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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

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Waiting List
1. pullthestrings
2. Bathite

Bowe had a good 6n was abysmal for rest of season but is a big game player. Lots of welsh pundits think cuthbert is far too raw and shaky in defence and positioning.

North started then fizzled out and already has a susceptibility to injury, wing wide open don't be surprised if ashton foden and halfpenny get game time at Wing in the warm up games.

Lancaster was often putting foden on the wing in training.

Pooly, you can throw as many stats, team of the tournaments and match ratings at me as you want, but as you have said to others int he past, I will go with the evidence of my own eyes, and for me Bowe was below his best.

Not sure why you seem to be taking that personally, it's not like I have said that he is shoite, and if he starts the new season well for Ulster he will most certainly be in with a shout of a Lions shirt, but for me, if the side was picked on this seasons form, he would not be in it.

Anybody interested in Cedric Heymans, Riki Flutey, Gonzalo Canale, Alasdair Strokosch or Matias Aguero?

Or fancy taking a risk on Nathan Sharpe not retiring?

I'll leave it Pete, reading back I look like a dog with a bone!

Nick Evans is available

Great signing for saints

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/18144234

Below are the Heineken Cup qualifiers in this game. Listed next to them is whose place they will take in the real draw. Northampton Saints courtesy of being the 'extra' qualifier will take the place of Connacht who would not qualify in this game as an Irish team did not win the Heineken Cup. They are therefore guaranteed to be in a pool with one of the other teams from this league.

Newcastle Falcons = Harlequins
Saracens = Leicester Tigers
Gloucester = Saracens
Leicester Tigers = Northampton Saints
London Irish = Exeter Chiefs
Harlequins = Sale Sharks
Northampton Saints = Connacht


The Amlin I will work out once the draw is made, as in the real world there will be two AP teams in one of the pools. One of these will be replaced by Connacht, but until the draw is made I don't know which it will be.

when are draws done? not for a while I guess.

I think they are fairly early nick late June off the top of my head.

Saints in the pool of death then - not sure what to focus on next year, but seeing that the draw could be pretty tough it could well be the league!

You definitely won't get Gloucester or Harlequins as Connacht are in the same tier as Saracens and Sale in the real world so can't be drawn against them.

So just Newcastle or Sarries then lol

Don't happen to have a list of the seedings do you Pete. Interested to see who Sale could get next season

Tier 1: Leinster, Toulouse, Munster, Biarritz, Cardiff, Northampton
Tier 2: Clermont, Ulster, Leicester, Harlequins, Toulon, Edinburgh
Tier 3: Ospreys, Scarlets, Glasgow, Saracens, Connacht, Sale
Tier 4: Treviso, Castres, Racing Metro, Montpellier, Aironi, Exeter

Tier 4. rubbish. Reserve side for the Heineken then!

That is one strong tier 4.

Pleased Sale sneaked into Tier 3.

Cardiff, Toulon and Aironi if we are to qualify.

Leinster, Clermont and Montpellier to enjoy the ride.

You could get Biarritz, Edinburgh and Ospreys/Scarlets nick, which is a pool you should hold no fears at all with the squad that you have.

You qualified from a tough pool last year Nick remember!

true Pete.

you are correct Steve but because I lost a game or two was a low seed and had an away QF which I lost!

Am hoping to take a better shot at the HC next season. So a nice pool would be appreciated

I will wait and see my groups before deciding on what I will concentrate on.

First few months of the season will be interesting with no SH players.

Reckon I will be missing a fair few, potentially Hore, Kaino (out for season though maybe?, Spies, Pienaar, Smith, SBW, Basson, Tiesi, Hernandez.

the rugby championship is going to make things v interesting - tried to sign players that will be available all year round like Siviatu and Gits - think I will lose Messam, Albacete, possibly Cane & Gill in the pack, but should only lose de Villiers in the backline.

Moore, Horwill, Pocock and Jane my big misses.

I have a fair few Saffas so will lose them until the Rugby Championship finishes. Once the pools for the Heino are done and we have worked out any rule changes for that competition I will make a decision on what to focus on as a priority.

As we stand my early season side looks strong (for the first 4 weeks during IC at least!)

currently something like

1. Joe Marler
2. Schalk Brits
3. John Afoa
4. Jerome Thion
5. James Gaskell
6. Tom Wood
7. Sam Warburton
8. Jamie Heaslip
9. Lee Dickson
10. Rhys Priestland
11. Tom Biggs
12. Florian Fritz
13. Jonathan Joseph
14. Taku Ngwenya
15. Rob Kearney

It's the rest of the season I have to worry about!

I have McAllister and Naqalevuki / Bastereaud to fill in for SBW and Smith which is fine.

I potentially lose Bismarck, Jannie, Elstadt, McCalman, Vermeulen, Hougaard, Lambie, Nonu, Ioane, Habana during the Championship which leaves at present a potential starting line up of Homer, Trimble, Davies, Farrell, Fitzgerald, FTD, Parra; Corbisiero, Smit, Jones, Skivington, Kitchener, Johnson, Dusautoir, van Niekerk.

I'm looking at

1 Tonga'uhia
2 Buckland
3 Castrogiovanni
4 Garvey
5 Kennedy
6 Daniel
7 Armitage
8 Rush
9 Dupuy
10 JMH / Geraghty
11 Tagicakibau
12 McAllister
13 Naqalevuki
14 J.P Pieterson/Basson/Yarde
15 Armitage

Im looking at

1. Schuster
2. Paice
3. Zirakishvilli
4. Atwood
5. Sykes
6. O'Mahony
7. Quedragao
8. Picamoles
9. Care
10. Sexton
11. Masaga
12. Hook
13. Freuen/David
14. Strettle
15. Abendanon

My team should be:

1. Domingo/Stevens
2. Hartley/Webber
3. Hayman/Thomas
4. Lawes
5. Wyn-Jones/Davies
6. Lydiate/Launchbury
7. Salvi
8. Parisse
9. Phillips/Simpson
10. Giteau/Ford
11. Ashton
12. Fofana
13. Tuilagi
14. Siviatu/Halfpenny
15. Foden

Think mine will be something like

1.Sturgess
2.Varley
3.Tui
4.Schofield
5.Hudson
6.Dowsen
7.Jennings
8.Lakafia

9.Lawson
10.Butch
11.Matt Smith
12.Downey
13.Jauzion
14.Visser
15.Ben Smith

1. Jenkins
2. Bruno
3. Cole
4. Pape
5. Hines / New signing
6. Croft
7. Louw
8. Waldrom

09. Yachvili
10. Wilkinson
11. Ranger
12. Twelvetrees
13. BOD
14. Clerc
15. Nacewa

Few tough calls. AI's should be interesting.

Looking at the seedings for the Heino and the fact that I get whoever Leicester get in real life, the best pool I can hope for is Cardiif Blues, Glasgow and Castres. Worst case scenario for me would be Leinster, Saints (Connacht) and Racing Metro.

1.wood
2.gray
3.mas
4. Gray
5.robson
6ferris
7 qera
8 hari
9 Murray
10 goosen/Donald/lamb
11 gear
12 hape/Donald
13 tuitopu
14 sharples
15 may/balshaw

How do I quote what someone said on my wall as a reply on theirs ?? Is this poss

Press the quote button on their post on your page and it will come up in the text box at the bottom.

Then copy it and past it onto their page.

I am a special on this forum lol

I don't know, your team sheets are usually first rate!

Always done on a phone mate. Throw in banana fingers and you have a mess.

I do about 14 hours a day in the week minimum without the socialising on top so always on the run. Not living near London is What does it. Bristol is great but my stubbornness to move puts a lot of hours on my day.

Looking to change my work or where I live as frazzled beyond belief.

You travel into the smoke every day??? Don't know how you do it. I roll out of bed and work is 50m away, joys of living on barracks.

Just watching Crusaders game....Carter is sublime. Really thought Cruden might have pushed him this season with his form but Carter is still pure magic.....git

Are you still down south pooly?

Yea mate, based in between Cambridge & Luton (2 extremes there). Do a lot of work on road though.

Travel up to see missus every weekend

Wouldn't fancy that trip!

I work in ascot every day when not abroad 2 hrs each way but often have meetings in London and then dinner maybe 2 times a week. Rugby training Tuesday and Thursday. Hectic no proper balance. Just started doing a day a week from home and passing off a lot of stuff.

Carter was immense. Best 10 in s15 this year been Steyn or goosen/cruden.

Most pundits in SA want Strauss to be bok hooker on form. Personally bdp all the way and then he was a beast on the weekend.

So many good players in s15 in key positions. Ie 2,8,9,10, 15

400 mile round trip every weekend, that's why I barley predo on Friday

Strauss a very good hooker but BdP a complete menace in loose. BdP been quiet this year but v good at weekend. BdP a physical freak, a lot of SA's still don't rate his throwing but I've never noticed major issue

A lot of world cup players started the Super XV slowly, and Bismarck was no exception. Seemed to have taken the press calling for Strauss pretty personally and really pulled his finger out at the weekend.

SA got so many good hookers it is untrue.

Cruden has been the best 10 in Super XV this season by a mile for me. Not seen him have a poor game.

Agree pete bdp best in world by a mile. Strauss liebenberg Fourie etc great backup. Who do we have ?

Taumolo, Etzebeth, Hooper, Gill, Houghard, Goosen and Taylor have been my standout players.

Hooper signed for the tahs for 2013 season I've just learned.

Straus, Liebenberg and Fourie would all be first choice for England. The phiysicality of the Saffa forwards is just nuts at times. If England fail to match their intenisty up front it is going to be a long old tour!!!

Messam has been excellent for the Chiefs as well Steve, gets through a massive amount of work every game.