WXV: New Delhi Tigers

[GoLions]

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.

33rd you mean



And Murphy 8th :P

[Ricochet]

lawyered

[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.

33rd you mean



And Murphy 8th :P

I go by average not total score.

Murphy is 14 and Hawkins is 23rd

Hawkins 1 year younger and i needed fwds. Good trade.

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2017 Qualifying Final

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
New Delhi Tigers	Dublin Destroyers	Tata Stadium	1  v  5

PREVIEW:

Well, what a fine home and away season that was! The rightful minor premiers were dominant throughout, minus that weird loss against Moscow. Luckily for our premiership favourites, Moscow won't be a problem from here on in, but the only other game New Delhi lost was... against their opponents this weekend, but I'll get to that in a minute. The Tigers may only have the standard three players that average more than a 100 this year, but they have incredible 8 others than exceed 90! This is a team that is strong throughout, but may feel some absences in their forward line this week. To me, New Delhi's best win so far this year was against the team that defeated them in the last week of September last year; Rio. That day in Round 2, they scored 161 to banish any demons have held, and if they performance didn't impress, it was scoring 160+ against Pacific, 150 against Beijing, 148 against Seoul and even 163 against Toronto. But, they only scored 136 against Dublin, which was all the way back at Round 1. Over the summer, and continuing throughout the year, New Delhi have engaged in such a immense rivalry of words with the Destroyers that their performance failed to respect. Of course, the Destroyers have been such a dominant force since their premiership winning 2014 campaign and have been used as the benchmark for all up and coming teams. This year was no exception. Although more prone to a sub-standard score than they have been in the past, the Destroyers still managed to compensate for this by finishing 3rd on the points the ladder. In fact, had they played New Delhi in every round this year, the ledger would only just be in favour of the Tigers 9-8. Furthermore, all 8 of these would-be wins occurred when Dublin scored MORE than 150 points... so I guess you could say the equation is simple. If the mighty Dublin mids fire, then they will probably win the game. Given the rivalry and score power of these two teams, naturally it is my MATCH OF THE ROUND, and one that I actually think Dublin will get up in.

Late Changes
Nil

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					Dublin Destroyers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Bachar Houli	51		51	D1	Alex Rance	86		86
D2	Jeremy Howe	91		91	D2	Tom McDonald	89		89
D3	Jake Lloyd	59		59	D3	Oscar McDonald	62		62
D4	Aaron Mullett	95		95	D4	Lachie Plowman	47		47
M1	Steele Sidebottom	90		90	M1	Dustin Martin	119		119
M2	Marc Murphy	125		125	M2	Adam Treloar	116		116
M3	Robbie Gray	101		101	M3	Rory Sloane	151		151
M4	Matt Crouch	139		139	M4	Nathan Jones	57		57
R1	Stefan Martin	88		88	R1	Todd Goldstein	88		88
F1	Jack Darling	79		79	F1	Hugh Greenwood	114		114
F2	Jack Martin	74		74	F2	Justin Westhoff	76		76
F3	Travis Cloke	106		106	F3	Jack Gunston	94		94
F4	Riley Knight	51		51	F4	Tom Hawkins	111		111
U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	87		87	U1 (MID )	Brad Crouch	149		149
U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	109		109	U2 (MID )	Stephen Hill	104		104
E1 (MID )	Daniel Rich	133	DNP	0	E1 (FWD )	James Parsons	57	DNP	0
E2 (DEF )	Nick Vlastuin	52	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Jacob Weitering	108	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Sam Simpson	54	DNP	0	E3 (RUC )	Braydon Preuss	32	DNP	0
C	Steele Sidebottom	90		90	C	Dustin Martin	119		119
VC	Marc Murphy	125		0	VC	Rory Sloane	151		0
HA	Bachar Houli	51		51
		Total:	1486	15			Total:	1582	15

Brad's Dublin defeats Matt's New Delhi

What a sunday from Dublin! Martin, Brad Crouch, Sloane & Greenwood lifted big time and defeated New Delhi at home! Huge win for Dublin, a really disappointing loss for New Delhi. Is Dublin their bogey team? The Tiges get their deserved second chance next week.

New Delhi Tigers (23.11.149) lost to Dublin Destroyers (25.8.158)

Best
5. Matt Crouch
4. Marc Murphy
3. Travis Cloke
2. Jack Ziebell
1. Robbie Gray


Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (16.10.106) def Washington Rebellion (15.8.98)

Best
Mumbai: Daniel Rich

[Ricochet]

Crouch ties Murphy on 38 votes with 2 games to go!
Both had ripper games, but Matty just edged out Marc for the best on ground honours

But most importantly, Travis Cloke grabs votes for the first time this year!!

[GoLions]

You always say that you only care about finals

Hawkins didn't even play in your prelim, and you copped 2 scores in the 70s in that week

Murphy played throughout every single finals game, and averaged over 110 in that time

Murphy > Hawkins

QED.

[Holz]

You always say that you only care about finals

Hawkins didn't even play in your prelim, and you copped 2 scores in the 70s in that week

Murphy played throughout every single finals game, and averaged over 110 in that time

Murphy > Hawkins

QED.

Finals 1:
Murphy would have played over Hill +21
Parsons would have played over Hawkins - 54

net effect -33

also rich as E1 outscored Murphy for NDT.

Prelim:

Murphy over Hill + 25

net effect +25

Grandfinal:

Murphy over Hill +48
Marshall over Hawkins -48

net effect 0


So 33 points worse off, 25 points better off and equal in the grand final with Murphy.

QED

it would have meant Marshall would have been a premiership player, so that would have been nice.

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2017 Semi Final

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

PREVIEW:

New York's tight win against the reigning premiers both season validating and denying us a would-be 2016 Grand Final rematch. In fact, resenting New York has been a favourite past time all 10 teams that scored more points than they did throughout the Home & Away season. But you know what? They're still in the finals, and 5 of them aren't. Winning whoever is put in front of you is an underrated yet obviously necessary quality that this team seems to have better than anybody; no matter what adversity is present. Had these two teams played each other every match this year, New Delhi would lead 12-6. Getting back to New Delhi's season average of 149... New York's is 134, having equalled or bested it twice this season. One sided odds you might say! However, those two times were just 3 and 4 weeks ago and if any team could grind out a win under the odds; it's this one... but New Delhi to meet Seoul for me, in a thrilling preliminary final.

Late Changes
New Delhi: Jack Ziebell replaced by Daniel Rich

WXV Debut
Nil

Club debut
Nil

Returning Players
Nil



RESULT:

	New Delhi Tigers					New York Revolution
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Bachar Houli	80		80	D1	Robbie Tarrant	100		100
D2	Jeremy Howe	92		92	D2	Shannon Hurn	81		81
D3	Jake Lloyd	82		82	D3	Lachie Henderson	89		89
D4	Aaron Mullett	78		78	D4	James Harmes	101		101
M1	Steele Sidebottom	118		118	M1	David Mundy	59		59
M2	Marc Murphy	128		128	M2	Tom Scully	103		103
M3	Robbie Gray	89		89	M3	Dom Tyson	81		81
M4	Matt Crouch	139		139	M4	Jordan Lewis	107		107
R1	Stefan Martin	129		129	R1	Kurt Tippett	109		109
F1	Jack Darling	63		63	F1	Jarryd Roughead	107		107
F2	Jack Martin	127		127	F2	Josh J Kennedy	120		120
F3	Travis Cloke	91		91	F3	Isaac Heeney	130		130
F4	Riley Knight	42		42	F4	Mitch Wallis	37		37
U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	61		61	U1 (MID FWD)	Richard Douglas	116		116
U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	0	DNP	0	U2 (FWD )	Sam B Reid	70		70
E1 (MID )	Daniel Rich	84		84	E1 (FWD )	Jake Stringer	51	DNP	0
E2 (DEF )	Nick Vlastuin	115	DNP	0	E2 (DEF )	Ben Reid	88	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Sam Simpson	36	DNP	0	E3 (MID )	Alex Sexton	51	DNP	0
CC	Steele Sidebottom	118		59	CC	Josh J Kennedy	120		60
CC	Robbie Gray	89		45	CC	Isaac Heeney	130		65
HA	Riley Knight	42		42
		Total:	1549	15			Total:	1535	15

Tata Triumph for Tigers

Wow!

It was an incredibly well fought effort from New York, where in the end it was decided by New Delhi's HGA! Incredible semi, bloody well done guys.

New Delhi Tigers (24.11.156) def New York Revolution (24.10.154)

Best
5. Matt Crouch
4. Stef Martin
3. Jack Martin
2. Marc Murphy
1. Steele Sidebottom


Reserves
Wellington Weta (16.7.103) lost to Mumbai Elephants (16.9.105)

Best
Mumbai: Hamish Hartlett, Jake Barrett, Nick Vlastuin, Phil Davis

[Holz]

Go Crouch Go

[Ricochet]

Marc super unlucky getting only 2 votes with his 128 there! ^^

[GoLions]

Marc super unlucky getting only 2 votes with his 128 there! ^^

But he outscored JMart by a point!

[Ricochet]

Marc super unlucky getting only 2 votes with his 128 there! ^^

But he outscored JMart by a point!

Yep, we give a little more weighting to rucks, fwds, and defenders over mids

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2017 Preliminary Final

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
Seoul Magpies	New Delhi Tigers	Seoul World Cup Stadium	1  v  5

PREVIEW:

I don't think I've ever been as excited to see a WXVs match like I am with this one in what is my MATCH OF THE SEASON. One of the biggest surprises I've even seen in a Head-2-Head would have to be this one. Seoul has only beaten New Delhi once? Crazy. I think that would have been in 2014, when New Delhi were in the infant stages of their Ricophants leadership. Oh, how the times have changed now. Seoul dodged a big bullet in their qualifying final against Pacific; finding a way to win with their third lowest score of the season. Yes, you can largely say it was because Dangerfield was absent, but to the teams that claim this Magpie dominance is just him and a lucky draft steal at Pick 6 two years ago, I say... Seoul has them, you don't, and that is the result of fine team management. Since Round 8, Seoul has averaged 150ppg ranking 1st in this time. Narrowly behind them at 149ppg, is New Delhi. So on average, if these two teams played against each other every week this year, they'd score just about 300 points between. ON AVERAGE. Good, god, this is going to be a ripper final! Seoul's midfield trio is surpassed by none, who combine to average 360ppg between them, and chuck another 134 as a captains bonus. Seoul can rely on KelliveField. But, they will win this game if 2 or 3 of Whitfield, Greene, McEvoy, Swallow and Lynch stand up too. What will Seoul do in their second ever final? Soooo excited!

Late Changes
Nil

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	Nick Haynes	88		88	D1	Bachar Houli	132		132
D2	Tom Langdon	91		91	D2	Jeremy Howe	68		68
D3	Kamdyn McIntosh	66		66	D3	Jake Lloyd	81		81
D4	Taylor Duryea	63		63	D4	Nick Vlastuin	85		85
M1	Patrick Dangerfield	146		146	M1	Steele Sidebottom	72		72
M2	Josh Kelly	144		144	M2	Marc Murphy	93		93
M3	Clayton Oliver	99		99	M3	Robbie Gray	86		86
M4	Lachie Whitfield	134		134	M4	Matt Crouch	91		91
R1	Ben McEvoy	96		96	R1	Stefan Martin	72		72
F1	Toby Greene	96		96	F1	Jeremy Cameron	73		73
F2	Caleb Daniel	88		88	F2	Jack Darling	32		32
F3	Charlie Curnow	102		102	F3	Jack Martin	70		70
F4	Josh Thomas	43		43	F4	Travis Cloke	65		65
U1 (MID )	David Swallow	88		88	U1 (MID )	Sebastian Ross	114		114
U2 (MID )	Liam Shiels	0	DNP	0	U2 (MID )	Jack Ziebell	54		54
E1 (MID )	David Myers	51		51	E1 (MID )	Daniel Rich	94	DNP	0
E2 (FWD )	Lachie Weller	49	DNP	0	E2 (DEF MID)	Hamish Hartlett	84	DNP	0
E3 (DEF )	Scott D Thompson	81	DNP	0	E3 (FWD )	Riley Knight	63	DNP	0
C	Patrick Dangerfield	146		146	C	Steele Sidebottom	72		72
VC	Josh Kelly	144		0	VC	Robbie Gray	86		0
HA	Josh Thomas	43		43
		Total:	1584	15			Total:	1260	15

Seoul superb; Tigers Tumble

New Delhi has added another loss to the minor premiership ledger, now sitting 0-6 for premierships. It was another final where the worst was saved til last, which was just a real shame to see such a consistently dominant team exit the comp in this manner. Houli & Ross did well to add some respectability on the Sunday, as a Seoul midfield was at the very best in combining for 523 + 146 (C) points. Good, god. The Magpies - like the Tigers would have - fully deserve their place in the premiership bout and, for one last time, will call on KelliveField to produce.

For now, we say goodbye to New Delhi; who I'm sure are already deep in talks for highly beneficial trades. It was a breathtaking season.

Seoul Magpies (25.8.158) def New Delhi Tigers (20.6.126)

Best
5. Bachar Houli
4. Seb Ross
3. Marc Murphy
2. Matt Crouch
1. Nick Vlastuin


Reserves
Port Morseby Iguanadons (15.10.100) lost to Mumbai Elephants (16.8.104)

Best
Mumbai: Daniel Rich, Hamish Hartlett, Nick Robertson, Phil Davis

[Ricochet]

Congrats to Matty Crouch - The 2017 Fairest and Best Winner!!!!

A massive year by BTB! Matt polled in 15 of his 20 games, including 4 best on grounds, and finished on a massive 45 votes.

Marc Murphy also had a season to remember, also grabbing 4 best on grounds and polling 43 votes in total.


The final tally:

[elephants]

Matty Crouch comes roaring home with 11 straight polling matches to finish the season. What a FREEEEAAAK!