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Season 7 Homepage III
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2013/2014 – London Wasps
2012/2013 – Leicester Tigers
2011/2012 – Newcastle Falcons
2010/2011 - Newcastle Falcons
2009/2010 – Saracens
2008/2009 - London Irish
Welcome to Season 7 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.
2013/2014 – London Wasps
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 | Northampton Saints | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 184 | 150 | 34 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 29 | |
2 | Sale Sharks * | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 157 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 23 | |
3 | Leicester Tigers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 148 | 144 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 18 | |
4 | Harlequins * | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 176 | 155 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |
5 | Exeter Chiefs | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 156 | 154 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
6 | London Wasps | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 163 | 168 | -5 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
7 | Bath Rugby * | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 159 | 156 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 13 | |
8 | Saracens | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 145 | 161 | -16 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
9 | London Welsh | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 149 | 163 | -14 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
10 | Newcastle Falcons | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 144 | 158 | -14 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
11 | Gloucester | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 148 | 165 | -17 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
12 | London Irish | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 147 | 164 | -17 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
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Fixture List
Released/Championship/National League/Academy Bidding
Foreign Transfers
Budgets
European Homepage
Anglo Welsh Homepage
Welcome to Season 7 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 (SJE) 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 1992.
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 National League 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.
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.
The window will open from the 9th of June but only to those sides that finish 8th and below at first. They will have a week to make one signing each before the window is open to all.
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 National League 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 European Rugby Champions Cup, European Rugby 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. Failure to meet these deadlines is punishable by the addition of three match points to the oppositions final score, unless both sides fail to do so. Both teams must provide tactics by midnight on Thursday. Predictions will be open from 00:01 hours on Friday and remain open until 15:00 hours on Sunday. 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.
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:-
For domestic competition at least 8 England qualified players in your match day 23, and at least 4 of those must be in your starting XV.
For European competition at least 8 England qualified players in your match day 23, and at least 6 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 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.
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 upto a maximum of £5m per fine.
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 (SJE) will step in and players from within your squad will be released for the relevant financial compensation (foreign transfer value) in order to bring your budget back above minus £10 million.
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Man of the match usually gets a 9 or 10 so probably fair. He is developing at a rate of knots. Scary potential. Not seen any other player ratings.
English papers are keen on player ratings where Southern Hemisphere seem less keen
English papers are keen on player ratings where Southern Hemisphere seem less keen
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365 can't be trusted for ratings, they only judge on tackles/yards.
Kurindrani could be a top player if he could pass. He's strong at carrying though, he troubled Smith all night.
Kurindrani could be a top player if he could pass. He's strong at carrying though, he troubled Smith all night.
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I would say he is at about 50% ofSgt_Pooly wrote:365 can't be trusted for ratings, they only judge on tackles/yards.
Kurindrani could be a top player if he could pass. He's strong at carrying though, he troubled Smith all night.
His potential. Still young and only been playing rugby for about 4 years. Mortlock does lots of work with him.
With hooper folau AAC and Kurindrani the Aussies have a massive threat. Throw in speight at toomua and it's tasty
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Luckily their front five rarely gets about a score of 6 on the player ratings though - that is where England have the best chance of beating them - if Corbs and Cole are fit for the WC we've got to be up there with having the best front five around, only SA better?
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Just watched it this morning. Cracking game.
Moore makes a big diff for them. SA front row looked wobbly. But second row better than most.
Moore makes a big diff for them. SA front row looked wobbly. But second row better than most.
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I thought they lacked Moore's leadership, Hooper is a cracking player but it's too much to expect him to be an effective captain too.
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Moore is a great hooker and offers leadershipLukeLovesLuka wrote:Just watched it this morning. Cracking game.
Moore makes a big diff for them. SA front row looked wobbly. But second row better than most.
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Tolouse looking good, Maestri & Hari having great games.
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Yeah both playing really well.
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Hari looks rejuvenated at Tolouse, he looked on his way out last season but is certainly having his 2nd wind.
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That Scarlets kit is horrible!
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Got a new box yesterday Pooly.
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Nice from Giteau and Mermoz
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Another conversion balls up!
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Gits just looks like a 12 playing 10, in great form though. Toulon scrum looks scary.
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Scott Williams is absolute class , slips through tackles.
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And then does that!
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I've got both 12's here, I imagine Mermoz might see more attacking ball
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I'd still say Williams is the better of the two , He's got everything about him. I'd argue he's a better player than Roberts but Roberts suits Wales more.
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I think Williams is a class above Roberts as a player these days
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Williams is better than Roberts over the last year or so, he's a real class act. Agree Driver, he has the whole game, I've been a big fan since he burst on the scene.
Great performance from Scarlets so far.
Great performance from Scarlets so far.
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Never rated Williams just don't get him. Always see him miss tackles and make a hash with his hands.
Great line speed and picks great lines though
Great line speed and picks great lines though
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I'd be disappointed if you rated him tbh Matt
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I am a big Roberts fan for me his a class above. I seem to share gatlands view
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I think he'd make a decent effort at 15 to be honest, Only charged down as Priestland put him under pressure. Was he's kick to make and he bottled it.
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I don't see how you can say he's hands are poor , he's been playing in one of the most fluid backlines in Europe the last few years.
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He's best as at 12, good at 13. Fastest player in Welsh squad if I recall right.
I'm not sure Gatland does, Williams was injured last time out wasn't he?? He also prefers Priestland over Bigger......
I'm not sure Gatland does, Williams was injured last time out wasn't he?? He also prefers Priestland over Bigger......
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Driver wrote:I think he'd make a decent effort at 15 to be honest, Only charged down as Priestland put him under pressure. Was he's kick to make and he bottled it.
Priestland does bottle it.
For me under pressure Williams hands and decision making don't do it for me
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Williams has the lot, hopefully stay injury free this AI. Still curse the rip off Lawes the bugger
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He just made a pass to put Tagicakinbau in about 15 metres of space around him, deep pass perserving the space. Pretty good decision and pass to be honest.
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I'd just worry about his tackle technique which can put him in danger. Think his hands are pretty solid, I'm not the best reader of what is good decision making for outside backs having little experience of playing there except the odd match as a purely defensive winger, one game (and some emergency injury cover) as a mediocre bosh centre and a match at FB that I'd happily never remember
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His basics are excellent, as is his decision making. He's one of the best centres in the NH imo, needs to injury free and really show it on the Int stage.
Liam Williams is the better option at FB for Wales too for me, offers a lot more.
Liam Williams is the better option at FB for Wales too for me, offers a lot more.
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Halfpenny is just a machine off the tee , Strange as for the Lions he attacked the line better than he has ever done. Although positionally he is excellent in a kicking war.
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Sgt_Pooly wrote:His basics are excellent, as is his decision making. He's one of the best centres in the NH imo, needs to injury free and really show it on the Int stage.
Liam Williams is the better option at FB for Wales too for me, offers a lot more.
He's a liability with his cards and general silly decisions though (Liam that is)
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Halfpenny is superb. Always makes the right decision. Has pace and great special awareness. Like Williams also but would rather halfpenny than brown for me.
For me best full backs in world
Dagg
Folau
Halfpenny/le roux
For me best full backs in world
Dagg
Folau
Halfpenny/le roux
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I rate Le Roux and Folau at the top of the pile if i'm honest , I'd take Brown above Dagg.
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Le Roux surely has to be ahead of Dagg atm?!
Brown easily up there on that list. 1/2p needs to stay fit but I do rate him highly. Ben Smith up there too, it's a blessed area in world rugby with players like Tait playing well as well, and every country having a couple of very good options
Brown easily up there on that list. 1/2p needs to stay fit but I do rate him highly. Ben Smith up there too, it's a blessed area in world rugby with players like Tait playing well as well, and every country having a couple of very good options
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Driver wrote:I rate Le Roux and Folau at the top of the pile if i'm honest , I'd take Brown above Dagg.
This
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Driver wrote:I rate Le Roux and Folau at the top of the pile if i'm honest , I'd take Brown above Dagg.
For me Dagg best by a distance. Has an amazing kicking game that folau does not have. He also is such a threat ball in hand and creates assists.
FB is such a strong position in world rugby at the moment
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Dagg wouldn't be in a top 3 for me, maybe not even in a top 5. AB's looked much stronger with Smith at FB.
Folau, Smith, WLR, Brown right up there. I'd throw Dagg in at the next level.
Folau, Smith, WLR, Brown right up there. I'd throw Dagg in at the next level.
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Smith a better winger for me. Think Hansen sees it that way. Ab's kick a lot and Dagg offers the best kicking game out of hand. Smith wlr and folau are not the best kickers.
FB has so many world class players you could make a case for all of them but personally I would have Dagg as far and
Away the best. He has had an up and down season but came good when bought back in for RC.
Always starts a season very slow.
FB has so many world class players you could make a case for all of them but personally I would have Dagg as far and
Away the best. He has had an up and down season but came good when bought back in for RC.
Always starts a season very slow.
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Not sure you'd have many Welsh fans saying they'd have Williams over Halfpenny starting at 15 for them - good to see him back the last few games.
Leinster are so good at the breakdown, mainly as they are offside at each one! Looking like it could be a close game this one.
Leinster are so good at the breakdown, mainly as they are offside at each one! Looking like it could be a close game this one.
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I'v watched enough rugby this weekend , I'v settled for class Simpsons on Sky1.
I think you'll find it's pretty 50/50 Chris, There is more Welsh fans backing Williams than there is England fans backing Foden.
I think you'll find it's pretty 50/50 Chris, There is more Welsh fans backing Williams than there is England fans backing Foden.
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I can't see how you think he's "far away the best".
It's an extremely competitive position and nobody else on here even rates him as the best, very odd view but you're entitled to your opinion.
Dagg gets bumped off too many tackles and runs up too many blind alleys. He has got a big boot though I'll give you that.
It's an extremely competitive position and nobody else on here even rates him as the best, very odd view but you're entitled to your opinion.
Dagg gets bumped off too many tackles and runs up too many blind alleys. He has got a big boot though I'll give you that.
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https://www.606v2.com/t56097-will-biggar-end-halfpenny-s-international-career
Welsh fan who bums Halfpenny saying they should go 10.Bigger 15.Williams
Welsh fan who bums Halfpenny saying they should go 10.Bigger 15.Williams
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Any team would be happier facing Williams than they would face Halfpenny. Guy is world class - he may not score as many tries, but he guarantees you 15+ points a game with his boot and defence/positioning is brilliant. Like Williams, which is why I signed him but Halfpenny far, far better.
Wasps looking good here - can just see us running out of steam in final 20mins.
Wasps looking good here - can just see us running out of steam in final 20mins.
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Good link to the post Driver - think this poster summed it up very well:
Re: Will Biggar end Halfpenny's international career...
Post by The Saint Today at 3:49 pm
Very poor and pointless article if I'm honest. It seems to suggest that Halfpenny at 15 can only kick at goal and also fails to recognise his versatility. It's obvious you haven't watched rugby for very long.
Re: Will Biggar end Halfpenny's international career...
Post by The Saint Today at 3:49 pm
Very poor and pointless article if I'm honest. It seems to suggest that Halfpenny at 15 can only kick at goal and also fails to recognise his versatility. It's obvious you haven't watched rugby for very long.
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