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Season 6 Homepage III
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2012/2013 – Leicester Tigers
2011/2012 – Newcastle Falcons
2010/2011 - Newcastle Falcons
2009/2010 – Saracens
2008/2009 - London Irish
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Released/Championship/National League/Academy Bidding
Foreign Transfers
Budgets
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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.
2012/2013 – Leicester Tigers
2011/2012 – Newcastle Falcons
2010/2011 - Newcastle Falcons
2009/2010 – Saracens
2008/2009 - London Irish
POS | Aviva Premiership | PLAYED | WON | DREW | LOST | P F | P A | P D | T F | T A | TBP | LBP | POINTS | |
1 | Leicester Tigers | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 402 | 356 | 46 | 41 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 56 | |
2 | London Wasps # | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 398 | 354 | 44 | 40 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 53 | |
3 | Northampton Saints # | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 393 | 390 | 3 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 44 | |
4 | Newcastle Falcons | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 388 | 383 | 5 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 43 | |
5 | Gloucester | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 393 | 370 | 23 | 36 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 41 | |
6 | Sale Sharks # | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 397 | 385 | 12 | 39 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 39 | |
7 | Harlequins # | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 401 | 393 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 39 | |
8 | Saracens | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 335 | 362 | -27 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 9 | 32 | |
9 | London Irish # | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 380 | 378 | 2 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 31 | |
10 | Exeter Chiefs | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 360 | 376 | -16 | 27 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 30 | |
11 | Worcester Warriors # | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 361 | 402 | -41 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 8 | 28 | |
12 | Bath Rugby # | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 347 | 404 | -57 | 31 | 42 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
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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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SirJohnnyEnglish- Posts : 8536
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Cheetahs looking awful this season, Rebels smashed them
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Rebels played some decent stuff though. They have a good offloading game, be interesting to see how they fare against the better sides.
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Am now watching last weeks Crusaders v Chiefs game. Want to see how Matt Symons got on off the bench for the Chiefs.
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No surprise stormers cheetahs crusaders struggling early on. Any side that is packed with internationals will have had a limited pre season. Expect all 3 to get better as tournament progresses.
In cheetah terms there non international players are considerably weaker and goosen will take a few more games to be back to any form. Been rusty as expected
In cheetah terms there non international players are considerably weaker and goosen will take a few more games to be back to any form. Been rusty as expected
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Goosen has been dreadful, looks like he's a long way off the player he was. Looks to have lost a bit of gas
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He was good against the bulls but really poor against lions.
Would not expect him to be playing well until at least round
7. A long lay off like that takes time.
Look at matfield and Burger they have been way off the pace as you would expect. Both looked dreadful so far
Especially hard to come back in an team not playing well.
Would not expect him to be playing well until at least round
7. A long lay off like that takes time.
Look at matfield and Burger they have been way off the pace as you would expect. Both looked dreadful so far
Especially hard to come back in an team not playing well.
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Burgers injured again isn't he?
Goosen has been terrible when I've seen him, he's had stacks of injuries though, this might be his level.
Goosen has been terrible when I've seen him, he's had stacks of injuries though, this might be his level.
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Burger meant to be playing this weekend as he did last weekend. Had a slight groin strain but meant to be fit.
Would expect a few strains and aches coming back after 2 years out. If he is to get back to full form needs games. Making him vice captain would lead me to believe that his health and fitness are good
Would expect a few strains and aches coming back after 2 years out. If he is to get back to full form needs games. Making him vice captain would lead me to believe that his health and fitness are good
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anonmattyt wrote:Burger meant to be playing this weekend as he did last weekend. Had a slight groin strain but meant to be fit.
Would expect a few strains and aches coming back after 2 years out. If he is to get back to full form needs games. Making him vice captain would lead me to believe that his health and fitness are good
Didn't Burger only last a bit of the game? He's not starting this week.
Great play Conrad Smith, Stormers scrum looking good, Ben Franks getting mullered. Hurracaines two smash and grab tries before half time.
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He dropped out in captains run yesterday. Expect the odd strain.
Real smash and grab. Great grubber by perenara for first try and great take Jane
Real smash and grab. Great grubber by perenara for first try and great take Jane
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TJ looking canny, he's still a bit erratic.
Barrett defending well.
Barrett defending well.
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Wish the ref was wearing a different shirt...
Manu starts for tigers.
Manu starts for tigers.
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Aplon quality today
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He's a good little player.
TJ's box kicks are almost as bad as Simpsons!
TJ's box kicks are almost as bad as Simpsons!
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Stormers back line looks good when it has the ball.
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Tj is raw still. Lots of pundits pick him in NZ team which I disagree with.
Finding his feet. I rubbished his box kick last year and then Fluxy pointed out next game it was bang on.
Consistency is the key.
Everyone knows that Aaron smith can be got at but his all round game is better than Tj currently. Great options for NZ as both young with chance to iron out minor faults.
Smith kicking game is streets ahead but he is not good with back foot ball.
Will be some tussle over the years for that ab 9 shirt
Finding his feet. I rubbished his box kick last year and then Fluxy pointed out next game it was bang on.
Consistency is the key.
Everyone knows that Aaron smith can be got at but his all round game is better than Tj currently. Great options for NZ as both young with chance to iron out minor faults.
Smith kicking game is streets ahead but he is not good with back foot ball.
Will be some tussle over the years for that ab 9 shirt
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He's really quick and good pass, Smith is ahead by a bit though
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Agreed for me. Fitzpatrick and bachop think Tj has best pass and better running game so suits NZ.
Personally I think they are talking garbage. NZ game based on kicking and Tj not there yet against smith.
To get better than smith pass you must be incredible as his pass is unreal
Personally I think they are talking garbage. NZ game based on kicking and Tj not there yet against smith.
To get better than smith pass you must be incredible as his pass is unreal
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Strettle playing as well as I have seen for years.
Lots of England potential on display here. Decent game. Attwood looks a good option for England if its wet
Lots of England potential on display here. Decent game. Attwood looks a good option for England if its wet
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Watched that bath game and even though i hate bath I would have to say that the ref was so naive. Saracens so smart and won the battles but if the ref had been an ex player particularly a forward then Saracens would have been reffed
Out of it.
Bath not streetwise but sarries smart. Kruisnwas
Good Steven and made an impact
Out of it.
Bath not streetwise but sarries smart. Kruisnwas
Good Steven and made an impact
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Kruis is a great prospect. It seems that Borthwick is trying to teach him how to run a lineout as well as he does. Not many around better than Borthwick so a good teacher. Matfield and POC the only ones which spring to mind.
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Lawes seems to be getting there. We lost zero line outs last week.
Launch bury completely out played both
Second rows for Ireland.
Matfield was
The best ever.
However bulls line out been poor since he was
Back. Maybe too old and finished or maybe needs half a season to get back. Prob not
An int player anymore but I think given half a season his experience and ability could benefit bulls
Launch bury completely out played both
Second rows for Ireland.
Matfield was
The best ever.
However bulls line out been poor since he was
Back. Maybe too old and finished or maybe needs half a season to get back. Prob not
An int player anymore but I think given half a season his experience and ability could benefit bulls
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Haha, what a load of rubbish. He was on 20 mins and made 2 steals the other week. Bulls didn't lose a line out all game.
If you're going to make stuff up at least make it plausible!
If you're going to make stuff up at least make it plausible!
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anonmattyt wrote:Matfield was The best ever.
However bulls line out been poor since he was
Back. Maybe too old and finished or maybe needs half a season to get back. Prob not
An int player anymore but I think given half a season his experience and ability could benefit bulls
Bulls have lost 1 line out in 2 games so far......should check before talking balls Matthew
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Lost 2 vs cheetahs
http://www.espn.co.uk/super-rugby-2014/rugby/match/201251.html
http://www.espn.co.uk/super-rugby-2014/rugby/match/201251.html
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Bulls lineout hasn't been great without Matfield on the pitch. Hattingh is getting used to calling. Matfield fixes things when he comes on. Starts tomorrow Interesting to see how the engine is.
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True Steve. As I said if
He has games under his belt he may help them.
The bulls lack experienced players so
Matfield can help.
Internationally he will
Never be near bok shirt.
This year you will see Pieter du toit be 4 and etzbeth 5
He has games under his belt he may help them.
The bulls lack experienced players so
Matfield can help.
Internationally he will
Never be near bok shirt.
This year you will see Pieter du toit be 4 and etzbeth 5
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SA have some quality kids coming through who will be in great nick for 2015.
Likes of PSDT, Etzebeth, Kolisi, Malherbe, Jacques Du Plessis, Serfontein and Jordaan will be in great nick come 2015 to add to their already impressive stock.
Le Roux also exceptionally talented player. He could be truly world class in the future.
Likes of PSDT, Etzebeth, Kolisi, Malherbe, Jacques Du Plessis, Serfontein and Jordaan will be in great nick come 2015 to add to their already impressive stock.
Le Roux also exceptionally talented player. He could be truly world class in the future.
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FVDM calls the SA line out so won't be Etzebeth/PSDT.
When DT has played Etzebeth has been benched
When DT has played Etzebeth has been benched
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anonmattyt wrote:Lost 2 vs cheetahs
http://www.espn.co.uk/super-rugby-2014/rugby/match/201251.html
You're reading the stats wrong. That's 2 steals for FVDM not losses.
Bulls didn't lose a line out that game.
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I'm not sure on PSDT's lineout calling. he might do it for the Sharks as I'm pretty sure it isn't Bresler.
I think PSDT and Etzebeth combo is the future by FVDM has put in some fine performances for SA of late.
I think PSDT and Etzebeth combo is the future by FVDM has put in some fine performances for SA of late.
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FVDM has nailed his spot Steve, never thought he would call but he's stepped right up and makes regular steals.
It's a toss up who partners him, Etzebeth out for a long time so may struggle to come back.
It's a toss up who partners him, Etzebeth out for a long time so may struggle to come back.
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Who's Nick Wood getting smashed off this weekend Matt? Can't believe how bad he's been these last couple of seasons.
Any LH's coming through at Gloucester? Shiels is supposed to be leaving us in the summer, he'd be a step up on Wood.
Any LH's coming through at Gloucester? Shiels is supposed to be leaving us in the summer, he'd be a step up on Wood.
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Wouldn't say it's nailed. He is first choice but not irreplaceable.
Similar to Parling, he seemed irreplaceable but now will struggle to get back into the England starting side if Lawes and Launch are fit and available.
Similar to Parling, he seemed irreplaceable but now will struggle to get back into the England starting side if Lawes and Launch are fit and available.
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Lawes offers so
Much more than parling. He has developed like no one thought he would
Much more than parling. He has developed like no one thought he would
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The reds pack have been completely dominated. Will be a difficult season for them trying to play off the back foot.
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How's Beale looking at 12?
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Looks really good luke. He has a roving role so popped up at 10,12,13 and 15.
Was absolutely superb. Would need to see him in a game that was no a walkover but he looks a genuine option on the 2 games I have seen
Was absolutely superb. Would need to see him in a game that was no a walkover but he looks a genuine option on the 2 games I have seen
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Izzy Folau is on fire!
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Harden is so unfit, 50 mins in and he can hardly move
C'mon Quins! Got to beat Worcester.
Saints scrum is dismantling Gloucester here, just walked back 10m!
Clarke & Kvesic just nearly come to blows....spicy!
C'mon Quins! Got to beat Worcester.
Saints scrum is dismantling Gloucester here, just walked back 10m!
Clarke & Kvesic just nearly come to blows....spicy!
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Quins have turned things around, look competent now
Clark is a douche
Clark is a douche
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Yea I can't stand Clark, he's schooling Kvesic though
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Not hard though, is it?
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He's had, what, 2 good games this season?
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Now, I'm going to be a huge Falcons fan tomorrow!
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Flip & Matfield started in engine room....no line outs lost again & Matfield a cheeky steal.
Good Bulls performance apparently.
Good Bulls performance apparently.
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