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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Tue 03 Sep 2013, 8:36 pm

First topic message reminder :

Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 Aviva+Premiership+Logo
 
Breaking News: Wasps good form continues with victory at Kingsholm while Driver is feeling the pressure following defeat to former Falcons manager Pooly
 

 
Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 Aviva-Premiership-Trophy-e1306508139154

2012/2013 – Leicester Tigers
2011/2012 – Newcastle Falcons
2010/2011 - Newcastle Falcons
2009/2010 – Saracens
2008/2009 - London Irish






                                             

POSAviva PremiershipPLAYEDWONDREWLOSTP FP AP DT FT ATBPLBPPOINTS
1Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 4Leicester Tigers 76011821572521131126
2Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 6London Wasps #76011681531516130124
3Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 12Sale Sharks #75111871662121161123
4Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 9Northampton Saints7403176172418171321
5Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 7Harlequins #7313178172618172318
6Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 5London Irish #73131761532320141317
7Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 57Worcester Warriors7223162170-814160416
8Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 8 Newcastle Falcons7223162176-1414170315
9Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 2Gloucester7214163166-314160414
10Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 11Saracens7205141162-2113161413
11Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 1 Bath Rugby # 7205138175-3713190411
12Season 6 Homepage I - Page 16 48Exeter Chiefs7106158167-913170610


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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 (SJE) 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.


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Post by Driver Mon 04 Nov 2013, 9:08 pm

The Irish celebration one?
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Post by Fluxy Mon 04 Nov 2013, 9:14 pm

Nah, the 'Gloucester need to go hang around the new zealand or south african training camps and try to find a big tighthead prop, most probably in the canteen queue and convince them to stay behind for a few seasons' 

Or something very close to that!

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Post by Driver Mon 04 Nov 2013, 9:18 pm

Yeah , It's the best place to find them though.
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon 04 Nov 2013, 9:59 pm

Budgets and table up to date. Onto the Anglo Welsh we move this week guys

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Post by Driver Mon 04 Nov 2013, 10:15 pm

A comp i'm actively targeting.
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Post by Guest Mon 04 Nov 2013, 11:22 pm

Fluxy wrote:Nah, the 'Gloucester need to go hang around the new zealand or south african training camps and try to find a big tighthead prop, most probably in the canteen queue and convince them to stay behind for a few seasons' 

Or something very close to that!

Very true. Or Spend some cash on the pack full stop.
Either will
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Post by Fluxy Mon 04 Nov 2013, 11:32 pm

That front five was pretty dire last weekend mate! On another point related to Gloucester...

I know this could sound like me just making a point and this is honestly not just based on the last game. But I really don't think 36 is the answer to Englands centre problems.

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Post by LukeLovesLuka Mon 04 Nov 2013, 11:35 pm

Young talented player who can pass kick and carry. Lancaster will give him time. No point bringing in young blood for the future then shoe them straight out. We have no other serious 12 options past him.

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Post by Driver Mon 04 Nov 2013, 11:36 pm

He could be , that attempt of a tackle at the weekend was weak though.
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Post by Fluxy Mon 04 Nov 2013, 11:40 pm

No doubt he has some ability luke, and like I said it's not based on one game. But for me just lacks that little something that sets him apart from decent club player to international starter.

I hope he proves me wrong and I know the cupboard is relatively bare at 12, but he's not really for me.

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Post by Driver Mon 04 Nov 2013, 11:42 pm

I think he looks better for England than he does Gloucester tbh.
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Post by LukeLovesLuka Mon 04 Nov 2013, 11:43 pm

Players miss tackles. It happens. I'd give him till end of 6N tbh. Then we'd know.

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Post by Guest Mon 04 Nov 2013, 11:46 pm

Best
Point was in telegraph which mentioned Lancaster says he picks
On form yet picks 36
Who has been poor
For glos. No surprise he struggled he is
Out of form like a lot of glos players.

Still think we should stick with him through AI as we need consistency.
For me he lacks the vision to play 12 and is takes poor options because of it.
He should stick to hard yards and grow in to a game before trying miracle balls and offloads in wrong parts of field

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Post by Driver Mon 04 Nov 2013, 11:47 pm

I hope he does well as you've got to respect he had the balls to tell Cockers he wasn't happy at Tigers.
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Post by stnick88 Tue 05 Nov 2013, 8:42 am

Burrell is the form 12 in much better form than 12T, I want to see him given a go.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue 05 Nov 2013, 8:44 am

36 was an odd call for a form team, similar with Tomkins who's been recently behind Wyles.

Asking a lot for players to play themselves into form at Int level.

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Post by dammit_chris Tue 05 Nov 2013, 9:09 am

Tomkins was injured at Sarries, had been v good all season otherwise - still think he lacks something at the top level though, rather Trinder as need some pace there.

Twelvetrees does have the talent, but read one article (think by Guscott, so probably very wrong) that said he only touched the ball 4 times in the entire game. For an inside centre that is awful, no chance to stamp his mark in the game. Can't help playing behind the Gloucester pack either when you want to get some form back!

Do you think Lancaster will make changes? Sounds like Corbs will be fit so assume he will start with Mako on bench. If he keeps Tom Youngs could see Parling coming in, but if Hartley starts he'll keep same two locks. Then Ben Youngs to start too.

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Post by LukeLovesLuka Tue 05 Nov 2013, 9:27 am

Was it Eastmond and JJ at Bath last week that neither touched the ball all game?!?

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Post by stnick88 Tue 05 Nov 2013, 10:25 am

yeh that is ridiculous. i know its not entirely their fault but still poor from them you have to look for work.

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Post by Driver Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:01 pm

Wales XV versus South Africa: Leigh Halfpenny, George North, Jonathan Davies, Scott Williams, Eli Walker, Rhys Priestland, Mike Phillips, Gethin Jenkins, Richard Hibbard, Adam Jones, Bradley Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Lydiate, Sam Warburton (C), Toby Faletau.

Subs: Ken Owens, Paul James, Scott Andrews, Luke Charteris, Justin Tipuric, Lloyd Williams, James Hook, Liam Williams.
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:07 pm

No Biggar? Been the best of the Welsh flyhalfs for me so far this year. Priestland hasn't pulled up any trees yet. Was hoping to have Hook for the LV Sad

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Post by dammit_chris Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:09 pm

Priestland in for playmaking and getting big backs into the game - with halfpenny they don't need a kicking no10. Gatland loves Priestland who has been pretty good on last 2 games.

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Post by Driver Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:10 pm

It's a Gatland Loveathon!

Wonder how highly he rates Bigger? Called Billy up to cover 10 for the Lions before Bigger.
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:15 pm

Bigger has played better than Priestland, really surprised with that call.

Good Welsh team, should be a cracker.

Beshocked (Sarries biggest fan!) reckons Wyles has kept Tomkins out of the team.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:23 pm

Scotland:

15 Sean Maitland (Glasgow Warriors), 14 Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors), 13 Nick De Luca (Edinburgh Rugby) , 12 Matt Scott (Edinburgh Rugby) , 11 Sean Lamont (Glasgow Warriors),10 Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors) , 9 Greig Laidlaw (Edinburgh Rugby) , 8 David Denton (Edinburgh Rugby), 7 Kelly Brown (Saracens) (C), 6 Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan) , 5 Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors) , 4 Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors), 3 Euan Murray (Worcester Warriors), 2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) ,1 Ryan Grant (Glasgow Warriors)

Replacements : 16 Pat MacArthur (Glasgow Warriors) , 17 Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh Rugby) , 18 Geoff Cross (Edinburgh Rugby), 19 Richie Gray (Castres) , 20 John Barclay (Scarlets), 21 Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow Warriors) , 22 Duncan Weir (Glasgow Warriors) , 23 Duncan Taylor (Saracens)

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Post by stnick88 Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:32 pm

10 is always Scotlands biggest problem. Pretty decent backrow and front row. matt scotts a good player too.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:36 pm

Gray dropped is an interesting one

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Post by Driver Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:43 pm

I would of persued Tommy Allen from Perpinguan but he's in the Italy squad now....
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Post by Driver Tue 05 Nov 2013, 1:54 pm

http://www.gloucesterrugby.co.uk/news/9285.php#.Unj4Y_nxrrM

Naughty Naughty.
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Tue 05 Nov 2013, 2:28 pm

If anybody was trying to PM me can they resend. My inbox had hit 100% and just cleared it so wouldn't have received anything.

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Post by stnick88 Tue 05 Nov 2013, 3:24 pm

how embarrasing for that inbred to of been found out and his photo put up on the club website! what a p rick. why throw a drink over someone how sad can you get

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Post by Guest Tue 05 Nov 2013, 3:30 pm

stnick88 wrote:how embarrasing for that inbred to of been found out and his photo put up on the club website! what a p rick. why throw a drink over someone how sad can you get
Hope we ban him for life

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Post by Ozzy3213 Tue 05 Nov 2013, 8:43 pm

Hell of a day down at Sandy Park at the LV Cup launch. Had a very interesting chat with Lewis Moody, including his views on a few current England players.
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Post by Driver Tue 05 Nov 2013, 8:45 pm

How did you end up there Pete? Maddog have much to say?
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Post by Ozzy3213 Tue 05 Nov 2013, 8:52 pm

Won a comp on the prem rugby website.

Yeah, he was good craic. Talked about why he doesn't think Lee Dickson is an international starter, rates Foden very highly, and reckons Steffon Armitage's omission is not because he plays in France and is more to do with attitude.

Playing touch rugby with Danny Grewcock was interesting as well, fortunately I was on his team!
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Post by Driver Tue 05 Nov 2013, 9:00 pm

Always had Steff pegged as a good lad! What's he's beef with Dickson?
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Post by Ozzy3213 Tue 05 Nov 2013, 9:05 pm

With Steffon he talked about how at international level it's a real step up and that Steffon was quite happy with his body fat levels and didn't want to knuckle down and get them down. I don't think it was his attitude in general, it was towards that specifically.

Dickson he was just saying that although he is a really good player he lacks anything special to take to the top level. He doesn't think he can have the same effect on the game as Youngs or Care can.
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Post by Driver Tue 05 Nov 2013, 9:09 pm

Steff did always seem to carry a bit of podge , Think a lot of people see Dickson as having no 'X' factor.

When he left Falcons people where more concerned with Hall Charlton Staying.
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Post by Ozzy3213 Tue 05 Nov 2013, 9:13 pm

He was talking highly of Billy V as well, seemed to rate him over Morgan.
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Post by Driver Tue 05 Nov 2013, 10:34 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/F15336733?thread=7087320&show=50

Rolling back the years to my first game as Worcester...
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Post by stnick88 Wed 06 Nov 2013, 9:24 am

haha just looked at that link, my bench has no backs on it all! just forwards. still won though.

Wade retained by england, please pick him Lancaster. Wade and Yarde on wings although raw and inexperienced could be devastating. ashton was partly at fault for toomuas try as he missed the original tackle flying out the line.

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Post by dammit_chris Wed 06 Nov 2013, 11:48 am

Daily Mail is saying that Wade is definitely starting Nick - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-2488061/Wasps-Christian-Wade-start-England-Argentina-Twickenham.html#comments

Do feel sorry for Ashton as he just doesnt get given the chances for England and has been doing very well for Sarries - but 2 tries in 20 internationals just isnt good enough.

Yarde looks a very good player, but maybe still a little bit too raw - rewatched the Aussie game and his positioning seemed way off a lot of times, but maybe that was due to playing in new combinations.

Mako is out for certain though, hoping Lancaster goes for, wouldnt be the exact team I'd want:

1. Corbs 2. Hartley 3. Cole 4. Launch 5. Lawes 6. Wood 7. Robshaw 8. Vunipola
9. Youngs 10. Farrell 11. Wade 12. Twelvetrees 13. Tomkins 14. Yarde 15. Brown

16. Youngs 17. Marler 18. Wilson 19. Parling 20. Morgan 21. Care 22. Flood 23. Foden

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Post by stnick88 Wed 06 Nov 2013, 11:55 am

Yarde didnt have a great game v Aus bar that one strong run. but you cant discard someone after one game. needs a run of games. considering how long we have given ashton to find some form and he persistently doesnt, yarde should be given a fair few games. likewise wade, he might have a stinker on debut or v NZ but needs to be given the time.

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Post by LukeLovesLuka Wed 06 Nov 2013, 12:02 pm

Parling needs to come in if fit. We miss him in the lineout too much.

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Post by stnick88 Wed 06 Nov 2013, 12:05 pm

Probably bring him in for Launch. thing is you then lose all his good work round the park, Parling not as good with that.

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Post by Driver Wed 06 Nov 2013, 12:06 pm

I'm sure i read somewhere Brown has a bit of a niggle so we could see Foden at 15 at some point.
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Post by dammit_chris Wed 06 Nov 2013, 12:10 pm

Saw a few ex players saying Yarde might be better spent learning more at Irish than with England and just getting as much game time as possible. Don't agree with that, if you've got the skills and power like he has then you've got to get exposed at international level to learn quicker, especially now we have a decent set of forwards.

Didn't realise our forwards didnt miss a single tackle against the Aussies - pretty good stat.

Don't agree overly with Parling, when Hartley throws we don't miss him, but if Youngs starts we need Parling. Lawes and Launchbury look like they could become a very good partnership for England.

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Post by Driver Wed 06 Nov 2013, 12:31 pm

15. Pat Lambie 29 caps 55 points
14. JP Pietersen 48 caps 70 points
13. Jaque Fourie 69 caps 160 points
12. Jean de Villiers (captain) 93 caps 120 points
11. Bryan Habana 92 caps 265 points
10. Morné Steyn 51 caps 618 points
9. Fourie du Preez 65 caps 70 points
8. Duane Vermeulen 13 caps 5 points
7. Willem Alberts 27 caps 30 points
6. Francois Louw 25 caps 25 points
5. Flip van der Merwe 31 caps 5 points
4. Eben Etzebeth 20 caps 0 points
3. Frans Malberhe 0 caps 0 points
2. Bismarck du Plessis (v-captain) 54 caps 40 points
1. Tendai Mtawarira 50 caps 10 points
Replacements:
16. Adriaan Strauss 30 caps 25 points
17. Gurthrö Steenkamp 46 caps 30 points
18. Coenie Oosthuizen 11 caps 5 points
19. Pieter-Steph du Toit 0 caps 0 points
20. Siya Kolisi 8 caps 0 points
21. Ruan Pienaar 71 caps 130 points
22. JJ Engelbrecht 10 caps 20 points
23. Willie le Roux 9 caps 15 points
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Post by stnick88 Wed 06 Nov 2013, 12:40 pm

old school SA backline!

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Post by Driver Wed 06 Nov 2013, 12:43 pm

5 of there starting backs played in the 07 final!
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