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Season 3- Episode 20- Getting on a Plane (6 Nations Final, Premiership Round 15 & Super Rugby Round 6)
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It is those fantasy rugby dopes from America, here to provide you with as little entertainment as possible (sarcastically of course). On this episode we dive into a little 6 Nations women's preview, as well as chatter about some fantasy 6 Nations for them too! Because we're original, we pick our Lions Team of who we thing/who we want on the plane to play South Africa. Of course we take a look at how Scotland crashed the party in Paris, the action from Super Rugby in New Zealand and in the Premiership before we dive back into Europe for a couple weeks. All this, yammering about amazing tries and more. Pop one open and tune in with us.
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Rugby Overload
00:00:08
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Hey everybody. Welcome back. It is the fancy rugby. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glaser. Let's roll. We got, we still, we didn't even have six stations or we did, but not to the same extent. We still have a lot. We still have so much to get through. What is wrong with your rugby world? I OD'd. We'll get to it, but I, but I, I have absolutely OD'd on rugby the past couple of weeks. That'll happen. You know, happens to the best of us. Yeah. All right. Let's crack. Let's crack them. Yes, sir.
Fantasy Rugby Geek Appreciation
00:00:38
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00:00:49
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I george a beer. I know we're not there yet, but I'm getting in there. I'll take this part. Fantasy Rugby Geek does a lot, obviously, for the fantasy rugby world. If you're listening to us, you have used his advice, whether through us or because you're smart and go directly to him. So buy him a coffee, buy him a beer, whatever it is. You can find him on the Twitters. He doesn't exactly hide. He's fantasy rugby geek. Tell him the fantasy rugby. Say hi.
00:01:16
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Not that we don't talk to them on a regular basis. Um, grab your TR upgrades while we're on this little break. I'll save you some time later on, especially cause we are going to be in the thick of it going on the run in here. Um, we're going to be down. What are we down to week 15, 16, something like that? Yeah. It is blitz time. Yeah. It's only half dozen weeks left or so. Grab that thing. Grab that thing. It'll, it could get you over the top. Plus it benefits the restart rugby from the RPA. So that's always good.
Support for Black Lives Matter
00:01:45
Speaker
Black Lives Matter as always on this podcast and there's no room for racism. And you know, it's really, the thing obviously in the news this week is, you know, the shavans on trial. We just started this segment of our show.
00:02:01
Speaker
Yeah, in a way it is. So, yeah, this whole incident. And I have to say about it, I'm glad that it's being televised nationally here. It's not being hidden away like a lot of the other similar trials that have been shown.
00:02:20
Speaker
Yeah, there's a lot of sentiment, even among the people who are, you know, the more conservative end of the spectrum are still getting to be like, yeah, you know what, maybe it's not worth having, like, this is what he did. And all this, like, it's not worth having riots just to free a cop because he killed somebody, like, so I'm hoping that this whole, you know, bringing all this to the light and to the surface, absolutely helps end this. It's a shame that it took this much, but
00:02:49
Speaker
Yeah, it's a shame it took multiple, multiple, multiple, multiple, many, many people's lives. But let's get let's get there. And let's do our part.
International Transgender Day of Visibility
00:02:58
Speaker
And today is a big day for transgender. And I want to get it right. And I know I messed I almost messed it up before. Doo doo doo is International Transgender Day of Visibility.
00:03:14
Speaker
Okay. So yes, that's today. Um, obviously they are, they have a part in this too. You know, that we can't be, you know, absolutely anti-transgender in any way, shape or form. There is a,
00:03:25
Speaker
There's a there's a lot of people that just don't listen. I don't understand it to the fullest, but it's another person. So yeah, I say give them rights. Yeah, that's amazing. It's one thing. I mean, it is one thing not to minimize it, but it's like if you're you're you're biased against, you know, skin color, you know, somebody can't control that. Well,
00:03:45
Speaker
The same thing goes for transgender. I guess what really got to me is, again, put yourself in their shoes. The way I feel, I've always identified as male. I was born one. That's all well and good. But what if...
00:04:03
Speaker
I have all this equipment and I'm like, you know what? I have the wrong equipment. I don't feel right. Imagine going through that and the whole world tells you you're wrong and that you're bad and you're evil. Let's have some compassion. Yeah, please. No, that bullshit, please. Obviously, I've never been there either.
00:04:28
Speaker
I don't know what they're going through and nobody, nobody, unless you're transgender does right now. So just give them, give them some, give them a little wiggle room there, please. You know, and rights, just like everyone else deserves. Right. Yeah. There's no reason for that. So yes, we, we recognize and we appreciate
00:04:50
Speaker
transgender people just as much as we do. Anybody else? Okay. What else? What else is on the docket?
Women's Six Nations Preview
00:04:58
Speaker
Oh, yes. Women's Six Nation Fancy. Come join us. We're in. We are very in. I've already put together most of my team, but I think I want to make changes. I have not done anything on it. I got your invitation and I need to join the league. Yeah, the league's there. It's a public league. So anybody can join. You can join Georgia's league as well.
00:05:19
Speaker
It is through the official fancy six nations website. I don't know all the scoring properly. I do know that apparently wins count for something. I was like, that's annoying, but whatever meters and meters and tries are huge. No, no try assist, which sucks. Um, so yeah, there's, there's, there's, there's things to be had in, in meters and then try assist or try scored. So, uh, obviously Emily's care was the first thing that went right on my team sheet.
00:05:46
Speaker
And Poppy Cleo was number two. She's a lock on there, though. She's on her back row. I was like, okay, well, I guess I'm playing an eight-man at lock. That'll work. You say so. Yeah, number eight at lock. Sign me up big time. So yeah, come join us. Hopefully somebody can get us some sort of visual watching of this this weekend because that would be very helpful. Otherwise, I'm going to stream it in whatever way I must.
00:06:10
Speaker
Yeah, I'll do the... Maybe it's on the YouTubes. I don't know. Ooh, that'd be a good one. I'd be okay with that.
00:06:19
Speaker
So we have to find out, but if anybody can help us with that. Anybody points us the right direction, please, to here in North America, US, whatever. Yeah, and you and I were talking, you know, maybe this is an opportunity for the Rugby Network to pick up things like this where, for whatever reason, they've just been thrown by the wayside. This top 14 has been kind of just tossed out the window as something that we can see in America, which I wouldn't mind seeing every once in a while, because apparently Chisland Kobe has been
00:06:47
Speaker
rocking some, yeah, rocking it pretty hard for Toulouse. I'd like to see that very much so. We'll get to see him this weekend. Yeah, let's do Six Nations for the women. It took a hell of an effort for
00:07:05
Speaker
the english woman to overcome france in the fall and you know we we know the story that just kind of went just kind of went line change and threw everybody out there and you still took yeah it still took right to the end right so yeah it's one of those like you know if you've been following us as we've been talking about the women's six nations now this is our third year of doing it um
00:07:27
Speaker
in our third year. You'll know that I've been talking about NDA for a while and I hope she's still on the team, but a lot of the French team in the same kind of respect as they're just kind of like the French men. They fuck up too much. They are super skilled, do some really good things, but they never live up to the potential. Let's put it that way. It's a lot of unfulfilled potential.
00:07:54
Speaker
showing that maybe they're coming around now that they've already, you know, they've come close to beating the best team and one of the best teams in the world. So yeah, it's kind of like what we expected the the men's Six Nations, it's England versus France really for it.
00:08:10
Speaker
Right. It's it's kind of, although, I mean, I'm just not sure we'll see the same dark horse come out of nowhere for this one, unfortunately, you know, as much as I'd like that to happen. I think Ireland. No, no. I mean, I think Ireland have been playing better and they're the women adapted to the more open style of play faster than the men did, which doesn't surprise me, given my experience.
00:08:35
Speaker
but I don't know that they're ready yet. And it's not that I'm doubting them, I just don't know that they're ready yet. And Wales and Scotland haven't never really had much in the way of like development. So I don't know what to expect from them. Maybe they've got it, maybe they don't. Yeah, although there are plenty of Welsh women playing in... There are. In what you call it, in England.
00:09:02
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of them are in Bristol, which is funny. I was like, Oh, hello. Yeah. There are a lot of them on that team. I mean, whatever, whatever gets it done for that, for their sake. Absolutely. Yeah. So maybe that's a, you know, again, that's the thing about.
00:09:18
Speaker
women's sports is there's so much untapped talent and potential that could change on a dime. Wales could suddenly become a powerhouse if this Bristol connection develops the talent better. And maybe they put a little bit more effort into their programs. I don't know what the teams have been doing for the national
00:09:41
Speaker
Yeah. I think India is still in because she was, is eyeing the world cup. So I figured she'd be coming back for that. So, um, the one of the top meters gained, um, players was Jade Conco from Scotland last year. I was looking at it earlier. Um, I don't, but I don't think she's playing this year for reasons X, Y, and Z. Um, maybe I missed it, but so somebody can correct me if I'm wrong. Cause there's a chance I am. Um,
00:10:08
Speaker
So, so there are, so it sounds like Scotland's got something and it sounds like Wales have something that are getting, that's getting better. So that's good. And good news on the, on also on the women's front is the, um, the premier 15s, the audience, the premier 15s is potentially getting a big TV deal in England. So that'll, that'll be awesome for, for their sake. And, uh, yeah, you'll see more professional players on those teams, like full-time professional because
00:10:33
Speaker
you know, as much good work as Simi Pam does with her, her regular job. We want to see her on the field. You know, you want to see that woman on the field. I totally support being a doctor. So yeah, I do too. I get it. Yeah. But it's, you know, it's, it's better for the game if the players are professional. Absolutely.
00:10:54
Speaker
And women should have the same professional opportunities as men. Yeah. There's no argument out of here. I think most people wouldn't argue. It's just the helmets that are really left to argue that point. Because I saw there was a, oh shit, what was that try I saw? Was it Scotland? Shoot, where I just, the ball movement from these players, I know it must have been from the premiership.
00:11:24
Speaker
It was just like, there was a play out to the wing and then there's some inside passing and then, you know, like a little three on two kind of weave going on and players just making the right decision in the right pass. And it's like, you know, for all these people who say, Oh, you know, it's not, it's not as exciting. They don't do it as well. No, fuck that. That's like most men's teams can't get that.
00:11:44
Speaker
No, this is true. It was just this extremely well-worked try. I think it was one of the top, obviously, from the top tries of the weekend, I think, this past weekend in the trail.
00:11:57
Speaker
just really well-worked try that you don't see, you rarely see at the men's level too. So yeah, it's fun to watch, you know, your helmets get over it. It's fun to watch. This is absolutely fun to watch. Like anybody watching men's rugby, it's just as entertaining. Yeah. Anybody that says otherwise is a complete fucking asshole. Sorry. You're not, you're not actually paying attention. You're just, you think this is somehow going to take away from your, your league or you, which is even worse, which means you have mental problems. You need to sort out,
00:12:27
Speaker
But anyway, yes, this is so that'll be great. I think, you know, obviously we'll get a chance to watch more. Hopefully we get a chance to watch more of our girls on that are on the extra squad.
00:12:38
Speaker
It was the Worcester Warriors women. That's who it was. Good for them. Good for them. They get finished, unlike the men. There you go. Right fucking there. Thank you. Hey, do you guys know how to finish? No. Here, the women will show you how to do it.
00:13:01
Speaker
Oh, that's great. Yeah, I see it. Shackles. Yep. Yep. That's that's it. That's great. Oh, yeah, it's glorious. It is just a piece of artwork. Yeah, there's like six or seven, maybe put the jets on and see. Yeah, that's beautiful. Love it. Love it. Love it. Well, that was gonna say it, wasn't it?
00:13:19
Speaker
The sale women are not good. The sale women are not good. No, it was Bristol. Was it Bristol? Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Point stands about the sale women not being a very good team though. And unfortunately I say that with a little bit of a, cause there is a American woman on the team. So I'm just like, be better. Damn it. Maybe I'm just more sour about it.
00:13:40
Speaker
Okay. So we're, we're looking forward to it. We're excited. Um, lots of good things to come for the women's game. And, uh, Ben and I are obviously very much into it. So, uh, get your, get off your ass and get into it, folks. Um, join, join the fantasy league at the very least. It'll be fun. All right. Um, let's talk about, this is the thing that's on everybody's brain right now.
Lions Tour Player Prospects
00:13:58
Speaker
And it's like, it's probably still a little too soon because you want to see how these guys play out with the rest of their club teams. But, um, let's talk about who's potentially on the plane to South Africa.
00:14:08
Speaker
Yeah. Cause this is this time right after six nations is, is when you, you know, that's when you get last get to see most of these guys against the top, you know, some events this weekend being weekends like this being the obvious exception. Yep.
00:14:24
Speaker
So, uh, yeah, let's go. Let's just go front to back here. Um, how many props did you put on? Okay. So my makeup was three, three hookers, six props, five locks, four, four flankers. Yeah. I don't like, I don't want to bring fewer than that for the kind of games they're playing. I wouldn't, I wouldn't buy props. Oh, okay. Yeah. Um, six, uh, I'm sorry, six, uh, back rowers, uh, three scrum halves, three fly halves.
00:14:52
Speaker
five centers, four wings, and two full backs. Although... I sorted it kind of back five forwards, back five backs. Okay. As opposed to... Fair enough. But we'll probably end up with a lot of the same names, just the same. We may. But I also wanted to put a spin on this because, again, we're not looking to pick... This isn't so much trying to pick Gatlin's roster. No. It's who we would take.
00:15:20
Speaker
Right. This is who I see and what I like, what I like with the exception of, you know, sometimes, sometimes I took into consideration. Hmm. Maybe this is the one that I would take because X, Y, Z, but. And I'm, what was it? I also would play a different, I think I'm going to play a different style of play than most people because South Africa are, you have to realize who you're playing, right? This is, this is a team based sometimes someone formed from what we saw, but also, but based on the style of play, that's going to be South Africa.
00:15:49
Speaker
And so many coaches get into this head space where they're like, you know how I'm going to beat South Africa is be more physical than them. Yeah. No. No. That is the worst idea ever. Are you thinking? Yeah. I'll go heavy. No. That is the worst idea ever. No. Do not go heavy against this team. It's been tried. It doesn't work. That's the game they want you to play. They want you to. Yes. Yes. Please play our game. They're okay with that. I promise. Look at who beats them, South Africa.
00:16:17
Speaker
And it's, you know, the New Zealand team, you know, that doesn't have, they didn't, they didn't front up with, you know, five locks in their fucking, um, in their 23. They, they went, they went lighter and ran around them. Japan, you know,
00:16:30
Speaker
that, that, um, what in two 25, the other bright miracle. Yeah. That was very light team. They beat him by running around them. Um, absolutely. That's, that's the, what I'm going for here. I have some size up front, but after that, it's going to be much more of a, Oh yeah. I mean, you'll see it's, it's going to be runners. Yeah. It's, it's, you got, you got to have a little bit to contend, especially in the scrum. Right. But that's it. Cause you can't let them just dominate you. You have to actually fight back a little bit. But beyond that, no, we're running.
00:17:00
Speaker
No, yeah, it's yeah, it's. Yeah, you just can't. You have to have something else in the locker. You can't just play their style. They're going to fucking chew you up and spit you out and you'll be wondering what the hell just happened to the team. Yeah. Nice. That's old school. Yeah, that's an original family guy. Yes, it is. I love that. That episode is going to.
00:17:27
Speaker
All right, to the team. To the team. Yeah, props. So I have five. Okay. What do you get? So I'm sure we're going to match up on Macco. Yep. Win Jones. Yes. For long. Yep. Kyle Sinclair. Yes. And then my fifth one is Thomas Francis. Yep. And I so we have the same props. I just have added Kean Healy.
00:17:54
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. I mean, he was not great to six nations, but yeah. But I'm trying to think of, um, I was trying to do another, um, yeah, uh, another, um, loose head and I just couldn't.
00:18:09
Speaker
Yeah, it's hard to say because you don't want to really don't want to bring any of those Scotland props. Sorry. No, I don't. I have no interest in the Scotland. No, I agree. I agree. And you're not going to bring anybody else from from England. So right. Just just didn't happen. Default. Yeah. Default to that hooks. I have I have Jinx Owens and I went with Keller her because I like his dynamism in open field.
00:18:35
Speaker
I'm not saying that would be like that guy, but this is also third choice. And my third choice is Luke Cowindicky. There's nothing wrong with that either. So my choice here would be Ken Owens starts the, you know, the first test. Yep. And then LCD will start the like the provincial games and all that. And Jamie George is the backup for both for both. And that's it. Yep. I mean, a good way to go. OK, no, I have.
00:19:04
Speaker
So you have locked, you have it sorted as like locks and loose forward. So I, and I have just a back five, I have 12 back five players and I have, Oh, don't do that. Please don't do that. Please no.
00:19:18
Speaker
Fucking numbers, I hate numbers. So I have 11, yeah, I have 11 back fives. So I almost went 11 back five there and 11 alternate backs in the back line, but I went with 10 of those instead. Also thinking South Africa tends to beat the shit out of you. And those boys are the ones that get beat up the most. So I was thinking, we should definitely bring certain guys, certain amount of guys to fuck around with that.
00:19:46
Speaker
Yeah, so my locks or yeah, go for your locks. I bet you I bet you have a lot of the same. So Maro done. Yeah, that's no problem. Alan win. Because you got I don't see any way he's not the captain right now. Yeah. Tigeburn. Yeah, I got him. Johnny Hill. Yeah, I have him and Ian Henderson.
00:20:08
Speaker
Interesting. All right. Although it was, it's kind of between him and I think I'm going with him. Cause I think, I don't know if James Ryan is healthy, but I know it's a ways away, but, uh, yeah, I have James Ryan and I have Johnny Gray as well. So he was also considering burn and a Toge could bump out if need be. That's yeah, that was, that was my thing. I was like, okay, we have two guys that can be back growers if need be. So I was wanting to bring an extra guy for, for that sake.
00:20:37
Speaker
Although I don't want either of them at back row. Oh, that's in a pinch. Let's do it right off the bat. Oh, shit. We have so many guys hurt. We only have two seconders that can play. Let's bump one out. Don't want that. So my... You got for back row here. Back row. Justin Tipperick. I have him. Hamish Watson. I have him. Sam Underhill.
00:21:04
Speaker
I considered him, but I also, I put another bolter in there, not named Sam under hill. So Josh Vanderfleer. Ooh, that's a good one. Um, and then Sam Simmons and Talupi fella. Yeah, I have him. I have the two of them. So I think the two different, we have, we have the same country, different players. I have standard.
00:21:22
Speaker
Okay. In there. Standard's too much of a banger for me. I don't see him as running the way I want to run, but that's me. I completely understand taking it. I mean, fuck, what are you going to say? He'd probably be, I mean, he'd probably play six or, you know, it would be him or Falottile to play six, I bet. I would be willing to bet. Yeah. I was thinking, so for mine, I was thinking Simmons would be my eight for the tests. Absolutely. With Tipperick and Hamish Watson.
00:21:50
Speaker
And that might be, yeah, that might be it, we'll see. So that, and, but Falotel is probably my back row sub. Yeah. And then my English guy that, that was different is Benro.
00:22:03
Speaker
Talk about, I mean, you talk about dynamism, like somebody that can run in space. He just hasn't played well. Well, he hasn't played shit. So what are you going to do? He's playing in a shitty system. Like, you know, I mean, come on, we saw the difference between Ollie Lawrence and, you know, Ollie Lawrence under Eddie, Ollie Lawrence as club was just so vastly different this past weekend. I don't think it's going to, I think it'll be just fine. That was more that I was annoyed that he didn't play well for the Bears this weekend. So.
00:22:30
Speaker
Yeah. Although I also, so I was also considering though, Zach Mercer for this. That'd be an interesting one. Again, the bolter, but at the same time, I didn't want to essentially uncapped players on, you know, in the flankers. Yeah. One position group. That might be pretty crazy. Just the same. All right. Halfbacks. Who are your halfbacks? Counter Murray. Same. Danny Kerr. Oh yes. I love it. Kieran Hardy.
00:22:59
Speaker
Oh, you went with Hardy and not Davies. I went with Hardy, not Davies. If he's healthy. If he's healthy. Right. Yeah, and I have Ali Price. Yeah, that's a good one. And because I would want Kieran again as my starter for the, the provincials. Yeah, he played really well. Yeah. No, I mean, Cara is a great picker the way he's been playing. And we'll talk about him in a little while. But man, he is, he's definitely worth the shout right now. Gatlin was in attendance if I remember right. Good. So yeah.
00:23:28
Speaker
Who did he strip again? What's up? Who did Danny Care strip again for that try? Oh, well, nevermind. We'll talk about that. Somebody large. Wasn't it Ben Earl? Yeah. Outhouse. Yeah. Finn Russell. Yep. Dan Bigger. Yeah. Marcus Smith.
00:23:48
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know if he'll get on the plane, but it's a hell of a shout. I put Sexton instead. Okay. Yeah, Sexton and Farrell, I was like, you know what? I got no use for them on this tour. Oh, I can totally understand that. If I'm going to put one of those two guys at 10, it's Sexton right now. He played better. Yeah, he did. Most of the England squad played like shit outside of the France game. But again, I just wouldn't trust Sexton to stay healthy on this. He'd be your provincial 10.
00:24:18
Speaker
He smooshes himself and against South Africa, even the provincial sides, I'm like, no, I'm not smooshing you for this. Yeah, he will get whacked. He will definitely get whacked, no doubt. All right, so the rest of your backs. So the rest of my back centers five of them. Yeah, some of them can probably go somewhere else too.
00:24:38
Speaker
Right. But some of them, I picked two insides and two outsides and a hybrid. My starting inside, Robbie Henshaw. I have Henshaw, yeah. Starting outside George North. I have North. And my backups with Sam Johnson and Chris Harris. I have Harris. And my fifth is Nick Tompkins. Tom, man, I hope he's healthy. Yeah, I was fucking dead in the middle of that thing.
00:25:06
Speaker
So, so I have, I have, I have Farrell as an option as a 12 because he does give you the experience of having that distributor at 12. Most of the other guys don't have that experience. So if you wish to go that way, it does give you that option. It's not amazing. Yeah. The way the form he's in, but it does give you that. So that's why I would, that's the only reason I put them on the plane.
00:25:27
Speaker
Yep. And I just, he's not enough of an attacking player, you know, for, for me to have on this, you know, again, the team that I'm trying to construct here. So I don't blame you. All right. Let's talk about those back three. Yep. Those beautiful, beautiful back three. Oh yeah. And I have Davies.
00:25:45
Speaker
Oh yeah, that makes sense too. He was on my list until I just couldn't find a spot for him. No, I think, yeah, I think he was, I think I, cause I have 37 and so I was like, I can't do 38. That's a little bit. That's a push. That's a push. I have 36. I was considering he's going for 36. Um,
00:26:04
Speaker
So then my back threes, because a lot of them can move around. My starters would be Duhun. Yeah, I have Duhun. And Louis Reed-Samet. Yeah, I have a lot of starters. Josh Adams. And I guess, you know, Anthony Watson.
00:26:22
Speaker
I have Watson. Keith Earls. I have Earls. And Stuart Hogg would be my starting fullback. And obviously, Earls and Watson can both rotate back to the fullback too. So that's the movement I'd have there. Yeah. And I thought about Adams. And I think Adams for Davies is probably the swap in there, so a center for a wing. And that's not completely unreasonable by any means whatsoever. And I tossed around.
00:26:47
Speaker
I tossed around North Adams and Liam Williams and I landed on North. I mean, probably if I had to drop anybody from this, if I really had to buckle down to 36, it might be Anthony Watson. I did like the way he played. He was probably the best. I really did, but I'm looking at the different position groups that I have and really,
00:27:14
Speaker
We can cover, we could cover for, for that, for having to use that. Um, yeah. I agree. Okay. So that's, that's where we're at. We'll see, we'll see how much of that looks as what it looks like. Right. Uh, by the end here, but let's, uh, speaking of sections, let's go to the end, the amazing end that Scotland provided us. What an end.
00:27:38
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, good on, good on those boys for just doing it. And we saw fricking Duhan. Duhan has got to be on the plane, like end of story. Oh, and yeah, no, no question about it. Um, yeah, just crushed it.
00:27:56
Speaker
He's absolutely smashed at the Six Nations for sure. He's a monster. He's the same size as most people's eight men. To the point where I think I was because you were traveling, so you missed the first bit of the game and you were like, who scored? And I was like,
00:28:18
Speaker
sure it was a forward, like I was like, I think it was a lock. It was really like a lock try just like just wriggling over. Yeah, yeah, that's right. No, no, it was Duann. I was like, Oh, that's right. That's like, I remember thinking that I was. Yeah. Yeah. And it's, you know, it's well, it's extreme joy for Scotland and able to get back to back wins against the French and Six Nations in a row. It's extreme disappointment for the French and just really not turning up.
00:28:45
Speaker
Right. It's just, and there's a huge, I was listening to Ben Kayser a few weeks ago, like there is a big thing. There's a big rift between top 14 clubs and the French national team. And they're just.
00:28:59
Speaker
not getting along and without results in, you know, coming along in terms of winning Six Nations, they're going to start to get a little bit peeved and you might see some, you might see similar issues to what you saw in the fall. And it might be more to an extreme and that'd be really disappointing.
00:29:17
Speaker
So it's on the French to just pull their heads out of their ass and get done. They was on offer for them. Scotland were not great coming out of the blocks. It's not like, you know, yeah, it's not as if it was like an out of control match for France. They just kind of, I mean, Ficue on the wing.
00:29:43
Speaker
Yeah, I'm over that usually. He's decent enough at 12, but you put him out there. He wasn't really given a challenging Darcy at all. No, it was year 11.
00:29:58
Speaker
Yeah, that's just not the right position for him in this story. Yeah. So there was that. And Scotland, obviously to their credit, they fronted up. They wanted the game. But they did also just retreat into a shell. They weren't really playing expansive rugby either. It was a very tight match on both sides. Both teams were obviously nervous about it. And I'm not sure why.
00:30:23
Speaker
I'm not sure why Scotland were, to be honest, because once they opened it up towards the end, it opened up. So, and I guess that was it. That was their plan was to just keep it close. Cause that, you know, and that really, maybe that was the tactic there. Cause France are France and we'll poop it if you get, if you let them get in their own heads. Yeah, then they clearly did.
00:30:51
Speaker
I don't think there's really a whole, they're clamping down on this stuff with the, you know, Ben Russell's red card. They're, they're clamping down on this stuff. So you gotta, you gotta know that's a red. So you can confirm that as soon as it happens and who was it? Was it Pinot? I think so.
00:31:08
Speaker
who he did it to, I think it was. As soon as he was down there, like hold his throat, and I was like, oh, that's a red card for, I texted you immediately. Like that's a red. Even before I knew who it was. And I was like, oh yeah, it's Finn. Yeah. You can't do it. Like, yes, he is the same thing we talked about with like Valor Pavaruskin a couple of weeks ago. Where yeah, you can go for that fin, but if you miss and you hit the, with the forearm directly to the head that,
00:31:35
Speaker
or neck, you're going to be in trouble. End of story. It is what it is. Yeah. It's not, it's just not going to be taken, taken any, any bit. And that's, that's just how it goes. And again, you know, obviously we're still seeing this from, from high tackles, but not so much from high tackles anymore. It's moving on to, you know, the fend and the breakdown situation, but we got rid of high tackles with,
00:32:01
Speaker
methods like this. So if you're upset about that this is a red card, well, guess what? In two years' time, you won't be seeing them as much. So you've got to deal with it until the players correct their behavior. Yes, some of them haven't been trained to do this safely now under today's standards. They're still today's standards. They'll get changed all day.
00:32:25
Speaker
To his credit, he went over to whoever it was, whether it was Pinot or whoever, and said, yep, my bad. Shook his hand and walked off, and he took his medicine. He knew what he did. You know what you did.
00:32:37
Speaker
So Scotland spoiled the party and Wales are the champions. That's how she ends. Away we go. Wayne Peaback, good for you buddy. You were on a hell of a hot seat and that's a hell of a turnaround. You know, only beating Italy twice in Georgia in your previous year to Six Nations champions. So that's not nothing. So that's a lot of work from the Welsh in general.
00:33:03
Speaker
All right, let's hop over to the Southern Hemisphere. Highlanders and hurricanes. This had a lot. This had a lot, and I don't want to spend too much time on it because it ended up being mostly decisive. Yeah, it was pretty... Yeah. Jordy Barrett, 30 Highlanders, 19. Right. What are you going to do? Like, yeah, Jordy just took that game over. Yes, he did. Crash Aaron Smith party. Yeah. You know, good for Aaron Smith, but...
00:33:34
Speaker
Yeah, you know, shut our mouths this weekend about what we were saying about the best teams in in
Super Rugby Highlights
00:33:39
Speaker
in on the island. Yeah, I know there was a majority. Yeah, he absolutely turned it on. No, no doubt. And Dean Cole's made a huge difference to this club as well. I don't think it can be understated, honestly. So it's it's they're back. So we'll see. We'll see if they can start putting it together if the Hurricanes can do something about it.
00:34:02
Speaker
Still missed the 10. I like Corbin Ledger, but I only like him because he looks like Raffi from the lead. I just think of him out there hunting for his second harvest and that gets me through the game.
00:34:16
Speaker
Oh man, dude's just looking nasty. He's rough. Yes, he is. You know, and I think we'd be silly to just skip over. Aaron Smith, most capped Highlander, and the presentation that the Islanders gave him, and he hates attention, you know, his face. He's just like, I am so uncomfortable right now. All right, y'all doing this? Okay. You going to be done with this yet?
00:34:42
Speaker
But rightly so, the Highlanders gave him a hell of a show after the match. And you can see the amount of respect that goes to him from players on both sides of the park there. And it's a lot to him. And he started off way back when, and he got himself into some trouble.
00:35:03
Speaker
doing some silly things and bathrooms and stuff. And he's sorted it out to his credit. He sorted it out and he's, you know, he decided, you know what, enough of this screwing around, I'm going to be the best nine in the world. And he is damn near close. DuPont's. Right. Well, it's not fair to him that DuPont has just has overtaken him. It's not that Aaron Smith's done anything wrong. No, DuPont's done a lot. Right. Right.
00:35:29
Speaker
So it's a, it's a, it's a load of credit to Aaron Smith and what he means to that club and what he means to, to the all blacks and just in rugby in general. Yeah. Just he's a, he's a hell of a leader and he's helped and he's a, he's a hell of a person, especially in that club. So good on your Aaron. That's a hell of a job and hounders. Good for you for putting together what you did. Cause that showed how much he means to that, to that club. Yeah. Popping over to chiefs and blues. And I said, you kinda go sleep on this one. I was like, you know what?
00:35:58
Speaker
I'm good. I don't need to seem like this is going to go heavily in favor of blues, but, um, Nope. Nope. Nope. This was a great, this was a very good match at that. Revisited. Yeah. Um,
00:36:14
Speaker
Yeah. DMAC obviously got the winner at the end there. And that was, that was huge, but there was so much between the chiefs fronted up. This is the first time I've seen them really fronted up like this, um, for 80 minutes. Yeah. It was technically a comeback, but it's not like the blues ever got that far out of touch. Yeah. And there's only, they don't scored, but 12 points. So it's not like they really, yeah.
00:36:38
Speaker
No. And, uh, you know, I don't think there's any spots for Peter got so cool on this team, even though he came off the bench and returned. I think Luke Jacobson should hang on to that. He Jersey for awhile. Very much agree. Um, you know, I'm not a big fan of, uh, yeah. Um, he's, yeah, he's on my list along with, uh,
00:37:00
Speaker
Quintupia who played brilliantly in this match. I will say that he was not watch he was He was absolutely amazing in his match. He was a problem For the for the blues. So okay, that's good. A lot of it went to him Yeah, cuz I mean he's been one of those guys who it's like, oh great You did something great and then you just turn the ball over, you know, he's one of those like you do so anytime he does something like There's never there's usually
00:37:26
Speaker
a silver lining or a dark lining to his bright cloud. Like anytime he does something good, he fucks it up. And so he's, he's a, he'd been a drive killer. So if he's actually, you know, contributing more than he's fucking up nine, nine defenders beaten, be nine meters gained. Yeah.
00:37:46
Speaker
I mean, that's he can see it too turnovers, but that's yeah, that's that's that's really what it is It's it's not so much that you know, he's been one of those who get yeah nine defenders beaten in 89 meters but like five turnovers and Yeah, you know ten penalties against you know More than you'd want from a 12, right? So yeah I I'm hoping he's Sorted some shit out. Yeah, he had
00:38:15
Speaker
He had one missed tackle out of 10, so it's pretty good as well. So yeah, he's, he had himself a match, no doubt. All right. Let's go on up to the, to the normal hemisphere. Southern hemisphere. No, that's your, uh, Gloucester Exeter. This was interesting for a little while for quite a while actually, but yeah, but
00:38:39
Speaker
Yeah. You know, this was a full change, extra team. They plan on putting all their eggs into next weekend. So, you know, Stuart hog was obviously away as well with along with gray. So it didn't matter. Um, so they were just like, screw it. Let's just play. Let's just play a B team so we can keep everybody rested. Cause also most of these guys, like Sam Simmons hasn't got much of a rest.
00:38:59
Speaker
No, no, he hasn't. I don't think Joe Simmons has like these guys have been playing a fuck ton. I think Joe Simmons came off the bench once so far. Yeah. And this time at least he got a full rest. I don't think he's missed a match yet. So yeah, this is a good time to get him a little bit of a blow. Yep. Especially with the guys he got in reserve. You know, maybe not so much to him, but Armand and CapStick who have been getting runs.
00:39:28
Speaker
but they're not going to play with viewers and vermule and all that. No, I really like cap six. So it's, I hope, I hope we start seeing him more than the other guys and Josh odds.
00:39:42
Speaker
No, he was he was highly talked about going into last going into last year. And yeah, you know, Josh Hodge, Josh Hodge. And we didn't see much out of him yet. He had little flashes here and there. And then the bit of brilliance he decided to just drop on everybody in this match. I was like, OK, that's what everybody's talking about. I see. Yeah, I know. I mean, I've seen him play well. It's not that I didn't doubt him going into the weekend. It's just I didn't think with the players around him that
00:40:12
Speaker
he'd have much in the way of opportunity. And instead of, you know, you know, a lot of players that are his age tend to let opportunity come to them. He went to opportunity. He's like, I'm going to do this. He took it by the neck, man. Yeah. So he'd love to see it.
00:40:26
Speaker
Yeah. Well, well done to that boy. And, uh, we credit to Gloucester for fighting back and just saying, you know what? We are not going to get pushed over by a goddamn second team. We are getting this thing done. They did, and they did it quite well at that. So I, uh, I applaud their, their, you know, effort and sticking it to them. And, you know, Mark Atkinson looked like you rewound the clock a little bit.
00:40:51
Speaker
Martin's taking the kicks. Yeah. Martin's taking the kicks. He's playing really well for this team. I'm glad they decided to stop fucking around with the Billy 12 trees at 10 thing. Like, listen, you have nothing to lose this season. Throw him in there and see what you have. End of story.
00:41:05
Speaker
And that's what they're going with as long as he's healthy. So that's excellent. Um, I will say too, um, but for as much love as Louis Reesam, it has been getting deservedly. So, um, as an attacking wing, has any wing really, I mean, he'd shut down Cordero, which yeah, Cordero's, you know, still building himself, but that's a guy who will twinkle toes around you in a second. And he's like, nah, they're not even breaking a sweat container. You are mine.
00:41:33
Speaker
So, which just, you know, makes me think of, you know, him versus Colby on the tour. Yeah. This should be interesting. Yeah. Should be interesting. Yeah. Good boys. Um, you know, the, I don't know if there's going to be a spot on this team for Willie Heinz. I think he's moving on, isn't he? Anyway, so it doesn't matter. So it doesn't really matter. But yeah, they're fine between Chapman and Barney. Yep.
00:41:56
Speaker
you know, they have the old man Simpson to kind of reign them in and keep the kids in line. They'll be fine. This, I like him. I like him too. So yes, the Gloucester men do get it done. They get 30, 34 18 score. And on we go. Let's go. Oh, yes, let's,
Premiership Drama
00:42:14
Speaker
let's do this. Let's, let's, let's go to action gate. And
00:42:19
Speaker
I don't have the words for this match because this was fucking bananas. But you called it game with like what, 12 minutes to go? And I was like, I don't know. I thought it was. Yeah. I thought it was. I was like, oh, that might be it. I was like, no. Remember who's on the other side? Yeah. The Joe Martian try. I was like, that might do it. That was it. Yeah. So yeah. 13 minutes to go. 12 months ago. Yeah.
00:42:45
Speaker
And then, yeah, and then the penalty try. Oh, yeah. I know that kind of just opened it up. I was like, oh, boy, you just opened up the wrong door. Right. Because then you just open the door and here comes the the pairs pack just to bully them over. And Callum Sheedy. So I know we're getting way ahead of things and we'll go back to the rest of the match. But I got to headline this with Callum Sheedy, the ice water flowing through his veins. Absolutely.
00:43:12
Speaker
As he kicks the conversion, I don't remember even that he picked up the tee. He kicks it, takes a look at the ball to track its flight, and then just starts walking over to the Quinn's to shake their hand. Whoa, dude. Yeah, he's got the ice water. I think Martin Gilliam asked him a couple of weeks ago about, what do you have in your veins? Is it ice water? I was just like, yeah, this guy has got some nuts on him. He does. Big old Clangers. Yes, he does.
00:43:39
Speaker
You know, and this is this is a this is a fantastic 910 battle right here between urine and sheetie who are obviously clearly informed and also Karen Smith, like, you know, people are just are banging down Gatlin's doors to put them on the Lions tour.
00:43:54
Speaker
whether it happens or not is a different story. But you know, I was like, damn, this is a great Yeah, if you want a good match to watch and show somebody, please show them this match. This was amazing. This had everything Danny care with a drop goal that just like so nonchalant. Just like, yeah, we'll do
00:44:12
Speaker
From distance too, if I recall. Yeah, it was outside the 22, it was not bad. Yeah, for just a drop right off the breakdown. Yeah, I was like, what are you doing? I was like, oh, you did that? Yeah, fine. I think it just a fucked up, at first I thought it was a fucked up box kick, but then I saw the trajectory and I'm like, oh shit, like that's what he did. Nope, that's a drop roll. And as you mentioned before, the rip from Earl on the, right on the tri-line. Yeah, poor boy is rusty. Yeah.
00:44:41
Speaker
Uh, but he'll, he'll be fine. He'll be fine. No, that's right. I mean, care, the thing is care did not muscle him. He just had good position on him. Like he just, it was, you know, kind of should have it. I think it was the loose, like fairly loose ball. I don't think, uh,
00:44:57
Speaker
I don't think our boy had control of it so much and was ripped away. I think he was still trying to handle it a little bit. Nine has no business ripping that. No, you shouldn't. But it was a good rip by Care. Yeah, he's strong on the looks. And then, of course, we had the return of Semi-Rod Rodra.
00:45:15
Speaker
And he returned all right. Yes, he did. He looks to be informed like he hasn't missed a beat. Good Lord. That offload. That's mean. It was dirty. That's mean. So many players. He took out three fucking players. That's mean, man. That's not nice.
00:45:35
Speaker
He threw the shoulder into the guy, Katana to hack him from the inside, who flew backwards and took out another player coming behind him. And then there was, was it Esther Hayes? He just couldn't wrap him up and kind of fell off. Fuck. Yeah. Took out Smith care and Esther Hayes in one, in one go. And then just the casual offload to, was it Morahan? Yeah. Streaking through for the try. Fuck. Yeah.
00:46:01
Speaker
Yeah, kind of good, kind of good, kind of good. So this is something we might see again. It fits Harding. Yeah. The pot is very big on this kid. Yeah, I like what I see out of him, for sure. Is there anybody you see on Bristol now that you're just like, I don't know about this guy? Like,
00:46:23
Speaker
At this point, I'm not sure you can make that case really from a fantasy perspective as well. I'm thinking like Henry Purdy and Luke Marhan. I'm kind of like, eh, but they still, you know, I'm not running out, you know, banging down their doors, but put them on the field and yes. Yeah. They're playing, they're, they're, they're playing a part of the system and they're playing in it. Well, you know, they, they, they get what they're doing here and Pat Lam's done a really good job of that. So this is something, this is a match. I think we might see again, come into the season here.
00:46:50
Speaker
Yeah. But once again, bears are showing, um, championship. Yeah. They know what it takes. Yeah. So I like their, I mean, it makes me, it makes me feel feelings going into this weekend. Yeah. We'll see what happens this weekend, but we'll, uh, we'll get to that.
00:47:10
Speaker
Uh, let's, uh, let's jaunt over to Brentford and the absolute bananas that was going on with this thing. We went for, we came for a game of rugby, you know, a game of rugby league broke out. Well, that, and, you know, giving away cards like, like it's Christmas. Oh yeah, totally. I mean, none of them not warranted either. Like, let's hear about this. Just, but the players wouldn't stop being assholes. No.
00:47:35
Speaker
Listen, you're making me you're just making yourself do this here. You're off. You're off like done. Yeah, just throw a fucking. Dumbass. What are you doing? You dummy. I guess he was that pissed about not starting, but damn. But yeah, I mean, you know, Creevy took it well and all that. But yeah, they shook hands afterwards. So, you know, but fuck. And then, you know, obviously, you know, captain.
00:48:02
Speaker
The two yellows, and especially once you know you're on a yell, like just... Yeah, if you know you're on a yell, don't be that stupid, man. Yeah. And a lot of guys were just being dicks even after that. And it's like, even after Yule's got his first yellow, it's like, look, the referee just laid down the marker. Like, this shit is flying. Knock it off. Knock it the fuck off. And they didn't get the message, so...
00:48:21
Speaker
No, no. And you know, we, we absolutely pasted Matt Carley for not listening to his, his, uh, ARs and his, and his TMO the other week. I'll give CMK credit. Like he, he, he was going to walk away with a penalty only on, I believe it was Jules and was talked into. Nope. I would give it, I would give a yellow. And he said, all right, fine. Let's give a yellow. And that was it. You mean on, um,
00:48:50
Speaker
That wasn't on, I think that was mirror. Maybe use mirror. Cause he was, I think that was the one where he, cause it was the, yeah, he came under to looking to possibly feel the kick and, and under. That wasn't it. That was not it. It was, it was, it was a tackle. It was, it was, it was your first tackle. So, okay.
00:49:07
Speaker
No, it wasn't that, that he, I think he landed all right. I think he went with the right direction as well. Okay. But fuck. Yeah. It just got stupider and stupider, but dumber and dumber as we went. Right. And then it ended.
00:49:22
Speaker
They got for all the other match. Yeah. Roger, some Roger, some was good in this match. And I think we have to give props to William year. He's been on fire. He has, you know, like, I don't know. He and McConaughey are friends from the seventh circuit and they've clearly had some sort of conversation in the meantime. Yeah. So good on him. Good on him. He stepped in without missing a beat.
00:49:45
Speaker
And Sam Unterill and Zach Mercer just worked so well together. Oh, do they ever? Do they ever? What did Ben Spencer, he did something fun. He went for a little run at least. Yeah, trying to chase the ball down. Yep. He led from the front foot with a team that was down to 13 guys. Right.
00:50:04
Speaker
I managed to get them back to a bonus point almost within a win. He had the one kick that he probably should have put to touch, but he went for broke and I don't blame him at all for that. So I give him loads of credit for at least giving it a shot. It was only a few inches away from getting it into touch for that last kick. So he went for broke and I appreciate that at the very least. This was entertaining for many other reasons.
00:50:30
Speaker
Not all of them good. Right. The back line of London Irish though was one of the good reasons they played outstanding rugby. Yeah, I agree. That whole back line played very well, especially those centers and those back three. That was fantastic rugby from those guys. Yeah, not so well. Fuck the 10, but everyone else. Basically from 8 to 15, but not 10.
00:51:00
Speaker
Uh, um, and then we talked about, let's go over to six ways. We talked about, you know, what happens when North Hampton doesn't have to play such a goddamn tough opponent. Yeah.
00:51:14
Speaker
Q, Ollie's late home scoring four tries? Four tries. Jesus. Oh, that's mean. It was pretty mean. And it probably would, I mean, Furbank played, I think he had a try of his own, but he had to come out. Let me see. How much did he play? He played like, yeah, he played 20 minutes and had a try. Like, this could have been that much worse. Because Freeman, our ding all come on at that point. I think Freeman came on, but it doesn't matter really. Maybe it was dings. I think it was dings. It was dings.
00:51:43
Speaker
Um, Freeman came on 10 minutes later. Uh, he played 50 minutes. So, uh, played amazingly too. Like, yeah, that's the try on the setup for the Alex Mitchell. I was awesome. I was like, that is creativity right there. That's awesome. That was glorious. I enjoyed that greatly. And poor Worcester just.
00:52:02
Speaker
couldn't get out of their own way. No. Our Lawrence played well. I liked it. Joe, Joe Batley going for, I mean, first off a lot playing eight, but, but then to, to bust some moves like that, much, much fun. Much respect. Yeah. Yeah. Awesome. I liked the way, I liked the way he played. Yeah. We talked about Lawrence just, you know, playing very well. Kovacic played pretty well in this match also. Yeah. I mean, and we talk about guys that are just kind of,
00:52:30
Speaker
And just trying to read. Yeah. Trying to read. I don't know if there's something, something for that, like a Gordie, how Patrick, but I'm sure there's something in there.
00:52:39
Speaker
Yeah, and Solomon's and Thomas, they're both just like, this season is lost. So they're not holding back on much. They've got players playing that need to play and that's it. They haven't been shy about throwing Finn Smith in there now and again, which is good. Only gonna help the young boy. He's only 18, I mean, jeez. This is only gonna be good for him, so.
00:53:03
Speaker
There's good things to happen at six ways. They're just not going to happen at this during this season. That's just how it is. You know, CLV. Let's jump over to the Rico. This was an extremely disappointing result with all the yellow cars that they couldn't help but get on sale. Good Lord. Yellow. You get a yellow and you get a yellow and you get a yellow. Like, God, man.
00:53:28
Speaker
Yeah. And not questionable ones, just like all being dicks, yellow, yellow, yellow. Yeah. So, I'm so mad at this match. Yeah, I was too. This is, you know, I think it's safe to say that Jimmy Garper's best position is not 10 anymore.
00:53:54
Speaker
No, it hasn't been for a while, but I think this match kind of just put it right in everybody's face. Like, nope, he should probably not be playing 10. Let's keep him at 12 and keep him there and keep him happy. Yeah, he'd be a lot better than LeBois Joie there. Absolutely. Yeah, I don't care for LeBois Joie that much.
00:54:13
Speaker
So, and it's, there's a lot of good that was happening with this loss team pre, pre-Christmas really. And then it just all has fallen apart. I mean, Alfie Barbary is still one of the best things that's happening with this club, hands down. But, you know, Atkinson's still kind of feeling his way through it. We came back, which was good. But Atkinson's still feeling on his way through it. He's what, 19, 20, whatever it is. Yeah, 20. He's a puppy.
00:54:40
Speaker
Yeah, he's a baby. Umaga has not been in good form. And you know, it's it's coming at a very awful time for a loss because they're going they look to be a contender for what's coming out this weekend. And now they're just kind of going nope. That's not looking good. So yeah, disappointing. Right. They're just they're they're
00:55:06
Speaker
They're basically, unfortunately become like Katima Jags. No, just a guy. Like they're, yeah, you know, they, they have some good performances. Like Barbary obviously is more than he's, he's a guy. He's, he's, he's, he is a guy. Right. Um, 20 year olds. Some others like that, but they're just not, you know, they have some guys who, a lot of guys who are good at doing the fundamentals of, you know, then the little things that don't get you, you know, they don't,
00:55:32
Speaker
They will prevent you from losing games, but they don't win you games. So it's like, yeah, they've got launch debris and Roland's who are extremely solid that lock, you know, and set pieces. And then as far as.
00:55:46
Speaker
defensive work and, and rocking. Yeah, they're great. But you know, outside of Barbary, who's their threat from the forwards in this, you know, in that lineup? Right now? I don't know. But then the same thing goes for the backs. Because like kibberigee and Bassett, they're their kind of threats. But that's you have to get from Robson out to them. Somehow. That's like, opera should be playing 12.
00:56:08
Speaker
Cause Fekito, I'll be able to Fekito, I had a sweet fucking try. That was a good run. Yeah. So, uh, you know, props to him for that, but that's not something you can rely on Fekito. That's not something he does on the reg now. So, um, yeah, they got to just find, um, find more threats. Cause otherwise, you know, you have see results like this where they should have won, uh, should have won the match, but lose by a point.
00:56:29
Speaker
Mm hmm. Yep. So it's unfortunate. Uh, they were sniffing that top six, top four. And I think it's gone now. Sailor firmly in that race. And that's where that's at. Yeah. All right. Let's tip over to Sunday to over a Wellford road. I'm really mostly saying that so that Anton can have a laugh at my pain. Yeah. There you go. So over a Wellford road. Um, I don't have much for this match, honestly.
00:56:59
Speaker
A disappointment for Newcastle, most of what I have. That's really, it's like the frown in the head shake. Just what are you guys doing? I don't get it. Disappointingly shake my head. Yeah. It's really what it is. Right. Lester just, I mean, first off the pregame, let's talk about the, okay.
00:57:26
Speaker
Yeah. So yeah, Genj versus Welsh. Who the hell knows what we said? I don't really give a fuck. I know I'm sure Genj is a little wound up by something and then Welsh came over to try to sort of out. Glad people got in the way. But then fucking Jasper Riese. So, OK, here's my question for you coming out of this match.
00:57:53
Speaker
And I don't know, maybe the sanctions have already been announced, but should Jesper Wiese get fucking banned again? I would bet he's been banned. Let me double check here. Because this was his first match coming back off of a ban for that high tackle or for the high hit in The Rock.
00:58:11
Speaker
And then he comes back and in a similar circumstance. So it's, it's, um, you know, in from the side and dangerous, this reckless, this time he, he dislocates Welsh's shoulder, um, while he's hitting him, um, somehow didn't collect a card for that. I don't understand that, but then he ends up getting card, you know, carded anyway for a similar, I'm pretty sure it was a similar coming in from the side offense. Um, no, I'm sorry, but so you've, you've now seen a player who.
00:58:42
Speaker
drew a red card for this offense. A four-week ban comes back and does the same thing twice in one game, earning a yellow card. He's got to be suspended.
00:58:53
Speaker
Yeah, I don't see anything for him. He probably isn't going to play much this week anyway, so. Right. And yeah, maybe I don't know what that has anything to do with it. But yeah, I'm not as much as I'd like some of the things he does that you can't be doing shit like that. No, you can't. Yeah, I don't see much.
00:59:14
Speaker
Um, yeah, Dean Richards is apparently very peeved that he's gone unpunished. So I don't blame him for that at all. I'd be fucking furious for as much as, you know, while she deserved to get, you know, yeah, he deserved that hit, um, but not the result of it. Right. Like that, that, that, not the injury. Um, certainly a little rib tickle. Yeah. For being a douche pregame, but that's really as far as it should have gone. Yep. Agreed. Yeah. We'll see. We'll see if.
00:59:41
Speaker
partnership. If the, you know, if RFQ PRL do something about it, but we'll find, we'll find out otherwise. And to be fair, there is a fine line between sending a message and playing, you know, dirty because it's, and it's, and I totally understand that, that we say,
00:59:57
Speaker
Certainly straddled that line, but then to do it again on someone else later, that's really what pisses me off. It's like, no, you just haven't learned anything. It's not like you were inaccurate with something you did. You're just a fucking douche. You're just a dune. That's what I had to say about this. Agreed.
01:00:12
Speaker
No argument on me. Okay, let's do a quick recap of the free jacks to get the first one
Free Jacks' First Win
01:00:17
Speaker
of the year. Yeah. Do you fight for the winner? Yeah. Do you fight for the winner? Like 10 minutes or five? No, right off the. No, that was the mall. Yeah, that was the mall. Yeah. Yeah. Do you fight was amazing in this match. Not that I don't miss Waka, but he definitely made it feel like he wasn't nice to have them both. Yeah.
01:00:38
Speaker
I agree. I totally agree. So I will, I will look forward to seeing them in action this weekend. Yes. I'm, I'm excited. I'm extremely excited, but a quick whip around as well. Uh, Nola beat New York 50 to 20, 51 to 28. Uh, DC took down Atlanta to Sitala is amazing. By the way, 30 to 23. That was awesome. She plays amazing. Two buddies already been capped by somebody else, but oh, well, Utah, uh, took down Toronto 39, 24 Toronto struggling their own two now. Um,
01:01:07
Speaker
Austin and San Diego, Austin 11, San Diego 14. Yeah, they don't live in Canada right now, unfortunately. I texted you, I was like, where the fuck's Chris Robshaw? I completely forgot he got suspended for the Baba stuff. I was like, oh yeah, that's right, dummy. This is totally good. I didn't even think of that, duh. But yeah, so Austin did not play well. San Diego totally deserved this. Their subs came on and just made a huge impact. And then LA. LA.
01:01:36
Speaker
the Seattle 5726 pounced them. So here's the thing, I no longer feel too bad about losing to LA. No, I don't. They just beat them like they just pantsed Seattle. My goodness.
01:01:51
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. So we'll do this and then we'll move on. Dicky Dicky Lottie, did you think he did a whole lot for Houston, their big 13? I didn't watch the match. I did. I did not think he did a thing. Yeah, okay, fair enough.
01:02:11
Speaker
Yeah, well, he when you watch back, tell me if he did a whole lot that was worthy of team in a week, because he somehow got on there. And there, I would be willing to bet there was at least one other center that did way better than him. That's just my thoughts. Yes, he's big, he carries the ball, but whatever. That doesn't mean shit.
01:02:33
Speaker
I just got edged out by Mark by point eight point eight. Damn it. You were able to farted and right. I, you know, I didn't play a lock and that might've been the spot to do it, but I wasn't sure who I would have dropped for it, but it was, I'm not, I'm not super, super sad about it. That was the decent performance considering where I had to throw in there.
01:02:59
Speaker
Yeah, you were able to topple it in time pretty easily in 2089. Justin and Carrick got into a pillow fight in Justin 1, and then a track meet for
01:03:14
Speaker
between George and Duncan. Duncan one. Duncan's kind of kind of waiting out of it in that league, but still fighting, still fighting champion super George. Well, George paid Duncan in that one too. George got the better of him that time. Same thing for Carrick and Carrick and Justin. Justin was able to win that one as well. Uh,
01:03:36
Speaker
Looks like you got the better of Mark although that's a pillow fight right there. And then I just laid a fucking complete disaster and Anton housed me. So that was not good. Oops a daisy. But this week we have Champions League. And with the news of what's gonna count for what, I'm basically just playing Party Crasher myself.
01:03:56
Speaker
because I'm going to and there's only one more match week for the standings accounts. So I'm not sure what. Yeah, I don't even know where I am on that. You are to you. You and Duncan have got a spot locked so.
01:04:08
Speaker
Hell yeah. So basically you're playing for positioning.
Fantasy Conference Competitiveness
01:04:13
Speaker
The other conference is a little bit tougher with Anton, George, and Carrick all within a shout. I'm not sure, depending on what the matchups look like, Marc might even be within a shout too. So that conference is mostly wide open. So that's good luck to you guys. I'm gonna sit over here and just try and play Party Crasher.
01:04:35
Speaker
Okay, let's go to the starts and the sits. I believe you lead us off, sir. You did say that I lead us off so that we did this pre-show so we wouldn't have this issue. The backwards and forwards that we did last week.
Waratahs' Struggles
01:04:49
Speaker
Okay, so in Australia, the Waratahs versus the Brumbies, this is, I mean, the Taz
01:04:59
Speaker
But they just fired their coach, if I'm not mistaken. They just fired Penny. And it sounds like it was super unjustified. Everybody said that the chairman's the guy to blame. Well, yeah, so.
01:05:08
Speaker
I don't know what to make of that exactly. But either way, they're playing like absolute dog shit. They're at the bottom of the points against and the Brumby's are at the top in fantasy wide. So that should kind of tell you sort of a direction. The Todd's front row are actually worth playing. It's the Brumby's weak point, but that's about it. Will Harris is an option, but just there's not much else in the way of scorers this season for the Todd's. It's like their front row and Will Harrison and fucking hoping a prayer. Yeah.
01:05:36
Speaker
On the other side, for the Brumbies, Noah Lilisio is a very, very tasty option this week. He's quite good. Muirhead, Mackenzie Hanson, they're all good to go. And, you know, anybody else who's in that starter sheet? Yeah, Mackenzie's been playing crazy stuff this year.
01:05:53
Speaker
uh rebels and reds um reds are top three in points again but the rebels have some good stuff frank lamani's playing halfback and he is a halfback and he's playing on the wing i know the reds are tough but it's worth the gamble especially in a pinch where you might be in a senior halfback and smith's on the bench this week so that he might be one of those guys um
01:06:11
Speaker
Michael Wells is quietly scoring very well for the men from Melbourne. And is he nice Ronnie's place? So I'd go ahead and play that. On the flip side, Josh Kamny, he's in that six hole, probably the least productive blows forward in this whole matchup. So I would sit him for the Reds. Bryce Hagerty has returned to fullback. I think he'll come good. So go ahead and give him a spin. With that, Jock Campbell has shifted to wing 11 at that. So I would go ahead and give him the thumbs up on that one.
01:06:38
Speaker
On the other side of the coin, Hamish Stewart, still need to see it. I'm especially with Hodge and Timur across from them this week. That's a little scary.
Crusaders and Highlanders Analysis
01:06:48
Speaker
Over to Crusaders Highlanders.
01:06:52
Speaker
For the Crusaders, the front row, the Highlanders are less in the comp against the front rows, so this is a good week for them. Ooh, I have them. Excellent. There you go. Jack Goodhue and all the outside backs, potentially even off the bench. Because I have several recent, and he's on the bench. I might still play him anyway. Yeah, we'll find out, right?
01:07:13
Speaker
Cause you know, he could get a crazy try at the end and earn a bunch of points. Um, for the Highlanders, uh, sit the front row, um, Frizzell, Harmon and Himino are decent options because Crusaders are eighth in the comp against loose forwards. Um, Nurekki is good to play, but I would not expect much from the other outside backs.
01:07:32
Speaker
Yeah, hopefully in the record comes good. He got pulled last last minute last week. It didn't sink me, but man, it did a number on me just the same blues chains. Blues. Are they going to come out angry? My guess is yes. Hang on. Hang on to your seats. Kane's. Oh boy. Um,
01:07:50
Speaker
Blues, Popoli pushing to get back into the black shirt. Fancy owners benefit. So I'd go ahead and play Dalton Popoli. Finlay Christie should be a better week this week. Tough last and Keynes are not good against halfback. So he should be good to go. And this is a former club, so he's probably going to want to play well. Steven Perafoto seems to be often the odd man out in the share of points in the back three for the Blues. So maybe seek other options if you can.
01:08:16
Speaker
Tough to, tough to ask in that situation. I understand. But just saying, if you have options, maybe look at them. Hurricanes front row is back. Dankles is the man and he makes them completely worth it. Amua was, was the guy before. Now it's him. So he's at Ruben Love. Keeping around him. Could be given the 10 shirt this week. The lineups are, are, yeah, by the time you listen to this, they might be out. But yeah, if he's in the 10 shirt, keep an eye out. He's actually listening outside back.
01:08:42
Speaker
So just keep your eyes peeled for that. Sevea speaking outside backs. I was excited to see him back for the canes. Need to see it now, fancy wise. He's not been good. It's like eight ish a match. Not enough. Not good. No.
Champions Cup Matchups
01:08:57
Speaker
So for the starts of the week, do you want to get us going or you want me to throw out? I can do it. So I got a wee bit of
01:09:07
Speaker
Actually, no, there's nothing for this one. He's back in form, looking super keen to wear a black jersey again. And at the end of the end of this campaign, assuming TRC does go forward, I think it will. His club are at home and I just feel like a big week's coming on for him. So my start of the week for around seven super rugby is Crusaders and all blacks outside back, Will Jordan. That's not a bad option right there. On my end, I went with players from the
01:09:36
Speaker
matches. I, I got to review and, uh, no Lola CEO, mostly cause he has such a fucking tasty option. Um, or tasty opponent. Yeah. No, he's my snack time for that one. Yeah. He's, he's come good enough this, this year. Uh, he's going to do even more damage this week.
01:09:54
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. Uh, so the week I liked this kid a lot. Um, I think his coach was hard done by last week with getting a sack, but that's how it goes. Some nice, um, things aren't going to get easier for his club and it's going to be a tough seat. It's just going to continue to be as tough way for him. Uh, this week is going to be tough for him in particular points wise. So my solo week for round seven for super rugby is toss 10. Well, Harrison.
01:10:17
Speaker
All right, yeah, I don't disagree. Yeah, he's like they said, he's an option, but I think he scored like seven against these guys last time they played. Yeah. And that might have been in Sydney. So right. Yeah. My city of the week is from the Crusaders Highlanders. So I'll go back to to where your start of the week is from. It was in Canberra. And
01:10:42
Speaker
I'm just not expecting you this week from, from Mitch hunt. So, uh, give, give him a, give him a, give him a rest. Yeah. Oh man. All right. Champions cup. Woo hoo. Let's have fun. All right. So I guess I'm kicking us off here too.
01:10:58
Speaker
Leinster versus Toulon. Not a bad matchup, right? So, you know, without the lineups out yet, I'm looking at Kaelyn Doris, Van Der Fleer, Henshaw, Lowe, and Keenan. Yes.
01:11:13
Speaker
to see all of them. I think they should score well. On the too long end, again, not sure if Vieira is healthy, but if he is, he could be a problem on the pitch. Charles Olivier, Baptiste Sarin, and look out for Nanu. I'd love to see him. Yeah, one more run for him.
01:11:36
Speaker
Yeah. I'm going to run for the guy. Gloucester and La Rochelle. So La Rochelle actually only ended up playing one match last time. So, uh, in the knockout round. So it's going to be tough to gauge all these just FYI. So we're shooting for, we're shooting for the seat of our pants for me for Gloucester. I'm looking the way of Chris Harris. He always plays well on a Gloucester shirt. Um, it's rare that he doesn't, and he's usually, uh, it's usually beneficial to the fancy owners. So I would give him a go. Um,
01:12:06
Speaker
if the scrum has really Heinz, I would not do it. He's just not getting it done in fantasy land. So not really. And with what 16 teams, you can find another option. Just go look at somewhere else. Okay. Make a trade if you have to, I'd do that.
01:12:22
Speaker
Speaking of on the other side, La Rochelle Caraballo, he's a live wire on the rock. So I'd give him a go. Last time they played in Champions Cup, he got 80 odd meters in that match. So the thumbs up. I know they played Edinburgh, but still Edinburgh usually pretty good defensively. So I mean, also Aldrit.
01:12:42
Speaker
It should continue in good form. I think it's going to translate, so go ahead, give that a go. On the other side of the coin, Ohio West. Didn't look great in the limited time we got to see him, and I would find another 10 that's not him if I were you. Shit, I might find one on a bench. So in a match that...
01:13:02
Speaker
probably won't be as good as the first one, to be perfectly honest, at the Rico, wasps, Claremont. Right, could be a complete shit show. For the wasps, fantasy-wise, I'd start, their front row and pillow dog woo are really it. Everybody else is kind of at a gotta-see-it, so you should have plenty of options that are not on the wasps. On the Claremont end,
01:13:31
Speaker
I'm just not, again, they don't have the players that are, that you can for sure trust for points, especially cause wasps defense. Now wasps aren't going to score much fantasy wise, but they're also not going to give up much. They're actually a really strong team in the prem defensively. So that, that really fucks things up on the Claremont side. So, uh, Yado, uh, Kamilopes, Penno, uh, and maybe Matsushima, I guess, but they're shutting down outside backs. I just, I don't know. I wouldn't rely on them only, only in a pinch.
01:14:01
Speaker
Yeah, maybe a rocker. Yeah, maybe he's he's house. All right. This should be another tasty one. Munster and Toulouse in Cork. This should be fun to lose. That's missing like a ton of people.
01:14:14
Speaker
Oh, I don't know. There's one of the, one of the French teams is just like, I think they were looking at emergency backs. Cause I hope not. Once these guys advance, maybe, it may be in the, it may be in the challenge cup, but I hope so. Keep it there. Keep it, keep that business there, please. Um, I want to see a good match here. Munster and to lose anyway, uh, for the Munsterman, uh, type burn.
01:14:36
Speaker
He could be in the loose forwards and has been immense and he's listed as a lock, so I would give him a go if you haven't noticed. Mike Haley can eat up meters with the best and even against this top bottom position, I would give him a thumbs up as well. That's too loose. They're missing nine backs this weekend. Oh, so there you go. Mike Haley's a go. That sucks. Even once they're midfield, don't like what's in front of them. Just don't.
01:15:00
Speaker
whether it's DLN Day or Feral or Scannell, whatever it is. I'm not really excited about them as a fantasy asset, so I'm not sure I'd play either one of them. Well, speaking of Toulouse, the one guy I was going to definitely highlight was Gitone. And I think he's out.
01:15:17
Speaker
Yeah, so there you go. I don't know if he's healthy playing at 13. I like him, but we'll see. The back row to lose is not something that scores well. I'll stop being the big one to consider. I think he plays in that six hole, which is not a great place to find. Fantasy points, so I would avoid that as well. Yeah, good luck with Toulouse. Yeah, yeah. Exeter versus Lyon. This... I...
01:15:46
Speaker
Knowing what exit or bring, especially that they're at home, especially that they're fairly rested. Yeah, look at Sam Simmons. Obviously, if you have him on your team, which you should, you're starting him. Joe Simmons, as much as I say, don't play. I don't expect much from him. This could be a day where he goes for a run. They play definitely a different style on the Champions Cup. So this might actually be a good opportunity for Joe. Sit whoever's at nine, and then
01:16:15
Speaker
whoever that back three it's obviously hog it's got to be a flarity because he's on form and the question is is it cordero or woodburn at the other wing and whoever it is play him um they'll do well go go go yeah um and you know i'd even consider if it's woodburn start being in cordero on the bench i consider uh you know starting cordero in a pinch because he
01:16:36
Speaker
makes guys miss and they'll, they'll, you know, make their, their wing replacement fairly early. Knowing Rob Baxter as, as I do very, we're tight, um, Leon, their front row, uh, Joe Taufetti couldn't go for a run here and there. And that's points, points, points. Um, Baptiste Kuyu, uh, and the flankers, I'm not quite sure about Kritan and Feinga maybe, but again, it's exit is defense. So I'm not, I'm not, they're a hard maybe.
Bordeaux vs Bristol Breakdown
01:17:05
Speaker
We'll see.
01:17:06
Speaker
We shall see, wrestling in Edinburgh, no Finn for this match, but Francois Trinduc should be fine. If you have Finn and you have managed to get Trinduc, plug and play, it should work out just fine. He's not Finn.
01:17:22
Speaker
But I think at home, they're going to be they're going to be okay. So give him a go. I do not like Teddy River and as much as I as much as Maschanel. So if Ereboran's in and Trindue can kick for points. So it's the other thing. So that takes away from his from either of their value. But I like Maschanel a little bit better. So I would avoid Ereboran either way.
01:17:44
Speaker
for Edinburgh for the Scholz. Blair Kinghorn should be fine. Returned to his club last week and he was a little banged up before. That should be fine though. He'll find space in this match. I'd mind to bet. And he's kind of a monster as well. So if you haven't noticed him, I'm not sure this is the match that is going to be tailor made for Mish.
01:18:05
Speaker
Uh, more, more Mata might be the, might be the guy to, to, to benefit from a match like this. So he's gonna offload. So he'll get you like a couple meters in an offload every time he touches the ball. Yeah, just about. So yeah, I would, I would lean towards that as opposed to Watson. So that's my thoughts on that.
01:18:26
Speaker
And then for me, obviously the match I'm looking the most forward to this weekend over to Bordeaux versus Bristol. But we also have to remember that Bristol's defense, I mean, going back to what we were talking about them being this
01:18:42
Speaker
this, you know, putting in championship efforts in situations Bristol, their defense is especially fantasy wise is just solid. So yeah, scary and Bordeaux don't have like,
01:18:57
Speaker
They have a couple burners, but they're not overly threatening 1-15 as much as some teams that Bristol have been shutting down are. But for the Bordeaux and Gorgadze and Higginbotham at Flankers, yeah.
01:19:13
Speaker
I just said to start a Georgian. Yeah, there you go. Take that for what it's worth, because it's worth a lot. Sid Wokey. Jallibert, if he's healthy, I'm not sure if he's going to be back. He had a head knock, so who knows? I mean, it's France, so he's probably good to go, but even if he's not. Hopefully not.
01:19:31
Speaker
And Santi Cordero, just as I said about Mata, you get points, or no, not so much Mata as the other Cordero. Yeah, Facundo, his little brother. His little brother. They're both going to break ankles, and Defender's Beaten is money in the bank. So yeah, start him, because that's something that Bristol won't shut down. They'll just tackle him before he gets too far. On the Bristol end, I'm looking forward to seeing Ben Earl and Ethan Hughes in the same
01:20:00
Speaker
Line up once again. Andy, Aaron, Callum, Sheedy, and Seming, and Piers. Got to assume that they'll just keep rolling because what they're doing is not really defensible by most defenses. So it's not as though they're overpowering teams. They're just moving that ball so damn well. So I would expect that to continue, even if it's on the road.
01:20:24
Speaker
Hopefully hope for a dry ball. That's all I know for putting that could screw it up. Even then they try it. They got, they got a, um, they hit a bonus point the other week. Right. Um, was it wasps? Yeah. Uh, in the wet. Yeah. The wet will not stop them.
01:20:43
Speaker
All right, and then this is probably gonna be the least exciting match of the weekend. Scarlett's in sale. I hope Scarlett's won this. They do have a bunch of good quality guys on their team. Derek Davies or Hardy, either one, I'm okay with at the halfback. The other Davies, Jonathan, I'm not sure this game's gonna translate to him. I think this is his club. I might be fucking that up actually, hold on. I just thought of this. Nobody is, nevermind. I'm not that stupid, ha ha.
01:21:13
Speaker
Try again. But yeah, so I'm not sure this will translate well for him fantasy wise, especially against sale. We know they're not great at scoring their own points, but they don't let anybody else do them either usually.
01:21:25
Speaker
uh for sale AJ he's he's probably he that's probably the guy you want if and that's the guy they want if they want a shot at this thing so assuming he's playing i would definitely start him um and likewise at the 12 like hill jbr deprea whoever the fuck is i would not play them at all that's definitely a hole on this team i mean though there's a lot of holes on this team in terms of
01:21:49
Speaker
like points for sale, but that's definitely one of them I would avoid by far. Like forwards, yes, 12, definitely not. Start of the week. Start of the week. So I've mentioned how many backs La Rochelle were
01:22:05
Speaker
We're down. Toulouse, yeah. I'm sorry, Toulouse. I'm sorry. That one. I was thinking, sorry, I went completely wrong direction. Attaboy. Yeah. They're going against Gloucester. That's what it is. Gloucester are terrible against your general flankers. So, and lose forward. So, I'm going with Greg Aldrit for La Rochelle. That's where it was. He's going to get a lot of... I could remember if I went to lose 8-man because they'll get a lot of runs versus La Rochelle who's playing Gloucester. It was La Rochelle.
01:22:32
Speaker
So yeah, Greg, I'll treat everybody bench Greg. I'll treat cause he's my star of the week too. Yeah. Solid six nations. He's probably a little pissed about the way it ended. Um, and that's the only, that's only going to be taken out on Gloucester. So I would, my, uh, the ball carrying is going to come in handy
Match Predictions and Closing Remarks
01:22:51
Speaker
for this guy. So yeah, I'll treat you when I started the week for sure. I don't have a name for this. Um, but, uh, and I may have even mentioned him, but, um, whoever's at eight for Bordeaux.
01:23:03
Speaker
That's where I'm going with, because Bristol are just, they're just mean everywhere, but they're especially mean to flankers. Yeah, that might be either Diabi or Higginbotham, I'm not sure.
01:23:13
Speaker
We'll see how that goes. I think this guy is going to be a popular pick, and I think folks are going to be disappointed to his output. Just because he's playing, they chew up his position generally for breakfast. It's on the road. It's going to Dublin. My city of the week is former Missouri captain in two on number eight, Sergio Parise. Yeah, that's a good one.
01:23:35
Speaker
Yeah. He's just going to be a really popular pick, but I don't think it's going to be a good idea. Right. Like, oh, if you're going with the, the, the too long back rower, all evil. Other than that, that's the guy. No. Yeah. All right. Um, let's do pick them and we can get for good. Uh, crusaders, hounders, this super rugby crusaders. Yep. Tiles, Brumbies, Brumbies, Brumbies.
01:23:57
Speaker
Uh, the next day blues hurricanes. Um, I hope the hurricanes went, but I'm not stupid enough to pick, pick against the blues. Now they're all kinds of pissed off. They're pissed off, but are they that good? Um, yeah, they've had some markets now been kind of bottled up a couple of weeks in a row. Yeah. But I don't think they have the guy to do that. Maybe not, but I'm, I'm going to go with the hurricanes.
01:24:26
Speaker
Well, we'll see if it's already bare on your boys, man. Uh, reds and rebels. Mmm. This'll be fun. Oh, who's at home? Red's the rebels. They're in Melbourne. Yeah. Rebels. Then I'm going to take the reds look really good last week. So I'm going to go with the reds. Okay. Uh, we did, we did have, we did slip in some Australia rugby over here. Don't let them, don't let them know. Uh, champions cop Lancer and too long.
01:24:55
Speaker
Lancer. Yeah. So long as I've got some talent, but Lancer is just going to be too good in Dublin. Right. Yeah. Gloucester. La Rochelle. La Rochelle.
01:25:06
Speaker
Sorry. I mean, I guess they put everything they have into this, but what do they really have? Right. I hate to say it that way, but. Yeah. Sorry, Skimmington. This is not going to be your year. Yeah. Was in Claremont. Claremont. Yeah. I'm going to back those boys. Those wasps are just not, they're not in winning form. Yeah. Monster to lose. Well, this would be an interesting matchup without that little bit of news. Right.
01:25:35
Speaker
Well, oh yeah, Toulouse are missing all, you know, nine backs, including some of their best options, so monster. Yeah. Exeter Leon at Sandy Park, Muddy Park. Exeter. Thanks, Muddy Park. What is these? Well, they should be, listen, French pitches aren't much better. Like the grass pitches are shit, because they're public fields for the most part. Okay. Well, yeah, we'll see if it's raining too.
01:26:02
Speaker
Yeah, that will definitely not help. Rossing in Edinburgh at La Defense. Yeah, Rossing. Yeah, Rossing. Bordeaux-Bristol. Probably the match of the weekend. Yeah, I will back the boys that are in for them and just can't find a way to lose. Yeah, I mean, that's one of the, you know, we talked about they got to show me. It's like, you got to show me that some team can actually step up and beat them. And I'm not, I don't think it's Bordeaux. I'll respect to Bordeaux, but... Especially if Jelly Bears, not their 10.
01:26:31
Speaker
Yeah, especially if jelly, there's nothing to do. And final match, Scarlett sail. Scarlett's. I do too. I know. And I think they'll have, I think they'll have it. We saw them play pretty well when they played bath. I realized that was bath, but that was also a decent bath team at the time. Just beat Lancer.
01:26:51
Speaker
Mm. Maybe a few weeks ago, probably. Well, there was also probably on the back burner because they knew they were the final. No, no, no, no, no excuses given. Or no. Was it Osprey's?
01:27:08
Speaker
I don't know. Don't remember, don't know. Anyway, some Welsh team beat a really good Irish team. Oh, there you go. And so I'm good. Oh, yeah. It was the Ospreys that beat the beat Leinster. That's what it was. We watched part of it. Scarlett's. Yeah, that's right. That's right. We did. Scarlett's are close enough. Wales, the one.
01:27:27
Speaker
Yeah. All right. So should be a fun weekend. Kick back, watch, watch ourselves. Some, some good old champions cup round 16. And we already know who's playing who at the end of this too. Like we don't need to go back and figure that whole thing out. We can just be like, yep, that's the, the, the backups have already been determined. Um,
01:27:46
Speaker
Totally. I'm looking forward to this weekend. I'm glad this is back on. I'm glad that we've got some sort of conclusion to it and it's not just going to go, we're abandoning it, which sucks. So they're not so good for them. No. Thank you. Thank you for figuring it out there, European. Thank you so much.
01:28:03
Speaker
Okay. Oh man. Um, fancy rugby podcast at gmail.com. Uh, join our six nations, uh, women's league. That'll be, that's going to be so much fun. Um, other than that, uh, we'll be back next week. Uh, if I forgotten anything, Oh, well, too bad. Okay. We'll catch you guys next week. Have a good one.