MNG: ‘Sixers edge Stars in Hallas

PFL Week 1| Monday Night Game | EBC Television

  NEW JORG 96ERS  34

  HALLAS STARS  24

The New Jorg 96ers walked out of the Stardome with a victory tonight in the season’s first Monday Night Game on EBC.

Kurt Sierra debuted at Quarterback for the ‘Sixers, running the offence well. Frank Bowman was effective on the ground too. On the  defensive side, they battered Stars’ QB Drew Williams all night long. Williams also had to miss out a few plays following a big hit by veteran hitman Ray Madison.

96ers DE Vin Marshall recorded his first PFL QB Mark, which we think is the first of many.  The Stars receivers had a tough time all evening, with the mixes of coverages and presses designed to through them off. If worked- enough.

It won’t get any easier for the 0-1 Stars, they have another home game with the defending Champion Landor Knights next Sunday.

The 1-0 ‘Sixers move on to Oakland next week. That should be a good battle to watch!

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The final countdown: Week 20

The 2016-17 Regular season ends tomorrow. All twenty teams play, so at the end of the evening we will know the final positions of the teams. All ten playoff teams are confirmed, but we don’t know the final positions, other than in the AC it’s no.1 Landor Knights and no.2 Chakota Wasps. This weekend will settle who gets the week off (no’s 2&3) and who plays in the first round, and who will have home advantage (no.4 over no.5).

It also marks what could well prove the final games in the PFL for three teams. Amorgan, Victoria and Pottsburgh have all failed to maintain solvency during this season and will at the very least expect to have their league licences temporarily suspended. So this will mark a sad day for fans of two of the oldest teams in the league, and the other team (Victoria) who are the last of the three to win a Crystal Bowl.

Playoffs begin next weekend. Are you ready? We can’t wait.

 

Phoenix beat Giants, clinch playoff spot

   ADELPHIA PHOENIX 31

   MELBORG GIANTS 13

The Adelphia Phoenix claimed the last playoff spot, with one week left to play, by beating divisional rivals Melborg Giants Sunday night. They started strongly, with two Matt Kelly long passes to Mitchell Rice in the first quarter as they raced to a 14-0 lead. The Phoenix led 24-3 at halftime. Kelly passed for 404 yards and four touchdowns. The Giants didn’t function very well in the first three quarters, adding a consolation TD in the final period.

The Phoenix win was combined with the Storm’s loss- meaning that the Seafax team cannot better the defending champions record. Seafax did hold the head-to-head advantage over Adelphia.

Streak ends! Knights lose to Stars

Week 17 | Landor Knights vs Hallas Stars

The streak is over! The PFL’s best start to a season, a run of sixteen games unbeaten for the Landor Knights ended last night against the Hallas Stars 27-17.

With Elijah Brooks injured, the Knights also rested RB Ryan McKenzie and WR Rashaan Johnson– readying themselves for the play-offs with home advantage secured on the route to Crystal Bowl XLVII.

For Hallas, it helped them keep their advantage at the top of the NC West.

Will the two teams meet again, in the CRYSTAL BOWL? Was this a dress rehearsal? Only a few weeks to find out!

Brooks out for two weeks as a precaution

Landor Knights | Elijah Brooks

The Landor Knights have confirmed that star quarterback Elijah Brooks will be rested for the next two weeks, as a precaution for the concussion he suffered on Sunday.

With the team 16-0 and guaranteed home advantage for the play-offs, Elijah will be rested for both games, not just the one that he has to miss due to the PFL concussion protocol.

 

History is made: Knights go 16-0

Sunday 15 January 2017 | Melborg | Landor Knights

   LANDOR KNIGHTS   17
 MELBORG GIANTS   16

It wasn’t pretty but the Landor Knights made history last night with their 17-16 victory over the Melborg Giants in a snowy and icy Melborg.

Elijah Brooks struggled for three quarters (5/15, 76 yrds, 1TD 1 INT) and was then KNOCKED OUT of the game. HE suffered a concussion and will not play in next weeks game. PFL Officials confirmed it was a legal hit by Leon Stanley that took Brooks out of the game.

Ryan McKenzie ran for 184 yards on a night that defences dominated, causing four turnovers apiece. Giants’ QB Chase Hand was up against a tought pass defence and struggled even more than Brooks did ( 10/24, 108 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT).

Like we said, it wasn’t pretty, but it was effective. The Knights have made history as the first team in PFL history to win their first sixteen matches. Whether they attempt to go all out for 18-0 (especially without Brooks) is the next question.

Donovan Kelly Fumbles!

McCallister intercepts Hand.

It was a game of inches!

Hand goes down again.

McKenzie had 184 yards on the ground.

Elijah left the game in the third quarter.

The quest for 16-0, Tonight!

PFL Records | Landor Knights

Never in the history of Eborian Football has a team won all sixteen out of their opening games. Tonight, travelling on the road to divisional rivals Melborg Giants, the Landor Knights can make PFL and Eborian football history. Can history be made, or will th eGiants be bad party hosts and bring an end to this ‘invincible team’ story?

You can watch in live on NTV tonight! Join us for the Sunday Night Game.

 

GOTW: Sharks kick themselves over loss

   SAN ANDREAS MINERS  29

   ST. GEORGE SHARKS 28

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	ET	FT
Saint George	7	14	7	0	–	28
San Andreas	0	10	6	13	–	29

Trailing 23-28 with just 11 seconds remaining, Miners QB Brandon Mullen found Anchor Avery Lewis wide-open following the ‘greatest play-fake, ever!’ according to their coach .Jake McDonald. It was a heartbreaking defeat for the Sharks, and one that leaves them vulnerable for the play-offs now. Sharks QB Trent Harris had dissected the Miners defence in the first half, torching them for 163 yards and  three touchdowns. The Sharks’ kicker, Bruce McGwire missed two second-half field goal attempts that would likely have been enough to put the game out of the Miners’ reach in the fourth quarter.

Week 17 Talking Points

The PFL teams are now just three games away from the season’s end. Whilst not too much has changed in the standings the past few weeks, there are teams that are running hot and very much not!

Here’s the main talking points from week 17: