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MILESTONES

100 Games

  • Luke Shuey (Threat Level Midnight)
  • Rory Sloane (Defenestrators)
  • David Swallow (Threat Level Midnight)

50 Games

  • Sean Darcy (Lethal Vipers)
  • Adam Cerra (Love Sparkles)
  • Shai Bolton (Taxmanian Devils)
  • Josh Daicos (MaherShalalHashBaz)
  • Gryan Miers (Lethal Vipers)
  • Zac Fisher (Love Sparkles)

GAME OF THE ROUND

Couple of potential nominees for this title, but I’ve gone for Sparkles v Vipers. Why? Because the Sparkles have scored 3,510 points in the opening two rounds. The Vipers, 3496. 14 points difference – should be tight this week!

SNEAKY INTERESTING MATCHUP

Fourth plays fifth here. The Roughnecks are a surprising 2 and 0 after the opening two rounds. Can they keep that going against last year’s runners-up? Or will the Defenestrators give them a reality check?

STRAY OBSERVATION

Taxmanian Devils v Threat Level Midnight was another strong contended for sneaky interesting matchup. Both teams have aspirations to move up the ladder and play finals after long droughts. Midnight are off to a flying start in that endeavour, with two wins and sitting second on the ladder.

The Devils are in familiar territory, having lost the two opening games – losing to the Defenestrators in round 1 in heart-breaking fashion. Can the Devils snare a win and keep within reaching distance of their competitor, or will TLM establish a 3 game gap that may prove very difficult to overcome…

ELIMINATOR

Te Puke Pukekos were eliminated in Round 1. That’s unfortunate for the next team, as they scored lowest again this week.

Alas, it is the Taxmanian Devils who are eliminated off the back of a round two score of 1568. The Chiefs narrowly escape again, thanks to their 1592.

Round 1: Te Puke Pukekos
Round 2: Taxmanian Devils