The 2021 ORFFF Rep Footy match will hosted by Jan Juc @thokash and will held during AFL Round 23. The format we have used in the 4 previous editions has seemed to work well so if we stick to that all we have to do is announce East and West sides (22 plus 4 emergencies) by 1pm on Friday August 20th then the 44 gladiators selected from across the Federation will do the rest. Team selection threads may be created if required East - West - 2016 - West 2299 defeated East 2290 at Rutherglen http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/2016-orfff-rep-footy-east-vs-west.89377/ 2017 - East 2197 defeated West 2188 at Neptune Island http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/2017-orfff-representative-game.89723/ 2018 - East 2328 defeated West 2299 at Drouin http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/2018-orfff-representative-game.90135/ 2019 - West 2449 defeated Team East 2336 at Heard Island http://tooserious.net/forum/threads/2019-orfff-rep-game.90505/ 2020 - no game
The East team selection pending final Friday night teams look like this: DEF- Laird (MCG), Mills (CBA), Crisp (JJD), Ridley (MCG,) Short (MCG), Salem (RGF) EMG: Hardwick (29ers) MID - Macrae (RGF), Steele (CBA), Bont (29ers), Lyons (NKB), Parish (RGF), Petracca (MCG), Brayshaw (DDB), Kelly (MCG) EMG: Fiorini (JJD) FWD - Danger (MCG), Zorko (MIW), Hall (MIW), Marshall (NKB), Hind (MCG), JDG (29ers) EMG: Hawkins (JJD) RUC - Darcy (MCG), Grundy (JJD) EMG: Nic Nat (MIW)
The West Def - Lachie Whitfield (WPW), Caleb Daniel (WPW), Jake Lloyd (HIS), Daniel Rich (NIN), Isaac Cumming (MTB), Luke Ryan (HIS), (e: Steven May (ULV)) Mids - Clayton Oliver (WPW), Zach Merrett (WPW), Luke Parker (NIN), Touk Miller (MTB), Sam Walsh (WIW), Cam Guthrie (WIW), Tom Mitchell (HIS), Ollie Wines (WIW), (e: Lachie Neale (ULV)) Ruc - Max Gawn (NIN), Todd Goldstein (MLA), (e: Scott Lycett (MTB)) Fwd - Toby Greene (WIW), Isaac Smith (ULV), Bailey Dale (MTB), Jake Stringer (HIS), Chad Wingard (MLA), Charlie Dixon (PLP), (e: Ben Brown (MTB))
The East have relatively few players heading out early in the contest and will need to keep the margin to a manageable level heading into the later matches of the round, please feel free to post progress scores throughout the round as we follow the live scores with interest in the fifth edition of this great rivalry. Friday - 2 vs 4 WB vs Port East - Macrae, Bont West - Daniel, Wines, Dale, Dixon Saturday - 8 vs 14 (10 vs 18 cumulative) Richmond vs Hawks East - Short West - Mitchell, Wingard Sydney vs GCS East - Mills West - Lloyd, Parker, Miller Brisbane vs WCE East - Lyons, Zorko, West - Rich Geelong vs Melbourne East - Salem, Petracca, Danger West - Oliver, C Guthrie, Gawn, I Smith Carlton vs GWS East - Kelly West - Whitfield, Cumming, Walsh, Greene Sunday - 12 vs 4 St Kilda vs Fremantle East - Steele, Brayshaw, Marshall, Darcy West - Ryan Essendon vs Collingwood East - Crisp, Ridley, Parish, Hind, JDG, Grundy West - Merrett, Stringer North Melbourne vs Adelaide East - Laird, Hall West - Goldstein Emergencies East - Hardwick, Fiorini, Hawkins, Nic Nat West - May, L Neale, B Brown, Lycett Good luck with both teams
Friday - 2/180 vs 4/402 WB vs Port East - Macrae 113, Bont 67 West - Daniel 110, Wines 161, Dale 101, Dixon 30
Richmond vs Hawks East - Short 117 West - Mitchell 127, Wingard 117 Sydney vs GCS East - Mills 83 West - Lloyd 154, Parker 110, Miller 148
Scores have changed for this game. I posted too early. It scaled to: East - Lyons 113, Zorko 109 West - Rich 119
Saturday night games: Geelong vs Melbourne East - Salem 94, Petracca 85, Danger 73 West - Oliver 159, C Guthrie 115, Gawn 159, I Smith 98 Carlton vs GWS East - Kelly 124 West - Whitfield 68, Cumming 79, Walsh 87, Greene 89 Cumulative scores prior to Sunday games: East: 978/10 West: 2031/18 I feel like I might’ve added these wrong, someone should probably double check
There is some massive scoring needed for the East on Sunday to overhaul a commanding West lead at this point of the contest. With the West having 4 players to come the leading Western player is Ollie Wines with 161 meaning the 2022 All Star game player is in line to be held at Wedge Island. If Zac Merrett goes large another possible outcome is for the 2022 game to be at Walpole, likewise Goldstein for Maralinga while the West would need to decide whether Heard Island can host consecutively for the West if any of the remaining Shags players manages to snag their sides top score during Sunday play.
Sadly several of Mole Creeks players have not backed up from the decider last week, and have really hurt us.
Essendon vs Collingwood East - Crisp 97, Ridley 80, Parish 74, Hind 97, JDG 102, Grundy 83 West - Merrett 120, Stringer 105