Season 6 Homepage III

by SirJohnnyEnglish Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:04 pm

First topic message reminder :

Breaking News: Gloucester seal european qualification with victory in the Anglo Welsh Final.

Season 6 Homepage III - Page 19 Aviva-Premiership-Trophy-e1306508139154

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

Links

Fixture List
Released/Championship/National League/Academy Bidding
Foreign Transfers
Budgets
European Homepage
Anglo Welsh Homepage

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.

by ChequeredJersey Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:05 pm

Itoje just scored yet again

by Driver Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:43 pm

Iain Thornley having a top game for Wigan Warriors tonight.

by Guest Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:59 pm

SirJohnnyEnglish wrote:
Driver wrote:Guys ,

Something i'v picked up on of late in predictions. People are getting marked down in they're tactics for not writing down something which would be part of a normal players routine. I know SJE loves a good tactical battle and he picks up when people don't mention that a 9 doesn't sweep in tactics where for me this is a essential role a 9 does anyway.

I don't pick up on it when predicting but just curious as to what people see as a given with out it being wrote into the tactics.

Not always the scrum halfs job to sweep Driver. Some sides won't have a sweeper. Sometimes its the flyhalf/hooker etc. Another pet peeve of mine in tactics is people just saying XYZ is world class, XYZ will dictate the game, XYZ will dominate breakdown etc instead of an actual game plan for attacking/breakdown etc. Will always favour the side with the better laid out tactics.

Off set play the 9 will always corner flag and sweep as will 8 if it's farther out. Every other back has a channel to defend so hooker or 10 will never sweep. Hooker because he will either be in the lineout or scrum and 10 because he is stood at 10.

9 sweeps on any set play particularly if a blitz employed.

In open play you may find a hooker like Brits will hang back for kicks etc this is different to sweeping. Off aye plays if you have the 9 assist the blitz then the 8 has to sweep but is at a huge disadvantage

by Guest Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:03 pm

LukeLovesLuka wrote:PSDT out with ACL. Could be a year.

Dreadful news as a rugby fan. He is a superstar. Him and etzbeth could be a wc pairing. With etzbeth calling and being tipped to
Move to 5. Personally I see pdst as more likely to move to 5 permanently.

ACL nowt these days compared to old. Most come back unaffected. When I had mine done 17 years ago it was touch and go. Spent 3 weeks in hospital. Now it's a day case.

Watching how good schalk burger has been since coming back most injuries can be over come. He has had 2 ACL shoulder and many more.

Dallaglio had 2 ACL as have many players

by Guest Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:04 pm

Chris I see tom Rees is finally fit and is going to play for the med school he attends. Apparently qualifying as a doc and in his 2 nd year

by Sgt_Pooly Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:26 pm

Etzebeth & PSDT both injured, Flip is having an awesome year and neither of those call the line.

FVDM is one if best locks in world.

by Guest Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:47 pm

http://m.news24.com/sport24/Rugby/Super15/Proudfoot-hails-Etzebeth-move-20130528

Chiefs excellent today. Stormers disappointing. They have no spark and need JDJ and grant back in.

Chiefs very street wise so much holding off the ball etc which while smart a ref of jouberts standing should pick up.

Lowe new chiefs wing is a handful. Stormers need to get JDV and aplon involved more.

2 chiefs tries so far so dubious. Only in a s15 would they be given. Chiefs scrum In trouble vs a poor stormers front row

by Guest Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:59 pm

The officiating in this game is appalling. So much offside from gainline. All encroaching making the 10 metres more a 5.

Rugby to be a open spectacle needs the offside line marshalled throughout. Otherwise a team can get ahead and then just infringe and kill game.

Kerr Barlow having a great start to season even though I am not a fan. He is clearing the ruck much quicker and it makes him so much better. Youngs et al should watch s15 to understand how important clearing the ruck quickly is.

Dan Robson was sat behind me and the family tonight in a restaurant in glos. Whilst he is tiny height wise he certainly is chunky. He had only soft drinks whilst his mrs drank. Sign of the times. On a non game week!!!

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:11 am

Ouch cruden smashed off with hand off by aplon for a great individual try.
Big aplon fan on the wing. Why Carr does not start for stormers
A mystery. Bought him and had to release him
But he has great athleticism and carrying.

Symons Pete's lock who is eligible for England has put in a shift. A real grafter.

Craig Joubert having a stinker even Marshall is saying the sa side
Getting a raw deal

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:34 am

Importance of the bonus point.

Saw greenwood saying it creates negative rugby and cited falcons kicking the ball dead when in BP loss region.

Top 14 where basically no team wins away oyonax are second from
Bottom 13th
With Perpignan above them they have won 9 out of 20 games.

Montpelier are 3rd with 11 wins out of 20 they have 11 BP
To oyonax 3.

Stade have most
Wins in league 13 and are 4 th.

Reason BP not used in 6 nations is that could have a team
Win less matches win the title.

Personally I think BP means teams give up if they have the try BP ie force vs Melbourne last week.

BP only creates positive rugby if team is either within touching distance of
Try BP or
Losing BP. Don't think it has benefited rugby

by Steven_Sharks Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:13 am

I like TBP.

Not so much the LBP

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:27 am

Steven_Sharks wrote:I like TBP.

Not so much the LBP

That could be a really easy solution Steve. Not thought of that

by Steven_Sharks Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:29 am

I also like the system where you need to score 3 or more tries than the opposition. Or something similar to that in france

by **Ozzy3213** Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:10 am

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Etzebeth & PSDT both injured, Flip is having an awesome year and neither of those call the line.

FVDM is one if best locks in world.

Who remembers the days when Pooly used to slate Flip constantly for being a penalty machine and generally not very good! Wink

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 9:51 am

Ozzy3213 wrote:
Sgt_Pooly wrote:Etzebeth & PSDT both injured, Flip is having an awesome year and neither of those call the line.

FVDM is one if best locks in world.

Who remembers the days when Pooly used to slate Flip constantly for being a penalty machine and generally not very good!

He has improved though Pete Whistle

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:12 am

We've all been guilty of it at one point or another, I remember trying to big Shaane Berne up when I was at Worcester. Who can forget Danny Paul aswell?

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:25 am

Danny paul that's a blast from the past driver. Wonder where he is now

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:31 am

Think hes in nd1 somewhere

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:36 am

Just googled it, hes a player/coach for castleford in yorkshire 3

by ChequeredJersey Sat Mar 15, 2014 10:54 am

Sounds like I've missed some awesome S15 Sad

by Steven_Sharks Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:39 am

Hooper, Alexander and Fardy were superb in the parts of the game I saw.

by ChequeredJersey Sat Mar 15, 2014 11:47 am

Alexander and superb sounds like an oxymoron!

by prop_lyd Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:35 pm

Right I'll say it.....good luck all......enjoy the rugby. Hopefully an Irish win

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:41 pm

Farrell needs to take a step back , Italians all offside and defence line all over from there.

by prop_lyd Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:45 pm

Spoiler:

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:45 pm

Great try , 12T has grown into the England jersey this tournament

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:48 pm

Luke McLean is a classy full back.

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:51 pm

Burrell horror pass

by prop_lyd Sat Mar 15, 2014 12:53 pm

good tackle from Farrell there, saved a certain try

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:00 pm

Everything is a bit too rushed at the moment.

by Sgt_Pooly Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:19 pm

Just trying a bit too much.

We'll be better 2nd half but looking good on the board, Brown & Burrell playing well.

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:21 pm

The old saying you have to earn the right to go wide is so true. Far too lateral. Need to attack down the middle and play patterns. Good latter part of half. More accuracy and basics need to happen. Could get a big score here

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:30 pm

That's there is the big worry with Burrell. Been quality and had a great tournament but is known in ap to miss quite a few tackles. Personally think he has been better at 13 for England than he looks at 12 for saints. Manu will have to play well to retain his place

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:32 pm

Who is the ref? Watching it in a noisy pub

by Sgt_Pooly Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:35 pm

I really wish May could run straight

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:35 pm

Some French mush

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:39 pm

Great try Jack Nowell

by Sgt_Pooly Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:40 pm

Jesus, Nowell has scored! Bit of a walk in but they all count

by Sgt_Pooly Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:41 pm

Can't believe they took Burrell off, sends out a great message that.

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:46 pm

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Can't believe they took Burrell off, sends out a great message that.

Agree poor substitution. Would have taken Nowell off as he has scored now if i had to make a change and had manu on wing.
Lancasters subs cost us against France.

Personally think we should have kept it the same

by Sgt_Pooly Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:47 pm

Youngs throwing again, awful.

Subs have stopped the momentum. Got to love Tuilagi ball in hand though!

by Sgt_Pooly Sat Mar 15, 2014 2:08 pm

Ford has looked good, Dickson hasn't.

Good win, 60pts is a massive ask.

The more I see of Johnny May the less I rate him, he really doesn't look cut out for this level.

by prop_lyd Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:11 pm

Silly from Hogg absolutely stupid!!

by ChequeredJersey Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:12 pm

Utterly moronic

by Sgt_Pooly Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:12 pm

Crazy Prop, totally brainless

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:13 pm

I don't think it's right that the Referee can look at the big screen though. It's not fair across the board.

by Sgt_Pooly Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:15 pm

Why Driver? It's exactly the same as sending it upstairs

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:18 pm

Defo red card. Amazed people do it at int level as screens and 4th official pick it up.

My understanding is that fourth official could even have asked the ref to reconsider the yellow card if he thinks he had it majorly wrong.

by Driver Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:20 pm

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Why Driver? It's exactly the same as sending it upstairs

Then why didn't he go upstairs?

by Guest Sat Mar 15, 2014 3:21 pm

When did Toby faletau become taulupe faletau ? Only noticed it in this 6 nations.

Similar to when Andy cole became Andrew cole after he left Newcastle

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