Once the two teams have been named (I presume there's teams in the subforums, but allowing for changes to be made), I'll do a preview.
This will be simmed this week. With the failure of the Vikings to sign up key players, they've drifted out to $5 with the TAB. Could be some good value there, if the Vikings are able to make those signings. Sightings of contract rebels, Daniel Speirs, Duckworth Lewis, Dave Armstrong and Mate Perry have been few and far between.
Likely to be simmed Thursday night NZT (if the Vikings can get a team sheet in). If they can't, I'll sim the Escath/Thunder match instead.
Vikings have their team sheet in. Match from 9pm NZT/10am BST/7pm I think in NSW/VIC. Build up from 8pm. There will be a first try scorer betting option at some stage before then.
Team Sheets Vikings RFC 1. WC Welker 2. T DeLonge 3. DW Lewis 4. J Torres 5. JB Dempsey 6. BJT Manera 7. D Armstrong 8. SA Humble 9. M Perry (c) 10. AD Hunt (K) 11. DRP Taylor 12. AJ James 13. SJ Cambridge 14. BG Herd 15. BC Jacobs 16. WD Robinson 17. CW Jennings 18. P Sparkle 19. A Vago 20. C Man 21. J Rocker 22. B Read Spartans RFC 1. Joshua Ritchie 2. Alan Izett 3. Lewie Carson 4. Heath Davis 5. Jason Denton 6. Michael Chung 7. Callum Laing 8. Marcuss Deane 9. Jack Loughman 10. Ed Ames 12. Kyle Tait 11. Regan Hutchinson 13. Paddy Orr 14. Lucas Schaw 15. Bobby Blunder 16. Jake Wilkinson 17. Nick Scott 18. Jesper Blomqvist 19. Charlie Downes 20. Rob Cribb 21. Ali Farhat 22. JA Robertson
Pitch Report: Well, with only 2 and half hours to kick off, our weather team are indicating that it's going to be a heavy dew tonight. The conditions are likely to be damp making handling more difficult tonight. It's a fairly still night, so it should be a good night for clean kicking.
Hmmm, place kicking not our strong suit... I think we possibly have a more defensive team though, which may play to our advantage. Forwards game though pretty much denies this advantage.