Hogg Premier League 2025

[Rik E Boy]

All eighteen teams have signed up so that means relegation is ON for 2025. So that's me and one you blokes. Please join the Hogg group if you have not. Makes it easier to organise if I know WTF everyone is doing. Cheers. Click on the link below to join the Group. Easy peasey. League matches start Round 4.

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Hogg Premier League 2025

1 TEAM_FISH fish 53572
2 Hondo 9797s Hondo 53483
3 Wild HORNY Berry Bertie Beetle 53366
4 Poon Army Troy 53305
5 Roosters pompy 53201
6 Pool Swimmers Tom 53160
7 Mediocre at Best Feenix 53126
8 DAISYS DUDS daysofourlives 53028
9 Ecky's Fevolas Ecky 53005
10 Captain Who? Groover 52918
11 The Willies brod 52877
12 Head Butters Digby 52852
13 sharks Spiro 52592
14 Jobby the Goat Scud 52526
15 Inner Sanctum AGENT09 52513
16 REBCats REB 52480
17 Summer of George Shake'n'Bake 51914
18 Billy&TheSwingmen WOS Dragons 51818

regards,

REB

[fish]

TEAM_FISH is IN

[brod]

The Willies are IN

[Rik E Boy]

League full.

[Rik E Boy]

Hogg Premier League Preview 2025
Two very strong teams have joined the Premier League this year so this will be a very tough to survive let alone thrive. Haven’t written one of these for a while so it’s time for REB’s patented ‘kiss of death’….the HPL preview 2025. I’ve done all of you a big favour and made sure I haven’t selected a premiership winner in this preview.

The favourites (1-5)

As always, I expect the Roosters to be there when the guns are firing late in August. A bit of a mixed finals record but the Chooks are always crowing in the minor round and it’s hard to see them missing out late in the season. I’m always a big rap for TEAM_FISH and how he didn’t win more matches last season with that scoring I’ll never know. A repeat of the last year’s scoring should bring him more wins. Wild HORNE Berry had a slight slip up last year but I’m expecting a return to form from the Juice this year with a possible return to Grand Final action. The other side I think will do well is Mediocre at Best who had an uncharacteristically poor season last year.

The contenders (4-9)

It was a break out year for Poon Army as the reigning premier ended his drought but history shows a dip after premiership success. Should still make the finals but might be behind a few others this season. Head Butters were awesome in Division I last season but will find Premier a harder head to butter. I still think they make finals though. Speaking of break out seasons, it’s time DAISYSDUDS did something at this level. Trailing by some distance last year the Duds really rallied late and this season I reckon he might finally make the eight. The other side I see making the finals are The Willies who missed by a whisker at their first attempt last year.

The pack (8- 14)

Hondo 97s-98s are a high scoring team but for some reason they don’t win matches. Even when Hondo scored well last season he still got nowhere so it’s hard to see where the improvement might come from. He’s got a lot to replicate from last year to overcome that luck factor. Captain Who is a regular finalist but might be mentally scarred after becoming Poon Army’s bitch last season. At least Groover will only have to face the Poon once before August, but this August he might be spectating. Ecky’s Fevolas are another good side who will challenge the top eight and it shows how strong this league if I’m tipping Ecky will be mid table. Pool Swimmers should be around the mark too after their perfectly timed run to the Granny in Div I last season with a 6-10 finish likely. Two teams I believe might rise a bit from poor seasons last year are Summer of George and Inner Sanctum. With relegation in the air this season I expect both of these veteran Premier League outfights to lift and challenge for the eight.

The slack (13-18)

Jobby the GOAT fired up in 2024 and managed to stumble into the eight but I’m predicting that the GOAT might be kidding himself this year and find himself at the wrong end of the table. Speaking of finalists who are due for a banana skin, I reckon the Sharks are in this boat as well and could face a tough season trying to remain relevant in this league. A harsh call perhaps after Spiro’s best season but history shows that sort of form is an outlier. You can furrget about my REBCats who will hopefully bag the odd win here and there but the reality is my mob is pretty much the West Coast Eagles of this league except with Diet Coke. Lowest seed Billy&TheSwingmen get relegated on that shit name alone.

Regards,

REB

[fish]

Nice write up REB, I expect I'll lose at rookie roulette as I always do but improve as the season wears on

[Rik E Boy]

Nice write up REB, I expect I'll lose at rookie roulette as I always do but improve as the season wears on

and hopefully i play you early. Haven't had a win over the FISHys for a while. I kept bumping into you as well! Think I went about 1-4 against you last season.

regards,

REB

[Groover]

Goodluck all! Everyone will need it!


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[Feenix]

Good luck all

[Rik E Boy]

Round 1

Poon Army 1933
Hondo 97-98ers 1895

Summer of George 1969
Roosters 1911

Inner Sanctum 1995
Mediocre at Best 1938

Wild HORNE Berry 2042
Ecky's Fevolas 1930

REBCats 1949
Captain Who? 1858

Sharks 2028
The Willies 1966

Head Butters 1913
Jobby the GOAT 1852

TEAM_FISH 2070
DAISYSDUDS 1931

Pool Swimmers 2038
Billy&The Swingmen 1829

Ladder

1 Pool Swimmers 1 0 2038 1829 111.43 4
2 TEAM_FISH 1 0 2070 1931 107.20 4
3 Wild HORNE Berry 1 0 2042 1930 105.80 4
4 REBCats 1 0 1949 1858 104.90 4
5 Head Butters 1 0 1913 1852 103.29 4
6 Sharks 1 0 2028 1966 103.15 4
7 Summer of George 1 0 1969 1911 103.04 4
8 Inner Sanctum 1 0 1995 1938 102.94 4

9 Poon Army 1 0 1933 1895 102.01 4
10 Hondo 97-98ers 0 1 1895 1933 98.03 0
11 Mediocre at Best 0 1 1938 1995 97.14 0
12 Roosters 0 1 1911 1969 97.05 0
13 The Willies 0 1 1966 2028 96.94 0
14 Jobby the GOAT 0 1 1852 1913 96.81 0
15 Captain Who? 0 1 1858 1963 94.65 0
16 Ecky's Fevolas 0 1 1930 2042 94.52 0
17 DAISYSDUDS 0 1 1931 2070 93.29 0
18 Billy&The Swingmen 0 1 1829 2038 89.74 0

The Premier League season finally gotten underway with Pool Swimmers smashing Billy Bollocks to the tune of 209 points to kick start their season. Some of the usual suspects in FISH and HORNEy goot off the mark in fine style while Poon Army won the close one against Hondo. Happy days for REBCats in what is probably my first ever win over Captain Who, a real bogey side for the Catters. Mediocre got off to their usual slow start so don’t expect them to fire up for about a month lol. Sharkies look keen to stay in the top eight while Georgie boy and the Sanctum that is inner have started well after lukewarm campaigns in 2024. Head Butters made a fine debut in the top flight when they accounted for a wobbly Jobby and DAISYSDUDS picked a bad week to be slightly off on his excellent scoring shown so far during this season. And we are away folks!

Regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 2

Summer of George 2290
Hondo 97-98s 2164

Mediocre at Best 2331
Poon Army 2131

Roosters 2128
Wild HORNE Berry 2044

Captain Who? 2238
Inner Sanctum 2060

Ecky's Fevolas 2275
Sharks 2054

REBCats 2136
Head Butters 2087

TEAM_FISH 2200
The Willies 2135

Billy&The Swingmen 2187
Jobby the GOAT 2062

DAISYSDUDS 2305
Pool Swimmers 2040

Ladder

1 TEAM_FISH 2 0 4270 4066 105.02 8
2 Summer of George 2 0 4259 4075 104.52 8
3 REBCats 2 0 4085 3945 103.55 8
4 Mediocre at Best 1 1 4269 4126 103.47 4
5 DAISYSDUDS 1 1 4236 4110 103.07 4
6 Ecky's Fevolas 1 1 4205 4096 102.66 4
7 Captain Who? 1 1 4096 4009 102.17 4
8 Wild HORNE Berry 1 1 4086 4058 100.69 4

9 Roosters 1 1 4039 4013 100.65 4
10 Head Butters 1 1 4000 3988 100.30 4
11 Pool Swimmers 1 1 4078 4134 98.65 4
12 Billy&The Swingmen 1 1 4016 4100 97.95 4
13 Inner Sanctum 1 1 4055 4176 97.10 4
14 Sharks 1 1 4082 4241 96.25 4
15 Poon Army 1 1 4064 4226 96.17 4
16 The Willies 0 2 4101 4228 97.00 0
17 Hondo 97-98s 0 2 4059 4223 96.12 0
18 Jobby the GOAT 0 2 3914 4100 95.46 0

FISH is the new top side after they were far too good for The Willies in gather round. I’ve talked up FISHy plenty of times and usually he fails when I do this so it’s time to talk him up again or he might win the darn thing. Other unbeaten sides are Georgie and the mighty REBCats who have got off to a rare flyer. The real comptroller Atkins’ though might be DAISYSDUDS as predicted by this correspondent pre-season. Number one but not with a bullet, the Hawker has started well and racked them up to knock off the ladder leaders from last week, Pooly. Mediocre have gone against their traditional ‘slow as a wet week’ start to the season with some solid scoring that punted the reigning premier Poon all the way down to 15th on the ladder. The Captain, Ecky and the Swingmen all opened their accounts while winless Willies, Hondo and stone motherless last GOAT look on enviously.

Regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 4

Wild HORNE Berry 2469
Hondo 97-98s 2416

Captain Who? 2591
Mediocre at Best 2480

Summer of George 2516
Sharks 2262

Poon Army 2397
Head Butters 2355

TEAM_FISH 2454
Roosters 2347

Inner Sanctum 2325
Billy&The Swingmen 2315

Ecky's Fevolas 2398
Pool Swimmers 2390

REBCats 2559
DAISYSDUDS 2444

The Willies 2441
Jobby the GOAT 2114

Ladder

1 Summer of George 4 0 8900 8273 107.58 16
2 Captain Who? 3 1 8916 8657 102.99 12
3 TEAM_FISH 3 1 8914 8671 102.80 12
4 REBCats 3 1 8695 8492 102.39 12
5 Ecky's Fevolas 3 1 8861 8676 102.13 12
6 Pool Swimmers 2 2 8751 8472 103.29 8
7 Head Butters 2 2 8745 8655 101.04 8
8 DAISYSDUDS 2 2 8866 8805 100.69 8

9 Roosters 2 2 8541 8566 99.71 8
10 Billy&The Swingmen 2 2 8434 8476 99.50 8
11 Wild HORNE Berry 2 2 8491 8599 98.74 8
12 Poon Army 2 2 8629 8810 97.95 8
13 Inner Sanctum 2 2 8650 8881 97.40 8
14 Hondo 97-98s 1 3 8688 8745 99.35 4
15 Mediocre at Best 1 3 8802 8930 98.57 4
16 The Willies 1 3 8482 8625 98.34 4
17 Sharks 1 3 8443 8912 94.74 4
18 Jobby the GOAT 0 4 8164 8727 93.55 0

George is off to a flyer this season as they are unbeaten after four rounds following their 254 point thumping of the struggling Sharks. A few teams topped the 2500 mark this week with Captain Who on a real roll at the moment. The Captain racked up 2591 which left a very stiff Mediocre a 100 point loser with an excellent score. DAISYSDUDS were more than a bit stiff as well. They were well on top in their match against my REBCats but Rowell and Holmes failed to fire a shot on Sunday while the Cats had Humphrey pull a 150 out of his arse. FISH, like the Captain are looking very strong already and they plucked the Roosters by over 100 as well. The close one was between Ecky and Pool Swimmers with Pooly sunk by only 8 points. Meanwhile Sanctum got the chocolates over Billy by a mere ten points. Poon Army knocked off Head Butters to keep up with the top eight while The Willies opened their account with an important victory over Jobby who missed the memo that this week was a high scoring round of SuperCoach.

Regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 5

Captain Who? 2424
Hondo 97-98s 2287

Sharks 2362
Wild HORNE Berry 2350

Head Butters 2421
Mediocre at Best 2421

Summer of George 2415
TEAM_FISH 2339

Poon Army 2633
Billy&The Swingmen 2420

Pool Swimmers 2462
Roosters 2188

Inner Sanctum 2414
DAISYSDUDS 2349

Jobby the GOAT 2430
Ecky's Fevolas 2302

REBCats 2466
The Willies 2354

Ladder

1 Summer of George 5 0 0 11315 10612 106.62 20
2 Captain Who? 4 1 0 11340 10944 103.62 16
3 REBCats 4 1 0 11161 10846 102.90 16
4 Pool Swimmers 3 2 0 11213 10660 105.19 12
5 TEAM_FISH 3 2 0 11253 11086 101.51 12
6 Ecky's Fevolas 3 2 0 11163 11106 100.51 12
7 Poon Army 3 2 0 11262 11230 100.28 12
8 Inner Sanctum 3 2 0 11064 11230 98.52 12

9 Head Butters 2 2 1 11166 11076 100.81 10
10 DAISYSDUDS 2 3 0 11215 11219 99.96 8
11 Wild HORNE Berry 2 3 0 10841 10961 98.91 8
12 Billy&The Swingmen 2 3 0 10854 11109 97.70 8
13 Roosters 2 3 0 10729 11028 97.29 8
14 Sharks 2 3 0 10805 11262 95.94 8
15 Mediocre at Best 1 3 1 11223 11351 98.87 6
16 Hondo 97-98s 1 4 0 10975 11169 98.26 4
17 The Willies 1 4 0 10836 11091 97.70 4
18 Jobby the GOAT 1 4 0 10594 11029 96.06 4

Poon Army sounded a warning shot to the rest of the Premier League in Round 5 after smashing out a Hogg high 2633 to smash an unlucky Billy who did not deserve to lose by 213 points. Poon are now back in the eight and look set to stay with six sides ahead of them looking over their shoulder at the high scoring reigning premier. Regular finalist Captain Who is one of the teams with some breathing space and it doesn’t surprise to see them in the top four despite my pessimistic pre-season prediction for the Captain. The Captain was far too good for Hondo who seems a little off the pace this year.

A couple of teams have made a surprisingly good start to the year. Summer of George is usually midtable but this year they lead the pack with an unbeaten run that now stretches to five matches. FISH is a big scalp in anyone’s language and George has defended his ladder position against top opposition. I’m as surprised as you are that REBCats are in the top four and I owe it all to my vice captain failing and plonking the C on Max Gawn. I love you big Maxxy! Pool Swimmers got an unexpected percentage booster against an out of sorts Roosters while JOBBY opened his account over Ecky who opened a bakery this week. Sharks also got HORNEY and we couldn’t split Head Butters and Mediocre who had to share the points in the first draw of the season. The luckless DAISY was dudded again as Sanctum got the chocolates in the other game.


Regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 6

Hondo 97-98s 2376
Sharks 2207

Captain Who? 2403
Head Butters 2373

TEAM_FISH 2538
Wild HORNE Berry 2394

Mediocre at Best 2474
Billy&The Swingmen 2458

Pool Swimmers 2461
Summer of George 2257

Poon Army 2504
DAISYSDUDS 2392

Jobby the GOAT 2310
Roosters 2145

Inner Sanctum 2316
The Willies 2306

Ecky's Fevolas 2423
REBCats 2418

Ladder

1 Summer of George 5 1 0 13572 13073 103.82 20
2 Captain Who? 5 1 0 13743 13317 103.20 20
3 Pool Swimmers 4 2 0 13674 12917 105.86 16
4 REBCats 4 2 0 13579 13269 102.34 16
5 TEAM_FISH 4 2 0 13791 13480 102.31 16
6 Poon Army 4 2 0 13766 13622 101.06 16
7 Ecky's Fevolas 4 2 0 13586 13524 100.46 16
8 Inner Sanctum 4 2 0 13380 13536 98.85 16

9 Head Butters 2 3 1 13539 13479 100.45 10
10 Mediocre at Best 2 3 1 13697 13809 99.19 10
11 Hondo 97-98s 2 4 0 13351 13376 99.81 8
12 DAISYSDUDS 2 4 0 13607 13723 99.15 8
13 Wild HORNE Berry 2 4 0 13235 13499 98.04 8
14 Billy&The Swingmen 2 4 0 13312 13583 98.00 8
15 Jobby the GOAT 2 4 0 12904 13174 97.95 8
16 Roosters 2 4 0 12874 13338 96.52 8
17 Sharks 2 4 0 13012 13638 95.41 8
18 The Willies 1 5 0 13142 13407 98.02 4

After six rounds there is a bit of gap between the top eight and the rest as the top sides have consolidated themselves at the right end of the table. The Summer of George may be over though after they were well beaten by Pool Swimmers who moved up to third spot after REBCats fell 5 points short after Lachie Neale missed the team bus down in Hobart. Can’t cry too much though because poor ol Billy scored more than I did but couldn’t match Mediocre but high scoring losses are par for the course in this company. FISH and Poon were this week’s 2500 teams with Poony back on top of the Hogg scoring and FISH going along very nicely at the minute. Besides Mediocre, Hondo and Jobby were others in the chasing pack to get vital wins. The news was not so great for Willies who are now a game behind everyone else, while the Sharks and surprisingly, Roosters, don’t look very scary at all in the scoring department.

Regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 7

Head Butters 2366
Hondo 97-98s 2262

TEAM_FISH 2320
Sharks 2285

Billy&The Swingmen 2372
Captain Who? 2170

Wild HORNE Berry 2368
Pool Swimmers 2348

DAISYSDUDS 2449
Mediocre at Best 2093

Jobby the GOAT 2257
Summer of George 2209

Poon Army 2409
The Willies 2284

Roosters 2367
REBCats 2300

Ecky's Fevolas 2339
Inner Sanctum 2206

Ladder

1 Summer of George 5 2 0 15781 15330 102.94 20
2 TEAM_FISH 5 2 0 16111 15765 102.19 20
3 Poon Army 5 2 0 16175 15906 101.69 20
4 Captain Who? 5 2 0 15913 15689 101.43 20
5 Ecky's Fevolas 5 2 0 15925 15730 101.24 20
6 Pool Swimmers 4 3 0 16022 15285 104.82 16
7 REBCats 4 3 0 15879 15636 101.55 16
8 Inner Sanctum 4 3 0 15586 15875 98.18 16

9 Head Butters 3 3 1 15905 15741 101.04 14
10 DAISYSDUDS 3 4 0 16056 15816 101.52 12
11 Billy&The Swingmen 3 4 0 15684 15753 99.56 12
12 Jobby the GOAT 3 4 0 15161 15383 98.56 12
13 Wild HORNE Berry 3 4 0 15603 15847 98.46 12
14 Roosters 3 4 0 15241 15638 97.46 12
15 Mediocre at Best 2 4 1 15790 16258 97.12 10
16 Hondo 97-98s 2 5 0 15613 15742 99.18 8
17 Sharks 2 5 0 15297 15958 95.86 8
18 The Willies 1 6 0 15426 15816 97.53 4

It’s starting to look like the most even Premier League in history as no one team has put their hand up as the dominant force so far this season. FISH and Poon look to be the mostly likely candidates for glory at this stage but teams like Billy and DAISY cannot be discounted even though they are currently out of the eight. Captain Who’s winning streak was brought to an abrupt end as Billy was the hero in their clash. A few lower order batsmen made a few runs with Roosters once again hitting top form at the Cats expense (ffs) and the GOAT and HORNEY getting back on the winners list with HORNEY just getting over the line against Pooly. Summer of George suddenly looks vulnerable at the top and Sharks and The Willies are early favourites for the drop with a poor win-loss record and percentage to boost. Hondo is also unaccustomed to such a precarious ladder prediction while Mediocre has been known to win it from down here even if he was thrashed by DAISY who, like the Roosters, returned to top form. It’s almost impossible to predict who might make top four and top eight…so I won’t…simples! On to next week which is shaping up as carnage city, even at this early stage of the week.

Regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 8

Hondo 97-98s 2366
TEAM_FISH 2324

Billy&The Swingmen 2403
Head Butters 2275

Sharks 2174
Pool Swimmers 2171

DAISYSDUDS 2252
Captain Who? 2202

Jobby the GOAT 2304
Wild HORNE Berry 2169

The Willies 2334
Mediocre at Best 2264

Summer of George 2206
REBCats 2084

Poon Army 2298
Ecky's Fevolas 2259

Inner Sanctum 2330
Roosters 2168

Ladder

1 Summer of George 6 2 0 17987 17414 103.29 24
2 Poon Army 6 2 0 18473 18165 101.70 24
3 TEAM_FISH 5 3 0 18435 18131 101.68 20
4 Captain Who? 5 3 0 18115 17941 100.97 20
5 Ecky's Fevolas 5 3 0 18184 18028 100.87 20
6 Inner Sanctum 5 3 0 17916 18043 99.30 20
7 Pool Swimmers 4 4 0 18193 17459 104.20 16
8 DAISYSDUDS 4 4 0 18308 18018 101.61 16

9 REBCats 4 4 0 17963 17842 100.68 16
10 Billy&The Swingmen 4 4 0 18087 18028 100.33 16
11 Jobby the GOAT 4 4 0 17465 17552 99.50 16
12 Head Butters 3 4 1 18180 18144 100.20 14
13 Hondo 97-98s 3 5 0 17979 18066 99.52 12
14 Wild HORNE Berry 3 5 0 17772 18151 97.91 12
15 Roosters 3 5 0 17409 17968 96.89 12
16 Sharks 3 5 0 17471 18129 96.37 12
17 Mediocre at Best 2 5 1 18054 18592 97.11 10
18 The Willies 2 6 0 17760 18080 98.23 8

It’s an absolute logjam in this competition with two matches separating third from 16th. Reigning premier Poon is looking very good for back-to-back with Summer of George hanging on to lead the league after the wheels fell off in spectacular fashion for the REBCats who have hit the wall in the past two weeks after a bright start. A couple of battlers in Sharks and The Willies got vital wins this week while DAISYSDUDS’ comeback is complete with the duds back into the top eight after a stumble earlier in the season. Pool Swimmers and Captain Who are other top teams with a bit of a speed wobble and Ecky suffered a reverse at the hands of Poon while Sanctum quietly snuck up the table. Billy is swinging nicely about now and his scoring was up as the rest of the league’s was down. A solid win over Head Butters sees Billy being a hero and knocking on the door of the eight along with JOBBY who also appears to have his mojo back. It’s the most open Premier League ever folks so who knows what this ladder will look like after the bloody byes finally end.

Regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 9

Billy&The Swingmen 1838
Hondo 97-98s 1770

TEAM_FISH 1735
Pool Swimmers 1701

DAISYSDUDS 1899
Head Butters 1450

Jobby the GOAT 1864
Sharks 1561

Captain Who? 1698
The Willies 1395

Ecky's Fevolas 1911
Mediocre at Best 1763

Inner Sanctum 1883
Summer of George 1622

Poon Army 1822
Roosters 1511

REBCats 1941
Wild HORNE Berry 1625

Ladder

1 Poon Army 7 2 0 20295 19679 103.13 28
2 Captain Who? 6 3 0 19813 19336 102.47 24
3 TEAM_FISH 6 3 0 20170 19832 101.70 24
4 Summer of George 6 3 0 19609 19297 101.62 24
5 Ecky's Fevolas 6 3 0 20095 19791 101.54 24
6 Inner Sanctum 6 3 0 19799 19665 100.68 24
7 DAISYSDUDS 5 4 0 20207 19468 103.80 20
8 REBCats 5 4 0 19904 19467 102.24 20

9 Jobby the GOAT 5 4 0 19329 19113 101.13 20
10 Billy&The Swingmen 5 4 0 19925 19798 100.64 20
11 Pool Swimmers 4 5 0 19894 19894 100.00 16
12 Head Butters 3 5 1 19630 20043 97.94 14
13 Hondo 97-98s 3 6 0 19749 19904 99.22 12
14 Wild HORNE Berry 3 6 0 19397 20092 96.54 12
15 Roosters 3 6 0 18920 19790 95.60 12
16 Sharks 3 6 0 19032 19993 95.19 12
17 Mediocre at Best 2 6 1 19817 20503 96.65 10
18 The Willies 2 7 0 19155 19778 96.85 8


Poon Army's premiership defence is improving by the week after Summer of George finally coughed up the lead on the premiership as they copped a heavy defeat to inform Inner Sanctum. Poon had his way with the decidedly out of form Roosters as he attempts to become the first ever Hogg coach to win the Premier League three times. FFS lads do something he is unbearable enough already as it is. While we all can't be as decorated as Poon, it was a good week for a few other coaches. JOBBY and Billy continued on their recent run and DAISY has proven he is far too good to be outside the top eight as he scored well again last week. REBCats went from the worst score last week to the best this week and hullo is that ASADA knocking on my door...quick...hide the Farmers Union Iced Coffee! In other news the bottom teams this year look pretty wonky. We know Mediocre is a snake who somehow comes good but others like Sharks and Willies are decidedly on the nose. I won't rip into the Sharks though because I'm playing him this week and the bastard always beats me. Long term Premier League legends Hondo are struggling a bit this season and for some reason the Roosters are plucked (except when he plays me) and his scoring has been way down. No one is cooked yet though but during the bye period the bye king Poon is very much the team to beat.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 10

Hondo 97-98s 2057
Pool Swimmers 1950

Billy&The Swingmen 2074
DAISYSDUDS 1919

TEAM_FISH 2121
Jobby the GOAT 1959

The Willies 2126
Head Butters 1837

Sharks 2044
REBCats 2010

Ecky's Fevolas 1970
Captain Who? 1823

Inner Sanctum 2056
Wild HORNE Berry 2037

Roosters 2127
Mediocre at Best 1898

Poon Army 1979
Summer of George 1926

Ladder

1 Poon Army 8 2 0 22274 21602 103.11 32
2 TEAM_FISH 7 3 0 2291 21791 10.51 28
3 Ecky's Fevolas 7 3 0 22065 21614 102.09 28
4 Inner Sanctum 7 3 0 21855 21702 100.71 28
5 Captain Who? 6 4 0 21636 21306 101.55 24
6 Billy&The Swingmen 6 4 0 21999 21717 101.30 24
7 Summer of George 6 4 0 21535 21276 101.22 24
8 DAISYSDUDS 5 5 0 22126 21542 102.71 20

9 REBCats 5 5 0 21914 21511 101.87 20
10 Jobby the GOAT 5 5 0 21288 21234 100.25 20
11 Pool Swimmers 4 6 0 21844 21251 102.79 16
12 Hondo 97-98s 4 6 0 21806 21854 99.78 16
13 Roosters 4 6 0 21047 21688 97.04 16
14 Sharks 4 6 0 21076 22003 95.79 16
15 Head Butters 3 6 1 21467 22169 96.83 14
16 The Willies 3 7 0 21281 21615 98.45 12
17 Wild HORNE Berry 3 7 0 21434 22148 96.78 12
18 Mediocre at Best 2 7 1 21715 22630 95.96 10

A couple of Premier League sides went above and beyond with 2100 scores in a round where 2000 was a decent knock. No surprise league heavyweight FISH was one of those. FISH has quite the side this year (I know this as I’m playing him this week EEEK) and they made light work of GOAT whose bubble was burst with a heavy defeat. Two other teams who have not been faring as well also racked up the big numbers last week. Roosters turned back the clock to Christmases past to thump Mediocre who are at present propping up the ladder. The Willies moved out of the relegation zone with their 2126 to pump Butters whose scoring has tanked during the bye period. Billy Swinger has been going great guns in recent weeks and they jumped into the top eight at the expense of the inconsistent REBCats who had their annual loss to the Sharks. Hondo was another side to get a much-needed victory while Poon, Sanctum and Ecky are on the ball while George, Mediocre, HORNEY, and the Captain are not.

Regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 11

DAISYSDUDS 2161
Hondo 97-98s 2141

Jobby the GOAT 2011
Pool Swimmers 1856

The Willies 2047
Billy&The Swingmen 1995

REBCats 2075
TEAM_FISH 2041

Ecky's Fevolas 2106
Head Butters 2004

Sharks 2037
Inner Sanctum 1992

Captain Who? 2063
Roosters 2031

Poon Army 2086
Wild HORNE Berry 1995

Mediocre at Best 2145
Summer of George 1974

Ladder

1 Poon Army 9 2 0 24360 23597 103.23 36
2 Ecky's Fevolas 8 3 0 24171 23618 102.34 32
3 TEAM_FISH 7 4 0 24332 23866 101.95 28
4 Captain Who? 7 4 0 23699 23337 101.55 28
5 Inner Sanctum 7 4 0 23847 23739 100.45 28
6 DAISYSDUDS 6 5 0 24287 23683 102.55 24
7 REBCats 6 5 0 23989 23552 101.86 24
8 Billy&The Swingmen 6 5 0 23994 23764 100.97 24

9 Jobby the GOAT 6 5 0 23299 23090 100.91 24
10 Summer of George 6 5 0 23509 23421 100.38 24
11 Sharks 5 6 0 23113 23995 96.32 20
12 Pool Swimmers 4 7 0 23700 23262 101.88 16
13 Hondo 97-98s 4 7 0 23947 24015 99.72 16
14 The Willies 4 7 0 23328 23610 98.81 16
15 Roosters 4 7 0 23078 23751 97.17 16
16 Mediocre at Best 3 7 1 23860 24604 96.98 14
17 Head Butters 3 7 1 23471 24275 96.69 14
18 Wild HORNE Berry 3 8 0 23429 24234 96.68 12

It was happy days for Poon, Ecky and the Captain who managed to grab a win during a bye round where there were upsets aplenty in the Premier League. The big upset was The Willies bursting the previously inform Swingmen’s bubble while Sharks did likewise to the previously inform Inner Sanctum. Then, in another unlikely result, the best eighteen scenario helped the REBCats topple @FISH, a team who cleaned up the Cats in about eight leagues last season. Some wins are sweeter than others my FISHy friend! Mediocre smashed out a decent score on the weekend to climb off the bottom of the ladder and DAISY continued on with his good form after they saluted in a high-quality clash against Hondo who is specialising in high scoring losses over the past few seasons. With six to play you could not write off any team from making the finals but HORNEY would need to get cracking if they are to make an impact, ditto Butters and Mediocre. A couple of teams are on the slide at the moment in Pool Swimmers and Summer of George but I’m tipping a Pool Swimmers win this week seeing as I can’t win two matches in a row FFS. At the top of the ladder, Poon is sailing along majestically….history shows that @hambone can’t be stopped!

Regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 12

Hondo 97-98s 2097
Jobby the GOAT 1799

DAISYSDUDS 2004
The Willies 1659

Pool Swimmers 2100
REBCats 2078

Ecky's Fevolas 2129
Billy&The Swingmen 2064

Inner Sanctum 2108
TEAM_FISH 2083

Head Butters 2057
Roosters 1878

Poon Army 2019
Sharks 1852

Mediocre at Best 2120
Wild HORNE Berry 2079

Captain Who? 2199
Summer of George 2190

Ladder

1 Poon Army 10 2 0 26379 25449 103.65 40
2 Ecky's Fevolas 9 3 0 26300 25682 102.41 36
3 Captain Who? 8 4 0 25898 25527 101.45 32
4 Inner Sanctum 8 4 0 25955 25822 100.52 32
5 DAISYSDUDS 7 5 0 26291 25342 103.74 28
6 TEAM_FISH 7 5 0 26415 25974 101.70 28
7 REBCats 6 6 0 26067 25652 101.62 24
8 Billy&The Swingmen 6 6 0 26058 25893 100.64 24

9 Summer of George 6 6 0 25699 25620 100.31 24
10 Jobby the GOAT 6 6 0 25098 25187 99.65 24
11 Pool Swimmers 5 7 0 25800 25340 101.82 20
12 Hondo 97-98s 5 7 0 26044 25814 100.89 20
13 Sharks 5 7 0 24955 26014 95.93 20
14 Head Butters 4 7 1 25528 26153 97.61 18
15 Mediocre at Best 4 7 1 25980 26683 97.37 18
16 The Willies 4 8 0 24987 25614 97.55 16
17 Roosters 4 8 0 24956 25808 96.70 16
18 Wild HORNE Berry 3 9 0 25508 26354 96.79 12

Ho hum another win for Poon who is looking unstoppable during this bye period. The gap at the top appears to be bigger than the gap at the rear of the field with Poony looking more comfortable than any Premier League team that I can remember. The only real challenger after twelve rounds is Ecky who Poon have already defeated this season. Ecky had a comfortable win over the Swingmen this week to keep in touch with the Poonster but don’t look know Captain Who has gone back up the rankings to third. Inner Sanctum got back onto the winners list and these blokes need to keep winning to stay ahead of DAISY who is having his best Premier League season to date and has a beady eye trained onto a top four spot.

FISH have had a couple of wobbly weeks in a row now while REBCats copped another good score from a team who shouldn’t be scoring that well as Pooly’s Bulldogs sunk the Catters in the last game of the round last week. Ouch. Can’t complain too much as poor old George got rolled by nine points and Georgie has been racking up the losses of late so he’d be spewing about a nine point loss to the Captain that keeps him out of the eight. It is so even down the bottom that there isn’t really any clear candidates for relegation even though HORNEY is a game behind the rest. Roosters, Willies and Sharks would be worried about their scoring and percentage and that draw might just save one of Mediocre, Butters or even both. Not sure how Hondo is sitting in 12th, scores like a machine but doesn’t get the wins. This annoying habit has followed the 97-98s in recent seasons but he’s scoring too well to face the drop.

Regards,

REB