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.
