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Stars may travel from country to country, but they all come out to play in our annual blockbuster

Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Head-to-Head
AAP Alliance	EurAsia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	3  v  4

The EurAsia v AAP Alliance match takes place during the latter two AFL bye rounds and provides us some sort of entertainment in what is otherwise our WXV bye week. The coaches of these two sides are decided by who is on top of the WXV Ladder so far in the year, which this time around, is second-time around New Delhi (EurAsia) and the back-to-back Toronto (AAP Alliance)! As seen below:


As mentioned, Ricophants have indeed coaches EurAsia before - and to victory - in the close tussle of 2017. However, in his debut season in Worlds, FTC sees himself coaching the AAP Alliance! He has coached a masterclass so far this year to be deservedly #1 on the ladder. Can his fresh and innovative approach break this 3-game losing streak from the Alliance?

Hosted at the magnificent MCG, our annual blockbuster really does have some rich history now, with plenty of amazing clashes along the years. But, in my opinion, the 2015 clash will be very tough to beat:

2018 (Purple77): EurAsia (28.11.179) def AAP Alliance (26.10.166)
2017 (Ricochet/elephants): AAP Alliance (25.8.158) lost to EurAsia (26.7.163)
2016 (Holz): EurAsia (27.11.173) def AAP Alliance (23.11.149)
2015 (JROO8): AAP Alliance (26.12.168*) def EurAsia (26.11.167)
2014 (Nails): EurAsia (24.11.155) lost to AAP Alliance (25.18.168)
2013 (Ringo): AAP Alliance (25.22.172) lost to EurAsia (27.21.183)
2012 (CrowsFan): AAP Alliance (28.8.176) def EurAsia (27.11.173)

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ROLLING LOCKOUT

This means you can change your team in-between games. Exactly like SC, with loopholing permitted.

Also, name four emergencies.

WXV Round 12
Rep Round Scores

Round 13
Adelaide vs. Richmond
Essendon vs. Hawthorn
Gold Coast vs. St. Kilda
Fremantle vs. Port Adelaide
Carlton vs. Western Bulldogs
North Melbourne vs. GWS

Round 14
West Coast vs. Essendon
Sydney vs. Hawthorn
Melbourne vs. Fremantle
St. Kilda vs. Brisbane
Port Adelaide vs. Geelong
Western Bulldogs vs. Collingwood

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Defence
EurAsia have the highest 5 averaging defenders so far this season, largely thanks to New Delhi who boasts all of Jake Lloyd (#1), Shannon Hurn (#2) and Bachar Houli (#4). The Alliance round out the next 4, each from a different team headed by Cairo's own Tom Stewart. EurAsia then have the 10th to 14th best, so it's clear EurAsia - on paper - have the best defence between the two sides.

Midfield
The Alliance have last week's superstar in Patrick Cripps (Rio de Janeiro, #2 highest mid) as its #1 player and prime captaincy candidate. However, EurAsia have Lachie Neale (Beijing, #1 mid), Josh Kelly (Seoul, #3 mid) and Nat Fyfe (Berlin, #4 mid) all on or above the Cripps benchmark, perhaps indicating a dominance here as well. Depth wise, the Alliance have the mids covered, boasting 9 of the top 13 mids. However, these clashes are always decided by the players with big ceilings, and that EurAsian trio can go VERY big.

Ruck
Once again, EurAsia DOMINATE the ruck stocks, headed by star duo Max Gawn (#1 ruck, #1 EurAsia, #1 in competition) and Brodie Grundy (scrub). Goldstein (Dublin) and McEvoy (Seoul) are a very distant 3rd and 4th, with the Alliances highest averager so far this season sitting 5th in Pacific's Jarrod Witts. There is no way the Alliance get on top of the ruck division here.

Forwards
This is where the Alliance comes to the fore, with FTC's own Travis Boak (#1 forward) and Tim Kelly (#2 forward) leading the pack over Seoul's Patrick Dangerfield (#3 forward) and Tokyo's Josh Dunkley (#4 forward). Toronto also has Rowan Marshall (#6 forward) to pick from, so don't be surprised if all 3 are selected (and rightfully so).

Overall
EurAsia go into this match as heavy favourites with several high performing players so far this season. There is a lot of pressure on renowned big scorers in Cripps, Boak, Tim Kelly, Macrae and Bont to reach their ceilings in this game, else this could get ugly, and quick. I'm tipping at least a 100 SC point victory to EurAsia, making it 4 in a row!

Suck it AAP!

AAP: My inbox is open. If you think you have a player worthy of selection, convince me!

Quote from: fanTCfool on June 11, 2019, 09:20:06 PM
AAP: My inbox is open. If you think you have a player worthy of selection, convince me!

Or you could just name a team and see if there's any objections?

Quote from: RaisyDaisy on June 11, 2019, 09:34:38 PM

Quote from: fanTCfool on June 11, 2019, 09:20:06 PM
AAP: My inbox is open. If you think you have a player worthy of selection, convince me!

Or you could just name a team and see if there's any objections?

Yes, but no. This is more interesting.

Here you go Rico, you can finally have Weller play for you!

Quote from: fanTCfool on June 11, 2019, 09:20:06 PM
AAP: My inbox is open. If you think you have a player worthy of selection, convince me!

Surely get a few Suns in there FTC  :P

Quote from: JBs-Hawks on June 12, 2019, 10:11:57 AM
Here you go Rico, you can finally have Weller play for you!

;D

Preview done.

Jeepers. AAP are gonna get smashed. Who do you even have?

If some is averaging 151 in the past month, you chuck the C on them yeah? It's only the #1 ruck himself: big Maxxy Gawn

Then there's last years EurAsian captain, the 154 scoring Nat Fyfe

Oh, then there's the guy whose averaged 129 in the past 3 games in defence: Dane Rampe

David Mundy has been a jet in the forward line, and Michael Walters is a consistent GUN!

Wildcard? Jarrod Lienert. 95 average in his last 4.

That core will win you the game, the rest don't matter. Kinda like AAP

Tom Stewart is the only defender we need.

Karl Amon

Brodie Grundy to bathe the Bulldogs lack of ruck division next week. You know who the C should be @Rico ;)

Also gives you a chance to finally coach the great Lachie Neale as well 8)

Ok here we go, thoughts EurAsia? Missing anyone obvious?


Def Lloyd (NDT), Hurn (NDT), Ryan (PNL), Houli (NDT)
Mid Neale (Beij), Kelly (Seoul), Fyfe (Berl), MCrouch (Dublin)
Ruck Grundy (Beij)
Fwd Danger (Seoul), Dunkley (Tokyo), De Goey (Moscow), Walters (Beij)
Util Sloane (Dublin), Merrett (PNL)

Emer: Gawn (Berl), Oliver (Seoul), Mundy (Beij), Sheppard (London)

VC - Kelly
C - Grundy

JJ (Tokyo) will come in for Hurn if he doesn't play next week
and dont' worry Purps, can always loophole Gawn ;)

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 02:03:35 PM
Ok here we go, thoughts EurAsia? Missing anyone obvious?


Def Lloyd (NDT), Hurn (NDT), Ryan (PNL), Houli (NDT)
Mid Neale (Beij), Kelly (Seoul), Fyfe (Berl), MCrouch (Dublin)
Ruck Grundy (Beij)
Fwd Danger (Seoul), Dunkley (Tokyo), De Goey (Moscow), Walters (Beij)
Util Sloane (Dublin), Merrett (PNL)

Emer: Gawn (Berl), Oliver (Seoul), Mundy (Beij), Sheppard (London)

VC - Kelly
C - Grundy

JJ (Tokyo) will come in for Hurn if he doesn't play next week
and dont' worry Purps, can always loophole Gawn ;)

Smart move putting some PremIErs in the squad, give the team abit of championship pedigree that its lacking.

team looks fine, probably a similar line up to who i would have gone

i think id bench Sloane and put Gawn in the util spot.

Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 02:07:54 PM

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 02:03:35 PM
Ok here we go, thoughts EurAsia? Missing anyone obvious?


Def Lloyd (NDT), Hurn (NDT), Ryan (PNL), Houli (NDT)
Mid Neale (Beij), Kelly (Seoul), Fyfe (Berl), MCrouch (Dublin)
Ruck Grundy (Beij)
Fwd Danger (Seoul), Dunkley (Tokyo), De Goey (Moscow), Walters (Beij)
Util Sloane (Dublin), Merrett (PNL)

Emer: Gawn (Berl), Oliver (Seoul), Mundy (Beij), Sheppard (London)

VC - Kelly
C - Grundy

JJ (Tokyo) will come in for Hurn if he doesn't play next week
and dont' worry Purps, can always loophole Gawn ;)

Smart move putting some PremIErs in the squad, give the team abit of championship pedigree that its lacking.

team looks fine, probably a similar line up to who i would have gone

i think id bench Sloane and put Gawn in the util spot.

I was thinking Gawn could replace Merrett, but just realised Ess is early next week. So will probably swap these two

Sloane should do well against Richmond's mids Dusty

I mean, I'd personally field the #1 SCer in the game, but I am a scrub points chaser  ::) :P

Quote from: Purple 77 on June 13, 2019, 02:42:16 PM
I mean, I'd personally field the #1 SCer in the game, but I am a scrub points chaser  ::) :P

;D ;D

Tbh you're lucky there's a bit of Freo bias or you'd have no reps

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 02:26:12 PM

Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 02:07:54 PM

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 02:03:35 PM
Ok here we go, thoughts EurAsia? Missing anyone obvious?


Def Lloyd (NDT), Hurn (NDT), Ryan (PNL), Houli (NDT)
Mid Neale (Beij), Kelly (Seoul), Fyfe (Berl), MCrouch (Dublin)
Ruck Grundy (Beij)
Fwd Danger (Seoul), Dunkley (Tokyo), De Goey (Moscow), Walters (Beij)
Util Sloane (Dublin), Merrett (PNL)

Emer: Gawn (Berl), Oliver (Seoul), Mundy (Beij), Sheppard (London)

VC - Kelly
C - Grundy

JJ (Tokyo) will come in for Hurn if he doesn't play next week
and dont' worry Purps, can always loophole Gawn ;)

Smart move putting some PremIErs in the squad, give the team abit of championship pedigree that its lacking.

team looks fine, probably a similar line up to who i would have gone

i think id bench Sloane and put Gawn in the util spot.

I was thinking Gawn could replace Merrett, but just realised Ess is early next week. So will probably swap these two

Sloane should do well against Richmond's mids Dusty

good point drop Zerett and bring in Dusty :P

Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 03:01:10 PM

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Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 02:07:54 PM

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 02:03:35 PM
Ok here we go, thoughts EurAsia? Missing anyone obvious?


Def Lloyd (NDT), Hurn (NDT), Ryan (PNL), Houli (NDT)
Mid Neale (Beij), Kelly (Seoul), Fyfe (Berl), MCrouch (Dublin)
Ruck Grundy (Beij)
Fwd Danger (Seoul), Dunkley (Tokyo), De Goey (Moscow), Walters (Beij)
Util Sloane (Dublin), Merrett (PNL)

Emer: Gawn (Berl), Oliver (Seoul), Mundy (Beij), Sheppard (London)

VC - Kelly
C - Grundy

JJ (Tokyo) will come in for Hurn if he doesn't play next week
and dont' worry Purps, can always loophole Gawn ;)

Smart move putting some PremIErs in the squad, give the team abit of championship pedigree that its lacking.

team looks fine, probably a similar line up to who i would have gone

i think id bench Sloane and put Gawn in the util spot.

I was thinking Gawn could replace Merrett, but just realised Ess is early next week. So will probably swap these two

Sloane should do well against Richmond's mids Dusty

good point drop Zerett and bring in Dusty :P

Zach will not forget the disrespect being banded around here
Ammo for next time he PNL plays

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Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 02:26:12 PM

Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 02:07:54 PM

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 02:03:35 PM
Ok here we go, thoughts EurAsia? Missing anyone obvious?


Def Lloyd (NDT), Hurn (NDT), Ryan (PNL), Houli (NDT)
Mid Neale (Beij), Kelly (Seoul), Fyfe (Berl), MCrouch (Dublin)
Ruck Grundy (Beij)
Fwd Danger (Seoul), Dunkley (Tokyo), De Goey (Moscow), Walters (Beij)
Util Sloane (Dublin), Merrett (PNL)

Emer: Gawn (Berl), Oliver (Seoul), Mundy (Beij), Sheppard (London)

VC - Kelly
C - Grundy

JJ (Tokyo) will come in for Hurn if he doesn't play next week
and dont' worry Purps, can always loophole Gawn ;)

Smart move putting some PremIErs in the squad, give the team abit of championship pedigree that its lacking.

team looks fine, probably a similar line up to who i would have gone

i think id bench Sloane and put Gawn in the util spot.

I was thinking Gawn could replace Merrett, but just realised Ess is early next week. So will probably swap these two

Sloane should do well against Richmond's mids Dusty

good point drop Zerett and bring in Dusty :P

Zach will not forget the disrespect being banded around here
Ammo for next time he PNL plays

trade in to his rightful place in Dublin so he gets the fame he deserves

Yea surely gawn destroys Darcy?

Fiiiiiiiinnnnnnne


Def Lloyd (NDT), Hurn (NDT), Ryan (PNL), Houli (NDT)
Mid Neale (Beij), Kelly (Seoul), Fyfe (Berl), MCrouch (Dublin)
Ruck Grundy (Beij)
Fwd Danger (Seoul), Dunkley (Tokyo), De Goey (Moscow), Walters (Beij)
Util Gawn (Berl), Sloane (Dublin)

Emer: Merrett (PNL), Oliver (Seoul), Mundy (Berl), Sheppard (London)

VC - Gawn
C - Grundy

while we are at it NDT players are famous for chocking in important games.

id dump that whole backline.

Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 03:39:47 PM
while we are at it NDT players are famous for chocking in important games.

id dump that whole backline.

It's 2019 mate, who do you even coach again?

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 03:48:21 PM

Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 03:39:47 PM
while we are at it NDT players are famous for chocking in important games.

id dump that whole backline.

It's 2019 mate, who do you even coach again?

Holz is just super excited because this is a rare time that he actually will be on the winning side this year

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 03:48:21 PM

Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 03:39:47 PM
while we are at it NDT players are famous for chocking in important games.

id dump that whole backline.

It's 2019 mate, who do you even coach again?

the 2 time reigning premiers

Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 03:54:51 PM

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 03:48:21 PM

Quote from: Holz on June 13, 2019, 03:39:47 PM
while we are at it NDT players are famous for chocking in important games.

id dump that whole backline.

It's 2019 mate, who do you even coach again?

the 2 time reigning premiers

Ohhhh that irrelevant bottom 4 side that looks very Pie-ish?

 Coniglio pulled out a 208 two weeks ago and you don't pick him?

:o

Quote from: Torpedo10 on June 13, 2019, 04:27:58 PM
Coniglio pulled out a 208 two weeks ago and you don't pick him?

:o

You are correct

AAP Alliance

Blank, Blank, Rory Laird (Pacific), Blank
Blank, Blank, Blank, Blank
Blank
Blank, Blank, Blank, Blank
Blank, Blank

Blank, Blank, Blank, Reilly O'Brien (Buenos Aires)

Quote from: Purple 77 on June 11, 2019, 08:42:22 PM
Ruck
Once again, EurAsia DOMINATE the ruck stocks, headed by star duo Max Gawn (#1 ruck, #1 EurAsia, #1 in competition) and Brodie Grundy (scrub). Goldstein (Dublin) and McEvoy (Seoul) are a very distant 3rd and 4th, with the Alliances highest averager so far this season sitting 5th in Pacific's Jarrod Witts. There is no way the Alliance get on top of the ruck division here.

Enter The Schlong?

Quote from: Purple 77 on June 11, 2019, 08:42:22 PM
There is no way the Alliance get on top of the ruck division here.

Famous last words.

(https://s.afl.com.au/staticfile/AFL%20Tenant/AdelaideCrows/Images/OBRIEN%20Reilly%20297x317.png)

Quote from: fanTCfool on June 13, 2019, 08:54:49 PM
AAP Alliance

Blank, Blank, Rory Laird (Pacific), Blank
Blank, Blank, Blank, Blank
Blake Schlensog (Cape Town)
Blank, Blank, Blank, Blank
Blank, Blank

Blank, Blank, Blank, Reilly O'Brien (Buenos Aires)

Laird doing Pacific proud.  I guess Witts won't be needed. :)

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 03:38:21 PM
Emer: Merrett (PNL), Oliver (Seoul), Mundy (Berl), Sheppard (London)

He'll show you >:D. Live to regret thattttt

Quote from: Hellopplz on June 14, 2019, 01:10:53 PM

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 03:38:21 PM
Emer: Merrett (PNL), Oliver (Seoul), Mundy (Berl), Sheppard (London)

He'll show you >:D. Live to regret thattttt

For next week too ;).

After Adel/Rich

Oh my! AAP have come out firing, with Islander Rory Laird contributing beautifully, but it was Buenos Aires' Reilly O'Brien that has turned the game on its head, with an AMAZING 181! He may be in the emergencies, but his contribution will put AAP 18 points ahead with one less player! I actually think this could be an unassailable lead, because there are no scrubs playing in this match...

... oh, Bachar Houli (New Delhi), I didn't see you there... how much did you hear?

Thank god for Destroyer Rory Sloane who has kept EurAsia SOMEWHAT in it, with teammate Matt Crouch also underperforming on the big stage. EurAsia will need some big contributions just to break-even at this point. Game on.

	AAP Alliance					EurAsia
POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1			0		0	D1	Jake Lloyd	New Delhi	0		0
D2			0		0	D2	Shannon Hurn	New Delhi	0		0
D3	Rory Laird	Pacific	121		121	D3	Luke Ryan	PNL	0		0
D4			0		0	D4	Bachar Houli	New Delhi	68		68
M1			0		0	M1	Lachie Neale	Beijing	0		0
M2			0		0	M2	Josh Kelly	Seoul	0		0
M3			0		0	M3	Nat Fyfe	Berlin	0		0
M4			0		0	M4	Matt Crouch	Dublin	91		91
R1	Blake Schlensog	Cape Town	0		0	R1	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
F1			0		0	F1	Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul	0		0
F2			0		0	F2	Josh Dunkley	Tokyo	0		0
F3			0		0	F3	Jordan De Goey	Moscow	0		0
F4			0		0	F4	Michael Walters	Berlin	0		0
U1			0		0	U1 (RUC )	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
U2			0		0	U2 (MID )	Rory Sloane	Dublin	125		125
E1			0	0	0	E1 (MID )	Zach Merrett	PNL	0	0	0
E2			0	0	0	E2 (MID )	Clayton Oliver	Seoul	0	0	0
E3			0	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	David Mundy	Berlin	0	0	0
E4 (RUC )	Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires	181	0	0	E4 (DEF )	Brad Sheppard	London	0	0	0
C			0		0	C	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
VC			0		0	VC	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
			Total:	121	1				Total:	284	3

And who could forget about the Salty Seconds

Ricophants chose the wrong Crouch! Dublin's Brad Crouch so far tops the salty seconds with 129, whilst teammate Dustin Martin (108) would have only performed marginally better than Matt.

For AAP, Cairo's Alex Keath (109) would have been handy, but would have been a hard one to pick.

Keathy  8)

The Schlong  8)

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AAP Alliance

Blank, Blank, Rory Laird (Pacific), Blank
Patrick Cripps (VC - Rio), Blank, Blank, Blank
Blake Schlensog (Cape Town)
Blank, Blank, Blank, Blank
Blank, Blank

Blank, Blank, Blank, Reilly O'Brien (Buenos Aires)

The Blank family, an underrated AFL dynasty.

Quote from: upthemaidens on June 15, 2019, 07:02:31 PM
The Blank family, an underrated AFL dynasty.

Not to mention, Blake Schlensog could be the most valuable player out there

Of course new dehli pick the inferrior crouch

After Carl/GCS

Only one player was involved from the above two teams - the man mountain himself - Rio's Patrick Cripps. But, exhausted from his 194 last week, he has shat the bed and put in a stinking 78... AND as VC! AAP have used their VC potential loophole too, which leaves them open to a potential bad C score.

EurAsia would be thrilled with this result! But, so much work lies ahead.

	AAP Alliance						EurAsia
POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1			0		0	D1	Jake Lloyd	New Delhi	0		0
D2			0		0	D2	Shannon Hurn	New Delhi	0		0
D3	Rory Laird	Pacific	121		121	D3	Luke Ryan	PNL	0		0
D4			0		0	D4	Bachar Houli	New Delhi	68		68
M1	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		78	M1	Lachie Neale	Beijing	0		0
M2			0		0	M2	Josh Kelly	Seoul	0		0
M3			0		0	M3	Nat Fyfe	Berlin	0		0
M4			0		0	M4	Matt Crouch	Dublin	91		91
R1	Blake Schlensog	Cape Town	0		0	R1	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
F1			0		0	F1	Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul	0		0
F2			0		0	F2	Josh Dunkley	Tokyo	0		0
F3			0		0	F3	Jordan De Goey	Moscow	0		0
F4			0		0	F4	Michael Walters	Berlin	0		0
U1			0		0	U1 (RUC )	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
U2			0		0	U2 (MID )	Rory Sloane	Dublin	125		125
E1			0	0	0	E1 (MID )	Zach Merrett	PNL	0	0	0
E2			0	0	0	E2 (MID )	Clayton Oliver	Seoul	0	0	0
E3			0	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	David Mundy	Berlin	0	0	0
E4 (RUC )	Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires	181	0	0	E4 (DEF )	Brad Sheppard	London	0	0	0
C			0		0	C	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
VC	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		0	VC	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
			Total:	199	2				Total:	284	3

Salty Seconds

Gee it would have been hard to pick, but Seoul's Charlie Curnow (154) might end up being the saltiest second for the round. EurAsia need scores like that to catch up. Moscow's Petrevski-Seton (111) would have been handy, but I wouldn't say Ricophants would be regretful at either player really, too left field.

For AAP, Toronto's Matthew Kreuzer (119) would have put up a respectable effort in the ruck (which used to be a problem for AAP), whilst Mexico City's Anthony Miles (118) would have put in a decent innings too.

EurAsia would have loved Dunkley and Walters efforts for next week!

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AAP Alliance

Blank, Blank, Rory Laird (Pacific), Blank
Patrick Cripps (VC - Rio), Ben Cunnington (Cape Town), Blank, Blank
Blake Schlensog (Cape Town)
Blank, Blank, Blank, Blank
Blank, Blank

Tim Taranto (Rio), Jack Ziebell (Rio), Blank, Reilly O'Brien (Buenos Aires)

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AAP Alliance

Tom Stewart (Cairo), Blank, Rory Laird (Pacific), Daniel Rich (Rio)
Patrick Cripps (VC - Rio), Marcus Bontempelli (Pacific), Jack Macrae (Toronto), Blank
Blake Schlensog (Cape Town)
Travis Boak (Toronto), Caleb Daniel (Buenos Aires), Tim Kelly (Toronto), Blank
Andrew Gaff (Pacific), Mitch Duncan (Cape Town)

Ben Cunnington (Cape Town), Jack Ziebell (Rio), James Sicily (Mexico), Reilly O'Brien (Buenos Aires)

Coniglio, told you Rico  ;)

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AAP Alliance

Tom Stewart (Cairo), Blank, Rory Laird (Pacific), Daniel Rich (Rio)
Patrick Cripps (VC - Rio), Marcus Bontempelli (C - Pacific), Jack Macrae (Toronto), Luke Parker (Buenos Aires)
Blake Schlensog (Cape Town)
Travis Boak (Toronto), Caleb Daniel (Buenos Aires), Tim Kelly (Toronto), Rowan Marshall (Toronto)
Andrew Gaff (Pacific), Mitch Duncan (Cape Town)

Ben Cunnington (Cape Town), Jack Ziebell (Rio), James Sicily (Mexico), Reilly O'Brien (Buenos Aires)

After Nm/GWS

A masterful revision from FTC saw them dodge fielding the disappointing scores from Cape Town's Cunnington and Rio's Ziebell, but they are still in the emergencies; a bad score waiting to happen in the event of a sub.

For EurAsia, Seoul's Josh Kelly put in a much needed contribution which sees EurAsia catch up a little, but, including ROBs score, they are only 32 points ahead with one extra played. The Cripps/Kelly scores certainly have swung the odds a little, but AAP still with the advantage, especially considering EurAsia has used 3 of their 6 mids.

	AAP Alliance						EurAsia
POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Stewart	Cairo	0		0	D1	Jake Lloyd	New Delhi	0		0
D2			0		0	D2	Shannon Hurn	New Delhi	0		0
D3	Rory Laird	Pacific	121		121	D3	Luke Ryan	PNL	0		0
D4	Daniel Rich	Rio de Janeiro	0		0	D4	Bachar Houli	New Delhi	68		68
M1	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		78	M1	Lachie Neale	Beijing	0		0
M2	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	M2	Josh Kelly	Seoul	128		128
M3	Jack Macrae	Toronto	0		0	M3	Nat Fyfe	Berlin	0		0
M4	Luke Parker	Buenos Aires	0		0	M4	Matt Crouch	Dublin	91		91
R1	Blake Schlensog	Cape Town	0		0	R1	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
F1	Travis Boak	Toronto	0		0	F1	Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul	0		0
F2	Caleb Daniel	Buenos Aires	0		0	F2	Josh Dunkley	Tokyo	0		0
F3	Tim Kelly	Toronto	0		0	F3	Jordan De Goey	Moscow	0		0
F4	Rowan Marshall	Toronto	0		0	F4	Michael Walters	Berlin	0		0
U1 (MID )	Andrew Gaff	Pacific	0		0	U1 (RUC )	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
U2 (MID )	Mitch Duncan	Cape Town	0		0	U2 (MID )	Rory Sloane	Dublin	125		125
E1 (MID )	Ben Cunnington	Cape Town	59	0	0	E1 (MID )	Zach Merrett	PNL	0	0	0
E2 (FWD )	Jack Ziebell	Rio de Janeiro	80	0	0	E2 (MID )	Clayton Oliver	Seoul	0	0	0
E3 (DEF )	James Sicily	Mexico City	0	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	David Mundy	Berlin	0	0	0
E4 (RUC )	Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires	181	0	0	E4 (DEF )	Brad Sheppard	London	0	0	0
C	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	C	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
VC	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		0	VC	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
			Total:	199	2				Total:	412	4

Salty Seconds

EurAsia probably missed one here, with Tokyo's Zac Williams (143) putting in a massive effort. Although hindsight makes fools of us all, he did average 105 from his last 6, so perhaps Ricophants does regret that one. Moscow's Stephen Coniglio (130) also would have been a fine selection, but his formline has wavered in recent weeks.

For AAP, it really does look like they would have been fine in the ruck division, with Cairo stalwart Shane 'Sausage' Mumford scoring 117, followed closely by FTC's own Jacob Hopper (114). But I reckon FTC sleeps well on those counts tonight.

Wavered? He scored 200 two weeks ago and I told Rico to pick uConigs!

told you not to drop zerrett, cool 138 :P

Quote from: DazBurg on June 17, 2019, 08:10:07 PM
told you not to drop zerrett, cool 138 :P

Its next weeks score that counts for this

But i dont disagree :P

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Quote from: DazBurg on June 17, 2019, 08:10:07 PM
told you not to drop zerrett, cool 138 :P

Its next weeks score that counts for this

But i dont disagree :P

Could hit a Hutchings tag so not worth the risk

Quote from: iZander on June 17, 2019, 08:17:39 PM

Quote from: DazBurg on June 17, 2019, 08:10:07 PM
told you not to drop zerrett, cool 138 :P

Its next weeks score that counts for this

But i dont disagree :P

Ahh so even worse when it is 150

FTC, Gaff might have to deal with a Dylan Clarke tag.  Clarke has kept his last two opponents very quiet.

If you need a solid Defender, Michael Hurley is a safe option.

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AAP Alliance

Tom Stewart (Cairo), James Sicily (Mexico), Rory Laird (Pacific), Daniel Rich (Rio)
Patrick Cripps (VC - Rio), Marcus Bontempelli (C - Pacific), Jack Macrae (Toronto), Luke Parker (Buenos Aires)
Blake Schlensog (Cape Town)
Travis Boak (Toronto), Caleb Daniel (Buenos Aires), Tim Kelly (Toronto), Rowan Marshall (Toronto)
Ricky Henderson (Cairo), Mitch Duncan (Cape Town)

Ben Cunnington (Cape Town), Jack Ziebell (Rio), Michael Hurley (Pacific), Reilly O'Brien (Buenos Aires)

Quote from: upthemaidens on June 18, 2019, 08:10:21 PM
FTC, Gaff might have to deal with a Dylan Clarke tag.  Clarke has kept his last two opponents very quiet.

If you need a solid Defender, Michael Hurley is a safe option.

May have been wrong about Gaff, but Hurley is killing it.

Quote from: upthemaidens on June 20, 2019, 10:16:13 PM

Quote from: upthemaidens on June 18, 2019, 08:10:21 PM
FTC, Gaff might have to deal with a Dylan Clarke tag.  Clarke has kept his last two opponents very quiet.

If you need a solid Defender, Michael Hurley is a safe option.

May have been wrong about Gaff, but Hurley is killing it.

Put him to sleep since you mentioned that!  :P

Quote from: fanTCfool on June 20, 2019, 11:24:04 PM

Quote from: upthemaidens on June 20, 2019, 10:16:13 PM

Quote from: upthemaidens on June 18, 2019, 08:10:21 PM
FTC, Gaff might have to deal with a Dylan Clarke tag.  Clarke has kept his last two opponents very quiet.

If you need a solid Defender, Michael Hurley is a safe option.

May have been wrong about Gaff, but Hurley is killing it.

Put him to sleep since you mentioned that!  :P

True that.

After Wce/Ess/Syd/Haw

Well, we certainly have a contest, that's for sure!

Buenos Aires' Luke Parker has put in a huge effort, much to the delight of AAP. Unlikely premo Ricky Henderson (Cairo) also put in a solid showing on the bench to make it 257 from those two players.

You'd almost think AAP would have it in the bag! Then...

James. Sicily.

EurAsia, despite only mediocre contributions from Ricophants' own Jake Lloyd and Shannon Hurn (ahem, to combine for a mere 265 from the New Delhi defense), only find themselves keeping up the pace thanks to the Sicily nightmare.

EurAsia were only given 'average' scores from its emergencies in PNL's Merrett and London's Sheppard, so I'm not Ricophants loops them in. Pacific's Michael Hurley rounded out AAP's emergency contingent with a 74, meaning ROB aside, AAP are doomed for a poor score if a best XV player is subbed out.

Including ROB's 181, AAP are 68 points up, all other things being equal.

	AAP Alliance						EurAsia
POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Stewart	Cairo	0		0	D1	Jake Lloyd	New Delhi	105		105
D2	James Sicily	Mexico City	40		40	D2	Shannon Hurn	New Delhi	92		92
D3	Rory Laird	Pacific	121		121	D3	Luke Ryan	PNL	0		0
D4	Daniel Rich	Rio de Janeiro	0		0	D4	Bachar Houli	New Delhi	68		68
M1	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		78	M1	Lachie Neale	Beijing	0		0
M2	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	M2	Josh Kelly	Seoul	128		128
M3	Jack Macrae	Toronto	0		0	M3	Nat Fyfe	Berlin	0		0
M4	Luke Parker	Buenos Aires	138		138	M4	Matt Crouch	Dublin	91		91
R1	Blake Schlensog	Cape Town	0		0	R1	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
F1	Travis Boak	Toronto	0		0	F1	Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul	0		0
F2	Caleb Daniel	Buenos Aires	0		0	F2	Josh Dunkley	Tokyo	0		0
F3	Tim Kelly	Toronto	0		0	F3	Jordan De Goey	Moscow	0		0
F4	Rowan Marshall	Toronto	0		0	F4	Michael Walters	Berlin	0		0
U1 (MID )	Ricky Henderson	Cairo	119		119	U1 (RUC )	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
U2 (MID )	Mitch Duncan	Cape Town	0		0	U2 (MID )	Rory Sloane	Dublin	125		125
E1 (MID )	Ben Cunnington	Cape Town	59	0	0	E1 (MID )	Zach Merrett	PNL	104	0	0
E2 (FWD )	Jack Ziebell	Rio de Janeiro	80	0	0	E2 (MID )	Clayton Oliver	Seoul	0	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Michael Hurley	Pacific	74	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	David Mundy	Berlin	0	0	0
E4 (RUC )	Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires	181	0	0	E4 (DEF )	Brad Sheppard	London	95	0	0
C	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	C	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
VC	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		0	VC	Max Gawn	Berlin	0		0
			Total:	496	5				Total:	609	6

The Salty Seconds

Dunno about this one FTC, I think not naming Rio's Elliot Yeo (142) might have been a clear blunder, given his 117 average from his past 6 matches! We'll forgive not naming Cape Town's Callum Mills (132) in defense, as well as your own Jack Redden (122).

For EurAsia, London's Dom Sheed (148) would have certainly been handy right about now, as well as his AFL and WXV teammate Luke Shuey (122). But I think we give Ricophants a pass on those ones. But missing my own Zak Jones (117)? Shame.

Also, it's kinda cool how Ricophants named three of its defenders, to go up against FTC's three forwards. The battle of the bookends!

HENDO

Too much uncertainty about a potential Dylan Clarke tag to pick any of our West Coast mids this week, and with Yeo coming off a calf injury, I wasn't up to take that risk. We won't talk about the coaching decisions at Hawthorn...

Quote from: Purple 77 on June 22, 2019, 11:29:02 AM
Also, it's kinda cool how Ricophants named three of its defenders, to go up against FTC's three forwards. The battle of the bookends!

Its also interesting how there isnt a single actual fwd in the AAP fwd line. We got 2 mids a defender and a ruck.

You know what the guy that has averaged 151 in the past month scored?

151.

Come on Ricophants, the C should have been on him, not this VC garbage

Quote from: Purple 77 on June 22, 2019, 05:36:56 PM
You know what the guy that has averaged 151 in the past month scored?

151.

Come on Ricophants, the C should have been on him, not this VC garbage

Still didnt win the ruck battle.... ;)

Quote from: iZander on June 22, 2019, 07:14:35 PM

Quote from: Purple 77 on June 22, 2019, 05:36:56 PM
You know what the guy that has averaged 151 in the past month scored?

151.

Come on Ricophants, the C should have been on him, not this VC garbage

Still didnt win the ruck battle.... ;)

Mate, I'm not the idiot that put Gawn on the bench, that's "Scrub-dy" job as R1 to go against ROB ;) 

Tim Kelly, you're winning some fans right now.

Come on Danger!

Dan Houston punishing AAP for not running with him as D5 by killing off TK  :'(

Quote from: PowerBug on June 12, 2019, 10:45:26 PM
Karl Amon

:)

Quote from: fanTCfool on June 22, 2019, 10:59:04 PM
Dan Houston punishing AAP for not running with him as D5 by killing off TK  :'(

Nobody from NY good enough :(

Houston gun!

After Melb/Fre/Stk/Bris/Port/Geel

Hold onto your hats folks, this will go down to the wire!

All in all, I think EurAsia really missed on an opportunity in those three games.

In it, they saw a putrid 79 from Beijing's Lachie Neale and a very uninspiring 91 from last years captain Nat Fyfe (91). There was also missed opportunity to VC loophole the magnificent Max Gawn's 151, albeit that would have meant dropping Neale (good with hindsight) and copping a 'meh' 104 from PNL's Merrett.

Thank god for Gawn though, and Seoul's Dangerfield (141), otherwise this result would be decided. Others for EurAsia included PNL's superstar Luke Ryan (106), and Berlin's Michael Walters (100), who only put in OK showings. And yes, I know, thank god Berlin's Mundy (63) was an emergency. Let's hope neither Dunkley or De Goey get subbed :-X

For AAP, I thought it was much more successful.

Cape Town's Mitch Duncan (121) did AAP proud, closely followed by Toronto duo Rowan Marshall (119) and Travis Boak (118), as well as Rio's Daniel Rich (113). These were all valuable contributions.

Cairo's Tom Stewart did JUUUST enough (96) to not be deemed a total disaster, but it was Toronto's Tim Kelly (76) that really disappointed. Thank flower for AAP that he rallied after half time where he only had 26!

So, with ROB's 181, AAP are 43 points ahead, all other things being equal! GAME ON!

	AAP Alliance						EurAsia
POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Stewart	Cairo	96		96	D1	Jake Lloyd	New Delhi	105		105
D2	James Sicily	Mexico City	40		40	D2	Shannon Hurn	New Delhi	92		92
D3	Rory Laird	Pacific	121		121	D3	Luke Ryan	PNL	106		106
D4	Daniel Rich	Rio de Janeiro	113		113	D4	Bachar Houli	New Delhi	68		68
M1	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		78	M1	Lachie Neale	Beijing	79		79
M2	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	M2	Josh Kelly	Seoul	128		128
M3	Jack Macrae	Toronto	0		0	M3	Nat Fyfe	Berlin	91		91
M4	Luke Parker	Buenos Aires	138		138	M4	Matt Crouch	Dublin	91		91
R1	Blake Schlensog	Cape Town	0		0	R1	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
F1	Travis Boak	Toronto	118		118	F1	Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul	141		141
F2	Caleb Daniel	Buenos Aires	0		0	F2	Josh Dunkley	Tokyo	0		0
F3	Tim Kelly	Toronto	76		76	F3	Jordan De Goey	Moscow	0		0
F4	Rowan Marshall	Toronto	119		119	F4	Michael Walters	Berlin	100		100
U1 (MID )	Ricky Henderson	Cairo	119		119	U1 (RUC )	Max Gawn	Berlin	151		151
U2 (MID )	Mitch Duncan	Cape Town	121		121	U2 (MID )	Rory Sloane	Dublin	125		125
E1 (MID )	Ben Cunnington	Cape Town	59	0	0	E1 (MID )	Zach Merrett	PNL	104	0	0
E2 (FWD )	Jack Ziebell	Rio de Janeiro	80	0	0	E2 (MID )	Clayton Oliver	Seoul	114	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Michael Hurley	Pacific	74	0	0	E3 (MID FWD)	David Mundy	Berlin	63	0	0
E4 (RUC )	Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires	181	0	0	E4 (DEF )	Brad Sheppard	London	95	0	0
C	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	0		0	C	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	0		0
VC	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		0	VC	Max Gawn	Berlin	151		0
			Total:	1139	11				Total:	1277	12

Salty Seconds

Oh my, EurAsia should have looked to Tokyo in the ruck division after all! Scott Lycett (180) would have essentially matched the massive ROB score, and really put EurAsia back into favouritism. Dublin's Tom McDonald (135) rose from the grave, whilst New Delhi's Stef Martin (130) is also likely to score more than that scrub from Collingwood.

For AAP, they really nailed their selections! The highest score they missed out on was only Pacific's Jarryd Lyons (112), followed by New York's Dan Houston (110). A selection masterclass.

Grundy to bring it home vs English

Quote from: JBs-Hawks on June 23, 2019, 11:14:15 AM
Grundy to bring it home vs English

That just feels like a massive Mozz now!

Don't forget my boy Griffin Logue as well!  :P

Should have been D1 tbh

Won't be able to check the scores until after the match has concluded, so it's gonna be a nervous afternoon for myself. Can't help but feel that the fate of the AAP lies with Tim English.

Done my yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin Player team

May 81, Roids 82, Howe ???, Occonor 66
B.Crouch 125, M.Crouch 91, Dmart 108, Sloane 125
Goldy 97
Greene 104, Gunston 80, JJK 86, Cameron 69
Gawn 151, Jelly 70

1483 with Howe to come, if howe goes big might take out both teams.

Quote from: Holz on June 23, 2019, 01:54:59 PM
Done my yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin Player team

Yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin player? LMAO WTF  ;D

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Quote from: Holz on June 23, 2019, 01:54:59 PM
Done my yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin Player team

Yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin player? LMAO WTF  ;D

my team for some reason kills it on AAP v Eurasia round. So last year i picked Dublin + 1 Berlin Player to see if i could win. I always need 1 Berlin player as my 15th player is too weak.

Quote from: Holz on June 23, 2019, 01:59:38 PM

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Quote from: Holz on June 23, 2019, 01:54:59 PM
Done my yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin Player team

Yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin player? LMAO WTF  ;D

my team for some reason kills it on AAP v Eurasia round. So last year i picked Dublin + 1 Berlin Player to see if i could win. I always need 1 Berlin player as my 15th player is too weak.

And the point of this?

Let me guess, the Berlin player is always Gawn, or their highest scorer?

Cannot understand the point of it at all lol

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Quote from: RaisyDaisy on June 23, 2019, 01:57:39 PM

Quote from: Holz on June 23, 2019, 01:54:59 PM
Done my yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin Player team

Yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin player? LMAO WTF  ;D

my team for some reason kills it on AAP v Eurasia round. So last year i picked Dublin + 1 Berlin Player to see if i could win. I always need 1 Berlin player as my 15th player is too weak.

And the point of this?

Let me guess, the Berlin player is always Gawn, or their highest scorer?

Cannot understand the point of it at all lol

its not always Gawn or Fyfe whoever i think will score the highest to see if 14 Dublin Players plus the Best Berliner can beat 6 AAP teams or 6 Euroasian Teams.

Quote from: Holz on June 23, 2019, 01:54:59 PM
Done my yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin Player team

May 81, Roids 82, Howe ???, Occonor 66
B.Crouch 125, M.Crouch 91, Dmart 108, Sloane 125
Goldy 97
Greene 104, Gunston 80, JJK 86, Cameron 69
Gawn 151, Jelly 70

1483 with Howe to come, if howe goes big might take out both teams.

1. This is pointless
2. You'll fall short by 100+ even with Gawn in there as your C
3. This is pointless

Fuark this is way too close hahaha

Quote from: GoLions on June 23, 2019, 07:00:42 PM
Fuark this is way too close hahaha

4pt lead pre-scaling, Grundy probs gonna get scaled up to flower us ahaha

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Quote from: GoLions on June 23, 2019, 07:00:42 PM
Fuark this is way too close hahaha

4pt lead pre-scaling, Grundy probs gonna get scaled up to flower us ahaha

Yeah the boysss

Quote from: Holz on June 23, 2019, 01:54:59 PM
Done my yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin Player team

May 81, Roids 82, Howe ???, Occonor 66
B.Crouch 125, M.Crouch 91, Dmart 108, Sloane 125
Goldy 97
Greene 104, Gunston 80, JJK 86, Cameron 69
Gawn 151, Jelly 70

1483 with Howe to come, if howe goes big might take out both teams.

Did Howe score 318 or more? If yes you'll outscore AAP.

Quote from: fanTCfool on June 23, 2019, 09:16:19 PM

Quote from: Holz on June 23, 2019, 01:54:59 PM
Done my yearly Dublin with 1 Berlin Player team

May 81, Roids 82, Howe ???, Occonor 66
B.Crouch 125, M.Crouch 91, Dmart 108, Sloane 125
Goldy 97
Greene 104, Gunston 80, JJK 86, Cameron 69
Gawn 151, Jelly 70

1483 with Howe to come, if howe goes big might take out both teams.

Did Howe score 318 or more? If yes you'll outscore AAP.

Tried to go so big he blew a calf.

We've had this annual game for 8 years now.

This has been the best game.

I'll do an official write-up tomorrow, but...

Congratulations to the AAP Alliance, for a thrilling 4 SC point victory!

You little ripper! Cheers for a nail biting contest Ricophants and full credit to the coaches of the AAP for assembling the talent to square the ledger at 4 wins a piece.

Quote from: fanTCfool on June 23, 2019, 10:42:06 PM
You little ripper! Cheers for a nail biting contest Ricophants and full credit to the coaches of the AAP for assembling the talent to square the ledger at 4 wins a piece.

No worries! Glad I could help!

Quote from: Koop on June 23, 2019, 10:48:32 PM

Quote from: fanTCfool on June 23, 2019, 10:42:06 PM
You little ripper! Cheers for a nail biting contest Ricophants and full credit to the coaches of the AAP for assembling the talent to square the ledger at 4 wins a piece.

No worries! Glad I could help!

Captain Bont doing enough to get AAP over the line.  Laird and Bont doing Pacific proud.

Well done FTC, ripper game mate

Doesn't get much closer than that!

Sir Brodie doing 'Jing proud 8)

EurAsia ROBbed

This clash will live forever in the history books; arguably the best we'll ever see. In a game were 3596 points were scored, it was only decided by 4.

AAP started out as overwhelming underdogs, but turned the tables immediately when eventual Worlds medallist - from Buenos Aires - Reilly O'Brien scored a MAMMOTH 181 points. EurAsia was on the back foot from that point, only being kept in the game by either a AAP player sh!tting themselves, or a brilliant individual performance dragging the rest of the team upwards.

But with one AFL game to go, and both captains as well as two teammates left to play from each team, the EurAsian trio had to outscore the AAP trio by 44 points.

And with Captain Brodie Grundy (Beijing) up against an inexperienced Tim English, if anyone could lead EurAsia to victory, it was him. And boy, did he go for it. 174 SC points later, compared to AAPs captain Bontempelli's (Pacific) mere 109, Moscow's Jordan De Goey and Tokyo's Josh Dunkley had to overcome Toronto's Macrae and Buenos Aires' Caleb Daniel.

But Jack Macrae was just immense, scoring an incredible 148 to JUST get AAP over the line for its most famous victory!

A huge congratulations to the AAP Alliance, who have now stopped a three game losing streak with its best ever score! Special mention must also go to FTC, who brilliantly coached the Alliance to victory with tactical use of the emergencies and active monitoring of the game. Bravo!

AAP Alliance (29.6.180) def EurAsia (29.6.179*)
*1800 to 1796

Best
AAP Alliance: Rory Laird, Daniel Rich, Marcus Bontempelli, Jack Macrae, Luke Parker, Travis Boak, Caleb Daniel, Rowan Marshall, Ricky Henderson, Mitch Duncan
EurAsia: Jake Lloyd, Luke Ryan, Josh Kelly, Brodie Grundy, Patrick Dangerfield, Josh Dunkley, Michael Walters, Max Gawn, Rory Sloane

Late Changes
AAP Alliance: Blake Schlensog replaced by Reilly O'Brien
EurAsia: Nil

REILLY O'BRIEN wins the AAP ALLIANCE Medal
BRODIE GRUNDY wins the EURASIA Medal
REILLY O'BRIEN wins the WORLDS Medal

Quote from: Purple 77 on June 24, 2019, 08:29:34 PM
REILLY O'BRIEN wins the WORLDS Medal

Yessss, well earned

Watch him back it up with a 150 this week!!!

Average contribution per player (captain bonus excluded)

AAP Alliance

Buenos Aires	144.33
Cape Town	121
Toronto	115.25
Pacific	115
Cairo	107.5
Rio de Janeiro	95.5
Mexico City	40
Christchurch	N/A
New York	N/A

EurAsia

Seoul	134.5
Beijing	126.5
Berlin	114
Dublin	108
PNL	106
Tokyo	101
New Delhi	88.33
Moscow	70
London	N/A

And ze proof:

	AAP Alliance						EurAsia
POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	Team	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Stewart	Cairo	96		96	D1	Jake Lloyd	New Delhi	105		105
D2	James Sicily	Mexico City	40		40	D2	Shannon Hurn	New Delhi	92		92
D3	Rory Laird	Pacific	121		121	D3	Luke Ryan	PNL	106		106
D4	Daniel Rich	Rio de Janeiro	113		113	D4	Bachar Houli	New Delhi	68		68
M1	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		78	M1	Lachie Neale	Beijing	79		79
M2	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	109		109	M2	Josh Kelly	Seoul	128		128
M3	Jack Macrae	Toronto	148		148	M3	Nat Fyfe	Berlin	91		91
M4	Luke Parker	Buenos Aires	138		138	M4	Matt Crouch	Dublin	91		91
R1	Blake Schlensog	Cape Town	0	DNP	0	R1	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	174		174
F1	Travis Boak	Toronto	118		118	F1	Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul	141		141
F2	Caleb Daniel	Buenos Aires	114		114	F2	Josh Dunkley	Tokyo	101		101
F3	Tim Kelly	Toronto	76		76	F3	Jordan De Goey	Moscow	70		70
F4	Rowan Marshall	Toronto	119		119	F4	Michael Walters	Berlin	100		100
U1 (MID )	Ricky Henderson	Cairo	119		119	U1 (RUC )	Max Gawn	Berlin	151		151
U2 (MID )	Mitch Duncan	Cape Town	121		121	U2 (MID )	Rory Sloane	Dublin	125		125
E1 (MID )	Ben Cunnington	Cape Town	59	DNP	0	E1 (MID )	Zach Merrett	PNL	104	DNP	0
E2 (FWD )	Jack Ziebell	Rio de Janeiro	80	DNP	0	E2 (MID )	Clayton Oliver	Seoul	114	DNP	0
E3 (DEF )	Michael Hurley	Pacific	74	DNP	0	E3 (MID FWD)	David Mundy	Berlin	63	DNP	0
E4 (RUC )	Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires	181		181	E4 (DEF )	Brad Sheppard	London	95	DNP	0
C	Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific	109		109	C	Brodie Grundy	Beijing	174		174
VC	Patrick Cripps	Rio de Janeiro	78		0	VC	Max Gawn	Berlin	151		0
			Total:	1800	15				Total:	1796	15

What could have been

All players that tonned up during the rep round. Scott Lycett (Tokyo) is crowned the saltiest second of 2019!

Full Name	WXV Club	REP	P
Reilly O'Brien	Buenos Aires Armadillos	181	S
Scott Lycett	Tokyo Samurai	180	0
Brodie Grundy	Beijing Thunder	174	S
Charlie Curnow	Seoul Magpies	154	0
Max Gawn	Berlin Brewers	151	S
Dom Sheed	London Royals	148	0
Jack Macrae	Toronto Wolves	148	S
Zac Williams	Tokyo Samurai	143	0
Elliot Yeo	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	142	0
Patrick Dangerfield	Seoul Magpies	141	S
Luke Parker	Buenos Aires Armadillos	138	S
Tom McDonald	Dublin Destroyers	135	0
Callum Mills	Cape Town Cobras	132	0
Stefan Martin	New Delhi Tigers	130	0
Stephen Coniglio	Moscow Spetsnaz	130	0
Brad Crouch	Dublin Destroyers	129	0
Josh Kelly	Seoul Magpies	128	S
Rory Sloane	Dublin Destroyers	125	S
Jack Redden	Toronto Wolves	122	0
Luke Shuey	London Royals	122	0
Mitch Duncan	Cape Town Cobras	121	S
Rory Laird	Pacific Islanders	121	S
Rowan Marshall	Toronto Wolves	119	S
Matthew Kreuzer	Toronto Wolves	119	0
Ricky Henderson	Cairo Sands	119	S
Travis Boak	Toronto Wolves	118	S
Anthony Miles	Mexico City Suns	118	0
Adam Treloar	Moscow Spetsnaz	117	0
Dayne Zorko	Beijing Thunder	117	0
Shane Mumford	Cairo Sands	117	0
Zak Jones	Berlin Brewers	117	0
Robbie Gray	New Delhi Tigers	116	0
Callum Sinclair	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	115	0
Clayton Oliver	Seoul Magpies	114	0
Ed Langdon	New Delhi Tigers	114	0
Caleb Daniel	Buenos Aires Armadillos	114	S
Jacob Hopper	Toronto Wolves	114	0
Daniel Rich	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	113	S
Brandon Matera	Seoul Magpies	112	0
Jarryd Lyons	Pacific Islanders	112	0
Sam Petrevski-Seton	Moscow Spetsnaz	111	0
Dan Houston	New York Revolution	110	0
Cale Hooker	Buenos Aires Armadillos	110	0
Alex Keath	Cairo Sands	109	0
Jack Crisp	Moscow Spetsnaz	109	0
Marcus Bontempelli	Pacific Islanders	109	S
Jay Lockhart	No Club	108	0
Dustin Martin	Dublin Destroyers	108	0
Allen Christensen	Toronto Wolves	106	0
Charlie Cameron	Tokyo Samurai	106	0
Jack Viney	Berlin Brewers	106	0
Jade Gresham	New York Revolution	106	0
Luke Ryan	PNL Reindeers	106	S
Jake Lloyd	New Delhi Tigers	105	S
Tim Taranto	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	105	0
Christian Salem	Seoul Magpies	104	0
Brett Deledio	Christchurch Saints	104	0
Jamie Cripps	Tokyo Samurai	104	0
Jordan Dawson	New Delhi Tigers	104	0
Rory Atkins	Tokyo Samurai	104	0
Toby Greene	Dublin Destroyers	104	0
Zach Merrett	PNL Reindeers	104	0
Griffin Logue	Cape Town Cobras	103	0
Karl Amon	Rio de Janeiro Jaguars	103	0
Cameron Ellis-Yolmen	New York Revolution	103	0
Sydney Stack	No Club	103	0
Oscar McInerney	New Delhi Tigers	102	0
Josh Jenkins	Pacific Islanders	102	0
Levi Casboult	Moscow Spetsnaz	102	0
Tom Bellchambers	Moscow Spetsnaz	102	0
Angus Brayshaw	New Delhi Tigers	101	0
Christian Petracca	Mexico City Suns	101	0
Sebastian Ross	Tokyo Samurai	101	0
Dyson Heppell	Moscow Spetsnaz	101	0
Josh Dunkley	Tokyo Samurai	101	S
Matthew Suckling	Pacific Islanders	101	0
Gary Jnr Ablett	Toronto Wolves	100	0
Michael Walters	Berlin Brewers	100	S
Dane Rampe	Berlin Brewers	100	0
Lachie Weller	Seoul Magpies	100	0

Quote from: Purple 77 on June 24, 2019, 08:34:14 PM
Average contribution per player (captain bonus excluded)

AAP Alliance

Buenos Aires	144.33
Cape Town	121
Toronto	115.25
Pacific	115
Cairo	107.5
Rio de Janeiro	95.5
Mexico City	40
Christchurch	N/A
New York	N/A

EurAsia

Seoul	134.5
Beijing	126.5
Berlin	114
Dublin	108
PNL	106
Tokyo	101
New Delhi	88.33
Moscow	70
London	N/A

Thankyou for doing this, only bit of success Dillos is getting any time soon  8)

I did actually want to point out your contribution haha

Quote from: Purple 77 on June 24, 2019, 08:40:57 PM
I did actually want to point out your contribution haha

8) appreciate it

Four rucks in the top 5 scorers!

7 EurAsians in the top 10  :-X

There he is, the great man and his 103 score. And a KO of Gary Rohan too fair effort by Karl

Ablett, Dangerfield, Bartel, Goldstein, Pendlebury, Docherty, Fyfe & REILLY O'BRIEN.  Forever immortalised.

Quote from: Ricochet on June 13, 2019, 05:28:18 PM

Quote from: Torpedo10 on June 13, 2019, 04:27:58 PM
Coniglio pulled out a 208 two weeks ago and you don't pick him?

:o

You are correct

Coniglio outscored every EurAsian Mid, and had he been picked over 4/5 of them, they would've won.

Rico  >:(