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2011/2012 – Newcastle Falcons
2010/2011 - Newcastle Falcons
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2008/2009 - London Irish
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Welcome to Season 5 of the Aviva Premiership fantasty rugby game. Below are the rules of the game which must be adhered to. If there are any situations that arise in the course of the game which are not covered by the rules, a final decision will be made by the RFU (Ozzy3213) as to how the situation will be resolved.
2011/2012 – Newcastle Falcons
2010/2011 - Newcastle Falcons
2009/2010 - Saracens
2008/2009 - London Irish
POS | Aviva Premiership | PLAYED | WON | DREW | LOST | P F | P A | P D | T F | T A | TBP | LBP | POINTS | |
1 | Bath Rugby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | Exeter Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Gloucester | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Harlequins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Leicester Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | London Irish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | London Wasps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Newcastle Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Northampton Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Sale Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Saracens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Worcester Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Waiting List
1. pullthestrings
2. Bathite
Welcome to Season 5 of the Aviva Premiership fantasty rugby game. Below are the rules of the game which must be adhered to. If there are any situations that arise in the course of the game which are not covered by the rules, a final decision will be made by the RFU (Ozzy3213) as to how the situation will be resolved.
Senior Squads wrote:
The maximum squad size is 40 senior players. If a team has more than 40 players in their squad then they will be fined £1 million per player over the permitted amounts per day for the first seven days. If after 7 consecutive days a team still has more than the permitted number of players then the team will be fined £2 million per player per day, and fined 1 league point per player per day for the next seven days. If after this time a team still has more than the permitted number of players in their squad, the RFU (me) will remove players at it’s discretion to bring them back under the permitted numbers. There will be no right of appeal to players being removed.
Be aware that all tier one international matches which are played during the season will count in the game, and players selected in the matchday 22's for those matches will not be eligible to play for their clubs on that weekend, therefore you must give due consideration to the make up of your squad.
Academy Rules wrote:
Each team will be allowed to have a listed senior academy squad of 20 players. Players who are in the senior academy must be under 22 years of age as of 1st September 2012 (therefore must have been born on or after 1st Septmber 1990). Players who are under the age of 20 (so born after 1st September 1992) AND are in the academy of the club that you are managing in real life, DO NOT need to be listed as senior academy players as part of your 20, but are available to you in this game and cannot be poached by other clubs without paying you a fee.
Should a player not listed in your 20 senior academy players, but part of the clubs academy in real life move clubs in real life, then you will have first option of promoting him to your listed senior academy. If you choose not to take this option he will become property of the club that he moves to in real life in this game.
Transfers wrote:
- Domestic (other AP Teams)
Each team has a budget to use in the purchase of players. Domestic transfers between AP clubs, regardless of nationality of player, should be negotiated between the respective managers, and then confirmed on the Domestic Transfer Confirmation Page.- Domestic (Championship and below)
Each team may during the season purchase no more than 3 players from the Championship or the National Leagues. These players must be bid for on the Championship/National League bidding page, and each bid will be considered by me on it's own merits before being accepted or rejected. No bid will be accepted until a minimum of 24 hours has elapsed from the time the bid was made, in order to afford other managers the opportunity to make a counter bid.- Foreign
To make a foreign transfer (i.e from any club outside of the AP, regardless of whether the player is English) a bid should be made on the Foreign Transfers Page, which will be considered by me against the posted guidelines for purchase prices before being accepted or rejected. No bid will be accepted until a minimum of 24 hours has elapsed from the time the bid was made, in order to afford other managers the opportunity to make a counter bid.
Foreign transfers will unlimited during the off season and 2 during the season. The exact dates of the two transfer windows during the season is to be confirmed.
Player Releases wrote:
Managers may choose to release players from their clubs, for which they will be offered compensation
Compensation will be paid as follows
£2 million – current international (must have played international rugby in the previous 12 months)
£1.5 million – former international
£1m – top flight experience
£0.5m – other
If a released player plays in real life for a team outside of this game he will be deemed to have returned to that team. If not then he will be deemed to have signed for a Championship side. If another manager wants to pick a released player up, they will have to bid for him in the same way as for a foreign or Championship/National League player.
Retirements wrote:
There will be no compensation for retiring players. Should a player who retires decide to come out of retirement and play again, then he will automatically go back to the club who he was playing for in the game when he retired.
Fixtures wrote:
There will be 22 Aviva Premiership games per season, plus the play offs. There will also be Heineken Cup, Amlin Challenge Cup and Anglo Welsh Cup matches. These games will take place once a week. A thread will be put up for managers to name their teams on Thursdays, then on Fridays, managers will post the scores that they think will happen from these games (apart from games in which they are involved). An average of all predictions will be taken, and then 0.5 points added to each teams score for each prediction that had them as the winner, and that will then be the final score.
Teams wrote:
When naming your team, not only should you put the starting XV and replacements, but also tactics that your team will employ. Results will be affected by the tactics described.
In addition, each team must have the following:-
At least 10 England qualified players in your matchday 23, and at least 5 of those must be in your starting XV.
At least 2 props and 1 hooker on the bench.
All players must be eligible (not injured or banned).
If you fail to submit a team for a match, then the other team will be automatically awarded a 30-0 bonus point win. If both teams fail to submit a team, then it will be scored as a 0-0 draw.
Injuries and Suspensions wrote:
Injuries in this game do NOT reflect real life, they will be generated by me.
Players banned in real life will be ineligible for selection in this game for the duration of the ban.
Inclusion of injured/banned players will result in them being replaced by players on the bench, and the bench not having eight players, which may result in punishment if it concerns the front-row.
Punishment for fielding an ineligible player will be loss of one match point for a first offence, two for a second offence and so on.
Financial Rewards wrote:
There will be no rewards for the result of an individual match, instead the managers will receive cash for predicting.
£1.5m for descriptive predictions
£0.25m for scores on the doors predictions
If you fail to predict without first advising me that you are unable to do so that week, you will be fined £1m for a first offence, £2m for a second offence, £3m for a third offence etc.
AP finishing positions.
Champions: 8m
Runners Up: 6m
Playoff Semi Finalist Losers: 5m
5th: 4m
6th: 3.5m
7th: 3m
8th: 2.5m
9th: 2m
10th: 1.5m
11th: 1m
12th: 0.5m
Heineken Cup
Losing Quarter Finalists - £2 million each
Losing Semi Finalists - £3 million each
Runners Up - £4 million
Champions - £5 million
Amlin Challenge Cup
Losing Quarter Finalists - £1 million each
Losing Semi Finalists - £2 million each
Runners Up - £3 million
Champions - £4 million
Anglo-Welsh Cup
Losing Semi Finalisst - £1 million each
Runners Up - £2 million
Champions - £3 million
If your budgets falls below minus £10 million for any reason, the administrators (ozzy3213) will step in and players from within your squad will be released for the relevant financial compensation in order to bring your budget back above minus £10 million.
Sgt_Pooly- Posts : 36294
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I'm sick of talking about Youngs tbh.
C'mon England!!!!
C'mon England!!!!
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Another very good turnover. Robshaw this time.
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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First half promising.
Had the half finished after 30 mins I'd have taken off Youngs and Farrell but both have turned it round a little. Robshaw and Manu the standsouts.
Still unsure over Foden on the wing. I'd like him at 15 with Brown at 11
Had the half finished after 30 mins I'd have taken off Youngs and Farrell but both have turned it round a little. Robshaw and Manu the standsouts.
Still unsure over Foden on the wing. I'd like him at 15 with Brown at 11
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Great defensive effort, breakdown v v good and line out is working well.
Sadly our only backs move involves Tuilagi hitting it up - he makes yards each time but Boks just put two on him -
Sadly our only backs move involves Tuilagi hitting it up - he makes yards each time but Boks just put two on him -
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Promising at this stage but little in attack.
Tactic to box kick is baffling, should start Dickson if we want a box kicker.
Farrell improved last 10 when kept ball in hand, needs to pass in front of player more.
Tactic to box kick is baffling, should start Dickson if we want a box kicker.
Farrell improved last 10 when kept ball in hand, needs to pass in front of player more.
Sgt_Pooly- Posts : 36294
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Reckon Meyer wishes he had Brussow on bench? Can't believe we're dominating there
Sgt_Pooly- Posts : 36294
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scrum.com has some strange metres made stats - Marler, Hartley, Cole, Botha, Parling, and Robshaw with 1 yard between all of them!?!
LukeLovesLuka- Posts : 5865
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some of those are very hit an miss. They don't count turnovers if they result in a penalty.
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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vital slowing of the ball down by Cole.
Awful defence in the phase before the try though.
Awful defence in the phase before the try though.
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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Getting out muscled at the minute, need a plan B
Sgt_Pooly- Posts : 36294
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Plan B has been forced...
We need a second row that can carry - only seen one forward make some yards
Steyn has to be yellowed now - what a pr ick
We need a second row that can carry - only seen one forward make some yards
Steyn has to be yellowed now - what a pr ick
dammit_chris- Posts : 8685
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We don't have the power to compete really - need some nasty players - always like Lawes as he just hits people so hard
Really can't stand the Boks
Really can't stand the Boks
dammit_chris- Posts : 8685
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All Farrell does is kick! Pass the ball
We need to get JJ on, we wont beat the Boks with power, need to out manoeuvre them
We need to get JJ on, we wont beat the Boks with power, need to out manoeuvre them
'Arry Spurs- Posts : 1051
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Palmer added loads.
Did you hear that from Walsh!!!
To Robshaw:
"You're doing some wonderful fetching"
I have never heard anything like that before
Did you hear that from Walsh!!!
To Robshaw:
"You're doing some wonderful fetching"
I have never heard anything like that before
Sgt_Pooly- Posts : 36294
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I do wonder if this side will ever be able to beat a SH side on a regular basis. Not enough chances made.
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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Youngs box kicking needs work.
JJ on for Tuilagi I reckon
JJ on for Tuilagi I reckon
Sgt_Pooly- Posts : 36294
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Not potent enough in attack, we can hold our own but in this game I feel we have offered very little going forward, until we can create chances and put them away we will not beat and SH sides regularly.
'Arry Spurs- Posts : 1051
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I'd take Farrell off myself. Not going to win this with Pens
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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Dickson you are so slow!!!! We're behind ffs!!!
Sgt_Pooly- Posts : 36294
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PDJ getting ruined by Coenie. Not needed.
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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With the game plan we have gone with Dickson should have started with Youngs to come on. Dickson should never be coming on into the game when your chasing.
JJ in for Farrell for me. Has done nothing apart from his goal kicking. Tuilagi is one of our only consistent gain line breakers.
Back 3 have been pretty good to be fair but are only getting the ball on kick returns!!!
JJ in for Farrell for me. Has done nothing apart from his goal kicking. Tuilagi is one of our only consistent gain line breakers.
Back 3 have been pretty good to be fair but are only getting the ball on kick returns!!!
SirJohnnyEnglish- Posts : 8536
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never an international loosehead prop
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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It was wheeled from TH side Steve, PDJ went forward.
Also Conie is playing LH and PDJ so they don't face each other.
PDJ went down there though. He's not great at LH
Also Conie is playing LH and PDJ so they don't face each other.
PDJ went down there though. He's not great at LH
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Flood, Tuilagi and JJ for me as a midfield.
Barritt is great in defence but he doesn't do any carrying in the midfield. It's always Manu coming in from 13.
Barritt is great in defence but he doesn't do any carrying in the midfield. It's always Manu coming in from 13.
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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Flood has to start, Farrell has been poor in attack. We look instantly better with Flood 1st reciever
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I'd go with
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Brown
12. Tuilagi
13. JJ
14. Ashton
15. Foden
20. Care
21. Farrell
22. Barritt
SJE is right. although Dickson can be good off the bench (as he was v Italy in 6N) I don't think he offer more than Care or Youngs off the bench.
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Brown
12. Tuilagi
13. JJ
14. Ashton
15. Foden
20. Care
21. Farrell
22. Barritt
SJE is right. although Dickson can be good off the bench (as he was v Italy in 6N) I don't think he offer more than Care or Youngs off the bench.
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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Smashed. When you consider how inexperienced this team is its not that bad, will learn a lot - been tactically naive and offered nothing bar Tuilagi as go forward.
Would have Foden as 15 - so much better than Brown, got to find a place for JJ too, maybe wing for Brown?
Our forwards need some ball carriers - Parling had a good game.
Don't think Mears or PDJ's should be in England teams
Would have Foden as 15 - so much better than Brown, got to find a place for JJ too, maybe wing for Brown?
Our forwards need some ball carriers - Parling had a good game.
Don't think Mears or PDJ's should be in England teams
dammit_chris- Posts : 8685
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Tuilagi is definately a 12. He spent the whole game doing the carrying Barritt should have been doing as a 12.
Steven_Sharks- Posts : 7528
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Dean Ryan is becoming my favourite pundit - speaks so much sense
Would play Haskell next week
Would play Haskell next week
dammit_chris- Posts : 8685
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PDJ will get a rough doing over but he was playing out of position. He can cover LH at club level if pushed but internationally not up to it. Prefer him there to Wilson or Stevens though! 23 man squads will sort that out come the AIs anyway.
SirJohnnyEnglish- Posts : 8536
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Think you could play Tuilagi at 12 if next to Flood, not Farrell - would like to see it just so he could smash Steyn a few times - possibly my most disliked player
dammit_chris- Posts : 8685
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PDJ not a LH Chris, why he prob shouldn't on bench tbh.
Tuilagi I'd never play at 12 as he never passes and defensive structure all wrong. You can't just throw a midfield together and expect Manu who likes to rush up anyway lead a defensive line.
Team for next test:
1. Marler
2. Hartley
3. Cole
4. Palmer/Botha
5. Parling
6. Haskell (although TJ great)
7. Robshaw
8. Morgan
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Brown
12. Barritt (if fit)
13. JJ
14. Ashton
15. Foden
Bench of TJ, Tuilagi, Care, Farrell
Tuilagi I'd never play at 12 as he never passes and defensive structure all wrong. You can't just throw a midfield together and expect Manu who likes to rush up anyway lead a defensive line.
Team for next test:
1. Marler
2. Hartley
3. Cole
4. Palmer/Botha
5. Parling
6. Haskell (although TJ great)
7. Robshaw
8. Morgan
9. Youngs
10. Flood
11. Brown
12. Barritt (if fit)
13. JJ
14. Ashton
15. Foden
Bench of TJ, Tuilagi, Care, Farrell
Sgt_Pooly- Posts : 36294
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All Tuilagi can do is carry and makes big dents when he does it , Barritt besides one up and under was great. Reckon he'll miss next Saturday though with a sealed eye.
To me it seems like we have no one who can beat some one on a six pence on the outside. That is why the likes of Joseph and Wade should be drafted in and used effectivley. Lets look at how The Crusaders beat Blue Bulls and go with something along them lines.
Next week i'd go
1.Marler
2.Hartley
3.Cole
4.Palmer
5.Parling
6.Johnson
7.Robshaw
8.Haskell
9.Youngs
10.Flood
11.Foden
12.Allen
13.Joseph
14.Ashton
15.Brown
16.Grey
17.Corbisero
18.Botha (Was cracking today)
19.Morgan
20.Care
21.Farrell
22.Tuilagi
To me it seems like we have no one who can beat some one on a six pence on the outside. That is why the likes of Joseph and Wade should be drafted in and used effectivley. Lets look at how The Crusaders beat Blue Bulls and go with something along them lines.
Next week i'd go
1.Marler
2.Hartley
3.Cole
4.Palmer
5.Parling
6.Johnson
7.Robshaw
8.Haskell
9.Youngs
10.Flood
11.Foden
12.Allen
13.Joseph
14.Ashton
15.Brown
16.Grey
17.Corbisero
18.Botha (Was cracking today)
19.Morgan
20.Care
21.Farrell
22.Tuilagi
Driver- Posts : 11038
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Can't drop Manu - was our only player who can get over the gainline!
Need to sort out our kicking game pronto - maybe more sp the chasing side.
Breakdown v good, our physicality isn't up there - Botha and Johnson not physical enough for me
Need to sort out our kicking game pronto - maybe more sp the chasing side.
Breakdown v good, our physicality isn't up there - Botha and Johnson not physical enough for me
dammit_chris- Posts : 8685
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That cameo from Palmer today was probably the best he has played for club or country since before the world cup! Be harsh to put him ahead of Botha based on his first good 20 minutes in a season though! Especially when Botha was fairly solid
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SirJohnnyEnglish- Posts : 8536
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Botha was increadibly physical Chris
Won a massive turnover just from clearing a ruck out in the first half.
Won a massive turnover just from clearing a ruck out in the first half.
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Both right really.
My problem with Manu is for all the good he brings he's a bit brainless. Was a pen machine today and just looks for contact....he never passes. Must be awful playing outside him as he just heads down and runs. Can be brutal in attack but we need heads up rugby.
Marler went well
My problem with Manu is for all the good he brings he's a bit brainless. Was a pen machine today and just looks for contact....he never passes. Must be awful playing outside him as he just heads down and runs. Can be brutal in attack but we need heads up rugby.
Marler went well
Sgt_Pooly- Posts : 36294
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Tuilagi for Ashton is an interesting call from Ryan
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Compare Botha to any of the Boks through 4-8 and he's like a butterfly - need more than being able to tackle in my mind at this level - he played well but if we have Parling (who was great today) I think you need Palmer.
Also as well as Johnson played we need Haskells bulk - would help Morgan, who looked a little lost today - all experience though
Also as well as Johnson played we need Haskells bulk - would help Morgan, who looked a little lost today - all experience though
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Wilko and Mac missing drop goals for fun.
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William Servat
Fantastic career ended by a card , wonderful.
Fantastic career ended by a card , wonderful.
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