2021 Preliminary Final Thread

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Fixtures
Preliminary Final: Las Vegas Sinners vs Quito Quetzals

Team Submission
D: A. Player, B. Player, C. Player, D. Player
M: E. Player (c) or (cc), F. Player (vc) or (cc), G. Player, H. Player, I. Player, J. Player
R: K. Player
F: L. Player (evc), M. Player, N. Player, O. Player
U: P. Player, Q. Player, R. Player
Emg: S. Player, T. Player, U. Player, V. Player (sub)

Finals Schedule
Finals Week One (AFL Round 20)
1st Elimination Final: 4th vs 5th
2nd Elimination Final: 3rd vs 6th
Qualifying Final: 1st vs 2nd

Finals Week Two (AFL Round 21)
1st Semi Final: QF Loser vs Lowest Ranked EF Winner
2nd Semi Final: QF Winner vs Highest Ranked EF Winner

Finals Week Three (AFL Round 22)
Preliminary Final: SF2 Loser vs SF1 Winner

Finals Week Four (AFL Round 23)
Grand Final: SF2 Winner vs PF Winner

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Quito Quetzals

Callum Mills (CC), Daniel Rich (CC), Nick Haynes, Nick Vlastuin
Hugh McCluggage (EVC), Elliot Yeo, Caleb Serong, Jacob Hopper, Paul Seedsman, Ed Curnow
Reilly O'Brien
Josh Dunkley, Toby Greene, Will Snelling, Jeremy Cameron
Scott Lycett, David Swallow, Shaun Higgins

Bailey Williams, Dan Houston, Ben Ainsworth, Ryan Burton (Sub)

In: Callum Mills, Jacob Hopper, Paul Seedsman, Ed Curnow, Jeremy Cameron
Out: Jack Lukosius (omit), James Worpel (inj.), Justin McInerney (omit), TJ Lynch (shower), Callan Ward (omit)

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Quito Quetzals

Daniel Rich (CC), Nick Haynes, Nick Vlastuin, Bailey Williams
Hugh McCluggage (EVC), Elliot Yeo, Caleb Serong, Jacob Hopper, Paul Seedsman, Ed Curnow
Scott Lycett (CC)
Josh Dunkley, Will Snelling, Jeremy Cameron, Ben Ainsworth
David Swallow, Shaun Higgins, Callan Ward

Jack Lukosius, Dan Houston, TJ Lynch, Ryan Burton (Sub)

In: Jacob Hopper, Paul Seedsman, Ed Curnow, Jeremy Cameron, Ben Ainsworth, Bailey Williams
Out: Jack Lukosius (omit), James Worpel (little bit inj.), Justin McInerney (omit), TJ Lynch (shower), Toby Greene (susp.), Reilly O'Brien (inj.)

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Las Vegas Sinners

D: Riley Bonner, James Harmes, Jordan Dawson, Nic Newman
M: Jarryd Lyons, Tom Mitchell (VC), Andrew McGrath, Christian Petracca(C), Jaeger O'Meara, George Hewett
R: Nic Naitanui (EVC)
F: Nick Blakey, Jaidyn Stephenson, Will Hoskin-Elliot, Harry Himmelberg
UTIL: Jack Scrimshaw (D), Zak Butters (F), Tim English (R)

EMERG: Harry Cunningham (D), James Rowbottom (M), Brad Close (F), Wil Powell (D - SUB)

In: Riley Bonner, Andrew McGrath
Out: Jake Lloyd, Lance Franklin
New:

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Las Vegas Sinners

D: Riley Bonner, James Harmes, Jordan Dawson, Nic Newman
M: Jarryd Lyons, Tom Mitchell (VC), Andrew McGrath, Christian Petracca(C), Jaeger O'Meara, George Hewett
R: Nic Naitanui (EVC)
F: Nick Blakey, Jaidyn Stephenson, Will Hoskin-Elliot, Harry Himmelberg
UTIL: Jack Scrimshaw (D), Zak Butters (F), Tim English (R)

EMERG: Harry Cunningham (D), James Rowbottom Xavier O'Halloran (M), Brad Close (F), Wil Powell (D - SUB)

In: Riley Bonner, Andrew McGrath
Out: Jake Lloyd, Lance Franklin
New:

Accepted but XOH is locked into E2 as was named there last week + is playing tonight

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Preliminary Final

Using the generously allowed late submission:
Las Vegas Sinners 19.9.123 defeated Quito Quetzals 18.11.119
(Real: 1843 vs 1783)

Using last week's Vegas side:
Las Vegas Sinners 20.6.126 defeated Quito Quetzals 18.11.119
(Real: 1894 vs 1783)

Imagine the scenes if Quito beat Vegas' late-submitted side but would've lost to their carryover semi-final side...luckily not the case and I don't have to go into damage control, but a battle royale grand final would've been something. Quito dominated the best with 9 tons, but two terrible CC scores well and truly lost this preliminary final for them. The Sinners had a fair few passengers, but Petracca as C was reliable as ever (in 2021), with Lyons booming to BOG and a couple other very solid contributors.

Best
Las Vegas: Lyons, Naitanui, Petracca, Mitchell, Hewett
Quito: Serong, Seedsman, Vlastuin, Hopper, McCluggage, Higgins, Cameron, Snelling, Yeo