For these four rounds we will be running a rolling lockout through until the last game of each round. All rules regarding loopholes will be temporarily suspended for these four rounds. This is being done to give coaches the chance to field the maximum amount of players possible. Rounds past 12 will be decided upon as the fixtures are released. It is HIGHLY recomended you post your team in the relevant round thread each week so that should rollover be delayed your team can be adjusted to reflect the posted one. Failure to do this will mean your game one players may be compromised Round 9 – AFL Round 9 Date Wednesday 29th July 2020 THEME - Bolters and Boulders Round Every team needs a bolter or two. Or 6. Or 15. You know, those players whose performance this year has been far above expectations. Better still if these performances look likely to continue. More realistically however, what many of us might have are not bolters but boulders – those 2, 6 or 15 players weighing down our teams like millstones and causing us coaches no end of frustration. This round we celebrate both as key ingredients in the wonderful world of fantasy football … while at the same time hoping our bolters keep bolting, and our boulders stop weighing us down. Foul Bay Chickens V Mount Beauty Uglies Iron Knob Codpieces V Waikikamoocow Incorrigibles Venus Bay Vultures V Birdsville Battlers Nareewillock Nuffers V Charlies Opening Spelunkers - The Klopp Cup Gariwerd Cockatoos V Whitsunday Warriors Gundagai Grasshoppers V Nowhere Else Wanderers Cradle Mountain Devils V Larrikin Lagoon Lefties Wagga Wagga Wombats V Wineglass Bay Packers Marble Bar Misfits V Lovely Banks Lilacs
Lilacs team for Round 9 - Wednesday night players BOLD DEF - Rampe, Jonas, Stewart, Moore (EMG - Jones) MID - Duncan, Parish, Amon, Lipinski RUC - Sinclair FWD - Bolton, Lloyd, Bulter, Westhoff (EMG - Ryan) INT - Wilkie, Stengle (EMG - Larkey) EDIT: I made a change for tonight as Sam Lloyd is back in the side
Spelunkers team, Wednesday players bolded Def: Jayden Short, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Liam Duggan, Darcy Gardiner (Fischer Mcasey) Mid: Zac Merrett, Andrew Brayshaw, Marcus Bontempelli, Oliver Florent (Tom Phillips) Ruck: Sean Darcy (Luke Jackson) Fwd: Jack Higgins, Bayley Fritsch, Lachlan Murphy, Nick Blakey Int: Jack Bowes, Aaron Francis (Sydney Stack)
Warriors team to meet the Cockies in the Metricon hub: DEF: Matt Suckling (11), Jason Johannison (91), Harris Andrews (92), Robbie Tarrant (53) (E) John Noble (102) MID: Jarrad Polec, Isaac Smith (85), Oliver Wines (143), Travis Boak (104) (E) Kamdyn Mcintosh (41) RUC: Rory Lobb (100) FWD: Callum Brown, Charlie Dixon (76), Josh J. Kennedy (105), Jeremy Cameron (63) (E) Lachlan Keeffe (39) I/C: Lachlan Fogarty (28), Quinton Narkle (E) Ben Ainsworth (75) Round score = 1056 OUT Both James Harmes and Ben King have decided to remain with their families. Metricon = Spud Alley
Those who get on the park for the cows this week will share a milestone - Mitch Robinson's 200th afl game. He was drafted with pick #68 in the Assciation's Inaugural Draft; only three others have survived since that fateful day - Sam Jacobs (#41), Mitch Hibberd (#77), and Tom Mitchell (#257). All of whom look likely to share this achievement with him. Mitch is extremely popular within the playing group and with all supporters. His initiation for new players has been to take them pig hunting as means to build team spirit and harden the f*** up. All of you who have had pork at the Bulls Hit Tavern Bistro have experienced the fruits of Mitch's favourite pastime. Mitch, we salute you (and almost forgive you for playing for carlton). First iteration of the cows for round 9: D - Zac Bailey, Bailey Williams, Michael Hibberd, Jeremy McGovern, (Will Gould) M - Nat Fyfe, Tom Mitchell, Sam Menegola, Mitch Robinson (Captain), (Jack Ross) R - Reilly O'Brien F - Tom Papley, Harry Morrison, Mitch Hannan, Jeremy Finlayson (Jarrod Cameron) I/C - Sam Jacobs, Brandon Parfitt, (Toby McLean) As the Labour Party say in Aotearoa, during an election be sure to vote early and vote often.
Wombats Def: B.Smith, Crozier, Sicily, Ridley Mid: Swallow, Shiel, E.Curnow, E. Langdon (Mayes) Ruc: Lycett (Caldwell) Fwd: Rayner, LDU, J.Cripps, Rozee (MacPherson) Int: Barrass, Setterfield (M. Pickett)
Wednesday iteration of #reallynotthatgood Chooks: DEF: Sheppard, Saad, Shaw, Aish (E: Macmillan) MID: T.Kelly, Danger, Libba, Shiels (E:Gleeson - OOP) RUCK: Goldstein FWD: Hawkins, Snelling, Elliott, Ceglar (E: Howard) I/C: Selwood, Murphy (E: McEvoy)
Provisional Cradle Mountain Devils Round 9 team for the home game against the Lefties Players in bold playing tonight Out: D Rich (hamstring), N Vlastuin (calf), J Redden (omitted), H Himmelberg (omitted) In: J Lever, A Keath, I Soldo, L Breust Def: M Hurley, D Talia, J Lever, A Keath (J Walker) Mid: J Steele, D Zorko, J Hopper, Z Jones (J Redden) Ruc: T English Fwd: L Breust, T Lynch, J Gresham, T Membrey (H Himmelberg) Int: R Marshall, I Soldo (D Zaharakis)
Hoppers 'pending everything' RD 9 team: IN: O'Connor OUT: Weits DEF: Mills - Biltz - Coffield - O'Connor (Weits) MIDS: Adams - Oliver - Cripps - Neale (Powell) RCK: Grundy FWD: Martin - Dawson - Allen - Ham (Frederick) I/C: Billings - McClugg (Hamill)
Lilacs team for Round 9 - Thursday night players BOLD and I have put the scores next to the players that played Wednesday night DEF - Rampe, Jonas, Stewart, Moore (EMG - Jones) MID - Duncan, Parish, Amon, Lipinski 41 RUC - Sinclair FWD - Bolton 75, Lloyd 35, Bulter, Westhoff (EMG - Ryan) INT - Wilkie, Stengle (EMG - Larkey)
Spelunkers team, Wednesday players scores in, Thursday players bolded Def: Jayden Short 94, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Liam Duggan, Darcy Gardiner (Fischer Mcasey) Mid: Zac Merrett, Andrew Brayshaw, Marcus Bontempelli 96, Oliver Florent (Tom Phillips) Ruck: Sean Darcy (Luke Jackson) Fwd: Jack Higgins 82, Bayley Fritsch, Lachlan Murphy, Nick Blakey Int: Jack Bowes, Aaron Francis (Sydney Stack 58)
Will stick with the first iteration for tonight's game D - Zac Bailey, Bailey Williams (82), Michael Hibberd, Jeremy McGovern, (Will Gould) M - Nat Fyfe, Tom Mitchell, Sam Menegola, Mitch Robinson (Captain), (Jack Ross (72)) R - Reilly O'Brien F - Tom Papley, Harry Morrison, Mitch Hannan, Jeremy Finlayson (Jarrod Cameron) I/C - Sam Jacobs, Brandon Parfitt, (Toby McLean (70))
Wombats Few tweaks... Def: B.Smith, Crozier, Sicily, Ridley (Barrass) Mid: Swallow, Shiel, E.Curnow, Setterfield (Mayes) Ruc: Caldwell Fwd: Rayner, LDU, J.Cripps, Rozee (MacPherson) Int: E. Langdon, Bergman (M. Pickett)
Red, played Bold, playing tonight DEF: Docherty, Simpson, Pittard, Houston MID: Gaff, Parker, Yeo, Higgins (K.Pickett) RUCK: McInerney FWD: Greene, Bruce, Waterman, Georgiades (Vandermeer) Running total is 1/61.