WXVW Round 3: Must win games!

[Levi434]

WXVW Round 3

This weeks matchups:
Barcelona Lynx   VS.   Jakarta Dragons
Algerian Antelopes   VS.   Port Moresby Cassowaries
Lima Llamas   VS.   Bogota Margays
Karachi Rhinos   VS.   Rome Goddesses

Barcelona and Jakarta both got off to ripping starts to open up the season. These two teams where the two top scoring lineups in the first week of action and if that happens again we'll be in for a showdown! Jakarta's team only looks to be getting stronger with the likely inclusion of Sarah Hosking to add to fellow centurion Dana Hooker. Barcelona had an allround showcase last week and you'd think they would need something similar to topple the Dragons.

Port Moresby are all out of luck. Injuries and poor performances really hurting them at this stage. Algeria looks set for a huge year on the back of Daisy Pearce. The rest of their team has taken a step up and their midfield are finally supporting the perma-C. Port Moresby do however have a few shining lights in the reserves who many would suspect will make the team in round 3. Will this be enough to outdo to scoring prowess of the Antelopes?

Lima and Bogota both lost in round 1, meaning that this is an absolute must win game! If either of these teams fall to 0-2 the season may well be over! Bogota's inconsistency led them to the worst score in their history last week, whilst Lima in spite of a few really good performances weren't able to take advantage in their match. I think this match will come down to the captaincy battle as both teams don't have a clear number 1.

Karachi missed out by that much last year and this year they face a must win match in round 2. Rome on the other hand were able to win their match despite not having enough numbers to field last week! Karachi will be desperate for Erin Phillips to come back and stabalise the side whilst the Goddesses will hope their blissful start will continue.

[Purple 77]

*head appears*

"Marinoff is due for a century, and SFT needs to rebound for a poor performance last week."

*retreats back into underdog status*

[Nige]

Yeah look, if we don't win this week, there'll be hell to pay.

[Torpedo10]

Yeah look, if we don't win this week, there'll be hell to pay.

You really don't like us, do you?  :P

[Levi434]

Yeah look, if we don't win this week, there'll be hell to pay.

Never seen Nige get this fiesty not even in WXV! I wonder what "hell to pay" could entail?

[fanTCfool]

Hakuna Jakarta

Captain: Karen Paxman
Vice Captain: Ellie Blackburn
E Vice Captain: Dana Hooker

Backs: K.Paxman (C), H. Miller, B. Koenen, B. Smith
Midfielders: S. Hosking, D. Cox, N. Barr, P. Monahan
Ruck: E. McKinnon
Forwards: E. Blackburn, D. Hooker, S. Audley, J. Wuestschner
Interchange: G. O'Sullivan, A. Downie

Emergencies: B. Gibson, R. Wallace, A. Utri

[Levi434]

Sarah Hosking to score under 40. Heard it here first :P

[Boomz]

Def: Hickey, Barclay, Campbell, Hetherington
Mid: Mithen (VC), T. Randall, Callinan, McCormick
Ruck: O'Connor
Fwd: Cunningham, C. Randall (C), Killian, Tesoriero
I/C: Beeson, Gogos
EMG: Berry, Thompson, White

[Ziplock]

Well, Davey going down plus a couple of ommissions screws out backline :P Actually Davey going down in general screws up, but hey, such is life.
Lima:

Captain: A. Anderson
VC: K. Donnellan
EVC: S Scott

B: A Williams, P McWilliams, H Cordner, K Gillespie-Jones (OOP)
M: K Donnellan, A Anderson, S Scott, J Stanton
R: L Spark
F: C Bernardi, K Hore, G Gee, A Schmidt
IC: R Forth, D Varnhagen

E: P Randall, N Ferres, K Shierlaw

[Levi434]

Bogota Margays:

Captain: Emily Bates
Vice-Captain: Katie Brennan
EMG C/VC: Tayla Harris

D: Emily Bates (C), Danielle Hardiman, Gabrielle Pound, Elle Bennetts
M: Ashleigh Guest, Jaimee Lambert, Jess Hosking, Lara Filocamo
R: Rhiannon Metcalfe
F: Tayla Harris, Katie Brennan (VC), Emma Zielke, Sarah Perkins
I: Madison Gay, Jasmine Grierson

E: Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Sophie Li, Leah Mascall

[Nige]

Karachi Rhinos

C: Elise O'Dea
VC: Erin Phillips
EVC: Jess Duffin

B: Nic Stevens, Ebony Antonio, Iilish Ross, Steph Cain
M: Elise O'Dea (c), Erin Phillips (vc), Jenna Bruton, Evie Gooch
R: Lauren Pearce
F: Emma Swanson, Alicia Eva, Jess Duffin (evc), Jess Anderson
I: Aliesha Newman, Ellie Brush

E: Sophie Conway, Jasmyn Hewett, Amy Lavell

[Torpedo10]

D: Kaitlyn Ashmore, Cassie Davidson, Cecelia McIntosh, Kate Lutkins
M: Emma Kearney (C), Monique Conti, Kellie Gibson, Kirsty Lamb
R: Tiana Ernst
F: Moana Hope, Darcy Vescio (VC), Sarah Allen, Sharni Webb
I: Jess Del Pos, Madeleine Keryk

E: Emma Humphries, Ellyse Gamble, Maddy Collier, Rebecca Privitelli

The ''Hope of Moana'' is back!

Other than that, we'll probably be fielding 14 this week.  :-\ Sucks.

[Koop]

Daisy Pearce's Forehead

D: Steph Chiocci, Meg Hutchins, Emma Grant, Meg Downie
M: Daisy Pearce, Courtney Gum, Amanda Farrugia,  Brooke Lochland
R: Erin Hoare
F: Richelle Cranston, Mariana Rajcic, Kimberly Rennie, Lauren Brazzale (OOP)
U: Amelia Barden, Justine Mules

E: Ashley Sharp, Reni Hicks, Gemma Houghton

C: Daisy Pearce
VC: Amelia Barden
EVC: Courtney Gum

[Purple 77]

Barcelona

C: Ebony Marinoff     
VC: Sabrina Frederick-Traub
EVC: Chloe molloy

D: Caitlyn Edwards, Bonnie Toogood, Ashlee Atkins, Nicole Hildebrand
M: Ebony Marinoff (C), Lisa Webb, Bree White, Katie Loynes
R: Emma King         
F: Sabrina Frederick-Traub (VC), Chloe Molloy (EVC), Bianca Jakobsson, Jasmine Garner
U: Melissa Kuys, Hannah Scott     
E: Britt Tully, R.Schleicher, Nat exon

[Levi434]

Phillips playing! Great news for Karachi!

Sarah Perkins last chance here as well. Probably should have been dropped this week...

Yeah look, if we don't win this weekPerkins don't play well, there'll be hell to pay.