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Full Court Press from both teams this week, and two comfortable wins.

NT voting: (https://strawpoll.com/wby5AeqO1yA)

U21 voting: (https://strawpoll.com/X3nk4R2aLgE)

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After four games (wins/nominations):

NT
Jonathan Kemp (2/2)
Dave Smith (1/2)
Alexander Farmer (1/1)
Magdaleno Bañuelos (0/2)
Sivasekaran Kanjilal (0/1)
Desmond Thomas (0/1)
David Albrighton (0/1)
Jon Catty (0/1)
Frank Dolan (0/1)

U21
Clint Timko (2.33/4)
Carl Esmonde-Cleary (1/2)
Fran Hand (0.33/2)
Aaron Duncan (0.33/2)
Dharmaputra Firosh (0/1)
Carlo Stevens (0/1)

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A nice win for the NT vs Belgium, although qualification for the next round is probably beyond the team. MVP voting: (https://strawpoll.com/xVg7jNw7Knr)

A comfortable win for the U21 team away to Thailand, conceding only 40pts. Voting here: (https://strawpoll.com/B2ZBEzBjzgJ)

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After five games (wins/nominations):

NT
Jonathan Kemp (2/2)
Dave Smith (1/2)
Alexander Farmer (1/1)
Magdaleno Bañuelos (1/3)
Sivasekaran Kanjilal (0/2)
Desmond Thomas (0/1)
David Albrighton (0/1)
Jon Catty (0/1)
Frank Dolan (0/1)
Gerald Lee (0/1)

U21
Clint Timko (2.33/4)
Carl Esmonde-Cleary (1/2)
Carlo Stevens (1/2)
Fran Hand (0.33/2)
Aaron Duncan (0.33/2)
Dharmaputra Firosh (0/2)
Grant Miyazaki (0/1)

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The NT signed off with a win vs Cyprus. Some strong wins this season vs Germany and Belgium, but unfortunately a very tough group where even six wins might not have been enough. Vote for your last MVP here - (https://strawpoll.com/w4nWrLbWqyA)

Another win for the U21's. Currently 18th, and assuming they take care of business in the last game they should be around that seeding for the second stage. Vote for your MVP here: (https://strawpoll.com/mpnboRbJLg5)


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After six games (wins/nominations):

NT
Jonathan Kemp (2/2)
Dave Smith (2/3)
Alexander Farmer (1/1)
Magdaleno Bañuelos (1/3)
Sivasekaran Kanjilal (0/3)
David Albrighton (0/2)
Desmond Thomas (0/1)
Jon Catty (0/1)
Frank Dolan (0/1)
Gerald Lee (0/1)

U21
Clint Timko (2.33/5)
Aaron Duncan (1.33/3)
Carl Esmonde-Cleary (1/2)
Carlo Stevens (1/2)
Fran Hand (0.33/2)
Dharmaputra Firosh (0/2)
Grant Miyazaki (0/1)
Carl Mortillaro (0/1)

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A narrow loss in a friendly vs Georgia for the NT. With their competitive season over, the final results for the NT MVP voting is below - with the shared win from last week being enough for Kemp to edge ahead of Smith. Congratulations!

For the U21's, a massive win in their final game of the first round, with their opponent somehow held to zero FG's in the first half. Tricky to only pick three candidates, maybe a bit unfair to leave out Buster Ko, but wanted to reward the two bigs for their defense. Vote for your MVP here - (https://strawpoll.com/Q0ZpR5x3VnM)

We will find out our first opponent in the next round tomorrow, but it's possibly looking like the 15th seed and a home game to start.


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After seven games (wins/nominations):

NT
Jonathan Kemp (2.33/3)
Dave Smith (2/3)
Magdaleno Bañuelos (1.33/4)
Alexander Farmer (1/1)
Sivasekaran Kanjilal (0.33/4)
David Albrighton (0/2)
Desmond Thomas (0/1)
Jon Catty (0/1)
Frank Dolan (0/1)
Gerald Lee (0/1)

U21
Clint Timko (2.33/6)
Aaron Duncan (1.33/3)
Carl Esmonde-Cleary (1/2)
Carlo Stevens (1/2)
Carl Mortillaro (0.5/2)
Walid Wickham (0.5/1)
Fran Hand (0.33/2)
Dharmaputra Firosh (0/2)
Grant Miyazaki (0/1)

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A nice victory at home to Lebanon tonight, and the U21's progress to the last sixteen and an away tie vs Portugal!

MVP voting here - (https://strawpoll.com/2ayLk4WGBZ4)

After eight games:

U21
Clint Timko (2.33/7)
Aaron Duncan (2.33/4)
Carl Esmonde-Cleary (1/2)
Carlo Stevens (1/2)
Carl Mortillaro (0.5/2)
Walid Wickham (0.5/2)
Fran Hand (0.33/2)
Dharmaputra Firosh (0/2)
Grant Miyazaki (0/1)

The U21 season is over, with a tough away loss to Portugal. Overall not a bad season for the team - a great win vs a much stronger Hungary team in the first game, and one victory in the second round. Our two defeats earlier in the season were by a small margin, and if they had gone the other way a 100% record and a better seeding would have given us a better shot in the second round.

We now look to prepare for the next season with players currently 20 years old or younger.

Last MVP poll of the season: (https://strawpoll.com/jVyG83OE1n7)

After nine games:

U21
Clint Timko (2.33/7)
Aaron Duncan (2.33/4)
Carl Esmonde-Cleary (1/3)
Carlo Stevens (1/2)
Fran Hand (0.83/3)
Carl Mortillaro (0.5/2)
Walid Wickham (0.5/2)
Matthew Williams (0.5/1)
Dharmaputra Firosh (0/2)
Grant Miyazaki (0/1)

Your s61 U21 team picture: (https://i.imgur.com/WM6mKhW.png)

(Hopefully it's still correct, a few players were only added near the end of the season)

Again we had five players who were also part of last season's group: Mortillaro, Hand, Duncan, Stevens and Timko. The latter gets to do something special and take part in a third U21 season in s62!

He will likely be joined by all the current 20y in the squad, and as always some fresh faces.

Thank you to everyone who trained a player to be part of the squad.
Local managers did a great job with this group - a combined nine players were trained by js8/tomek.mlody/myself, a further six by other local managers, and two were trained abroad. Great work!

Back row (left to right):

Aaron Duncan ((51076632)) ZBW Diavoli UK
Dharmaputra Firosh ((51394563)) Wānaka Lakers
Fran Hand ((51076601)) ZBW Diavoli UK
Buster Ko ((51394577)) Wānaka Lakers
Grant Miyazaki ((51394716)) Wānaka Lakers
Carl Mortillaro ((51077367)) Flamin Carrot Unit
Carlo Stevens ((51394495)) Aminu
Alex Doherty ((51076698)) Thrylos B.C II
Derek Soar ((51394705)) Expatriots

Front row (left to right):

Lee Coldwell ((51394899)) Dartmoor Pumas
Carl Esmonde-Cleary ((51077212)) KS Kujawiak Włocławek
David Niven ((51076779)) Scunthorpe Devils
Hieronymus Orville ((51394660)) Dartmoor Pumas
Clint Timko ((51394707)) Dartmoor Pumas
Walid Wickham ((51394997)) ZBW Diavoli UK II
Matthew Williams ((51394877)) Leeds City Ballers Academy
Jackie Krol ((51077575)) Roaring Lions

After ten games, the final U21 MVP rankings:

U21
Clint Timko (2.33/8)
Aaron Duncan (2.33/4)
Walid Wickham (1.5/3)
Carl Esmonde-Cleary (1/3)
Carlo Stevens (1/2)
Fran Hand (0.83/3)
Carl Mortillaro (0.5/2)
Matthew Williams (0.5/1)
Dharmaputra Firosh (0/3)
Grant Miyazaki (0/1)


Ten different players had at least one top three performance for both the NT and U21 this season. Clint Timko joins Jonathan Kemp as the respective MVP for each of the teams.

In a couple of weeks we will (hopefully) be drafting the next set of future NT/U21 players, followed by a new set of national fixtures. Let's hope for a successful s62!