2018 ORFFA State Of Origin Selection & Banter thread

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Hello people, it's that time again!

In two weeks time we will start the bye rounds, which means State of Origin gets a run. So with that in mind, let's open the discussion:

Teams making up the sides:

The Vic/Tas teams consists of players from the following sides:

Charlie's Opening Spelunkers
Cradle Mountain Devils
Darraweit Guim Dirigibles
Gariwerd Cockatoos
Lovely Banks Lilacs
Mount Beauty Uglies
Nunawading Nuffers
Venus Bay Vultures
Wineglass Bay Packers

The Rest/Stench/Others are comprised of:

Birdsville Battlers
Foul Bay Cheaters Chickens
Gundagai Grasshoppers
Iron Knob Codpieces
Larrikin Lagoon Lefties
Marble Bar Misfits
Wagga Wagga Wombats
Waikikamoocow Incorrigibles
Whitsunday Warriors

The coaches from each ORFFA team all contribute to their representative team selection based on their region. Each 15 player squad has to have at least one representative from each team in their sides. I will handle scoring, preview and review (and maybe weekly updates if I get a chance)

Scoring is same style as ORFFA, with one small twist... we take the single highest score from the player selected over the three bye rounds. Highest total team score takes away the choccies.

Over the next couple of days I will post some squads for pondering/sledging/arguing, final teams to be submitted Friday 8 June at 6pm AEST

 

Thanks Bandit - some definite thinking to be done on line-ups ... lots of DPP types putting their names forward.

 

OK, moved my sheet into google docs so the layout works better.

Here are the teams... I'll update the stats next week and the week after.

 

Nice work @Bandit

 

OK, spreadsheets updated.

As a starting point... here are the best 15's statistically applying the one player from each club rule... ignoring injuries, byes, future opposition etc. This is available by looking at the squads tab.

Final teams to be in next week

 

From a Vic/Tas perspective my only concerns would be Michael Hurley and Sam Reid due to injury (sorry CMD and Wineglass Bay) - but I'm unsure if there would be logical or appropriate replacements.

 

If we did that Chris, hat would leave us without a representative from Cradle Mountain or Wineglass Bay.

Next best defender (on average) for Hurley is Jeremy Howe, from the Venus Bay Vultures. Hurley is however due back this week though... so we can make a call next week regarding his suitability. Given Essendon have Brisbane and West Coast during the bye... I don't mind the Hurley selection.

Next best forward for Same Reid is Buddy Franklin, again from Venus Bay.

Best ranked player for Cradle Mountain is Dyson Heppell, who was forced out of the mids to accommodate Charlie's Opening's only player in The Bont. Heppell (104 avg), and fellow Devils' team mate Zaharakis (104) were pushed aside so the Spudlunkers could have a representative.

Wineglass Bay's next best player is David Mundy. Buddy Franklin averages 98 and Mundy 95 so if you are going to swap Reid out, I would go with Mundy over Buddy. Interstingly enough Reid isn;t on the injury list for GWS, so maybe it is form related.

Irrespective of all of this dribble I have posted, I reckon we wait another week.

 

Might be time to have another crack my friend, you have a far better squad on average

 

It is the Swan's Sam Reid averaging 104 from not many games, he should still be on the Sydney injury list.

 

I can't see any holes in the stench side, we look stinking hot

 

Yeah, that was my worry. Agree with you on this - we can wait a week and see what happens.

 

Ahhh sorry, I had the wrong dude!

 

Nice work getting this started.
Wait and see how we all go this week and then we can get stuck in

 

Spreadsheet is updated.... refer to link above for details

best 15's statistically applying the one player from each club rule, and taking into account injuries and one player per club rule

 

Too easy

 

Vic-Tas squad looks really good!

 

Dunno why we play it tbh, just give the Others the win, clearly the better squad

 

Agree might look the better squad, but the beauty of this format is anything can happen over 2-3 weeks

 

100 %!
I actually really like the proposed team for our lot