Fantasy Aviva Premiership Season 4 Homepage

First topic message reminder :

Fantasy Aviva Premiership Current League Table

---

---

Teams

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	Ozzy3213
Worcester Warriors	prop_lyd

---

Links
Rules
Fixtures
Aviva Premiership League Table
European Homepage
LV Cup homepage
Budgets
Domestic Confirmations
Transfer Homepage
Foreign Transfers
Press Releases
National League Players

---

Waiting List
1. pullthestrings
2. Bathite

agree

Following available

PR Juan Pablo Orlandi (ARG) (3)
PR Sakaria Taulafo (Samoa) (1)
PR Nic Mayhew (E)
PR Ben Moon (E) (3)
PR Matt Stevens (E)(1 or 3) EPS
OS Alexander Lapandy (France)
N8 Ryan Kankowski (South Africa)
FH Lionel Beauxis (French) FRA6N
CE/FB Shane Geraghty (E)
FB Eerie Claasens (South Africa)
WG Oliver Cicognini (E)

Oh dear - looks like the England coaching team could be joined by Campo this summer...but on a positive it looks as though Burger has been ruled out of the test series with his injury, could even things up in the pack a bit more.

Campo?

David Campese. I reckon he could work if it wasn't a sabotage mission haha

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16016_7698512,00.html


I read on keo that Burger back in 2/3 weeks where did you see that chris?

http://www.planet-rugby.co.za/story/0,25883,16024_7698873,00.html

Great week for your backs matt. Although when was the last time you played gear or guildford?

guildford is on loan to me.

Land Rover 'Discovery of the year' and Owen Farrell has been nominated. failry sure he was the AP winning 10 last season.

Kvesic, Wallace, Daly, Joseph and Launchbury the other candidates.

JJ played regualr AP rugby last season so I wouldn't have him as 'Discovery of the year'. Launchbury or Wallace fo rme for that award.

I use Gear quite a bit he will get even more action in the run in. Just wanted him to get his form back.

Guildford for me is the most talented wing in world rugby.

Daly easily for that vote for me

Followed by wallace and Launchbury

I'd go Launchbury
followed by Daly

Daly.

was daly nominated? thought only wasps that were were launchbury and wade? sure daly wasnt?

Pete/Nick how highly do you both rate Mike Catt as attacks coach? Just seen in the telegraph that he's all but been confirmed as temporary attack coach for England this summer?

Bit of a clear out at Gloucester too - Tindall must be off to France

Andy Long's signed for Glos. Guessing that's to help bring Dawiduk and Britton through and he'll be 3rd choice with Edmonds coming.

nothing special Chris.

Andy Long is decent player be suprised if he was 3rd choice.

Had a chat with a few people who are quite heavily involved at Saints and they told me that they are really struggling to sign players because a lot of players in the AP don't actually like them as a club. Goes back to when they came back up to the AP and played v aggressively, think they've rubbed a lot of teams up the wrong way!

Long will be 3rd choice.Britton is a great prospect. he has had national league loans this year and will go out again next year

Where do you reckon he'll go Matt? Moseley or will he stick with Hartpury again?

He was with Dings this year and then they recalled him. very very good player. he may do mosely for 3 months and then be back and in contention for first team bench.

he is seriously rated at glos

Bahrain has LOADS of rugby on! Watched loads of T14 & S15 with no missus biting my ear! How good are Crusaders at the minute, with McCaw back at the weekend too. Can see Stormers/Bulls/Crusaders/Chiefs fighting it out.

All Falcons players available for summer deals

I think the Chiefs will be hard to beat.
Bulls seem to be grinding out wins as well.

Chiefs are playing some cracking stuff at the moment, but I think the Crusaders and Stormers look the strongest 2 sides overall. The break for the international tours could be a real key factor in who goes on to win the competition.

for me its crusaders or hopefully the stormers. Always supported the stormers and the Blues so a real range of opposites this year

Always been a Crusaders and Sharks fan myself Mat. not quite the same range as you have between your two this year, but the Sharks have been flaky this season to say the least.

Always a Sharks fan here too Ozzy...seem to be very Jekyll and Hyde this season.

Mentioned it a few months back it's now
Officially weirdest signing ever

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3823_7702474,00.html

hes had a good season

He has nick him a nd Payne have monstered teams.

Payne never let England down just had zero presence in loose and was a symbol
Of undynamic nh players.


Broster was worst player in prem 2 years ago and got so hammered Payne and webber got maligned. Th take time to mature. Cole got brutalised
For 2 seasons but was lucky he was dripped in with Castro and white as teachers.

Pdj was a bum at glos to start but sommerville
And game time made
Him a good scrummager. He always says sommerville made him.

Look at Jamie Johnston got hammered first part
Of season now destroying teams.

Only way to get experience is to get stuffed at th.

My calling it a bizarre signing is that he has had one good season like
Charteris but also because biarritz have so
Much money could have got anyone

Broster came on loads this season, odd signing tho I agree. Think Biarittz have cash problems (hence Mermoz leaving)

Mermoz not a Biarritz player pooly???

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Broster came on loads this season, odd signing tho I agree. Think Biarittz have cash problems (hence Mermoz leaving)

Not a Biarritz player pooly

Site playing up that quote one vanished when posting and is now there ?

Chatting with Aus tonight (Reds fan...Steve would love him!) Reckons Genia is off to Japan as offering mega bucks and Reds prefer to keep Cooper as more marketable.

Oh yea, meant USAP! Doh!!!

Biarittz struggling too apparently

Has anyone seen Leicesters new shirt? Must be the worst rugby shirt I have ever ever seen!

Yeah saw the thread on the rugby board about it. Horrendous!

George Smith lining up at 12 for Stade this week...

will do HC predos tomorrow morning - am seriously suffering from one too many drinks last night and all my thinking capacity is currently being used purely to breathe properly and trying somewhere at work I can have a nap

i can't even string coherent sentences together - should have read 'and trying to find somewhere at work I can have a nap"

getting old is awful.

Great player, would still walk into most sides at openside, not sure he's a 12 though. Has Mallet taken over at Stade or something???

I must have missed him signing for Stade, was it recent?

(15-9): S Terblanche; A Trimble, D Cave, P Wallace, C Gilroy; P Jackson, R Pienaar;
(1-8): T Court, R Best, D Fitzpatrick, J Muller (capt), D Tuohy, S Ferris, W Faloon, P Wannenburg;
Replacements (16-23): N Brady, P McAllister, A Macklin, L Stevenson, R Diack, P Marshall, I Humphreys, A D'Arcy

Unavailable due to injury:J Payne (achilles), S Danielli (hamstring), Tim Barker (back), Chris Henry (ankle)

15 Tom Brown

14 Lee Jones
13 Nick De Luca
12 Matt Scott
11 Tim Visser

10 Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN
9 Mike Blair

1 Allan Jacobsen
2 Ross Ford
3 Geoff Cross
4 Sean Cox
5 Grant Gilchrist
6 David Denton
7 Ross Rennie
8 Netani Talei

Substitutes
16 Andrew Kelly
17 Kyle Traynor
18 Jack Gilding
19 Steven Turnbull
20 Roddy Grant
21 Chris Leck
22 Phil Godman
23 Jim Thompson

It's gonna be real close. 2 Sale Jets, Leck and Cox must be gutted at being released by Sale now musn't they.

reckon Edinburgh might nick it!

He went to Stade as a medical joker at the end of the Japanese season Luke.

Afoa and Henry are huge loss's for Ulster and not selecting IHumph from the start is a error for me. A fancy Ulster to win though.

iHumph has been very inconsistent this season and Paddy Jackson is highly rated in Ulster, but I am a little surprised that he is starting.

If Ulster had Afoa and Henry playing, I would say that they should win, but this is 50/50. Edinburgh have put all their eggs in the Heineken Cup basket this season and will be well fired up for this one.

Aviva Community Player of the Season 2011-12 shortlist:-

Will Fraser (Saracens)
James Hudson (Newcastle Falcons)
Bob Casey (London Irish)
Phil Dowson (Northampton Saints)

Previous Winners:

2011 Hayden Smith (Saracens)
2010 Olly Barkley (Bath Rugby)
2009 Dave Walder (London Wasps)
2008 Danny Grewcock (Bath Rugby)
2007 Matt Perry (Bath Rugby)
2006 Joe Shaw (Newcastle Falcons)
2005 Steve Thompson (Northampton Saints)

Guys, I've created an awards page so please take not of it and get your votes in by 10th May....cheers!!