Newcastle Falcons

NEWCASTLE FALCONS

WELCOME TO THE CHAMPIONS

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS 2011, 2012

HEINEKEN CUP WINNERS 2010


Main site: https://www.606v2.com/f41-fantasy-aviva-premiership-season-4


Current Budget: 5.5m

Head Coach:Driver
Assistant Coach: John Bentley
Director of rugby: Declan Kidney
Forwards Coach: Fran Cotton
Backs Coach's: Johnathan Edwards
Attacking Coach: Jason Robinson
Kicking Coach: Neil Jenkins
Defense Coach: Mike Ford
Conditioning Coach:Craig White
Newcastle A Coach: Tony Underwood

Retired(Not released): Richard Blaze, William Servat , Lee Mears , Juan Smith

FORWARDS: 23

HK Rory Best (Ireland)
HK Agustín Creevy (Argentina)

TH Paul Doran-Jones (England)
TH Owen Franks (New Zealand)
TH Clement Ric (France)

LH Fabien Barcella (France)
LH Soane Tonga'uiha (Tonga)
LH Alex Waller (England)

LK Paul O'Connell (Ireland)
LK Juandre Kruger (South Africa)
LK Brad Thorn (New Zealand)
LK Yoann Maestri (France)
LK Ed Slater (England)

Maurie Fa'asavalu Joins from Gloucester at End of Season
BS Tom Croft (England) - Joins Gloucester at end of season
BS Kelly Brown (Scotland)

OS Richie McCaw(c) (New Zealand)
OS Heinrich Brussow (South Africa)
OS Chris Robshaw (England)

N8 Kieran Read (New Zealand)
N8 Toby Faletau (Wales) (12/11/90)
N8 Chris Masoe (New Zealand)

BACKS: 17

SH Ben Youngs (England)
SH Jimmy Cowan (New Zealand)
SH Luke Burgess (Austrailia)
SHSam Harrison (England)
SH Jean-Marc Doussain (France) (12/02/91)

FH Toby Flood (England)
FH Aaron Cruden (New Zealand)
FH Colin Slade (New Zealand)

IC Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
IC James O'Connor (Austrailia)
IC Scott Wiliiams (Wales) (10/10/1990)
IC Ben Williams (England)

OC Jaque Fourie (South Afica)
OC Adam Ashley-Cooper (Austrailia)
OC George Lowe (England)

WG Alex Cuthbert (Wales)
WG Miles Benjamin (England)
WG Tommy Bowe (Ireland)
Charlie Sharples Joins from Gloucester at End of Season

FB Alex Goode (England)
FB Jared Payne (New Zealand)


Academy: (01/09/90)

HK Jamie George - On Loan from Gloucester till end of season
PR Luke Cowen-Dickie (England) (20/6/1993) - Joins Gloucester at end of season
LK Jonny Gray (Scotland)
LK Will Carrick Smith (England)
BR Josh Beaumont (England)
BR Joel Conlon (England)
BR Hugh Blake (New Zealand)
BR Euan Dods (England)
FH Joel Hodgson (England) (1/8/1992)
FH Grant Connon (England)
FH Henry Slade (England) (19/3/1993)
CE Luke Marshall (Ireland)
CE Andrew Forsyth (England)
CE Chris Harris (England)
CE Sam Jones (England)
CE Francis Saili (New Zealand) (2/2/1991)
WG Raymond Rhule (South Africa) - Joins Gloucester end of season
WG Dom Shipperly (Australia)
WG Charles Pitutau (New Zealand)

Junior Academy

HK Nathan Morris (England) (3/3/1993)
HK George McGuigan (Ireland) (30/3/1993)
PR James Halam
PR Scott Wilson (England)
BR Joe Robinson (England) (6/3/1993)
WG Zach Kibirige (England)

Injuries:(Available week in brackets)


No Injuries

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Newcastle Falcons

Manager – Driver

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Welcome to the game driver

Kruger, Cruden, JOC, Payne, Goode and Luke Marshall interest me mate. let's talk!

JOC not for bloody sale!!

Good luck mate

What for faletau? Could do someone for him: you need a tight head so could get one involved

What for faletau then as mas is different bracket

None of them for sale mate. Lets sort something out for Luke Marshall.

English would need English sorry

Also interested in Brussow so let me know what you want for him.

Who you listening to offers for mate.

No mate, Pooly predicted before he quit.

Anything for Read?

PDJ, Franks, Croft, Rbshaw, Falateu, Cruden, JOC, Lowe, AAC, Cuthbert, Mitchell, Goode, Payne interest me

Welcome back mate.

Not really looking to do anything for any starting players until the end of the season though, especially with EQ, though Ashton very likely he can leave then.

What sort of players are available from you as Ashton one of my top ones.

Farrell will be staying at London Welsh for the foreseeable future mate.

Croft is a great, great player and I rate him very highly, but I have too many number 6's as it is with Lydiate, Messam, Bonnaire - though my lineout could be rather screwed if Bonnaire retires.

Look at a deal at the end of the season

Raymond rhule what for him. In your academy

I would not do croft and Mitchell for may on his own so adding ferris to it is even more unlikely.

May will be a superstar. I would do may for JOC and nowt else. JOC has potential to be a superstar of they let him play a position but may is English and for me going to be England player for a decade. May a lions bolter for me.

May DC Genia Mas Ferris Etzbeth and Dagg are my players who it would take silly offers for

Welcome back buddy, what for;

PDJ, Kruger, Robshaw, Faletau, Lowe and S Williams

Dan Robson I would do for Goode.

and Goode!

Re: Gloucester
by Driver Today at 10:17 pm
anonmattyt wrote:
Dan Robson I would do for Goode.


If we're doing deals like that i'll offer Jonny Grey for Richie Grey?


I don't rate Goode much but he is an England squad player. Robson has more chance of being a top international. He has taken cowans place and has a much better pass and kicking game than him already so would take a decent offer. Both him and Goode would not start for me hence the offer

I don't think Lancaster knows what he is doing he picked Nathan Catt and Shaun knight in Saxons.

He also picks Ben youngs no matter how bad his form is.

Robson needs to be left for a year. 9 is a position of
Incredible depth for England.

We have loads. Robson has the best kick and pass of them all. Needs to get more fiery and boss the pack more.
That's his biggest failing

Youngs is a world beater on his day but his last top game was 3 years ago vs Australia.

Read an article about him talking of how he is put off his game easily and how teams target him. Youngs talked of using a psychologist to help him with this problem.

Said it before but I think they should take him out of firing line and give him 6 months off.

As an England fan I want him back firing. He has everything and could rival Genia but last 2 years have been wilderness years for him. He was poor against nz when we won.

anonmattyt wrote:Dan Robson I would do for Goode.

Getting some cracking offers Driver......

Sgt_Pooly wrote:

anonmattyt wrote:Dan Robson I would do for Goode.

Getting some cracking offers Driver......

Depends how you rate players. Goode was not great in A I matches and for me is not an international

anonmattyt wrote:

Sgt_Pooly wrote:

anonmattyt wrote:Dan Robson I would do for Goode.

Getting some cracking offers Driver......

Depends how you rate players. Goode was not great in A I matches and for me is not an international

England's first choice FB.....Gloucesters second choice 9

Be mad not to do it Driver

Goode
Not England's first choice fb. He may be by default but If all
Fit then never. It's like saying Adam Thompson is first choice for nz.

I probably would not do Robson for Goode anyhow.

Good to see you have given up the game. You really are stepping back lol? Reckon you will be on here even more if that is possible '

anonmattyt wrote:

I probably would not do Robson for Goode anyhow.'

Sorry Driver, Ive just lost you a cracker!

Masoe, AAC, PDJ?

Pooly tried to get Youngs. Not a deal there in my eyes. Cole NFS. Beale would need Dagg or similar which you don't have.

BOD in a deal with AAC could be a possibility. But do love BOD and he's my VC. Get Wilson/Masoe included?

Not looking to lose Ashton before the end of the season mate, espc with Croft as have far too many blindsides at the moment

BOD still has 18 months left as one of the top 13s around.
Youngs needs Best, then we've got EQ problems.

Mullan needs to be part of a bigger deal where I get a loosehead and a decent English player back. Kruger, Brussow, Youngs, Ashley-Cooper and Goode are all players I'd be looking at.

Would need Goode in return

and still interested in;
PDJ, Kruger, Robshaw, Faletau, Burgess, Lowe and S Williams

Would need to be a show stopping offer for Barnes. He is vital to how I Play. JOC?

Not going to lose my best fullback without a replacement.

struggling to see anything. No deal there with your 9's or wingers really. His versatility also a big thing for me so would need to be a good deal.

Send me a list of the players you rate at similar level for this potential Lion!

Slipper + Mowen + Brown
=
PDJ + Faletau + Payne

?

Not sure how is unbalanced, its like for like?

New offer for you mate;

Priestland + Crane + Botha + Pisi
=
Flood + Faletau + Kruger + Lowe

Could only let Evans go from Irish for Cruden + something significant.

Fair enough. Evans may not be playing international rugby, but I think most people would probably say that he's still a better player than Cruden, particularly through an English winter.

Tough one. Garvey is highly rated, EQ and seemingly available all year as it would appear that Lancaster won't select him. Not sure I see anything mate.

Fluxy wrote:New offer for you mate;

Priestland + Crane + Botha + Pisi
=
Flood + Faletau + Kruger + Lowe

Would you be able to include any of the above then, in a Phipps/burgess deal?

No mate. He's alright, but I'm not a massive fan.

No value in that for Irish mate.

Only English I would let Ashton go for would probably be Ben YOungs mate - could do something around Ashton/Phillips - Youngs and ?

Would need English starter. Only interested in Robshaw and that is not a fair deal.

Needs English starter. No interest in flood or Goode so don't know where to go.