Season 6 Homepage IV

First topic message reminder :

Breaking News: Tigers end the regular season top of the table while Worcester will be battling it out in the Championship next year.
 

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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.

To be fair tupuna Is better than fury and pilgrim but is not great. He really struggles game management wise. Robinson at 10 lacks game management also so bristol can be got at,

Not picking the same backline is not the cleverest move but to be fair in the backline his options are so bad that it's basically recycling rubbish and looking for a formula that may work,

All about staying up then they can build. They will be a better side next year. He sorted the pack first which is the biggest thing

It was Gold who sorted the pack, it's never been a weakness.

We have decent options in the backline but we've never nailed down a regular line up.

Powell, Tiesi, Sonoti, Blair are better than what Worcester have.

Blair is quality. The others less so. TiesI was great when he was first over here but looks slower than he used to be. Good defender.

Wuss have a much better back 3 but have been awful until last month or so. Wuss on the up but too late

Chuter has retired with immediate effect, not sure if anybody has him on here

End of season dealing?

HK Tiaan Liebenberg (South Africa)
PR Max Lahiff (England)
PR Jannie Du Plessis (South Africa)
PR Clement Ric (France)
LK Julian Pierre (France)
LK Victor Matfield (South Africa)
LK Tim Swinson (Scotland)
LK Rob Simmons (Australia)
LK Louis Deacon (England)
FL Carl Fearns (England)
FL Chris Henry (Ireland)
FL George Smith (Austrailia)
FL Sione Kalamafoni (Tonga)
N8 Chris Masoe (New Zealand)
SH Luke Burgess (Austrailia)
SH Chris Cook (England)
FH Gareth Steenson (England)
FH Tom Taylor (New Zealand)
CE Luther Burrell (England)
CE George Lowe (England)
CE Ryan Crotty (New Zealand)
WG Julien Malzieu (France)
WG Adam Thompstone (England)
FB Lee Byrne (Wales)
FB Luke Fitzgerald (Ireland)

Deacon, Fearns, Lowe and Burrell interest me mate

Looking for a bit more EQ in the forwards if anyone is interested in a deal. 

Got a bit to offer in some areas, obviously will match quality with quality!

Budgets and tables updated   
Massive clash this week for Bath & Worc!

Players available

HK Motu Matu'u (New Zealand)
PR Sona Taumalolo (Tonga) (1)
PR Carl Hayman (NZ) (3)
PR Ben Afeaki (NZ) (3)
LK Dean Mumm (Australia)
LK Hugh Pyle (Australia)
OS/BS/N8 Julien Bonnaire (France)
OS/BS/N8 Ed Quirk (Australia)
BS/OS Rhys Ruddock (Ireland)
SH Mike Phillips (Wales)
FH Rhys Priestland (Wales)
FH Ian Madigan (Ireland)
CE/FH Tyler Bleyendaal (New Zealand)
CE Noa Nakaitaci (France)
CE/WG Tomassi Benvenutti (Italy)
CE/WG/FB Mils Muliana (New Zealand)
SH Alex Day (England) - 11/04/1993
FL Steve Uren (England) - 11/04/1994

Draft rules for next season are up. Have a look and discuss. Changes are in italics.  
https://www.606v2.com/t53199-draft-rules-season-7

Summary of change is as follows:

- EQ limits reduce to 8 in matchday squad, 4 starting (Domestic)
- EQ limits reduce to 8 in matchday squad, 6 starting (European)
- Restricted to 5 national league signings over the season
- Sides finishing 8th and below allowed one foreign signing before the rest of the league can bid
- Punishment for not meeting team sheet deadlines is the addition of 3 points to opponents score
- 1 point score only prediction margin removed
- Max fine for no predictions set at £5m

Looks good Johnny.

I think leo is a reasonable signing matt. Good for squad depth. France has made him a better player than at wasps.

England Under 18 starting XV against Wales

15 Taylor Prell (Giggleswick School, Leeds Carnegie) 14 George Perkins (Oaklands, Saracens) 13 Lucas Slowik (Filton College, Bristol Rugby) 12 Charlie Thacker (Leicester Grammar, Leicester Tigers) 11 Kai Little (Hartpury College, Exeter Chiefs) 10 Theo Brophy-Clews (Abingdon School, London Irish) 9 Jack Maunder (Blundells School, Exeter Chiefs)

1 Lewis Boyce (Prince Henry's Grammar, Leeds Carnegie) 2 Ollie Adams (St Pauls Catholic College, London Irish) 3 Jack Stanley (Truro College, Exeter Chiefs) 4 Huw Taylor (Old Swinford Hospital, Worcester Warriors) 5 George Nott (Kings School Chester, Sale Sharks) 6 Joe Batley (Hartpury College, Gloucester Rugby) 7 Sam Underhill (Sir Thomas Rich's School, Gloucester Rugby, captain) 8 Will Safe (Hartpury College, Gloucester Rugby)

Replacements

16 James Fish (Trent College, Northampton Saints) 17 Owen Hills (Queen Elizabeth Wyggeston College, Leicester Tigers) 18 Josh Ibuanokpe (Dulwich College, Harlequins) 19 Stanley South (Whitgift School, Harlequins) 20 Callum Chick (Gosforth Academy, Newcastle Falcons) 21 Josh Bainbridge (Prince Henry's Grammar, Leeds Carnegie) 22 Alex Mitchell (Lymm High School, Sale Sharks) 23 Harry Mallinder (Rugby School, Northampton Saints) 24 Joe Marchant (Peter Symonds, Harlequins) 25 Rotimi Segun (Stowe School, Northampton Saints) 26 Cameron Cowell (St Pauls Catholic College, London Irish)

Brophy-Clews is a potential top player. He is playing a year above himself and there are real high hopes for him. Cowell and Adams have been offered academy contracts at Irish for this year.

Exeter keep rolling the kids off!

All glos backrow.lots of under 18s never make it through. Some of them never make the physical gains needed. Joe batley the best regarded of the glos trio

George Nott plays at Chester. He is a big big lad. Very handy

Just seen on twitter that Falcons have signed Hawkins. Not a bad signing to be fair I think, bit better than Lawson around the park.

Lawson has been great this year. Hawkins has been signing incase Guigs doesn't sort his darts out.


See Peter Russell will be Hurricanes coach next year.

Where you see that Driver? I've read he's applying for it but Chris Boyd is the favourite

He's going in as boyds number 2 Sje going to coach they're attack

They're in for a treat if their attack pans out the way our has this season.

Incase anyone has Justin Melck

Folau going back to RL???

http://www.espn.co.uk/australia/rugby/story/222081.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Every NZ side must do that back inside ball on the gainline.

Great tackle by Coles on Benji Marshall.

Tim wiggles worth ruins another game. Can't take 2 quick penalties. He is a disgrace.


Ruined glos bath game for both sides and now doing the same in Quins game.

Should be banned from top level. Out of his depth

Wigglesworth ruined the game last night , can't of picked up a rugby ball in his life let alone read the law book.


Chiefs vs Crusaders kicks off in 25 minutes , great start to a Saturday.

Wigglesworth was shocking, and wavey Davey up in the TMO box was even worse. The standard of officiating in the Ap this season has been terrible. Really needs looking at.

The reffing has been awful Pete.

They have no feel for the game and bottle big decisions and make baffling calls to make a point.

Seen lots of games ruined by wiggles worth and Andrew small in particular

PR Antoine Guillamon (TH) [FRA]
HK Tom Lindsay [ENG]
LK Nick Kennedy [ENG]
LK Mike McCarthy [IRE]
BR Thierry Dusatoir [FRA]
CE Luke McAllister (IC/FH) [NZL]
WG Taku Ngwenya [FIJ]
FB Niall Morris [IRE]
PR Tom Smallbone [ENG]19
PR Richard Palframann [RSA]19
SH Jack Moates [ENG] 21/11/92
FH Tommy Bell [ENG] 11/11/92
FH Matthew Morgan [ENG] 23/04/92
CE Luke Peters [ENG]
WG Ian Clark [ENG] 01/09/92
WG Guy Armitage [ENG] 29/11/91

All available for right offers. Looking to strengthen at 2nd row, 12 and EQ depth

Michael Hooper is the best openside in the world at the moment.

Had a cracking game today Steve. Just putting it out there as well but Will Skelton been immense the last few weeks!   

Skelton has been a wrecking ball SJE have you seen how big his 13 year old brother is? He is 6 ft 7 already and massive

Skelton looks a lot fitter this year than he did last. He is getting around the pitch well and has been good for the Tahs.

Fairly boring kicking fest in the Sharks game but boy is there scrum dominant

Sharks scrum has been crazily good this season.

Wasps & Gloucester's shirts are a bit funky.

Good to see Swiel have a run with the ball!

He's a cracking player, and EQ. I wanted to get him in this game, but missed the foreign window.

Hes in my academy   
Nice try for Varndell

When did you sign him?

Start of the summer window just after he had rejected the SA u20s

SirJohnnyEnglish wrote:Start of the summer window just after he had rejected the SA u20s

Who is this player you are speaking of? Watching glos game

Completely missed that. Really not been focused on this game this season.

anonmattyt wrote:

SirJohnnyEnglish wrote:Start of the summer window just after he had rejected the SA u20s

Who is this player you are speaking of? Watching glos game

Tim Swiel, former Dulwich College student and Surrey U18 player, went out to SA and was at Western Province last year but signed a Super Rugby contract with the Sharks for this season.

Tim/Timo Swiel Matt. Started flyhalf for Sharks today. Very highly thought of by the Saffa's as a running flyhalf but is EQ. Turned down Saffa's u20s to keep his EQ status this summer.

And yet your walking into a home playoff you bugger Pete!

Nathan Hughes has been fantastic

Not sure I'm quite walking into SJE, tough run in, still all to play for.

Stormers 18-0 up against the Lions at half time. Just realised I have 6 of the Stormers starting pack today in my squad.

I'm not sure I would be pointing that out, they've be very poor this season.

Did not realise tom Palmer turned down Newcastle to sign for glos.

Interested to see Jacob rowan play today. He has signed for glos