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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Sat 13 Jun - 18:49

First topic message reminder :

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Breaking News: London Wasps regain their crown following playoff final victory. 
 


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2014/2015 – London Wasps
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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2Season 8 Homepage I - Page 14 12Sale Sharks *2218046165467068497482
3Season 8 Homepage I - Page 14 9Northampton Saints     2216066065535362518678
4Season 8 Homepage I - Page 14 7Harlequins *2212286055644160543862
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6Season 8 Homepage I - Page 14 1Bath Rugby *2210111572579-7575531151
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9Season 8 Homepage I - Page 14 11Saracens *229211546578-32475311050
10Season 8 Homepage I - Page 14 48Exeter Chiefs *227411538568-30465401146
11Season 8 Homepage I - Page 14 50London Welsh224018513601-88456101228
12Season 8 Homepage I - Page 14 5London Irish *222218531601-70436411627

 
Welcome to Season 8 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 23 players.  Players who are in the academy must be born on or after 1st September 1993. 

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. Worcester Warriors & London Wasps will receive two additional bids to be used exclusively on academy age players. These players must be bid for on the National League Bidding page, and each bid will be considered by the RFU 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 the RFU 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.
    Player Draft
    Worcester Warriors & London Wasps will participate in a player draft beginning the week of June 22nd. Both sides will be allowed to draft two players each. The draft picks will go as follows; 1. Worcester 2. Wasps 3. Wasps 4. Worcester.

    Round Bidding
    There will be two rounds of bidding. The first window will run the week starting June 29th and the second the week starting July 3rd. All sides will be allowed to sign one player each during the window. These bids are not protected if you do not have the funds in place to bid during the window you will lose the bid.     

    Open Bidding
    From July 13th the foreign market will be open to all bids similar to previous seasons. Due to the world cup the window will remain open till the end of September. 

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 20:00 hours on Sunday. Managers will pm 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
Bonuses will be awarded on a scaled basis i.e. 2m for 5 games, 1.6m for 4 games and so on
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 Sat 18 Jul - 10:12

Such a poor game.....who let a woman into the commentary box???

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Post by Guest Sat 18 Jul - 10:34

Ozzy3213 wrote:Mitchell Drummond at 9 for the Barbarians, Kerr-Barlow for the Maoris, and Drummond is schooling him.  has scored one try himself and set up one for Gibson.  Post World Cup I reckon this kid could be 3rd choice behind Smith and Perenara for the AB's.
His basics are tremendous and looks a real all rounder

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Post by Guest Sat 18 Jul - 10:47

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Such a poor game.....who let a woman into the commentary box???

Not watching as at the ashes but women and sports commentary are 2
Words that will never go together

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Post by LukeLovesLuka Sat 18 Jul - 11:35

Pollards kicking iffy. Genia looking zippy.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat 18 Jul - 11:39

She must have been cleaning.

Not too much in this, SA scrum on top. Cooper's place kicking is awful

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Post by LukeLovesLuka Sat 18 Jul - 11:45

Cooper and Giteau on the same wavelength.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat 18 Jul - 11:45

Nice link up with Cooper, Gits and AAC

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat 18 Jul - 11:50

Why is Etzebeth on the wing?? Lol

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Post by Steven_Sharks Sat 18 Jul - 11:57

Decent game. Australia need Hooper's dynamism and Pococks breakdown work in the same side. Id move Fardy to lock and get Simmons on the bench

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat 18 Jul - 11:59

Yea agree Steve, Simmons is a passenger. SA getting on top at the breakdown

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Post by dammit_chris Sat 18 Jul - 12:19

Whats the game like, forgot my iPad and sadly in the office.

Australia have to find a way of getting Hooper and Pocock in the same side - wish England had their options at no7 and no12 - would completely transform our team with any of Hooper, Pocock, Giteau or Toomua.

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Post by Steven_Sharks Sat 18 Jul - 16:29

Oz stole that somehow. They need more go forward. Skelton was easily marshalled as boks could afford to double up.

Cooper and Giteau showed good glimpses together but Toomua excellent when he came on

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Post by dammit_chris Sat 18 Jul - 17:00

Just watched the game, agree with you there Steve. Aussie press didn't seem impressed at all, especially with Skelton. Toomua looked good. But from an England perspective you'd have to think we have the beating of their pack.

http://m.foxsports.com.au/rugby/rugby-championship-wallabies-halfback-will-genia-injured-against-springboks/story-e6frf4pu-1227447440224

Boks must be shocked they lost.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sat 18 Jul - 17:04

Etzebeth, Kriel and Burger were excellent, scrum went really well for SA too.

Pollard had another poor game, his kicking and tackling were not good enough.

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Post by Guest Sun 19 Jul - 9:35

dammit_chris wrote:Just watched the game, agree with you there Steve. Aussie press didn't seem impressed at all, especially with Skelton. Toomua looked good. But from an England perspective you'd have to think we have the beating of their pack.

http://m.foxsports.com.au/rugby/rugby-championship-wallabies-halfback-will-genia-injured-against-springboks/story-e6frf4pu-1227447440224

Boks must be shocked they lost.

Really accurate analysis that Chris. Just watched the game and could not have described it better. South Africa bossed the breakdown. South Africa props scrimmaged well and performed well as they have been struggling form wise.

Skelton still a work in progress as the article says. Gives away penalties and still not fit enough. Whilst I agree he is not good enough to play against the top nations I still think he is their best option and could develop in to a world class option.

Luckily the genia injury is not bad. 3-4 weeks out with that type of injury

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Post by Guest Sun 19 Jul - 10:06

Player ratings http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/rugby/australia-v-south-africa-kuridrani-folau-hooper-pocock-all-in-mix-for-top-rated-wallaby/story-fni2fxyf-1227447846784

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sun 19 Jul - 10:11

What a terrible article.

Genia has had a poor season and was pretty average yesterday, I suspect his mum is the reporter. Skelton played well but as Aus main carrying threat was easy to marshall. Aus need to start Sio to give a bit more go forward.

No mention of Giteau too small?

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sun 19 Jul - 10:14

Cooper to pull out of Toulon deal to play 7's apparently

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Post by Guest Sun 19 Jul - 10:29

http://www.foxsports.com.au/rugby/rugby-championship-wallaby-player-ratings-from-the-opening-test-of-the-season/story-e6frf4pu-1227447918495

Another set

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Post by Guest Sun 19 Jul - 10:46

Bad day at the office http://intheloose.com/2015/07/13/was-this-the-worst-performance-ever-in-an-international-rugby-game/

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Post by dammit_chris Sun 19 Jul - 14:23

Not sure id agree that Skelton played well yesterday, he needs to get fitter and faster, as reminds me a bit of when BV started playing AP rugby as just goes through the age groups with just their size and power and very very different at international level. He's undoubtedly going to be an excellent player but just see the Aussies putting him in right now as they really struggle with their locks in comparison to other int teams. I like him and he seems to add power to their scrum and good carrier, but in an odd way he's almost too big.

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Post by Steven_Sharks Sun 19 Jul - 14:31

Skelton didn't play well. He was targeted by SA as Oz lacks the bigger runners to commit other SA defenders and he was kept quiet.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sun 19 Jul - 14:55

Aus lack carriers.

Hooper, Fardy offer little from the flanks. Simmons and Slipper pretty much nothing.

They're a little similar to us as it's becoming an issue, they were luck to win. If Pollard was in better form SA would have won.

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Post by Guest Sun 19 Jul - 15:22

Hopper was excellent yesterday. Really stepped up. For me he is world class cannot understand any criticism of him

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Post by dammit_chris Sun 19 Jul - 15:46

Not sure if this has already been posted but good article on player fatigue in an interview with Ben Youngs in the Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/england/11748705/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-England-scrum-half-Ben-Youngs-reveals-fears-over-fatigue.html

He started to look good again towards end of last season, some good games for England in 6Nations, but i do really hope Lancaster stops taking him off in games where he is playing v well and picking the tempo up for us.

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Post by Guest Sun 19 Jul - 15:57

Corbs talking about player burnout in the mail today also. Less of an issue in SH

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sun 19 Jul - 16:03

You have to play to get burnout surely?

I'm not a huge Hooper fan myself, not the kind of flanker I really buy into. I understand he's a good player but just not really my cup of tea.

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Post by Guest Sun 19 Jul - 16:18

With hooper you have to get the balance of the back row right for him to thrive.

Same with a lot of players.

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Sun 19 Jul - 16:31

Cricket is going well

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Post by Guest Sun 19 Jul - 16:54

It's miserable. We have left to get an early train. Lots of changes needed in the top order

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Post by Guest Sun 19 Jul - 18:42

Ab's resting carter and SBW for springboks. Both players to not travel

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Post by Ozzy3213 Sun 19 Jul - 20:26

Results and feedback up. Will have next weeks match threads and current standings up tomorrow.
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Post by prop_lyd Sun 19 Jul - 21:16

Liking the new system for feedback guys
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Post by Ozzy3213 Sun 19 Jul - 21:19

I think it's working pretty well, and it's not too labour intensive either.  I think the score margins have been more realistic and the feedback more honest so far.  I'll be interested to see how it goes when the season starts for real.
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Post by dammit_chris Mon 20 Jul - 8:11

As of today the All Blacks have been ranked at no1 for exactly 10 years - scary.

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Post by Fluxy Mon 20 Jul - 9:21

Shocked

in other news, I need a top class wing, ten and 8 and willing to go big, who's keen?

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Post by Ozzy3213 Mon 20 Jul - 9:57

We can talk, definitely about wings Fluxy, but I'm going to be offline for a couple of hours.
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon 20 Jul - 9:59

Good to see Pickles back to his best: http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_63334,00.html

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Post by BamBam Mon 20 Jul - 10:13

Releasing Tommasso Allan unless anyone wants him

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon 20 Jul - 11:02

SirJohnnyEnglish wrote:Good to see Pickles back to his best: http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3551_63334,00.html

In training lol!

France miss him and his go forward, they'll be a different animal with him firing.

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Post by Steven_Sharks Mon 20 Jul - 11:03

After a 9 and a lock if anyone is looking for a deal

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon 20 Jul - 11:05

I'm about

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Post by CJB Mon 20 Jul - 11:44

Sorry for no predictions. Over the weekend I worked 36 hours. My phone was smashed so could not do it on the journey to and from work like I usually do. Sorry

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Mon 20 Jul - 17:12

After a Int LH, 7, SH and top winger

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Post by ChequeredJersey Mon 20 Jul - 19:33

After a top class lock
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Post by SirJohnnyEnglish Mon 20 Jul - 23:19

Just finished watching Aus-SA. Saffa defence was immense, work at the breakdown was fantastic. Meyer will be having nightmares wondering how they lost that game. Thought all the starting halfbacks were poor besides Pollards defensive play. Toomua made a big impact but so did Phipps who sped the service up in a big way. Skelton still a bit slow for international level got away with lying over the ball a fair bit. All the Boks best attacking play came off Le Roux at first receiver. Impressed with young Kriel though who looked a natural at this level

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Post by Sgt_Pooly Tue 21 Jul - 13:58

I thought Pollard was pretty awful in defence Johnny, he seems to have regressed this season (along with his kicking from hand).

Boks lack of impact in the forwards from the bench was a big factor, they offered very little were Aus ramped up.

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Post by Fluxy Tue 21 Jul - 14:05

I didn't believe Pienaar was bad. But you want your ten to when in a commanding position like that slotting his kicks and pinning back Aus. I think Meyer would have loved to have Steyn involved with those outside backs, but the pienaar Steyn combo would be very laborious.

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Post by BamBam Tue 21 Jul - 14:22

Flip Van Der Merwe in the Springbok squad to face NZ

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Post by Guest Tue 21 Jul - 17:55

Pienaar slows the game down and does not allow SA to play a proper attacking game. Meyer is probably the only person in SA who wants Pienaar in the Bok team. The calls for Pienaar to be axed are pretty strong in the press.

If you are going to play Pienaar then play morne steyn and play Boring percentage rugby. It has worked for the boks before. Both are very effective but not if you want to score tries.



Louw off at half time also meant that Australia got better quality ball second half. Also meant South Africa got slower ball also.

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