General Warriors fun draft - Semi Final playoff vote

[ryno]

Sorry for creating new threads but I could't figure out how to set up a new poll in the same thread.

The Semi Finals are here!
Please choose the team you think would win the match up, remember to only vote for 1 team per match up.

Rynonz vs Tajhay

	Ryno	Tajhay
1​	Wade McKinnon	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
2​	Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	Sean Hoppe
3​	Ngani Laumape	Dean Bell (c)
4​	Kevin Iro	Joel Moon
5​	David Fusitua	Shontayne Hape
6​	Frano Botica (gk)	Lance Hohaia
7​	Stacey Jones	Shaun Johnson (gk)
8​	Russel Packer	Joe Vagana
9​	Isaac Luke	Thomas Leuluai
10​	Steve Price (c)	Hitri Okesene
11​	Jacob Lillyman	Dennis Betts
12​	Tohu Harris Harris	Ryan Hoffman
13​	Leeson Ah Mau	Jazz Tevaga
Coach	Mark Graham	Mathew Elliot

BoatsnHoes vs Wizards Rage

	BoatsnHoes	Wizards Rage
1​	Brent Webb (gk)	Matthew Ridge
2​	Francis Meli	Kevin Maumalo
3​	Clinton Toopi	Nigel Vagana
4​	Lewis Brown	Tea Ropati
5​	Manu Vatuvei	Glen Fishiashi
6​	Sam Tomkins	Michael Witt (gk)
7​	Nathan Fien	Gene Ngamu
8​	Jerry Seuseu (c)	Quintin Pongia
9​	Motu Tony	Monty Betham
10​	Mark Tookey	Adam Blair
11​	Ali Lauiti'iti	Michael Luck
12​	Ben Matulino	Stephen Kearney
13​	Logan Swan	Kevin Campion (c)
Coach	Ivan Cleary	Daniel Anderson

Results from the Quarter finals:

 

[ryno]

Courtesy of wizards rage

Wizards Warriors:

We have all got good squads but what separates the good teams from the best is the strategy that underpins and defines the teams culture. Us selectors set the tone. I prefer competitive, take no prisoners players. The type that don’t hold back. Intensity. Effort on effort.... Winners

It’s Pongia as a pack leader during a period where coaches put a premium on physicality;
Its Campion’s passion, as he smashed a microphone during a half time speech;
It’s Ridge’s intensity manhandling a ref;
It’s Betham voted the most feared NRL player;
It’s Luck losing a few more pints of blood for the cause...

Of all the razzle dazzle superstars I could have chosen at the club, my first strategic choice was Campion. Mental toughness. The missing ingredient in our current line up. Campion set the tone for my selections. This is a grinding team. Strong in the forwards with possibly the best second row. Pongia and Blair as starting props are the most capped kiwi forwards of their respective generations.
The halves are solid. Ngamu started in 25 tests for NZ and Witt scored THAT try that got the Warriors through to the 2011 GF. Witt is a world class kicker, kicking at 87.82% for the Warriors and relegates Ridge at 80.22% back to a mere backup kicker. How many teams can do that!

The backs with Vagana and Ropati are silky smooth centre’s, solid on attack and elite defensive players. Vagana is up with the best centres we have ever produced and between him, the creative Kearney inside and Maumalo outside, this edge will be deadly. Dally M winger and centre combination. The left edge is all about the soft hands of Ropati unleashing the speed of Fisiiahi. My back 3 of Maumalo, Ridge and the Fish are up there with the best.

But what truely defines my team is defence. My back row and centres are defensive superstars. No glitz and glamour here. My hooker was chosen purely for his defensive abilities. Get through that lot and Ridge puts his body on the line every time as possibly our best ever defensive fullback.

Think you can screw the game in your favour by rolling out a fancy game plan? This team has 4 Kiwi captains; 6 players with 25+ Kiwi tests and that doesn’t even include Campion who leads them. You will get dragged down into a grudge match, play how I want it played and play on my terms!

So my challenge to other teams... where do you score against this team? I cannot see more than 10 points being put on against this line up. Then I moneyballing the offence, my team statistically scored 19 points per game. And that is our tournament right there, the sum of the all the parts. A ruthless, impenetrable defensive wall which will score more points than it concedes. Game. Set. Match. Wizards warriors.

Ridge
Maumalo
Vagana
T. Ropati
Fisiiahi
Ngamu
Witt
Pongia
Betham
Blair
Kearney
Luck
Campion (c)

 

[Defence]

Both hard to judge
I’ll go ryno- really liked tajhays team but a lot of them played their best footy elsewhere.
And I’ll take Wizards over boats in another close one.
I think both these teams would’ve benefited from having a specialist dummy half like Mann or eru especially since neither side really has a dominant half.
Stacked in the forwards and outside backs tho.

 

[tajhay]

go ryno- really liked tajhays team but a lot of them played their best footy elsewhere.

Just to clarify, our objective was to pick the best players(to have played at the Warriors) over the span of their careers, rather than just their time at the Warriors.

So as an example you have to consider Stacey Jones time at the Warriors when he was at his peak, as well as before he left, whilst he was at Catalans and his return as a whole. Just like someone like Ridge who had a pretty dismal Warriors career but was awesome at Manly. Probably easier to judge players as if they were at their peak career form.

 

[ryno]

Just to clarify, our objective was to pick the best players(to have played at the Warriors) over the span of their careers, rather than just their time at the Warriors.

So as an example you have to consider Stacey Jones time at the Warriors when he was at his peak, as well as before he left, whilst he was at Catalans and his return as a whole. Just like someone like Ridge who had a pretty dismal Warriors career but was awesome at Manly. Probably easier to judge players as if they were at their peak career form.

So this is the official statement from our moderator wrighty

Question from Warriors55:

Will our teams be judged on what our players did while playing for the Warriors or over their whole career?

Some players have played pretty average for us but the rest of their career was a heck of a lot better. For example Matthew Ridge, Brent Tate etc.

Answer from Wrighty:

Over their whole career
With emphasis of WHOLE career which includes their time at the warriors as opposes to excluding their time at the warriors.

 

[Defence]

Just to clarify, our objective was to pick the best players(to have played at the Warriors) over the span of their careers, rather than just their time at the Warriors.

So as an example you have to consider Stacey Jones time at the Warriors when he was at his peak, as well as before he left, whilst he was at Catalans and his return as a whole. Just like someone like Ridge who had a pretty dismal Warriors career but was awesome at Manly. Probably easier to judge players as if they were at their peak career form.

Ok missed that- I thought it was open to interpretation.
Does change things.

 

[Tragic]

its too hard to choose, keep changing my mind.