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Two rounds of the regular season to go. Hopefully you have your finals sewn up and are coasting through these final two rounds.

ROUND 17 (ALL TIMES AEST)
CARLTON v HAWTHORN
Friday July 24, 7.50pm at Etihad Stadium
BLUES
B: S. White, S. Rowe, M. Jamison
HB: C. Yarran, Z. Tuohy, D. Buckley
C: K. Simpson, M. Murphy, S. Docherty
HF: T. Menzel, T. Bell, J. Tutt
F: L. Casboult, L. Henderson, A. Everitt
Foll: M. Kreuzer, P. Cripps, E. Curnow
Inter: L. Jones, B. Boekhorst, N. Holman, B. Walsh
Emer: K. Jaksch, M. Whiley, B. Johnson
In: L. Jones, B. Boekhorst
Out: A. Carrazzo, T. Fields
HAWKS
B: M. Spangher, B. Lake, S. Mitchell
HB: G. Birchall, J. Gibson, A. Litherland
C: B. Hill, S. Burgoyne, I. Smith
HF: C. Rioli, R. Schoenmakers, M. Suckling
F: J. Gunston, J. Roughead, L. Breust
Foll: D. Hale, L. Hodge, J. Lewis
Inter: J.O'Rourke, B. Hartung, B. McEvoy, P. Puopolo
Emer: J. Anderson, J. Sicily, D. Howe
In: J.O'Rourke, B. Hill
Out: L. Shiels, B. Stratton
GWS GIANTS v GEELONG
Saturday July 25, 1.45pm at StarTrack Oval
GIANTS
B: C. Hampton, N. Haynes, H. Shaw
HB: J. Patfull, A. Corr, T. Scully
C: J. Kelly, S. Coniglio, C. Ward
HF: A. Tomlinson, J. Cameron, R. Griffen
F: J. Steele, J. Lamb, L. Whitfield
Foll: R. Lobb, A. Treloar, T. Greene
Inter: R. Palmer, D. Smith, Z. Williams, T. Downie
Emer: W. Hoskin-Elliott, J. Stewart, N. Wilson
In: J. Lamb, J. Patfull
Out: M. Buntine, C. McCarthy
CATS
B: C. Enright, T. Lonergan, H. Taylor
HB: C. Guthrie, J. Kolodjashnij, A. Mackie
C: D. Lang, J. Selwood, S. Motlop
HF: M. Duncan, J. Walker, J. Bartel
F: J. Murdoch, T. Hawkins, C. Gregson
Foll: M. Blicavs, J. Caddy, S. Johnson
Inter: J. Kelly, S. Kersten, B. Smedts, J. Thurlow
Emer: J. Bews, M. Luxford, M. Stokes
In: J. Selwood, B. Smedts
Out: J. Bews, M. Stokes


ADELAIDE v GOLD COAST SUNS
Saturday July 25, 2.10pm at Adelaide Oval
CROWS
B: R. Henderson, D. Talia, J. Lever...

CARLTON v. HAWTHORN

Recent game: Round 13 2014 MCG – Hawthorn 118 defeated Carlton 90.

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY v. GEELONG

Recent game: Round 18 2014 Spotless Stadium – Geelong 94 defeated Greater Western Sydney 87.

ADELAIDE v. GOLD COAST

Recent game: Round 6 2015 Metricon Stadium – Adelaide 119 defeated Gold Coast 78.

Ablett v. Adelaide

Rd 11 2014: 130 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 14 2013: 115 SC points, 30 disposals
Rd 23 2012: 122 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 1 2012: 139 SC points, 42 disposals
Rd 22 2011: 145 SC points, 39 disposals
Rd 8 2011: 198 SC points, 41 disposals

Average is 142 SC points with 34 disposals.

Notes: Most recently tagged by Kerridge. He was tagged by Van Berlo in 2013. Huge score in Round 8 2011 due to his dominant first quarter where he gathered 15 disposals and 3 goals. He was tagged by Douglas in that game.

Dangerfield v. Gold Coast

Rd 6 2015: 90 SC points, 17 disposals
Rd 11 2014: 99 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 14 2013: 115 SC points, 30 disposals
Rd 23 2012: 169 SC points, 36 disposals
Rd 1 2012: 93 SC points, 25 disposals
Rd 22 2011: 95 SC points, 16 disposals
Rd 8 2011: 138 SC points, 23 disposals

Average is 114 SC points with 25 disposals.

Note: Two poor recent scores below 100. Has only scored over 100 three times in seven games. Most recently tagged by Raines. Huge score in Round 23 2012 against the Suns whilst being tagged by Hine (who finished with 35 SC points for the game). Big score in Round 8 2011 when he kicked six goals.

RICHMOND v. FREMANTLE

Recent game: Round 10 2015 Domain Stadium – Richmond 97 defeated Fremantle 70.

Fyfe v. Richmond

Rd 10 2015: 116 SC points, 26 disposals
Rd 13 2014: 128 SC points, 33 disposals
Rd 17 2013: 88 SC points, 27 disposals
Rd 5 2013: 93 SC points, 23 disposals
Rd 21 2012: 77 SC points, 21 disposals

Average is 100 SC points with 26 disposals.

Note: Poor record against Richmond with only two scores over 100 from...

After another huge round in SC over the weekend many will be looking to secure a spot in the race for overall, and a fair few more will be looking to shore up their team for a run at league finals. Goldstein went on a scoring spree racking up 221 points, The Little Master pumped out 189 points and I lost 4/6 league matches with a score of 2438. Who knows what this week will bring.

The Best Buy of the round is an absolute machine, racking up 17 tackles after recently returning from injury to prove that he's still got what it takes. 'But Gaz was the Best Buy last week', I hear you cry, when in fact I'm talking about none other than Tom Rockliff. Possibly due to the 189 point score from Gaz Rocky's tackle count appears to have gone mainly unnoticed by most in the football community, after all Ablett also had 17 tackles but added 16 more disposals and 3 goals than Rocky, but these types of efforts are always appreciated by the TooSerious faithful. So Rockliff finally looks to have put his injuries to bed, is a great price and has some good POD potential, making him this weeks Best Buy.




DEFENSE
ROOKIES





Jake Kolodjashnij (GEE) DEF 123.9k 60 +46k

Jake, brother of Kade, has brought himself onto the bubble this week with an average of 60 from his first 2 games after he scored 68 points on the weekend. Priced cheaply at 124 grand he is expected to increase in value by around 46 grand after his next game, and he could be a decent option going forward if he can continue to get games.



Tom Fields (CAR) DEF 102.4k 57 +48k
Fields is also on the bubble this week, averaging 57 after his score of 46 against the Dockers. Priced very well at just over 100 grand he seems to be good value, and will likely rise in price by around 48 grand when he plays again. With Carlton obviously struggling, and a tough task ahead against the Hawks on Friday night, they will look to get games into young players such as Fields which should mean good...

<div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2711]In an effort to counter the contentious NSW and QLD academies, Collingwood has today announced plans to establish its own elite supporter booing academy in 2016.
<div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2722]
<div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2726]'It's all about levelling the playing field...' explained Pies CEO[span id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2724' class='yiv4984674498371550205-24062015]Garry Mcgee.
<div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2729]
<div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2798]'For far too long, the AFL have been handing the northern teams the best young booing talent in the country on a platter...It's a disgrace.' remarked McGee.
<div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2800]
<div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2808]Collingwood has been hit hard by the NSW academy concessions in recent times, losing the 16 year old rising booing star Cameron Clapp to the Sydney Swans.

Clapp was drafted into the Swans cheersquad this season, making an instant impact with his remarkable 'booing the boo-ers' display during the infamous Adam Goodes 'Boo-gate' game versus Carlton in round[span class='yiv4984674498371550205-24062015]7.
<p id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2811]Head Swans Cheermonkey, Anita Lyfe said of Clapp:

'He's the whole package, no doubt.'
<div id='yui_3_16_0_1_1437558498505_2814]
'It's difficult to explain... but he always seem to have so much time and space to boo...'

'[span class='yiv4984674498371550205-24062015]When he boo's- it's like everything slows down around him.' Anita gushed.

A very good performance this week, with that measly point meaning we were on 2,499 for round 16. Our weekly rank was a respectable 11,884. Our overall score is now 33,374 while our overall rank is now happily in the top 10,000 at 8,535.
Lets take a look at the breakdown of the donor team for round sixteen.

Defence
H Shaw 126
L Hodge 110
J Gibson 93
K Kolodjashnij 73
B Houli 67
B Smith 50
Bench of J Lever 57 (E), and B Maynard 44.
Top score down back coming from the cheater, who has actually been pretty good to us this season, so we can't complain too much. Next up were Hodge and Gibson, which is amazing really, as Hawks defenders in that game shouldn't have seen much of the ball - somewhat like the Swans forwards really (I'll get to them in a minute...). The other three were pretty average really, although is it fair to expect more out of Kolo? I don't know. Anyway, with Lever on the bench outscoring his more experienced premo&amp;rdquo; teammate, in the game that the crows just chose to stop playing about 15 minutes too early, we missed a total of 7 potential points.

Midfield
G Ablett 189
P Dangerfield 121
S Pendlebury 110
J Kennedy 105
L Parker 102
N Fyfe 92
D Beams 89
J Selwood 0
Bench of N O'Brien 76 (E, on for Ducky), J Nelson 0, and T Dumont 0.
We brought in a new kid this week, Gary someone his name is, who has done well enough for us to probably keep him in the side for the rest of the season. Danger also did quite well, in what I can only imagine was a very emotional game for him and the team, while Pendles, JPK, and Parker were serviceable. That Fyfe bloke is an absolute has-been (did anyone trade him for Gazza???) while Beams was also below par. Ducky took his enforced week-long holiday, only keeping his spot in the side thanks to O'Brien scoring 76 as the emergency, which was enough to convince us to flick Cripps instead. Meanwhile Nelson and Dumont are still clogging up the midfield...

Ruck...

<p style='text-align: justify;]Apart from the odd blowout, Round 16 of the ORFFA saw some tight tussles where lady luck played a big hand. Goldy and GAJ played a big hand as well.
<p style='text-align: justify;]In a low scoring affair, Birdsville were at home to Gundagai. The Grasshoppers reveled in the dry conditions and, although the Battlers took the chocolates 1089 to 1029, there is not a blade of grass left on the Track. The Battlers had tons from Mayne (117), Big Ben (116) and Smurph (104), while major contributors for the Hoppers were Oxley (118), Curnow (117) and Rocky (101). Using their influence at the Pies (and the threat of a nuclear holocaust), the Hoppers were able to limit Cloke to just a single point, but it wasn't enough to get them over the line.
<p style='text-align: justify;]Another tight tussle saw the Uglies (1296) get one over the Vultures (1262). The Vultures are flying in second spot, but can now feel a few breathing down their (long) neck. Hamstrings (126), Sides and Cyril (117) and Maximum Gawn (105) all pulled their weight for the Uglies to bring off the upset. Gaff (114), Jack Crisp (103) and Parker (102) did their bit for Venus Bay, but below par scores from Beams and Jack Steven let the side down. Big game for the Vultures this week, so that pair had better bounce back.
<p style='text-align: justify;]Home ground advantage saw Iron Knob (1251) scrape home over their NZ visitors, with the Incorrigibles (1228) throwing everything at them bar the wild pig. Despite sub-par scores from Hanley and Swanny and playing with no ruck, it was GAJ (189) who did enough to seal it, ably assisted by Robbie 122, Our Man Jack (112) and vintage Hodgey (110). It was a real brave effort from Sauce to pull out a 162, and NDS (124) plus McVeigh and Hannebery (102) all did their bit. Sadly though, Harry Taylor continues his disappointing season and Nat Fyfe had another ordinary day out. Otherwise it might have...

A massive 221 from Goldie, a 189 from the little master and a bunch of quality efforts around the board will see some huge scores come in this week.

Might even have someone crack the 3k mark this week I reckon?

Guess we'll find out soon enough.

With this coach being defeated by 3rd place Milikapati, Mount Buggery firing 1585 warning shots across the bows of would-be flag aspirants and the PBR notching an impressive win under their interim coach, the race for the ORFFL flag ratcheted up a notch last week. Given that we're 2/3rds of the way through the season, now's as good a time as any for something completely different and utterly trivial; AORRFL Squad nominations.

Full disclosure: It's simply the top8 DEF, top8 FWD, top12 MID, and top2 RUC for points scored in the 11 weeks we've played. I'm assuming all ORFFL teams played these guys when given the chance.


<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]2015 AORFFL Squad
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<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]DEF: McDonald (WOY), Houli (MAL), H Shaw (PBR), Hooker (MBD), Laird (QUE), Rance (BUN), Hurley (MIL), Higgins (WAR)
<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]MID: Fyfe (MAL), Mundy (SAR), Dangerfield (SBS), Hannebery (GLE), Armitage (GLE), Priddis (COU), Beams (GLE), Pendlebury (TLP), Ward (MBD), Steven (SBS), Heppell (SBS), Neale (HDH)
<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]RUC: Goldstein (MBD), Jacobs (HDH)
<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]FWD: D Martin (BUN), R Gray (HDH), Dahlhaus (GLE), Goddard (SAR), J.J Kennedy (SAR), Swan (JIM), D Pearce (MBD), J Riewoldt (BUN)
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<p style='color: #424242;][span style='letter-spacing: 0px;]Smiths Beach and Glenrowan with 3 nominations each in the midfield.

NORTH MELBOURNE v. ESSENDON

Recent game: Round 7 2015 Etihad Stadium – North Melbourne 93 defeated Essendon 82.

Goldstein v. Essendon

Rd 7 2015: 98 SC points, 8 disposals
EF 2014: 98 SC points, 11 disposals
Rd 1 2014: 89 SC points, 5 disposals
Rd 21 2013: 124 SC points, 14 disposals
Rd 20 2012: 87 SC points, 9 disposals

Average is 99 SC points with 9 disposals.

Note: Poor record against Essendon with only one score over 100. Earlier this year he rucked against the McKernan and Bellchambers tandem who scored 61 SC points and 66 SC points respectively.

GEELONG v. WESTERN BULLDOGS

Recent game: Round 16 2014 Simonds Stadium – Geelong 69 defeated Western Bulldogs 56.

GOLD COAST v. GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY

Recent game: Round 4 2015 Star Track Oval – Greater Western Sydney 119 defeated Gold Coast 53.

Ablett v. Greater Western Sydney

Rd 6 2014: 145 SC points, 30 disposals, 2 goals
Rd 23 2013: 164 SC points, 33 disposals, 4 goals
Rd 5 2013: 160 SC points, 32 disposals, 3 goals
Rd 20 2012: 126 SC points, 23 disposals, 3 goals
Rd 7 2012: 125 SC points, 33 disposals, 0 goals

Average is 144 SC points with 30 disposals and 2 goals.

Note: Missed the game earlier this year but was most recently tagged by Scully in the game last year. He had been tagged by Coniglio and then Whiley in their Round 23 clash in 2013.

COLLINGWOOD v. WEST COAST

Recent game: Round 20 2014 Patersons Stadium – West Coast 126 defeated Collingwood 66.

Pendlebury v. West Coast

Rd 20 2014: 128 SC points, 31 disposals
Rd 10 2014: 153 SC points, 32 disposals
Rd 22 2013: 114 SC points, 37 disposals
SF 2012: 125 SC points, 38 disposals
Rd 22 2012: 155 SC points, 31 disposals
QF 2011: 140 SC points, 38 disposals
Rd 10 2011: 138 SC points, 31 disposals
Rd 14 2010: 139 SC points, 27 disposals

Average is 137 SC points with 32 disposals.

Note: Great average against the Eagles with only one score under 125 in the last eight...

hopefully this weeks selection has been kind - i have my fingers crossed that glenn can avoid the green vest for the Suns


ROUND 16
NORTH MELBOURNE v ESSENDON
Friday July 17 at Etihad Stadium, 7.50pm (AEST)
KANGAROOS
B: S.Wright, R.Tarrant, M.Firrito
HB: N.Dal Santo, S.Thompson, J.Macmillan
C: B.Jacobs, S.Atley, T.Garner
HF: A.Black, J.Waite, J.Ziebell
F: B.Harvey, B.Brown, S.Higgins
Foll: T.Goldstein, B.Cunnington, A.Swallow
Inter: R.Bastinac, S.Gibson, A.Mullett, K.Turner
Emer: L.McDonald, L.Thomas, M.Wood
In: A.Black
Out: D.Petrie (suspension)
BOMBERS
B: M.Baguley, A.Steinberg, M.Hurley
HB: M.Hibberd, J.Gwilt, M.Gleeson
C: B.Stanton, B.Goddard, D.Zaharakis
HF: C.Hooker, P.Ambrose, J.Merrett
F: J.Laverde, J.Daniher, D.Heppell
Foll: S.McKernan, N.O'Brien, Z.Merrett
Inter: K.Langford, J.Ashby, S.Edwards, B.Howlett
Emer: J.Giles, C.Dempsey, E.Kavanagh
In: K.Langford
Out: A.Browne (concussion)
GEELONG v WESTERN BULLDOGS
Saturday July 18 at Simonds Stadium, 1.45pm (AEST)
CATS
B: J.Thurlow, T.Lonergan, J.Bews
HB: C.Enright, H.Taylor, M.Blicavs
C: A.Mackie, C.Guthrie, S.Motlop
HF: M.Stokes, S.Kersten, J.Bartel
F: J.Murdoch, T.Hawkins, D.Lang
Foll: J.Walker, J.Caddy, S.Johnson
Inter: M.Duncan, C.Gregson, J.Kelly, J.Kolodjashnij
Emer: G.Horlin-Smith, D.Simpson, B.Smedts
In: S.Kersten, M.Duncan, J.Kolodjashnij
Out: J.Rivers (knee), J.Selwood (suspended), D.Simpson
BULLDOGS
B: D.Morris, J.Roughead, M.Boyd
HB: R.Murphy, E.Wood, J.Johannisen
C: J.Macrae, M.Bontempelli, T.Dickson
HF: L.Dahlhaus, T.Boyd, J.Grant
F: M.Wallis, J.Redpath, J.Stringer
Foll: T.Campbell, K.Stevens, L.Picken
Inter: S.Crameri, J.Prudden, B.Dale, C.Daniel
Emer: L.Hunter, L.Webb, M.Talia
In: J.Roughead, T.Campbell, S.Crameri, B.Dale
Out: W.Minson (shoulder), F.Roberts (ankle), L.Hunter, M.Talia



GOLD COAST SUNS v GWS GIANTS
Saturday July 18 at Metricon Stadium, 2.10pm (AEST)
SUNS...