2016 AXV Best 15 Thread

[tbagrocks]

It's that time of year when our 2016 line-ups start to take place! By now you must be looking towards round 1?

So post your best 15 here in this form

TEAM:
Back:

Mids:

Ruck:

Fwds:

Utility:

Reserves

[tbagrocks]

TEAM: THE TIBETEN LLAMA FOOTBALL CLUB

Back:Rory Laird, Jasper Pittard, Jackson Thurow, Jake Lever

Mids: Jobe Watson, Sam Mitchell, Jack Macrae, Jack Viney

Ruck: Maxi Gawn

Fwds: Jeremy "The Beast" Cameron, Chad "The Boss" Wingard, Tommy Lynch, Dev Smith

Utility: Richie Douglas, Lachie Neale

Reserves: Troy Menzel, James Gwilt, Anthony Miles, Zac Smith, Jack Trengove, Andy Otten

Pretty scary now eh ;)

[Nige]

Douglas over Miles, the Crows bias is too strong!  :P

[Nige]

Assuming we don't make any trades:

Laos

D: Dylan Roberton, Eric Mackenzie, Tom McDonald, Ryan Harwood
M: Travis Boak, Dion Prestia, Ollie Wines, Dylan Shiel
R: Todd Goldstein
F: Jarryd Roughead, Tex Walker, Josh J Kennedy, Jack Riewoldt
I: Liam Shiels, Shane Edwards

E: Lachie Whitfield, Aaron Hall, Jarryn Geary

[JBs-Hawks]

 Def: M Boyd (WB), M Jaensch (Adel), C Hooker (Ess), M Broadbent (Port)
Mid: J Steven (StK), J Lewis (Haw), D Armitage (StK), R Gray (Port),
Ruck: S Mumford (GWS)
Fwd: J Gunston (Haw), N Riewoldt (StK),, M LeCras (WC), B Harvey (NM),
Int: L Shuey (WC),  C Masten (WC),

Resrves: G Ibbotson (Freo) J Crisp (Coll),J Newnes (StK) T Greene (GWS) J Hogan (Melb), D Wells (NM),J Martin (GC),

[nostradamus]

Bangkok Crabs

Defenders
M. Hibberd, E. Yeo, S. Docherty, K. Kolodjashnij

Mids
T. Cotchin, A. Treloar, J. O'Meara, B. Crouch

Rucks
N. Naitanui

Forwards
D. Zorko, S. Motlop, M. Robinson, Z. Merrett

Util
T. Adams, J. Ziebell


Bench
Defs: S. Atley, B. Whitecross, J. Lonergan, J. Impey, X. Ellis, K. Jaksch, H. Wigg, D. McKenzie
Mids: D. Swallow,  M. Crouch, J. Townsend, S. Ross, T. Dumont, D. Parish, R. Mathieson
Rucks: T. Nankervis, S. Naismith, J. Giles
Fwds: J. Stringer, H. Ballatyne, T. Broomhead, J. Daniher, B. Lennon, N. Cockatoo, J. Garlett

Rookies
X. Richards, A. Kennedy, J. McGuinness, A. Marcon, A. Sexton, M. Chol

[iZander]

Feel like its on the best team willing to put their teams up so i thought i better put mine up ;)

There will be certain changes to this as I'm not done trading yet :)

TEAM: Turkish Gazelles

Back: Michael Hurley, Tom Langdon, Dane Rampe, Easton Wood

Mids: Tom Mitchell (C), Patrick Dangerfield (VC), JPK, Brandon Ellis

Ruck: Ivan Maric

Fwds: Tyrone Vickery, Ben Brown, Dom Sheed, Kane Lambert


Utility: Mitch Duncan, Brandon Ah Chee

Reserves Fwd: Jed Anderson/Liam Duggen, Mid: Oxley :(, Ruck...Griffin, Def: Harry Taylor/Baguely

[Ricochet]

Kuala Lumpur Crocs

Back: HShaw, Enright, Burgoyne, Malceski

Mids: Ablett, DBeams, Pendles, Jelwood

Ruck: Grundy

Fwds: Barlow[F/M], Buddy, Darling, HBennell[F/M]

Utility: Sidebottom, Dahlhaus[F/M]

Reserves BSmith[D/M], Dal Santo[M], Mayne[F]

[nas]

UAE Tigers.

Backs: S Hurn, G Birchall, J Gibson, D Rich (M/D)

Mids: D Swan, L Hodge, M Wallis, D Mundy.

Ruck: S Martin.

Fwd: D Martin, B Deledio, T Hawkins, S Higgins.

Utility: N Jones, B Goddard.

Reserves: M Brown (F/D), A Swallow, P Puopolo.

Bench:
Backs: C Pearce (D/M), C Dempsey, S Dempster, D Talia, T Richards, J Laidler, J Frost, N Krakouer, T Lee.
Mids: A Young, R Griffen, J Toumpas, L Partington.
Rucks: B Longer, T Hickey.
Fwd: C Rioli, T Cloke, R Shoenmakers, J Merrett, S Yarran, J Daniher, E Hipwood (F/D).

Rookies:
J Holmes, L Pierce, A Johnson, T Keough (M/F), D Lloyd, T Wallis.

[Memphistopheles]

Taiwan Dolphins

Backs: Nick Vlastuin, Zac Williams, Brayden Maynard, Jake Kolodjashniji

Mids: Stephen Coniglio, Josh Caddy, Cameron Guthrie, Brad Hill

Ruck: Matt Kreuzer

Fwd: Jamie Cripps, Tory Dickson, Isaac Heeney, Jayden Laverde,

Utility: Travis Varcoe, Nick Graham.

Reserves: Jordan Murdoch, Zac Tuohy, Jack Steele

Bench:
Backs: S Colquhoun, N Wright, T Cutler, J Nelson, J Marsh, D Viojo-Rainbow.
Mids: W Langford, C Blakely, J Barrett, D Cavka, B McKenzie, N O'Kearney
Rucks: T Derickx, T Campbell, C Wood, R O'Brien
Fwd: B Griffiths, K Turner, M Wood, T Boyd, M Honeychurch, T Lamb, J Schache, D Kent, P Wright, B Jack, D Towers, J Foster

Going to be another long, hard season for the Dolphins but, you can see a good, young nucleus of a team there which I plan to keep together as the season roll on and turn into a top side.

Basically where we are at just sitting and waiting is going to pay big dividends.

In defence I can see the following guys developing into premiums/best XV players given time - Vlastuin, Williams, Maynard, Kolodjashniji, Cutler and Colquhoun with a few others with potential (Wright/Nelson).

In midfield Langford Caddy and Guthrie are my oldest players at just 23 so everyone has a sprightly future.

In the ruck I've tried to pick up some depth to back-up Kreuzer but, a second ruckman remains our side's biggest weakness. Campbell and O'Brien showed good signs last season so hopefully one of them can fill that role. Though if Kreuzer remains fit then there's no worries at all.

And, up forward we have the most potential - a strategy specifically targeted to this scoring system which rewards goals.

A forward line of Heeney, Boyd, Schache and Peter Wright should instill fear into any opposition given another 2-3 years (when those mids will be in their prime. And, then there's plenty of likely types in reserve (Laverde, Cripps, Turner, Honeychurch, Lamb, Towers) who also need time.

This was an all-out rebuild but, as I said before the nucleus of the team is there - it just needs game time to develop.

[Adamant]

The rebuild is complete.

Bangladesh Bears - 2015 XV

D: Matthew Boyd, Garrick Ibbotson, Paul Duffield, Andrew Walker
M: Nathan Fyfe, Joel Selwood, Sam Mitchell, Ben Cunnington
R: Ben McEvoy
F: Nick Riewoldt, Mark LeCras, Brent Harvey, Cyril Rioli
U: Aaron Sandilands, Daniel Cross

Average age: 29.6


Bangladesh Bears - 2016 XV

D: Jack Grimes, Shane Savage, James Aish, Cameron Sutcliffe
M: Nathan Fyfe, Tom Liberatore, Jack Redden, Ben Cunnington
R: Ben McEvoy
F: Charlie Dixon, Adam Tomlinson, Matthew Pavlich, Jonathon Patton
U: David Zaharakis, Sam Kerridge

Average age: 24.5



Overall I'm pretty content with where we are at. We've significantly reduced the age profile of the squad whilst not losing too much depth in the process, hopefully we can still remain reasonably competitive this season.

[nrich102]

Hong Kong Dongs

If you cry easily you might want to look away

DEF: L.Dunn, T.Sheriden, S.Morris, J.Weitering
MID: J.Redden, R.Bastinac, K.Stevens, B.Hartung
RUC: S.McKernan
FWD: R.Conca, J.Lamb, C.Curnow, J.Redpath
UTL: J.Grant, K.Amon

Ouch...

[Nige]

If Steve Morris is in your XV, you're gonna have a bad time.

[GoLions]

If Steve Morris is in your XV, you're gonna have a bad time.

Also are they sharing the points from Redden? ;)

[nas]

Hong Kong Dongs

If you cry easily you might want to look away

DEF: L.Dunn, T.Sheriden, S.Morris, J.Weitering
MID: J.Redden, R.Bastinac, K.Stevens, B.Hartung
RUC: S.McKernan
FWD: R.Conca, J.Lamb, C.Curnow, J.Redpath
UTL: J.Grant, K.Amon

Ouch...

Well with the approved trades Redden, Pickett, & Howe are out & Taylor, Mayes, & Hallahan are in.
APPROVED
Reasoning: Redden is a high scoring mid, averaging a tick under 130, and being a high tackling player can be a real premium in this game, making his worth above Taylor, who is a consistent forward. Mayes and Hallahan are both worth quite a bit more than Pickett and Howe, making this trade even enough to pass.