Rugby Union Legends Game - Draft

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Rounds One and Eleven (Loosehead Prop and Winger)
1.Banafan-aka-hon - Os Du Randt/Jonah Lomu
2.GloucesterBear - Jason Leonard/David Campese
3.Pullthestrings - Tom Smith/Jason Robinson
4.Bathite - Tony Woodcock/John Kirwan
5.Inthefastlane - Bill Young/Bryan Habana
6.Driver - Trevor Woodman/Shane Williams
7.Steven_Sharks - Craig Dowd/Jeff Wilson
8.Prop_Lyd - Olo Brown/Ieuan Evans
9.LDCPete - Christian Califano/Joe Roff
10.Lukelovesluka - Graham Rowntree/Rory Underwood

Rounds Two and Twelve (Hooker and Centre)
1.GloucesterBear - Keith Wood/Tana Umaga
2.Pullthestrings - Sean Fitzpatrick/Philippe Sella
3.Bathite - Raphael Ibanez/Tim Horan
4.Inthefastlane - Brian Moore/Danie Gerber
5.Driver - Steve Thompson/Will Greenwood
6.Steven_Sharks - Phil Kearns/Scott Gibbs
7.Shark Bite Cider - Uli Schmidt/Frank Bunce
8.LDCPete - Anton Olivier/Mike "Frail" Gibson
9.Lukelovesluka - John Smit/Jeremy Guscott
10.Banafan-aka-hon - Keven Mealamu/Stirling Mortlock

Rounds Three and Thirteen (Tighthead Prop and Centre)
1.Pullthestrings - Carl Hayman/Brian O'Driscoll
2.Bathite - Phil Vickery/Jason Little
3.Inthefastlane - Al Baxter/Denis Charvet
4.Driver - Paul Wallace/Will Carling
5.Steven_Sharks - Graham Price/Yannick Jauzion
6.Prop_Lyd - Jeff Probyn/Phil de Glanville
7.LDCPete - Fran Cotton/Ray Gravell
8.Lukelovesluka - John Hayes/Elton Flatley
9.Banafan-aka-hon - Pascal Ondarts/Mike Catt
10.Cookie Monster 15 - Richard Loe/Aaron Mauger

Rounds Four and Fourteen (Lock and Winger)
1.Bathite - Martin Johnson/Doug Howlett
2.Inthefastlane - John Eales/Rupeni Caucau
3.Driver - Bakkies Botha/Christophe Dominici
4.Steven_Sharks - David Giffin/Philippe Saint-Andre
5.Prop_Lyd - Bill Beaumont/Tony Underwood
6.LDCPete - Robin Brooke/James Small
7. Lukelovesluka - Simon Shaw/Joe Rokocoko
8.Banafan-aka-hon - Brad Thorn/Va'aiga Tuigamala
9.GloucesterBear - Olivier Merle/Lote Tuqiri
10.Pullthestrings - Malcolm O'Kelly/Cedric Heymans

Rounds Five and Fifteen (Lock and Full Back)
1.Inthefastlane - Fabien Pelous/Serge Blanco
2.Driver - Victor Matfield/Christian Cullen
3.Steven_Sharks - Wade Dooley/Gavin Hastings
4.Prop_Lyd Moss Keane/Matt Burke
5.LDCPete - Ian Jones/J.P.R Williams
6.Lukelovesluka - Danny Grewcock/Percy Montgomery
7.Banafan-aka-hon - Chris Jack/Josh Lewsey
8.GloucesterBear - Olivier Brouzet/Chris Latham
9.Pullthestrings - Paul O'Connell/Gareth Thomas
10.Bathite - Nathan Sharpe/Mils Muliaina

Rounds Six and Sixteen (Blindside and Scrum Half)
1.Driver - Richard Hill/Fourie Du Preez
2.Steven_Sharks - Francois Pienaar/Gary Armstrong
3.Prop_Lyd - Josh Kronfeld/Robert Jones
4.LDCPete - Jean Pierre Rives/Jean-Baptisite Elissalde
5.Lukelovesluka - Martin Corry/Kyran Bracken
6.Banafan-aka-hon - Rocky Elsom/Byron Kelleher
7.GloucesterBear - Reuben Thorne/Graeme Bachop
8.Pullthestrings - Jerry Collins/Pierre Berbizier
9.Bathite - Fergus Slattery/Bryan Redpath
10.Inthefastlane - Graham Mourie/Dimitri Yachvili

Rounds Seven and Seventeen (Openside and Prop)
1.Steven_Sharks - Michael Jones/Gethin Jenkins
2.Prop_Lyd - Richie McCaw/Gareth Chilcott
3.LDCPete - Peter Winterbottom/David Sole
4.Lukelovesluka - Neil Back/Rodrigo Roncero
5.Banafan-aka-hon - George Smith/Greg Somerville
6.GloucesterBear - David Wilson/Pieter De Villiers
7.Pullthestrings - Martyn Williams/Dai Young
8.Bathite - Serge Betsen/Sylvain Marconnett
9.Inthefastlane - Phil Waugh/Martin Castrogiovanni
10.Driver - Schalk Burger/Adam Jones

Rounds Eight and Eighteen (No8 and Hooker)
1.Prop_Lyd - Zinzan Brooke/Colin Deans
2.LDCPete - Wayne Shelford/Peter Wheeler
3.Lukelovesluka - Scott Quinnell/Richard Cockerill
4.Banafan-aka-hon - Lawrence Dallaglio/Mark Regan
5.Gloucesterbear - Taine Randell/Jeremy Paul
6.Pullthestrings - Sergio Parisse/Ciaran Fitzgerald
7.Bathite - Dean Richards/Gordon Bulloch
8.Inthefastlane - Morne Du Plessis/Michael Foley
9.Driver - Tim Rodber/Mario Ledesma
10.Steven_Sharks - Gary Teichman/Yannick Bru

Rounds Nine and Nineteen (Scrum Half and Free Choice)
1.LDCPete - Joost VD.Westhuizen/Thomas Castaignede
2.Lukelovesluka - George Gregan/Austin Healy
3.Banafan-aka-hon - Nick Farr-Jones/Carlos Spencer
4.GloucesterBear - Agustin Pichot/Simon Easterby
5.Pullthestrings - Rob Howley/Neil Jenkins
6.Bathite - Justin Marshall/Emile Ntamack
7.Inthefastlane - Matt Dawson/Juan Martin Hernandez
8.Driver - Mike Phillips/Brian Lima
9.Steven_Sharks - Fabian Galthie/Jonathan Davies
10.Prop_Lyd - David Kirk/Derek Quinnell

Rounds Ten and Twenty (Fly Half and Free Choice)
1.Lukelovesluka - Stephen Larkham/Ben Kay
2.Banafan-aka-hon - Jonny Wilkinson/Abdelatif Benazzi
3.GloucesterBear - Grant Fox/Jaque Fourie
4.Pullthestrings - Dan Carter/Lewis Moody
5.Bathite - Michael Lynagh/Chris Paterson
6.Inthefastlane - Naas Botha/Sebastien Chabal
7.Driver - Andrew Mehrtens/Dafydd James
8.Steven_Sharks - Mark Ella/Andy Irvine
9.Prop_Lyd - Hugo Porta/Alan Bateman
10.LDCPete - Joel Stransky/Mike Teague

Oliver good shout, he was a right handful!

10. South African World Cup winning outside half Joel Stransky

(World Cup winning half back pairing with Joost, I am liking that! )

So just so I have this clear, I can pick and inside or outside centre now???

nah only one center - bear closed the second center choices - however you can choose any center not just a 12 now.

Hooker - 102 cap, Lions beating Saffer captain John Smit

Was going to go to Smit, but had told myself before we started that I wouldn't go for any current players!

A few current players are some of the best ever though.

Decisions Decisions..

4. Malcolm O'Kelly/Ali Williams
5. Paul O'Connell/Ian Jones
6. Jerry Collins/Mike Brewer/Alan Whetton
7. Josh Kronfeld/Lewis Moody/Martyn Williams
8. Sergio Parisse
11. Ben Cohen/CauCau/Craig Green
15. Andy Irvine/Gareth Thomas/Muliania

Is what I'm thinking. What do people reckon?

I've considered 90% of those mate.

It's the hardest bit. But easily the best bit. Enjoying this draft - be interesting to see how the game itself pans out.

Some of them are already gone pull.

I was very close to going for gareth Thomas

Stuff it.

4. Malcolm O'Kelly
5. Paul O'Connell
6. Jerry Collins
7. Martyn Williams
8. Sergio Parisse
11. Rupeni CauCau
15. Gareth Thomas

dam it dam it dam it luke - i thought going last i wasnt going to get anyone decent then no one picked Smit until you arghhhhhhh you swine!!!

pull you need to wait for everyone else to pick their 2nd wingers old chap . . . you should be keeping your cards close to your chest mate

ok hooker then, now smith has gone thats a toughy

Luke you really me with that smit draft - but god for you, i thought he would have gone much much earlier!

So did I bud. Had to check twice to make sure

it gutting as it leaves me with two choices - would love to go with Mar Regan or Richard Cockerill but head telling me to go for Mealamu, but theres a possible 3rd . . .

Hon - what did you reckon to my options?

Right, here is my choice for centre, and I am fully expecting a row over this, but I have checked the game rules and I do not see how it can be disallowed...

GloucesterBear wrote:Rugby Union Legends Game Rules

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1.You can call your team whatever name you want

2.The players you buy must have played Rugby between 1980 to 2010

At centre I pick the crown prince of centres, Cameron Michael Henderson "Mike" Gibson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Gibson_(rugby_player)

Played his final international match for Ireland in 1979, however continued to play top level club rugby until 1984. Nowhere in the rules does it specify must have played 'international' rugby in the 80's.

BANAFAN-AKA-HON wrote:it gutting as it leaves me with two choices - would love to go with Mar Regan or Richard Cockerill but head telling me to go for Mealamu, but theres a possible 3rd . . .

I was looking at Cockers, and also Naka Drotske!

pullthestrings wrote:Hon - what did you reckon to my options?

cant argue with a lot of them mate but you should keep your cards close to your chest buddy!!

Played his final international match for Ireland in 1979, however continued to play top level club rugby until 1984. Nowhere in the rules does it specify must have played 'international' rugby in the 80's.
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mate i agree with you buddy - It doesn't state at which level cool by me good choice by the way.

ok ok ok I have to unfortunately (nevr thought I would say that) go for my hooker

I will have Kevin Mealamu.

wheres bear is he about to update the draft listings?

Hon once I've made my choice it doesn't matter if everyone knows!

Malcolm O'Kelly or Ali Williams at lock? Bearing in mind I have POC as the other lock..

Pete, I think you're opening up pandora's box there! I've said before if players are towards the tail end of their career I will rate them at earliest 1980. Many 1960-1970 players would have played rugby in some capacity into the 80's - club rugby, a local pub side, down the park with their children.. where do you draw the line?

Argh!! Pete: I was thinking about him but wasn't sure about the row!!!!

Naka Drotske - i had forgotten about him pete, my other choice was Dalton!!

pullthestrings wrote:Hon once I've made my choice it doesn't matter if everyone knows!

it does if they choose before you mate?

Very proud of you tonight. All updated.

Mike Gibson what a legend, but he is older than my dad and the oldest on this game so far might be a taught a bit of a lesson by other centres us younger one's know about.

Locks im surprised some haven't gone for some older one's, but everyone has a lock now can't go back on your words. Only Bathite to pick now for lock and he only needs one of them.

Olivier Roumet, Mark Andrews, Gary Whetton, Gareth Llewellyn the Scottish pair of Damian Cronin and Doddie Weir not been taken.

Have to look further back in time lads, get your thinking caps on for the last couple of rounds.

mate i've taken Keven Mealamu as hooker

Pull

I do take your point, and there are other players who I was going to go for who played their last internationals in 1979 and would probably have continued playing top level club rugby into the 80's. I didn't go for them as I could find no actual reference to them playing on after international retirement so thought I wouldn't go there however tempting.

With Gibson there is reference to him continuing to play top level club rugby, which is why I thought it worth a punt. How people choose to rate him is entirely up to them, I am not taking this game too seriously so not overly fussed about winning or losing to much, just having fun looking back over some of the greats of the game.

Guys: just a thought but quite a few of my targets have been mentioned with people weighing up players on here. Maybe we keep it hush about possible players?

prop_lyd wrote:Guys: just a thought but quite a few of my targets have been mentioned with people weighing up players on here. Maybe we keep it hush about possible players?

bingo

Just bringing the point up really, not too fussed if they get allowed or not!

I'm just gonna try and make my favourite side on here - not neccesarily the best but just players I've loved watching over the years.

cool

Luke you can pick your centre.

Bathite you have all the other remaining rounds to do.

Do New Zealand switch their 6's and 7's around in terms of number or isit same as over here

yeah massive block on the loosehead draft!

and luke if you pick my choice in center i will come round there and bash you

It's the same kidda

Cheers

bash you

You want to bash his back doors in, I guess bash is worse than smash.

Your all wrong on so many levels banafan

think pretty much any new zealand player can play anywhere they want

Centre - Jeremy Guscott

hey pull you have a little too much pizzaz in your centers so far, is that why your looking at thomas??

arggghh Poopie luke . . . jezza was my first choice was hoping like mad he wouldnt get picked !!!

ok bear i will have to choose the evil wizard mortlock at center please.

Stirling Mortlock

Bear - I chose O'Kelly, not Williams at lock. Sorry.

As we are waiting for Bathite in loads of positions, why not open Rounds 16 and 18 (back up scrum half and hooker) as everyone has had their first choice pick of those now?

Yes I will open back up scrum-half and hooker.

So Driver and Prop you can pick.

Bathite is online I see, if he doesn't hand his picks in tonight while everyone seems to be pretty active I will have to hunt his address down and send banafan to go a do some nasty on him. He seems to like his touchy and feely action does banafan, Bathite might not though

Fourie Du Preez