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Round 9 has come and gone, lets get straight in the reviews.

Premier League

The Ticking Time Bomb (4-5) 1648 defeated Ruddy's Cavaliers (7-2) 1107

Games played 42-33 in favour of Ticking Time Bomb

Ruddy was hit hard by injuries this round with Bosh and Z Bo missing all of their games. The Ticking Time Bomb were very angry after losing their previous match by 3 pts and took out their anger on the Cavaliers. The best players for Ruddy were Westbrook (266/4), Ellis (129/4) and Gay (130/3). Once again Jimmy Butler was the star of the show for the Ticking Time Bomb with (236/4), followed by Bledsoe (179/3) and Ibaka (173/4).

Team Stowie (8-1) 1347 defeated Run TMC (3-6) 1162

Games played 40-34 in favour of Stowie

Team Stowie continued with their winning ways and were able to post a comfortable win over Run TMC. The Beard has hit top form and led the way with (238/3), next best were Tyreke (123/3) and Mason Plumlee (122/3). The leading scorers for Run TMC were Lawson (176/4), Wall (137/3) and Vucevic (135/3). Run TMC will be hoping to bounce back next round to keep their finals hopes alive.

Hersey Hawkins Athletic Club (9-0) 1437 defeated Too Seriouseses (0-9) 1004



Games played 40-33 in favour of HHAC

This margin was to be expected with Durant missing the whole round for Walesy. HHAC are toying with their opponents and are the clear favourite at this stage to win the title. This round the best players for HHAC were Matthews (174/4), Marc Gasol (165/3) and Lin (133/4). Walesy has a real battle on his hand to avoid relegation and will need to start posting some wins very soon. This round he was best served by Dirk (139/3), Love (157/4) and Dragic (120/3)

Westside Hardcore (5-4) 1550 defeated King of Karlos (3-6) 1451



Games played were 44 all
This was one of those crunch games where the winner would boost their finals chances while the loser would see their final's hopes get...

[span style='border: none; background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll #ffffff;]The longest off-season ever continues but we now have SC positions and starting salaries!

[span style='font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;]I have sent an email this afternoon to all of the addresses that I have for the ORFFL participants. An updated ORFFL spreadsheet is attached which:
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<li>Contains all of the new free agents courtesy of the 2014 AFL draft, rookie draft and preseason drafts</li>
<li>Does not contain players who were cut from respective AFL lists at the end of 2014 and are not on an AFL list in 2015</li>
<li>Contains starting SuperCoach salaries for all 2015 players</li>
<li>Contains updated SC player positions</li>
</ul>
[span style='border: none; background: none 0% 0% repeat scroll #ffffff;]If you didn't get my email, please send me a PM with your correct/new email address and I will forward a copy to you.
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<strong style='font-size: 14px;][span style='font-size: 16px;]The 2015 pre-season draft (PSD) trade period is now open. [/b]
Suggestions are invited in the comments below as to exactly when the 2015 ORFFL PSD should kick off. I'd like to get a look at some of the fresh talent during the NAB series, but we obviously need to leave enough time to finish 6 rounds of drafting before R1 starts....

Premier League



Run TMC (3-5) 1510 defeated The Ticking Time Bomb (3-5) 1507



Team Stowie (7-1) 1456 defeated Straight up Ballin (4-4) 1418



Hersey Hawkins Athletic Club (8-0) 1621 defeated Ruddy's Cavaliers (7-1) 1510



Westside Hardcore (4-4) 1500 defeated Too Seriouseses (0-8) 1129



The Jug O Naughts (2-6) 1437 defeated King of Karlos (3-5) 1329



TS Heaver (5-3) 1596 defeated Wade Machine (2-6) 1112



Division One



The Raptors - 1708 def Biggest Losers - 1376



Top Scorers: RAP - A Drummond - 191, BL - K Love - 185
Games Played: RAP - 45, BL - 44
Different week, same result for the Losers, who were on the end of another round-best score from the opposition, this week at the hands of the Raptors. Even with some trade controversy for GM Mr G he was still able to focus and get the job done, leading his team to an easy victory.



Crossy Crusaders - 1634 def Hall of Famers - 1283



Top Scorers: CC - B Griffin - 232, FAME - M Gasol - 191
Games Played: CC - 49, FAME - 35
The games played column was reflective of the final score for this match-up, with Crossy winning both easily. With 5 players with a big red &amp;lsquo;O' next to them for the week the Famers struggled with injuries. GM Brett T will be hoping to get back on the winners list next round.



Ant Hak - 1619 def The Real MVP - 1533



Top Scorers: AH - C Paul - 244, L6 - A Davis - 290
Games Played: AH - 45, L6 - 48
The Real MVP fell for the third time on the trot, this time beaten by Ant Hak. The Real MVP lost more than the game, also losing rookie sensation Jabari Parker for the season with a knee injury. GM Somerville's disappointment will be offset somewhat by the return of Anthony Davis.



The Fab 5 - 1572 def Adelaide Maggots - 1517



Top Scorers: F5 - L Aldridge - 274, AM - M Plumlee - 190
Games Played: F5 - 48, AM - 46
In a close contest The Fab 5 took home the chocolates. With...

Deck the halls with lots of Forwards

Tra lalalala. la la. la.la.

Merry Xmas guys. Hope you're all having a good one!


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Last Name
First Name
Team
Pos1
Pos2




Atkins
Rory
ADE
MID





Betts
Eddie
ADE
FWD





Brown
Luke
ADE
DEF





Cameron
Charlie
ADE
FWD





Cheney
Kyle
ADE
DEF





Crouch
Brad
ADE
MID





Crouch
Matt
ADE
MID





Dangerfield
Patrick
ADE
MID





Dear
Harry
ADE
FWD





Douglas
Richard
ADE
MID





Ellis-Yolmen
Cam
ADE
MID





Grigg
Mitch
ADE
FWD
MID




Hartigan
Kyle
ADE
DEF





Henderson
Ricky
ADE
DEF...

Bontempelli is now a forward.
Also other stuff. You'll have to give me a minute.
&amp;lt;3 Bonts

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<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-cost ng-binding' style='width: 82px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-align: left;]$591,000


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<td...

Once again pressed for time. Let's get straight into the reviews.

Premier League



Straight Up Ballin(4-3) 1692 defeated The Ticking Time Bomb (3-4) 1548



Team Stowie (6-1) 1642 defeated Wade Machine (2-5) 1381



Hersey Hawkins Athletic Club (7-0) 1479 defeated Run TMC (2-5) 1265



Ruddy's Cavaliers (7-0) 1535 defeated Westside Hardcore (3-4) 1488



The Jug O Naughts (1-6) 1466 defeated Too Seriouseses (0-7) 1334



TS Heaver (4-3) 1496 defeated King of Karlos (3-4) 1187



Division One



Hall of Famers - 1799 def Biggest Losers - 1467



Top Scorers: FAME - S Curry - 232, BL - K Love - 185
Games Played: FAME - 48, BL - 47
A beautifully balanced attack led the Famers to the highest score of the round and an easy victory over the aptly-names Losers. MVP favourite S Curry led his team with a score of 232 for the week, and C Parsons chimed in with a couple of high scoring games before going down with injury. The only worry for GM Brett T is the sprinkle of red DTD's and O's he now sees throughout his line-up. GM Pearce is remaining positive even though his team is on a 3-game losing streak, with higher draft picks Rose, Horford and Love starting to put up some bigger numbers and Vucevic returning from injury.



The Raptors - 1691 def The Fab 5 - 1520



Top Scorers: RAP - J Wall - 241, F5 - L Aldridge - 183
Games Played: RAP - 48, F5 - 47
Led by a massive 100+ point game from Eric Bledsoe, The Raptors strung together their second win on the trot with a 171 point victory over The Fab 5. In what may seem like a bittersweet moment, Bledsoe scored 100+ for his team and then was shipped off to rival CK Nicks in a trade. GM Bodo would have been less than impressed with his pick-up of DeMarcus Cousins stand-in Reggie Evans, who played 2 games for The Fab 5 for the week for a return of a massive 3 points!



Jasmine's Mob - 1695 def The Real MVP - 1499



Top Scorers: JMOB - J Harden - 239, L6...

All your Round 1 chat and team selections can go in here.
Here's some beginners tips for those still deciding on their teams! (for the Official comp anyway, FoxSports is boring)
<ul>
<li>[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]This is a rolling lockout competition like SC last year, use that to your advantage! - VC loophole, auto-emergency loopholes, trading out a playing player to a bye player to get a bench score, trading out a bye player to avoid getting a bench score...there's heaps of strategy!</li>
<li>[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Players that have the bye do not get locked out until the start of the last match</li>
<li>[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]You get 3 trades a week but they don't roll over so use them while you can! Although you don't have to if you have the perfect team of course.</li>
<li>[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Captain your players that are playing twice in one game week. If you are exclusively an AFL Fantasy player you may not know this, but you will get points for both games played.</li>
<li>[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Keep an eye on the trading periods between game weeks, sometimes it's less than 24 hours!</li>
<li>If you can't watch the Ch 10 coverage, if I remember from last year FoxSports I believe also will name the final XI's about 30 mins before the game. Cricinfo may also do this but can't exactly remember</li>
</ul>

A fine source of rookies in years gone by, I have a feeling that this year the Giants will provide a fine source of breakout premiums, as the Suns managed last year.

Treloar should only trend upwards, while D. Smith has every chance of being a top7 forward come year end.



Then there's the massive depth of high draft picks to step up again. Coniglio, Whitfield, Kelly- all with another pre-season under the belt.



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<tbody>
<tr ng-repeat='player in prices.players | orderBy:'cost':true' class='ng-scope]
<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-name ng-binding' style='width: 154px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; text-align: left;]A. Treloar
<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-position' style='width: 82px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-align: left;][span ng-repeat='position in player.positions' class='ng-scope ng-binding]MID
<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-cost ng-binding' style='width: 82px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-align: left;]$586,000


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<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-name ng-binding even' style='width: 154px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; text-align: left; background: #ece9e9;]T. Greene
<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-position even' style='width: 82px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-align: left; background: #ece9e9;][span ng-repeat='position in player.positions' class='ng-scope ng-binding]MID
<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-cost ng-binding even' style='width: 82px; padding: 0px; border:...

Welcome (again) fellow cricket lovers. After the great Test win yesterday I'm fully into cricket season now, and not a moment too soon! Please read the other Big Bash article first on how to join a league.

Firstly, I'm posting the abbreviated schedule (thanks to TTH for posting on a comment on the last article) to clearly show when the byes and when the DGW's are.

[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Round 1 - Stars play twice, Scorchers do not play<br style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;[/img]
[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Round 2 - Scorchers play twice as do Sixers, Stars and Heat do not play<br style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;[/img]
[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Round 4 - Heat play twice, Sixers do not play<br style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;[/img]
[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]- at which point all teams have played 4 matches -<br style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;[/img]
[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Round 5 - Scorchers play twice, Thunder do not play<br style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;[/img]
[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Round 6 - Hurricanes play twice, Strikers do not play<br style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;[/img]
[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Round 7 - Strikers and Heat play twice, Scorchers and Stars do not play<br style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;[/img]
[span style='color: #444444; background: #fcfcfc;]Round 8 - Thunder and Stars play twice, Hurricanes and Heat do not play

International Players & Availability

Unfortunately there's always a bunch of international tours going on that overlap with the BBL. It's important to have all this information available before picking any of these players so you know what you are getting into. I'd still consider picking the Australia/England ODI players, especially if they have a bye in one of...

Saints positions are now available.

I'll be honest, at this stage, and with premium pricing, I don't see any Saints joining my squad in 2015.

Still a long pre-season to go though



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<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-position' style='width: 82px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-align: left;][span ng-repeat='position in player.positions' class='ng-scope ng-binding]MID
<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-cost ng-binding' style='width: 82px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-align: left;]$518,000


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<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-name ng-binding even' style='width: 154px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px; border: 0px; text-align: left; background: #ece9e9;]N. Riewoldt
<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-position even' style='width: 82px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-align: left; background: #ece9e9;][span ng-repeat='position in player.positions' class='ng-scope ng-binding]FWD
<td ng-class-even=''even'' class='player-cost ng-binding even' style='width: 82px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-align: left; background: #ece9e9;]$516,000


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