Round 1 - Take the Weather with you Round

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  1. chris88

    chris88 1000 Monkeys at 1000 Typewriters Staff Member

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    Here we go again, the start of another season. And this time around, the AFL's heavily-choreographed Temu Opening Round (gotta be written in title case) has been dampened by the very non-Temu Tropical Cyclone/Storm Alfred.

    Of course this isn't the first time VFL/AFL has been affected by the weather.

    From lightning strikes, torrential downpours and Paul Peos being clonked by golfball sized hail at Waverley (in fact, Waverley Park's entire microclimate), through to baking hot early-season conditions and Jim Stynes' famed hat-wearing exploits, our great game has always just rolled with things ... until it decides to stop rolling with things.

    In that vein - roll on ORFFA Round 1, no matter the weather.

    Iron Knob Codpieces vs Cradle Mountain Devils
    Junee Jaguars vs Wagga Wagga Wombats
    Dunsborough Dung Beetles vs Nareewillock Nuffers
    Gariwerd Cockatoos vs Venus Bay Vultures
    Mount Beauty Uglies vs Gundagai Grasshoppers
    Waikickamoocow Incorrigibles vs Birdsville Battlers
    Charlies Opening Spelunkers vs Larrikin Lagoon Lefties
    Lovely Banks Lilacs vs Wineglass Bay Packers


    Also as part of our proper Opening Round (title case entirely justified here), we welcome some new feline friends as the former Misfits relocate to Junee, and have scheduled the resumption of Girt By Sea matches between Waikickamoocow and Birdsville after last year's successful arrangements.
     
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  2. chris88

    chris88 1000 Monkeys at 1000 Typewriters Staff Member

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    Provisional Nuffers team for Round 1:

    DEF: Clark, Redman, Dale, Idun (Keane)
    MID: Richards, Warner, Serong, Rowell (Bedford)
    RUCK: Soldo (Jones oop)
    FWD: Daniels, Langford, Horne-Francis, Higgins
    I/C: Ross, Knevitt (West)

    But to be honest there could be changes given the rest of the teams will come through tonight and the Nuffers have had some pre season injuries. From tonight's game, the plan is for Jack Ross to start.

    What are our lock out restrictions and times again?
     
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    Bandit Moderator Staff Member

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    Provisional Spelunkers Team
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    Ton of first team players injured (the Bont, Darcy, Wardlaw, Hogan)... good luck @That KI Guy
     
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  4. graeme

    graeme Well-Known Member

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    Understand why we are being encouraged by those with strong squads to submit teams - is it so they can laugh at us mortals?

    D - James Trezise (Ric)

    That's it for Thursday evening, no other players from two of the Melbourne clubs that the afl looks after.
     
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  5. That KI Guy

    That KI Guy Moderator Staff Member

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    FFS! Who authorised this scheduling?

    Anywho, we’ll throw our best out there and see what happens.
    Subject to teams..

    Def - Hardwick, Wilmot, Perryman, Sinn (Prior)
    Mid - Acres, Anderson, Burgoyne, Bowes (Lalor)
    Ruck - Xerri
    Fwd - SPP, Georgiades, Armstrong, Stone (McInnes)
    IC - Mackenzie, Boxshall (Bryan)
     
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    Bandit Moderator Staff Member

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    Boxshall... get stuffed... I wanted him to run out of the cave #neverforget
     
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  7. Tracey

    Tracey Well-Known Member

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    DEFENDERS
    Andrew McGrath, Lachie Ash, Sam Collins, Sam Taylor (Lachlan Cowan]

    MIDFIELDERS
    George Hewett, Josh Daicos, Finn Callaghan, Ryley Sanders [Will Phillips]

    RUCKS
    Darcy Cameron

    FORWARDS
    Liam Baker, Ben Keays, Darcy Jones, Jack Lukosius

    INTERCHANGE
    John Noble, Jacob van Rooyen [Angus Hastie]
     
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  8. chris88

    chris88 1000 Monkeys at 1000 Typewriters Staff Member

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    Given some of the scheduling and our perennial lack of a ruckman, final team is more likely going to be like:

    DEF: Clark, Redman, Dale, Idun (Keane)
    MID: Richards, Warner, Serong, Rowell
    RUCK: Soldo (Jones oop)
    FWD: Daniels, Langford, Horne-Francis, Higgins (Caddy)
    I/C: Ross, Bedford (West)

    Ross' 130 last night - and a Richmond win - was a rousing way to start the weekend. Those who drafted Lalor, Trainor, Tresize, Armstrong (damn it he was on my list), Blight and a couple of others would be hugely encouraged.
     
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  9. Len

    Len Cockburn Knightrider Staff Member

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    Junee Jaguars new jumpers proudly worn for the first time by this mob of Misfits
    DEFENDERS
    Lachie Whitfield, Harry Himmelberg, Jake Lloyd, Ben Miller -
    MIDFIELDERS
    Josh Kelly, Tim Kelly, Tim Taranto, Massimo D'Ambrosio - Callan Ward
    RUCKS
    Matt Flynn -
    FORWARDS
    Jeremy Cameron, Will Hayward, Joel Amartey, Caleb Daniel - Aaron Cadman
    INTERCHANGE
    Nick Haynes, Lachie Weller - Ryan Byrnes

    Sadly Treloar, Briggs and Fisher all failed to get up for game

    Good luck @Lenny120
     
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    CursingFijian Well-Known Member

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    That KI Guy Moderator Staff Member

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    Updated
    Boxshall no debut :(
    Bryan to IC
    Duursma to IC emergency
     
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    Battlers line up for Round 1 to take on @graeme and the Incorrigbles - or should that be the incorrigible @graeme? :)

    Def: Flanders, Ryan, Andrews, Lobb (Chapman)
    Mid: Cerra, Rowbottom, Nash, Kennedy (Lindsay)
    Ruck: De Koning
    Fwd: Moore, McKay, Smith, Humphrey (Ainsworth)
    Int: Kemp, Lord (Hutchinson)
     
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    Cradle Mountain Devils team for a Round 1 away game against @churchboy’s Iron Knob Codpieces.
    New: Toby Greene (club debut - recruited from Venus Bay Vultures)

    Def: D Zorko, N Vlastuin 101, J Battle 83, J Lever (B Cox)
    Mid: J Steele, R Laird, S Pendlebury, J Hopper 82 (E Langdon)
    Ruc: T Nankervis 114
    Fwd: T Greene, A Naughton, D Wilson, J Cripps (J Jordon)
    Int: R Marshall, T English (R Ginbey)

    Progress score 4/380
    Bold = played on Thursday or Friday night
     
  14. chris88

    chris88 1000 Monkeys at 1000 Typewriters Staff Member

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    The Nuffwrs may be in the market for a new forward line next week, given the injury carnage occurring.

    Luckily I have a few forwards sitting waiting for a game. But injuries and GWS not playing next week mean the team are going to be well understrength.
     
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    CursingFijian Well-Known Member

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    I've got you down for a resounding 240 point win. Congrats and get stuffed.

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    Too many sub 50 spud's meandering around for the Dungbeetles. Players have been told not to forget their mouth guards for Tuesday training and I'm just talking about the review!

    A poster with the motto for the week has been taped above the training locker room doors in an attempt to inspire the boys to a better showing next week.

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    Bandit Moderator Staff Member

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    Inspiring words @CursingFijian... right up there with Churchill and Kennedy
     
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    graeme Well-Known Member

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    your right Banditto but Churchill and Kennedy played neither afl footy nor afl fantasy footy.
     
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  18. Bandit

    Bandit Moderator Staff Member

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    is @CursingFijian our own modern day Kennedy @graeme?

    Every leader has a breakthrough speech... we might have just been the witnesses to something that is going to become a thing of legend.
     
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    anthak Moderator Staff Member

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    After our bottom-4 finish last season, we're pleasantly surprised in Gariwerd with our first up win in round 1 and with a healthy score putting us top-2 on the ladder!
    We have called off training this week for a week-long party in Halls Gap, before we travel to Gundagai for round 2! Things can only go downhill from here, but we've got a photo of the ladder to remember this moment.
     
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  20. graeme

    graeme Well-Known Member

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    Congratulations @JC for winning the Girt by Sea fixture and getting your hands on one of the finest pieces of silverware in TS history. Would be great to have another match this year - which means it would be in the finals.
     
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