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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Sun 22 Feb 2015, 3:59 pm

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Breaking News: Famous win for Wasps at Franklins Garden sees Saints fall off top spot for the first time this season while the battle for Champions Cup qualification intensifies with important wins for Saracens, Bath & Falcons
 


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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





                                             

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4Season 7 Homepage VII 7Harlequins *1810264994544550423652
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6Season 7 Homepage VII 48Exeter Chiefs *18747435454-1936400742
7Season 7 Homepage VII 1Bath Rugby *  18819459468-944441939
8Season 7 Homepage VII 2Gloucester *1871104684662444211039
9Season 7 Homepage VII 8Newcastle Falcons *187110449472-2341422839
10Season 7 Homepage VII 11Saracens187110443476-3338450938
11Season 7 Homepage VII 50London Welsh184014418481-6334490925
12Season 7 Homepage VII 5London Irish182214431488-57365211223

 
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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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sun 22 Feb 2015, 4:03 pm

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Post by prop_lyd Sun 22 Feb 2015, 4:32 pm

dragons vs Connacht on s4c. Dragons already down to 14 men after 12 mins. Currently 3-17 Connacht 25 gone. Connacht young 8 playing well.

Went to the Glos game yesterday. Welsh are a really poor attacking team in the backline and their defence seems to go to pot towards the end of the game. Didn't look great for Trinder but think that Purdy looked dangerous each time he had the ball.

Watched the Tigers game too, Irish did well keeping in it and should have nicked it towards the end to be honest.
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Post by CJB Sun 22 Feb 2015, 5:09 pm

Up for deals?

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Post by Driver Sun 22 Feb 2015, 5:12 pm

add me to the waiting list for any vacencies. Got a lot more free time now i'v dropped off on the overtime at work.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sun 22 Feb 2015, 5:25 pm

I'm about for a cheeky one

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Post by Driver Mon 23 Feb 2015, 7:27 pm

Alex Goode to start in Ireland apparently.

Chris Pennall called up.
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Post by dammit_chris Mon 23 Feb 2015, 8:16 pm

Hasn't Brown started training today though?

Have to make sure we deal with their kicking game - Sexton puts the ball on a sixpence and Bowe, Zebo and Kearney have the best kick chase game in world rugby.

If we deal with that then we'll beat them as have the physicality in our backrow (as long as we stop giving away the soft penalties at the breakdown!).

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Post by dammit_chris Mon 23 Feb 2015, 8:18 pm

Was wrong about Brown - http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/31595520

Changes things!

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Post by Steven_Sharks Mon 23 Feb 2015, 8:56 pm

In Ireland I'd go Goode. Can't afford to lose kicking battle.

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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon 23 Feb 2015, 8:58 pm

Budgets and table up to date  thumbsup

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Post by prop_lyd Mon 23 Feb 2015, 9:34 pm

Roberts leaving metro, personally can't see him coming back to wales yet.
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Post by Driver Mon 23 Feb 2015, 9:53 pm

The thing which reasures me about England is that bar the Wales game in 2013 we seem to turn it on for the big games.

I remeber Alex Goode having a stormer in Ireland in 13.
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Post by ChequeredJersey Mon 23 Feb 2015, 11:16 pm

Steven_Sharks wrote:In Ireland I'd go Goode. Can't afford to lose kicking battle.
I agree. Hence we shouldn't go with Goode, not for his kicking but for his shaky high ball game in high pressure matches Sad
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Post by ChequeredJersey Mon 23 Feb 2015, 11:17 pm

Driver wrote:The thing which reasures me about England is that bar the Wales game in 2013 we seem to turn it on for the big games.

I remeber Alex Goode having a stormer in Ireland in 13.

I don't remember him ever having a stormer in an England shirt when not playing Fiji Sad
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Post by ChequeredJersey Mon 23 Feb 2015, 11:18 pm

prop_lyd wrote:Roberts leaving metro, personally can't see him coming back to wales yet.
We'll take him
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue 24 Feb 2015, 6:54 pm

Super XV team of the week:

http://www.planetrugby.co.uk/story/0,25883,3824_33114,00.html

Surprised Lambie didn't make it, he looked great this week.

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Post by dammit_chris Tue 24 Feb 2015, 7:46 pm

So looks like England backline will be Youngs Ford Nowell Burrell Joseph Watson Brown/Goode

Hopefully well suited to dealing with the high ball, just hope Nowell's position is up to it as had a few nervy moments last time he played for us!

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Post by Guest Tue 24 Feb 2015, 8:39 pm

Surprised genia was not above perenara he was excellemt

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Post by Ozzy3213 Tue 24 Feb 2015, 8:53 pm

Good to see 3 of my forwards in that team of the week.
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Post by Guest Tue 24 Feb 2015, 8:57 pm

Interesting on mat field http://www.planetrugby.co.uk/story/0,25883,3551_33170,00.html

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Wed 25 Feb 2015, 6:09 am

May dropped from England squad, it had to happen, he's too mistake prone.

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Forwards: Tom Youngs, Dylan Hartley, Mako Vunipola, Joe Marler, Henry Thomas, Dan Cole, Kieran Brookes, George Kruis, Dave Attwood, Nick Easter, James Haskell, Tom Croft, Chris Robshaw (captain) Billy Vunipola.

Backs: Mike Brown, Chris Pennell, Alex Goode, Anthony Watson, Jack Nowell, Luther Burrell, Billy Twelvetrees, Jonathan Joseph, George Ford, Danny Cipriani, Ben Youngs, Richard Wigglesworth.

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Post by Ozzy3213 Wed 25 Feb 2015, 7:08 am

I'm a little surprised he's been dropped for this one though, as with Mike Brown no certain to start I'd have thought that Lancaster wouldn't want to tinker too much elsewhere. I'd probably have gone 15. Nowell 14. Watson 11. May, in Brown's absence and then if May doesn't have a good game this weekend he drops out when Brown comes back with Nowell moving to the wing.
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Wed 25 Feb 2015, 7:23 am

I've heard Brown was likely to be fit. May had to go imo, he's costing us a try again with his errors.

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Post by Ozzy3213 Wed 25 Feb 2015, 7:29 am

The only issue I have with that is as far as I remember, Watson and Brown both missed tackles for an Italian try as well, so what do you do, drop all three on the basis they cost a try? You'd never have any continuity of selection if you did that. Don't get me wrong, I do agree that May has some issues in his game that need ironing out, but he is definitely an X factor player, and if not starting, I'd probably want him on the bench in case we're chasing the game late on, as he is likely to make something happen against a tiring defence.
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Wed 25 Feb 2015, 7:41 am

He's been the last line on 2 occasions with simple tackles/decisions to make and he's fecked up big style on each occasion.

I see your point, you can't drop players for missed tackles but when Watson has been the last man he's made the tackle. It's not just one occasion with May, it's two games in a row. Throw in his error with a gaping overlap and he's in poor form/isn't at the level required.

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Post by dammit_chris Wed 25 Feb 2015, 11:09 am

Agree with you completely Pete on May - his pace scares opposition and we need players like that. If we went down the route of dropping players when they make errors defensively then May was easily not the worst defender we had against Italy - we missed 23/25 tackles in that game, which I dont think I've seen an England team do before against what in all honesty was a very average Italian team.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Wed 25 Feb 2015, 12:41 pm

It's hardly just one game.

I'm with SL on this one, he's not good enough.

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Post by Fluxy Wed 25 Feb 2015, 12:56 pm

Brown definitely to miss Ireland now

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Post by dammit_chris Wed 25 Feb 2015, 12:58 pm

Brown confirmed as out - bringing two new back three players in is a bit of a gamble. Brown definitely not captured his form from last years championship, but at the same time was the sort of combative figure we could have done with.

Guess Goode offers composure and a good kicking game, never really been a massive fan of him at international level - brilliant fb at AP level, good at everything he does but just don't see him having a top class attribute that makes him stand out at international level. Ideal player for Dublin though (I hope).

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Post by dammit_chris Wed 25 Feb 2015, 1:11 pm

Saw someone ask about the French team earlier on - quite a few changes, Spedding been dropped from the squad and Bastereau going to the bench. Haven't seen Lamerat play, hear that he's been playing pretty well though.

Brice Dulin; Yoann Huget, Remi Lamerat, Wesley Fofana, Sofiane Guitoune; Camille Lopez, Morgan Parra; Eddy Ben Arous, Guilhem Guirado, Rabah Slimani, Romain Taofifenua, Yoann Maestri, Thierry Dusautoir(capt); Bernard Le Roux, Damien Chouly.

Replacements: Benjamin Kayser, Vincent Debaty, Uini Atonio, Jocelino Suta, Loann Goujon, Sebastian Tillous-Borde, Remi Tales, Mathieu Bastareaud

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Post by Guest Wed 25 Feb 2015, 1:21 pm

Think speeding got found out by France as maybe not being up to it. That said I am not sure Dulin would have done any better.

Would think they will run it a bit more this week

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Wed 25 Feb 2015, 1:40 pm

Great to see Parra back, he's been in cracking form this season

I was tempted by Lamerat, big fast and strong type of centre, he should do well.

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Post by dammit_chris Wed 25 Feb 2015, 2:14 pm

Should be a good game with Wales - probably be feeling fairly confident of a win if I were Prop!

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Post by ChequeredJersey Wed 25 Feb 2015, 9:57 pm

For Ireland in Dublin, with no Brown and no Farrell, Nowell a much much safer pick than May, doubt X factor will be the deciding factor in Dublin, more consistently edging the small battles.
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Post by Guest Wed 25 Feb 2015, 10:31 pm

CJ I am
Off to the game in dublin.
Flying out saturday at 7am.

Forecast for game Sunday is heavy rain. With that forecast I would pick Nowell to be fair,

Murray and secton will kick all day. Ireland did not have an offload in the game vs france and had 1 linebreak.

Great article In times about aerial prowess of Zebo bowe and Kearney and how Gaelic and hurling allows it.

Apparently Gaelic football encourages attacking ball in the AIr with hands above head so works in england.

Also hurling encourages similar ball taking. All apart from Payne and sexton were good at hurling or GA


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Post by ChequeredJersey Wed 25 Feb 2015, 10:40 pm

I'll be there too, Matt! I agree, in the rain, running the ball with unpredictable verve is less of a match winner than being strong in the air and strong in the tackle. I even wish Farrell were fit for this one but I trust Ford.

Ideal team for me here would actually be, if it weren't for injury and the risks of lacking cohesion through changes:

Brown
Nowell
Daly (for the kicking) or Slade
Burrell
Watson
Farrell
Youngs
Billy
Robshaw
Wood 
Launchbury
Lawes
Cole
Hartley
Marler/Corbs

Corbs/Marler, Whoever is left at Hooker, Wilson, Attwood, Haskell, Wrigglesworth for once, Ford, Twelvetrees
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Post by dammit_chris Wed 25 Feb 2015, 11:22 pm

Agree on the small battles part CJ - our backrow has the ability to outmuscle and tackle the Irish one, which I don't think we've really done before - saw this video on the number of tackles made and Robshaw has seriously upped his game 12 more than any other player. The backrows work rate has been brilliant so far, was a little surprised they haven't rushed Wood back.

https://youtu.be/Utno-5AC_2c

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Post by ChequeredJersey Wed 25 Feb 2015, 11:29 pm

Note 4 turnovers too Wink
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Thu 26 Feb 2015, 9:17 am

anonmattyt wrote:Great article In times about aerial prowess of Zebo bowe and Kearney and how Gaelic and hurling allows it.

Apparently Gaelic football encourages attacking ball in the AIr with hands above head so works in england.

Also hurling encourages similar ball taking. All apart from Payne and sexton were good at hurling or GA

I reckon Gilroy in recent years is the only back three player to start for Ireland without a proper GAA background (Hurling/Gaelic). Every child in the country will play GAA through their schools and most will play at club level at some stage. Its a big advantage for backs here.

Add in Payne is a full back by original trade and Ireland have the best backline in the world for competing for aerial balls.

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Post by ChequeredJersey Thu 26 Feb 2015, 9:19 am

And Henshaw plays fullback too!
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Thu 26 Feb 2015, 9:23 am

Henshaw has a GAA background as well CJ.

The whole Irish game plan is based around contestable kicks under Schimdt because of the backs he has available. The amount of ball Bowe/Payne won v France in the air was ridiculous and the week before it was Kearney/Zebo/Henshaw doing the same. Murray/Sexton can put a kick up in any part of the field and know there will be a runner there able to contest for it

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Post by dammit_chris Thu 26 Feb 2015, 9:58 am

Add in the heavy rain that is expected and our back three is in for a very busy afternoon!

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Post by Driver Thu 26 Feb 2015, 11:13 am

Schmidt is such a good coach. I'd argue he's the best in the world for me.


I'v just been offered a house in Horden Colliery for £1 , Welcome to County Durham!
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Post by Sgt_Pooly Thu 26 Feb 2015, 11:26 am

Ripping you off there Driver

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Post by Driver Thu 26 Feb 2015, 11:30 am

I thought that, I'v just googled why there selling them for that much as the bloke on the phone wasn't too clear on the matter. 

Have to pay for all the refurbishments yourself, some have no insulation or bathrooms.
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Post by Driver Thu 26 Feb 2015, 11:34 am

On rugby related news.

I'm looking forward to a Falcons backline of Tipuna , Delaney , Sinoti , Soccino , Powell , Watson and Hammersley next year.
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Post by Fluxy Thu 26 Feb 2015, 11:48 am

On that evidence I would be interested in getting in an upgrade at centre. With Alesana in and around that side it would help. Then as GF keeps mentioning we need a top level LH!!

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Thu 26 Feb 2015, 11:52 am

You can get free insulation from most power companies, I do it on my rentals. You still have to live in Horden though.....

Pretty happy with the backs, it's the front row which needs sorting

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Post by Driver Thu 26 Feb 2015, 11:55 am

Where do you rent out Pooly? Is it the one in Harvester or did you sell up?
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