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Breaking News: Leicester Tigers win Aviva Premiership final after a penalty shoot out against Harlequins

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2009/2010 – Saracens
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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 Welsh	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

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Welcome to Season 6 of the Aviva Premiership fantasy 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 its 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 match day 23'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 an academy squad of 20 players. Players who are in the academy must be born on or after 1st September 1991.

Any player, who is at any Premiership club in real life, either in their senior, academy or AASE squads, can be bid for on the domestic bidding page. Players who are at your own club in real life and are coming through the academy system must be bid for if you want them in your own academy.

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 5 players from the Championship or the National Leagues. These players must be bid for on the Domestic Transfer Bidding page, and each bid will be considered by me on its 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.

There will be a summer foreign transfer window, which will run as follows.

Structured Window

No cash will be used and each team will get effectively free transfers by way of a draft, which will run 12th, 11th, 10th …… 1st, 12th, 11th,10th… 1st place side. This will run from 10th June 2013 until all teams have had their two picks.

Open Window

Open transfer window, teams have unlimited bids provided they have the financial resources to cover them. Teams may only bid for one player at a time.

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

All released players will be deemed to have joined a Championship side and can be bid for on the Domestic Transfer Bidding page.

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 match thread will be put up every Monday. Home teams must be named by midnight on Tuesday. Away teams must be named by midnight on Wednesday. Both teams must provide tactics by midnight on Thursday. Predictions will be open from 00:01 hours on Friday and remain open until 20:00 hours on Saturday. 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.

Managers are asked to provide detail as to why they have predicted a result. To be considered a descriptive prediction this must be a full 3 lines long when entered into the text box. If you are not providing a descriptive prediction you will be restricted to predicting a 1 point win either way.

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 match day 23, and at least 4 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.

£2m 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.

by Guest Sat 27 Jul - 22:56

Brumbies performance bang on at hard place to win. No wonder Mckenzie called up lots of
Them.
Makes sense they are best Aussie team.

Sio toomua kuridrani white fardy kimlin mogg all deserve call up. Mowen been unreal all year.

Mogg and toomua look real deal. Smith as good as
McCaw. Possibly best two 7s of all time

by Sgt_Pooly Sun 28 Jul - 11:11

Looks like Kaino is going back to NZ

http://i.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/8972865/

by Sgt_Pooly Sun 28 Jul - 21:15

anonmattyt wrote:http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3827_8840143,00.html

Oh yes

Be back for next Super season barring set backs apparently, Jan/Feb time

by Sgt_Pooly Mon 29 Jul - 17:31

Super team of week:

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,15991_8846665,00.html

"10 Aaron Cruden (Chiefs) - Went head-to-head against Dan Carter and got the better of his more illustrious opponent. Cruden's intercept try proved decisive but he also impressed with his distribution and option taking. Also defended well with ten tackles made. Edges out Matt Toomua who had a fine all-round game for the Brumbies."

by **Ozzy3213** Mon 29 Jul - 20:28

Big round of applause for Aaron Cruden for making a tackle and being the best out of the 4 tens who actually played this week! Rolling Eyes

by Sgt_Pooly Mon 29 Jul - 20:45

I know, canny isn't it.

by Steven_Sharks Thu 1 Aug - 11:21

EPS squad announced. Strettle, JJ and Haskell out. Attwood, Kvesic, Billy V, Yarde, Wade and Eastmond in.

Forwards: David Attwood (Bath Rugby), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Alex Corbisiero (Northampton Saints), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), Matt Kvesic (Gloucester Rugby), Joe Launchbury (London Wasps), Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby), Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), David Wilson (Bath Rugby), Tom Wood (Northampton Saints), Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers).

Backs: Chris Ashton (Saracens), Brad Barritt (Saracens), Mike Brown (Harlequins), Freddie Burns (Gloucester Rugby), Danny Care (Harlequins), Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints), Owen Farrell (Saracens), Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers), Ben Foden (Northampton Saints), Alex Goode (Saracens), Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby), Manusamoa Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby), Christian Wade (London Wasps), Marland Yarde (London Irish), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers

by dammit_chris Thu 1 Aug - 11:53

Step in the right direction again - when you compare that to his original squads you start seeing that more players look like they have potential to be top class players and move England forward.

Impressive how many recent u20 players are now making the step up to the full squad - Kvesvic, Launchbury, both Vunipolas, Farrell, Wade, Yarde must all have played at the JWC in last 2 years.

by Sgt_Pooly Thu 1 Aug - 13:43

Can't argue with that, really like what Lancaster is building.

by Guest Thu 1 Aug - 14:26

Rumours that robshaw to be dropped as captain for wood make sense. They like kvesic.

Good Saxons side.

Hate Lancaster though and think he will end up a massive failure

by Guest Thu 1 Aug - 14:27

Think it is a better squad though. Yarde deserves his call up

by Sgt_Pooly Thu 1 Aug - 14:49

Wood/Robshaw still our best combo by some distance.

I like the look of Kvesic though, needs to be tested against good opposition.

by Sgt_Pooly Thu 1 Aug - 14:55

Just noticed Hartleys still in, what a lucky boy. Done nothing of late, not sure what Webber has to do.

by dammit_chris Thu 1 Aug - 15:16

Lancaster is a bit sneaky with hookers in the EPS -only two in the full England one, but calls in the other hookers from the Saxons into full England training sessions. Webber was really playing well and impressed on tour too.

Hartley was on very good form at the end of the season until his 'indiscretion', was winning a lot of motm for Saints and had a really good season. Do think that if he didnt lose it he'd have been a Lions starter. Such a muppet.

by Sgt_Pooly Thu 1 Aug - 15:19

He should have been dropped imo

by dammit_chris Thu 1 Aug - 15:40

Very good player though, best thrower in the AP and wouldnt drop him when Youngs darts arent great and Webber isnt there yet.

The backs that Lancaster has selected suggest that we are wanting to play a more attacking game, so need that lineout not to wobble. Be interesting to see who Lancaster picks at flyhalf - guessing it will be Farrell, with Burns on the bench.

by Sgt_Pooly Thu 1 Aug - 15:49

I don't rate Hartley at all but we've been through this 100 times. Youngs and Webber our best options by a way, Webber has came through really well.

by Sgt_Pooly Sat 3 Aug - 10:08

Anyone watching final?

Chiefs started poorly but right back in it now, great play from Robinson, Kuridrani defence was awful.

All Chiefs now!

by Guest Sat 3 Aug - 10:11

Just at end of first half. Cruden having a mare. Certainly will not be in team of week this week !

by Guest Sat 3 Aug - 10:12

Toby smith and George smith having stormers

by Sgt_Pooly Sat 3 Aug - 10:21

Class win for Chiefs, Retalick and Messam were quality.

Tale of two halfs, Chiefs just had too much.

Not sure where you get this Kuridrani will oust AAC from, he's dross. Defence is awful.

by Guest Sun 4 Aug - 0:37

Fdp back and steenkamp

http://www.planetrugby.co.uk/story/0,25883,16024_8852429,00.html

Coenie picked as th and lh. I known coenie can play th well but for me is a lh and not th.

Moved back to lh for cheetahs and was immense at th he is good but you lose some of his mobility.

Steenkamp and beast is a wc pair of props th is an issue for sa.

Wonder how fdp will be

by Sgt_Pooly Sun 4 Aug - 9:19

Totally agree on Coenie, he's either going to be a world class LH or average Int TH.

Meyer seems to think the latter.

by Sgt_Pooly Sun 4 Aug - 9:39

NZ squad:

Kiwi squad: Forwards: Dane Coles, Andrew Hore, Keven Mealamu, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Ben Franks, Owen Franks, Tony Woodcock, Brodie Retallick, Luke Romano, Samuel Whitelock, Sam Cane, Steven Luatua, Richie McCaw, Liam Messam, Kieran Read

Backs: Tawera Kerr-Barlow, T.J. Perenara, Aaron Smith, Beauden Barrett, Daniel Carter, Aaron Cruden, Ma'a Nonu, Conrad Smith, Israel Dagg, Charles Piutau, Julian Savea, Ben Smith

by Sgt_Pooly Mon 5 Aug - 19:19

Super team of season:

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_8856079,00.html

by Steven_Sharks Mon 5 Aug - 22:11

short on the wings are the AB's. No Gear or Halai a touch surprising.

by Steven_Sharks Mon 5 Aug - 22:14

Decent enough Super rugby team. Liam Gill unlucky

by Sgt_Pooly Thu 8 Aug - 9:27

We've signed up Franck Montanella from Welsh.

Gives our front row(esp LH) a solid look, Montanella was one of the best LH's in the prem last season.

Rory Lawson has retired.

by dammit_chris Thu 8 Aug - 9:57

Following up for grabs if anyone wants to do any more deals?

PR Sona Taumalolo (Tonga) (1)

Second row
LK Cadeyn Neville (Australia)

Flyhalves
FH/CE Ben Botica (New Zealand)

Back Three
WG Sitiveni Siviatu (NZ)

by prop_lyd Thu 8 Aug - 21:39

McCarthy/Hooper available for a quick sale

by Guest Thu 8 Aug - 23:39

http://www.planetrugby.co.uk/story/0,25883,16024_8860873,00.html

Englebrecht been one of best backrow about. Potential bok. May allow Arno to move to 8 ?

Kings had some good players the 8 was some carrier who has also joined the bulls

by Sgt_Pooly Thu 8 Aug - 23:51

So many good backrowers in SA, always been an area of strength.

They could do with swapping some for a TH, scrum half and fly half as they're not looking too good there.

by Guest Fri 9 Aug - 0:14

With goosen missing and Lambie not trusted for some reason they have issues at 10.

Morne steyn is a fine 10. Effective and great temperament. One of best in world. Never get the critics of him.

Many ways to play rugby.

Pollard the young bull is the big hope hence steyn being allowed to leave with much fuss. Played for u20s in last 2 wc. Still only 18 and a unit. Bought him ages ago after hearing from sa media about him.

Goosen fit will be world class but have to doubt his injury record based on last 2 seasons. Still 20 or 19 though.

by Sgt_Pooly Fri 9 Aug - 9:12

Goosen is 21, seen nothing to suggest he'll be world class tbh.

Lambie has had a poor season and Steyn is limited at Int level. Cupboard is pretty bare at 10.

by Guest Sat 10 Aug - 0:47

Billy burns and Reynolds fantastic in 7s. Burns needs some defence coaching as does freddy. Family rate maybe ?

by Guest Sun 11 Aug - 1:55

Great currie cup game lions cheetahs.

Lood de jäger has been great every game this year. Some lump Chris has signed.

Lappuschange is a proper 6. Ebersohn such a nails defender and breakdown menace for a small guy. Shows that lots of defence is attitude and technique. Him and Conrad smith are small men yet great defenders and win turnovers.

Phillip de Walt is also a good carrying 8. SA building serious depth. New scrum laws working well

by Sgt_Pooly Sun 11 Aug - 10:14

SBW coming back?

http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3824_8865473,00.html

by dammit_chris Sun 11 Aug - 20:24

I knew if I kept on randomly selected second rows from South Africa I would find one eventually who might be good! Hoping that Jacques du Plessis will kick on this year - looked v good in JWC apart from the game against Wales.

Can anyone explain the format of the Currie Cup - is it a league that then goes into a knock out competition? Seems a pretty good standard and provides young players a really good opportunity to be tested.

by Sgt_Pooly Sun 11 Aug - 20:35

It's pretty much a similar set up to the AP.

Standard varies as sides tend to mix and match, it's a good step down from super rugby.

I used to watch a fair bit but you get a lot of awful matches with kicking possession away.

by LukeLovesLuka Wed 14 Aug - 12:15

South Africa:
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jean de Villiers (c), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.

Replacements: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Gurthrö Steenkamp, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Flip Van Der Merwe, 20 Siya Kolisi, 21 Fourie du Preez, 22 Pat Lambie, 23 Jan Serfontein.

by Steven_Sharks Wed 14 Aug - 12:26

Fourie Du Preez straight back in. Will be interesting to see how he goes.

by Sgt_Pooly Wed 14 Aug - 12:29

Good outfit, prob the best they can put out at min.

by prop_lyd Wed 14 Aug - 16:53

anyone intersted in mike mccarthy or stuart hooper or dean mumm for cash?

by Driver Wed 14 Aug - 17:49

7m for mumm?

by LukeLovesLuka Wed 14 Aug - 19:16

New Zealand:
15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Liam Messam, 5 Samuel Whitelock, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock

Replacements: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Charlie Faumuina, 19 Brodie Retallick, 20 Sam Cane, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Beauden Barrett, 23 Ryan Crotty.

by Steven_Sharks Wed 14 Aug - 20:23

Crotty deserves call up. Been tempted to sign him so many times.

Good NZ side, would have Gear for Smith myself but Carter aside it's there best side.

by Sgt_Pooly Wed 14 Aug - 20:37

Quality side, Carter out Cruden in...scary.

Smith has been the best back in Super rugby imo, Gear hasn't really played that well since 2010/11, bit of a one season wonder.

by Guest Wed 14 Aug - 20:45

Gear in France Steven. Gear was sensational this year as was smith. Smith gives them a footballing wing.

Gear and smith were great in a poor side this year. Gear scores loads and terrified defences. Best season in about 4 years

by Steven_Sharks Wed 14 Aug - 20:46

Thought Gear had a good super rugby season. Smith is good but soft in defence.

by Guest Wed 14 Aug - 20:48

Steven_Sharks wrote:Thought Gear had a good super rugby season. Smith is good but soft in defence.

True on smiths defence but he has been excellent in attack.

Lacks a bit of balance with gear and savea but would be frightening to defend

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