WXV Round 5: Tigers and Islanders fight for rare win

[Master Q]

What was the point of that post nails?

[Nails]

In car on way home from Melbourne. Think that was my post updating the dillos scores.  Copy paste bug ftl

[Nails]

actually idek what happened.

When I hit 'post' my team score WAS in there...  :-\

[ossie85]

Sorry for the delay all :) Been bouncing around everywhere lately....

Hopefully results up today

Well Memph thought that the preference list would make a team that's very similar to the one I actually tried to name.

Memph is well and truly allowed to make decisions for the team, but I'm sure that if we knew we had to start Plowman and a very underdone O'Shea via the preference system we would've opted to just drop Cotchin (although we probably would've replaced him with Crouch instead of Pittard - but that's a minor detail). I'd much rather go with the team I tried to name without Cotchin.

I've gotta say, reading Memph's post again that he didn't actually name the team, it was more of a question.

I'm a little unsure how to go about it MC, because these are decisions made well and truly after lockout.

I think I'm going to have to go with the team based on preference list. If you guys feel I've made a mistake from your preference list (and it was really only the defense) happy to review...

Anyone else have an opinion?

Oz

[Purple 77]

Well done Mexico City, well deserved win.

Haven't had a look at my whole team yet, but can't really believe Geary and Petterd got 240 between them lol

[ossie85]

Brewer Hangover as the Suns shine

Berlin had a solid performance, but you need more than that against the Mexico City Suns.

Mexico City had 8 centuries, and that's just hard to beat. Berlin are now on a 3 match losing streak, with the Armadillos next week.

Berlin Brewers (21.15.141) lost to Mexico City Suns (25.15.165)

Best
Berlin: R Petterd, M Hibberd, N Fyfe, D Jackson
Mexico City: S Sidebottom, S Thompson, M Pavlich, A Sandilands, N Riewoldt, B Ebert, J Adcock, J Bartel

Late Changes
Berlin: R Petterd replaces C Garland
Mexico City: T Curren replaces S Hurn

WXV Debut
Mexico City: T Curren

Reserves
Rhineland Rum-Runners (5.8.38) lost to Mexico City Suns (15.7.97)

Best
Rhineland: J Saunders
Mexico City: M Firrito, J Waite, T Cutler

[ossie85]

Moscow not up to Armadillos challenge

Buenos Aires put in another great effort, though they are probably not satisfied with it! Moscow will be scratching their heads wondering what to do next, but at least Griffen and Naitanui showed some form.

Buenos Aires Armadillos (23.12.150) defeated Moscow Spetsnaz (19.10.124)

Best
Buenos Aires: S Johnson, M Boyd, D Swan, R Warnock
Moscow: R Griffen, N Naitanui

Substitutes
Moscow: Josh Thomas subbed in for Callan Ward

Reserves
Buenos Aires Armadillos (11.13.79) defeated Siberian Wolverines (7.2.44)

Best
Buenos Aires: D Astbury, D Hale, L Jong, J Kelly
Siberia: C Ward

[ossie85]

Pumas <3 NY

New York were attrocious, and really the Pumas only needed to show up. And with another strong performance from Gary Ablett they did more than enough.

New York Revolution (17.11.113) lost to Sao Paulo Pumas (22.13.145)

Best
New York: T Cloke, J Macrae
Sao Paulo: G Ablett jnr, J Gunston, S Jacobs, J Polec, R Sloane, M Wright, A Walker

Late Changes
New York: M Arnot replaced S Fisher

Reserves
Washington Rebellion (5.6.36) lost to Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (8.9.57)

Best
Washington: B Griffiths, K Kolodjashnij
Rio de Janeiro: C Masten

[ossie85]

Stuttering Wolves quell Thunder

Beijing put in a disappointing performance, and that has to be a relief to a Toronto team that heavily relies on its captain Scott Pendlebury. Toronto were disappointing, but they finally have its first win!

Beijing Thunder (17.10.112) lost to Toronto Wolves (19.15.129)

Best
Beijing: C Hooker
Toronto: S Pendlebury, L Henderson, J Riewoldt, P Ryder

WXV Debut
Beijing: S Gray

Club Debut
Beijing: J Petrenko

Reserves
Shanghai Storm (13.7.85) lost to Toronto Wolves (14.8.92)

Best
Shanghai: A Carlile
Toronto: R Shaw, T Bell, M Shaw

[ossie85]

PNL outlast improving Royals

PNL Reindeers just did enough to account for the London Royals, who have made some strong improvements over the last couple of weeks.

The Reindeers had few stand out performances, other than captain Nathan Jones, but had solid contributors across the ground.

PNL Reindeers (20.17.137) defeated London Royals (20.14.134)

Best
PNL: N Jones, M Jaensch, K Simpson
London: J Brown, J McVeigh, D Hannebery, D Rampe, H Lumumba, B Stanton

Reserves
Marseille Kings (20.16.136) defeated Imperial Princes (13.7.85)

Best
Marseille: C Dawes, J Billings, T Goldsack, Jackson Trengove
Imperial: B Reilly, R Laird

[ossie85]

Dublin defeat Confused Cobras

Lock out issues caused Cape Town to fall significantly short of a Dublin side down on form, will be interesting to see where either team goes from here.

Dublin Destroyers (21.13.139) defeated Cape Town Cobras (18.14.122)

Best
Dublin: R Gray, D Mundy, T Rockliff, L Franklin
Cape Town: T Hawkins, JP Kennedy, T Cotchin

WXV Debut
Cape Town: L Plowman

Reserves
Belfast Braves (7.8.50) lost to Cape Town Cobras (20.15.135)

Best
Belfast: S Grigg
Cape Town: M Crouch, J Gwilt, E Curnow, N Haynes, J Bennell, A Everitt

[ossie85]

Tigers notch win #2

Pacific Islanders will be bitterly disappoinited as its strong start to the season starts slipping away.

New Delhi were well led by captain Leigh Montagna.

New Delhi Tigers (20.12.132) defeated Pacific Islanders (19.11.125)

Best
New Delhi: L Montagna, S Hampson, M Duncan
Pacific: J Elliott, Jack Redden

Late Changes
Pacific: H Cunningham replaced M Grigg

Club Debut
New Delhi: B Stratton

Reserves
Mumbai Elephants (22.13.145) defeated Port Morseby Iguanadons (15.8.98)

Best
Mumbai: D Cassisi, M White, D Talia, Z Williams, K Cheney, N Robertson, G Horlin-Smith
Port Morseby: M Hurley, J Frost

[ossie85]

Samurai slice through Warriors

Tokyo are the surprise packet this season, while the struggling Warriors are now clearly the favourites for a second consecutive spoon.

Tokyo Samurai (21.13.139) defeated Wellington Warriors (17.11.113)

Best
Tokyo: A Fasolo, L Dahlhaus, K Jack, G Broughton
Wellington: M Murphy, L Hayes

Reserves
Yuzawa Typhoon (10.7.67) lost to Wellington Warriors (11.9.75)

Best
Yuzawa: T Richards, J Rivers
Wellington: A Schneider, R Thompson, S Shaw

[Ricochet]

flower yeh New Delhi :D

[ossie85]

Danger signs for Cairo

Seoul's up and down season continues, as pundits start to drift away from a Cairo side now way back in the pack and are struggling in Shane Mumford's absense.

Patrick Dangerfield put in the best performance of the year to superbly lead the Magpies.

Cairo Sands (19.13.127) lost to Seoul Magpies (22.17.149)

Best
Cairo: D Beams, N Malceski
Seoul: P Dangerfield, B Gibbs, S Coniglio, B McGlynn, D Swallow

WXV Debut
Seoul: T Boyd

Reserves
Alexandria Hieroglyphics (17.14.116) defeated Pyongyang Chollimas (15.9.99)

Best
Alexandria: M Rischitelli, T Chaplin, K Hartigan
Pyongyang: L Keeffe, T Duryea