Northampton Saints Squad - Fantasty Rugby

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Northampton Saints Squad - Fantasy Rugby Game

2011/2012 - Anglo-Welsh Cup
2012/2013 - Anglo-Welsh Cup and Heineken Cup

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach: Dammit Chris
Assistant Head-Coaches: Jim Mallinder - Gregor Townsend

Forwards Head-Coach: Trevor Woodman
Forwards Assistant: Tom Rees
Defence Coach: Paul Gustard

Attack/Backs Head-Coach: Alex King
Attack Coach Assistant: Christian Cullen
Kicking Coach: Paul Grayson

Academy Coaches: Fraser Waters, Stuart Abbott

Sponsors: Ibex Earth

Injury Update: No current injuries.

Next game:

Playing Squad 38

Hookers
HK Dylan Hartley (E) EPS
HK Tatafu Polota-Nau (Australia)
HK Motu Matu'u (New Zealand)

(note to self a loosehead is number 1 and a tighthead is number 3)

Props
PR Sona Taumalolo (Tonga) (1)
PR Thomas Domingo (France) (1)
PR Mako Vunipola (England) (1)
PR Carl Hayman (NZ) (3)
PR Ben Tameifuna (NZ) (3)

Second row
LK Cadeyn Neville (Australia)
LK Samo Manoa (USA)
LK Joe Launchbury (England)
LK Marco Wentzel (South Africa)
LK Patricio Albacete (Argentina)
LK Courtney Lawes (E) EPS
LK James Craig (E)

Backrow
BS Dan Lydiate (Wales)
OS/BS Julien Bonnaire (France)
BS/N8 Liam Messam (NZ)
N8 Sergio Parisse (Italy)
No8/BS CJ Stander (South Africa)
No8/BS Ashley Johnson (South Africa)
BS/OS/Lock Calum Clark (E) EPS

Scrumhalves
SH Mike Phillips (Wales)
SH Joe Simpson (E) EPS
SH Mike Blair (Scotland)

Flyhalves
FH/CE Ben Botica (E)
FH Tyler Bleyendaal (New Zealand)
FH Rhys Priestland (Wales)

Centres
CE/FH Matt Giteau (Australia)
CE Weslie Fofana (France)
CE Manu Tuilagi (E)
CE Marcelo Bosch (Argentina)
CE/WG Tomassi Benvenutti (Italy)

Back Three
WG Sitiveni Siviatu (NZ)
WG Christian Wade (E)
WG Julian Savea (NZ)
WG Chris Ashton (E) EPS
FB/WG Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)
WG/FB Juan Imhoff (Argentina)
FB Ben Foden (E) EPS

Saints Senior Academy: (After 1st September 1991)
(17 Players)

HK Mikey Haywood (E) - 10/11/1991
HK Scott Spurling (E)
PR Henry Thomas (E) (3) EPS -30/10/1991
PR Sebastien Taofifenua (France) 21/03/1992
OS Liam Gill (Aus) - 08/06/1992
FL Sam Cane (NZ) - 13/01/1992
FL Sam Jones (E) -
FL Wian Liebenberg (SA) - 31/08/1992
SH Bryn Hall (NZ) - 03/02/1992
HK/BR Nick Walker (E)
FL Steve Uren (E) - 11/04/1994
No8 Billy Vunipola (E) - 03/11/1992
FH George Ford (E) -16/03/1993
CE Elliot Daly (E) - 08/10/1992
CE Mark Bennett (Scotland) - 03/02/1993
CE Tom Stephenson (E) - 05/05/1994
WG Jamie Elliott (E) - 31/09/1992

Would consider Launchbury, Wray or Harrison for Waller.

Or would do Mullan for Attwood as either long term loan or permanent deal.

Can't add Kitchener mate, as am wanting Attwood to boost depth, which if I let Kitch go doesn't add up for me.

Best I could do is adding George Kruis to the loan, who would be a decent enough bench option as has been getting gametime for Sarries this year.

So would be Mullan and Kruis for Attwood, loan until say the end of January. (6N starts in Feb).

Let me know mate.

Let me know what you want to do mate, am keen that if we are going to do a deal we get it done sooner rather than later so that there is a bedding in period.

What for Simon Taylor?

Faure is available but I can't see any of the others leaving unless I'm getting some seriously good players coming my way.

Thomas Domingo - Returns week 10
Tom Rees - Returns week 11
Myles Dorrian - Returns week 12
Bob Baker - Returns week 13
Mike Phillips - Returns week 14
Casey Laulala - Returns week 15

What kind of lock are you looking at? Most of mine are available except POC & Parling.

Got a few locks and a couple of 7's mate.

I've replied to the PM mate.

Could possibly do Kruger, he was excellent form in the CC and will be Bulls starting 5 in the S15.

Maybe one of Lund/Poff.....maybe a top lock, depending on who you would be offering in return.

Would you do Donnelly for Sivivatu??

Not looking for top class, maybe some youngsters or fringe Int. Could give you a couple of options.

Kruger + Stankovich for Stevens + ?

or interested in the following:

Julian Savea
HK Mikey Haywood (E)
PR Mako Vunipola (E)
PR Henry Thomas (E) (3)
LK/FL Joe Launchbury (E)
FL Ben Nutley (E)
SH Sam Harrison (E)
Tomasso Benvenuti

Didn't realise Savea or Benvenuto featured much in your match day squad.

Not interested in any of those players

Would need good eq

Looking at your team and who'd be likely to go it'd be Stevens/Moon/Clark to be involved

Not sure either are rated higher than newby

He's back in jan. Lapandry seems to be in the abyss now though and Moon needs to kick on quick with how others are developing.

Dave Wallace for Simon Taylor?

Could get Ali Williams involved in a deal if you are interested in a foreign lock??

What for Jack Wallace?

Sorry don't see that as a equal swap. Sadly I know the extent of your knowledge of Wasps youth so I'm sceptical as to why your letting him go.

I'd probably swap him for Sam Jones

Its a good offer but not gonna bite. Laulala is a good player but is to similar to Faainga, Canale and Lowe whom I already have.

Jones for Wallace is the deal I like unless you could get Thomas, Haywood or Ford involved which I suspect you won't.

Chris please feel free to loan Ali Williams, James Johnston and Qera if you want

Chris can you put Manu and Benuviiti in your academy section just makes it easier for me when doing squads

Great deal for you that Chris mate

I am pleased but i'm not getting over excited about it 9 months is a long time to wait , and i'm gonna go for the forces again so might have to knock it on the head for the foreseeable future.

Where are we on Jack Wallace for Sam Jones?

" I am not sure that Falcons have a top quality ball carrier in the backline to make the hard yards and give them enoguh front foot ball"

I seen you pick this up last week so I brought in AAC at 15 with a licence to join the midfield. He's a pretty strong carrier!

I thought the tactic of bringing AAC into the line covered that but obviously not. I'm not a fan of JDV tbh, all he does is take it into contact. He's half of the reason the Stormers/Boks wingers never see any ball!

I do like Nonu though

That wasn't meant in a Nonu thing because your playing Pete, was just because you mentioned him.

JDV is not a top player imo, play often stops at him and he hinders so much for Stormers and Boks. Very good defensively.

Fourie is outstanding, he is definatley not a reason why the Boks don't score many, he doesnt see enough ball!!!

Never rated JDV, even at the top of his game. His year at Munster was terrible. As in rate I mean top class by the way. The impact Steyn had when he came in at 12 was unreal as he can actually let go of the ball

Arghhhh! That is not the news I was after!

Rory Lamount has walked out on Toulon mate

CAn loan you a foreign hooker.

Swarzeski, Fourie Etc

I've got players like Roncero, Tincu, Alexander, Mitchell available

Going to keep hold of Spurling mate, am hearing very good things about him.

What for Kankowski?

depends who your interested in. I'm not paying over the odds for South Africas 5th choice number 8

Cheers mate - so nice to able to pick from a full squad. Took me ages making decisions!

I wouldn't be willing to lose much mate.

Lol ok then. Few of those players helped me to a league win last season but you obviously know better.

Can't imagine many rating Domingo with him been out so long and Tincu would have really helped steady your scrum with Webber so weak there. I bet you hope Hartley doesn't get injured anytime soon!

I think Domingo is a fantastic player, but he's hardly played all year and now out for 6 months. Hard to rate if you do so on form, it's why I hardly played Barcella last season. I wasn't enquiring about Domingo though tbh

Webbers a good player, just a poor scrummager. Think there's more than just me who thinks that. Hartley was fantastic last week, been really off the boil for a while now but fingers crossed he's starting to come back as England need him.

Raised an interesting point on Domingo there, I'm intrigued as Smith got injured around the same time or a little after. Be good to gauge the concensus I know with Matt for example an injured player has about 2 month till he tails off in his rating.

Seen enough of Hartley for England and Saints mate, looked good last week though.

Always thought that of Webber tbh, not seen anything to suggest otherwise.

Please help yourself to the frenchman

what for Messam mate?

Going to start calling you the Gloucester 'B' team!

Just seen your comment to Matt, always late!

What for Whitehead and Moon?

Just make sure you bed your hooker and lock in over the weeks mate, gotta learn the ropes!