WXV Finals Week 1: Grand Final Rematch, Europe hosts 3 Finals

[ossie85]

Way too early to give spots so far!

Qualifying Finals

Mexico City Suns v Sao Paulo Pumas, Fireball Stadium
Dublin Destroyers v Buenos Aires Armadillos, Crooke Park

Elimination Finals

PNL Reindeers v Cape Town Cobras, State de France
Moscow Spetsnaz v Toronto Wolves, Luzhniki Stadium


Reserves

Qualifying Finals

Marseille Kings v Port Morseby Iguanadons, State de France
Alexandria Hieroglyphics v Toronto Wolves, Borg El Arab Stadium

Elimination Finals

Mexico City Suns v Pyongyang Chollimas, Fireball Stadium
Mumbai Elephants v Rio de Janeiro Jaguars, Tata Stadium




Each team's finals experience (Player, Games, Average). Only the 6 confirmed teams so far

Buenos Aires
Burgoyne   Shaun   6   84.83
Cornes   Kane   5   102.00
Scotland   Heath   5   92.60
Boyd   Matthew   4   113.75
Hale   David   4   108.75
Schulz   Jay   4   81.75
Gilbert   Sam   4   79.25
Chapman   Paul   4   76.75
McKenzie   Jordie   4   70.25
Swan   Dane   3   113.67
Stewart   Paul   3   47.00
Bradley   Kepler   3   45.67
Johnson   Steve   2   115.00
Cox   Dean   2   103.50
Barlow   Michael   2   99.50
Warnock   Robbie   2   99.00
Harvey   Brent   2   79.00
Petrie   Drew   2   70.50
Wood   Easton   2   62.00
Cross   Daniel   2   57.00
Jong   Lin   1   74.00
Thompson   Scott D   1   69.00

Cape Town
Cotchin   Trent   4   131.25
Kennedy   Josh P   4   123.00
O'Keefe   Ryan   4   108.50
Bird   Craig   4   78.75
Hawkins   Tom   4   63.25
Gwilt   James   3   84.00
Curnow   Edward   3   80.00
Johnson   Alex   3   58.00
Cameron   Jeremy   2   70.00
Everitt   Andrejs   2   61.00
Cooney   Adam   1   129.00
Pittard   Jasper   1   74.00
Guthrie   Cameron   1   68.00
Higgins   Shaun   1   63.00
Vardy   Nathan   1   56.00
Darling   Jack   1   54.00
O'Shea   Cameron   1   46.00
Sexton   Alex   1   27.00
Bock   Nathan   1   2.00


Dublin
Watson   Jobe   4   117.75
Grigg   Shaun   3   92.33
McDonald   Tom   3   71.00
Boak   Travis   2   131.00
Franklin   Lance   2   108.50
Selwood   Joel   2   105.00
Walters   Michael   2   102.00
Murphy   Robert   2   96.50
Dal Santo   Nick   2   81.50
Dixon   Charlie   2   76.50
Rance   Alex   1   98.00
van Berlo   Nathan   1   55.00
Harper   Kieran   1   47.00

Mexico City
Goddard   Brendon   7   111.43
Ebert   Bradley   7   108.71
Maric   Ivan   7   102.29
Bartel   Jimmy   7   99.00
Waite   Jarrad   7   94.14
Lewis   Jordan   6   96.00
Hodge   Luke   6   95.17
Sandilands   Aaron   5   115.00
Thompson   Scott   4   109.50
Riewoldt   Nick   4   103.50
Sidebottom   Steele   4   96.00
Adcock   Jed   4   94.00
Goodes   Adam   4   80.25
Firrito   Michael   4   71.75
Crameri   Stewart   4   60.25
Hurn   Shannon   3   92.00
Lake   Brian   3   85.00
Vince   Bernie   3   61.33
Merrett   Daniel   1   71.00
Blicavs   Mark   1   69.00

Moscow
Martin   Dustin   4   80.75
Shaw   Heath   4   73.00
Monfries   Angus   3   89.67
Naitanui   Nic   2   123.50
Griffen   Ryan   2   96.00
Ward   Callan   2   89.50
Dunn   Lynden   2   61.00
Jenkins   Josh   2   48.50
Fletcher   Dustin   2   47.50
Vickery   Tyrone   1   88.00
Allen   Jackson   1   86.00
Thomas   Josh   1   74.00
May   Steven   1   66.00
Frawley   James   1   62.00
Tapscott   Luke   1   52.00

PNL
Enright   Corey   3   92.33
Westhoff   Justin   2   102.50
Griffin   Jonathon   1   95.00

Sao Paulo
Minson   Will   6   116.50
Ablett   Gary jnr   6   111.33
Houli   Bachar   6   91.50
Sloane   Rory   5   124.20
Roughead   Jarryd   5   92.60
Jacobs   Sam   5   90.80
Wallis   Mitch   5   85.20
Whitecross   Brendan   5   60.60
Gunston   Jack   4   82.00
Harwood   Ryan   4   80.75
Wright   Matthew   3   107.00
Walker   Andrew   3   105.33
Masten   Chris   3   96.00
Adams   Taylor   3   86.67
Hartlett   Hamish   3   78.00
Roberton   Dylan   3   67.33
Hill   Stephen   2   98.00
Smith   Devon   2   95.50
McMahon   Scott   2   92.50
Zaharakis   David   2   72.00
Waters   Beau   2   65.50
Buntine   Matthew   1   108.00
White   Simon   1   37.00

Toronto
McLean   Brock   5   113.60
Pendlebury   Scott   3   117.33
Riewoldt   Jack   3   92.67
Morris   Steven   3   83.00
Johnson   Michael   3   74.33
Henderson   Lachlan   3   61.67
Adams   Leigh   2   80.50
Ziebell   Jack   2   77.00
Ryder   Paddy   2   71.50
MacMillan   Jaime   2   67.00
Robinson   Mitch   2   40.50
Maguire   Matt   2   30.50
Cunnington   Ben   1   113.00
Swallow   Andrew   1   106.00
Butler   Sam   1   90.00
Hall   Aaron   1   79.00
Bell   Tom   1   70.00
Jones   Clinton   1   64.00
White   Jesse   1   39.00



Also....

2nd Continental Cup

Well, for 10 WXV teams, the competition has close :( So...

The WXV Continental Cup!

AMERICAS: Buenos Aires, Mexico City, New York, Sao Paulo, Toronto

EUROPE: Berlin, Dublin, London, Moscow, PNL

AFRICONIA: Cairo, Cape Town, Pacific, Wellington

ASIA: Beijing, New Delhi, Seoul, Tokyo

Is the competition fair and even? God no, but should provide a bit of fun as the Worlds best face off against each other.

.... of course if there is no interest, we will let the competition fold. Worth a try I think!

How does it work - the coaches of the Worlds team get together to decide how to select the best XV for the week. The highest ranked coach is captain, and gets the final say (if captain being unreasonable we'll look into that). This is an EIGHT week competition, everybody playing everybody home and away (with HGA in force).

Round 1 (AFL Round 20)

Americas v Europe
Africa/Oceania v Asia

(Choose your XV from the 10 WXV teams not playing in World finals, 18 AFL teams)

(I realise that the Americas could be severely disadvantaged here - Only New York available. Cross that bridge when we come to it. Coaches playing World Finals Do not get a say in how teams are selected officially).

Round 2 (AFL Round 21)

Americas v Asia
Africa/Oceania v Europe

(Choose your XV from the 14 WXV teams not playing in World finals, 18 AFL teams)

Round 3 (AFL Round 22)

Americas v Africa/Oceania
Asia v Europe

(Choose your XV from the 14 WXV teams not playing World finals, 18 AFL teams)

Round 4 (AFL Round 23)

Europe v Americas
Asia v Africa/Oceania

(Choose your XV from 16 WXV teams not playing finals, 18 AFL teams)

Round 5 (AFL Finals Week 1)

Asia v Americas
Europe v Africa/Oceania

(Choose your XV from 18 WXV teams, 8 AFL teams playing finals)

Round 6 (AFL Finals Week 2)

Africa/Oceania v Americas
Europe v Asia

(Choose your XII from 18 WXV teams, 4 AFL teams playing finals) <-- note 12 players not 15. 3D, 3M, 1R, 3F, 2I

Preliminary Final (AFL Finals Week 3)

2nd v 3rd

(Choose your XII from 18 WXV teams, 4 AFL teams playing finals) <-- note 12 players not 15. 3D, 3M, 1R, 3F, 2I

Grand Final (AFL Finals Week 4)

1st v winner of Prelim

(Choose your IX from 18 WXV teams, 2 AFL teams playing finals) <-- note 9 players not 15. 2D, 2M, 1R, 2F, 2I

[Jukes]

Earlying again.

D: H. Shaw, S. Docherty, L. Dunn, J. Frawley
M: C. Ward (cc), D. Heppell, J. O'Meara, R. Griffen
R: N. Naitanui (cc)
F: D. Martin, A. Monfries, S. May, J. Jenkins
U: Z. Clarke, J. Simpkin

Emg: D. Ellard, J. Hombsch, N. Vlastuin

Sub rule

[Ringo]

Think something may need to be worked out for Americas though Oss Not sure what. Is there scope for NY to pick from the reserves from the other teams.

[Ricochet]

How do we go about naming a ressies side for finals if our 1s aren't in the finals? are all players qualified?

[ossie85]

Think something may need to be worked out for Americas though Oss Not sure what. Is there scope for NY to pick from the reserves from the other teams.

Just New York players for them unfortunately, it'll even out as the competition progresses :(

How do we go about naming a ressies side for finals if our 1s aren't in the finals? are all players qualified?

I try to pick a 15 for you, but am happy for you to name a seniors team, and I'll make adjustments if needed

[Justin Bieber]

How do we go about naming a ressies side for finals if our 1s aren't in the finals? are all players qualified?

I try to pick a 15 for you, but am happy for you to name a seniors team, and I'll make adjustments if needed

Only thing I am against Coaches doing this is that they may name an "under-strength" XV, so their reserves will be stronger if coming against a team that's in the finals (e.g. PNL with Marseilles) so we're forced to play strongest team while other teams like Pacific/New Dehli have nothing to gain from naming a weak XV to improve Reserves.

And this time Cape Town have no HGA so prepare to lose again >:D.

[Ricochet]

How do we go about naming a ressies side for finals if our 1s aren't in the finals? are all players qualified?

I try to pick a 15 for you, but am happy for you to name a seniors team, and I'll make adjustments if needed

Only thing I am against Coaches doing this is that they may name an "under-strength" XV, so their reserves will be stronger if coming against a team that's in the finals (e.g. PNL with Marseilles) so we're forced to play strongest team while other teams like Pacific/New Dehli have nothing to gain from naming a weak XV to improve Reserves.

And this time Cape Town have no HGA so prepare to lose again >:D.

Yeh maybe there should be something like a player must have played 4 ressies games to qualify for finals, like in most real life comps

[CrowsFan]

Despite beating them in the GF last year the Suns hold the wood over me with a 4-2 record (I think). Not as bad as the Pumas 5 - Dillos 0 record though ;)

However will need everything to go right for me this week to pick up the upset victory. Oh how I wish GAJ wasn't injured :(

[Nige]

Despite beating them in the GF last year the Suns hold the wood over me with a 4-2 record (I think). Not as bad as the Pumas 5 - Dillos 0 record though ;)

However will need everything to go right for me this week to pick up the upset victory. Oh how I wish GAJ wasn't injured :(

Especially if they decide to post a 180 again.  :o

[CrowsFan]

Despite beating them in the GF last year the Suns hold the wood over me with a 4-2 record (I think). Not as bad as the Pumas 5 - Dillos 0 record though ;)

However will need everything to go right for me this week to pick up the upset victory. Oh how I wish GAJ wasn't injured :(

Especially if they decide to post a 180 again.  :o

Meh I've posted higher this year :P

[ossie85]

BIG missing name for Buenos Aires crucial clash against Dublin

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-08-04/star-cat-could-miss-freo

[ossie85]

Mexico City Suns v Sao Paulo Pumas

Match: Mexico City v Sao Paulo
Position: 1st v 4th
Record: 15-2 v 12-5
%age: 114.5 v 112.0
Points Ave: 153.6 v 150.1
Last 5 Weeks Ave: 154.6 v 146.0
Last 5 Record: WWLWW v WWLWW
Head2Head: 4 v 2

Probably the biggest rivalry in the Game, with the Leagues 2 Premiers facing off for 7th time! They are currently averaging over 2 meetings a year.

The Suns will again start favourites, but the Pumas will be heartened by its last round, scoring impressively without Ablett for the first time this season. You get the impression that someone at the Pumas will need to stand up to face off against the consistency of the Suns.

Records:

Team 1   Coach   Score   Result   Team 2   Coach   Score   Margin   MatchT   Year   Round   #   Ground   Comments

Mexico City Suns   Maca24   141   lost to   Sao Paulo Pumas   Honey Badger   154   -13   295   2012   8   A   Estádio do Pumas   

Mexico City Suns   Maca24   163   defeated   Sao Paulo Pumas   Honey Badger   137   26   300   2012   F3   A   Estádio do Pumas   1st Preliminary Final

Mexico City Suns   Maca24   157   defeated   Sao Paulo Pumas   Honey Badger   136   21   293   2013   17   H   Fireball Stadium   

Mexico City Suns   Maca24   136   defeated   Sao Paulo Pumas   Honey Badger   131   5   267   2013   F1   H   Fireball Stadium   1st Qualifying Final

Mexico City Suns   Maca24   150   lost to   Sao Paulo Pumas   Honey Badger   160   -10   310   2013   F4   N1   Melbourne Cricket Ground   Grand Final

Mexico City Suns   JROO8   157   defeated   Sao Paulo Pumas   Honey Badger   138   19   295   2014   1   N2   Colombia   

[ossie85]

Dublin Destroyers v Buenos Aires Armadillos

Match: Dublin v Buenos Aires
Position: 2nd v 3rd
Record: 14-3 v 14-3
%age: 115.73 v 111.99
Points Ave: 155.4 v 145.6
Last 5 Weeks Ave: 157.2 v 138.4
Last 5 Record: WWWLW v LWWWW
Head2Head: 1 v 2

Dublin averages a healthy 10 more points than Buenos Aires... but that number increases to 19 if you look at the last 5 weeks. Buenos Aires' first 7 rounds averaged 155 to be premiership favourites, but since then have struggled quite a bit with Dublin taking that mantle.

Dublin's first final, while Buenos Aires with an ageing know its time is now. Dublin will be hard to beat.

Records:

Team 1   Coach   Score   Result   Team 2   Coach   Score   Margin   MatchT   Year   Round   #   Ground

Dublin Destroyers   Holzman   114   lost to   Buenos Aires Armadillos   PowerBug   145   -31   259   2012   7   H   Crooke Park

Dublin Destroyers   Holzman   133   lost to   Buenos Aires Armadillos   Nails   169   -36   302   2013   1   A   Estadio de River

Dublin Destroyers   Holzman   149   defeated   Buenos Aires Armadillos   Nails   137   12   286   2014   11   H   Crooke Park

[ossie85]

PNL Reindeers v Cape Town Cobras

Match: PNL v Cape Town
Position: 5th v 8th
Record: 12-5 v 9-8
%age: 102.98 v 99.44
Points Ave: 142.5 v 135.0
Last 5 Weeks Ave: 144.6 v 144.2
Last 5 Record: WWWWL v LWWLW
Head2Head: 2 v 1


Both teams have been inspirational this year at times, with the Reindeers finally living up to potential (before heartbreakingly missing out on top 4 by percentage) while Cape Town looked down and out before a late season surge saw them slip into the 8. Averaging nearly the same over the last 5 weeks, it would really be a lost season if the Reindeers fall at the first hurdle having won 8 of its last 9. Cape Town have fallen a long way since making the Grand Final in 2012, can they give it another shake?

Records:

Team 1   Coach   Score   Result   Team 2   Coach   Score   Margin   MatchT   Year   Round   #   Ground

Paris Nice Lyon Reindeers   Hellopplz   136   lost to   Cape Town Cobras   My Chumps   165   -29   301   2012   5   A   Newlands Cricket Ground

Paris Nice Lyon Reindeers   Hellopplz   144   defeated   Cape Town Cobras   My Chumps   133   11   277   2013   12   H   Stade du Ray

Paris Nice Lyon Reindeers   Hellopplz   151   defeated   Cape Town Cobras   My Chumps   141   10   292   2014   17   A   Newlands Cricket Ground

[ossie85]

Moscow Spetsnaz v Toronto Wolves

Match: Moscow v Toronto
Position: 6th v 7th
Record: 11-6 v 10-7
%age: 106.60 v 100.61
Points Ave: 140.6 v 136.3
Last 5 Weeks Ave: 138.2 v 138.4
Last 5 Record: WLWWW v WLWWW
Head2Head: 2 v 1

Moscow are on a 3 finals losing streak, while Toronto's finals record isn't much better. Moscow have flirted with greatness all year, while Toronto recovered valiantly after a 0-4 start to the season. The first time these 2 teams meet in finals, with the greatest encounter being Moscow pipping Toronto by a point in 2013 Round 9.

Records:

Team 1   Coach   Score   Result   Team 2   Coach   Score   Margin   MatchT   Year   Round   #   Ground   Comments   defeated   lost to   tied with

Moscow Spetsnaz   meow meow   131   lost to   Toronto Wolves   roo boys!   133   -2   264   2012   4   A   Rogers Centre      0   1   0

Moscow Spetsnaz   Jukes   147   defeated   Toronto Wolves   roo boys!   146   1   293   2013   9   H   Luzhniki Stadium      1   0   0

Moscow Spetsnaz   Jukes   133   defeated   Toronto Wolves   roo boys!   112   21   245   2014   1   N1   Myanmar         1   0   0