WXV: Cape Town Cobras

[GoLions]

Round 16:

5 - Lachie Hunter
4 - Mark Blicavs
3 - Josh P Kennedy
2 - Callum Mills
0.5 - Luke McDonald
0.5 - Jake Carlisle

Round 17:

5 - Luke McDonald
4 - Jake Carlisle
3 - Tom Papley
2 - Jasper Pittard
1 - Cameron Sutcliffe

[GoLions]

Final Leaderboard:

53 - Josh P Kennedy
31.5 - Toby Nankervis
21 - Mark Blicavs
19 - Lachie Hunter, Tom Papley
16 - Luke McDonald
15 - Touk Miller
14 - Kieren Jack
13.5 - Jasper Pittard
13 - Dion Prestia
12 - Blake Acres
9.5 - Callum Mills
7.5 - Jake Carlisle
4.5 - Taylor Garner
2 - Kayne Turner
1.5 - Dean Kent
1 - Darcy Lang, Ben Ainsworth, Cameron Sutcliffe

[GoLions]

Best and Fairest 2017

With that all done, I would like to officially announce the winner of the Cobras Best and Fairest award for 2017. Congratulations to Josh P Kennedy, finishing with a total 53 votes, over 20 votes clear of the next highest vote-getter!



But will he still be a Cobra in 2018?

[Purple 77]

Lol Griffin Logue :P

... will their be a 'Logue's' award?

[GoLions]

Lol Griffin Logue :P

... will their be a 'Logue's' award?

No Purps, we actually take these things seriously at the Cobras smh

[GoLions]

2017 Results

Round 1 - Cobras Strike through Thunder Clouds

New coach GoLions has started his tenure with a bang; notching up a great win against peer Beijing. The Thunder could pin a lot of the blame on last men Taylor & Thurlow combining for just 86, but it was strength of the Nank that prevailed for the Cobras.

Cape Town Cobras (22.11.143) def Beijing Thunder (21.7.133)



Round 2 - Spetsnaz take Hiss out of Cobras

Ugh. Pretty ordinary game, and aside from the win, Moscow wouldn't be to thrilled about performing like this two weeks in a row. Cobras also disappointed after such promise last week.

Moscow Spetsnaz (18.11.119) def Cape Town Cobras (16.10.106)



Round 3 - Dublin Demolish Cape Town

Yeah, OK then Holz. You have the best midfield in the comp, even if Goldstein was your HGA. Meanwhile GL is a lucky Kent to have Dean.

Dublin Destroyers (27.6.168) def Cape Town Cobras (21.7.133)



Round 4 - PNL make it Rain...deers

PNL have been building up to this, and have to be commended for turning things around in the aisle of doubts. The Cobras continue their up and down season.

Cape Town Cobras (19.7.121) lost to PNL Reindeers (21.11.137)



Round 5 - Cairo break the Cobra-duck

It was heated, it was grind, it was a Cairo victory. The Sands' leaders stepped up, whilst JPK needed to do better for the Cobras. Cairo get their first ever win against Cape Town!

Cairo Sands (20.7.127) def Cape Town Cobras (19.8.122)



Round 6 - The Suns Great Escape

Gee, the Cobras had this game totally under control, but they just needed SOMEONE to stand up and score a century! Their midfielders should be ashamed. Meanwhile, the Suns continue to win and worry at the same time.

Cape Town Cobras (19.8.122) lost to Mexico City Suns (20.6.126)



Round 7 - Cobras strangle Royals

It was a low scoring affair that was in doubt for most of the match. But you can't afford to have a player score 17 if you wanna win too many games. That, and Hunter was the difference

Cape Town Cobras (20.7.127) def London Royals (18.7.115)



Round 8 - Brewers spike Cobra Venom

It was a lot closer in my head, but Berlin won reasonably comfortably with players standing up when they were called upon. Cape Town just needed more outside of Pittard & JPK

Berlin Brewers (21.10.136) def Cape Town Cobras (19.9.123)



Round 9 - Islanders leave Cape Town Stranded

This was an opportunity gone begging for Cape Town to claim a genuine scalp. If their bottom 3 players doubled their score to respectable ones, they would have won. Meanwhile, Tom Mitchell was incredible in the win for Pacific, but he's no Pendlebury.

Pacific Islanders (20.11.131) def Cape Town Cobras (18.9.117)



Round 10 - Cobras crack Dillos

Tex Walker did it again  :-X

Cape Town Cobras (21.11.137) def Buenos Aires Armadillos (17.10.112)



Round 11 - Ab-Seoul-ut-tion

BAM! I called them out, and they delivered. Seoul takes home the highest score of the year, whilst Cape Town certainly don't.

Seoul Magpies (27.9.171) def Cape Town Cobras (18.10.118)



Round 12 - Cobras Constrict Revolution

Big upset here! Jelwood getting subbed out of the game just rubbed salt into the fact the Revolution copped three 30 or less scores in their XV, whilst the Cobra midfield FINALLY looked like their 2015-2016 selves.

Cape Town Cobras (21.6.132) def New York Revolution (18.10.118)



Round 13 - Cape Town run over Rio

Well! This was an upset! Slowly but surely, the Cape Town mids are starting to fire and as such, the Cobras can once again start to compete and win again. The Jags were just too inconsistent across the board in the end, with only half of the team really doing anything.

Rio de Janeiro Jaguars (21.11.137) lost to Cape Town Cobras (22.9.141)



Round 14 - Tigers Turn Up Heat Against Cobras

A lot of quality on show by New Delhi in this one, reflected by a Mullett ton coming in for Howe. Not a lot Cape Town could do, especially when JPK was a late out.

Cape Town Cobras (18.10.118) lost to New Delhi Tigers (24.11.155)



Round 15 - Wolves withstand Cape Town Challenge

This Witherden ey? Kinda makes up for Pendles in a way. Cobras at least in a patch of respectable form, but needed more from it's midfield to topple Toronto

Toronto Wolves (22.9.141) def Cape Town Cobras (21.7.133)



Round 16 - Cape Town inflict Christchurch Crisis

Well! This was a thriller! Decided upon HGA in the end, but it didn't need to be if Blakely remained captain  :-X a damaging game for Christchurch, but amazingly, it's still not impossible to make finals. Well done to the maligned Hunter & Blicavs

Cape Town Cobras (20.11.131) def Christchurch Saints (20.10.130)



Round 17 - Samurai make winning a priority

Good for you Tokyo! As a melbourne supporter, I can attest that playing for draft picks only fosters a poisonous culture and that winning is ALWAYS better. The Cobras would be disappointed at ending the season on the low. For now, we say goodbye to you both, and look forward to seeing you next year!

Tokyo Samurai (20.8.128) def Cape Town Cobras (19.8.122)

[GoLions]

2017 National Draft

Pick 7 - Jaidyn Stephenson





Pick 39 - Mitchell Crowden





Pick 58 - Jack Petruccelle





Pick 60 - Connor Ballenden





Pick 62 - Jonathan O'Rourke





Pick 82 - Cam O'Shea





Pick 91 - David Mackay

[GoLions]

2017 Pre-Season Draft

Pick 4 - Doulton Langlands





Pick 10 - Angus Styles

[GoLions]

2017 Rookie Draft

Pick 4 - Joel Amartey





Pick 15 - Claye Beams





Pick 22 - Quinton Narkle





Pick 38 - Nathan Mullenger-McHugh

[WXV Media]

HUGE DEVELOPMENT!


GoLions has been found to have zero relationship to Kate Upton at all! Not even friends! In fact Kate Upton has never once been affiliated with Cape Town ever!







We have a leaked screenshot of GoLion's Twitter profile. He we can see that GL has been blocked by Kate! Clearly GL is just a fangirl who wanted to get Kate's attention too hard.







We managed to get an EXCLUSIVE interview with Kate and here is what she said:






Well you can't argue with that!

[GoLions]

Hey champs, what has 2 thumbs and is bored as flower?

GoLions, BnF coming up.

[GoLions]

The Cobras Best and Fairest award runs with a 5-4-3-2-1 polling system, with the highest scoring player for each round polling 5 votes, 2nd highest polling 4 votes, etc etc. If players are tied equal 2nd (for example), then the votes will be split, and they would (in this example) receive 3.5 votes each.

Other awards to be presented will be the Best New Player, the Best Individual Performance, the Coaches Award, the Karen award, and the prestigious Kate Upton award.

The count will begin shortly. Who will win? Will anyone surprise high up the votes tally?

[GoLions]

Round 1:
5 - Touk Miller
4 - Ben Cunnington
3 - Toby Nankervis
1 - Mitch Duncan
1 - Lewis Taylor
1 - Brad Ebert

Round 2:
5 - Toby Nankervis
4 - Aaron Mullett
3 - Lewis Taylor
2 - Brad Ebert
1 - Luke McDonald

Round 3:
5 - Callum Mills
4 - Toby Nankervis
2.5 - Alex Neal-Bullen
2.5 - Mark Blicavs
1 - Touk Miller

Aaron Mullett with the 4 votes in Round 2 lololololol

[Purple 77]

Duncan with just 1 vote. Shame.

[GoLions]

Best New Player 2018

Once again, there were a couple of players new to the club this year following the trade and draft periods, but one of our mids put in a career best season, averaging just short of 100 (and coincidentally looks just short of 100 as well).

Congratulations to Ben Cunnington!



Cunnington was originally brought in as a downgrade in the trade that saw JPK leave the Cobras, and performed much better than expected, which was made even better when JPK ended up scoring at basically the exact same average for the year!