Giant Tap Round 1: Coolgardie vs Eden Martin 82 vs Phillips 98 Pakenham vs Groote Eyelandt Bellchambers 56 vs Stanley 108 Ararat vs Blanchetown Gawn 87 vs Naismith 0 Serengeti vs Staghorn Flat Lobbe 0 vs McEvoy 102 King Island vs Nuytsland Hickey 36 vs Grundy 81 Christmas Island vs Pearcedale Jacobs 86 vs Nankervis 127 Banchang vs Hughenden Sinclair 99 vs Spargo 18 Southern Cross vs Korumburra Ryder 68 vs Goldstein 102 Gisborne vs Cow Bay Witts 87 vs Lycett 69 Leaderboard: (av used as tiebreaker) Nankervis 1-0 (127) Stanley 1-0 (108) McEvoy & Goldstein 1-0 (102) Sinclair 1-0 (99) Phillps 1-0 (98) Witts & Gawn 1-0 (87) Grundy 1-0 (81)
Giant Tap Round 2: Groote Eyelandt vs Southern Cross Stanley 57 vs Ryder 70 Pearcedale vs King Island Nankervis 78 vs Hickey 139 Staghorn Flat vs Banchang McEvoy 104 vs Sinclair 56 Eden vs Ararat Phillips 79 vs Gawn 116 Serengeti vs Christmas Island Brown 36 vs Jacobs 48 Hughenden vs Nuytsland Greenwood 43 vs Grundy 137 Blanchetown vs Gisborne Null 0 vs Witts 88 Cow Bay vs Pakenham Lycett 167 vs Bellchambers 118 Korumburra vs Coolgardie Goldstein 66 vs Martin 108 Bad luck for Bellchambers, 4th highest score in the round not enough in this case. Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 2-0 (109) McEvoy 2-0 (103) Gawn 2-0 (101.5) Witts 2-0 (87.5) Hickey 1-0
Giant Tap Round 3: Eden vs Staghorn Flat Phillips 0 vs McEvoy 122 Ararat vs Hughenden Gawn 126 vs Greenwood 13 Pakenham vs Banchang Bellchambers 49 vs Sinclair 109 Serengeti vs Blanchetown Thomas 19 vs O'Brien 85 Nuytsland vs Pearcedale Grundy 132 vs Nankervis 88 King Island vs Cow Bay Hickey 54 vs Lycett 49 Gisborne vs Korumburra Witts 70 vs Goldstein 114 Southern Cross vs Coolgardie Ryder 98 vs Martin 86 Christmas Island vs Groote Eyelandt Hunt 42 vs Stanley 74 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 3-0 (116.7) Gawn 3-0 (109.7) McEvoy 3-0 (109.3) Hickey 2-0 Goldstein 2-1 (94) Sinclair 2-1 (88) Witts 2-1 (81.7) Stanley 2-1 (79.7) Ryder 2-1 (78.7)
Round 4: Ararat vs Nuytsland Gawn 113 vs Grundy 160 Pearcedale vs Eden Nankervis 85 vs Clarke 64 Banchang vs Serengeti Sinclair 35 vs Lobbe 38 Hughenden vs Gisborne Rayner 10 vs Witts 107 Cow Bay vs Christmas Island Lycett 83 vs Kreuzer 0 Coolgardie vs King Island Martin 105 vs Hickey 65 Pakenham vs Southern Cross Bellchambers 39 vs Ryder 77 Blanchetown vs Groote Eyelandt O'Brien 84 vs Stanley 93 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 4-0 Gawn 3-1 (110.5) McEvoy 3-1 (102) Goldstein 3-1 (98.75) Witts 3-1 (88) Stanley 3-1 (83) Ryder 3-1 (78.25) Hickey 2-1 Match of the round was Grundy vs Gawn for top spot, Stefan Martin returned to form, Lobbe got the lowest winning score since (I'll have to delve the 2018 file) and Bellchambers goes to 0-4. 2 rucks lost their first 4 games last year, one of them got DPP for this year.
Round 5: Groote Eyelandt vs Staghorn Flat Stanley 119 vs McEvoy 116 Eden vs Hughenden Clarke 0 vs Rayner 30 Banchang vs Cow Bay Sinclair 67 vs Lycett 75 Christmas Island vs Southern Cross Kreuzer 106 vs Ryder 108 Korumburra vs King Island Golder 99 vs Hickey 91 Blanchetown vs Pearcedale O'Brien 90 vs Nankervis 52 Gisborne vs Coolgardie Witts 95 vs Martin 63 Ararat vs Pakenham Gawn 126 vs Bellchambers 105 Serengeti vs Nuytsland Brown 34 vs Grundy 100 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 5-0 Gawn 4-1 (113.6) Goldstein 4-1 (98.8) Stanley 4-1 (90.2) Witts 4-1 (89.4) Ryder 4-1 (84.2) Lot of close games this round, here as well. Stanley edging ahead of McEvoy in match of the round. Kreuzer just there making me wonder why I can't have a 90 average ruckman. I think Damo gave me Trengove though...
Round 6: Serengeti vs Korumburra Longer 57 vs Golder 96 Coolgardie vs Banchang Martin 93 vs Sinclair 32 Blanchetown vs Staghorn Flat O'Brien 88 vs McEvoy 117 Christmas Island vs Ararat Kreuzer 84 vs Gawn 145 Nuytsland vs Cow Bay Grundy 134 vs Lycett 81 Pakenham vs King Island Bellchambers 109 vs Hickey 143 Pearcedale vs Groote Eyelandt Nankervis 59 vs Stanley 129 Gisborne vs Eden Witts 89 vs Trengove 30 Southern Cross vs Hughenden Ryder 79 vs Greenwood 22 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 6-0 Gawn 5-1 (118.8) Goldstein 5-1 (98.3) Stanley 5-1 (96.7) Witts 5-1 (89.3) Ryder 5-1 (83.3) Grundy still unbeaten chasing the best start to a year since Goldstein in 2015 (unless someone did better in 17 which I don't have on record) who ended up winning the comp with 15-2.
Round 7: King Island vs Ararat Hickey 0 vs Gawn 127 Groote Eyelandt vs Korumburra Stanley 73 vs Goldstein 114 Pearcedale vs Pakenham Nankervis 80 vs Bellchambers 95 Staghorn Flat vs Nuytsland McEvoy 84 vs Grundy 108 Eden vs Banchang Phillips 75 vs Sinclair 76 Coolgardie vs Serengeti Martin 117 vs Brown 66 Gisborne vs Christmas Island Witts 107 vs Null 0 Hughenden vs Blanchetown Greenwood 40 vs O'Brien 123 Southern Cross vs Cow Bay Ryder 84 vs Lycett 50 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 7-0 Gawn 6-1 (120) Goldstein 6-1 (100.6) Witts 6-1 (91.9) Ryder 6-1 (83.4) Top games with Goldstein beating Stanley to keep the spot near the top. In other news, Bellchambers got one!
Round 8: Ararat vs Serengeti Gawn 109 vs Elliott 30 Blanchetown vs Eden O'Brien 66 vs Clarke 60 Cow Bay vs Coolgardie Lycett 104 vs Martin 66 Nuytsland vs Groote Eylandt Grundy 141 vs Stanley 60 Christmas Island vs King Island Kreuzer 109 vs Thurlow 39 Korumburra vs Banchang Goldstein 79 vs Sinclair 89 Pakenham vs Gisborne Bellchambers 107 vs Witts 67 Staghorn Flat vs Southern Cross McEvoy 102 vs Ryder 81 Hughenden vs Pearcedale Greenwood 33 vs Nankervis 32 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 8-0 Gawn 7-1 Goldstein 6-2 (97.9) Witts 6-2 (88.75) Ryder 6-2 (83.1)
Round 9: Groote Eylandt vs King Island Stanley 0 vs Hickey 48 Eden vs Serengeti Scully 34 vs Longer 0 Southern Cross vs Ararat Ryder 92 vs Gawn 144 Coolgardie vs Christmas Island Martin 88 vs Kreuzer 72 Blanchetown vs Pakenham O'Brien 88 vs Bellchambers 73 Banchang vs Pearcedale Sinclair 74 vs Simpkin 50 Hughenden vs Staghorn Flat Greenwood 32 vs McEvoy 39 Nuytsland vs Gisborne Grundy 144 vs Witts 83 Korumburra vs Cow Bay Goldstein 109 vs Lycett 56 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 9-0 Gawn 8-1 Goldstein 7-2 McEvoy 6-3 (96.2) Witts 6-3 (88.1) Ryder 6-3 (84.1)
Round 10: Gisborne vs Southern Cross Witts 109 vs Ryder 88 Cow Bay vs Eden Ceglar 87 vs Murdoch 44 Pearcedale vs Serengeti Simpkin 32 vs Longer 0 King Island vs Staghorn Flat Betts 32 vs Lobb 127 Korumburra vs Blanchetown Goldstein 140 vs O'Brien 91 Christmas Island vs Hughenden Kreuzer 79 vs Greenwood 41 Pakenham vs Nuystland Bellchambers 124 vs Grundy 165 Ararat vs Coolgardie Gawn 149 vs Martin 52 Banchang vs Groote Eyelandt Sinclair 93 vs Stanley 64 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 10-0 Gawn 9-1 Goldstein 8-2 Witts 7-3 McEvoy 6-3 Ryder 6-4 (84.5) Sinclair (6-4) (73) Grundy still undefeated, Gawn only on 1 loss but has already played Grundy so has to rely on him losing to catch up.
Round 11: Groote Eyelandt vs Cow Bay Frawley 13 vs Lycett 115 Nuystland vs Banchang Grundy 124 vs Sinclair 88 Coolgardie vs Blanchetown Martin 89 vs O'Brien 52 King Island vs Gisborne Betts 43 vs Witts 127 Pearcedale vs Korumburra Simpkin 48 vs Goldstein 96 Hughenden vs Pakenham Smith 66 vs Bellchambers 88 Staghorn Flat vs Ararat Lobb 98 vs Gawn 158 Eden vs Christmas Island Soldo 52 vs Kreuzer 122 Serengeti vs Southern Cross Null 0 vs Ryder 73 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 11-0 Gawn 10-1 Goldstein 9-2 Witts 8-3 Ryder 7-4 McEvoy 6-3
Round 15: Christmas Island vs Nuystland Kreuzer 88 vs Grundy 124 Southern Cross vs Blanchetown Mumford 99 vs O'Brien 120 Pakenham vs Eden Bellchambers 67 vs Soldo 56 Cow Bay vs Pearcedale Lycett 165 vs Simpkin 53 Banchang vs King Island Sinclair 20 vs Naitanui 99 Gisborne vs Groote Eyelandt Witts 110 vs Stanley 87 Staghorn Flat vs Coolgardie McEvoy 84 vs Martin 116 Ararat vs Korumburra Gawn 46 vs Goldstein 131 Serengeti vs Hughenden Coffield 35 vs Greenwood 53 Leaderboard: W-L (av) Grundy 12-0 Gawn 10-2 (125) Goldstein 10-2 (103.4) Witts 9-3 Ryder 7-4 Martin 7-5 2 ahead of second means Grundy has most likely got this won. Slight chance of completely falling over aside of course.
Grundy still undefeated so he's pretty much got this won. Will update the previous rounds when I get the time but might stick to the Lucky Find next year. If someone's keen to tag in, that will be appreciated.
Final report: Brodie Grundy won with a perfect season. But more interesting was the total number of ruck options used this year, in all there were 59 different players in the ruck position. Of the OOP Rucks, Ahern did best with 2-1. The best new player was Reilly O'Brien going 8-7. The most improved was Jarrod Witts going from 9-7 to 14-3. The biggest fall was Nankervis going from 11-4-1 to 2-6. The final top 8 was: Grundy 17-0 (131.3) Goldstein 14-3 (110.6) Witts 14-3 (95) Gawn 13-4 (125.9) McEvoy 10-5 (96.9) Martin 10-7 (90.5) Lycett 8-7 (99.8) O'Brien 8-7 (97.35)