Sporting Team Box Athletico United
Are looking very good this year, coming off ridiculous (15-2, 15-3) victories over a split Wildcard team (and everyone else) at Into The Wild earlier in the year. However, this is also a team that lost to Honey at Southern Regionals (edit: I stand corrected, see comments section for further details). If they play to their capacity, they will win Nationals this year. Either way, Hussey and Joy are still the cutest couple in Australian ultimate, and I wonder what the Hillsong fanatics from the Hills club make of their immoral, sinful union.
Wildcard
Wildcard are pretty boring to write about. Of course they'll make the finals, of course they are an odds-on favourite to win, of course Rachel or Tom will read this and treat me with (yet more) hostility. They should rename themselves 'The Eastern Australian Firetails' and just be done with it, really.
Sugar Magnolias
Now that Pottsy isn't coaching them, this team should perform admirably. They will definitely improve on last year's 9th placing - and not just because there are only 11 teams. They have a good mix of superstars in Lisi Jarrott, Katie Bradstock and some fighting-fit Kings, not to mention a solid backline of uni and junior standouts. By my reckoning, if they don't party too hard and aren't too buggered having the second smallest roster at 14, they should place around 3rd.
Honey
This is the Honey team we (eventually) had to have; one that is capable of breaking into the top of the table. The usual Honey Worlds folk will duke it out with some imported skill (Gretchen Sites) and gangly uni talent (Bec Wallbridge). This has been a big season for Honey, with a lot of their members playing Kaimana, as well as multiple lead-in tournaments. Let's hope it works out well for them.
Factory Girls
Vickie Saye is one of the most impressively watchable players in Australian ultimate. Erin Wallis, too, has either really stepped it up to become a quite dominant handler this year or possibly she already was one. It's at this point I cease really having knowledge about teams besides one or two big names... Good luck to the Factory Girls next week!
BUSH
Combining Southside and Tasmania, this team is solid. The combination of Carlie Ryan and Ash Martens is enough to put this team inside the top eight: their subsequent depth could see them rise further.
6 comments:
I'm pretty sure Team Box defeated Honey at Regionals.
Team Box played Honey more than once at Southern Regionals.
On one of those occasions, Box lost.
Definately appreciate the "Like a Boss" reference. Nice work there, Lonely Island.
Sultry from Brisbane are going, but have performed well below their own expectations at Into The Wild. Will be interesting to see how this fires them up.
Sorry Tiger - the Honey girls came close in the round games against Team Box at Regionals, but they pipped us in the end (13-11 if my memory is correct).
Tiger, you're sweet. It's been a while since i've been called immoral or sinful... didn't realise til now that I have kind of missed it. I'll do my best to keep up.
And the wins against wildcard were not that ridiculous. Short games to 13 and it was 13-4 against both(?) teams in pool play then 9-6 in the final.
Gange is right about TB v Honey at regionals.
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