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Breaking News: Leicester Tigers secure top spot and a home semi-final with their first bonus point win of the league season against Bath at The Rec.

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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.

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).

Failure to comply with these rules will result in forfeiting the match and a 1 league point deduction.

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 Finalist - £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.

Driver have you watched Wilson this year ??

I have always been first to bag him but he has been tremendous this year and works well across the field but more importantly has been top in scrum./

Brooke's not played and been fired
Out of Leicester much like saull at Saracens so should not tour.

Pdj likewise has no form to speak of and hopefully Quins will whip him
Into shape.

Wilson has improved to a level I never thought.

Decent squad Driver. Think there needs to a bit more rotation and look at some different avenues.

Props; Matt Mullen, Alex Corbs, Henry Thomas , David Wilson , Paul Doran Jones

Mako going kind of forces the hand with Marler. I would've liked him to miss it and taken the summer off, he played last year and needs a good summer break. Corbs will pretty much have to go, but is he fit?! A big chance for Mullen perhaps or even Wood. TH is a big chance for someone to put their hand up, so Wilson and PDJ will go with Thomas backing up

Hookers: Joe Grey , Rob Webber and Rob Buchanan

A fresh chance for someone here. Can't argue with the above. But there is a case for taking Paice as experience for one of the Quins lads.

Locks: Ed Slater , David Attwood, George Kruis and Joe Launchbury

Not a fan of Lawes, we know what he can provide and its time to look elsewhere. I'm tempted to get Attwood back in as he has been good for Bath recently. Everyone else warrants selection, slight outside chance that Savage could go. Tempted to chuck in Robson for lineout and exp.

Back Row : Tom Wood (c) , Will Fraser , Matt Kvesic , Ben Morgan and Billy Vunipola

No changes here, all good. Haskell would but needs the rest as does Robshaw.

Half backs : Danny Care , Joe Simpson , Toby Flood (VC) and Freddie Burns

Agree here apart from Simpson. Although not sure who to take next, Wiggles, Dickson?

Centres: Billy Twelvetrees , Brad Baritt , Elliot Daley , Jonny May

Wings: Chris Ashton , Kyle Eastmond , Christian Wade , Ben Foden

Full backs: Alex Goode , Mike Brown.


Everything else looks good, perhaps maybe try to see Eastmond at 13 and May in the backthree. Tempted to take Trinder instead of Goode.

I havn't seen much of Bath this year Matt.

Apparently he took Glaws scrum to cleaners the other week?

Not hard driver we had 7 men half of match after dawiduik sent off in an appalling decision.
Also
Lost harden for
The season in first half and our awful lack of depth showed when chistoloni who is worst prop in prem came on.

To
Lose
By 6 points
Was a top result for us. I was celebrating!! Our best performance in adversity all year.

For a dreadful glos performance watch us vs sale
The other week. Shocker

I havn't seen as much rugby as i would of liked this year, since moving away need some games to DL whilst i'm home if anyone has any recommendations?

Tigers - Bath
Leinster - Biarritz (see Heaslip have his 1 good game of season)

Any Cheetahs or brumbies games!

Cheetahs have been quality, good to see Bruss back to his best too.

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Tigers - Bath
Leinster - Biarritz (see Heaslip have his 1 good game of season)

Love your campaign on heaslip. You obviously lmbso
More
Than gatland
And the
Short listers of the European player of the year award.

Would bet money he is starting 8 for
Lions. Pure class and all the right people agree !

I must be one of the wrong people then...

Cheetahs been great lubascahne their backrower has been player of
Tournament for
Me.

Great player. Brussow been good last
3-4 games since getting starting
Spot.

Ebersohn
And le roux excellent
Also. As has coonie
And Strauss. Good team
All
Round

Burton Francis the flyhalf that has come in looks very handy as well.

Heaslip has been average through season and terrible in 6N. His nomination is nod to 1 good game against poor Biarritz side. I do not rate him I'm the slightest.

Don't knock one of Matts players Flux, he'll hammer your whole team! Lol

Gatland obviously likes Cuthbert, you don't rate him at all.

Go figure?

Saracens vs Toulon
Bath vs Tigers
Leinster vs OB
Cheetahs vs Kings

I'v went for them games.

Id sack Sarries Toulon, Quins Munster was good. See POC show Robson how to be a lock

Cheetahs vs Stormers would be good!

Although watching them might make you regret losing Rhule

Rhule looks magic, going to be a star

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/8578833/Robson-Savea-will-have-to-win-back-his-fans


Sevea charged with Assault.

Also i'm sure i said Maitland would be my surprise pick a few weeks back.

23 from players left at home?

1.Andrew Sheridan
2.Rory Best
3.Euan Murrey
4.Joe Launchbury
5.Jim Hamilton
6.Kelly Brown
7.Chris Robshaw
8.Ben Morgan

9.Danny Care
10.Jonny Wilkinson
11.Tim McVisser
12.Matt Scott
13.Scott Williams
14.Chris Ashton
15.Alex Goode

16.Ross Ford 17.Ryan Grant 18.Mike Ross 19.Nathan Hines 20.Tom Wood 21.Greig Laidlaw 22.James Hook 23.Mike Brown

With Alex Corbisero , Kieth Earls , Peter O'Mahoney ,Brad Barritt , Tom Waldrom , Lloyd Williams , Eoin Redden , Lee Byrne and Dan Bigger around that squad...

23 from players left at home?

1.Andrew Sheridan
2.Rory Best
3.Euan Murrey
4.Joe Launchbury
5.Jim Hamilton
6.Kelly Brown
7.Chris Robshaw
8.Ben Morgan

9.Danny Care
10.Jonny Wilkinson
11.Christian Wade
12.Matt Scott
13.Scott Williams
14.Chris Ashton
15.Mike Brown

16.Ross Ford 17.Ryan Grant 18.Mike Ross 19.Nathan Hines 20.Tom Wood 21.Greig Laidlaw 22.James Hook 23.Alex Goode

Fixed it for you, that pack would challenge any they construct out there.[quote]

Burger back under the knife, no date for comeback. Missus is fit though

http://www.rugby365.com/article/53593

Jauzion retires, and Toulouse also release Gary Botha, Burgess and Poux.

Burgess has signed for Rebels next year hasn't he?

The nominees for the RFU Championship Player of the Year Award are:

Stevie McColl – Leeds Carnegie
Tim Streather – Nottingham Rugby
Guy Thompson – Jersey RFC


No Falcons players in there at all is a bit of a shock , Thought Tui'fuia would have been up there along with Tomas.

Tim Streather is a good player mind , looked great against us in November.

Glad I snapped up Streather! can replace Jauzion as he is retiring

Some mantel for the lad to live up too lol

gotta aim high son

Is Thompson the front rower from jersey. If
So I am sure he has signed on for a prem club

Think a different one fella, he's just signed a new contract there.

He's a flanker I think Mat.

The prop is Barrington, or something like that. Meant to be pretty good and with Sarries front row coaching you'd expect him to kick on there too!

Sure Sale have signed Jersey's hooker recently too.

Jersey front row 5 are fantastic, anybody after any bargains should look there. They've gave teams issues all season.

They're all giants over there that why. Something in the water lol

Inbreeding ?

How come Kings Lynn aren't any good at rugby?

You could say Basingstoke, but that is where Tom Croft originates...

Also as I keep checking this page for updates as procrastination technique, keeping me from my diss. Anyone fancy a deal, trying to trade up and bring some bigger players to Wasps if possible. Brown and Barritt can leave in the right deal

Watching Sarries vs Toulon now , Pallison looks to have come on a lot. handy on wing or at full back

Dagg dropped for Crusaders:

http://tvnz.co.nz/rugby-news/dagg-demotion-warning-no-one-s-safe-5425547

"The world class No.15 has looked lost in almost all of the Crusaders matches this season and Blackadder hopes that his relegation may ignite the missing spark in his game."

He has looked off form, dropped for Taylor though??

Crusaders not a happy squad. They dropped freauan the week before. Not many playing well there.


Rumoured that black adder to be sacked fairly soon

Ioane to stade francis

Isn't Morne going there next year? Think he could regret that decision lol

Flip, Steyn, Ioane.

Keeping Parisse too.

If flip is going to stade the penalties count will increase that's for sure!

I think it's Stade, might be wrong.

Interestingly for Pooly all 4 pundits on rugby club picked heaslip in their starting 15 for lions.

There were 9 unanimous choices in the starting 15 and he was one of them.

I wouldn't start Heaslip either, but depends who else was in the backrow I guess.

Not really interesting.

He's been poor all season bar one good showing which was his last game.

Dallaglio & Moody picked Faletau pre squad announcement and Lol said Heaslip shouldn't tour. I'd take their opinion over Barnes & Morris lol

Croft and warburton were the others in back row

A backrow of Croft/Warburton/Heaslip would majorly lack carrying