SARFC,
What a great start on the season those far. I have made an unofficial tally of where we sit in the standings for our pursuit of the single western berth the TRU has this season.
The Dallas Quins II has taken a commanding lead on 1st place (25 points) with 5 wins and 1 lose to Bay Area RFC (18 to 28 ). The Quins II have had victories over Woodlands II (61 to 14), HARC II (56 to 3), Blacks II (36 to 5) and Bay Area (38 to 20 ).
Bay Area is currently holding second place in the cup points (12 points) has two nice wins over the Blacks (at home 28 to 12) and win away at the Quins (28 to 18 ). They have also amassed 2 bonus points in their loses to the Quins and Woodlands (both at home), but with them not earning any cup points in their match last weekend against SARFC, BARC will have to win out the rest of their season if they hope to make it to the Westerns (2 wins and 3 loses).
Tied for third place with 10 Cup points are Woodlands II and SARFC.
Woodlands II is 2 and 2 with a 2nd half come from behind victory over Bay Area (@ BARC) and a forfeit win on the books over the Blacks last weekend (@ Home). Woodlands II has two loses against the Quins (14 to 61) and SARFC (43 to 3). Woodlands is still very much in the hunt for finishing out strong this season
SARFC has had to standout victories over Woodland II (43 to 5) and Bay Area (50 to 0 ). If SARFC can continue on at this rate they will have a strong chance to dethrone the Quins II side later on this season. Currently at 2 and O, SARFC is the only undefeated team in Div II.
In 5th place is HARC II with 5 cup points (1 and 2). This Houston side has two lopsided loses to the Quins II (3 to 56 and 5 to 70 ) and a nice win at the Blacks II (41 to 10 ). HARC II is still in statistically in the run for the Westerns; they could easily come from behind later in the season and overtake the current front runners with big wins in their next few matches.
In 6th place is the Blacks II side, they are 0 and 4. The 2009 season is must be a rebuilding year for this Austin based side. They apparently have been struggling with numbers this season and have been traveling light to some of their away matches with loses away to the Quins II (5 to 36), BARC (12 to 28 ) and a forfeit to Woodlands II (28 to 0 ). At home the Blacks II have a lose to the HARC II (10 to 41). The blacks can statistically still make Westerns but this is highly unlikely with 4 straight loses.
-------Team-------Cup Points-------possible-------Games Played-------Points for-------Points Against
1st---Quins II--------25-----------------55-----------------6--------------------269-------------------74
2nd---Bay Area------12-----------------48-----------------5--------------------106-----------------158
3rd----SARFC---------10-----------------60-----------------2--------------------93---------------------5
4th--Woodlands II--10-----------------50-----------------4--------------------85------------------136
5th---HARC II----------5-----------------50-----------------3--------------------48------------------136
6th---Blacks II---------0-----------------40-----------------4--------------------27------------------133