WXV Round 1 - The GF Replay

[ossie85]

Fyfe fills Steven void for Berlin

The London Royals had a bad week, but at one stage looked like they might win anyway. But Berlin came home strong, and combined with club debutant and captain Nat Fyfe, did enough to account for there first ever win over London. Both sides will be looking for improvement.

Also worth noting that despite finishing 4th last year, the Brewers had an astonishing 7 club debutants this week.


Berlin Brewers (19.16.130) defeated London Royals (17.15.117)

Best
Berlin: N Fyfe, D Zorko, J Spencer, J Grimes
London: D Pearce, A Mackie

Late Changes
Berlin: L Hunter replaced J Steven
London: D Rampe replaced B Reilly

WXV Debut
London: J Daniher

Club Debut
Berlin: N Fyfe, D Zorko, J Garlett, J Geary, L Jetta, JJ Kennedy, L Hunter
London: B Matera, S Edwards

Reserves
Rhineland Rum-Runners (12.11.83) defeated Imperial Princes (7.6.48)

Best
Rhineland: J Saunders, R Petterd
Imperial: D Mackay

[ossie85]

Armadillos charm Cobras

With an astonishing 9 centuries, a score of 150 is actually a bit conservative from the Armadillos, and it is clear they had some passengers this week. But 150 is a very impressive round 1 score, as they look to go at least one step further than Prelims in the last 2 seasons.

Cape Town are in trouble, and have been in decline since making the 2012 GF. A lot of work from here.


Buenos Aires Armadillos (23.12.150) defeated Cape Town Cobras (18.11.119)

Best
Buenos Aires: M Barlow, P Chapman, S Johnson, D Cox, K Cornes, M Boyd, J Schulz, S Burgoyne, J Kelly
Cape Town: T Cotchin, D Tyson, J Darling

Late Changes
Buenos Aires: E Wood & J Kelly replaced H Scotland & J Redpath
Cape Town: A Everitt replaced C O'Shea

WXV Debut
Buenos Aires: C Newman
Cape Town: D Tyson

Club Debut
Buenos Aires: J Kelly, E Wood
Cape Town: J Toumpas, B Hill, A Everitt, J Darling, S Higgins

Reserves
Buenos Aires Armadillos (13.11.89) lost to Cape Town Cobras (14.13.97)

Best
Buenos Aires: J Kelly, D Hale, D Cross
Cape Town: E Curnow, J Gwilt, J Cameron, C Bird

[ossie85]

Islanders win first McCarthy Cup

Pacific win its first McCarthy Cup, but the match itself was an ugly affair with only 5 century makers. New York had 8 players making world or club debuts, and the team newness showed! Pacific were far more stable.

New York Revolution (15.13.103) lost to Pacific Islanders (17.17.119)

Best
New York: A Treloar, J Macrae
Pacific: B Howlett, M de Boer, L Thomas

Late Changes
New York: L McDonald, M Stokes, B Sinclair replaced C Dempsey, A Christensen, S Lycett

WXV Debut
New York: L McDonald
Pacific: M Grigg

Club Debut
New York: D Armitage, M Stokes, A Treloar, J Gibson, S Atley, A Black, B Sinclair
Pacific: Jack Redden, L Thomas, S Day

Reserves
Washington Rebellion (6.6.42) lost to Port Morseby Iguanadons (16.11.107)

Best
Washington: MW Brown
Port MOrseby: M Hurley, J Frost, K Hardingham

[ossie85]

Thunder rolls in

For such a young team, it was surprising how few few debutants there were! Bejing had only the one newbie (Stanley), and had one of there best performances in a good long while. Well done Beijing, with particular credit to Oli Wines, as last year's wooden spooners Wellington look like they are in for another long year.

Beijing Thunder (20.15.135) defeated Wellington Warriors (17.15.117)

Best
Beijing: O Wines, M Rosa, C Hooker, L Shiels
Wellington: B Deledio, M Murphy, S Dempster, T Mzungu

Late Changes
Beijing: D Glass replaced M Talia
Wellington: T Mzungu and J Hannath replaced J Crisp

WXV Debut
Wellington: L Taylor, J Kennedy-Harris

Club Debut
Beijing: D Stanley
Wellington: B Deledio

Reserves
Shanghai Storm (14.9.93) defeated Wellington Warriors (12.6.78)

Best
Shanghai: J Hunt, M Jones
Wellington: L Picken, R Lester

[ossie85]

Reindeer heartbreak again

What Gods has Reindeer coach Hellopplz offended? Another great score, another defeat. Need to work on that defense!

Not taking anything away from Seoul, who had stars across the board, particularly impressive from a team expected to struggle this year.


PNL Reindeers (21.16.142) lost to Seoul Magpies (23.12.150)

Best
PNL: N Jones, J Westhoff, M Priddis, K Simpson, L Ball, C Wingard
Seoul: M LeCras, D Swallow, T Langdon, B McEvoy, S Coniglio, P Dangerfield, T Scully

WXV Debut
PNL: J Billings
Seoul: T Duryea, T Langdon

Club Debut
PNL: C Enright, J Patton
Seoul: D Swallow, B McGlynn, M LeCras

Reserves
Marseille Kings  (23.14.152) defeated Pyongyang Chollimas (14.13.97)

Best
Marseille: M Thomas, F Ray, M Jaensch, D Myers, Jackson Trengove, M Watson
Pyongyang: C Sutcliffe, J Newnes, TJ Lynch, B Macaffer

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Destroyers Ominous

Bouyed by a strong finish last year, Dublin made some key personnel changes and put up a very good round 1 score! With the scary thing being they have room for improvement.

Cairo looked the goods for much of the match, but faded towards the end.

Dublin Destroyers (23.13.151) defeated Cairo Sands (22.16.148)

Best
Dublin: J Selwood, J Watson, G Birchall, R Murphy, R Gray
Cairo: D Prestia, L Breust, D Beams, S Mumford, L Dunstan

WXV Debut
Cairo: L Dunstan

Club Debut
Dublin: T Rockliff, J Watson, L Franklin, N Dal Santo, G Birchall, M Walters, C Dixon, R Murphy
Cairo: D Prestia, J Giles, B Smith, S Kerridge

Reserves
Belfast Braves (12.12.84) lost to Alexandria Hieroglyphics (13.13.91)

Best
Belfast: S Grigg, J Green, S Frost
Alexandria: E Mackenzie, J Laidler

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Tigers put to Sword

New Delhi ended with a very poor score (but not the record low, which was 81 - also scored by New Delhi). Tokyo weren't impressive, but the late withdrawal of Captain Jack hurt.

New Delhi Tigers (14.13.97) lost to Tokyo Samurai (19.16.130)

Best
New Delhi: S Hampson, A Gaff
Tokyo: S Selwood, G Broughton, J Merrett, T West

Late Changes
New Delhi: M Duncan and Jordan Murdoch replaced J Melksham
Tokyo: J Merrett, A Kennedy replaced T Pears, K Jack

WXV Debut
New Delhi: V Michie, W Langford, J Webster

Club Debut
New Delhi: M Duncan, T Greene, S Savage, S Hampson, R Bail, A Gaff
Tokyo: D Simpson, G Broughton

Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (13.10.88) defeated Yuzawa Typhoon (3.3.21)

Best
Mumbai: Nil
Yuzawa: Nil

[Nige]

At least Alexandria won.  :P

[elephants]

Yeaaah Mumbai 8)

[kilbluff1985]

doing the happy dance

[Purple 77]

Great write-ups as usual ossie!

[Holz]

At least Alexandria won.  :P

Im suprised I came soo close actually. Not much depth in my 2s.

[CrowsFan]

Reindeers highest scoring losers again

Weren't Cairo the highest scoring losers?

[ossie85]

Reindeers highest scoring losers again

Weren't Cairo the highest scoring losers?

Ah, yes, so they were. My bad. So you want to take even that away from the Reindeers huh?

[Toga]

Wooo Beijing! Stoked to start the season with a win, good performances from our younger boys in Ollie Wines & Sam Mayes and co.

Need more from Kroozer this week though!