WXV Round 6: British Isles and Peace Cups on the line

[Ringo]

London Royals

Def: Heritier Lumumba  (57); Brent Reilly (97); Rory Laird (104) Dane Rampe (88).
Mids: Danyle Pearce (85); Daniel Hannebery (138); Brent Stanton (191); Jarrad McVeigh (170)
Rucks:Matthew Broadbent (OOP) (41)
Fwds: Johnathan Brown (58) ; Chris Mayne (73); Brandon Matera (77); Jason Winderlich (53)
Int: Shane Edwards (70) ;  David MacKay (61)
Emergencies:  Joe Daniher (59); Zac Tuohy (66), Billy Hartung
1363/15

Hope Bellchambers is back next week,  Forawrds were the disappointments this week.  Team will click sometime.

[ossie85]

Suns continue dominance

Mexico City were too strong, with Seoul having too many passengers but a solid effort.

Mexico City Suns (23.15.153) defeated Seoul Magpies (21.12.138)

Best
Mexico City: S Sidebottom, L Hodge, J Adcock, B Ebert, B Vince, J Waite
Seoul: B McEvoy, P Dangerfield, B Ellis, D Swallow, TJ Lynch, B Gibbs

WXV Debut
Seoul: C Salem

Reserves
Mexico City Suns (13.6.84) defeated Pyongyang Chollimas (11.11.77)

Best
Mexico City: M Firrito, M Blicavs
Pyongyang: T Langdon

[ossie85]

ANZAC Pride for Wellington

Wellington caused a huge upset, with its first win over the season on ANZAC day weekend.

Captain Marc Murphy was outstanding, while Cairo have some serious questions to answer.

Wellington Warriors (19.9.123) defeated Cairo Sands (17.19.121)

Best
Wellington: M Murphy, L Hayes
Cairo: D Beams, N Malceski, D Prestia

Late Changes
Cairo: N Gordon replaced A Carrazzo

WXV Debut
Cairo: N Gordon

Reserves
Wellington Warriors (5.4.34) lost to Alexandria Hieroglyphics (17.16.118)

Best
Wellington: J Kennedy-Harris
Alexandria: T Dickson, J Laidler, C Pearce

[ossie85]

Tokyo Shocker as Islanders notch another

Tokyo had a poor final day, as the Islander home crowd - for the 2nd time this season - inspired the team for yet another victory.

Pacific have been a surprise team this year! While Tokyo performed well under par.

Pacific Islanders (20.9.129) defeated Tokyo Samurai (19.14.128)

Best
Pacific: S Gibson, Jack Redden, J Elliott, A Tomlinson
Tokyo: L Dahlhaus, T West, L Shuey, L Parker, K Jack

Late Changes
Pacific: J Witts & S Day replaced B Longer & A Otten

Reserves
Port Morseby Iguanadons (14.6.90) defeated Yuzawa Typhoon (11.9.75)

Best
Port Morseby: B Sheppard
Yuzawa: A Kennedy

[Master Q]

Pacific and Wellington are making us look worse now  :P

[ossie85]

Montagna inspires Tiger Victory

In a game with few stars, New Delhi scored its 3rd win of its season thanks largely to a superb effort by captain Leigh Montagna.

Only Cape Town's Josh Kennedy can hold his head up high.

3 of last year's bottom 4 registered wins this week!

Cape Town Cobras (19.12.126) lost to New Delhi Tigers (20.8.128)

Best
Cape Town: JP Kennedy
New Delhi: L Montagna

WXV Debut
Cape Town: M Crouch

Reserves
Cape Town Cobras (9.9.63) lost to Mumbai Elephants (19.17.131)

Best
Cape Town: C Bird
Mumbai: G Horlin-Smith, D Buckley, M White, N Robertson, A Raines

[Nails]

3 of last year's bottom 4 registered wins this week!

This is why I'm anti-divisions. These losers can win and have been putting up some wins. It's very exciting (imo) to see them knocking these pretenders off. I like this, I like it a lot.

[Nige]

2-4 isn't pretty.  :(

Not to mention we just lost to only team without a win this season.

[Master Q]

3 of last year's bottom 4 registered wins this week!

This is why I'm anti-divisions. These losers can win and have been putting up some wins. It's very exciting (imo) to see them knocking these pretenders off. I like this, I like it a lot.

Until you lose to one of us

[ossie85]

British Isles Cup Stays in London

The Royals make it 3 from 3 against Dublin, and are proving a bogey team for Dublin! The home ground proving the difference!

3-nil for London on the back of an outstanding midfield effort, while Destroyer Travis Boak was deemed best on ground and wins the Mynott/Kennelly Medal.

London Royals (21.16.142) defeated Dublin Destroyers (20.18.138)

Best
London: D Hannebery, B Stanton, J McVeigh, R Laird
Dublin: T Boak, N Dal Santo, J Watson, D Mundy, R Gray

Reserves
Imperial Princes (13.5.83) defeated Belfast Braves (9.4.58)

Best
Imperial: Nil
Belfast: J Bruce

LONDON wins the BRITISH ISLES CUP

TRAVIS BOAK wins the MYNOTT/KENNELLY MEDAL

[ossie85]

Wolves Make Statement

In a high scoring affair, Toronto finally put in an all-round display to get the points over the fancied Reindeers.

A terrific match, and a typical PNL game!

Toronto Wolves (23.20.158) defeated PNL Reindeers (22.17.149)

Best
Toronto: P Ryder, S Pendlebury, M Johnson, T Hickey, C Pedersen, N Grima
PNL: C Rioli, TT Lynch, N Jones, M Priddis, M Lobbe

Reserves
Toronto Wolves (20.15.135) defeated Marseille Kings (19.11.125)

Best
Toronto: R Shaw, B McLean, A Hall, T Jonas, C Young, M Jamison, Matt Shaw
Marseille: J Patton, T Goldsack, H Grundy

[Nige]

Wow, we even got outscored by reserves teams.  :-[

[ossie85]

Aish not enough for Beijing

Sao Paulo put in a very solid score, considering out of position players, to beat a disappointing Beijing.

Aish was the only player who really stood up to the ferocity of the Pumas.

Sao Paulo Pumas (23.13.151) defeated Beijing Thunder (19.8.122)

Best
Sao Paulo: G Ablett jnr, R Sloane, M Wright
Beijing: J Aish

Reserves
Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (8.8.56) lost to Shanghai Storm (10.7.67)

Best
Rio de Janeiro: J Stringer
Shanghai: M Jones

[elephants]

Wow, we even got outscored by reserves teams.  :-[

Hahahaha, we know that feeling... We won both matchups though!

NDT is coming lads 8)

[Nails]

Wow, we even got outscored by reserves teams.  :-[

Isn't that rare tbh. It's a result of reserves score being divided by 5 and seniors by 10.