Fantasy Aviva Premiership season 4

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Bath RFC	InTheFastLane
Exeter Chiefs	Driver - RIP 606
Gloucester	Anonmattyt
Harlequins	Steven_Sharks
Leicester Tigers	LukeLovesLuka
London Irish	stnick88
London Wasps	Arry
Newcastle Falcons	Sgt_Pooly
Northampton Saints	Dammit_Chris
Sale Sharks	SirJohnnyEnglish
Saracens	LDCPete
Worcester Warriors	prop_lyd

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Waiting List
1. Sam
2. pullthestrings
3. Bathite

If this is the Scotland team we face in a few weeks then I'm not worried at all unless the heavens open! Only Evans has any flair in that team!

cotland: Paterson, Evans, Ansbro, S Lamont, Danielli, Jackson, Blair, Jacobsen, Ford, Cross, Gray, Kellock (capt), Brown, Barclay, Vernon. Replacements: Lawson, Dickinson, Hines, Rennie, Cusiter, Parks, R Lamont.

Interesting signing:

http://www.espnscrum.com/rabodirect-pro12-2011-12/rugby/story/148369.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

surprised more clubs haven't tried this. Nathan Charles has gone to Gloucester and now Chambers to Munster. Seems a good idea to me

http://www.planet-rugby.co.uk/fun-games/missing-men

Love those quizzes Luke done some football one's on sky sports website. I have only ever got a complete one and that was the Liverpool CL winning team in 05.

forget such obvious people

Yeh never seen rugby one - they do it on teamtalk for football too.

they did the WC final team of 2007 and I couldnt name it properly!

Sure the backline was something like

9. Gommarsal
10. WIlko
11. Sackey (Lewsey injured in semis?)
12. Catt
13. Tait
14. Cueto (WAS A TRY!)
15. Robinson

Pack was something like:

1. Sheridan
2. erm possibly Regan or was it Chuter? Go for Regan
3. Vickery
4. Shaw
5. wasn't Cory as sure he played 6...Kay or Grewcock?
6. Cory
7. Moody
8. Easter

Rumours Bakkies might be out of the WC.....

Is that from Rugby Week Pooly?

I've seen stuff on a number of sites saying Bakkies could be out completely Chris, Rugby Week was one of them.

Will be a big blow for the Boks, isnt Matfield meant to miss out on Sunday too? Maybe the Welsh could cause an upset!

And then lose to both Samoa and Fiji :-)

Pete thanks a lot for posting my tactics - didnt think I'd get back on today!

Cheers for the support of us Welsy's Chris!! I feel a losing prediciton coming your way

I believe South Africa have announced their side and Matfield is in.

SA is

Beast, Smit, JDP Danie, Matfield, Brussouw, Burger, Spies, FDP , Morne, Habana, JDV, fourie, JP and Steyn

Bench is BDP, Steenkamp, CJ, Johan, Alberts, houghard, james

BDP on the bench is criminal

that is a dam strong ream though, back row immense.

That's SA full strength in Pdiv's mind

Does mention Bakkies injury. he would be in there no doubt.

If PDV thinks having Smit in the team is so important then I'd have him at either 1 or 3 as BDP is the best in the world in his position. Probably stick him ahead of JDP.

Here we go........................... Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_qsy2OHU8M

Anyone see anything other than an NZ win tomorrow?

I see a tight first 30 but then NZ running the show. With the AB's picking up a few knocks

I can see NZ dominating at the first 20 but then a few big hits make them wary and they'll pull away in the last 10.

Forgot about Bakkies!

Wales

WALES: James Hook; George North, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Shane Williams, Rhys Priestland, Mike Phillips; Paul James, Huw Bennett, Adam Jones, Luke Charteris, Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Lydiate, Sam Warburton (C), Toby Faletau

REPLACEMENTS: Lloyd Burns, Ryan Bevington, Bradley Davies, Andy Powell, Tavis Knoyle, Scott Williams, Leigh Halfpenny

Prop dont know what you mean mate

My g'fs Welsh and this is the first time in years when she has kept relatively quiet about the rugby!

Anyone doing ESPN fantasy WC?

If so friends got a league here...

11882

If only Gat's would switch Roberts and Hook about I'd be happy!!

Just a thought: probably get reject but, why don't we do a 1 foregin signing allowed after the pool match to snap up a world cup wonder?!

Was hoping of rmore of a game....

Carter, SBW and Dagg look quality

NZ back line incredible.

Tonga....

SBW - bench player now I feel. Smith is class

It will be Nonu and Smith in the centres vs. France barring injury.

NZ failed to impress me that much. Some nice little flicks and good individual performance but nothing overly worrying

it will be Nonu/Smith, but dam is SBW good to watch, some of his offloads and flicks were immense.

He's entertaining for sure stnick, but just doesn't 100% convince me, particularly in the big games.

you confident about the game tonight Steve? Have to say on paper think we look a bit stronger but Friday night at Edgeley is always tough.

I reckon we'll do you. Can't understand why you've made so many changes!!!

I'd have you as big favourites with last weeks side but see a lot of surprising changes.

How did Halavatau go last week?? He could make or break the game.

What changes surprise you Steve?

Shingler, Allinson and Halavatau.

Peel is our catalyst and Allinson isn't in his league whereas Hodgson is and could get to Peel and try to stop him. I'd have seen this as a game for Jarvis with Bowden at 12.

I think we are set up to try to play some attacking running rugby Steve, and Allinson - Bowden - Shingler is better for that than Hodgson - Jarvis - Bowden.

Jarvis was clueless against Quins and didn't give our backs any real chance to cause the opposition problems, so I think it's a good selection from Booth, although would have preferred Dodge at 9 for that extra defensive stability he brings.

Big Faan is not in the 23 so is possibly injured which explains Halavatau starting. He did ok last week when he came on, and to be fair Faan offers nothing in the loose and is not the scrummager he was 2/3 years ago, so it's probably a good call in any case.

I'm fairly confident, we have a good record against Sale.
Upfront will be close but think we have more in the backs.

Great bit on Warburton on the rugby club this week. Comparing him and Brussow and what a battle in will be on sunday

Franks is really dominating Tonga, didn't think I'd see that. Think that puts away any doubt that Franks isn't a top class scrummager!

Good game, Tonga fronting up really well. Dagg, Kahui & Nonu very impressive. SBW done some great things, best game in a black jersey I think.

Dagg surely has to start ahead of Mils

When did he dominate him Pooly?? I missed the first 15 but after that I don't remember than happening. Went backwards a few times but nothing I'd consider domination.

I was impressed with the Tonga 9, I thought he was the prop forward!!

He was huge!!! I did a double take when I seen 9 on his shirt

Thought Franks had edge on all game, esp beginning of 2nd. Tonga went off at 50mins, his replacement was very impressive.

I could do with Tonga'uhia taking a few maulings. Along with Hartley on the Eng bench it might make people realise that Mujati is a top prop rather than this ridiculous fallacy that he is carried by them.

Lol....Wood gave him real issues last week. Was worst I've seen Mujati in scrum.

Seems strange to drop PDJ and not Mujati then if that's the case. Haven't seen any of the Saints v Gloucester game so no idea how they played except that they were both brought off before the hour.

PDJ played LH, don't think he's fully up to speed with Saints yet although he played well and gave Gloucester 3 issues. I like Mujati but he wasn't at his best on Sunday. Counted 3 pens against him in first half. Sure it was a one off.

ESPN stats has Mujati conceding 1 and PDJ conceding 3. As I said I haven't watched the game so you may well be right with the penalty count.

marler been cited for his punch on Lahiff. Not what I needed.

Yea that's def wrong mate. Only seen PDJ concede a free kick and no pens(although Matt reckons he seen one). I was pretty eagle eyes on the scrums and see Mujati do two in a row at one point.

PDJ did concede a fair few pens in the loose though, looked a bit like he was settling in tbh. Kept getting caught out.