WXV: Mexico City Suns

[Jroo]

Mexico City Awards 2016:

Maca Medal Vote Count:

Round 1
Mexico City Suns (22.8.140) def New Delhi Tigers (20.10.130)

Votes
5. Brad Ebert
4. Kade Simpson
3. Daniel Wells
2. Sam Gray
1. Tom Rockliff

Round 2
Buenos Aires Armadillos (20.9.129) lost to Mexico City Suns (22.7.139)

Votes
5. Eddie Betts
4. Daniel Wells
3. Trent Cotchin
2. Brendon Goddard
1. Mark Baguley

Round 3
Cairo Sands (20.10.130) lost to Mexico City Suns (25.6.156)

Votes
5. Brent Harvey
4. Trent Cotchin
3. Heath Shaw
2. Brendon Goddard
1. Matthew Broadbent

Round 4
Mexico City Suns (19.11.125) lost to Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (23.10.148)

A shocking performance sees us face our first loss of the season

Votes
5. Eddie Betts
4. Trent Cotchin
3. Nick Riewoldt
2. Kade Simpson
1. Daniel Wells

Round 5
Mexico City Suns (23.9.147) def Beijing Thunder (19.8.122)

Votes
5. Heath Shaw
4. Kade Simpson
3. Nick Riewoldt
2. Trent Cotchin
1. Brendon Goddard

Progressive Leaderboard:
1st. Trent Cotchin 13 Votes
=2nd. Kade Simpson 10
=2nd. Eddie Betts 10
=4th. Daniel Wells 8
=4th. Heath Shaw 8

Cotchin of to a good start polling in 4/5 games.

[Jroo]

Most Improved:

Winner: Shaun Hampson

Even though Hampson's average of 71.7 might not look like much on paper, Hammer has been a great addition to Suns' line up this year in the absence of Ivan Maric, taking over as the #1 big man. After struggling for games in recent years, Hampson played 20 games which is a career best and pumped out eight scores over 80 points.

Hammer beat other contenders Adam Cooney, James Sicily and Ryan Davis.

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Maca Medal Vote Count:

Round 6
Mexico City Suns (24.8.152) def London Royals (20.6.126)

Top score of the week, is it a sign of things to come?

Votes
5. Heath Shaw
4. Nick Riewoldt
3. Jimmy Bartel
2. Daniel Wells
1. Tom Rockliff

Round 7
Seoul Magpies (23.7.145) def Mexico City Suns (22.10.142)

Votes
5. Nick Riewoldt
4. Kade Simpson
3. Jimmy Bartel
2. Brad Ebert
1. Heath Shaw

Round 8
Mexico City Suns (24.6.150) def Cape Town Cobras (18.6.114)

Votes
5. Heath Shaw
4. Brett Deledio
3. Kade Simpson
2. Mark Baguley
1. Brendon Goddard

Round 9
Mexico City Suns (28.10.178) def Tokyo Samurai (22.9.141)

A massive score from Captain Heater gives us a big win

Votes
5. Heath Shaw
4. Trent Cotchin
3. Adam Cooney
2. Nick Riewoldt
1. Brent Harvey

Progressive Leaderboard:
1st.Heath Shaw 24 Votes
=2nd. Trent Cotchin 17
=2nd. Kade Simpson 17
=2nd. Nick Riewoldt 17
=5th. Eddie Betts 10
=5th. Daniel Wells 10

Shaw went crazy over those four rounds, with 3/4 best on ground performances!

[Jroo]

Best First Year Player:

Winner: Tom Papley

Papley started the season in style scoring tons in the first two games! However, his form faded away a little but he has shown he is part of the Swans best 22 going forward and has a promising career ahead. Papley played 16 games in his first season of football, with seven scores of 70+ a impressive return for the youngster.

Papley beat other contenders George Hewett, Jesse Palmer and Brandon White.

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Maca Medal Vote Count:

Round 10
Toronto Wolves (17.8.110) lost to Mexico City Suns (22.6.138)

Votes
5. Brendon Goddard
4. Trent Cotchin
3. Nick Riewoldt
2. Jimmy Bartel
1. Eddie Betts

Round 11
New York Revolution (22.11.143) lost to Mexico City Suns (27.6.168)

A massive performance from Rocky gives us another big score

Votes
5. Tom Rockliff
4. Daniel Wells
3. Brent Harvey
2. Heath Shaw
1. Trent Cotchin

Round 12
Mexico City Suns (25.10.160) def Pacific Islanders (21.10.136)

Votes
5. Daniel Wells
4. Shaun Hampson
3. Heath Shaw
2. Trent Cotchin
1. Kade Simpson

Round 13
Mexico City Suns (27.10.172)  def Moscow Spetsnaz (17.6.108)

The Suns absolutely smash the helpless Spetsnaz, to keep them on top of the ladder.

Votes
5. Tom Rockliff
4.  Jimmy Bartel
3. Daniel Wells
2.  Heath Shaw
1. Nick Riewoldt

Progressive Leaderboard:
1st. Heath Shaw 31 Votes
2nd. Trent Cotchin 24
3rd. Daniel Wells 22
4th. Nick Riewoldt 21
5th. Kade Simpson 18

Shaw extends his lead, polling in 3/4 games in that period.

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Coaches Award:

Winner: Daniel Wells

After only playing two games last year, everyone thought he was finished. Missing Brent Stanton and Harley Bennell from a Best XV all year we needed someone to step up. Enter Daniel Wells. He has come back into the side this year and has been awesome as a forward averaging 100ppg and has been a key to our success this year.

Wells beat other contenders Adam Cooney, Tom Rockliff and Kade Simpson.

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Maca Medal Vote Count:

Round 14
Berlin Brewers (26.6.162) def Mexico City Suns (23.10.148)

Votes
5. Matthew Broadbent
4. Brendon Goddard
3. Nick Riewoldt
2. Trent Cotchin
1. Kade Simpson

Round 15
Christchurch Saints (24.6.150) def Mexico City Suns (22.9.141)

Votes
5. Tom Rockliff
4. Brent Harvey
3. Kade Simpson
2. Trent Cotchin
1. Shaun Hampson

Round 16
PNL Reindeers (23.9.147) lost to Mexico City Suns (26.8.164)

The Suns flexed their muscles to account for the Reindeers and to snap their two game losing streak.

Votes
5. Tom Rockliff
4. Brendon Goddard
3. Jimmy Bartel
2. Kade Simpson
1. Sam Gray

Round 17
Dublin Destroyers (25.10.160) def Mexico City Suns (23.10.148)

Votes
5. Eddie Betts
4. Heath Shaw
3. Brad Ebert
2. Brendon Goddard
1. Jimmy Bartel

Progressive Leaderboard:
1st. Heath Shaw 35 Votes
2nd. Trent Cotchin 28
=3rd. Kade Simpson 24
=3rd. Nick Riewoldt 24
=5th. Tom Rockliff 22
=5th. Daniel Wells 22

Shaw continues to poll votes, but Cotchin is not going away just yet!

[fanTCfool]

It's getting tight at the top!

[Jroo]

Best Performance:

Winner: Tom Rockliff

Rockliff pulled out a massive 204 points in his return game from injury in Round 11 against the helpless Revolution. Rockliff picked up a whopping 48 disposals, 9 tackles, 8 marks and even kicked a goal to lead us to a big win. 

Top three performances of 2016:
1st. Tom Rockliff 204 Points - Round 11 v New York
2nd. Heath Shaw 203 Points - Round 9 v Tokyo
3rd. Tom Rockliff 154 Points - Round 16 v PNL

[fanTCfool]

Two 200 point performances in a single season for a single team for two different blokes - not half bad!

[Jroo]

Maca Medal Vote Count:

Qualifying Final
Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (18.9.117) lost to Mexico City Suns (21.7.133)

A poor score, but it was enough to get us into a prelim

Votes
5. Kade Simpson
4. Tom Rockliff
3. Trent Cotchin
2. Daniel Wells
1. Nick Riewoldt

Preliminary Final
Mexico City Suns (24.11.155) lost to New Delhi Tigers (25.6.156)

A crazy game see us lose to the NDT juggernaut

Votes
5. Brent Harvey
4. Daniel Wells
3. Heath Shaw
2. Tom Rockliff
1. Eddie Betts

Progressive Leaderboard:
Final Results to be announced soon...

[Purple 77]

Heath's medal is a Shaw thing.

[ossie85]

Great presentation jroo!

[Jroo]

Best Finals Player:

Winner: Brent Harvey

Even though it was a short final series to what we are usually used to, Brent Harvey seemed to keep his best to last. Although he enjoyed a solid year averaging 92.8 points overall, he dominated the finals series for the Suns to average nearly 120 points from his two games. This included a massive score of 150 points in what turns out will be his last WXVs game of his career...  :'(

Top three scorers in 2016 finals series:
1st. Brent Harvey 239 Points, Average of 119.5
2nd. Daniel Wells 232 Points, Average of 116
3rd. Tom Rockliff 222 Points, Average of 111

[Purple 77]

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