Top of the table clash this week, with only 10 points separating the Parasites and Goannas. And with only 73 points between 5th and 8th there's sure to be plenty of movement in this part of the ladder for the next few weeks. Rank Team Total points Change from FU ladder 1 Pakenham Parasites 10479 - 2 Goondiwindi Goannas 10469 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 3 Staghorn Flat Bulls 10266 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 4 King Island Monarchs 10144 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 5 Ararat Armadillos 10091 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 6 Serengeti Buffalos 10049 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-3 7 Groote Eylandt Barracudas 10022 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 8 Blanchetown Bunyips 10018 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-4 9 Banchang Barcrawlers 9860 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 10 Coolgardie Prospectors 9751 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-8 11 Christmas Island Smugglers 9685 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 12 Pearcedale Panthers 9518 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 13 Korumburra Blowflys 9495 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 14 Eden Whalers 9280 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 15 Southern Cross Sandgropers 8983 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 16 Cow Bay Crocs 8450 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 17 Gisborne Grenades 8015 - 18 Manangatang Orangutans 7202 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-3
Round 12 The Goannas' win over Pakenham returns them to the top of the ladder, although as we've seen things can quickly change. Rank Team Total Points Change from FU ladder 1 Goondiwindi Goannas 11946 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 2 Pakenham Parasites 11657 - 3 Staghorn Flat Bulls 11527 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 4 King Island Monarchs 11460 [span style='color: #00b050;]+4 5 Blanchetown Bunyips 11328 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 6 Groote Eylandt Barracudas 11319 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 7 Ararat Armadillos 11249 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 8 Serengeti Buffalos 11159 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-5 9 Coolgardie Prospectors 11124 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-8 10 Banchang Barcrawlers 10975 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 11 Christmas Island Smugglers 10964 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-4 12 Pearcedale Panthers 10898 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 13 Korumburra Blowflys 10879 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 14 Eden Whalers 10516 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 15 Southern Cross Sandgropers 10072 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 16 Cow Bay Crocs 9449 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 17 Gisborne Grenades 9139 - 18 Manangatang Orangutans 8312 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2
Round 13 King Island continue their run up the ladder, while the Cudas will be hoping their high-scoring game brings rewards in the back end of the season. The Prospectors, Buffalos and Smugglers are either lucky, or teams that manage to get the job done. As an impartial observer I strongly believe it's the latter. Rank Team Total Points Change from FU ladder 1 Goondiwindi Goannas 13328 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 2 King Island Monarchs 12926 [span style='color: #00b050;]+5 3 Pakenham Parasites 12786 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 4 Blanchetown Bunyips 12746 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 5 Staghorn Flat Bulls 12701 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 6 Groote Eylandt Barracudas 12493 [span style='color: #00b050;]+5 7 Ararat Armadillos 12439 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 8 Serengeti Buffalos 12361 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-6 9 Coolgardie Prospectors 12326 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-8 10 Pearcedale Panthers 12257 - 11 Korumburra Blowflys 12245 [span style='color: #00b050;]+4 12 Christmas Island Smugglers 12070 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-6 13 Banchang Barcrawlers 11917 - 14 Eden Whalers 11737 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 15 Southern Cross Sandgropers 11152 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 16 Cow Bay Crocs 10619 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 17 Gisborne Grenades 10348 - 18 Manangatang Orangutans 9263 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2
Round 18 It's been a little while, but not much has changed in the total points race, with the top 6 teams staying exactly the same since round 13. Serengeti appear to be suffering second half of the season blues, dropping from 8th thento 12th now. Conversely, any finals aspirant would not want to face the Blowflys, who are in a purple patch of form. Rank Team Total points Change from FU ladder 1 Goondiwindi Goannas 19657 [span style='color: #00b050;]+3 2 King Island Monarchs 19477 [span style='color: #00b050;]+4 3 Pakenham Parasites 19163 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 4 Blanchetown Bunyips 18980 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-2 5 Staghorn Flat Bulls 18857 [span style='color: #00b050;]+2 6 Groote Eylandt Barracudas 18769 [span style='color: #00b050;]+4 7 Korumburra Blowflys 18757 [span style='color: #00b050;]+5 8 Ararat Armadillos 18644 - 9 Christmas Island Smugglers 18450 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-6 10 Pearcedale Panthers 18408 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 11 Coolgardie Prospectors 18374 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-6 12 Serengeti Buffalos 18062 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-3 13 Southern Cross Sandgropers 17813 - 14 Eden Whalers 17501 - 15 Banchang Barcrawlers 16364 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 16 Gisborne Grenades 16142 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1 17 Cow Bay Crocs 15849 [span style='color: #00b050;]+1 18 Manangatang Orangutans 12583 [span style='color: #ff0000;]-1