Rising Star
NB: qualification = AFL Rising Star criteria apply, and have to actually have played in the round for a WXV team
Every round, a World XVs rising star nomination is given to a standout young player whom performed well during that particular round. To be eligible to be nominated for the award, a player must be younger than 21 years of age on 1 January of the award year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the beginning of the season.
R1: Jacob Weitering (Dublin) - 87
R2: Caleb Daniel (Seoul) - 77
R3: Clayton Oliver (Seoul) - 90
R4: Orazio Fantasia (London) - 96
R5: Peter Wright (Cape Town) - 142
R6: Toby McLean (Christchurch) - 74
R7: Darcy Byrne-Jones (Berlin) - 100
R8: Jacob Hopper (Toronto) - 106
R9: Christian Petracca (Beijing) - 105
R10: Connor Blakely (Christchurch) - 97
R11: Jarrad Jansen (London) - 98
R12: Jayden Short (Toronto) - 82
R13: Callum Mills (Cape Town) - 89
R14: Oleg Markov (Cairo) - 75
R15: Rhys Mathieson (Cairo) - 87
R16: Ryan Clarke (Moscow) - 99
R17: Archie Smith (New Delhi) - 96
Team of the Week
Round 1
D: Jason Johannisen (Tokyo), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Shane Biggs (Buenos Aires), Bob Murphy (Rio)
M: Patrick Dangerfield [vc] (Seoul), Luke Parker (Tokyo), Matt Priddis (PNL), Callan Ward (Beijing)
R: Nic Naitanui (Moscow)
F: Josh J Kennedy [c] (New York), Kane Lambert (Beijing), Aaron Hall, (Rio), Jack Gunston (Dublin)
I: Gary Ablett (Rio), Sam Mitchell (Christchurch)
Coach: Holz (Dublin)
Round 2
D: Josh Gibson [c] (New York), Marcus Adams (Buenos Aires), Bachar Houli (New York), Rory Laird (Pacific)
M: Nat Fyfe (Berlin), Sam Mitchell (Christchurch), Scott Thompson (Rio), Tom Scully (New Delhi)
R: Callum Sinclair (London)
F: Jarrad Waite [vc] (New York), Dayne Zorko (Beijing), Eddie Betts (Mexico City), Alex Fasolo (Pacific)
I: Dustin Martin (Dublin), Tom Mitchell (Pacific)
Coach: Levi434 (Rio)
Round 3
D: Bachar Houli (New York), Jacob Weitering (Dublin), Heath Shaw (Mexico City), Tom Langdon (Seoul)
M: Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Joel Selwood (Dublin), Gary Ablett (Rio), Trent Cotchin (Mexico City)
R: Max Gawn (Berlin) [cc]
F: Luke Dahlhaus (Tokyo), Leigh Montagna (Christchurch), Aaron Hall (Rio), Brent Harvey (Mexico City)
I: Todd Goldstein (Dublin) [cc], Luke Parker (Tokyo)
Coach: Levi434 (Rio)
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Big thanks to Nige for doing this again :)
I'll just post here what I did in another thread. Below is all the Rising Star eligible players:
Beijing Thunder
Braydon Preuss
Christian Petracca
Daniel Butler
Daniel Howe
Gach Nyuon
Jayden Hunt
Kade Stewart
Matthew Flynn
Roarke Smith
Yestin Eades
Berlin Brewers
Corey Wagner
Darcy Byrne-Jones
Jaden McGrath
Lachlan Langford
Malcolm Karpany
Mason Redman
Max King
Mitch King
Wylie Buzza
Buenos Aires Armadillos
Bailey Rice
Callum Moore
Jack Leslie
Jesse Joyce
Jordan Dawson
Kieran Collins
Sam Skinner
Shem-Kalvin Tatupu
Trent Dumont
Cairo Sands
Charlie Curnow
David Cuningham
Dougal Howard
Ed Vickers-Willis
Hugh Goddard
Jesse Glass-McCasker
Josh Deluca
Josh McGuinness
Karl Amon
Oleg Markov
Rhys Mathieson
Rupert Wills
Tom Cole
Will Snelling
Cape Town Cobras
Blake Acres
Bradley Lynch
Brady Grey
Callum Mills
Cameron Hewett
Darcy Parish
Lukas Webb
Nathan Drummond
Peter Wright
Samuel Murray
Christchurch Saints
Connor Blakely
Conor McKenna
Corey Ellis
Daniel McKenzie
Dillon Viojo-Rainbow
Harrison Wigg
Ivan Soldo
Jack Steele
Jeremy Finlayson
Kyle Langford
Luke Goetz
Toby McLean
Dublin Destroyers
Aidyn Johnson
Bailey Dale
Ben Crocker
Jack Silvagni
Jacob Weitering
James Parsons
Jayden Foster
Kurt Mutimer
Kyle Galloway
Luke Surman
Marc Pittonet
Matthew Kennedy
Oscar McDonald
Reuben William
Ryan Gardner
London Royals
Alec Waterman
Billy Evans
Blake Hardwick
Daniel Nielson
Darcy MacPherson
Declan Hamilton
Hugh Beasley
Jarrad Jansen
Josh Clayton
Josh Schache
Joshua Schoenfeld
Mabior Chol
Michael Luxford
Orazio Fantasia
Zachary Bates
Mexico City Suns
Brandon White
George Hewett
James Rose
James Sicily
Jesse Palmer
Jonathon Marsh
Jordan Cunico
Nicholas Coughlan
Reece McKenzie
Tom Papley
Tyrone Leonardis
Moscow Spetsnaz
Brenton Payne
Cian Hanley
Darcy Moore
Eric Hipwood
Jarrod Pickett
Keenan Ramsey
Matthew Scharenberg
Ryan Burton
Ryan Clarke
Sam Weideman
Tom Barrass
Wayne Milera
New Delhi Tigers
Archie Smith
Brayden Sier
Dallas Willsmore
Darcy Tucker
Ed Langdon
Jake Barrett
Luke Partington
Nick O'Kearney
Patrick McCartin
Tom Wallis
Zac Webster
New York Revolution
Brayden Fiorini
Dan Houston
Harley Balic
Jade Gresham
James Harmes
Kurt Heatherley
Mitchell White
Teia Miles
Pacific Islanders
Bailey Williams
Billy Gowers
Callum Ah Chee
Declan Mountford
Harrison Himmelberg
Harry Dear
Jake Kolodjashnij
Matthew Goodyear
Paul Ahern
Tom Read
Will Fordham
PNL Reindeers
Ben Keays
Cameron Loersch
Jarrod Garlett
Jayden Laverde
Jermaine Miller-Lewis
Michael Apeness
Mitchell Hibberd
Ryan Nyhuis
Rio de Janeiro Jaguars
Aaron Francis
Brayden Maynard
Daniel Rioli
Matthew Hammelmann
Tom Lamb
Zaine Cordy
Seoul Magpies
Caleb Daniel
Caleb Marchbank
Clayton Oliver
Conor Glass
Jason Castagna
Jordan Snadden
Kieran Lovell
Lachlan Weller
Nathan Freeman
Patrick McKenna
Tom Doedee
Tokyo Samurai
Alex Morgan
Clem Smith
Connor Menadue
Damien Cavka
Dean Gore
Josh Dunkley
Liam Dawson
Logan Austin
Mackenzie Willis
Reilly O'Brien
Sam Durdin
Tom Phillips
Toronto Wolves
Ben McKay
Harry McKay
Jacob Hopper
Jake Kelly
Jake Long
Jayden Short
Jock Cornell
Josh Watts
Liam Hulett
Matthew Allen
Matthew Hayball
Matthew Uebergang
Riley Bonner
William Frampton
Round 1
Rising Star of the Week
The Round 1 nomination heads to Dublin where Jacob Weitering scored 87 to help the Irish juggernaut do what they do best. The youngster repaid the faith shown by coach Holz and put a very respectable score on debut. In fact, that effort was better than some of the stuff produced by the competition's biggest names this week. But wait, there's more! Weitering got lucky! Mexico City's Tom Papley and George Hewett, Seoul's Caleb Marchbank and Christchurch's Toby McLean all had better efforts... for their reserves.
Team of the Week
And we're back! The first team of the week for 2016 sees Josh J Kennedy, the star forward from New York don the armband with Seoul's shining light in Patrick Dangerfield as his vice. Familiar faces from seasons past appear with Parker, Priddis, Ward etc all no stranger to this honour while surprise faces like Jason Johannisen (though the writer knows he's a gun having discovered and drafted him), Shane Biggs and Kane Lambert. Hard luck story of the week heads the way of the Argentinians where Tom Hickey produced a monster effort for La Plata. Oh and to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Holz takes out coach of the week.
D: Jason Johannisen (Tokyo), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Shane Biggs (Buenos Aires), Bob Murphy (Rio)
M: Patrick Dangerfield [vc] (Seoul), Luke Parker (Tokyo), Matt Priddis (PNL), Callan Ward (Beijing)
R: Nic Naitanui (Moscow)
F: Josh J Kennedy [c] (New York), Kane Lambert (Beijing), Aaron Hall, (Rio), Jack Gunston (Dublin)
I: Gary Ablett (Rio), Sam Mitchell (Christchurch)
Coach: Holz (Dublin)
3 Rio players is the best we've ever had! Chuffed with that ;D
Lambert! What a star performance by him on the weekend 8) And great to see our new skipper in the team for hopefully what is the first of many times this year.
Only one in the team of the week, was a good all round effort. Happy that the loss of roughy didnt appear to hurt Gunny too much.
More importantly it feels good to have a rising star nomination again. Didn't think i was a shot with him on 18 at half time.
The sad new is my man Murphy getting in for Rio :(
No-one in the team of the week but still won #teameffort #cobrastrike
Hopefully Mills, Parish or Acres should pick up a rising star nom sooner rather than later.
Round 2
Rising Star of the Week
It's head to Seoul where young headgear-wearing Caleb Daniel gets the nomination with a 77. Yet again though, we've got a pack of unhappy youngsters plying their trade in their reserves side hoping to get noticed... will they ever? Oi coaches, those names are Tom Papley, Darcy Parish, James Sicily, Orazio Fantasia and Wayne Milera. Will one of these lads follow in Caleb's footsteps and get next week's nomination? We're sure they'll try, but their coaches might have other ideas.
Team of the Week
Some absolutely amazing stories to come out this week! Josh Gibson, the captain of this team posted a huge 191! Jarrad Waite, the vice, is the highest scorer after two weeks. Marcus Adams makes the team on debut! New York with three representatives, same with Pacific. Suprises such as Callum Sinclair being the ruck and New Delhi's Tom Scully being the 4th best midfielder this week were some of the other fairy tales!
D: Josh Gibson [c] (New York), Marcus Adams (Buenos Aires), Bachar Houli (New York), Rory Laird (Pacific)
M: Nat Fyfe (Berlin), Sam Mitchell (Christchurch), Scott Thompson (Rio), Tom Scully (New Delhi)
R: Callum Sinclair (London)
F: Jarrad Waite [vc] (New York), Dayne Zorko (Beijing), Eddie Betts (Mexico City), Alex Fasolo (Pacific)
I: Dustin Martin (Dublin), Tom Mitchell (Pacific)
Coach: Levi434 (Rio)
Yessss Tom!
Zorks :-*
Dustin keeps me in the team go Dmart
Scotty T :(
I'll never you do wrong again Fyfey as long as you don't put in another 60
Alright Nige,
Gawn R1 this week, not that hack Goldstein. He goes on the bench.
I'm warning you... non-compliance will be punished *holds the back-of-hand in the air with wide, shaking eyes*
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 10, 2016, 09:31:58 PM
Alright Nige,
Gawn R1 this week, not that hack Goldstein. He goes on the bench.
I'm warning you... non-compliance will be punished *holds the back-of-hand in the air with wide, shaking eyes*
in the case of a draw probably should go to the highest average player.
ie. Goldy
Quote from: Holz on April 10, 2016, 10:00:54 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 10, 2016, 09:31:58 PM
Alright Nige,
Gawn R1 this week, not that hack Goldstein. He goes on the bench.
I'm warning you... non-compliance will be punished *holds the back-of-hand in the air with wide, shaking eyes*
in the case of a draw probably should go to the highest average player.
ie. Goldy
In the case of a draw, your face!
And Gawn has MORE OF IT DAM IT!
Don't worry guys, I have it sorted.
Round 3
Rising Star
Seoul will be happy with this, back-to-back nominations! Clayton Oliver claims the honour this week with 90 following teammate Caleb Daniel's nomination last week. Funnily enough, only two rookies scored higher and they were the two previously nominated so far this season in Daniel and Weitering. Do we have three horse race on our hands? Stay tuned and find out. Also, James Sicily would have taken the nomination had he been named for the seniors.
Team of the Week
This is probably one of the more bland teams of the week we'll see. Quite a number of familiar faces and 12/15 of the team were from the same 5 teams. In something slightly more interesting, the two top scorers were rucks and therefore we have co-captains this week! Max Gawn takes the ruck spot through a technicality, that being the use of the alphabet. If I had my way, we'd resort to the old technique of them cancelling each other out and awarding it to the next best ruck which was Cairo's Shane Mumford... and some filthy Cape Town scum by the name of Mark Blicavs. But yeah, any complaints can forwarded to nigedoesnotcare@gmail.com and it may or may not be acknowledged. In other news, rookie Jacob Weitiering made the team in just his third week as an AFL footballer, but you didn't need me to tell you that because Dublin's coach Holz has probably waved it in your face already. The coach of the week is Levi434 of Rio who is running an absolute juggernaut at the moment.
D: Bachar Houli (New York), Jacob Weitering (Dublin), Heath Shaw (Mexico City), Tom Langdon (Seoul)
M: Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Joel Selwood (Dublin), Gary Ablett (Rio), Trent Cotchin (Mexico City)
R: Max Gawn (Berlin) [cc]
F: Luke Dahlhaus (Tokyo), Leigh Montagna (Christchurch), Aaron Hall (Rio), Brent Harvey (Mexico City)
I: Todd Goldstein (Dublin) [cc], Luke Parker (Tokyo)
Coach: Levi434 (Rio)
Robbed wanted that ruck spot :P
Great to see Dublin Hero Jelly back in the team it feels like a long time.
Quote from: Nige on April 11, 2016, 10:57:46 AM
D: Bachar Houli (Rio)
Welcome back to Rio, Bachar! ;D
Gawn is R1, and order is restored.
Well Nige, you made the right choice and I'm gonna live up to my side of the agreement.
Here's your turtle, alive and well.
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Quote from: Purple 77 on April 11, 2016, 12:12:55 PM
Gawn is R1, and order is restored.
Well Nige, you made the right choice and I'm gonna live up to my side of the agreement.
Here's your turtle, alive and well.
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I guess its ok. Goldy will have plenty of opportunities to make it.
Players like Gawn when they fluke a big score should get their time in the sun.
Quote from: Nige on April 11, 2016, 10:57:46 AM
If I had my way, we'd resort to the old technique of them cancelling each other out and awarding it to the next best ruck which was Cairo's Shane Mumford... and some filthy Cape Town scum by the name of Mark Blicavs.
Savage
Quote from: My Chumps on April 11, 2016, 04:44:46 PM
Quote from: Nige on April 11, 2016, 10:57:46 AM
If I had my way, we'd resort to the old technique of them cancelling each other out and awarding it to the next best ruck which was Cairo's Shane Mumford... and some filthy Cape Town scum by the name of Mark Blicavs.
Savage
I only know one way.
R1 is overrated
M1 is where it's at!
Round 4
Rising Star of the Week
Raise your cups of tea! Orazio Fantasia of London is our Round 4 nominee with a 96 to take home this week's honour. He helped his team to a narrow win and gets to point and laugh in the face of Berlin's Darcy Byrne-Jones who did better by a solitary point but has a coach that clearly didn't care about his rising star ambitions.
Team of the Week
Unexpected captain and vice captain this week, that's what we like to see. We also had a number of different faces to keep this team fresh. Oh and you know we love our hard luck stories here at TOTW and the heartbreak is real for Tom Nicholls of Buenos Aires who performed best this week of all the rucks but played in the reserves.
D: Alex Rance (Dublin), Elliot Yeo (Rio), Matt Suckling (Pacific), Shane Biggs (Buenos Aires)
M: Luke Shuey [c] (London), Pearce Hanley [vc] (Cairo), Nat Fyfe (Berlin), Sam Mitchell (Christchurch)
R: Todd Goldstein (Dublin)
F: Jarrad Waite (New York), Eddie Betts (Mexico City), Isaac Heeney (New York), Zach Merrett (PNL)
I: Rory Sloane (Dublin), Callan Ward (Beijing)
Coach: Holz (Dublin)
Pretty stoked with DBJ... I even considered playing him, but seeing as everything sucks, I didn't.
I'm serious this time, I'll have more faith in you as the C Fyfe :-\
Zach <3.
Happy to be back in the coaches box.
More importantly sloane back in and goldy claims his spot he was robbed of
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 17, 2016, 10:56:49 PM
I'm serious this time, I'll have more faith in you as the C Fyfe :-\
Turns out Jacobs didn't do as good at tagging as we would have thought. Oh well. I'm sorry Purple :(
On a better note Benny Jacobs 51 SC is an improvement from where he has been in the past few weeks. 8)
London finally gets some recognition with C of the team well done to Shuey. And also to Orazio with his nomination for rising star.
Things going well in the London Camp.
Hope you choose the Wright Rising Star nomination this week... :P
Quote from: Memphistopheles on April 25, 2016, 07:09:46 PM
Hope you choose the Wright Rising Star nomination this week... :P
Not after that. :P
Round 5
Rising Star
A clear winner this week and with a monster score no less. That's "Two Metre" Peter Wright with a huge 142 gets the nod this week. More scores like that and not only will he keep getting named for Cape Town, but others might notice and pry their eye off the likes of Weitering, Daniel and Oliver.
Team of the Week
A mix of old and new this week, that's something cool! Are we seeing a changing of the guard here at TOTW? That forward line in particular throws out a few surprises and fresh faces. Also worth noting the leaders down back and up forward, guns! New Delhi's Sidebottom leading the way this week with Berlin's beast of a big man in Max Gawn his 2IC. Hard luck story of the week goes out to Beijing where the old fella Ted Richards wasted his efforts for Shanghai.
D: Jeremy McGovern (Cairo), Heath Shaw (Mexico City), Kade Simpson (Mexico City), Matthew Boyd (Christchurch)
M: Steele Sidebottom [c] (New Delhi), Jack Viney (Berlin), Joel Selwood (Dublin), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul)
R: Max Gawn [vc] (Berlin)
F: Paul Puopolo (Cairo), Peter Wright (Cape Town), Toby Greene (Seoul), Michael Barlow (Pacific)
I: Mitch Wallis (New Delhi), Scott Pendlebury (Buenos Aires)
Coach: Elechet (New Delhi)
Quote from: Nige on April 26, 2016, 11:27:38 AM
Coach: Elechet (New Delhi)
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Congrats guys, got lots of respect for you as coaches.
Awesome job Ele & Rico.
Yeoow!! That's a first
haha cheers guys
Outstanding effort Elechet!
Gawn & Viney... it was inevitable. That win was because of you guys.
Also good to see Gawn putting ScrubStein in his place 8)
I think Wright is our first TotW player this season.
Shows how poor our start has been ... and yet we're not going too badly at 2-3.
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 26, 2016, 01:21:12 PM
Outstanding effort Elechet!
Gawn & Viney... it was inevitable. That win was because of you guys.
Also good to see Gawn putting ScrubStein in his place 8)
yeah scrub averaging 128.
With Gawn not hard to look good in comparison when your playing for Melbourne/Berlin :P
much tougher to stand out when playing for a good side in Dublin/North
Quote from: Holz on April 26, 2016, 03:57:18 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 26, 2016, 01:21:12 PM
Outstanding effort Elechet!
Gawn & Viney... it was inevitable. That win was because of you guys.
Also good to see Gawn putting ScrubStein in his place 8)
yeah scrub averaging 128.
With Gawn not hard to look good in comparison when your playing for Melbourne/Berlin :P
much tougher to stand out when playing for a good side in Dublin/North
Who's in the TOTW Holz?
And who's not in the TOTW?
That's right.
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 26, 2016, 05:59:31 PM
Quote from: Holz on April 26, 2016, 03:57:18 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 26, 2016, 01:21:12 PM
Outstanding effort Elechet!
Gawn & Viney... it was inevitable. That win was because of you guys.
Also good to see Gawn putting ScrubStein in his place 8)
yeah scrub averaging 128.
With Gawn not hard to look good in comparison when your playing for Melbourne/Berlin :P
much tougher to stand out when playing for a good side in Dublin/North
Who's in the TOTW Holz?
And who's not in the TOTW?
That's right.
im more interested in TOTY and Finals.
I can understand that your worried about making the finals so the regular season is very important.
and to answer your questions
Who's in the TOTW Holz? - Joel Selwood
And who's not in the TOTW? - Nathan Fyfe
Quote from: Memphistopheles on April 26, 2016, 03:36:47 PM
I think Wright is our first TotW player this season.
Shows how poor our start has been ... and yet we're not going too badly at 2-3.
Well done mate. That was a huge score from a wxv debutant!
Quote from: Holz on April 26, 2016, 06:22:42 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 26, 2016, 05:59:31 PM
Quote from: Holz on April 26, 2016, 03:57:18 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 26, 2016, 01:21:12 PM
Outstanding effort Elechet!
Gawn & Viney... it was inevitable. That win was because of you guys.
Also good to see Gawn putting ScrubStein in his place 8)
yeah scrub averaging 128.
With Gawn not hard to look good in comparison when your playing for Melbourne/Berlin :P
much tougher to stand out when playing for a good side in Dublin/North
Who's in the TOTW Holz?
And who's not in the TOTW?
That's right.
im more interested in TOTY and Finals.
I can understand that your worried about making the finals so the regular season is very important.
and to answer your questions
Who's in the TOTW Holz? - Joel Selwood
And who's not in the TOTW? - Nathan Fyfe
Focus on the regular season, focus on the finals...
Both had the same outcome for us in Round 23 last year didn't it ;)
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 26, 2016, 06:58:17 PM
Quote from: Holz on April 26, 2016, 06:22:42 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 26, 2016, 05:59:31 PM
Quote from: Holz on April 26, 2016, 03:57:18 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on April 26, 2016, 01:21:12 PM
Outstanding effort Elechet!
Gawn & Viney... it was inevitable. That win was because of you guys.
Also good to see Gawn putting ScrubStein in his place 8)
yeah scrub averaging 128.
With Gawn not hard to look good in comparison when your playing for Melbourne/Berlin :P
much tougher to stand out when playing for a good side in Dublin/North
Who's in the TOTW Holz?
And who's not in the TOTW?
That's right.
im more interested in TOTY and Finals.
I can understand that your worried about making the finals so the regular season is very important.
and to answer your questions
Who's in the TOTW Holz? - Joel Selwood
And who's not in the TOTW? - Nathan Fyfe
Focus on the regular season, focus on the finals...
Both had the same outcome for us in Round 23 last year didn't it ;)
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Focusing on Finals got me one of these :P
Round 6
Rising Star
Our Round 6 nomination is heading the way of Christchurch where Toby McLean and his score of 74 gets the nod this week. It's not the greatest score you'll ever see, but this competition doesn't need that. It's all about being in the right place at the right time. His teammates Corey Ellis and Jack Steele as well as Cape Town's Blake Acres and Rio's Brayden Maynard were stuck plying in their trade in the reserves while outdoing Toby Mac this week.
Team of the Week
A few surprise representatives this week with the likes of Courtenay Dempsey or Tokyo and Tom Hawkins of Cape Town putting their hand up while Cape Town's Lachie Hunter has well and truly announced himself as a future superstar donning the armband this week. Otherwise we see familiar faces left, right and centre. Coach JROO8 nabbed his first coach of the week honour too.
D: Heath Shaw (Mexico City), Courtenay Dempsey (Tokyo), Matthew Boyd (Christchurch), Jimmy Bartel (Mexico City)
M: Lachie Hunter [c] (Cape Town), Luke Parker [vc] (Tokyo), Joel Selwood (Dublin), Dan Hannebery (London)
R: Nic Naitanui (Moscow)
F: Dale Thomas (Tokyo), Tom Hawkins (Cape Town), Jesse Hogan (Moscow), Nick Riewoldt (Mexico City)
I: Shaun Grigg (New York), Lachie Whitfield (Seoul)
Coach: Mexico City (JROO8)
Toby Mac should win the award. Doesn't put in a 30 after a 130, he's just solid every single week.
8)
Round 7
Rising Star
The brews are on Berlin this week as hyphenated wonderkid Darcy Byrne-Jones picks up the nomination with a perfect 100! He was beaten by two lads playing reserves this week; James Harmes of New York and Jayden Hunt of Beijing will wanna keep up the good work and hope their coaches notice and they too might follow in Darcy's footsteps.
Team of the Week
Some great stories out of this round with big Maximus Gawn monstering his way to a score well and truly worthy of the armband. Quite a few regulars checked in this week, but the big surprise is the appearance of the big defender from Seoul in Jackson Trengove. Beijing would have mixed emotions as Coach Toga claims coach of the week honours but they're also home to hard luck story of the week in Josh Jenkins who got to strut his stuff in a Shanghai guernsey.
D: Matthew Boyd (Christchurch), Kade Simpson (Mexico City), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Jackson Trengove (Seoul)
M: Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific), Scott Pendlebury (Buenos Aires), Nathan Jones (PNL), Joel Selwood (Dublin)
R: Max Gawn [c] (Berlin)
F: Steven Motlop [vc] (Pacific), Nick Riewoldt (Mexico City), Isaac Heeney (New York), Tom J Lynch (Seoul)
I: Bryce Gibbs (Christchurch), Leigh Montagna (Christchurch)
Coach: Toga (Beijing)
"Hyphenated Wonderkid" - lol, that's awesome.
That display of linguistic prowess means you should be one writing the weekly previews Nige!
Darcy Byrne-Gun! You legend!
Ah and Maxy. You just keep going ahead and keep that scrub out of the TOTW 8)
flower yeh nice work Toga
Quote from: Purple 77 on May 08, 2016, 11:18:18 PM
"Hyphenated Wonderkid" - lol, that's awesome.
That display of linguistic prowess means you should be one writing the weekly previews Nige!
tbh I'm happy to do them if you want haha.
At least Cairo might get more love in previews if I do. :P
Thanks boys!
Round 8
Rising Star of the Week
There hasn't been too much to smile about for our favourite Canadian team in WXVs, but we guarantee the Toronto Wolves will be happy with future superstar Jacob Hopper notching up an incredible 106 on debut to secure this week's nomination.
Team of the Week
Toronto have more to smile about this week as ruckman Matthew Kreuzer claims the ruck throne this week. Amazingly, three of the four defensive representatives came from Mexico City. Hard luck story of the week sees us look at the silly coaches at New Delhi who left superstar Ben Griffiths to rot in the reserves where he showed he's above the competition. Coach of the week honours go to RaisyDaisy and AaronKirk, the New York co-coaches who orchestrated an amazing victory and monster score.
D: Sam Docherty (Moscow), Heath Shaw (Mexico City), Kade Simpson (Mexico City), Mark Baguley (Mexico City)
M: Adam Treloar [c] (Dublin), Scott Pendlebury [vc] (Buenos Aires], Bryce Gibbs (Christchurch), Rory Sloane (Dublin)
R: Matthew Kreuzer (Toronto)
F: Jeremy Cameron (New Delhi), Josh J Kennedy (New York), Jeremy Howe (New Delhi), Dayne Zorko (Beijing)
I: Cameron Guthrie (Pacific), Dan Hannebery (London)
Coach: RaisyDaisy and AaronKirk (New York)
Dayne :-*
Hopper :(
I called it traded up in the draft to pick him then was disallowed from the controversial 5 vote veto because i was winning too much.
all so i could keep Hansen and get pick 5 over 3.
boo those 5. I call sabotage.
Quote from: Nige on May 16, 2016, 10:26:55 AM
Hard luck story of the week sees us look at the silly coaches at New Delhi who left superstar Ben Griffiths to rot in the reserves where he showed he's above the competition
So true :-[
Quote from: Nige on May 16, 2016, 10:42:18 AM
Quote from: Toga on May 16, 2016, 10:33:46 AM
Dayne :-*
Wish I could say the same. :P
Me too. Oh well I'll get compo for such an inequitable trade passing.
Round 9
Rising Star
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Yes, Worlds has finally been petraccattacked! Beijing's Christian Petracca scored a pretty solid 105 to get himself this week's nomination. Had Christchurch's Connor Blakely played in the seniors, this week's honour would have been his,
Team of the Week
A pretty decent mix in this week's team with both familiar and fresh faces. The regulars need no introduction, but the likes of Matt Dea and Seb Ross have put their hand up. The big news was a monster score from Todd Goldstein which was amazingly topped by Heath Shaw who broke the magical 200 point barrier. JROO8 gets another coach of the week nod for inspiring Heater to a ridiculous effort.
D: Heath Shaw [c] (Mexico City), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Matt Dea (Cape Town), Dane Rampe (London)
M: Seb Ross (New Delhi), Trent Cotchin (Mexico City), Jack Steven (Berlin), Lachie Neale (Beijing)
R: Todd Goldstein [vc] (Dublin)
F: Josh J Kennedy (New York), Tom T Lynch (London), Dustin Martin (Dublin), Jesse Hogan (Moscow)
I: Kurt Tippett (New York), Jack Ziebell (Toronto)
Coach: JROO8 (Mexico City)
Nice work as usual Nige.
Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?
Petracca! :D :D :D
Quote from: Ricochet on May 23, 2016, 04:40:07 PM
Nice work as usual Nige.
Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?
agreed Pendles was robbed.
drop Hogan, Tippett to Forward line then Pendles in. Smashed Hogan.
Great to see my stalwart Steven in the team 8)
Quote from: Ricochet on May 23, 2016, 04:40:07 PM
Nice work as usual Nige.
Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?
I usually award the TOTW places based on where the player was named by their Worlds team. As Tippett was named as ruck for New York, I put him as I1.
Honestly, I probably haven't been consistent with this, but this is the way I personally prefer it to be and plan to keep it unless there's an overwhelming objection by the community. More than happy to change it if others feel strongly about it being done the other way.
Quote from: Nige on May 23, 2016, 05:15:25 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on May 23, 2016, 04:40:07 PM
Nice work as usual Nige.
Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?
I usually award the TOTW places based on where the player was named by their Worlds team. As Tippett was named as ruck for New York, I put him as I1.
Honestly, I probably haven't been consistent with this, but this is the way I personally prefer it to be and plan to keep it unless there's an overwhelming objection by the community. More than happy to change it if others feel strongly about it being done the other way.
nah its fine.
give it to Hogan, he isnt that good so he might only get a few in his career.
(http://breakparallel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/shots-fired.jpg)
Quote from: Holz on May 23, 2016, 05:20:41 PM
Quote from: Nige on May 23, 2016, 05:15:25 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on May 23, 2016, 04:40:07 PM
Nice work as usual Nige.
Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?
I usually award the TOTW places based on where the player was named by their Worlds team. As Tippett was named as ruck for New York, I put him as I1.
Honestly, I probably haven't been consistent with this, but this is the way I personally prefer it to be and plan to keep it unless there's an overwhelming objection by the community. More than happy to change it if others feel strongly about it being done the other way.
nah its fine.
give it to Hogan, he isnt that good so he might only get a few in his career.
(http://breakparallel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/shots-fired.jpg)
You can only be chosen in the positions you play. ;)
You won't see Goldy at FF in the All-Australian side. :P
Well done Hoges, we will let your score speak for itself. :P
Quote from: Torpedo10 on May 23, 2016, 05:47:57 PM
Quote from: Holz on May 23, 2016, 05:20:41 PM
Quote from: Nige on May 23, 2016, 05:15:25 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on May 23, 2016, 04:40:07 PM
Nice work as usual Nige.
Not complaining or anything just interested to see how you work it out. What's the process for when say above where Tippett as a forward scores more than Hogan, and there would be mids that also score more than Hogan. So Tippett would go to F4 and a mid into U2. Or do you do something different?
I usually award the TOTW places based on where the player was named by their Worlds team. As Tippett was named as ruck for New York, I put him as I1.
Honestly, I probably haven't been consistent with this, but this is the way I personally prefer it to be and plan to keep it unless there's an overwhelming objection by the community. More than happy to change it if others feel strongly about it being done the other way.
nah its fine.
give it to Hogan, he isnt that good so he might only get a few in his career.
(http://breakparallel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/shots-fired.jpg)
You can only be chosen in the positions you play. ;)
You won't see Goldy at FF in the All-Australian side. :P
Well done Hoges, we will let your score speak for itself. :P
Was clearly talking about making the team.
yeah Goldy wont be FF but he will be the ruck.
For the record Goldy snuck up forward for like 10 minutes and kicked 3 goals. He is a beast.
So, does any of the other teams in the Essendon top-up draft regret not taking Dea now? #Dealightful #DeamonInTheSack #Dealicious
Quote from: Memphistopheles on May 24, 2016, 10:44:22 AM
So, does any of the other teams in the Essendon top-up draft regret not taking Dea now? #Dealightful #DeamonInTheSack #Dealicious
Yes :(
But I feel better knowing that he comes off your list the moment your season finishes :P
Round 10
Rising Star
The Round 10 nomination goes to Connor Blakely of Christchurch who made his debut this week against the club that drafted him in Cairo. He scored 97 to take out this week's honour and help his team to a very comfortable victory over his former club. The next best rookie was Callum Mills with a score 28 points worse off than Blakely's.
Team of the Week
Probably the most interesting team of the week yet if you ask me. While a number of the faces in the team of the week are those we've seen before, the highlight is that not a single player from neither Mexico City nor Dublin made the team. Another amazing point is that Holz still managed coach of the week... but only just! 9 more points and it would have gone to New York's co-coaches or 12 more points and it would have gone to Buenos Aires' coaching duo in Vinny and iZander! Tom Mitchell's big score sees him don the armband, while World favourite (unless you're Holz/Dublin) Max Gawn is his vice.
D: Jeremy Howe (New Delhi), Josh Gibson (New York), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Jarrad McVeigh (Christchurch)
M: Tom Mitchell [c] (Pacific), Josh P Kennedy (Cape Town), David Armitage (Moscow), Gary Ablett Jr (Rio)
R: Max Gawn [vc] (Berlin)
F: Josh J Kennedy (New York), Chad Wingard (PNL), Justin Westhoff (PNL), Taylor Walker (Toronto)
I: Jordan Lewis (New York), Bryce Gibbs (Christchurch)
Coach: Holz (Dublin)
Great stuff as usual Nige :)
Always good to see Gawn keeping that scrub out of the team 8)
Quote from: Purple 77 on May 30, 2016, 12:43:26 PM
Great stuff as usual Nige :)
Always good to see Gawn keeping that scrub out of the team 8)
ohh the scrub who was injured and playing tipett who was great.
gawn was rucking against who? and even then one of them got injured.
all the guy is a bully who beats up teams without a ruck.
who only decent performance for the year was against north.
Quote from: Holz on May 30, 2016, 01:58:29 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on May 30, 2016, 12:43:26 PM
Great stuff as usual Nige :)
Always good to see Gawn keeping that scrub out of the team 8)
ohh the scrub who was injured and playing tipett who was great.
gawn was rucking against who? and even then one of them got injured.
all the guy is a bully who beats up teams without a ruck.
who only decent performance for the year was against north.
Where did I mention Goldy?
Oh, it's become that clear now that no clarification is needed for the term "scrub", even for North supporters huh?
:P
Quote from: Purple 77 on May 30, 2016, 02:06:44 PM
Quote from: Holz on May 30, 2016, 01:58:29 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on May 30, 2016, 12:43:26 PM
Great stuff as usual Nige :)
Always good to see Gawn keeping that scrub out of the team 8)
ohh the scrub who was injured and playing tipett who was great.
gawn was rucking against who? and even then one of them got injured.
all the guy is a bully who beats up teams without a ruck.
who only decent performance for the year was against north.
Where did I mention Goldy?
Oh, it's become that clear now that no clarification is needed for the term "scrub", even for North supporters huh?
:P
yes totally.
never mind that he is the top ruck in the comp and the 5th overall (4th in points scored)
kinda expect the scrub calls from a dee/berlin supporter. I know sitting on 5 wins and 5 losses must be exciting as its the best for years, but we have higher standards here at North and Dublin.
118 is a down year for Goldy and north going 9-1 is ho hum.
jealously is something that comes with being great. Dublin and Goldy have long realized that.
Round 11
Rising Star
The rising star of this week is Jarrad Jansen of London who scored a pretty respectable 98 on debut. Good signs for the future right there. The only other rookie to better that effort was Dublin's Weitering who has already been nominated.
Team of the Week
The team of the week this round has a distinct Mexican and Irish flavour to it with just under half the team being from Mexico City and Dublin, but sprinkled in to the mix were some interesting surprises such as Berlin's Daniel Talia, Cape Town's Dom Tyson and Buenos Aires' Ed Curnow. Tom Rockliff made a sensational return to join the 200+ club and don the armband while Beijing spearhead Josh Jenkins is his 2IC. JROO8 takes the coaching honours for the ridiculous showing from Mexico City.
D: Matthew Boyd (Christchurch), Heath Shaw (Mexico City), Jacob Weitering (Dublin), Daniel Talia (Berlin)
M: Tom Rockliff [c] (Mexico City), Joel Selwood (Dublin), Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific), Dom Tyson (Cape Town)
R: Sam Jacobs (Rio)
F: Josh Jenkins [vc] (Beijing), Daniel Wells (Mexico City), Zach Merrett (PNL), Brent Harvey (Mexico City)
I: Ed Curnow (Buenos Aires), Rory Sloane (Dublin)
Coach: JROO8 (Mexico City)
Daniel Talia! What a pickup!
Has scored 90, 97 & 116 in the last three weeks to with an overall average of 78.
Not bad for Pick 30 in the rookie draft!
geez weits is a beast. taking out his injured game and game back from injury he is going 85. He is a premo already. i was expecting this but in his 3rd year not his 1st.
Sam Collins is a little unlucky. 6 months too old or he would have got the rising star.
congrats to rocky, could he be back?
Quote from: Holz on June 06, 2016, 11:13:05 AM
congrats to rocky, could he be back?
That depends on whether i decide to trade him in in AF or not ;)
JJ :-*
Quote from: Nige on June 06, 2016, 10:46:05 AM
M: Tom Rockliff [c] (Mexico City)
Back where he belongs :-*
Shaz we need you ASAP. :-X
Quote from: Torpedo10 on June 06, 2016, 05:48:09 PM
Shaz we need you ASAP. :-X
Shouldnt have traded the #1 draft pick for a guy with broken knees
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on June 06, 2016, 05:50:36 PM
Quote from: Torpedo10 on June 06, 2016, 05:48:09 PM
Shaz we need you ASAP. :-X
Shouldnt have traded the #1 draft pick for a guy with broken knees
Taberner 23
Scharenberg 3
:P
Max Gawn had a Dual Knee Reco at the Age of 17, look at him now. ;)
Both Jukes and I are a little doubtful of the trade now, but it's no secret that a rebounding defender will always be a better SCer than a KPD.
Quote from: Torpedo10 on June 06, 2016, 06:01:54 PM
Max Gawn had a Dual Knee Reco at the Age of 17, look at him now. ;)
Both Jukes and I are a little doubtful of the trade now, but it's no secret that a rebounding defender will always be a better SCer than a KPD.
Max Gawn has a beard though
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on June 06, 2016, 06:06:03 PM
Quote from: Torpedo10 on June 06, 2016, 06:01:54 PM
Max Gawn had a Dual Knee Reco at the Age of 17, look at him now. ;)
Both Jukes and I are a little doubtful of the trade now, but it's no secret that a rebounding defender will always be a better SCer than a KPD.
Max Gawn has a beard though
Hahaha gg, can't argue with that.
Yep JB covered it perfectly
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on June 06, 2016, 05:50:36 PM
Quote from: Torpedo10 on June 06, 2016, 05:48:09 PM
Shaz we need you ASAP. :-X
Shouldnt have traded the #1 draft pick for a guy with broken knees
Shaz will come good.
I reckon Weits shouldnt have gone pick 9 and it was an auto pick so he would have gone even later.
Quote from: Nige on June 06, 2016, 06:13:37 PM
Quote from: JBs-Hawks on June 06, 2016, 06:06:03 PM
Quote from: Torpedo10 on June 06, 2016, 06:01:54 PM
Max Gawn had a Dual Knee Reco at the Age of 17, look at him now. ;)
Both Jukes and I are a little doubtful of the trade now, but it's no secret that a rebounding defender will always be a better SCer than a KPD.
Max Gawn has a beard though
Hahaha gg, can't argue with that.
Jimmy Bartel will score 300 by the end of the year.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/geelong/jimmy-bartel/news-story/798805d758bbeb21a55b5dbfd895f047
Round 12
Rising Star
Well, this certainly doesn't happen often. Jayden Short has won the nomination this week off the back of an 82. The interesting story here is that Short wasn't originally named for Toronto, but became their E4 thanks to our lovely admin doing his job and eventually he got called up to replace Andrew Phillips in the XV which led to this! Spare a thought for Lachie Weller who tonned up for Seoul's reserves.
Team of the Week
You thought Heath Shaw's effort was great? How about Tom Rockliff's amazing performance? Yeah, well Paddy Dangerfield of Seoul just beat both of those to join the class of 2k16 and captain this week's TOTW side. Shaun Hampson was an unlikely winner of this week's ruck duel (thanks to Tom Hickey being named as a fwd). Sam Gibson gets the award for hard luck story of the week with a massive score for the Pacific magoos. Seoul's ridiculously good effort sees JBs-Hawks take his place in the coach of the week throne. Perhaps the most interesting thing of all this week is that 11 different teams were represented in the team you see below!
D: Sam Docherty (Moscow), Jasper Pittard (Toronto), Josh Gibson (New York), Robbie Tarrant (Rio)
M: Patrick Dangerfield [c] (Seoul), Jack Steven (Berlin), Bernie Vince (Rio), Joel Selwood (Dublin)
R: Shaun Hampson (Mexico City)
F: Dustin Martin [vc] (Dublin), Tom Hickey (Buenos Aires), Matt Taberner (Pacific), Tim Membrey (London)
I: Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific), Gary Ablett (Rio)
Coach: JBs-Hawks (Seoul)
Congrats JB,
have tried for years to get Danger dont think it will ever happen.
just a question
Why is Joel Selwood not in the team his 141 beat Ablett, Wells and Bont
i fear im going to quick out a North boy in wells, considering he is also a Mexico boy happy for him to go.
Quote from: Holz on June 14, 2016, 07:07:06 PM
just a question
Why is Joel Selwood not in the team his 141 beat Ablett, Wells and Bont
Because Nige is racist.
Jack Steven has been super recently :D
Quote from: Holz on June 14, 2016, 07:07:06 PM
Congrats JB,
have tried for years to get Danger dont think it will ever happen.
just a question
Why is Joel Selwood not in the team his 141 beat Ablett, Wells and Bont
i fear im going to quick out a North boy in wells, considering he is also a Mexico boy happy for him to go.
How dare you question The Bont!
I must have completely scrolled past Jelwood's name tbh. :P
Will fix.
Quote from: Jay on June 14, 2016, 09:21:49 PM
Quote from: Holz on June 14, 2016, 07:07:06 PM
Congrats JB,
have tried for years to get Danger dont think it will ever happen.
just a question
Why is Joel Selwood not in the team his 141 beat Ablett, Wells and Bont
i fear im going to quick out a North boy in wells, considering he is also a Mexico boy happy for him to go.
How dare you question The Bont!
take that bont bumped down to utility.
Who would have thought a TOTW forward line would have Hickey, Taberner and Membrey in it :o :o :o
Haha yeh wow
And also, great job coach of the week JBs!
Quote from: Levi434 on June 14, 2016, 11:57:10 PM
Who would have thought a TOTW forward line would have Hickey, Taberner and Membrey in it :o :o :o
Just needed Cloke for the quaddy!
Quote from: RaisyDaisy on June 15, 2016, 12:16:49 PM
Quote from: Levi434 on June 14, 2016, 11:57:10 PM
Who would have thought a TOTW forward line would have Hickey, Taberner and Membrey in it :o :o :o
Just needed Cloke for the quaddy!
How dare you even mention that name alongside three superstars.
He might not have made TOTW but Kent was the most important forward this week :p
Round 13
Rising Star
The nomination this week goes to a lad who had much hype around him and has battled away to finally earn it this week, Callum Mills takes the honour with an 89, which was bested by 7 other players, none of which managed a senior game.
Team of the Week
Patrick Dangerfield continues to amaze while the Michael Barlow of old has seemingly returned as they take the captaincy and vice captaincy respectively. Robbie Tarrant leads all the defenders with his good form on show while Stefan Martin also has returned to his former self to claim the ruck spot. JROO8 takes out coach of the week, but only just. In fact, Mexico City only had the single representative which shows it was a team effort to top score this week.
D: Robbie Tarrant (Rio), Jarrad McVeigh (Christchurch), Jimmy Bartel (Mexico City), Corey Enright (PNL)
M: Patrick Dangerfield [c] (Seoul), Gary Ablett (Rio), Lachie Neale (Beijing), Rory Sloane (Dublin)
R: Stefan Martin (New Delhi)
F: Michael Barlow [vc] (Pacific), Jack Riewoldt (Dublin), Dustin Martin (Dublin), Mitch Robinson (Rio)
I: Matt Crouch (New Delhi), Anthony Miles (Tokyo)
Coach: JROO8 (Mexico City)
Quote from: Ricochet on June 27, 2016, 01:06:26 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 26, 2016, 01:36:42 PM
Stef > Goldy and Gawn confirmed
I remember when I traded Stef + a late draft pick for Gawn... only now that's paying off, after it initially it looked dreadful.
Or so I thought?
No, it's definitely paying off. Sit down Ric :P
Quote from: Purple 77 on June 27, 2016, 01:28:43 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 27, 2016, 01:06:26 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 26, 2016, 01:36:42 PM
Stef > Goldy and Gawn confirmed
I remember when I traded Stef + a late draft pick for Gawn... only now that's paying off, after it initially it looked dreadful.
Or so I thought?
No, it's definitely paying off. Sit down Ric :P
ok fair enough...
Also congrats to BTB Crouch!!
Quote from: Ricochet on June 27, 2016, 02:33:33 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on June 27, 2016, 01:28:43 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 27, 2016, 01:06:26 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 26, 2016, 01:36:42 PM
Stef > Goldy and Gawn confirmed
I remember when I traded Stef + a late draft pick for Gawn... only now that's paying off, after it initially it looked dreadful.
Or so I thought?
No, it's definitely paying off. Sit down Ric :P
ok fair enough...
Also congrats to BTB Crouch!!
Oh...
Quote from: Purple 77 on June 27, 2016, 02:44:38 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 27, 2016, 02:33:33 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on June 27, 2016, 01:28:43 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 27, 2016, 01:06:26 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 26, 2016, 01:36:42 PM
Stef > Goldy and Gawn confirmed
I remember when I traded Stef + a late draft pick for Gawn... only now that's paying off, after it initially it looked dreadful.
Or so I thought?
No, it's definitely paying off. Sit down Ric :P
ok fair enough...
Also congrats to BTB Crouch!!
Oh...
will a third round draft pick get Brad or do i need to bump it up to the second round?
Quote from: Holz on June 27, 2016, 02:50:16 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on June 27, 2016, 02:44:38 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 27, 2016, 02:33:33 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on June 27, 2016, 01:28:43 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 27, 2016, 01:06:26 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on June 26, 2016, 01:36:42 PM
Stef > Goldy and Gawn confirmed
I remember when I traded Stef + a late draft pick for Gawn... only now that's paying off, after it initially it looked dreadful.
Or so I thought?
No, it's definitely paying off. Sit down Ric :P
ok fair enough...
Also congrats to BTB Crouch!!
Oh...
will a third round draft pick get Brad or do i need to bump it up to the second round?
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Can possibly part with Dan Houston and our 4th rounder for Brad Crouch
That should be hard to beat - pretty good offer Purps!
Quote from: RaisyDaisy on June 27, 2016, 03:01:45 PM
Can possibly part with Dan Houston and our 4th rounder for Brad Crouch
That should be hard to beat - pretty good offer Purps!
he is only a 67.6 averaging mid only who has missed games through injury and is no lock in the 22.
might have to drop the 4th rounder for it to pass.
Team of the Week reps
BTB: 1
Brad: 0
.... your faces.
Round 14
Rising Star
It finally happened! Cairo finally got a rising star nomination in 2016! It only took until the last month, but it happened! The best player in the competition and recipient of this week's nomination is Lord Oleg Markov who scored a pretty decent 75 to throw his name into contention.
Team of the Week
Jack Steven had a monster round to convincgly claim captaincy while Matthew Broadbent well and truly earns his place after coming from the emergencies. Cairo cult figure Ben Brown also made an appearance and there was heartbreak for Touk Miller who was the fifth best player this week but wasted his efforts in the reserves. He was avenged by his teammate Peter Wright who was the best of the forwards who played this round. Meanwhile, Purple 77 proved he's capable of being a really good coach for the first time this season!
D: Tom McDonald [vc] (New York), Dane Ramper (London), Rory Laird (Pacific), Matthew Broadbent (Mexico City)
M: Jack Steven [c] (Berlin), Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Robbie Gray (Moscow)
R: Max Gawn (Berlin)
F: Peter Wright (Cape Town), Jesse Hogan (Moscow), Tom J Lynch (Seoul), Ben Brown (Cairo)
I: Luke Shuey (London), Zach Merrett (PNL)
Coach: Purple 77 (Berlin)
R1, M1, and Coach1.
Everything is right in the world again.
And a backhanded compliment there Nige? :P
Quote from: Purple 77 on July 13, 2016, 11:04:44 AM
And a backhanded compliment there Nige? :P
Of course! :-*
Quote from: Purple 77 on July 13, 2016, 11:04:44 AM
R1, M1, and Coach1.
Everything is right in the world again.
And a backhanded compliment there Nige? :P
Balance will restor next week. I cant remember the last time Dublin didnt get a mention in team of the week. We are out for blood, Berlin blood.
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:-X
Round 15
Rising Star
BEAAAAAAAAAAAASSTMOOOOODEEEE. Yep, Rhys Mathieson won the nomination this week with an 87 as Cairo get back to back nominees. Might have to give Charlie Curnow a run next week!
Team of the Week
Shaun Burgoyne gets the honour of captain this week, an unlikely candidate, but congratulations nonetheless. A single Christchurch representative despite them top scoring while he coaches at New Delhi have no idea what they're doing as Ben Griffiths was stupidly benched. Coach of the week goes to meow meow who we reckon was overdue for one of these!
D: Shaun Burgoyne [c] (Berlin), Sam Docherty (Moscow), Corey Enright (PNL), Kade Simpson (Mexico City)
M: Callan Ward (Beijing), Stephen Hill (New York), Josh P Kennedy (Cape Town), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul)
R: Max Gawn (Berlin)
F: Dustin Martin [vc] (Dublin), Zach Merrett (PNL), Justin Westhoff (PNL), Jeremy Cameron (New Delhi)
I: Koby Stevens (Christchurch), Stephen Coniglio (New Delhi)
Coach: meow2 (Christchurch)
Gawn flying ahead of The Scrub now 8)
Quote from: Purple 77 on July 19, 2016, 03:09:58 PM
Gawn flying ahead of The Scrub now 8)
Goldstein might have the edge in August though
Quote from: ossie85 on July 19, 2016, 04:26:46 PM
Quote from: Purple 77 on July 19, 2016, 03:09:58 PM
Gawn flying ahead of The Scrub now 8)
Goldstein might have the edge in August though
Goldy never really recovered from the injury, same with North hard to get HTA when your team is struggling. Gawn is made to look good by his contested ball machines he has around him. A fit Goldy at say Dees would be scary.
Ill back Goldy, North and Dublin in though.
best thing is he should be even better next year.
Our reserves scored the most this week too.
Round 16
Rising Star
This news might cheer the Russians up after hearing they can't compete in the Olympics! Moscow's Ryan Clarke scored a pretty solid 99 to claim the nomination this week. Spare a thought for Tokyo's Josh Dunkley who would have shared the honour had he been named in the seniors.
Team of the Week
Big Stef Martin claims the ruck throne and dons the armband. TOTW regular Tom Rockliff is his vice this week. Sam Day and Sean Dempster both were terrific... for their reserves sides. 7of the 15 players this week come from PNL and Mexico City, the last two teams standing in World Idol. Meanwhile, JROO8 picks up yet another coach of the week honour after Mexico dominated on the scoreboard once again this week.
D: Corey Enright (PNL), Jimmy Bartel (Mexico City), Kade Simpson (Mexico City), Steven May (Moscow)
M: Tom Rockliff [vc] (Mexico City), Brendon Goddard (Mexico City), Jack Steven (Berlin), Bryce Gibbs (Christchurch)
R: Stefan Martin [c] (New Delhi)
F: Zach Merrett (PNL), Jack Gunston (Dublin), Tom J Lynch (Seoul), Michael Walters (Berlin)
I: Matt Priddis (PNL), Patrick Cripps (Rio)
Coach: JROO8 (Mexico City)
(http://i.imgur.com/gmZtGDi.jpg)
Of the remaining Rising Star eligible players yet to receive a nomination:
Jack Leslie (Buenos Aires) has the highest average (90) from his 1 reserve match, same story with next best Aaron Francis (Rio) with his 86 from his 1 reserve match.
Trent Dumont though (Buenos Aires) has averaged 81 from his 6 reserve matches, and still can't get a gig!
Darcy Moore (Moscow) has played the most senior matches this year (13) without a nom, followed by Darcy Parish's 11 (Cape Town), then Jack Steele's 6 (Christchurch).
But I'd have to say New York's James Harmes has been the unluckiest; playing all bar 2 AFL games this year (2 seniors, 12 reserves), with 7 scores 70+
Don't want to be making excuses, but "New York" and "Unluckiest" in the same sentence is something that needs to turn around, and soon!
#rupertwasrobbed
Quote from: Nige on July 31, 2016, 09:46:07 PM
#rupertwasrobbed
He was second in line out of the eligible players that played this week :P
Archie?
Rupert's an objectively better name and so he will get the nomination this week, sorry NDT.
Round 17
Rising Star
The final rising star nomination goes to Archie Smith who only got a game because Stefan Martin was supposedly rested. He managed to channel the ability of his predecessor to amass 96 and rob the glorious and deserving Rupert Wills of a nomination that would have made somewhere in the vicinity of 93 million Egyptians go crazy.
Team of the Week
It was truly fitting for some new faces to show up in the final round for the season, a breath of fresh air is exactly what we love here at TOTW. David Mundy the captain and Steve Johnson his vice. Dublin will be relieved that Todd Goldstein might actually be back. Otherwise, spare a thought for John Butcher who had the game of his life for La Plata Armada because Vinny and iZander can't recognise true talent.
D: Alex Rance (Dublin), Jamie MacMillan (Berlin), Jackson Trengove (Seoul), Rory Laird (Pacific)
M: David Mundy [c] (New York), Dan Hannebery (London), Patrick Dangerfield (Seoul), Rory Sloane (Dublin)
R: Todd Goldstein (Dublin)
F: Steve Johnson [vc] (Berlin), Eddie Betts (Mexico City), Jack Watts (Toronto), Devon Smith (Pacific)
I: Scott Pendlebury (Buenos Aires), Josh P Kennedy (Cape Town)
Coach: Holz (Dublin)
what a week Rory and Rance good to be back.
Goldy in his rightfull spot as Ruck and Holz in the coaches box. Those are what i want to see over 3 of the next 4 weeks.
Watts!
Nice to get the Captain for the last round of the regular season 8)
No team of the week for Finals Nige?
Quote from: ossie85 on August 10, 2016, 08:43:37 AM
No team of the week for Finals Nige?
Was quite busy and tired yesterday, will get on it when ai get home from Uni this arvo.
ill start if off.
Ruck: Goldy
Finals Week 1
Team of the Week
The three teams to score really well make up a bulk of this week's team. PNL, New York and Dublin occuping 11 of the 15 spots available. Corey Enright proving old is still gold for PNL as captain of the team, while on the other end of the spectrum Isaac Heeney is the vice captain. Finals Week 1 made a good representation of the past, present and future star players of the competition.
D: Corey Enright [c] (PNL), Shannon Hurn (New York), Bachar Houli (New York), Kade Simpson (Mexico City)
M: Rory Sloane (Dublin), Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific), Matt Priddis (PNL), Nathan Jones (PNL)
R: Todd Goldstein (Dublin)
F: Isaac Heeney [vc] (New York), Josh Kennedy (New York), Cyril Rioli (PNL), Dustin Martin (Dublin)
I: Patrick Cripps (Rio), Tom Mitchell (Pacific)
Coach: Holz (Dublin)
Goldy back to back.
Sadly cant go for 3 in a row
Bachar Houli must wonder what he needs to do stay in New York colours.
Quote from: ossie85 on August 10, 2016, 03:59:06 PM
Bachar Houli must wonder what he needs to do stay in New York colours.
Haha, it's nothing personal Os, and Bachar knows that
Quote from: RaisyDaisy on August 10, 2016, 04:04:01 PM
Quote from: ossie85 on August 10, 2016, 03:59:06 PM
Bachar Houli must wonder what he needs to do stay in New York colours.
Haha, it's nothing personal Os, and Bachar knows that
I don't know RD, reckon he's putting on a brave face. Wouldn't surprise me if he puts in a below par effort this week, could cost you a final.
^I'll quote this across all of history if it happens, btw
Thanks for doing your very best to jinx him :-[ :P
Will get this up to date in the next half hour. Two for the price of one coming your way shortly!
Final Week 2
D: Bachar Houli (New York), Robbie Tarrant (Rio), Tom McDonald (New York), Corey Enright (PNL)
M: David Zaharakis [vc] (Rio), Patrick Cripps (Rio), Luke Hodge (PNL), Stephen Coniglio (New Delhi)
R: Stefan Martin (New Delhi)
F: Mitch Robinson [c] (Rio), Zach Merrett (PNL), Josh Kennedy (New York), Aaron Hall (Rio)
I: Scott Thompson (Rio), Matt Priddis (PNL)
Coach: Levi434 (Rio)
Finals Week 3
D: Jeremy Howe (Ne Delhi), Tom Cutler (Rio), Heath Shaw (Mexico City), Daniel Rich (New Delhi)
M: Patrick Cripps [c] (Rio), Seb Ross (New Delhi), Adam Treloar (Dublin), Nick Dal Santo (Dublin)
R: Stefan Martin (New Delhi)
F: Brent Harvey [vc] (Mexico City), Mitch Robinson (Rio), Aaron Hall (Rio), Jack Darling (New Delhi)
I: Daniel Wells (Mexico City), Matt Crouch (New Delhi)
Coach: elechet (New Delhi)
Where's Goldy?
Cheers Nige!
I think pretty apt who the two coaches of the week were
Quote from: Ricochet on August 22, 2016, 12:48:58 PM
Where's Goldy?
Is this a new Martin Handford series I don't know about?
Quote from: Nige on August 22, 2016, 01:30:25 PM
Quote from: Ricochet on August 22, 2016, 12:48:58 PM
Where's Goldy?
Is this a new Martin Handford series I don't know about?
ha yep Blue/White stripes instead of Red/White
Quote from: Ricochet on August 22, 2016, 12:48:58 PM
Where's Goldy?
Took the week off like all of dublin did besides Treloar and nds.