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Season 8 Homepage III
First topic message reminder :
2014/2015 – London Wasps
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.
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
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 | Sale Sharks | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 192 | 171 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 27 | |
2 | Harlequins | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 189 | 169 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
3 | London Irish | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 190 | 175 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |
4 | Northampton Saints | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 186 | 175 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 22 | |
5 | Newcastle Falcons | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 177 | 177 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |
6 | Leicester Tigers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 174 | 179 | -5 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 16 | |
7 | Worcester Warriors | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 174 | 185 | -11 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 16 | |
8 | Saracens | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 177 | 174 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 15 | |
9 | Exeter Chiefs * | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 177 | 176 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |
10 | Gloucester * | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 167 | 189 | -22 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
11 | Bath Rugby | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 176 | 183 | -7 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
12 | London Wasps | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 156 | 182 | -26 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
Links
Fixture List
Released/Championship/National League/Academy Bidding
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Budgets
European Homepage
Anglo Welsh Homepage
Fixture List
Released/Championship/National League/Academy Bidding
Foreign Transfers
Budgets
European Homepage
Anglo Welsh Homepage
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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Re: Season 8 Homepage III
Burgess back to RL, off to Sydney.
http://m.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/34732141
http://m.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/34732141
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Burgess back to RL, off to Sydney.
http://m.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/34732141
http://m.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/34732141
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Burgess back to RL, off to Sydney.
http://m.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/34732141
http://m.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/34732141
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Burgess confirmed to be gone
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Burgess gone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/34732141
What a waste
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/34732141
What a waste
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Sorry boys, the site is going a bit crazy lol
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Haha, I've managed to post it twice too!
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So does that mean Bath ramp up their interest in Faletau?
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My best 3 in each position:
1) Ayerza, Ben Arous, Sio
2) BDP, Moore, Creevy
3) Herrera, Zirakashvili, Slimani (Kepu, to mention my own player, not far behind on recent form!)
4) Retallick, Etzebeth, Henderson (Nakawaru and Launch up there too)
5) POC, Whitelock, De Jager
6) S Burger, Kaino, Fardy
7) Pocock (even if he's been playing 8), McCaw, Louw
8) Gorgodze, Vermeulen, Picamoles
9) A Smith, Du Preez, Murray
10) Carter, Sanchez, Sexton
11) Savea, Nadolo, Cordero
12) Giteau, Nonu, SBW
13) Smith, Kurudriani, Bennett
14) AAC, NMS, Huget
15) Smith, Brown, Folau
Coach: Cheika, Hansen, Jones
Ref: Barnes, Owens, can't pick a third at their level
1) Ayerza, Ben Arous, Sio
2) BDP, Moore, Creevy
3) Herrera, Zirakashvili, Slimani (Kepu, to mention my own player, not far behind on recent form!)
4) Retallick, Etzebeth, Henderson (Nakawaru and Launch up there too)
5) POC, Whitelock, De Jager
6) S Burger, Kaino, Fardy
7) Pocock (even if he's been playing 8), McCaw, Louw
8) Gorgodze, Vermeulen, Picamoles
9) A Smith, Du Preez, Murray
10) Carter, Sanchez, Sexton
11) Savea, Nadolo, Cordero
12) Giteau, Nonu, SBW
13) Smith, Kurudriani, Bennett
14) AAC, NMS, Huget
15) Smith, Brown, Folau
Coach: Cheika, Hansen, Jones
Ref: Barnes, Owens, can't pick a third at their level
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Bath should go for Mafi of Japan, or maybe a short term draft from S18. S Burger to play alongsie Louw?
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Called Burgess on October 7th, my source came off!
Pooly;
"It'll be Aus he goes to, big rumours circulating. I can't see anything but him going tbh, he's been a huge disappointment and the media are getting on his back"
Chris:
"Burgess will stay, he has 3 years left on his contract and has said how much he is looking forward to playing for Bath this season. Give him a run at no6 and he'll be fine."
Apology accepted Chris
Pooly;
"It'll be Aus he goes to, big rumours circulating. I can't see anything but him going tbh, he's been a huge disappointment and the media are getting on his back"
Chris:
"Burgess will stay, he has 3 years left on his contract and has said how much he is looking forward to playing for Bath this season. Give him a run at no6 and he'll be fine."
Apology accepted Chris
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Seen on the main board Jake White to take over England, heard similar a week ago but was unsure. He's dropped from 20/1 to 2/1 in bets apparently, should have had a dibble.
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Would prefer Jones
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[quote="Sgt_Pooly"]Seen on the main board Jake White to take over England, heard similar a week ago but was unsure. He's dropped from 20/1 to 2/1 in bets apparently, should have had a dibble.[/quote
I said this pre World Cup. He was asked by some RFU people If
He had interest should
Things not work out. Eddie Jones and Wayne smith also spoken to.
When we appointed Lancaster I said it would never work and I wanted Jake white. Best coach in the world for me and also would get us playing to our strengths with a big pack.
Super excited if he is coach. It sill actually mean something positive comes out of it.
Before the World Cup on here I said part of me wanted England to fail so we made a change as getting to the quarters or semi
Would have seen Lancaster keep his post and fail again 4 years later.
His handling of burgess was a disgrace. Burgess did nowt wrong but should not have been in squad. He has been hung out to dry and hence gone back. Also reflects badly on burgess who will be seen as a quitter. He should have stuck it out if he believed he had the skills.
On radio they were saying that he should have been used in an impact way like sbw ie 20
Minutes a match and to do explosive things and run at tiring legs. We
Set him up to fail and picked him far too early. It took sbw years to grow in to his role and he learnt his trade first
I said this pre World Cup. He was asked by some RFU people If
He had interest should
Things not work out. Eddie Jones and Wayne smith also spoken to.
When we appointed Lancaster I said it would never work and I wanted Jake white. Best coach in the world for me and also would get us playing to our strengths with a big pack.
Super excited if he is coach. It sill actually mean something positive comes out of it.
Before the World Cup on here I said part of me wanted England to fail so we made a change as getting to the quarters or semi
Would have seen Lancaster keep his post and fail again 4 years later.
His handling of burgess was a disgrace. Burgess did nowt wrong but should not have been in squad. He has been hung out to dry and hence gone back. Also reflects badly on burgess who will be seen as a quitter. He should have stuck it out if he believed he had the skills.
On radio they were saying that he should have been used in an impact way like sbw ie 20
Minutes a match and to do explosive things and run at tiring legs. We
Set him up to fail and picked him far too early. It took sbw years to grow in to his role and he learnt his trade first
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My top 3 in each position
1. Ayerza, Healy, Marler
2. Creevy, Moore, Strauss
3. Herrera, Slimani, Du Plessis
4. Etzebeth, Retallick, Launchbury
5. Whitelock, POC, De Jager
6. Alberts, Kaino, Chouly
7. Hooper, Pocock, McCaw
8. Read, Vermaluen, Picamoles
9. Smith, FDP, Murray
10. Carter, Sexton, Sanchez
11. Savea, Imhoff, Mitchell
12. Nonu, Giteau, Fofana
13. Smith, Kuridrani, Joseph
14. AAC, Smith, Huget
15. Folau, Brown, Kearney
1. Ayerza, Healy, Marler
2. Creevy, Moore, Strauss
3. Herrera, Slimani, Du Plessis
4. Etzebeth, Retallick, Launchbury
5. Whitelock, POC, De Jager
6. Alberts, Kaino, Chouly
7. Hooper, Pocock, McCaw
8. Read, Vermaluen, Picamoles
9. Smith, FDP, Murray
10. Carter, Sexton, Sanchez
11. Savea, Imhoff, Mitchell
12. Nonu, Giteau, Fofana
13. Smith, Kuridrani, Joseph
14. AAC, Smith, Huget
15. Folau, Brown, Kearney
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Going a bit more off WC form with some pedigree too:
1.Ayerza, Ben Arous, Beast
2.Creevy, Bismark, Best
3.Herrera, Slimaini, Zirkashvili
4.Retallick, Etzebeth, Skelton
5.Whitelock, De Jager, POC
6.Burger, Kaino, Dusatoir
7.Pocock, McCaw, Louw
8.Vermuelen, Read, Denton
9.Smith, Murray, Du Preez
10.Carter, Barrett, Foley
11.Savea, Nadolo, Imhoff
12.Nonu, SBW, De Allende
13.Conrad Smith, Joseph, Fekitoa
14.Huget, Naholo, Cordero
15.Smith, Brown, Hogg
1.Ayerza, Ben Arous, Beast
2.Creevy, Bismark, Best
3.Herrera, Slimaini, Zirkashvili
4.Retallick, Etzebeth, Skelton
5.Whitelock, De Jager, POC
6.Burger, Kaino, Dusatoir
7.Pocock, McCaw, Louw
8.Vermuelen, Read, Denton
9.Smith, Murray, Du Preez
10.Carter, Barrett, Foley
11.Savea, Nadolo, Imhoff
12.Nonu, SBW, De Allende
13.Conrad Smith, Joseph, Fekitoa
14.Huget, Naholo, Cordero
15.Smith, Brown, Hogg
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Sgt_Pooly wrote:Going a bit more off WC form with some pedigree too:
1.Ayerza, Ben Arous, Beast
2.Creevy, Bismark, Best
3.Herrera, Slimaini, Zirkashvili
4.Retallick, Etzebeth, Skelton
5.Whitelock, De Jager, POC
6.Burger, Kaino, Dusatoir
7.Pocock, McCaw, Louw
8.Vermuelen, Read, Denton
9.Smith, Murray, Du Preez
10.Carter, Barrett, Foley
11.Savea, Nadolo, Imhoff
12.Nonu, SBW, De Allende
13.Conrad Smith, Joseph, Fekitoa
14.Huget, Naholo, Cordero
15.Smith, Brown, Hogg
Notice a lot of your lads squeak in lol.
Skelton had a decent s 15 but can't get in to test team so hard to have him in a position where it's so strong.
Etzbeth retallick AWJ launch, Henderson ( emerging amazingly), Douglas( tremendous wc), petti,Richie gray. Toner all ahead of him currently.
Likewise Folau, wlr, Kearney, halfpenny etc all ahead of Hogg. Same with Barret there are loads ahead of him as he does not start tests. Same with fekitoa and SBW
Imagine come the next World Cup lots of your boys will be number 1.
Can see Hogg, Skelton, Barrett being world class then. You have some unreal talents. Love Hogg and Barrett. Skelton if he gets fit could re define the lock position.
I would have imhoff In a world 15 with Savea currently on form:
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Steven_Sharks wrote:My top 3 in each position
1. Ayerza, Healy, Marler
2. Creevy, Moore, Strauss
3. Herrera, Slimani, Du Plessis
4. Etzebeth, Retallick, Launchbury
5. Whitelock, POC, De Jager
6. Alberts, Kaino, Chouly
7. Hooper, Pocock, McCaw
8. Read, Vermaluen, Picamoles
9. Smith, FDP, Murray
10. Carter, Sexton, Sanchez
11. Savea, Imhoff, Mitchell
12. Nonu, Giteau, Fofana
13. Smith, Kuridrani, Joseph
14. AAC, Smith, Huget
15. Folau, Brown, Kearney
Agree with that but would have bizmarck over Strauss and have another th instead of Janine du plessis.
Malherbe has looked the real deal for a while and when he won the Shirt looked tremendous. Scrummages super straight so will not concede many penalties. Must be so strong as hard to do that at th. Most cheat
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When you try and do these sides you realise how many great players there are. You also realise unfortunately few are English.
JJ, Brown, Ford Launch are our best players
JJ, Brown, Ford Launch are our best players
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I don't have Skelton, Barrett and Imhoff, Matt.
Being 2nd best for the AB's doesn't mean you can't be top 3 imo.
FB is a tight position after Smith, you could pick a myriad of player depending on opinion. I wouldn't argue with anyone suggesting Folau or WLR in a list but I think both had poor WC's personally so just miss out.
Being 2nd best for the AB's doesn't mean you can't be top 3 imo.
FB is a tight position after Smith, you could pick a myriad of player depending on opinion. I wouldn't argue with anyone suggesting Folau or WLR in a list but I think both had poor WC's personally so just miss out.
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CJ & Steve picked 4 of my players, I picked 6. That's not too bad out of a list of 45!
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Sgt_Pooly wrote:I don't have Skelton, Barrett and Imhoff, Matt.
Being 2nd best for the AB's doesn't mean you can't be top 3 imo.
FB is a tight position after Smith, you could pick a myriad of player depending on opinion. I wouldn't argue with anyone suggesting Folau or WLR in a list but I think both had poor WC's personally so just miss out.
As you can tell I am not on much. Agree re Folau and wlr having a poor wc. Folau not fit watched him limp off in semi and just not at races.
Agree re being second best for Ab's does not mean you can't be 2nd best. My view on Barett is he will be wc but currently he is better off bench. If carter had not been fit I would start him as I think he would just grasp it.
He defends poorly at 10 but decent at 15 but I think he can be a great
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Just checked your side. You got whitelock !!! I have been chasing him for years. Aaahhhhh
Best lock on planet for me.
Best lock on planet for me.
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Barrett is going to best 10 about for a long time I think.
I was reading an article about AB FH's and Barrett was nailed on with Slade. It was a choice between Carter & Sopo apparently and they went for experience. Funny how things take a turn, Carter really grew through the WC, kicked superbly.
I was reading an article about AB FH's and Barrett was nailed on with Slade. It was a choice between Carter & Sopo apparently and they went for experience. Funny how things take a turn, Carter really grew through the WC, kicked superbly.
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anonmattyt wrote:Just checked your side. You got whitelock !!! I have been chasing him for years. Aaahhhhh
Best lock on planet for me.
Haha, yea I thought you'd be keen on Whitelock/Etzebeth. Whitelock had immense WC, couldn't believe how many line out steals he got. Paid a lot but happy to get him.
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Sgt_Pooly wrote:Barrett is going to best 10 about for a long time I think.
I was reading an article about AB FH's and Barrett was nailed on with Slade. It was a choice between Carter & Sopo apparently and they went for experience. Funny how things take a turn, Carter really grew through the WC, kicked superbly.
My view was always he would come back. Also experience vital. His final performance was unreal. Likewise the semi I was right near when he ripped ball of Schalk.
Watching these lads live was a privilege. Watched AB's 4 times and both times there wingers were positionally a Awful under high ball. Amazed it was only boks that exploited it.
That said they are the best team I have ever seen live so would have won anyway
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Sgt_Pooly wrote:anonmattyt wrote:Just checked your side. You got whitelock !!! I have been chasing him for years. Aaahhhhh
Best lock on planet for me.
Haha, yea I thought you'd be keen on Whitelock/Etzebeth. Whitelock had immense WC, couldn't believe how many line out steals he got. Paid a lot but happy to get him.
Him, Simmons, etzbeth, gray, read and lavanini were excellent In the air. Boks used etzbeth loads at middle and back. The future is these 4.5 like whitelock, de jäger, petti, lavanini, lawes etc,
Read and whitelock work in tandem. They create pressure as a unit. Exceptional.
Whitelock adds so much more than just lineout. He is nearly always top of the rucks hit stat against every opponent. He allows retallick to play his role which is far from a 4. Both are 4.5. Whitelock does a lot more 4 stuff than retallick. A great unit
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Anyone got Regan King?
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ChequeredJersey wrote:Anyone got Regan King?
Think he is in releases CJ.
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I had him CJ, so he's in releases.
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Table and budgets are up to date. Match threads with opposition already up for the first european games. Conditions will be up some stage tomorrow
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Chris did you see wasps ? Daly superb and your backrow dominant.
Glos have issues and Hibbard needs some help. He Is a lion and a dynamo when on form:
At moment he is a liability and can see why Wales dropped him. Our need for a 10 is startling. We are lucky Irish and Newcastle
Look worse than us. Not a Gloucester player in squad who has played well
This year
Glos have issues and Hibbard needs some help. He Is a lion and a dynamo when on form:
At moment he is a liability and can see why Wales dropped him. Our need for a 10 is startling. We are lucky Irish and Newcastle
Look worse than us. Not a Gloucester player in squad who has played well
This year
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Think I've got a nose bleed from being so high!
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Yeah I saw the game today Mat, Daly has been like that all season for us so far - three kicks from over 50 metres. Think this could be the season he kicks on and pushes for England honours if we can just settle on our no12.
Smith has added so much for us and we've got some really good options now in the squad from the bench to cover backrow - Guy Thompson seriously underrated player.
Piatua could be our best signing though, could see his class come through today - Halai needs a few more games to click, but Daly, Wade, Halai and Piatua gives us some attacking options.
Smith has added so much for us and we've got some really good options now in the squad from the bench to cover backrow - Guy Thompson seriously underrated player.
Piatua could be our best signing though, could see his class come through today - Halai needs a few more games to click, but Daly, Wade, Halai and Piatua gives us some attacking options.
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Sorry for no predos lads. Had intended doing them this afternoon but the youngest split his head open and ended up at hospital!
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If Daly could defend he'd be some player, he just slips off so many tackles. Loved his kicking yesterday, nails the long range and misses the easy one.
Past the set piece, Gloucester were awful. Kvesic was impressive but the backline were terrible.
Past the set piece, Gloucester were awful. Kvesic was impressive but the backline were terrible.
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Half way through the game, Daly's kicking really is amazing from distance.
Gloucs not as bad as you say Matt. Laidlaw looking good, Kvesic decent, Twelvetrees solid, May looking bright
Gloucs not as bad as you say Matt. Laidlaw looking good, Kvesic decent, Twelvetrees solid, May looking bright
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Around for a deal today if anyone's interested
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I'm in the market for some back row reinforcements mate
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I'm quite flush in the backrow, Matt has about 20 6's.
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Great impact from young Henry Purdy
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What do people think my most effective back row is please
Back Row:
JMF Lobbe (ARG)
Jacques Burger (NAM)
Liam Messam (NZL)
Juan Smith (RSA)
Thomas Waldrom (ENG)
Tom Johnson (ENG)
Ernst Joubert (ENG)
Back Row:
JMF Lobbe (ARG)
Jacques Burger (NAM)
Liam Messam (NZL)
Juan Smith (RSA)
Thomas Waldrom (ENG)
Tom Johnson (ENG)
Ernst Joubert (ENG)
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At the minute mate I would say:
6. Lobbe
7. Burger
8. Waldrom
Although I would note that, there are no young legs in your batch!
6. Lobbe
7. Burger
8. Waldrom
Although I would note that, there are no young legs in your batch!
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Your 6 options are insane, maybe look to move one on for a breakdown 7?
6. Smith
7. Lobbe
8. Messem
Bit unbalanced though
6. Smith
7. Lobbe
8. Messem
Bit unbalanced though
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Yeah agree you have too many 6s and need a real 7, but good for a big pack gameplan
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I'm the Toulon of 606 fluxy
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