WXV: Moscow Spetsnaz

[Jukes]

Jukesy, your post before was beyond epic. i have no idea what this is, but had to reply.

good stuff mate

haha cheers Braddles!

[Torpedo10]

Spetsnaz Complete A 6th Victory As Griffen Stars!

After an amazingly close encounter with the Wolves last week the Spetsnaz boys put in a big showing against the Warriors. NIC NAITANUI came in as captain and put in a solid 104 but RYAN GRIFFEN starred with an amazing 176. GRIFF as he is known around the club showed up to training early, put in the hard work and has come out and delivered to perfection also managing a spot in the WXV team of the round as Vice-Captain. CALLAN WARD was a quiet achiever to the coaches this week. Putting in a 128 against the Warriors after a quiet last few weeks. Some of the other good scores this week were NATHAN FYFE's 108, ADAM TRELOAR's 100, HEATH SHAW's 97 and BOB MURPHY's 97. These leaders have done very well against the Warriors and hopefully will continue this form next week.

Some of the poorer scores this week were DUSTIN MARTIN with 67 and DUSTIN FLETCHER with 61. The only 2 Dustin's in the VFL/AFL/WXV history both performed poorly this week. 'Dusty' needs to improve, he started the season on fire but has cooled off and after this week's performance is starting to go cold. 'Fletch' also started well with scores of 85 and 86 but
since then all his scores have been under 75. This needs to improve after some of the reserves scores.



Ryan Griffen starring for the Moscow Spetsnaz against the Wellington Warriors


RESERVES

JACK HOMBSCH AND PAUL SEEDSMAN were the only massive standouts in the Reserves with scores of 121 and 145 in a close 2 point win in the Reserves!!!

Moscow were winning, but now they are WINNING


Wellington Warriors (16.9.105) lost to Moscow Spetsnaz (23.12.150)

Best
Wellington: Nil
Moscow: R Griffen, C Ward, N Fyfe, N Naitanui, A Treloar

Reserves
Wellington Warriors (13.7.85) lost to Siberian Wolverines (14.3.87)

Best
Wellington: D Morris
Siberia: P Seedsman, J Hombsch

[Justin Bieber]

Wow, that mid-season Review was sweet Jukesy :o. Nice job there, gave you your 400th cheer for it :D.

[Jukes]

Wow, that mid-season Review was sweet Jukesy :o. Nice job there, gave you your 400th cheer for it :D.

Cheers Dom :)


A new award being introduced for Moscow is the Gazprom Trophy for Best Clubman. Each week a point will be awarded to a player who did not poll a best and fairest vote but we feel performed noticeably well. i.e. the best player who doesn't get a b&f vote.


Current Best Clubman Leaderboard (not including round 11)
Equal First: Paul Seedsman (2)
Tyrone Vickery (2)

Equal Second
Angus Monfries (1)
Leigh Adams (1)
Shane Tuck (1)
Charlie Dixon (1)
Dustin Fletcher (1)
Michael Walters (1)
Callum Sinclair (1)

[Jukes]

Round 11 Review

Round 11: Mexico City Suns       v       Moscow Spetsnaz       Fireball Stadium, Mexico City

Team Sheet
D: Shaw, Dixon, Murphy, Hombsch
M: Griffen (c), Ward, Fyfe, Treloar
R: Naitanui (vc)
F: Martin, Monfries, Darling, Adams
U: Seedsman, Thomas

Emg: Clarke, Vickery, Fletcher, Hutchins, Burbury

Spetsnaz Scores
D: Shaw 147, Dixon 50, Murphy 121, Hombsch 93
M: Griffen (c) 129x2, Ward 92, Fyfe 77, Treloar 124
R: Naitanui (vc) 109
F: Martin 126, Monfries 112, Darling 79, Adams 67
U: Seedsman 65, Thomas 97

Final Score
Mexico City Suns (22.18.150) lost to Moscow Spetsnaz (24.18.162)

Best and Fairest Votes
5. Heath Shaw
4. Ryan Griffen
3. Dustin Martin
2. Adam Treloar
1. Robert Murphy

Best Clubman Round 11
Jack Hombsch and Josh Thomas

Reserves
Mexico City Suns (18.11.119) defeated Siberian Wolverines (3.5.23)

[Maca24]

Well done Jukes!
Only Toronto, Sao Paulo, Cape Town and now Moscow have ever beaten us.

[Nige]

Well done Jukes!
Only Toronto, Sao Paulo, Cape Town and now Moscow have ever beaten us.

I still cry every time I think about the fact that Cairo could be on that list...

[roo boys!]

Well done Jukes!
Only Toronto, Sao Paulo, Cape Town and now Moscow have ever beaten us.

I still cry every time I think about the fact that Cairo could be on that list...

I'm proud to be on there haha

[Jukes]

Best and Fairest Update



1. Ryan Griffen and Dustin Martin (24)
3. Nat Fyfe (20)
4. Heath Shaw (16)
5. Nic Naitanui and Charlie Dixon (13)
7. Callan Ward (12)
8. Adam Treloar (9)
9. Angus Monfries (8.)
10. Jack Darling (6)

[Torpedo10]

Suns Burnt As The Spetsnaz Fire Away!

For the first time since last year's qualifying final the Mexico City Suns have been DEFEATED by an AMAZING PERFORMANCE from the MOSCOW SPETSNAZ! HEATH SHAW starred in a team with lots of consistency with tons from Shaw, Dusty Martin, Adam Treloar, Bob Murphy, Angus Monfries, Nic Naitanui and finally our captain against Mexico, Ryan Griffen with a great 129. We now sit in 4th just 1 win away from top spot currently held by the Sao Paulo Pumas. Sadly CHARLIE DIXON has sustained an injury that could leave him out of next week's class with the Brewers. Another potential missing link for the Spetsnaz is MICHAEL WALTERS who has suffered an ankle injury. SHANE TUCK is our only other injury on the senior list with SHAUN HIGGINS on the Long-Term injury list being replaced by GEORGE BURBURY.



Spetsnaz Scores
Defenders: Shaw 147, Dixon 50, Murphy 121, Hombsch 93
Midfielders: Griffen (c) 129x2, Ward 92, Fyfe 77, Treloar 124
Ruckman: Naitanui (vc) 109
Forwards: Martin 126, Monfries 112, Darling 79, Adams 67
Utilities: Seedsman 65, Thomas 97

Ok.. Moscow have arrived! And have knocked off Buenos Aires, Cape Town and now... Mexico City! The Suns hadn't lost since last year's qualifying final.


Mexico City Suns (22.18.150) lost to Moscow Spetsnaz (24.18.162)

Best
Mexico City: J Waite, I Maric, S Sidebottom, Brad Ebert
Moscow: H Shaw, R Griffen, D Martin, A Treloar, R Murphy, A Monfries, N Naitanui

Club Debut
Moscow: J Hombsch

Reserves
Mexico City Suns (18.11.119) defeated Siberian Wolverines (3.5.23)

Best
Mexico City: B Lake, A Didak, M Baguley
Siberia: Nil

We currently sit 4th in the Seniors and 14th in the Reserves

Seniors Round 11

Position   Name   Score   Scored Against   Wins   Loses   Percentage
1   Sao Paulo Pumas   1723   1451   10   1   118.75
2   Mexico City Suns   1723   1495   10   1   115.25
3   Buenos Aires Armadillos   1717   1459   9   2   117.68
4   Moscow Spetsnaz   1543   1446   9   2   106.71
5   Cape Town Cobras   1522   1478   8   3   102.98
6   Toronto Wolves   1567   1459   7   4   107.40
7   Berlin Brewers   1507   1423   6   5   105.90
8   Cairo Sands   1506   1441   6   5   104.51
9   London Royals   1495   1478   6   5   101.15
10   Seoul Magpies   1509   1461   5   6   103.29
11   New York Revolution   1464   1485   5   6   98.59
12   Dublin Destroyers   1470   1492   5   6   98.53
13   Tokyo Samurai   1465   1453   4   7   100.83
14   Paris Nice Lyon Reindeers   1449   1509   3   8   96.02
15   New Delhi Tigers   1225   1448   3   8   84.60
16   Wellington Warriors   1217   1521   2   9   80.01
17   Pacific Islanders   1236   1552   1   10   79.64
18   Beijing Thunder   1163   1450   0   11   80.21



Reserves Round 11
         
Position   Name   Score   Scored Against   Wins   Loses   Percentage
1   Alexandria Hieroglyphics   1658   870   10   1   190.57
2   Rhineland Rum-Runners   1244   759   9   2   163.90
3   Mexico City Suns   1353   836   9   2   161.84
4   Toronto Wolves   1086   745   8   3   145.77
5   Imperial Princes   1378   965   8   3   142.80
6   Rio de Janeiro Jaguars   1140   1043   7   4   109.30
7   Cape Town Cobras   1116   1061   7   4   105.18
8   Marseille Kings   904   969   7   4   93.29
9   Pyongyang Chollimas   875   856   5   6   102.22
10   Port Morseby Iguanadons   758   949   5   6   79.87
11   Belfast Braves   609   893   5   6   68.20
12   Wellington Warriors   887   976   4   7   90.88
13   Washington Rebellion   847   948   4   7   89.35
14   Siberian Wolverines   763   954   4   7   79.98
15   Mumbai Elephants   432   937   3   8   46.10
16   Yuzawa Typhoon   687   807   2   9   85.13
17   Buenos Aires Armadillos   460   984   1   10   46.75
18   Shanghai Storm   268   913   1   10   29.35



Spetsnaz Run Home:


Round 12: Moscow Spetsnaz (4th)       v       Berlin Brewers (7th)      Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Round 13: Moscow Spetsnaz (4th)       v       Pacific Islanders (17th)  Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow
Round 14: Dublin Destroyers (12th)     v       Moscow Spetsnaz (4th)       Crooke Park
Round 15: Cape Town Cobras (5th)       v       Moscow Spetsnaz (4th)       Newlands Cricket Ground
Round 16:New Delhi Tigers (15th)       v       Moscow Spetsnaz (4th)       Nepal
Round 17: Tokyo Samurai (13th)       v       Moscow Spetsnaz (4th)      National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

*Top 8 opposition in Blue
** Bottom 8 opposition in Red
***Moscow in Bold

[Jukes]

We're finally starting to really get rolling. We've found a distinct best XV and that should iron out most of the low scoring players we had early in the season. Another thing we've been getting right recently is captain selection. Our captain scores for the season have gone 107, 58, 71, 90, 93, 75, 98, 118, 128, 104 and 129 so had a lot of bad form from rounds 2 to 6 but have recently been picking right.

D: Shaw, Dixon, Murphy, Hombsch
M: Griffen (c), Fyfe, Ward, Treloar
R: Naitanui
F: Martin, Monfries, Darling, Walters
U: Seedsman, Thomas
Best XV Average Age: 22.86
Best XV Average Score: 150 points

Luckily recently we've had very little injuries compared to early on, as Torp has said we've only really been missing Dixon and Walters over the last few rounds instead of at time 5-6 of our best XV out, and that's paid off with scores of 147, 150 and 162 in the last three weeks, each setting a new team scoring record for the season. Tucky is still to come back, will have to show some good form to break past Seedsy and Thomas.

[CrowsFan]

Our captain scores for the season have gone 107, 58, 71, 90, 93, 75, 98, 118, 128, 104 and 129 so had a lot of bad form from rounds 2 to 6 but have recently been picking right.

For the Pumas our captain scores have been... 178, 99, 112, 131, 160, 137, 152, 112, 149, 129, 153 contributing a total of 3,024 points to our scores this year (doubled). Just the one bad selection in round 2...

[Jukes]

Our captain scores for the season have gone 107, 58, 71, 90, 93, 75, 98, 118, 128, 104 and 129 so had a lot of bad form from rounds 2 to 6 but have recently been picking right.

For the Pumas our captain scores have been... 178, 99, 112, 131, 160, 137, 152, 112, 149, 129, 153 contributing a total of 3,024 points to our scores this year (doubled). Just the one bad selection in round 2...

How many different players have you had? I'm thinking 1 :P

We've tried Tucky (107, 58, 71), Ward (90, 75), Fyfe (93, 128), Dusty (118), NicNat (104), Heater (98) and Griff (129). Now that Griff is like the best player in the world would expect him to be captain nearly every week.

[CrowsFan]

Haha yes fine I have only tried the one. But then again why change something that works? :P

If Ablett does ever go down injured quietly confident we will be fine on the captain's front. Got Walker (scores above 120: 150, 141, 140, 137, 137, 124),  Minson (143, 133, 127, 126, 120) or Sloane (146, 134, 129) who could all step in to the role :)

[Jukes]

Representative Round Reflection


Moscow star RYAN GRIFFEN gets away a kick for Eurasia. Ryan had 38 possessions, 7 marks and 4 tackles and was one of the best for Eurasia.

5 Moscow players represented EurAsia in their clash against the AAP Alliance, being a large factor in the 11 point upset victory. RYAN GRIFFEN yet again showed his amazing talent with a superb 143 as vice-captain to increase his average for the season to 125 (133 without his injury-affected match). HEATH SHAW continued his good form this season with 136 to further establish himself as the best backman in the competition. NAT FYFE recovered from a disappointing match against the Suns with a great 131. NIC NAITANUI and DUSTIN MARTIN also provided good scores for EurAsia.

Best and Fairest
In the representative round, the best and fairest will be awarded through a 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 system. The highest votes (7-6-5-4-3) are given to the EurAsia vs AAP Alliance representatives, with 2-1 being given to the best state representatives. No best clubman points will be awarded.

7. Ryan Griffen (143)
6. Heath Shaw (136)
5. Nat Fyfe (131)
4. Nic Naitanui (114)
3. Dustin Martin (95)
2. Jack Hombsch (101)
1. Josh Thomas (99)

Moscow scores over the representative Round
Includes Eurasia vs AAP, State of Origin, and state league matches (WAFL, VFL, SANFL, NEAFL)

D: H. Shaw 136, C. Dixon DNP, R. Murphy 92, J. Hombsch 101
M: R. Griffen 143, C. Ward 87, N. Fyfe 131, A. Treloar 87
R: N. Naitanui
F: D. Martin 95, A. Monfries 96, J. Darling 40, M. Walters 68
U: P. Seedsman 64, J. Thomas 99

Best and Fairest Standings
1. Ryan Griffen (31)
2. Dustin Martin (27)
3. Nat Fyfe (25)
4. Heath Shaw (22)
5. Nic Naitanui (17)