The Round 3 fixture is:- Heard Island Shags (2-0) vs Neptune Island Noahs (2-0) - 3rd vs 4th as both teams battle it out in the Southern Ocean to make it 3-0 to start the season, with the Noahs gunning for their 8th straight victory Useless Loop Virgins (2-0) vs Macquarie Island Whales (1-1) - last year's losing prelim finalists clash in a mouthwatering contest, as the Whales conclude their gruelling 3 game road trip Maralinga Atoms (0-2) vs Mt Thirsty Boozers (2-0) - the Atoms will need to pull out a clutch performance in the 3rd of 5 home games to open the season if they are to open their 2017 account this week against the top side who are striving for their 5th straight "W". Drouin Dropbears (1-1) vs Rutherglen Fugitives (1-1) - a Victorian derby (aka EJ Whitten Shield match 1) sees 5th playing 7th Walpole Woylies (1-1) vs Cockburn Avengers (1-1) - last time these two played they were both 0-4, but a year on they have started 2017 in better form Dingo Beach Butchers (1-1) vs Wedge Island White Pointers (1-1) - the home side look to get their season back on track against the visiting Wedge Island Black Swamp 29ers (1-1) vs Jan Juc Ducks (0-2) - the 29ers head to their home turf for a tough match against the Ducks who have lost 2 games by a combined 38 points in the opening 2 rounds Mole Creek Glow-Worms (0-2) vs Port Lincoln Power (0-2) - the Power travel to Tassie as favourites to notch up their first win for the season The last times the 16 teams clashed was in Round 5 of 2016 - http://tooserious.net/forum/tsLeagues.php?leagueId=14&round=5&year=2016 - http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/orfff-2016-round-5-anzac-round.89422/ The current ORFFF ladder and team entry/Matchday reporting etc is at http://tooserious.net/forum/tsLeagues.php?leagueId=14 Previous Round threads are below http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/orfff-2017-round-2.89818/ http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/orfff-2017-round-1.89802/ ---- and good luck to all teams who are playing in the ORFF* knockout comp this week
Maralinga Atoms are going to need a miracle this week, if any of our best 15 that are injured could perhaps put their hands up for selection, that would be great, Yes, Im talking to you Coniglio, Crouch, Hibberd, Lonergan, Dunkley, Bennell, Waite and NOW Goldstein. Come on boys, the clock is a tickin..........
Round 3 is looking very interesting with a do or die match up with the Glow-Worms and Power and a flex of muscles from Shags and Noahs.
Mate that's a shocking injury list - maybe the boys should wear their radiation suits at training as well as in the home game ? To be fair I reckon I have more chance of winning lotto than the Atoms have getting the trio of Crouch, Bennell and Waite to ever play more than 3 matches together in a row.
The Shags are up and about after 2 wins on the trot for their first time ever! We're hoping the swim across the southern ocean will give us some sort of advantage over the reigning premier
The new look Boozers, after an undefeated start to the season, face a test this week. Our defense has crumbled with Birchall, Sutcliffe and Hartley all out, lets see if the new look backline can hold this team together. Def: H Crozier, M Suckling, M Hurley, T Sheridan (J Hamling) Mid: T Rockliff, T Mitchell, J Watson, B Goddard (J Stewart*) Ruck: J Trengove Fwd: L Franklin, J Cameron, J Billings, P Ryder (M Close) Int: D Zaharakis, O Fantasia (B Matera)
Heard Island round 3 OUT: Angus Brayshaw, Brayden Maynard IN: Jack Lonie, Brandon Ellis D: Johannisen, JLloyd, JMcGovern, Broadbent (e: BMaynard) M: Fyfe, Libberatore, MCrouch, DSwallow (e: RClarke) R: Kreuzer F: Daniher, Jong, Lonie, Carlisle (e: Patton) I: BEllis, Hickey (e: Thurlow)
Maralinga Atoms round 3 team Def. S Burgoyne, J Berry, M Williams, A Mackie Mid. D Martin, B Gibbs, A Swallow, J Lonergan Ruck. T Goldstein Fwd. R Burton, W Milera, J Roughead, C Wingard Int. T Dumont, J Redden Emergencies B Reid, B McEvoy, D Rioli, D Thomas Due to the atoms injury situation, we have decided to put faith in some of the young blood of the team. Welcome Ryan Burton and Jarrod Berry Time to step up guys!!!!
Mole Creek Round 4 IN: Brayden Fiorini, Hugh McCluggage OUT: James Aish D: Brodie Smith, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Adam Saad, Curtly Hampton, Oscar McDonald (e ) M: Patrick Cripps, Sam Gray, Touk Miller, Billy Stretch, Jake Barrett (e) R: Majak Daw F: Christian Petracca, Jamie Cripps, Jade Gresham, Dean Kent, Charlie Curnow (e) I: Brayden Fiorini, Hugh McCluggage, Sam Petrevski-Seton (e)
@anthak If your mob can make that open water sojourn with limbs intact then i'll give you a 50 point head start. Perhaps put Big Joe up front, as that facial hair is enough to ward off even the deadliest of sea creatures. Noahs' Shag strangling squad Def - Howe, Murphy, Hunt, Marchbank (Newman) Mid - Sloane, Prestia, Tyson, Gaff (SPP) Ruck - Gawn (Preuss) Fwd - NRoo, Betts, D Smith, D Menzel (Taylor) I/C - J Smith, Ross
Ducks fly together D: Vince, T McDonald, Houli, L Henderson (Wood) M: Ablett, Hannebery, N Jones, Boak (Crisp) R: Grundy F: Hawkins, LeCras, Douglas, Stringer (Hewett) I: Picken, M Robinson (Lever)
Round 3 Fugitives Team v Dropbears In: Harbrow, Watts Out: Lewis, Johnson B: Macmillan, Salem, Hodge, Harbrow (Talia) M: Pendlebury, Cotchin, Shiel, Cunnington (Langford) R: Martin F: Macrae, Lynch, Gunston, Rioli (Johnson) I: Parish, Watts (Gleeson)
In: Z. Smith Out: D. Pearce D: J. Gibson, R. Henderson, D. Roberton, A. Otten (Mitchell Hibberd) M: S. Mitchell, J. Lyons, J. O'Meara, S. Hill (L Dunstan) R: Z. Smith (no backup) F: L. Dahlhaus, J. Riewoldt, C. Cameron, T. Nankervis (J. Hopper) I: L.Shiels, A. Fasolo (R. Bewick) risking it with no ruck back-up however this is my attempt to try and maximize my score haha. hope it doesn't backfire....
Useless Loop Virgins - Round 3 Team Def: Kade Simpson, Steven May, Shannon Hurn, Shane Biggs (Sharrod Wellingham) Mid: Lachie Neale, Matt Priddis, Robbie Gray, Steele Sidebottom (Mark Hutchings) Ruck: Aaron Sandilands (Sam Naismith) Fwd: Josh J. Kennedy, Steve Johnson, Isaac Smith, Tom Phillips Int: David Mundy, Jared Polec, (Jordan Foote) Out: Rhys Stanley In: Jared Polec
I thought it was your mob doing the swimming, and Gawn could easily take his place up front for you under your criteria. Somehow, i dont think 50 points head start will be enough for us, so we're just hoping you try and swim and lose a few troups on the way
The Avengers travel to Walpole this week, it's not in our GPS, could be an interesting trip.. DEFENDER Zachary Williams, Heath Shaw, Luke Brown, Matthew Boyd - Callum Mills MIDFIELDER Marc Murphy, Josh Kelly, Adam Treloar, Callan Ward - Brent Stanton RUCK Chris (Mini Gawn) Mayne FORWARD Jack Steele, Eric Hipwood, Jack Martin, Blake Acres - Lachlan Weller INTERCHANGE Lachlan Hunter, Edward CURNOW, Jarrod Pickett
Macquarie Island's team to take on Useless Loop: In: Matthew Leuenberger, Sam Kerridge Out: Jarman Impey, Alex Sexton Def: Zach Tuohy, Marcus Adams, Leigh Montagna, Heath Grundy (David Astbury) Mid: Dayne Zorko, Josh P. Kennedy, Aaron Hall, Ryan Griffen (Alex Sexton) Ruck: Matthew Leuenberger Fwd: Shaun Higgins, Will Hoskin-Elliott, Steven Motlop, Josh Caddy (Toby McLean) I/C: James Harmes, Sam Kerridge (Jarman Impey)
Low scoring for the Atoms vs the Boozers game. Cameron is the only Boozers player to ton up so far. We are sitting at 7-558. The Atoms only have Dustys monster 155 as the only score over 81 and are sitting at 9-660. Will come down to the bombers Carlton game where the boozers have 5 bombers players, although forecast of hail and 50mm of rain may make things interesting.
The Virgins are 1,025/12 85.4 and the Whales are on 655/10 65.5 In a low scoring affair at Salt Pond Park the visitors might have caught salt damp on the voyage over. Still some game time to come so anything could happen. @Darran