WXV: Sao Paulo Pumas

[CrowsFan]

Pumas Awards Night

The giant awards ceremony planned to be held after touring through the streets of Sao Paulo showcasing the WXV Trophy was scrapped, mainly to do with the Pumas elimination from the competition (well all to do with it really), and instead a small ceremony was conducted for the players and their WAGS. There were two awards on offer for the night, namely the Gato Grande (Big Cat) for the Sao Paulo Pumas best and fairest and the Gatinho (Little Cat) for the best and fairest from the Campinas Oncillas.

Each award utilised a different voting system. I wont go in to too much detail, but for the Gato Grande each player in the match was awarded between 0 and 5 votes that correlated with what position they play in and the score they received for the match. If you want to work out what scores were required for each vote it is pretty simple to work out for yourself ;) For the Gatinho a simple 3-2-1 vote system was used in each match given to the 3 highest scoring players. So without further ado here are the votes :)

Round 1 - Rhythm Cup
Buenos Aires Armadillos 20.8.128 lost to 23.15.153 Sao Paulo Pumas
5 - N/A
4 - Ablett
3 - Hartlett, Zaharakis
2 - Jacobs
1 - Waters, Cross, Sloane, Blair, Whitecross

Reserves
3 - Motlop, 2 - Tuohy, 1 - Duncan

Round 2
Sao Paulo Pumas 23.23.161 defeated 22.17.149 Toronto Wolves
5 - Whitecross
4 - Fisher, Ablett
3 - N/A
2 - N/A
1 - Waters, Tuohy, Cross, Sloane, Jacobs, Zaharakis, Blair, Porplyzia

Reserves
3 - Houli, 2 - Roughead, 1 - Smith

Round 3
Sao Paulo Pumas 26.16.166 defeated 21.13.139 Berlin Brewers
5 - Fisher, Ablett
4 - Houli, Roughead
3 - N/A
2 - Jacobs
1 - Hartlett, Minson, Whitecross

Reserves
3 - Hannebery, 2 - Duncan, 1 - Tape

Round 4
Sao Paulo Pumas 22.14.146 defeated 21.11.141 Seoul Magpies
5 - N/A
4 - N/A
3 - Waters, Ablett, Sloane
2 - Minson
1 - Cross, Porplyzia

Reserves
3 - Wallis, 2 - McMahon, 1 - Wright

Round 5
Cairo Sands 18.16.124 lost to 24.14.158 Sao Paulo Pumas
5 - Minson
4 - Jacobs
3 - Houli, Waters, Zaharakis
2 - Sloane, Hannebery
1 - Fisher, Cross, Wallis, Roughead

Reserves
3 - Griffin, 2 - Wright, 1 - Motlop

Round 6
Sao Paulo Pumas 23.17.155 defeated 18.14.122 Tokyo Samurai
5 - Waters
4 - Roughead
3 - Sloane, Zaharakis
2 - Minson
1 - Cross, Hartlett, Griffin

Reserves
3 - Duncan, 2 - Smith, 1 - Wright

Round 7
Paris Nice Lyon Reindeers 17.15.117 lost to 22.12.144 Sao Paulo Pumas
5 - Zaharakis
4 - N/A
3 - Ablett
2 - Waters, Sloane, Whitecross
1 - Jacobs, Roughead

Reserves
3 - Wallis, 2 - Duncan, 1 - Smith

Round 8
Sao Paulo Pumas 23.16.154 defeated 21.15.141 Mexico City Suns
5 - Waters, Ablett
4 - N/A
3 - Zaharakis
2 - Cross, Jacobs
1 - Sloane, Wallis, Minson, Roughead

Reserves
3 - Hannebery, 2 - Porplyzia, 1 - Wright

Round 9
Cape Town Cobras 22.12.144 lost to 22.13.145 Sao Paulo Pumas
5 - Waters
4 - N/A
3 - N/A
2 - Minson, Roughead
1 - Ablett, Wallis, Zaharakis

Reserves
3 - Blair, 2 - Motlop, 1 - Wright

Round 10
Wellington Warriors 21.13.139 lost to 26.14.170 Sao Paulo Pumas
5 - Ablett, Hartlett, Sloane
4 - Hannebery
3 - Wright
2 - Minson
1 - Waters, Zaharakis

Reserves
3 - Whitecross, 2 - Jacobs, 1 - Raines

Round 11
Sao Paulo Pumas 20.19.139 lost to 21.17.143 Moscow Spetsnaz
5 - Jacobs, Blair
4 - N/A
3 - N/A
2 - N/A
1 - Wallis, Roughead, Whitecross

Reserves
3 - Griffin, 2 - Duncan, 2 - Cross

Round 12
London Royals 20.10.130 lost to 20.12.132 Sao Paulo Pumas
5 - N/A
4 - N/A
3 - Roughead, Blair
2 - N/A
1 - Fisher, Waters, Griffin

Reserves
3 - Harwood, 2 - Porplyzia, 1 - Jacobs

Round 13
New Delhi Tigers    19.14.128 lost to 25.12.162 Sao Paulo Pumas
5 - Houli, Jacobs
4 - Roughead
3 - Griffin, Blair
2 - Sloane, Whitecross
1 - Fisher, McMahon, Ablett, Wright

Reserves
3 - Minson, 2 - Hannebery, 1 - Smith

Round 14
Beijing Bears 20.12.132 lost to 22.12.144 Sao Paulo Pumas
5 - Jacobs
4 - N/A
3 - Ablett, Roughead, Whitecross
2 - Blair, Wright
1 - Houli, Griffin

Reserves
3 - Porplyzia, 2 - Hannebery, 1 - Duncan

Round 15
Sao Paulo Pumas 26.14.170 defeated 16.15.111 Dublin Destroyers
5 - Ablett
4 - Sloane
3 - Minson, Wright
2 - Fisher, Griffin
1 - Waters, Cross, Jacobs, Roughead

Reserves
3 - Duncan, 2 - Porplyzia, 1 - McMahon

Round 16
New York Eagles    19.7.121 lost to 25.14.164 Sao Paulo Pumas
5 - Waters, Ablett, Minson
4 - N/A
3 - N/A
2 - Fisher, Roughead, Porplyzia
1 - Sloane, Wright

Reserves
3 - Whitecross, 2 - Smith, 1 - Duncan

Round 17
Sao Paulo Pumas 24.13.157 defeated 19.13.127 Pacific Islanders
5 - Ablett
4 - N/A
3 - Fisher, Waters, Hartlett, Roughead
2 - Houli, Jacobs
1 - Sloane, Whitecross

Reserves
3 - Hannebery, 2 - Duncan, 1 - Griffin

Qualifying Final + Rhythm Cup
Sao Paulo Pumas 23.19.157 defeated 17.15.117 Buenos Aires Armadillos
5 - Wright
4 - McMahon
3 - Ablett
2 - Houli, Smith
1 - Fisher, Wallis, Jacobs, Griffin, Blair

Reserves
3 - Duncan, 2 - Harwood, 1 - Tuohy

Semi Final
Reserves
3 - Raines, 2 - Lee, 1 - Duncan

Preliminary Final
Sao Paulo Pumas 20.17.137 lost to 24.19.163 Mexico City Suns
5 - N/A
4 - N/A
3 - Houli, Minson, Wright
2 - Ablett, Jacobs
1 - Waters, Hannebery, Duncan

That concludes the voting, and now to announce the winners!!

The Gatinho will be presented first. In 3rd place with a total of 9 votes, the vice captain of the 2012 Reserve All-Worlds Team... Jason Porplyzia!! In 2nd place with 13 votes, a player constantly going between the two clubs... Dan Hannebery!! Which means the winner and first ever recipient of the Gatinho, with a massive total of 21 votes....


Mitch Duncan

Congratulations Mitch on a superb season for the Oncillas. Hopefully bigger and better things await you in 2013 and more opportunities arise to play for the Pumas :)

Now we move on to the bigger fish, or more specifically the bigger cat ;) The top 3 of the Gato Grande are as follows. In 3rd place with an impressive total of 33 votes for a guy who struggles in the sun with his pasty skin and red hair... Sam Jacobs!! In 2nd place with 37 votes one of the hardest men on the footy field, and will always put his body on the line to help out a team mate... Beau Waters!! But way out in front with a massive 54 votes, and the inaugural winner of the Gato Grande, everyone's favourite little master...


Gary Ablett

A superb player and captain all season, Ablett is a deserving winner of this award.

Well that's it folks. To check out how everyone polled in each match check the images below :)
Gato Grande Voting


Gatinho Voting

[ossie85]

Loved the write-up CF :)

Interesting B&F system, I think it works well! Though 6th to Sloane is a surprise to me.

[CrowsFan]

Thanks Ossie. The scoring system used was one that gives the positions other than mids a better chance at getting votes since they have to score less points to get them. I think Sloane in 6th was a fair placing, because all players above certainly deserved to be there. Waters had a superb season in defended, Roughy dominated up forward and Jacobs and Minson were awesome in the ruck all year. I'm sure he'll finish higher next season though :)

[CrowsFan]

It's been a busy first week of the trade period for the Pumas. After what was a disappointing end to the campaign the Pumas have wasted no time in changing up the squad in an attempt to freshen it up for a charge at the premiership next season. Four players have already left the club, with 5 returning in their place, and questions must be asked whether the Pumas have finished their trading or will there be more to come?

The first trade completed saw our oldest player Sam Fisher make the trek north to Toronto, with promising midfielder Taylor Adams heading to the warmer climes of Brazil. Picks were also exchanged in this deal with the Pumas gaining pick 32 in exchange for pick 53.

The second trade saw the second oldest player on the playing list Daniel Cross move to the busy city of New Delhi. Moving to Sao Paulo are two youngsters with bags of potential in Matthew Buntine and Jared Polec, both of whom were taken at pick 5 in the '11 and '10 national drafts respectively.

Trade three involved young forward Jarryd Blair head to the pacific with experienced forward Andrew Walker becoming a Puma. We also swapped pick 71 for 26.

Pick 26 didn't last long however with it being used in the fourth trade which saw another young forward, this time Steven Motlop move to Tokyo along with picks 26 and 35. Jack Gunston made the move to Brazil in return.

Stay tuned for any more trade news as it happens :)

[CrowsFan]

The Pumas have revealed their new redesigned logo ahead of the upcoming 2013 season  8)

[ossie85]

Thought this could be more appropriate:



j/k!

Think the logo looks great though!

[Maca24]

Ossie!  ;D

[CrowsFan]

For some the international draft is just warming up, but for the Pumas it is already over. The Pumas only had two picks during the draft (picks 16 and 31) and so have finished their drafting early. With the two picks the Pumas picked up exciting young midfielder Jonathan O'Rourke with pick 16 and tall forward Mason Wood with pick 31. Everyone at the Pumas is very excited by the potential both these players have and hope they have a long career at the club. A season playing for the Oncillas looks likely for both players, but if they work hard during preseason there is no reason why they couldn't get some games for the Pumas in 2013 :)

Jonathan O'Rourke	Mason Wood

[JBs-Hawks]

Definately got the steal of the draft with o rourke.

[CrowsFan]

I certainly wasn't complaining when he slipped to 16! :D

[JBs-Hawks]

Could understand slipping in Euros but being renowned for being classy should equal SC points

[CrowsFan]

If you look at the first post in this thread you will see a picture of each member of the Puma squad. If you click on this picture you will be directed to their profile page so you can get all the info you want about them :)

[Purple 77]

If you look at the first post in this thread you will see a picture of each member of the Puma squad. If you click on this picture you will be directed to their profile page so you can get all the info you want about them :)

Wow thats awesome! Must have put a lot of time in that....

Just quoted the post to see how you did it lol, I've always wanted to know because I wanna do something similar for the Brewers :o

[CrowsFan]

Thanks purple :)
Certainly takes a long time, but makes the thread look nicer :) Just annoying that the Saints and Roos didn't have a picture of Roberton and Wood yet :(

[Maca24]

Did the saints pick up Roberton?  ???