Hogg Division IV 2021

[PatowalongaPirate]

Bring your mouthguards to training this week.

[Rik E Boy]

Round 8

Chokin tuna 2065
West Coast Wonders 1833

Giants Legends 2176
Bison Generics 1976

King Cobwebs 2108
Razorbacks 1804

Cathy's Cream 2274
Powerfailure 2140

Robsquad 2243
Biker Babes Best 2159

Liams Layabouts 2166
Go Tiges 1908

Fantasy Virgin 2256
harryshawks 2237

Unrealistic Attempt 2097
Sneaky Turtles 2081

Brodlach Bombers 2130
Red Devils 1935

Ladder

1 Unrealistic Attempt 7 1 16905 15206 111.17 28
2 Bison Generics 7 1 16706 15068 110.87 28
3 Liams Layabouts 7 1 16133 14670 109.97 28
4 Robsquad 6 2 16787 15716 106.81 24
5 Powerfailure 5 3 16982 15753 107.80 20
6 Brodlach Bombers 5 3 16327 15989 102.11 20
7 King Cobwebs 5 3 16198 16233 99.78 20
8 harryshawks 4 4 16040 15604 102.79 16

9 Sneaky Turtles 4 4 16380 16067 101.95 16
10 Red Devils 4 4 15817 15735 100.52 16
11 Go Tiges 4 4 15626 16030 97.48 16
12 Cathy's Cream 3 5 15893 15768 100.79 12
13 Chokin tuna 3 5 15967 16337 97.74 12
14 Fantasy Virgin 3 5 15620 16231 96.24 12
15 Giants Legends 3 5 14790 15449 95.73 12
16 West Coast Wonders 2 6 14826 16110 92.03 8
17 Biker Babes Best 0 8 14920 16558 90.11 0
18 Razorbacks 0 8 13499 16892 79.91 0

There were a couple of upsets in Divvy IV this week with the biggest one being battling Giants Legends knocking off ladder leaders Bison Generics in true Adelaide Crows fashion. It wasn't just a one point squeaker though, it was a two hundred point pounding that came totally out of the blue. Bison's heavy defeat saw them drop to second after Unrealistic Attempt dumped the Sneaky Turtles out of the top eight in a much closer encounter. Other upsets include a big win by a suddenly back in form Fantasy Virgin who cleaned up harryshawks and Cathy's Cream rising to the top after getting the better of Power Failure.

It was another good week for Robsquad who continued with their good form of recent weeks and the same goes for Brodlach who are now inside the op eight after copping a few losses earlier in the season. King Cobwebs are looking better in recent weeks and Chokin Tuna is battling side that managed a win but there as no love for the bottom three as they all lost again. It wasn't a good round for Red Devils and Go Tiges who lost a bit of ground on the top eight with Sneaky Turtles perhaps the only side outside of the eight that looks a likely challenger.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 9

Bison Generics 1962
West Coast Wonders 1934

Chokin tuna 1902
Razorbacks 1862

Giants Legends 2103
Powerfailure 2030

Biker Babes Best 2039
King Cobwebs 1849

Cathy's Cream 2201
Liams Layabouts 2077

Fantasy Virgin 2375
Robsquad 2109

Go Tiges 1910
Unrealistic Attempt 1836

harryshawks 2031
Red Devils 1880

Brodlach Bombers 2219
Sneaky Turtles 2180

Ladder

1 Bison Generics 8 1 18668 17002 109.80 32
2 Unrealistic Attempt 7 2 18741 17116 109.49 28
3 Liams Layabouts 7 2 18210 16871 107.94 28
4 Robsquad 6 3 18896 18091 104.45 24
5 Brodlach Bombers 6 3 18546 18169 102.07 24
6 Powerfailure 5 4 19012 17856 106.47 20
7 harryshawks 5 4 18071 17484 103.36 20
8 King Cobwebs 5 4 18047 18272 98.77 20

9 Go Tiges 5 4 17536 17866 98.15 20
10 Sneaky Turtles 4 5 18560 18286 101.50 16
11 Cathy's Cream 4 5 18094 17845 101.40 16
12 Red Devils 4 5 17697 17766 99.61 16
13 Chokin tuna 4 5 17869 18199 98.19 16
14 Fantasy Virgin 4 5 17995 18340 98.12 16
15 Giants Legends 4 5 16893 17479 96.65 16
16 West Coast Wonders 2 7 16760 18072 92.74 8
17 Biker Babes Best 1 8 16959 18407 92.13 4
18 Razorbacks 0 9 15361 18794 81.73 0

The father son battle between Brodlach and Sneaky Turtles was a key fixture this week with the Bombers' victory really putting the heat on junior. Sneaky was looking much better than Dad during the early rounds but that situation that has reversed in recent weeks and now the Turtles have dropped to 10th. Go Tiges was a surprise winner this week as Unrealistic put in a second shocker in a row to fall to an upset loss. Bison was the big winner even though they struggled as well, falling over the line against the battling West Coast Wonders by 28 points in their match.

The big scorer of the round was Fantasy Virgin who have suddenly discovered a rich vein of form. The Swanettes racked up 2375 which would have been too much for all of the teams in this league with Robsquad the unlucky side to cop the Fantasy avalanche. Giants legends and Chokin tuna are other battling sides to get win but Cathys Cream was more convincing as they smashed top four Liams Layabouts.

So we have a few sides in the eight who are struggling a bit while some teams in the wrong half of the ladder are starting to wake up a bit in recent weeks. WIth the bye period coming up there could be more boilovers to come.

regards,

REB

[Brodlach]

You’d like to get Fantasy Virgin when the Swans have the bye, last count had 10 Sydney players in her team.

[Rik E Boy]

You’d like to get Fantasy Virgin when the Swans have the bye, last count had 10 Sydney players in her team.

And her hubby West Coast Wonders has about nine Eagles.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 10

West Coast Wonders 1752
Razorbacks 1184

Powerfailure 1852
Bison Generics 1584

Biker Babes Best 1956
Chokin tuna 1757

Liams Layabouts 1936
Giants Legends 1766

Fantasy Virgin 1920
King Cobwebs 1734

Cathy's Cream 1954
Unrealistic Attempt 1354

Brodlach Bombers 1996
Go Tiges 1634

harryshawks 1804
Sneaky Turtles 1728

Robsquad 1773
Red Devils 1427

Ladder

1 Liams Layabouts 8 2 20146 18637 108.10 32
2 Bison Generics 8 2 20252 18854 107.41 32
3 Robsquad 7 3 20669 19518 105.90 28
4 Unrealistic Attempt 7 3 20095 19070 105.37 28
5 Brodlach Bombers 7 3 20542 19803 103.73 28
6 Powerfailure 6 4 20864 19440 107.33 24
7 harryshawks 6 4 19875 19212 103.45 24
8 Cathy's Cream 5 5 20048 19199 104.42 20

9 Fantasy Virgin 5 5 19915 20074 99.21 20
10 King Cobwebs 5 5 19781 20192 97.96 20
11 Go Tiges 5 5 19170 19862 96.52 20
12 Sneaky Turtles 4 6 20288 20090 100.99 16
13 Red Devils 4 6 19124 19539 97.88 16
14 Chokin tuna 4 6 19626 20155 97.38 16
15 Giants Legends 4 6 18659 19415 96.11 16
16 West Coast Wonders 3 7 18512 19256 96.14 12
17 Biker Babes Best 2 8 18915 20161 93.82 8
18 Razorbacks 0 10 16545 20546 80.53 0

The bye period began with a couple of the top sides appearing to be caught out by missing players. Bison Generics did not fare well in this bye round and had the misfortune to play a contender who was in Power Failure. The Fails have had a couple of rough weeks lately but appear to have their season back on track and that was a fine win to bring down the Bison who lost top spot on the ladder. Another former ladder leader in Unrealistic Attempt is also struggling to score points at the moment and the Cathy's Cream certainly rose to the top in their clash as the Unrealistics were flogged by a massive 600 points which has seen Cathy climb into the top eight.

Liam's Layabouts are the new ladder leader after flying under the radar for the past couple of weeks. Giants Legends had been in decent recent form but could not match the layabouts who leapfrogged the Bison to top the table. Robsquad have been on the move for several weeks and they made out well this week as well. The squad got the better of the battling Red Devils and Rob looks like he's got himself a top four berth on the go this year.

All of the sides in the bottom half of the eight all had wins with Brodlach in form at the moment and harryshawks has also appeared to find that winning feeling. Fantasy Virgin carded a decent score to once again emerge as a challenger but King Cobwebs, Sneaky Turtles and Go Tiges all had weeks they rather forget. Razorbacks have got a stone cold lock on the spoon now that Bikers babes and West Coast won thier matches on the weekend.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 11

West Coast Wonders 1831
Powerfailure 1601

Biker Babes Best 1791
Razorbacks 1778

Liams Layabouts 2004
Bison Generics 1763

Fantasy Virgin 1874
Chokin tuna 1547

Giants Legends 1916
Unrealistic Attempt 1738

King Cobwebs 1724
Red Devils 1331

Brodlach Bombers 1818
Cathy's Cream 1810

Robsquad 1856
Sneaky Turtles 1785

Go Tiges 1994
harryshawks 1802

Ladder

1 Liams Layabouts 9 2 22150 20400 108.58 36
2 Robsquad 8 3 22525 21303 105.74 32
3 Bison Generics 8 3 22015 20858 105.55 32
4 Brodlach Bombers 8 3 22360 21613 103.46 32
5 Unrealistic Attempt 7 4 21831 20986 104.03 28
6 Powerfailure 6 5 22465 21271 105.61 24
7 harryshawks 6 5 21677 21206 102.22 24
8 Fantasy Virgin 6 5 21789 21621 100.78 24

9 King Cobwebs 6 5 21505 21523 99.92 24
10 Go Tiges 6 5 21164 21664 97.69 24
11 Cathy's Cream 5 6 21858 21017 104.00 20
12 Giants Legends 5 6 20575 21151 97.28 20
13 Sneaky Turtles 4 7 22073 21946 100.58 16
14 West Coast Wonders 4 7 20343 20857 97.54 16
15 Red Devils 4 7 20455 21263 96.20 16
16 Chokin tuna 4 7 21173 22029 96.11 16
17 Biker Babes Best 3 8 20706 21942 94.37 12
18 Razorbacks 0 11 18323 22337 82.03 0

Even though we had a couple of extra sides in this week, it was still a pretty tough bye round. However, someone forgot to tell Liams Layabout and Go Tiges who racked up a decent score to secure important victories on the weekend. The Layabouts made light work of the Bisons in the match of the round with Liam the team to beat in Division IV at this stage of the season. Go Tiges has been a bit like the Richmond Tigers in that they've looked gone at times this year but unlike the TIges Stewie has secured a fine victory to keep his season alive as he keeps in touch with the eight.

Cathy's Cream won the St Kilda of the week award for Divvy IV this round after a heartbreaking eight point loss to Brodlach who's Bombers are starting to string some wins together now. The Bombers are sitting nice and comfy in the top four while the narrow loss punted Cath from the eight as Fantasy Virgin gleefully snaffled her spot as her Swans were all over Chokin tuna. It was a similar story for PowerFailure who must be kicking himself after deciding that Cam's Eagles will play against them after all. It is history now that the battling West Coast Wonders got the win and aren't the bye weeks just grand folks...Wonders says yes!

A couple of top eight sides got the wobbles this week but most of the teams outside the eight are too far away to give them any concerns. The Cobwebs smashed the Red Devils but sides such as Giants Legends are a bit too far behind at this stage. That goes the same for Bikers Babes Best who should avoid the spoon after defeating the luckless Razorbacks who went within 13 points of opening his account for the season.

regards,

REB

[Brodlach]

7 in a row for the Bombers, playing a team full of GWS Players this week (10 I think) where as i will have zeros

[Rik E Boy]

Round 12

Biker Babes Best 1152
West Coast Wonders 942

Powerfailure 1382
Liams Layabouts 932

Razorbacks 1197
Fantasy Virgin 827

Bison Generics 1683
Unrealistic Attempt 1592

Red Devils 1189
Chokin tuna 1155

Giants Legends 1556
Brodlach Bombers 1424

Sneaky Turtles 1356
King Cobwebs 1048

Cathy's Cream 1384
harryshawks 1248

Go Tiges 1769
Robsquad 1080

Ladder

1 Liams Layabouts 9 3 23082 21782 105.97 36
2 Bison Generics 9 3 23698 22450 105.56 36
3 Brodlach Bombers 8 4 23784 23169 102.65 32
4 Robsquad 8 4 23605 23072 102.31 32
5 Powerfailure 7 5 23847 22203 107.40 28
6 Unrealistic Attempt 7 5 23423 22669 103.33 28
7 Go Tiges 7 5 22933 22744 100.83 28
8 Cathy's Cream 6 6 23242 22265 104.39 24

9 harryshawks 6 6 22925 22590 101.48 24
10 Fantasy Virgin 6 6 22616 22818 99.11 24
11 King Cobwebs 6 6 22553 22879 98.58 24
12 Giants Legends 6 6 22131 22575 98.03 24
13 Sneaky Turtles 5 7 23429 22994 101.89 20
14 Red Devils 5 7 21644 22418 96.55 20
15 West Coast Wonders 4 8 21285 22009 96.71 16
16 Chokin tuna 4 8 22328 23218 96.17 16
17 Biker Babes Best 4 8 21858 22884 95.52 16
18 Razorbacks 1 11 19520 23164 84.27 4

Top team Liams Layabouts were the highest ranked casualty of the nuclear bye round where all bets were off as far as Hogg results go, um...not that there are any Hogg markets available on Rortsbet. Fellow contender Powerfailure gleefully swooped on a four hundred point win with the percentage boosting win keeping the fails hovering on the edge of the top four. Another top side to feel the brunt of nuclear bye round was Robsquad who were smashed by nearly seven hundred points by the standout side for the round, Go Tiges. Stewie has never had any Hogg success before but the Tiges have rebounded strongly in recent weeks and they look like a very strong contender for finals action this season.

Brodlach Bombers had a real crack despite the odds being against them. Brod copped Giants legends, a team packed with Giants funnily enough and the Bombers made a good account of themselves despite the odds being stacked against them. In the clash between early ladder leader, Bison Generics scored well to defeat an unlucky Unrealistic Attempt who returned to some scoring form after going missing for the past few rounds.

Eighth spot appears to be something of a revolving door and this week it is Cathy's Cream who have walked in the door after Swans filled Fantasy Virgin became Razorbacks' first win for the season. The Virgins were full of Swans who weren't there and Bretty got the easy win. It was the same situation for second last Biker Babes who won their second match in a row against what was left of the West Coast Wonders who rolled out more than a few Eagle bagels for the round.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 13

Liams Layabouts 2133
West Coast Wonders 1955

Fantasy Virgin 2422
Biker Babes Best 2240

Powerfailure 1996
Unrealistic Attempt 1974

Red Devils 1864
Razorbacks 1767

Bison Generics 2307
Brodlach Bombers 2269

Sneaky Turtles 2327
Chokin tuna 2009

harryshawks 2229
Giants Legends 2159

King Cobwebs 2202
Go Tiges 2040

Cathy's Cream 2337
Robsquad 2053

Ladder

1 Liams Layabouts 10 3 25215 23737 106.23 40
2 Bison Generics 10 3 26005 24719 105.20 40
3 Powerfailure 8 5 25843 24177 106.89 32
4 Brodlach Bombers 8 5 26053 25476 102.26 32
5 Robsquad 8 5 25658 25409 100.98 32
6 Cathy's Cream 7 6 25579 24318 105.19 28
7 Unrealistic Attempt 7 6 25397 24665 102.97 28
8 harryshawks 7 6 25154 24749 101.64 28

9 Go Tiges 7 6 24973 24946 100.11 28
10 Fantasy Virgin 7 6 25038 25058 99.92 28
11 King Cobwebs 7 6 24755 24919 99.34 28
12 Sneaky Turtles 6 7 25756 25003 103.01 24
13 Giants Legends 6 7 24290 24804 97.93 24
14 Red Devils 6 7 23508 24185 97.20 24
15 West Coast Wonders 4 9 23240 24142 96.26 16
16 Chokin tuna 4 9 24337 25545 95.27 16
17 Biker Babes Best 4 9 24098 25306 95.23 16
18 Razorbacks 1 12 21287 25028 85.05 4

With all hands back on deck in the immediate post-bye round we can look at the scoring patterns of the contenders to find out who the label applies to. Liams Layabouts continue to top the table but perhaps some of the other leading teams are better equipped to challenge for Division III next season. The teams in the top eight will be looking over their shoulders at Fantasy Virgin after Amy carded yet another impressive score on the weekend. Apart from a Swan bye week that sunk the Virgins, they have been in top form in the last few weeks and 2422 would have beaten most of the teams in the entire Hogg, let alone in Divvy IV. Bikers Babes put up a good showing as well but all she got for her efforts was a hiding that closed the door on the Bikers' season, if it wasn't already shut.

The big match of the round was between Bison and Brodlach with the Yaks saluting to join the Laybouts up top. Brod looks a likely top four side this season and they were not disgraced in the 38 point defeat. I reckon a rematch might be happening in August with these two sides. Cathy is also looking pretty suave as they creamed (ha ha) poor old Robsquad whose scoring has dried up a bit in recent weeks with rd getting the wobbles. The Sneaky Turtles also scored well and they need to keep doing that as they are playing catch up football at the minute, one game out of the eight with fellow contenders harryshawks, King Cobwebs and as above Fantasy VIrgin all amongst the points. Unrealistic and Power Failure failed to flatter last week with Unrealistic Attempt going down the drain a rapid rate of nots. one more loss sees them out of the eight. Meanwhile, the Red Devils managed a low scoring victory over the bottom side which might suggest he's won his last match for the year.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 14

Fantasy Virgin 2357
West Coast Wonders 2039

Unrealistic Attempt 2079
Liams Layabouts 2070

Biker Babes Best 1962
Red Devils 1648

Powerfailure 2110
Brodlach Bombers 1979

Sneaky Turtles 2137
Razorbacks 1849

Bison Generics 2121
harryshawks 2106

Chokin tuna 2008
Go Tiges 1814

Cathy's Cream 2223
King Cobwebs 2153

Robsquad 2042
Giants Legends 1901

Ladder

1 Bison Generics 11 3 28126 26825 104.85 44
2 Liams Layabouts 10 4 27285 25816 105.69 40
3 Powerfailure 9 5 27953 26156 106.87 36
4 Robsquad 9 5 27700 27310 101.43 36
5 Cathy's Cream 8 6 27802 26471 105.03 32
6 Unrealistic Attempt 8 6 27476 26735 102.77 32
7 Brodlach Bombers 8 6 28032 27586 101.62 32
8 Fantasy Virgin 8 6 27395 27097 101.10 32

9 Sneaky Turtles 7 7 27893 26852 103.88 28
10 harryshawks 7 7 27260 26870 101.45 28
11 Go Tiges 7 7 26787 26954 99.38 28
12 King Cobwebs 7 7 26908 27142 99.14 28
13 Giants Legends 6 8 26191 26846 97.56 24
14 Red Devils 6 8 25156 26147 96.21 24
15 Biker Babes Best 5 9 26060 26954 96.68 20
16 Chokin tuna 5 9 26345 27359 96.29 20
17 West Coast Wonders 4 10 25279 26499 95.40 16
18 Razorbacks 1 13 23136 27165 85.17 4

It could be ladies night come August in Division IV if last week's results are anything to go by. Eighth ranked Fantasy Virgin has been racking up some pretty good scores in recent weeks and Amy was at it again this week with a solid 2357 to smash hubby West Coast Wonders in a result that got Fantasy Virgin into the top eight. Cathy is looking pretty good as well. Another big score this week as Cathys Cream scored an important win over King Cobwebs who was after her spot in the top eight.

There has been a change in leadership in the league as the wobby layabouts couldn't get the job done against Unrealistic who has been off the boil for some weeks. Bison had an important win by 15 points over harryshawks in a result that put the Bison on top and the young hawks out of the eight . Sneaky Turtles appear to be back in town and might replace Dad in the eight after a spectacular implosion by Brodlach who were well beaten by top four contenders PowerFailure.

Robsquad got back on the winners list but failed to flatter and Go Tiges has all but undone a season of good work with a truly shitful performance in a defeat to lowly Chokin tuna. Hats off to Red Devils who have hit rock bottom with a score of 1648 which was the lowest in the Hogg by some distance. Quality work there Red.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 15

West Coast Wonders 2192
Unrealistic Attempt 2123

Fantasy Virgin 2449
Red Devils 1680

Brodlach Bombers 2281
Liams Layabouts 2278

Biker Babes Best 2391
Sneaky Turtles 2385

Powerfailure 2425
harryshawks 2341

Go Tiges 2064
Razorbacks 1907

Bison Generics 2351
Robsquad 2152

Cathy's Cream 2330
Chokin tuna 2091

King Cobwebs 2193
Giants Legends 2059

Ladder

1 Bison Generics 12 3 30477 28977 105.18 48
2 Powerfailure 10 5 30378 28497 106.60 40
3 Liams Layabouts 10 5 29563 28097 105.22 40
4 Cathy's Cream 9 6 30132 28562 105.50 36
5 Fantasy Virgin 9 6 29844 28777 103.71 36
6 Brodlach Bombers 9 6 30313 29864 101.50 36
7 Robsquad 9 6 29852 29661 100.64 36
8 Unrealistic Attempt 8 7 29599 28927 102.32 32

9 Go Tiges 8 7 28851 28861 99.97 32
10 King Cobwebs 8 7 29101 29201 99.66 32
11 Sneaky Turtles 7 8 30278 29243 103.54 28
12 harryshawks 7 8 29601 29295 101.04 28
13 Giants Legends 6 9 28250 29039 97.28 24
14 Biker Babes Best 6 9 28451 29339 96.97 24
15 Red Devils 6 9 26836 28596 93.85 24
16 West Coast Wonders 5 10 27471 28622 95.98 20
17 Chokin tuna 5 10 28436 29689 95.78 20
18 Razorbacks 1 14 25043 29229 85.68 4

Close results were the order of the day as the whips have started cracking on the run into the finals. It was a very important three point win for Brodlach Bombers who snaffled a very close win over the Layabouts in a result that could secure a finals place for Brodlach. Two teams who failed to get the job done last weekend will be shaking their heads if they can't manage to qualify for the finals. Sneaky Turtles unleashed a pretty good score but fell six points shy of a vital win against a Bikers Babes combination playing only for pride this season. harryshawks didn't get quite as close as the Layabouts and Sneaky Turtles but they'll be wondering where this season has got away from them after putting on 2341 and being well beaten by a red hot PowerFailure.

PowerFailure is emerging as a genuine premiership contender but other teams are also getting stronger at the right time of the year. Bison Generics continue to top the table after dismissing a struggling Robsquad by over 200 points. Cathy's Cream continued with their great run of form proving far too good for Chokin tuna and Fantasy Virgin look a genuine flag chance as they smashed the Red Devils by nearly 800 points in a real percentage booster.

There's still two rounds to go with Go Tiges and King Cobwebs keeping their season alive and you can't discount harryshawks or Sneaky Turtles but they'd want to get a move on. In the eight the two vulnerable sides are Robsquad and certainly Unrealistic Attempt who haven't looked like it for the past two months or so.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 16

West Coast Wonders 2031
Red Devils 1562

Unrealistic Attempt 2113
Brodlach Bombers 2107

Fantasy Virgin 2389
Sneaky Turtles 2136

harryshawks 2215
Liams Layabouts 2176

Biker Babes Best 2152
Go Tiges 1937

Powerfailure 2036
Robsquad 2011

Cathy's Cream 2131
Razorbacks 1653

King Cobwebs 2045
Bison Generics 1397

Giants Legends 1910
Chokin tuna 1908

Ladder

1 Bison Generics 12 4 31874 31022 102.75 48
2 Powerfailure 11 5 32414 30508 106.25 44
3 Cathy's Cream 10 6 32263 30215 106.78 40
4 Liams Layabouts 10 6 31739 30312 104.71 40
5 Fantasy Virgin 10 6 32233 30913 104.27 40
6 Unrealistic Attempt 9 7 31712 31034 102.18 36
7 King Cobwebs 9 7 31146 30598 101.79 36
8 Brodlach Bombers 9 7 32420 31977 101.39 36

9 Robsquad 9 7 31863 31697 100.52 36
10 harryshawks 8 8 31816 31471 101.10 32
11 Go Tiges 8 8 30788 31013 99.27 32
12 Sneaky Turtles 7 9 32414 31632 102.47 28
13 Biker Babes Best 7 9 30603 31276 97.85 28
14 Giants Legends 7 9 30160 30947 97.46 28
15 West Coast Wonders 6 10 29502 30184 97.74 24
16 Red Devils 6 10 28398 30627 92.72 24
17 Chokin tuna 5 11 30344 31599 96.03 20
18 Razorbacks 1 15 26696 31360 85.13 4

Top side Bison Generics rolled out the heavy artillery in what must surely be a massive tank to help get King Cobwebs into the finals. The ICAC has been informed and men with dark suits and glasses are bashing down Bison's door to investigate this dastardly deed. The top side of the league, and its second top scorer, put in a tanking effort that would make Carlton blush with the Cobwebs being the major beneficiary. Hmmm....something smells with that one boyos!

In other news, lurking top four hope Fantasy Virgin smashed out another top score to end the Sneaky Turtles season. With one week to go all of the top sides will be hoping that Fantasy doesn't make it as Amy has been smashing it in recent weeks and they are a real force in this division. If they only have to win three finals they'll do so IMO. It wasn't much better for Dad as Brodlach's Bombers failed to secure their spot losing a crucial encounter to Unrealistic Attempt who may have booked their own spot with the vital victory. Unrealistic got up by just six and there were a few other nailbiters as well. Giants Legends won the 'playing for pride' match against Chokin tuna but two points and PowerFailure's 25 point win over a suddenly battling Robsquad could spell curtains for the squad, especially after the King's amazing legup.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 17 Preview

Fixture – Tips in bold.

West Coast Wonders vs. Brodlach Bombers
Sneaky Turtles vs. Red Devils
harryshawks vs. Unrealistic Attempt
Go Tiges vs. Fantasy Virgin
Liams Layabouts vs. Robsquad
Cathy’s Cream vs. Bikers Best
King Cobwebs vs. Powerfailure
Giants Legends vs. Razorbacks
Chokin tuna vs. Bison Generics

Preview
Powerfailure’s match against King Cobwebs is the key clash here in the final round I feel. The Cobwebs got a huge legup last week thanks to a ridiculous assist from Bison. Failure will offer no such assistance and they’ll hold on to second and push Cobwebs’ percentage down. The team who will reap the benefits will be harryshawks who should get the job done against higher placed Unrealistic Attempt. There’s not much between the percentage and when the dust clears I reckon it’s harry in for Cobwebs.

Broadlach should hang on to his top eight spot with a win over the Wonders but Robsquad is not beating Liams Layabouts so it’s game over for rd. Fantasy Virgin is in red-hot form and could do some serious damage to Go Tiges and leapfrog the Layabouts into fourth spot. Cathy’s Cream has a reasonably tough match against Bikers Babes but Cath should be too good and hold her to four spot.

REB's Top Eight
1. Bison Generics
2. PowerFailure
3. Cathy’s Cream
4. Fantasy Virgin
5. Liams Layabouts
6. Brodlach Bombers
7. Harryshawks
8. Unrealistic Attempt

Anyhow, have a good one.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 17

Brodlach Bombers 2365
West Coast Wonders 1988

Sneaky Turtles 2482
Red Devils 1857

harryshawks 2438
Unrealistic Attempt 2122

Fantasy Virgin 2462
Go Tiges 2001

Robsquad 2208
Liams Layabouts 2155

Cathy's Cream 2231
Biker Babes Best 2083

Powerfailure 2060
King Cobwebs 1914

Chokin tuna 2132
Bison Generics 1945

Razorbacks 2051
Giants Legends 1970

Ladder
1 Powerfailure 12 5 34474 32422 106.33 48
2 Bison Generics 12 5 33819 33154 102.01 48
3 Cathy's Cream 11 6 34494 32298 106.80 44
4 Fantasy Virgin 11 6 34695 32914 105.41 44
5 Liams Layabouts 10 7 33894 32520 104.23 40
6 Brodlach Bombers 10 7 34785 33965 102.41 40
7 Robsquad 10 7 34071 33852 100.65 40
8 harryshawks 9 8 34254 33593 101.97 36

9 King Cobwebs 9 8 33060 32658 101.23 36
10 Unrealistic Attempt 9 8 33834 33472 101.08 36
11 Sneaky Turtles 8 9 34896 33489 104.20 32
12 Go Tiges 8 9 32789 33475 97.95 32
13 Biker Babes Best 7 10 32686 33507 97.55 28
14 Giants Legends 7 10 32130 32998 97.37 28
15 Chokin tuna 6 11 32476 33544 96.82 24
16 West Coast Wonders 6 11 31490 32549 96.75 24
17 Red Devils 6 11 30255 33109 91.38 24
18 Razorbacks 2 15 28747 33330 86.25 8

The minor round is run and won with PowerFailure snaffling the minor premiership from Bison Generics in the last round. The Bison has been on the charge for the majority of the season but they have staggered over the finish line and now look vulnerable in the finals. Not so Fantasy Virgin who threw down the gauntlet with another big win as they captured the all important double chance in the finals. PowerFailure’s reward for finishing top is a match up against the rampant fantasy, a match up that none in this division should relish.

Liams Layabouts shoddy finish to the minor round continued as they missed the double chance and they now face a tricky final against proven major round specialists harryshawks who pounced on the top eight spot vacated by Unrealistic Attempt and King Cobwebs. The other team to sneak in at the last minute was Robsquad who turned things around in time to deservedly qualify for the finals.

The team with the biggest regret must be Sneaky Turtles who are one of the top scoring teams in the league. How they managed to miss the eight in this league will remain a mystery but with only eight wins they didn’t get close. Razorbacks was the unbackable spoon favourite at the start of the year and he duly collected but not before ending his season on a high with a rare victory to finish his season.

Looking ahead I’m liking Fantasy Virgin for the flag. Promotion is not quite as clear but harryshawks and Brodlach Bombers look like bolters from the bottom half of the eight to make life difficult for the likes of Bison whose point scoring appears to have deserted them at the wrong time of the year.

Regards,

REB

[Brodlach]

Sneaky Turtles scored the highest of any teams in the league but also had one of the highest against. Unlucky

[Rik E Boy]

Finals Week One

Qualifying Finals
Fantasy Virgin 2486
Powerfailure 2374

Bison Generics 2477
Cathy's Cream 2232

Elimination Finals
harryshawks 2395
Liams Layabouts 1943

Robsquad 2353
Brodlach Bombers 2075

Ah, a couple of sneaky fellas down here in Division IV or so it seems. Bison had been lurking on the outskirts over the last two weeks of the minor round and his scoring suggested he had fired his bullets and appeared done. Wrong again REB because once the finals started here comes Bison! Bison smashed Cathy's Cream to advance to the Preliminary Final and thus earn promotion to Hogg Division III. Well played sir. The other side who earned promotion is Fantasy Virgin who have been the form team of the second half of the season. PowerFailure threw the kitchen sink at Amy but the Virgins came through in fine style and she will be suiting up in the higher grade next season.

With two other spots available to go up it is hard to go past PowerFailure but they will be up against harryshawks who have a great finals record. This record improved last weekend after they eliminated the Layabouts who were the pacesetters during the first half of the season. Robsquad is another team who has sniffed the smelling salts in recent weeks and they sailed past a disappointing Bombers' outfit to keep the dream alive.

Semi Finals - winners promoted and advance to Prelim finals, losers out.
PowerFailure vs. harryshawks
Cathy's Cream vs. Robsquad

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Semi Finals

1st Semi Final
Powerfailure 2163
harryshawks 2071

2nd Semi Final
Cathy's Cream 2319
Robsquad 2176

The top four sides at the end of the minor round have duly qualified for the Preliminary Finals next week as Cathy's Cream and Powerfailure both got the job done in what was a tough week in SuperCoach. Late outs , mid-game injuries and underperforming premos where the order of the day this week in a round that saw thousands of teams across the land posting much lower scores than usual at this time of year. This didn't seem to effect Cathy tho who posted a pretty solid 2319 which was far too strong for Robsquad who despite having a fine season, is remaining in Division IV next season. It's the end of the line too for harryshawks who got as far as the semis but well short of last year's blistering unbeaten season in Divvy V.

Looking ahead still liking Virgin for the flag but Cathy and Bison appear to have the ceiling to match them. Not as sure about Powerfailure though I reckon he might struggle to keep up with Bison next week but the all ladies final should be a ripper. Congratulations to all sides on earning promotion next season.

Preliminary Finals
Fantasy Virgin vs. Cathy's Cream
Powerfailure vs. Bison Generics

regards,

REB

[rd]

Semi Finals

1st Semi Final
Powerfailure 2163
harryshawks 2071

2nd Semi Final
Cathy's Cream 2319
Robsquad 2176

The top four sides at the end of the minor round have duly qualified for the Preliminary Finals next week as Cathy's Cream and Powerfailure both got the job done in what was a tough week in SuperCoach. Late outs , mid-game injuries and underperforming premos where the order of the day this week in a round that saw thousands of teams across the land posting much lower scores than usual at this time of year. This didn't seem to effect Cathy tho who posted a pretty solid 2319 which was far too strong for Robsquad who despite having a fine season, is remaining in Division IV next season. It's the end of the line too for harryshawks who got as far as the semis but well short of last year's blistering unbeaten season in Divvy V.

Looking ahead still liking Virgin for the flag but Cathy and Bison appear to have the ceiling to match them. Not as sure about Powerfailure though I reckon he might struggle to keep up with Bison next week but the all ladies final should be a ripper. Congratulations to all sides on earning promotion next season.

Preliminary Finals
Fantasy Virgin vs. Cathy's Cream
Powerfailure vs. Bison Generics

regards,

REB

Thanks for the updates during the season REB. I had tinkered with the Robsquad and had them primed for an assault during the finals and a possible promotion to Div III and the first week of the finals went to plan. But for the semi finals Dangerfield got his throat rearranged early on and Mills (without cover) decided to not play during the warmup and those 2 players probably cost me at least 160 points. And the Robsquad lost their semi by 143...So much for the pre-finals planning. Good luck to the remaining teams and see you next year - for me sadly in Div IV...

[Rik E Boy]

Preliminary Finals

1st Preliminary Final
Fantasy Virgin 2092
Cathy's Cream 2068

2nd Preliminary Final
Powerfailure 2107
Bison Generics 2053

The minor premier is OUT after Powerfailure upstaged Bison in the 2nd Preliminary Final in Division IV. All of the Division IV sides struggled this week but Powerfailure carded a respectable score to upend the Bisons and advance to next week's Grand Final. In the all ladies affair in the 1st Semi the favourite Fantasy Virgin saluted but with a much lower score than she has been racking up most weeks. Having Lloyd and Mills has certainly hurt Amy's score but next week all SuperCoaches will be sweating on the return of the Seagull. Word about the place is that Mills might not be ready until the end of the SC season so everyone will be looking at trades they don't have and Fantasy is no exception.

Grand Final

Powerfailure vs. Fantasy Virgin

It's been an impressive run by Fantasy Virgin to make the Grand Final and I tipped Amy to salute before the finals and see no reason to change my tip now even though Fantasy only just scraped home against Cathy last week. Powerfailure have been one of the most consistent teams in the comp and deserve their spot but I reckon Fantasy will get home in a close one.

regards,

REB