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Season 7 Homepage IV
First topic message reminder :
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 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 255 | 216 | 39 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 38 | |
2 | Sale Sharks * | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 253 | 227 | 26 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 32 | |
3 | Harlequins * | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 254 | 230 | 24 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 27 | |
4 | Bath Rugby * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 242 | 227 | 15 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 24 | |
5 | London Wasps * | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 241 | 236 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 24 | |
6 | Leicester Tigers | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 215 | 215 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |
7 | Exeter Chiefs * | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 220 | 224 | -4 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 21 | |
8 | Saracens | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 216 | 233 | -17 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 19 | |
9 | Gloucester | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 226 | 233 | -7 | 20 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 17 | |
10 | London Welsh | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 215 | 234 | -19 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 16 | |
11 | Newcastle Falcons * | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 207 | 241 | -34 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
12 | London Irish | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 215 | 247 | -30 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
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Fixture List
Released/Championship/National League/Academy Bidding
Foreign Transfers
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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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Sgt_Pooly wrote:Never a yellow.
May has been ok tonight, decent finish for first try. Yarde looked good when he came on.
May was fantastic in a dreadful team performance. Immaculate in defence and scored both tries well.
Before the AI you said may was garbage and could not score at int level. Now
He scores he is ok??? If the wingers job is to score then he is doing it with aplomb
Thought ford went well. Barritt
Is the death of the backline. Farrell unfortunately is massively out of form.
Rfu need to be bold and sack Lancaster.
I am off to game next week And in some
Ways hope we lose so it forces the issue and gets lancaster out.
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May was not 'fantastic' Mat. He took his tries well, and did his job, but nobody was more than a 7/10 for England yesterday, so can not by any means be described as playing 'fantastic'.
Barritt should never play 13 again. The fact that he almost certainly will next week tells you everything you need to know about Lancaster!
Barritt should never play 13 again. The fact that he almost certainly will next week tells you everything you need to know about Lancaster!
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CJ - wasn't just the Quins players, I was just giving an overview of how they did when you mentioned them.
But I'd put a lot of blame on the coaching as the players just don't seem to know what game they are meant to be playing - we've got the players to attack and have pretty much been perfect in the set piece in 3 games but just don't attack with any level of skill.
It's crazy that we can't put May into space as each time we do he scores. Watson could be even faster but again we don't get the ball to him - they have to stop playing Barritt at 13!
But I'd put a lot of blame on the coaching as the players just don't seem to know what game they are meant to be playing - we've got the players to attack and have pretty much been perfect in the set piece in 3 games but just don't attack with any level of skill.
It's crazy that we can't put May into space as each time we do he scores. Watson could be even faster but again we don't get the ball to him - they have to stop playing Barritt at 13!
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Have you changed your opinion of Lancaster now Pete?
I thought he did a great job of getting the team to buy into an England together kind of approach when we were really struggling but he hasn't got what it takes to go to the next level but what rugby experience has he really had at the top level.
At the same time we have got a lot of players unavailable but I don't think it would change his structure or approach.
I thought he did a great job of getting the team to buy into an England together kind of approach when we were really struggling but he hasn't got what it takes to go to the next level but what rugby experience has he really had at the top level.
At the same time we have got a lot of players unavailable but I don't think it would change his structure or approach.
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What more doOzzy3213 wrote:May was not 'fantastic' Mat. He took his tries well, and did his job, but nobody was more than a 7/10 for England yesterday, so can not by any means be described as playing 'fantastic'.
Barritt should never play 13 again. The fact that he almost certainly will next week tells you everything you need to know about Lancaster!
You want from a winger he was faultless and scored 2 tries. 8/10 for me
If we create chances he will score and he has ability to
Make something out of nothing . Our backline is beyond poor and lancaster is to blame.
Barrit was beyond poor. Poor mans Jamie noon
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Chris, I do belive that Lancaster was the right man at the right time for England, but that was 3 years ago, and ultimately I don't see that we've moved on enough over that period. I am not convinced that he is the man to move us on tactically and his selections are too conservative for my taste.
Mat, he wasn't faultless, he made mistakes the same as the others. He scored two tries, the first of which he did really well for, tracking the play, the second of which was a walk in. May played well, but he wasn't the best winger on the pitch, despite scoring the two tries. he was no way an 8/10, no England player was. It was a poor performance overall.
Mat, he wasn't faultless, he made mistakes the same as the others. He scored two tries, the first of which he did really well for, tracking the play, the second of which was a walk in. May played well, but he wasn't the best winger on the pitch, despite scoring the two tries. he was no way an 8/10, no England player was. It was a poor performance overall.
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anonmattyt wrote:What more doOzzy3213 wrote:May was not 'fantastic' Mat. He took his tries well, and did his job, but nobody was more than a 7/10 for England yesterday, so can not by any means be described as playing 'fantastic'.
Barritt should never play 13 again. The fact that he almost certainly will next week tells you everything you need to know about Lancaster!
You want from a winger he was faultless and scored 2 tries. 8/10 for me
If we create chances he will score and he has ability to
Make something out of nothing . Our backline is beyond poor and lancaster is to blame.
Barrit was beyond poor. Poor mans Jamie noon
He was ok.
His first try was a good finish, what else did he do? You could argue Yarde looked more threatening when he came on. May was just ok, take out his tries and he wasnt in the game. Luckily he got a brace.
7/10 is fair, 5/10 without tries.
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Yarde definitely looked more threatening butchering that chance at the end - you can't do that in international rugby. May finally looks like he has settled, could be top class and Watson probably the most exciting of the lot.
Wonder if Roko will be given another chance now he's fit again. Ford has to start next weekend, papers are bugging him up massively today - not sure w should be putting all our hopes on him just yet!!!
Wonder if Roko will be given another chance now he's fit again. Ford has to start next weekend, papers are bugging him up massively today - not sure w should be putting all our hopes on him just yet!!!
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Ford done well, he was certainly the pick. Hopefully we can give him a midfield next week.
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Phipps looked like he played well yesterday:
http://m.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies-show-encouraging-signs-in-ireland-defeat-but-michael-cheikas-men-face-long-road-ahead/story-e6frf4pu-1227132242389?nk=49ad96c52f5315da963eaf3bfc024af8
http://m.foxsports.com.au/rugby/wallabies-show-encouraging-signs-in-ireland-defeat-but-michael-cheikas-men-face-long-road-ahead/story-e6frf4pu-1227132242389?nk=49ad96c52f5315da963eaf3bfc024af8
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Who would you put in the midfield - Twelvetrees looked good when he came on, I can't see Burrell coming in as Lancaster will be loyal and stick with Barritt somewhere.
Ford is v good at getting a backline moving and mixing his game, i just hope we pick more adventurous centres and Twelvetrees has had so many chances I just don't see him being it, Eastmond is too small to partner Ford, Farrell needs some form and not sure whether Burrell will get his shot.
Ford is v good at getting a backline moving and mixing his game, i just hope we pick more adventurous centres and Twelvetrees has had so many chances I just don't see him being it, Eastmond is too small to partner Ford, Farrell needs some form and not sure whether Burrell will get his shot.
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Phipps and Toomua were great yesterday. So good having a 12 who is a distributor.
My favourite way of playing the game just hard to find players
With the skill set to play there.
Lelifano is a decent back up option as well. Aussies always produce cracking 9 and 12s
My favourite way of playing the game just hard to find players
With the skill set to play there.
Lelifano is a decent back up option as well. Aussies always produce cracking 9 and 12s
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I don't see Lancaster changing the back line for next week.
Yarde looked a man shorn of confidence. This time last year he would have gone wide, pinned his ears back and accelerated away. He looked caught in two minds as if he didn't back himself, and instead tried to commit the inside man so he could ship it on to Brown. He needs to find some form at Quins.
Yarde looked a man shorn of confidence. This time last year he would have gone wide, pinned his ears back and accelerated away. He looked caught in two minds as if he didn't back himself, and instead tried to commit the inside man so he could ship it on to Brown. He needs to find some form at Quins.
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We just need some balance and players in their position.
12. Burrell/Tweletrees
13. Joseph/Burell
Burrell not ideal but he's played well there and offers go forward.
12. Burrell/Tweletrees
13. Joseph/Burell
Burrell not ideal but he's played well there and offers go forward.
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I would pick Joseph as he has form. Not sure he is the long term answer and not that strong in defence but we need some attacking threat
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anonmattyt wrote:Phipps and Toomua were great yesterday. So good having a 12 who is a distributor.
My favourite way of playing the game just hard to find players
With the skill set to play there.
Lelifano is a decent back up option as well. Aussies always produce cracking 9 and 12s
I did think you'd get one of your players in there too
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Watch the game they were the standout aussie players. Foley was good also. Poc had a great game for IrelandSgt_Pooly wrote:anonmattyt wrote:Phipps and Toomua were great yesterday. So good having a 12 who is a distributor.
My favourite way of playing the game just hard to find players
With the skill set to play there.
Lelifano is a decent back up option as well. Aussies always produce cracking 9 and 12s
I did think you'd get one of your players in there too
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Accurate player ratings http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/11248383/England-28-Samoa-9-player-ratings-as-Jonny-May-dazzles-in-comfortable-win-at-Twickenham.html
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You and your player ratings....we all watched the match!
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Accurate in as much as you agree with them.
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Ozzy3213 wrote:Accurate in as much as you agree with them.
Haha....harsh but fair.
I've seen about 5 sets of ratings this morning and May has 7 in all of them. You find the only one with an 8 and it's "accurate".
I really don't see the point in these ratings, especially when people have seen the game.
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Yes accurate in the way I saw the gameOzzy3213 wrote:Accurate in as much as you agree with them.
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Only ratings I have seen. Big fan of the telegraph converage.Sgt_Pooly wrote:Ozzy3213 wrote:Accurate in as much as you agree with them.
Haha....harsh but fair.
I've seen about 5 sets of ratings this morning and May has 7 in all of them. You find the only one with an 8 and it's "accurate".
I really don't see the point in these ratings, especially when people have seen the game.
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Sarries getting mashed by Saints!
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For this week anyway. You'd quote the Beano if it gave one of your players an 8
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Just watching Saints/Sarries game.
Waller is absolutley murdering Figallo!! Dreadful performance from Figallo, subbed off at HT.
Waller is absolutley murdering Figallo!! Dreadful performance from Figallo, subbed off at HT.
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Complete turnaround with Johnstone on.
Figallo looked absolutley shot, awful scrum performance.
Figallo looked absolutley shot, awful scrum performance.
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Canny comeback from Sarries but deserved win for Saints, good game.
If Sarries had have started Johnstone instead of Figallo could have been a bit closer, I can't believe how bad he is after his lay off.
If Sarries had have started Johnstone instead of Figallo could have been a bit closer, I can't believe how bad he is after his lay off.
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Couple of cracking articles on england and Australia today http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/11245912/England-v-Australia-Sir-Ian-McGeechans-guide-to-stopping-the-Wallabies.html
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/11245270/The-eight-simple-things-England-can-do-to-improve-performance-levels-in-run-up-to-2015-Rugby-World-Cup.html
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If messages are in my outbox on here does that mean they haven't sent or haven't been picked up?
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Watching extended highlights of the Engalnd match. So far scrappy, but for our try, Brown's pass is nowhere near forward by the rules of rugby, the tip on him is a yellow and there should be a penalty restart for another illegal attempted tackle on May in the act of scoring. Already Robshaw has slowed a ton of Samoan ball and that's just on extended highlights 20 mins in...
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I actually think we've been better than I was expecting so far, annoying errors yes but there's been a massive over exaggeration of how poor the first 20 were
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Never ever a card for Leota. Nowhere near it
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Does anyone have Leota yet?
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Nope.
Does Clemont Ric play loosehead?
Does Clemont Ric play loosehead?
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Was a long shot
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He''s been playing well at TH actually. You after a perm LH? I could loan loan you one?
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Permanent. Scoured releases but nothing
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Grant Shiells could a be long term gamble Steve.
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Michael Hooper Tribute | Australia's Captain: https://youtu.be/m0XIFBDHLL4
This video is a brilliant collection of reasons why Hooper is the world's premier openside flanker
This video is a brilliant collection of reasons why Hooper is the world's premier openside flanker
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I really like Hooper but not sure where he fits.
He's a world class player but not a world class 7, not at McCaws level anyway.
He's a world class player but not a world class 7, not at McCaws level anyway.
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Fluxy wrote:Grant Shiells could a be long term gamble Steve.
I don't know what's happened to Shiels, 4th choice at Bath???
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Plays 7 in a different way. Hooper is exceptionalSgt_Pooly wrote:I really like Hooper but not sure where he fits.
He's a world class player but not a world class 7, not at McCaws level anyway.
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Shiells left bath for Edinburgh a week ago, reckon he will kick on a bit now.
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anonmattyt wrote:Plays 7 in a different way. Hooper is exceptionalSgt_Pooly wrote:I really like Hooper but not sure where he fits.
He's a world class player but not a world class 7, not at McCaws level anyway.
McCaw has lost his pace as he has gotten older. Relies on reading the game and being bit more physical at the breakdown, as well as his carrying just out from the guards.
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It depends what you want from your 7 I guess, Hooper plays more like an extra back a lot of the time. The lad is lightening quick.
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Sgt_Pooly wrote:It depends what you want from your 7 I guess, Hooper plays more like an extra back a lot of the time. The lad is lightening quick.
He also carries exceptionally and makes some great interventions for steals. He plays wider than Mccaw but probably suits Australia in that respect.
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