4	Jonathon Patton	61		61
F3	Riley Knight	16		16	F5	Jayden Laverde	46		46
U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	99		99	U1 (FWD )	Levi Casboult	74		74
U2 (MID )	Daniel Rich	87		87	U2 (FWD )	Ben Keays	51		51
E1 (MID )	Darcy Tucker	33	DNP	0	E1 (DEF )	Hayden Crozier	52	DNP	0
E2 (DEF )	Phil Davis	127	DNP	0	E2 (FWD )	Josh Schache	41	DNP	0
E3 (RUC )	Archie Smith	0	DNP	0	E3 (MID FWD)	Josh Deluca	40	DNP	0
C	Steele Sidebottom	91		91	C	Zach Merrett	98		98
VC	Marc Murphy	88		0	VC	Dylan Shiel	89		0
HA	Riley Knight	16		16	RP		0		0
RP		0		0	NR
NR
		Total:	1470	15			Total:	1186	15

New Delhi dash Reindeer Dreams

Although still mathematically possible, the Reindeers percentage has taken too much of a hit to be a realistic chance of finals. What is a certainty is the Minor Premiers, who hail from India.

New Delhi Tigers (23.9.147) def PNL Reindeers (18.11.119)

Best
5. Matt Crouch
4. Jeremy Howe
3. Nick Vlastuin
2. Stef Martin
1. Jack Martin


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (7.6.48) def Marseille Kings (6.9.45)

Best
Mumbai: Jake Barrett, Phil Davis

Team of the Week

D: Shannon Hurn (New York), Michael Hibberd (Berlin), Zac Williams (Tokyo), Jeremy Howe (New Delhi)
M: Rory Sloane [c] (Dublin), Dustin Martin [vc] (Dublin), Dayne Zorko (Beijing), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul)
R: Callum Sinclair (London)
F: Jack Gunston (Dublin), Ben Brown (Cairo), Cale Hooker (Buenos Aires), Jordan De Goey (Toronto)
I: Matt Crouch (New Delhi), Sam Jacobs (Rio)

Coach: Holz (Dublin)

[Ricochet]

2017 Round 17

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	New York Revolution	Wipro Stadium	2  v  3

PREVIEW:

The Tigers - our minor premiers - have been the dominant team of the Home & Away season to see their #1 points ranking rightfully book themselves a home qualifying final. Where this time last year they needed to make one last push to make finals, they have set themselves up for success and have established the mental advantage on all but New York (TBC), Dublin and Moscow. However, they're about to learn that their H&A achievements will become irrelevant in one weeks' time and that WXVs is basically determined by the roll of a dice in the final 4 weeks of August. Their opponents, New York, won't mind this fact, given they've had a fortunate but well managed run to finals where they are still yet to win the respect of a few of the big boys. I for one simply can't ignore the Revolutions' past two performances; evidence that they have timed their season to perfection and are ready to peak at the time of the year where it matters most. But gee, they need Tippett to come back. This week is almost all about wanting Sam Naismith to have a poor game. Congratulations to both on dominant H&A seasons, and I look forward to seeing you both back next week! New Delhi for me.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					New York Revolution
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Attack	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Bachar Houli	87		87	D1	Shannon Hurn	61		61
D2	Jeremy Howe	131		131	D2	Robbie Tarrant	52		52
D3	Aaron Mullett	71		71	D3	Lachie Henderson	68		68
D4	Nick Vlastuin	78		78	M1	Joel Selwood	65		65
M1	Steele Sidebottom	100		100	M2	David Mundy	53		53
M2	Marc Murphy	105		105	M3	Jordan Lewis	119		119
M3	Robbie Gray	112		112	M4	Tom Scully	66		66
M4	Matt Crouch	120		120	R1	James Harmes	80	0.5	40
R1	Stefan Martin	96		96	F1	Josh J Kennedy	97		97
F1	Jeremy Cameron	65		65	F2	Isaac Heeney	80		80
F2	Jack Darling	92		92	F3	Mitch Wallis	83		83
F3	Jack Martin	98		98	F4	Jarryd Roughead	130		130
F4	Riley Knight	79		79	F5	Lewis Young	48		48
U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	132		132	U1 (MID FWD)	Richard Douglas	102		102
U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	116		116	U2 (MID )	Dom Tyson	93		93
E1 (MID )	Daniel Rich	124	DNP	0	E1 (DEF )	Ben Reid	65	DNP	0
E2 (DEF MID)	Hamish Hartlett	79	DNP	0	E2 (MID )	Alex Sexton	38	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Nakia Cockatoo	92	DNP	0	E3 (FWD )	Jade Gresham	50	DNP	0
C	Steele Sidebottom	100		100	CC	Joel Selwood	65		33
VC	Marc Murphy	105		0	CC	Josh J Kennedy	97		49
HA	Jeremy Cameron	65		65	RP		0		0
RP		0		0
		Total:	1647	15			Total:	1239	15

New Delhi, Familiar Sensation

This team is ready to take the premiership, notching up the highest score of the round! They truly were the best team of the H&A season, and fully deserve the minor premiership. Whereas the Revolution, having held on the a top 4 spot for so long may have slipped out at the last hurdle. A really bad performance, but we know what they can deliver going into finals. Both deserving teams to be playing next week.

New Delhi Tigers (26.9.165) def New York Revolution (19.10.124)

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


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (24.10.154) def Washington Rebellion (8.10.58)

Best
Mumbai: Daniel Rich, Darcy Tucker, Hamish Hartlett, Jake Barrett, Nakia Cockatoo

Team of the Week

D: Taylor Adams (Cairo), Luke Ryan (PNL), Jeremy Howe (New Delhi), Brodie Smith (Toronto)
M: Clayton Oliver [vc] (Seoul), Dustin Martin (Dublin), Luke Dunstan (Berlin), Aaron Hall (Rio)
R: Zac Smith (Tokyo)
F: Tom Hawkins [c] (Dublin), Daniel Rioli (Rio), Jarryd Roughead (New York), Patrick Ryder (PNL)
I: Nat Fyfe (Berlin), Seb Ross (New Delhi)

Coach: elechet (New Delhi)

[Ricochet]

2017 B&F Leaderboard - Pre Finals Update

With only finals to go, it's tight up the top!

34 - Marc Murphy
33 - Matt Crouch
28 - Stef Martin
22 - Jeremy Howe
21 - Robbie Gray
21 - Seb Ross
14 - Jake Lloyd
14 - Jeremy Cameron
13 - Bachar Houli
13 - Steele Sidebottom
9 - Jack Martin
8 - Hamish Hartlett
7 - Jack Ziebell
6 - Jack Darling
6 - Aaron Mullett
3 - Daniel Rich
3 - Nick Vlastuin

[Holz]

Dublin soo good ill likely win the NDT B & F

Where did Kieren Jack Tom Hawkins finish in the Dublin BnF?

Low but he plays for a 2 time premiership team, so its harder to win a best and Fairest at my club.

My best and Fairest played 22 games and averaged 120.

Lowe because you have depth, or low because he's pie...

I'm thinking the latter

Mainly because Hawkins looks like he enjoys a pie or two

he was the 23rd best forward in the comp. That makes him a great F2. He also put up 111 99 in his 2 finals games he played for me. Pretty great actually.

A year younger then Murphy too.