Hogg Division IV 2017

[Rik E Boy]

Round 4

Frostilicous 1936
OneWinWonders 1810

FNQ Trotters 2054
Power Rules 1841

DA HEAT 2029
Shanes Superboots 1892

Northern Cats 2012
Chokin Tuna 1895

Porter Guns 2079
Herbs'N'Spices 1878

RustyCage 2046
Go Tiges 1781

King Cobwebs 1974
PowerFailure 1930

White Line Fever 2048
Cobras 1974

Robsquad 1953
St Brays Saints 1902

Ladder

1 FNQ Trotters 4 0 8318 7747 107.37 16
2 OneWinWonders 3 1 8360 7826 106.82 12
3 Shanes Superboots 3 1 8406 8157 103.05 12
4 Robsquad 3 1 8308 8075 102.89 12
5 DA HEAT 3 1 8232 8056 102.18 12
6 Northern Cats 3 1 7977 7942 100.44 12
7 RustyCage 2 2 8022 7727 103.82 8
8 Cobras 2 2 8057 7988 100.86 8

9 King Cobwebs 2 2 8026 8048 99.73 8
10 Frostilicous 2 2 7989 8016 99.66 8
11 White Line Fever 2 2 7905 8088 97.74 8
12 St Brays Saints 1 3 7909 8003 98.83 4
13 Porter Guns 1 3 8342 8478 98.40 4
14 Herbs'N'Spices 1 3 8014 8197 97.77 4
15 Power Rules 1 3 7949 8223 96.67 4
16 Chokin Tuna 1 3 7954 8235 96.59 4
17 Go Tiges 1 3 7819 8164 95.77 4
18 PowerFailure 1 3 7728 8345 92.61 4

Who's winning in Division IV? Me Mum! Yep, the old dear (FNQ Trotters) is having a cracking SuperCoach season and is the only team left standing after the top two teams fell into the giant crater that was round 4 in SuperCoach. OneWins and the Superboots were upstaged by Frostilicous and my lad DA HEAT to lose their tight grip on this division. DA HEAT's win was quite impressive and they look to be a good thing for the finals based on their form so far this year. Just like Brodlach, I am getting outscored by my 14 year old son who made ZERO moves this week and cashed in on Pendles' giant captaincy score.

One of the few coaches I'm not related to in this league (Got an Uncle and two brothers in law in this one as well), Robsquad, are also in top four and they put the pressure on OneWins and Superboots with their third win in four weeks with a tight win over the battling St Brays Saints. Porter Guns finally had the breakthrough win as they hammered Herb while White Line Fever, RustyCage and Northern Cats also got the score ticking over in a week when many teams failed to do exactly that.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 5

Power Rules 2088
Frostilicous 2010

Shanes Superboots 2032
OneWinWonders 1977

FNQ Trotters 2067
Northern Cats 2031

Herbs'N'Spices 1930
DA HEAT 1862

RustyCage 1861
Chokin Tuna 1812

King Cobwebs 2113
Porter Guns 1861

White Line Fever 1949
Go Tiges 1801

PowerFailure 2040
St Brays Saints 1926

Robsquad 1972
Cobras 1939

Ladder

1 FNQ Trotters 5 0 10385 9778 106.21 20
2 Shanes Superboots 4 1 10438 10134 103.00 16
3 Robsquad 4 1 10280 10014 102.66 16
4 OneWinWonders 3 2 10337 9858 104.86 12
5 RustyCage 3 2 9883 9539 103.61 12
6 King Cobwebs 3 2 10139 9909 102.32 12
7 DA HEAT 3 2 10094 9986 101.08 12
8 Northern Cats 3 2 10008 10009 99.99 12

9 White Line Fever 3 2 9854 9889 99.65 12
10 Cobras 2 3 9996 9960 100.36 8
11 Frostilicous 2 3 9999 10104 98.96 8
12 Herbs'N'Spices 2 3 9944 10059 98.86 8
13 Power Rules 2 3 10037 10233 98.08 8
14 PowerFailure 2 3 9768 10271 95.10 8
15 St Brays Saints 1 4 9835 10043 97.93 4
16 Chokin Tuna 1 4 9766 10096 96.73 4
17 Porter Guns 1 4 10203 10591 96.34 4
18 Go Tiges 1 4 9620 10113 95.13 4

The big match this week was between the Superboots and OneWinWonders and Shane romped home to consign OneWin to their second straight loss. FNQ Trotters remain unbeaten after winning a high quality match against an unlucky Northern Cats. The King of the league this week was the King Cobwebs who racked up 2113 to smash Porter Guns. The guns have been high scoring losers but this week they played like the 17th ranked team the ladder says they are.

Another team to impress this week was Gilligan's Power Rules who have had a scratchy start to their Hogg career. Last week though they got the job done nicely with a respectable 2088 which was too hot to handle for Frostilicous. Herby finally pulled his finger out with a big win over top eight DA HEAT but it's bad news for the Sainters as St Brays Saints are struggling for wins as are Chokin Tuna and bottom of the pile Go Tiges.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 6

Shanes Superboots 2326
Frostilicous 2106

Northern Cats 2188
Power Rules 2146

OneWinWonders 2320
Herbs'N'Spices 1992

FNQ Trotters 2188
RustyCage 1615

King Cobwebs 2022
DA HEAT 2001

White Line Fever 2051
Chokin Tuna 1942

Porter Guns 1963
St Brays Saints 1798

Robsquad 2142
Go Tiges 1942

Cobras 2201
PowerFailure 2166

Ladder

1 FNQ Trotters 6 0 12573 11393 110.36 24
2 Shanes Superboots 5 1 12764 12240 104.28 20
3 Robsquad 5 1 12422 11956 103.90 20
4 OneWinWonders 4 2 12657 11850 106.81 16
5 King Cobwebs 4 2 12161 11910 102.11 16
6 White Line Fever 4 2 11905 11831 100.63 16
7 Northern Cats 4 2 12196 12155 100.34 16
8 DA HEAT 3 3 12095 12008 100.72 12

9 Cobras 3 3 12197 12126 100.59 12
10 RustyCage 3 3 11498 11727 98.05 12
11 Porter Guns 2 4 12166 12389 98.20 8
12 Power Rules 2 4 12183 12421 98.08 8
13 Frostilicous 2 4 12105 12430 97.39 8
14 Herbs'N'Spices 2 4 11936 12379 96.42 8
15 PowerFailure 2 4 11934 12472 95.69 8
16 St Brays Saints 1 5 11633 12006 96.89 4
17 Chokin Tuna 1 5 11708 12147 96.39 4
18 Go Tiges 1 5 11562 12255 94.35 4

OneWinWonders and the Superboots underlined their premiership credentials with a some heavy scoring in the 6th round of Divvy IV action. Onewins smashed the struggling Herbs'n'spices while the Superboots had a comfortable win against an outgunned Frostilicous. Unbeaten FNQ Trotters and top eight Northern Cats both consolidated their position on the ladder with an identical score. Robsquad's brilliant season keeps on keeping on as the squad racked up their fifth win in six matches.

Porter Guns have been doing it tough this season losing matches despite scoring well. This week was a different story as the Porters got the win despite not cracking 2000. King Cobwebs won a crucial match against DA HEAT who are looking vulnerable in the top eight now. The biggest flop of the week though was RustyCage who could only post 1615 against the league leaders. The heavy defeat saw the Cage get slammed...down to 10th from 5th on ladder last week. OUCH.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 7

Northern Cats 2166
Frostilicous 2154

Shanes Superboots 2283
Herbs'N'Spices 2249

Power Rules 2054
RustyCage 1782

OneWinWonders 2216
King Cobwebs 2147

FNQ Trotters 2175
White Line Fever 2164

DA HEAT 2143
St Brays Saints 1834

Robsquad 1957
Chokin Tuna 1944

Cobras 2178
Porter Guns 2168

Go Tiges 1935
PowerFailure 1869

Ladder

1 FNQ Trotters 7 0 14748 13557 108.79 28
2 Shanes Superboots 6 1 15047 14489 103.85 24
3 Robsquad 6 1 14379 13900 103.45 24
4 OneWinWonders 5 2 14873 13997 106.26 20
5 Northern Cats 5 2 14362 14309 100.37 20
6 DA HEAT 4 3 14238 13842 102.86 16
7 King Cobwebs 4 3 14308 14126 101.29 16
8 Cobras 4 3 14375 14294 100.57 16

9 White Line Fever 4 3 14069 14006 100.45 16
10 Power Rules 3 4 14237 14203 100.24 12
11 RustyCage 3 4 13280 13781 96.36 12
12 Porter Guns 2 5 14334 14567 98.40 8
13 Frostilicous 2 5 14259 14596 97.69 8
14 Herbs'N'Spices 2 5 14185 14662 96.75 8
15 PowerFailure 2 5 13803 14407 95.81 8
16 Go Tiges 2 5 13497 14169 95.26 8
17 Chokin Tuna 1 6 13652 14104 96.80 4
18 St Brays Saints 1 6 13467 14149 95.18 4

This year's Divvy IV is not as hard as the past few seasons. Your team has just scored their best score for many weeks...you've won the game right? Babow. Spare a thought for White Line Fever who upped the ante against the league leaders and lost by ten points. Their reward for such a competitive effort? Out the eight for you go, no soup for you. Then there is Herbs'N'Spices. A score of over 2200 would be good enough to win plenty of matches in leagues better than this one but unfortunately for Herb the only score that beat his was his opponent as the mighty Superboots climbed to second on the back of an impressive victory. Other teams that were bitten by the SuperCoach gods were (not for the first time) Porter Guns, King Cobwebs and Frosticious.

Meanwhile Robsquad spudded it up and managed to win his sixth game of the season. Go Tiges displayed their usual form but it was enough to get the points against PowerFailure while DA HEAT cleaned up an ordinary Saints combination that fell to stone motherless on the ladder.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 8

Frostilicous 2231
Herbs'N'Spices 2130

Northern Cats 2168
RustyCage 1816

Shanes Superboots 2311
King Cobwebs 1919

Power Rules 2261
White Line Fever 1988

St Brays Saints 2062
OneWinWonders 2017

FNQ Trotters 2115
Robsquad 1912

Cobras 2063
DA HEAT 1997

Chokin Tuna 2214
PowerFailure 1955

Porter Guns 2221
Go Tiges 1789

Ladder

1 FNQ Trotters 8 0 16863 15469 109.01 32
2 Shanes Superboots 7 1 17359 16408 105.80 28
3 Northern Cats 6 2 16530 16125 102.51 24
4 Robsquad 6 2 16291 16015 101.72 24
5 OneWinWonders 5 3 16890 16059 105.17 20
6 Cobras 5 3 16438 16291 100.90 20
7 DA HEAT 4 4 16235 15905 102.07 16
8 Power Rules 4 4 16498 16191 101.90 16

9 King Cobwebs 4 4 16227 16437 98.72 16
10 White Line Fever 4 4 16057 16267 98.71 16
11 Porter Guns 3 5 16555 16356 101.22 12
12 Frostilicous 3 5 16490 16726 98.59 12
13 RustyCage 3 5 15096 15946 94.67 12
14 Chokin Tuna 2 6 15866 16059 98.80 8
15 Herbs'N'Spices 2 6 16315 16893 96.58 8
16 St Brays Saints 2 6 15529 16166 96.06 8
17 PowerFailure 2 6 15758 16621 94.81 8
18 Go Tiges 2 6 15286 16345 93.52 8

The highlight of the round was the outrageous upset of St Brays Saints tossing the onewinwonders. This match could be the turning point for the Sainters who looked headed for Divvy V until this astonishing result. FNQ Trotters is the only unbeaten team in the Hogg after round eight in what turned out to be a bit of a reality check for Robsquad who were not up to task. Shane's Superboots look the team to beat in this division as once again they scored very well, even Daisy didn't crack 2300 this week so Shane is bowling some wronguns so far this season. The big movers this week were the Northern Cats who took advantage of onewins' and the squad's loss to move into the top four. Hogg rookie Gilligan is marooned no more as his Power Rules scored well yet again to move into the top eight on the eve of the bye rounds.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 9

Frostilicous 1873
RustyCage 1406

Herbs'N'Spices 1843
King Cobwebs 1669

Northern Cats 1875
White Line Fever 1526

Shanes Superboots 1926
St Brays Saints 1697

Robsquad 1697
Power Rules 1637

Cobras 1938
OneWinWonders 1783

FNQ Trotters 1682
PowerFailure 1674

DA HEAT 1541
Go Tiges 1171

Porter Guns 1690
Chokin Tuna 1321

Ladder

1 FNQ Trotters 9 0 18545 17143 108.18 36
2 Shanes Superboots 8 1 19284 18105 106.51 32
3 Northern Cats 7 2 18405 17651 104.27 28
4 Robsquad 7 2 17988 17652 101.90 28
5 Cobras 6 3 18376 18074 101.67 24
6 DA HEAT 5 4 17776 17076 104.10 20
7 OneWinWonders 5 4 18673 17997 103.76 20
8 Porter Guns 4 5 18245 17677 103.21 16

9 Power Rules 4 5 18135 17888 101.38 16
10 Frostilicous 4 5 18363 18132 101.27 16
11 King Cobwebs 4 5 17896 18280 97.90 16
12 White Line Fever 4 5 17583 18142 96.92 16
13 Herbs'N'Spices 3 6 18158 18562 97.82 12
14 RustyCage 3 6 16502 17822 92.59 12
15 Chokin Tuna 2 7 17187 17749 96.83 8
16 PowerFailure 2 7 17432 18303 95.24 8
17 St Brays Saints 2 7 17226 18092 95.21 8
18 Go Tiges 2 7 16457 17886 92.01 8

FNQ Trotters are still unbeaten but not without a scare as 16th ranked PowerFailure came within 8 points of rolling the ladder leaders. The big surprise was the Cobras massive score to roll OneWinWonders who were dead stiff as my bro in law always gets up for when he plays me in the Piglet and he came out trading especially for this match the mongrel. The Cobras have Martin and Kelly so the OneWins copped a bit of a shellacking despite recording a half decent score. Shanes Superboots still look the team to beat and Northern Cats put in another strong performance. Porter Guns have been under-performing for most of the season but they've got their act together lately and are now in the top eight for the first time. Frostilicous has thawed a bit lately as well and they are now challenging for the finals. Herbs'N'Spices also put in a strong effort with perhaps DA HEAT the vulnerable team in the top eight but this finals battle will be tight.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 10

Frostilicous 1812
King Cobwebs 1725

RustyCage 1743
White Line Fever 1707

Herbs'N'Spices 1868
St Brays Saints 1795

Robsquad 1891
Northern Cats 1508

Shanes Superboots 1965
Cobras 1850

PowerFailure 1770
Power Rules 1625

Go Tiges 1826
OneWinWonders 1820

Porter Guns 1768
FNQ Trotters 1552

Chokin Tuna 1759
DA HEAT 1523

Ladder

1 Shanes Superboots 9 1 21249 19955 106.48 36
2 FNQ Trotters 9 1 20097 18911 106.27 36
3 Robsquad 8 2 19879 19160 103.75 32
4 Northern Cats 7 3 19913 19542 101.90 28
5 Cobras 6 4 20226 20039 100.93 24
6 Porter Guns 5 5 20013 19229 104.08 20
7 OneWinWonders 5 5 20493 19823 103.38 20
8 DA HEAT 5 5 19299 18835 102.46 20

9 Frostilicous 5 5 20175 19857 101.60 20
10 Power Rules 4 6 19760 19658 100.52 16
11 Herbs'N'Spices 4 6 20026 20357 98.37 16
12 King Cobwebs 4 6 19621 20092 97.66 16
13 White Line Fever 4 6 19290 19885 97.01 16
14 RustyCage 4 6 18245 19529 93.43 16
15 Chokin Tuna 3 7 18946 19272 98.31 12
16 PowerFailure 3 7 19202 19928 96.36 12
17 Go Tiges 3 7 18283 19706 92.78 12
18 St Brays Saints 2 8 19021 19960 95.30 8

Porter Guns have created a remarkable comeback from 1-4 to be 5-5 with seven rounds to play before finals. The Guns announced themselves as a contender when they ended FNQ Trotters' nine game unbeaten streak in comprehensive fashion. This means that the best team in the league, Shanes Superboots are now top of the division and they look likely to remain there due to their high scoring throughout the season. They shouldn't be this low so they are heading for the 'Summer of George' award for flogging weak opposition in a lower league because they didn't get around to accepting a promotion. On current form the Superboots would hold their own in Premier League so they'll take some beating down here.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 11

Frostilicous 1385
White Line Fever 922

King Cobwebs 1421
St Brays Saints 1348

Robsquad 1751
RustyCage 1096

Herbs'N'Spices 1649
Cobras 1436

Northern Cats 1701
PowerFailure 1403

Shanes Superboots 1842
Go Tiges 1682

Power Rules 1782
Porter Guns 1720

Chokin Tuna 1865
OneWinWonders 984

FNQ Trotters 1664
DA HEAT 1630

Ladder

1 Shanes Superboots 10 1 23091 21637 106.72 40
2 FNQ Trotters 10 1 21761 20541 105.94 40
3 Robsquad 9 2 21630 20256 106.78 36
4 Northern Cats 8 3 19913 19542 101.90 32
5 Frostilicous 6 5 21560 20779 103.76 24
6 Cobras 6 5 21662 21688 99.88 24
7 Porter Guns 5 6 21733 21011 103.44 20
8 DA HEAT 5 6 20929 20499 102.10 20

9 Power Rules 5 6 21542 21378 100.77 20
10 Herbs'N'Spices 5 6 21675 21793 99.46 20
11 OneWinWonders 5 6 21477 21688 99.03 20
12 King Cobwebs 5 6 21042 21440 98.14 20
13 Chokin Tuna 4 7 20811 20256 102.74 16
14 White Line Fever 4 7 20212 21270 95.03 16
15 RustyCage 4 7 19341 21280 90.89 16
16 PowerFailure 3 8 20605 21629 95.27 12
17 Go Tiges 3 8 19965 21548 92.65 12
18 St Brays Saints 2 9 20369 21381 95.27 8

It was just another week in the Shanes Superboots league with the leaders smashing another outgunned opponent. Just as Shane is looking good his mates in the top four are also looking the standout contenders to go up a level as there is now a two game gap between fourth and fifth with six weeks to play in the minor round. The last four go up in this league so if they win one final it's Divvy III for them in 2018.

A couple of decent sides who look to be falling short at this stage are Porter Guns, Herbs'N'Spices and OneWinWonders. These three sides are all scoring well on a regular basis but can't seem to get the wins on the board. Cobras had a bad bye round this week and their run of wins was halted but brother Chokin Tuna is starting to reel them a bit and they are starting to crank it up a little. Power Rules is playing well enough to make the finals while an inconsistent DA HEAT looks on.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 12

Frostilicous 2314
St Brays Saints 2088

Robsquad 2058
White Line Fever 1692

Cobras 2183
King Cobwebs 2012

Herbs'N'Spices 2162
Go Tiges 2017

Porter Guns 2172
Northern Cats 2049

Chokin Tuna 2250
Shanes Superboots 2210

DA HEAT 2226
Power Rules 2206

OneWinWonders 2282
FNQ Trotters 2072

PowerFailure 1845
RustyCage 1583

Ladder

1 Robsquad 10 2 23688 21948 107.93 40
2 Shanes Superboots 10 2 25301 23887 105.92 40
3 FNQ Trotters 10 2 23833 22823 104.43 40
4 Northern Cats 8 4 23663 23117 102.36 32
5 Frostilicous 7 5 23874 22867 104.40 28
6 Cobras 7 5 23845 23700 100.61 28
7 Porter Guns 6 6 23905 23060 103.66 24
8 DA HEAT 6 6 23155 22705 101.98 24

9 Herbs'N'Spices 6 6 23837 23810 100.11 24
10 OneWinWonders 6 6 23759 23760 100.00 24
11 Chokin Tuna 5 7 23061 22466 102.65 20
12 Power Rules 5 7 23748 23604 100.61 20
13 King Cobwebs 5 7 23054 23623 97.59 20
14 PowerFailure 4 8 22450 23212 96.72 16
15 White Line Fever 4 8 21904 23328 93.90 16
16 RustyCage 4 8 20924 23125 90.48 16
17 Go Tiges 3 9 21982 23710 92.71 12
18 St Brays Saints 2 10 22457 23695 94.78 8

Robsquad are the new Division IV league leaders after a heap of upsets took out three of the top four teams this weekend. Chokin Tuna pulled off the big one by upstaging the seemingly unstoppable Superboots and OneWinWonders got the job done against fellow front runners FNQ Trotters. Porter Guns won a vital match against Northern Cats while DA HEAT defended their top eight place at the expense of Power Rules.

There are quite a few good sides currently outside the eight with OneWins, Herbie and Chokin Tuna all strongly challenging the top eight sides. This league has gotten a lot more competitive all of a sudden even if the Superboots still look the side to beat. At the other end of the spectrum their are five sides who look worthy of Division V participation and this week it was PowerFailure who got out of the relegation zone after they won a cripple fight against RustyCage.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 13

Robsquad 2204
Frostilicous 2130

Cobras 2214
St Brays Saints 2093

White Line Fever 2238
PowerFailure 2094

King Cobwebs 2276
Go Tiges 2147

Porter Guns 2297
RustyCage 1878

Chokin Tuna 2361
Herbs'N'Spices 2194

Northern Cats 2176
DA HEAT 2130

Shanes Superboots 2451
FNQ Trotters 2320

Power Rules 2345
OneWinWonders 2044

Ladder

1 Robsquad 11 2 25892 24078 107.53 44
2 Shanes Superboots 11 2 27752 26207 105.90 44
3 FNQ Trotters 10 3 26153 25274 103.48 40
4 Northern Cats 9 4 25839 25247 102.34 36
5 Cobras 8 5 26059 25793 101.03 32
6 Porter Guns 7 6 26202 24938 105.07 28
7 Frostilicous 7 6 26004 25071 103.72 28
8 Chokin Tuna 6 7 25422 24660 103.09 24

9 Power Rules 6 7 26093 25648 101.74 24
10 DA HEAT 6 7 25285 24881 101.62 24
11 Herbs'N'Spices 6 7 26031 26171 99.47 24
12 OneWinWonders 6 7 25803 26105 98.84 24
13 King Cobwebs 6 7 25330 25770 98.29 24
14 White Line Fever 5 8 24142 25422 94.96 20
15 PowerFailure 4 9 24544 25450 96.44 16
16 RustyCage 4 9 22802 25422 89.69 16
17 Go Tiges 3 10 24129 25986 92.85 12
18 St Brays Saints 2 11 24550 25909 94.75 8

Shanes Superboots have fired a warning shot across the bow of their rivals with a high quality win over challenger FNQ Trotters this week. Both teams scored very well but the Superboots 2451 was a commanding score which put the Trotters on the back Trotter and relegated them to second billing. Robsquad still lead the league but they would appear to be vulnerable from the Superboots and the Trotters. Another side to have come from seemingly nowhere is Chokin Tuna who have also been scoring very well in recent weeks. The Fish have entered the top eight for the first time after smashing Herbie. The inconsistent DA HEAT was displaced after they lost a close one to Northern Cats and I doubt whether DA HEAT is hot enough to get back into the finals race.

White Line Fever had a very important win as they put PowerFailure back into the relegation zone. WLF looked cooked last week with several poor weeks but turned it around at the exact right time against a side that is also battling to avoid the drop. With four games to go it looks like Go Tiges and St Brays Saints will go down so there are three sides trying to avoid two spots so a massive win for the Fever.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 14

Frostilicous 2226
Cobras 2213

Robsquad 2362
PowerFailure 2115

Go Tiges 2071
St Brays Saints 1670

White Line Fever 2127
Porter Guns 2073

King Cobwebs 2464
Chokin Tuna 2045

DA HEAT 2178
RustyCage 1824

FNQ Trotters 2286
Herbs'N'Spices 2077

OneWinWonders 2250
Northern Cats 2234

Power Rules 2301
Shanes Superboots 2262

Ladder

1 Robsquad 12 2 28254 16193 174.48 48
2 Shanes Superboots 11 3 30014 28508 105.28 44
3 FNQ Trotters 11 3 28439 27351 103.98 44
4 Northern Cats 9 5 28073 27351 102.64 36
5 Frostilicous 8 6 28230 27284 103.47 32
6 Cobras 8 6 28272 28019 100.90 32
7 Porter Guns 7 7 28275 27065 104.47 28
8 DA HEAT 7 7 27463 26705 102.84 28

9 Power Rules 7 7 28394 27910 101.73 28
10 King Cobwebs 7 7 27794 27815 99.92 28
11 OneWinWonders 7 7 28053 28339 98.99 28
12 Chokin Tuna 6 8 27467 27124 101.26 24
13 Herbs'N'Spices 6 8 28108 28457 98.77 24
14 White Line Fever 6 8 26269 27495 95.54 24
15 PowerFailure 4 10 26659 27812 95.85 16
16 Go Tiges 4 10 26200 27656 94.74 16
17 RustyCage 4 10 24626 27600 89.22 16
18 St Brays Saints 2 12 26220 27980 93.71 8

Chokin Tuna's recent blistering unbeaten run has come to calamitous close after they were belted by a rampant King Cobwebs who hauled out a Hogg High 2464 to remain in the finals hunt. Robsquad have been on top a few weeks but have somehow been playing second fiddle but this week it was all about rd as his squad smashed PowerFailure in a week where the Superboots suffered their second loss of the season to Power Rules as Gilligan scored the best victory yet in his Hogg career.

OneWinWonders showed they aren't done with quite yet with a meritorious win over top four rated Northern Cats. Frostilicous came out of the cold with a narrow win over the Cobras while Porter Guns and Herbs'N'Spices were two in form sides that copped a loss. It's not looking good for the bottom four here as White Line Fever has won their past two matches and they've now got a two game buffer on the relegation zone. Go Tiges rolled St Brays Saints but his win might not be enough for the Tiges to avoid the drop. St Brays ae already down with three to play.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 15

Frostilicous 2135
PowerFailure 2011

Cobras 2238
Go Tiges 2028

Porter Guns 2113
Robsquad 2034

Chokin Tuna 2101
St Brays Saints 1958

DA HEAT 2299
White Line Fever 2176

FNQ Trotters 2336
King Cobwebs 2213

OneWinWonders 2244
RustyCage 2169

Power Rules 2392
Herbs'N'Spices 2162

Shanes Superboots 2499
Northern Cats 2359

Ladder

1 Robsquad 12 3 30288 28306 107.00 48
2 Shanes Superboots 12 3 32513 30867 105.33 48
3 FNQ Trotters 12 3 30775 29564 104.10 48
4 Frostilicous 9 6 30365 29295 103.65 36
5 Cobras 9 6 30510 30047 101.54 36
6 Northern Cats 9 6 30432 29996 101.45 36
7 Porter Guns 8 7 30388 29099 104.43 32
8 DA HEAT 8 7 29762 28881 103.05 32

9 Power Rules 8 7 30786 30072 102.37 32
10 OneWinWonders 8 7 30297 30508 99.31 32
11 Chokin Tuna 7 8 29568 29082 101.67 28
12 King Cobwebs 7 8 30007 30151 99.52 28
13 Herbs'N'Spices 6 9 30270 30849 98.12 24
14 White Line Fever 6 9 28445 29794 95.47 24
15 PowerFailure 4 11 28670 29947 95.74 16
16 Go Tiges 4 11 28228 29894 94.43 16
17 RustyCage 4 11 26795 29844 89.78 16
18 St Brays Saints 2 13 28178 30081 93.67 8

After Round 15 we aren't much wiser as to who is going to make the top eight as the majority of the top sides won their matches this weekend. Shanes Superboots once again flexed their muscles despite a return to scoring form from Northern Cats. The Cats big score did prevent the Superboots from reclaiming top spot even though the Robsquad put in a bit of a shocker this week to go down to an equally below-par Porter Guns. FNQ Trotters claimed an important win to shore up their rep as a genuine contender as King Cobwebs copped a very costly loss given the other results of the weekend.

Gilligan's Power Rules have certainly been pouring on the power of late but there is no room at the inn for Gilligan who remains marooned in ninth place. DA HEAT found some scoring power on the weekend to roll a resurgent White Line Fever whose finals campaign appears to be over after their ninth loss for the year. The bottom four look pretty good things for relegation at this stage as they aren't scoring well enough to bridge the two game gap to White Line Fever. Thanks for coming folks!

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 16

Frostilicous 2292
Go Tiges 2099

Porter Guns 2324
PowerFailure 2132

DA HEAT 2364
Robsquad 2143

FNQ Trotters 2336
St Brays Saints 2025

White Line Fever 2191
OneWinWonders 2062

Power Rules 2322
King Cobwebs 2248

Cobras 2325
Chokin Tuna 2136

Shanes Superboots 2416
RustyCage 2038

Northern Cats 2265
Herbs'N'Spices 2245

Ladder

1 Shanes Superboots 13 3 34929 32905 106.15 52
2 FNQ Trotters 13 3 33111 31589 104.82 52
3 Robsquad 12 4 32431 30670 105.74 48
4 Frostilicous 10 6 32657 31394 104.02 40
5 Cobras 10 6 32835 32183 102.03 40
6 Northern Cats 10 6 32697 32241 101.41 40
7 Porter Guns 9 7 32712 31231 104.74 36
8 DA HEAT 9 7 32126 31024 103.55 36

9 Power Rules 9 7 33108 32320 102.44 36
10 OneWinWonders 8 8 32359 32699 98.96 32
11 Chokin Tuna 7 9 31704 31407 100.95 28
12 King Cobwebs 7 9 32255 32473 99.33 28
13 White Line Fever 7 9 30636 31856 96.17 28
14 Herbs'N'Spices 6 10 32515 33114 98.19 24
15 PowerFailure 4 12 30802 32271 95.45 16
16 Go Tiges 4 12 30327 32186 94.22 16
17 RustyCage 4 12 28833 32260 89.38 16
18 St Brays Saints 2 14 30203 32417 93.17 8

A couple of upset wins have put the cat amongst the pigeons in the penultimate round of Division IV action. DA HEAT looked ripe for the picking as far as his top eight spot went but they rolled the previous ladder leader Robsquad easily to keep the high scoring Power Rules team out of the top eight for another week. White Line Fever ensured they would not go back down to Division V after they rolled early pacesetter OneWinWonders who will now miss the eight after failing to put away the lower ranked side.

At the top of the ladder it seems inevitable that Shanes Superboots will win the minor premiership seeing as the Superboots are the top scoring side in the Hogg this season. FNQ Trotters will probably finish second and avoid the Superboots in the first round of the finals so it looks like the Trotters might finally be heading up to Divvy III. There is a massive battle on for that last spot in the top four with Frostilicous in form and holding it down at the moment. Northern Cats and Cobras still have ambitions and both are scoring pretty well too. Meanwhile, the relegation battle is over as PowerFailure, Go Tiges, RustyCage and St Brays Saints have all gone down and are playing in their last Divvy IV game this week, at least for a while.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Round 17

Frostilicous 2177
Porter Guns 2055

Go Tiges 2031
Chokin Tuna 1872

PowerFailure 2075
DA HEAT 2045

FNQ Trotters 2229
Cobras 1990

OneWinWonders 2048
Robsquad 2004

Power Rules 2157
St Brays Saints 1791

Shanes Superboots 2154
White Line Fever 2022

Northern Cats 2142
King Cobwebs 2096

RustyCage 2148
Herbs'N'Spices 2000

Ladder

1 Shanes Superboots 14 3 37083 34927 106.17 56
2 FNQ Trotters 14 3 35340 33579 105.24 56
3 Robsquad 12 5 34435 32718 105.25 48
4 Frostilicous 11 6 34834 33449 104.14 44
5 Northern Cats 11 6 34839 34337 101.46 44
6 Power Rules 10 7 35265 34111 103.38 40
7 Cobras 10 7 34825 34412 101.20 40
8 Porter Guns 9 8 34767 33408 104.07 36

9 DA HEAT 9 8 34171 33099 103.24 36
10 OneWinWonders 9 8 34407 34703 99.15 36
11 Chokin Tuna 7 10 33576 33438 100.41 28
12 King Cobwebs 7 10 34351 34615 99.24 28
13 White Line Fever 7 10 32658 34010 96.02 28
14 Herbs'N'Spices 6 11 34515 35262 97.88 24
15 PowerFailure 5 12 32877 34316 95.81 20
16 Go Tiges 5 12 32358 34058 95.01 20
17 RustyCage 5 12 30984 34260 90.44 20
18 St Brays Saints 2 15 31994 34574 92.54 8

Gilligan's Power Rules have been stalking the top eight for several weeks and finally got in there after 15th ranked PowerFailure sensationally upset DA HEAT to punt the Tigers to (heh heh) ninth place. PowerFailure was just one of the relegated sides who managed to farewell Division IV with a win as Go Tiges rolled Chokin Tuna and RustyCage had a day out against Herbs'N'Spices who would have to be a bit disappointed with their 14th placed finish in this league.

A few other coaches would be much happier. Shanes Superboots duly collected the Minor Premiership and FNQ Trotters have done well to secure second spot and avoid the Superboots in the finals until Grand Final day. FNQ Trotters have had their career best season after being a mid table ranked Division IV sides for several years and they look good things to go up to Division III next season. Fourth ranked Frostilicous bring in some great form into the finals but Robsquad not so much as rd's boys have gone off the boil.

In the bottom half of the eight, Northern Cats and Power Rules look well placed to advance past the first week of the finals at the expense of the less consistent Cobras and Porter Guns although on paper both sides look capable. It looks like the Superboots flag to lose from here.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Finals Week 1

Qualifying Finals
Shanes Superboots 2447
Frostilicous 2219

FNQ Trotters 2449
Robsquad 2233

Elimination Finals
Northern Cats 2152
Porter Guns 2108

Power Rules 2377
Cobras 2001

Results went pretty much according to script in the first week of Division IV finals with the power teams Shanes Superboots and FNQ Trotters duly winning their way through to the Preliminary Final and promotion to Hogg Division III. Frostilicious has been brave in recent weeks but just didn't have the firepower to stop the mighty Superboots but perhaps the FNQ Trotters do have as they smashed the out of form Robsquad who at least upped their scoring a little. In the knockout finals Northern Cats were unimpressive in victory over the Porter Guns whose two trades this week were Wells and Brown. In form Power Rules was much more impressive as they cleaned up trade burners Cobras to stay in the hunt for a promotion or unlikely premiership tilt.

In the semis next week Frostilicious has drawn the short straw and plays the white hot Power Rules who have a got a real sniff now. Robsquad will face Northern Cats in the other semi with the prize being promotion for the winners while the losers will have to console themselves with the fact that they will be amongst the favourites for Divvy IV next year. In the teams playing this week I only see Power Rules as being a threat to the big two.

regards,

REB

[Rik E Boy]

Semi Finals

1st Semi Final
Northern Cats 2398
Frostilicous 2002

2nd Semi Final
Power Rules 2348
Robsquad 1852

Northern Cats and Power Rules have joined FNQ Trotters and Shane Superboots as promoted sides to Division III after both sides unseated top four opponents and sentenced them to straight sets exits. Both of the losing sides hardly gave a yelp with Robsquad fading badly towards the end of the season. It looks like rd's trades dried up several weeks ago and the squad has been running on fumes for weeks while Frostilicous hasn't thawed out at all and they'll be on ice in Divvy IV again next season.

The Cats and the Power have had a great Semi Final weekend but both face significant challenges to qualify for the Grand Final. Shanes Superboots have taken all before them and will start a hot favourite against the admittedly in form Power Rules. Northern Cats will face up to FNQ Trotters in the other Prelim and while they should get closer the smart money is on the Trotters.

regards,

REB

[rd]

Weird season as coach of the Robsquad. For most of the season my footy tipping was atrocious but the Robsquad SuperCoach players were all in great form. About 6 weeks ago I started getting my footy tips right and have climbed the footy tipping ranks but in return, the SuperCoach players all lost form or got injured. Seems you either go well at footy tipping or SuperCoach BUT not both at the same time !

[Rik E Boy]

Preliminary Finals

1st Preliminary Final
Shanes Superboots 2638
Power Rules 2478

2nd Preliminary Final
FNQ Trotters 2582
Northern Cats 2519

The Division IV finals continue to go according to script as the hot favourites duly qualified for the Grand Final next week. Shanes Superboots have been the best team in the Hogg all season and they topped the scoring yet again with a muscular 2638 which was too much for a game Power Rules to cope with. Good news Gilligan, you get to play the Superboots again next year! FNQ have qualified for Division III for the second time after enjoying their best season in the Hogg and they accounted for Andy's Northern Cats in a high quality Preliminary Final. The Cats can be aggrieved at missing out on a Grand Final berth after scoring such a brilliant score but it was a high scoring week in SuperCoach.

FNQ Trotters are the only team that comes close to the Superboots but you'd think Shane will kick on next week and claim the flag.

regards,

REB

[The Indian]

Big Congrats to FNQ on their Grand Final victory. Packed too many punches for the Superboots. Seeya in Divvy 3 next year