Round 9 matches (current top 8 teams in bold) Heard Island (3-5) vs Jan Juc (4-4) Useless Loop (6-2) vs Walpole (3-5) Rutherglen (7-1) vs Black Swamp (2-6) Port Lincoln (0-8) vs Drouin (1-7) Macquarie Island (3-5) vs Nangkita (6-2) Maralinga (6-2) vs Wedge Island (3-5) Mole Creek (7-1)(UOC) vs Neptune Island (6-2) Cockburn (3-5) vs Mt Thirsty (4-4)
Round 9 - Useless Loop Virgins Def: Steven May, Isaac Quaynor, Brennan Cox, James Sicily (Sam Frost) Mid: Lachie Neale, David Mundy, Isaac Smith, James Jordon Ruck: Rhys Stanley (Ben Hobbs*) Fwd: Zak Butters, Errol Gulden, Josh Battle, Aaron Naughton (Cameron Zurhaar) Int: Liam Baker, Griffin Logue (James Worpel)
Heard Island Shags OUT: Tom Mitchell, Riley Bonner IN: Patrick Ryder, Chad Wingard DEF: Jeremy McGovern, Jake Lloyd, Luke Ryan, Nick Blakey (Aidan Corr) MID: Jack Sinclair, Brandon Ellis, Trent Cotchin, Jaidyn Stephenson (Quinton Narkle) RUCK: Patrick Ryder (Ivan Soldo) FWD: Taylor Walker, Alex Neal-Bullen, Lance Franklin, Chad Wingard (Shane Edwards) INT: Brayden Maynard, Max Lynch Notable absentees: Nat Fyfe, Matt Crouch, Nic Naitanui, Tom Mitchell, Riley Bonner, Jake Stringer
Just posting my squad for posterity: DEF: Crisp, Powell, Richards, Noble (Duggan) MID: Boak, Ross, M Kennedy, Ross (Wood) RUC: Sweet FWD: Hawkins, Cameron, Stengle, TMac (Nash) INT: Fiorini, Fritsch (CCJ) Game on @anthak !
Good luck to you mate, but I'm not letting you have 2x Seb Ross with the type of form he is in this season
Progress score in the Clash of the Titans (Or more Titan vs Alsorans) MCG 665/7 @ 95 vs NIN 1040/11 @ 94 Plenty of tons expected to come from both sides, tight finish incoming. @James84
The Virgin's are on 948/10 94.8 to the Woylies @port_leschenault on 699/9 77.7 Still to come for the home side is May, Cox, Mundy, Jordon & Logue. From the visitors they have Witherden, Weitering, Oliver, Whitfield & J Jones.
Round 9 action saw Mt Thirsty, Black Swamp, Drouin, Heard Island, Nangkita and Mole Creek win by narrow margins of 1, 13, 13, 52, 53 and 62 points while Wedge Island and Useless Loop recorded more comprehensive victories by 135 and 305 respectively. Wedge Island’s mammoth tally was the second time in 4 rounds they have recorded their best ever ORFFF score while the tussle at Port Lincoln saw the Dropbears prevail with the 8th lowest winning score in ORFFF history, turning the tables on the Power who won 1032-901 (3rd lowest winning score) last time they met. With a fortnight to go before the midseason break the ladder is now beginning to settle with the lesser lights scrutinising the slim midseason draft options and the contenders reviewing their own areas of list depth, strength and weaknesses to be addressed via trade or otherwise to assist their assault on the 2022 ORFFF flag.