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Jarrod Dyke: yeah right All right, friends, we are doing live drafting as we traditionally do, especially when it comes to FRD and super rugby. George is joining me. There's currently no Ben because Ben's been stuck in division two this year.
Jarrod Dyke: So
George: Yeah, it's a bit awkward. Let's not talk about Ben's situation. Stuck in D2.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah maybe he needs to be talked about more.
George: Tough times, tough times, but he can, he can join us and and give us some shit in terms of our picks and heckle us.
Jarrod Dyke: I don't know. It depends on him, I guess.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I'm sure he will.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, we're a whole 20 seconds away from this thing.
George: So I've just, let's do this.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, here we go.
George: So I've, I've literally just finished a two and a half hour draft.
Jarrod Dyke: Was that a slow draft?
George: No, well it was slow draft, but everyone was taking the full amount.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, I guess they held.
George: It was 15 man teams. It was an epic.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, is it Fox scoring?
George: Yeah, yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, that yeah, those take they take a long, long time.
George: Yeah, they really do.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, yeah.
George: Okay.
Jarrod Dyke: Alex might be late because he's just getting in from his flight.
George: Oh man, is that... is that
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, there he is. There he is. He's out. He's in now.
George: Who's dead ants?
Jarrod Dyke: He was.
George: Oh, there he is.
Jarrod Dyke: That's Alex.
George: That's Alex. All right. So we're on Yippee Tri -Yay Stu first up.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, man. I am ill prepared for this. This will be interesting.
George: Well, I've done, this is, i've I'm in four leagues and this is my last draft, but I, I mean, that's too much.
Jarrod Dyke: Holy shit.
George: That's too much. Used to be okay, but these days I can't, I can't handle that many leagues.
Jarrod Dyke: So you got, so you got, uh, important things otherwise, don't you?
George: Yeah, yeah, hear yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: All right. Well, and ke wow. Okay. Interesting. I don't hate it. Cam Ruggard.
George: I just, you know, he's back off that knee injury.
Jarrod Dyke: He is, he is, but, you know, I mean, we know scrum halves are one of the hardest positions to find good scorers at.
George: I will, I will take this.
George: True.
Jarrod Dyke: So if you have a really good scoring one, which he usually is.
George: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: As long as fucking James Dolman stays out his fucking way.
George: James Dolman. Oh my God, that guy.
Jarrod Dyke: Wasn't particularly good this morning.
George: No. And he wasn't great last week either.
Jarrod Dyke: No, and he was just a touchy last week.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: ah There's DMACC, okay.
George: Right. Okay. So DMACC, DMACC's gone.
Jarrod Dyke: Normal services resumed.
George: Right. Well, I'm not going to do anything controversial. Marta Layer is my guy.
Jarrod Dyke: That's a good one. That's a good one.
George: So, that's Roy Gard, Talair and Dmak gone.
Jarrod Dyke: It goes to that.
George: Yeah, Will Jordan, nothing.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, that nothing there, nothing crazy there. Well, makes my makes my life easy.
George: So, you're on, Massey.
Jarrod Dyke: Except for Massey, it is.
George: So I was...
Jarrod Dyke: Again, another ah it's midfields are so hard to find good scores as well.
George: Well, quite.
Jarrod Dyke: So that's ballsy.
George: So I was in a draft yesterday and Suwalihi was the first pick overall.
George: his palsy I mean I just I don't know much about him obviously I saw him play in the autumn um but that's that's exactly exactly I mean do they even know what position he's gonna play um yeah
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Is he just, an is he just a name or is he actually going to be fancy productive?
Jarrod Dyke: they They seem to be convinced midfield in the wallaby seam at least. So, but depending on the skill set, maybe fullback or one of those wings as well. Can get, he can get up there. Like that was one thing I noticed in the autumn, like guy can jump.
Jarrod Dyke: So might, might do good at like full back, depending on what his boot kicking is like.
George: Yeah, that's true.
Jarrod Dyke: So never know.
George: Well, a lot of people are referring to him like the second coming of his evil out, but, um, yeah, let's keep, well, let's let's keep it to the rugby.
Jarrod Dyke: Let's keep that to a minimum, shall we? At least not as far as. Yeah. Yeah. If he's the second coming of him and only in the rugby sense, I'm all for it because he was a very talented individual.
Jarrod Dyke: He's just a terrible person.
George: Yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. Justin's gone with.
George: So surely he, there he goes. There he goes.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, there he goes, okay, I mean that's far enough No Yeah tenon this is tough with the will only Because there's only nine teams, right?
George: Right, so who have we got next? so Ah, so of course it's eight. Again, I've been doing a lot of 10 man leagues recently. Eight man league. Oh, it really is.
George: Yeah.
George: Well, I've been deliberately trying to avoid putting all my eggs in the same basket, the team, because of the buys as well.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm hmm.
George: It's going to be really tough.
Jarrod Dyke: Absolutely.
George: there Yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: Be, be versatile in your picks.
George: I mean, there is, there are weeks where three teams are on a buy and that's just going to be absolute chaos.
Jarrod Dyke: All right.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, that's going to be chaos. There's definitely going to be guys playing sands, uh, since front rows and probably missing out like a halfback or something like that.
George: Yep. Right. That's Savoog Rees gone. How did you get all? Oh, you're on. You're on.
Jarrod Dyke: There we go. Um, Tom, it's good to pick Tom, right? All right. I, man.
Jarrod Dyke: Someone will be here coming back around. I want him.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Cory tool. I need to, yeah, I have made mistakes in the past of not getting at least one high end outside back. And I think this is like the, probably we're getting to the edge of that.
George: Yup.
Jarrod Dyke: So I just, you know, There's probably some other good ones. Like I think Harry Godfrey is going to be really good this year. Andrew Kellaway is obviously very good, but yeah.
George: He is, yup.
Jarrod Dyke: And there's all kinds of fun things, but no, I would rather have that.
George: Yeah, Golf 3's quite high up on my rankings.
George: Bodie Barrett, okay.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Is Penthouse going to be that good for the force this year?
George: Well, the the thing is, he's just a reliable kicker, isn't he? um There are not many other good options, but I think I'm going to wait until my next one for a fly half.
Jarrod Dyke: That's all you can hope.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, ah there there are other there are options I like.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: I think it's going to be a bit of a hope and a prayer when it comes to like the hurricane. So good luck figuring out what that situation is going to be like.
George: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: But yeah, there
George: I'm just going to do it. ay surveyor
Jarrod Dyke: was no reason to mess around with that. He'll be the guy on that team too.
George: Exactly, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: so
George: He's not going to miss a minute unless he gets injured. Touch wood.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, apart from apart from all blacks. Ratch all likes rest.
George: Yeah, yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: That's about it so um How did I do I think my super routine kind of fell apart because I had fin ye Yep
George: So Kelleway, we are ripping through this. this is um This is very welcome off my draft earlier on. How did you get on with the Six Nations fantasy earlier on?
George: Oh shit, that was horrible. That double concussion.
Jarrod Dyke: Although they were saying, oh, Finn's can i mean coming back. I was like, bullshit.
George: No, he was. Yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: i don't I don't believe that for a second.
George: That's the first thing I said. No chance. And he set his jacket on.
Jarrod Dyke: No, no, no.
George: Yeah. He's not going back out. That doesn't look like a man.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, and then they brought him back to the locker room.
George: he Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: I was like, nevermind.
George: But he he did, um, he passed his HIA, but they did the right thing and said, no.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, no, no, no.
Jarrod Dyke: Hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Kept him out.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: They're like, no, you're you need to stay there. Yeah, that killed me. And I had pentagast on my bench. Damn it.
George: o he looked classy today yeah I've seen nothing confirmed but it's
Jarrod Dyke: But that would have been a good one. Yep. He's a young guy. He's going to have bad games. He's going to have great games. It's just how it is. But you live with the growing pains. It's a 2 -2 out. This might be his last season down there now. It's the rumor at least. that No, I haven't either. But I suspect he's trying to find his way out of there.
Jarrod Dyke: whether it's to England or France, maybe to one of the URC teams.
George: e na i set to right
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
George: on
Jarrod Dyke: All right.
George: so I am going to do a fly half next
Jarrod Dyke: OK, yeah.
George: really slim it's really slim picking so yeah yeah Crusader situation is the one ah right so it's me Donaldson or point
Jarrod Dyke: Well, you said you've got you've got a few choices and then it's kind of going to go tumbling down. There's teams that ah that like I'm really worried about that you can like take a flyer on later, but like the hurricane situation, the Crusader situation.
Jarrod Dyke: Do you have any Brumby's or force players already?
George: No, Moana and Blues.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, that might be some meters there.
George: I'm just going to take Donaldson because sometimes he goes to 15 so he might get those meters as well. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yep, that's true. Cheap, easy meters.
George: Donaldson it is.
Jarrod Dyke: All right, and there we go. A little CO gone right afterwards.
George: Yeah.
George: Yeah. So the Crusaders had a friendly the other day. James O 'Connor was playing at 10 and apparently he looked really good.
Jarrod Dyke: Interesting.
George: Um,
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. I mean, he is a good player.
George: yeah he's yeah want the blood Kamara in any case just give them some ah canes canes from Rogue on yeah fair enough yeah
Jarrod Dyke: He's had some ups and downs in his career overall. He really has, but I think i like him a lot. I just think he needs...
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, I don't doubt it. I figured that would happen.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. um Well, before because I have other choices and positions I want, I'm gonna do this now and take the Blue's Front row before I lose out on it.
Jarrod Dyke: That's another position I could probably wait on a few others and still come out and come good.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, kill. Kill a month, I hope is going to have a better year for the draw. I think he also was hurt last year. So that's something to remember. But now the the other young kid that's there is kind of nipping at his heels because he had a lot of time to play with in that position last year.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Grant, he had his own like big old bumps, but still pretty good. Still pretty good.
George: He was playing at 12.
Jarrod Dyke: He needs to have a better season.
George: He was playing at 12 last week.
Jarrod Dyke: I saw that. Yeah. He needs to have a better year.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: He was not particularly amazing at the hounders last year.
George: All right, say Gilbert.
Jarrod Dyke: ah Justin seems to have a yeah have an issue with Cobus Getting sniped left right in center Is he that's a big one Yeah, they can't they can't decide at the hollanders what his best position is so I
George: Justin loves Sam Gilbert. eight Gilbert is a bit of a cheat code, because he's going to be playing at full back, I think. Yep.
George: No.
Jarrod Dyke: Good and bad, good bad for him, good for people that are playing in fantasy.
George: Okay, McCreates.
Jarrod Dyke: I don't think this guy's making it back around to me, and I really want a decent 10, so I'm gonna take Tom Lina.
George: yep good choice
Jarrod Dyke: I don't think he's making it back around, there's lots of options otherwise. I'm not taking the chance on Kamara.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I really like Peach, but I just, yeah. I have options elsewhere and not many at fly half, like we were talking about. So yeah, Jackson, go ahead and bash up in fricking already the wrecking ball.
George: gone. So it's time for me to take Godfrey.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, it's probably the my one regret on that one, but that's all right.
George: Now's the time.
Jarrod Dyke: I love with it.
George: Okay.
Jarrod Dyke: I really liked what he played last year with a few times he played.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: He was great.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: So he'll get lots of time this year. Cause he's. ah There's a little more room out there, especially sans Jordy.
George: Yeah, exactly. There's, there's, exactly. There's so many options now opening up for the new kids.
George: The kai's gone. The junkyard dog's gone.
Jarrod Dyke: I liked, I liked him a lot. Yep. Tim Ryan. I liked both those guys real good last year. Look, I've made a huge immediate impact on all black shirts too.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: So did that in the fall.
George: Oh, he's the head of a carrier.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Understatement.
George: Naraki's gone.
Jarrod Dyke: did Yeah. The wrecking ball. um
George: So the thing about the junkyard dog, Tim Ryan, is the reds have suddenly got tons and tons of options in their back three.
Jarrod Dyke: Because of the rebels going, going defunct.
George: Yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Yep. There wasn't really to his benefit.
George: They got heck.
Jarrod Dyke: Could still work out fine, but.
George: Yeah. Well, they picked up Harry Murray from um Crusaders as well.
Jarrod Dyke: Crusaders saw that. Mm hmm.
George: So they got a ton of options.
Jarrod Dyke: It's a big one as well.
George: Right. So I'm currently sat on two OBs, one fly half on these forwards.
Jarrod Dyke: I don't think about who's playing midfield for you, bud.
George: yeah <unk> I've been leaving this late for every pretty much every draft I've done.
Jarrod Dyke: Come on.
George: And he did it.
Jarrod Dyke: You can do it. Come on, Stu. You can do it. I believe in you. There we go.
Jarrod Dyke: Billy Proctor. Okay. Good pick.
George: OK.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. I like him. I like him a lot. I wish he had gotten more time. Yeah. I'll watch shirt, but it's hard to Unjam that midfield.
George: oh There are really not many good midfield options For
Jarrod Dyke: No, that's why I was glad I grabbed Massey.
George: God Yes, he is and he should be and he should be playing Well, they're cuz last year they have Rona and poi hippie.
Jarrod Dyke: Is Quinn to Pyre healthy?
Jarrod Dyke: Okay.
Jarrod Dyke: Good.
George: We're playing a fair bit as well come But I think it'll be Quinn and ALB the problem is I mean they're just both made of glass Sooner or later they will have those injuries
Jarrod Dyke: I'll be next to them, yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, seems seems to be. Well, I mean, two pies was that nasty injury that he picked up from fucking Swain.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, that wasn't his fault.
George: My yosie, good shout.
Jarrod Dyke: That's a good one. I had my eyeballs on him. Guess not.
George: Right. I am going to actually pick up a scrum half because there's not many left.
Jarrod Dyke: No, there aren't.
George: And I loved this guy at the end of last season. And finally the Crusaders have gotten attacking scrum half.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, yeah. Yep.
George: ah he was He was brilliant.
Jarrod Dyke: Health him.
George: So, you know, bagging him.
Jarrod Dyke: Yep. No, I like that one. Let's that was a good one. Good say good. They've I mean, they've had guys there for so long that just don't attack.
George: Yeah. No.
Jarrod Dyke: So nice to see them have that now.
George: Yeah, exactly. Well, there's two guys, met Mitchell Drummond, and who was the other one? Just two.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, yeah, same same person.
George: Basically the same.
Jarrod Dyke: Basically, I can't remember who else.
George: They were clones of each other, weren't they?
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. All right. It'll be as gone. All right. I don't love any of that. So I'm gonna take a page out of your book, Sarah, and I'm going Cortez Ratima.
George: Good choice. Yeah. I think it's basically him and then Tate and that's pretty much Jake, Jake Gordon and Lamanna.
Jarrod Dyke: That's maybe Lamani.
George: Yeah. Gordon occasionally has his.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Oh, I like Jake Gordon now and again, but again, they're not as consistent.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Like I think we've got pretty much almost consistent ones off the board at this point.
George: Yeah. All right. So ALB is gone.
Jarrod Dyke: fluke back into the midfield. Hey, what do they have him? They vote. I guess he's always been there.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay.
George: Dancunu.
Jarrod Dyke: Maybe I'm making I'm making something else on my head. I guess that's all right.
George: Tate. Yeah.
George: Scrum holes are going.
Jarrod Dyke: Indeed.
Jarrod Dyke: That can do off as well. Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: There goes that. Yeah, now the outside backs are going to be solid, but not amazing.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Like I don't.
Jarrod Dyke: There's a couple still that are well hidden in this whole thing. But there's a couple also that are just like. Just a guy.
George: Yeah, no, there's still value there. Right. Two pies gone.
Jarrod Dyke: hu It's gonna be fun times.
George: So week one by is the reds.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay, good to know.
George: So I need to make sure if I've got any reds on it back up to them as well.
Jarrod Dyke: Shit, I need to back up for a timeline.
George: Yeah. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Damn it, I just thought of that. Wasn't using my brain.
George: i' To you in the sea
Jarrod Dyke: All right, now we're at just go with what feels good. So we're gonna go with that. Sorry, England fans. Max Jorgensen.
Jarrod Dyke: All right. Now what do we got? Wow. Yeah, we're starting to get into some other stuff here.
George: yep here we go so donkin is on oh who's he taking parafeta interesting like yeah right let's get back into these meds oh for fuck's sake who's an aurora angle dammit
Jarrod Dyke: out
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, well how much time is he gonna get I guess I'll get a little bit more but damn Oh Mark ah just sniped to your your your idea
George: Oh Mark, you did me! Right, well I'm going to state the red card. Magnet, Hunter, Pice, Army.
Jarrod Dyke: oh Yeah, I know feast or famine with that guy Not a whole lot else Mm -hmm and here I can hear it Yeah, you'll need a need to find a couple of backup ideas on that one
George: That's really annoying. Okay. Right, at least I've got one mid. And obviously he's a red mid, so I need more.
George: Yeah. Right, dead ants.
Jarrod Dyke: That's Alex.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Um, this point we're in what? Round five or so six or seven, probably here.
George: Yeah, this is, so so I've done six.
Jarrod Dyke: One, two, three.
George: So yeah, we're at the end of end of the sixth round.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. So yeah. Yeah. and going Going back into seven top guys on the board. lent Darby Lancaster. Not sure he'll get taken anytime soon. Camera. Jock Campbell, Red's front row, Todd's front row, Ethan Blacketer.
Jarrod Dyke: I don't know why he's that high. Um, Crusaders front row, Chiefs front row, Charlie K .L. Fiyaki. Was there the best guys available?
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Joe Sessay just went off the board.
George: So front rows, we've got Reds, they've got Fesler, haven't they? They don't have Tupu anymore.
Jarrod Dyke: Nope.
George: He's gone to Boratas, isn't he?
Jarrod Dyke: I think so.
George: Crusaders, they've got Cody Taylor.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Well, because he was with he was with the rebels. I'm pretty sure it wasn't he?
George: A Rebs, yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
George: Was he the Rebs last season?
Jarrod Dyke: And so obviously that made him free once they went under.
George: Cody Taylor's injured at the moment.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
George: I got Tamatai Williams as well.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, this does still have Bauer.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay.
George: Yeah, maybe it is the Crusaders front row then.
Jarrod Dyke: Could do worse.
Jarrod Dyke: Could do worse. Yeah, I mean, Taylor, but the What's his face? Bell, he did a pretty good job last year when when Taylor was out.
George: Yeah, yeah, he did. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: So don't totally check them to the side. They're not one of the top three by any means whatsoever, but they're still good value.
George: Wow. I think it's Red's front row last season, 17 tries in 14 games.
Jarrod Dyke: That's absurd.
George: Yeah it's gonna have to be then. Matt Faceler. Alright so that's two reds I've got now.
Jarrod Dyke: All right.
Jarrod Dyke: Now you need to find an answer.
George: I'm not gonna get a backup front row.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, oh, I mean, back up from row. Yeah, no.
George: But uh, yeah. I mean with eight people in our league, should be alright.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, you might be able to nick the ninth team if you need to, but.
George: I'll pick some binges off the, uh, off the waiver wire.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, indeed, indeed, indeed.
George: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: All right, I need to adjust my loose forward issues here. Because I haven't got any.
George: Nothing at all.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, leave a move. That's that's one that I was disappointed with last year. He didn't do as much as he as he could have.
George: Yeah. Oh, he had a shocker.
Jarrod Dyke: After everyone had him paying to make the all blacks last last year and everything and really just laid a big fat egg.
George: He had a terrible year. Yeah.
George: yeah
George: He was so he was use a first round pick for most people last year.
Jarrod Dyke: Last year, I remember that. Yep. All right.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I remember that i was kind of disappointing, honestly.
George: Charlie Kale.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, fuck you, Duncan.
George: But again, he's he was great last year.
Jarrod Dyke: Just snipe me.
George: He was he was a lock, wasn't he? He was in the game as a lock as well, which
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, that's true. Actually, maybe that's why I have it in my head. All right.
George: i
Jarrod Dyke: I like this guy a lot. So I'm gonna take him like a Gleason.
George: Good choice. I was looking, o and I was thinking Gleason's probably your best option there.
Jarrod Dyke: And then
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, and then I'm going to go with Yeah, I'll get burned on all black rest, but I think I know I'm gonna go with Let's see do I have yeah, that's the pic okay
George: Okay.
George: Right, next I'm gonna get my third OB.
George: Rico, he had a stinker last year.
Jarrod Dyke: Hmm Yep agreed Was not amazing Was not amazing Hmm Yeah, I think he's good that's that's uh, okay, it's interesting pick not against it
George: Tar's front rope.
George: How the mighty have fallen. Such a good fantasy option. Caleb Tangitao.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, yeah if that's your third choice. That's actually pretty good.
George: No.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, that's your third option. That's pretty solid.
Jarrod Dyke: Alright.
Jarrod Dyke: And there goes that OK problem solved with this forward.
George: um Done.
Jarrod Dyke: No longer need to need that, yeah.
George: Job done.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, just. I was, I also was configuring now, but to your point about making sure you don't have too many area ratama.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Um, I'm already gonna be a little bit tied up with the toss because I have two of them. And I do have the bullets front row, but I can live without them. It's more about replacing the the loose forward on the bi -week.
George: Yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: That'll be, they'll annoy me. So.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I'd rather deal with not a front row and then deal with not a not a halfback.
George: Yeah, totally. Alright, so red, red's the only team I've got two of at the moment.
Jarrod Dyke: and You're gonna miss out on this week.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: About that.
George: So I might need another mid already.
Jarrod Dyke: Yes, you do. All right, what we got here.
George: Chief's front row.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm hmm.
George: oh
Jarrod Dyke: Not bad.
George: Okay. So my question it failed is. Midfielders.
George: It's really, I'm thinking about people are going to be regular stars because i I like Riley Higgins, but I don't think he's going to be starting.
Jarrod Dyke: No, well.
George: Oh, it's probably going to be a super boring one, but Hamish Stewart.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm. Can kick when called upon as well.
George: Hamish Stewart
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. What was hold on a second. I don't hate a lot of guys. He just he only performs not every once in a while. Maybe he'll have a better year.
Jarrod Dyke: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I think that's your winner.
Jarrod Dyke: It's yep. Feel you on that one.
Jarrod Dyke: Maybe show me the goods. Yeah, who was in them? Trying to look up who was in the midfield last week for the Hurricanes when they've had their friendly there.
Jarrod Dyke: There we go. OK, yeah, I think people are understating, underestimating do market Jensen. He was in that team last week, so he's way down the list.
George: Hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: He didn't play a ton last year. then He got hurt, so didn't help.
George: Yeah.
George: Yeah. I think he was, I think I might've picked him in a league and just had him stashed away all season. He just never, never came along.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, no, no, he didn't sadly.
George: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. I'm not sure Riley Higgins is going to be the answer. Maybe you will be in someone knows something. I don't, but I think it's going to be, I think it's going to be the Proctor and the manga Jensen combo.
George: Yeah, not for now.
George: I'd just, I'd rather have people I can rely upon who are going to be playing.
Jarrod Dyke: Well, yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I can, I would bet the farm that.
George: I hate just scrambling around the waivers at like six in the morning on a Wednesday.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Hey, welcome to my world.
George: Yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: I'm, I'm up and trying to, trying to wrangle the kid and do this. I'm like, wait a minute. what What's my team look like? God damn it. It looks like shit. Nevermind.
Jarrod Dyke: At least last last year because Ben, and I had, yeah, by the way,
George: but you were up all night weren't you just i
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, this, this time last year, we were sending bed on the way to the hospital to.
George: remember i remember because we did do you remember we did the live draw and then i i listened to it and first of all we'd lost ben's microphone and then my microphone dropped off halfway through and so it was just a monologue you you were doing a monologue for the entire second half of it and i was gonna i was gonna ping you guys a message but i was like hang on no they're about to have their first born i'm not gonna bother
Jarrod Dyke: to
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Oh, horrible. I have no idea what happened.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, no, I listened to it later. I was like, oh man, this totally went to shit, didn't it? I was like, well, my give my I am fresh out of fucks to give.
George: Yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: So really, truly could not give less of a fuck.
George: yeah Not now.
Jarrod Dyke: I was way gone at that point. It's like, yeah, I guess we're just going to live with it. All right.
George: Yeah, exactly. Babies, not sleeping.
Jarrod Dyke: No.
George: Nah.
Jarrod Dyke: No, no, no, I was. Yeah, but yeah, last week we were, I had the advantage of advanced, you know, somewhat of an advantage of being able to wake up middle of the night because I was feeding the kiddo and I was like, yeah, I can check the lineups and see what's going on.
George: Oh, that was early.
George: yeah Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Making can each make any additions. And on the weekends, it would be all right like, there's a game on. I know there's a game on.
George: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: So I'm just going to go watch it. And that would be the end.
George: Had the free jacks made any signings ahead of the season still?
Jarrod Dyke: Um, nothing over the, there they're, they're, they're going to have a hard time competing this year. That LA team is the head piece together is looking awesome.
George: Yeah. Well, I saw Reese McDonald's gone as well, isn't he?
Jarrod Dyke: That's where he went.
George: He's gone to LA.
Jarrod Dyke: Yep. Yeah. Um, I mean, there's some solid players that are going to be in the team and a lot of the, a lot of the core will be back, but.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: They'll get John Pauling back. Ken Roddy should play again this year, I believe. um That'll help, but like, I don't see.
George: Unfortunately.
Jarrod Dyke: I don't see us doing a three -peat. We'll get to the playoffs again, make make life hard on teams, but yeah, I don't think the three -peat's on the cards. Yeah, we lost Matthew to, I think he's the attack coach at Edinburgh now.
George: Right. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: So, that didn't help. and I like Ryan Martin and I like what he did with us last year. He conveniently became available because the Rebels went under. And ended up showing up at a game and I was like, I bet you he's here for more than just supporting us.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Sure enough. He was there to probably talk about what was happening next year being this year. So, but yeah. Um, what's the guy we got the one guy from the Brum, Brumby's McInerney, the hooker.
George: Oh yeah, ah the hooker, Connell MacNanny.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm -hmm. Yeah. Not, that'll be a good one along with, um, quadrant.
George: Oh, because who's your old hooker? Was it Quatrin?
Jarrod Dyke: So that'll be a nice one too. Right there, those two guys.
George: Oh my god, right, he's next.
Jarrod Dyke: Jacob.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, now we're now we're scraping the bottle into the barrel here.
George: Yeah, we really are. When it comes to the outside backs, I need a third person. I don't want to another a red because I would have gone jock. So you're a wizard, Harry.
Jarrod Dyke: o
George: Harry Potter and you come water in you come.
Jarrod Dyke: harry poter Harry Potter, Harry Potter.
George: you come.
Jarrod Dyke: All right.
George: So that is three.
Jarrod Dyke: Let's see.
George: All right.
Jarrod Dyke: Do we know if like a model is actually healthy this year?
George: I'm not going near that with a barge pole. No chance.
Jarrod Dyke: All right.
George: So he's what he's at Moana now, isn't he?
Jarrod Dyke: Yes, yes.
George: I'll let someone else take that risk.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I mean, that might be a, that might be you my dart throw at the very end of the draft. That's probably what's going to happen, honestly. Oh, ooh, nope. I know what my dart throw is as long as he doesn't get snagged. Under, he will, he's not been respected enough here. All right, I'm going to go Sevea.
George: fair he's gonna play no question yeah right i think i might need another loose forward and then it's just about then it's just about building out some solid reserves and then leave a lock to my last pick
Jarrod Dyke: The other Sevea. Yeah, that's my third, that's my third one, I think. So yeah. Okay. I'm, I'm very okay with that.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: you'd You'd want one of them.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm -hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, but there's only only a few bucks that you even want, right?
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Like, I like Tupelo too, Kenim, Jeremy Williams.
George: Holland's, Holland's class. Williams is, Williams gets the old try here and there.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Yeah, Barrett, maybe Vai.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Ryan Smith's kind of a walking card, I don't trust that.
George: And then, and then that's it. Yeah. Then I, then you're at the limit.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
George: i mean Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, no, no, no, pass the rest. It's meh, meh. Makes you want a bucket of meh.
George: Tane Edmurd to Justin.
Jarrod Dyke: ah I thought about grabbing him as a backup fly half and I was like, you know what?
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: I already have two ret, uh, two tots. So that's not going to go well for me. So I passed. Um, let's see.
Jarrod Dyke: We're going to go off the board here off the board, but maybe a little bit off the reservation.
George: or go for it yeah Duncan has a habit of doing that at least once every every draft you can guarantee that Duncan with
Jarrod Dyke: Well, Duncan doesn't snipe me, which he's already done once.
Jarrod Dyke: Yes, he does. We have we have ah we have recorded evidence of such.
Jarrod Dyke: He's going to snack somewhere you wanted.
George: his Duncan Keene sniper rifle
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. All right. There we go.
George: JOC.
Jarrod Dyke: We you go with that. Yeah, I need a backup 10.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: So I
George: Good choice.
Jarrod Dyke: need a backup 10. I need someone for week one. and Hopefully he's playing week one.
George: yeah Yep. Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: After that, I'll deal with it.
Jarrod Dyke: ah
George: Right. I just hope. Oh God, it's Duncan now. No, don't do it.
Jarrod Dyke: Whatever you're thinking, Duncan, don't do it.
Jarrod Dyke: It's like, uh, it's like Ghostbusters. Empty your mind. Don't let them, don't let them see your thoughts.
George: Okay. you All right. He's, he's all right.
Jarrod Dyke: I considered that, but.
George: he Right. I'm going to take, uh, Christian Leo Willie. He was banging in the tries.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. Nice.
George: Banging in the tyres last year.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, like that's really, that's probably their best attacking loose forward for them.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: So that's not awful.
George: Why is Blackadder so high in the rankings?
Jarrod Dyke: I don't know. Like I know he's an all black, but like he doesn't do anything special.
George: Yeah No Yeah a No
Jarrod Dyke: It's certainly not worthy of fantasy stuff. You know, like he's a, he's a, he's a junkyard dog. He's a dog. He, he, he works his ass off. He does the dirty work, but it doesn't, it's not something that's going to show up on your score sheet by any means whatsoever.
Jarrod Dyke: So I don't know if I really am that would be that excited about that. So pass, excuse me.
George: Okay, so now think I've got someone for every position. Right, now where have I got reds? I've got a red in the mid, and I've got a front ray. I'm not so bothered about that.
George: And we've got seven more picks to go.
Jarrod Dyke: I think my wife just fell on the grenade by FaceTiming my mom.
George: Oh!
Jarrod Dyke: she She gets a drink for that one.
George: Yeah, fair play. Taking one for the team.
Jarrod Dyke: Nope, my mistake it was her parents.
George: Oh, that's okay.
Jarrod Dyke: Also a good grenade to fall on because I don't want to talk to them either.
George: The mother -in -law.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
George: Months, months would have been a a fairly solid backup fly half.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, no, not bad.
George: Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh my. Yeah. As stated, we are scraping barrels here at this point.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Let's set it still with seven picks to go to.
George: Wilson Creighton, right, well I'm just gonna take Garden Bash up as a backup fly half.
George: and
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, that's actually a good one. I like that.
George: and yeah he's gonna be starting and I've got Donaldson will be my first choice anyways yes he is where's he gone Los Angeles another one
Jarrod Dyke: I imagine so. I mean, she was starting like 90 % of the year last year for the hurricane. So I can't see them doing anything else.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Cause Lily Afano is in MLR.
Jarrod Dyke: Los Angeles. Yeah. Now they're, they're going for it. I think that's pretty clear at this point.
George: Yeah, they are. so chicago Chicago signed a few familiar faces as well. Tim Swill.
Jarrod Dyke: They've had some, yep.
George: Swillow.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah. Yeah, there's some good ones.
George: Who else did they get?
Jarrod Dyke: um What's his butt from Exeter? Devoto.
George: Devoto, Devo, who was playing at Taunton at the start of the year. I think it's fourth level down.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, gosh.
George: Yeah, National League, National League 3 West is the league he was playing.
Jarrod Dyke: That's a bad day.
Jarrod Dyke: Ew. Oh, man, that sounded...
George: Yeah, right, right.
Jarrod Dyke: That's not a fun place to be, I imagine. At least not if you're used to, you know, yeah.
George: Yeah, if you're used to the prep.
Jarrod Dyke: All right, we're gonna go with that first.
George: ah Sullivan, good choice, good choice. He was right down the rankings, couldn't quite work out why.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, no, i'm i mean um and then I'm gonna cover my ass. cause that's my so I need one of those guys to be my second midfielder.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, she had him outside.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay, come on. We can all do this now. Justin, let's see where you got Justin, Chuck Campbell. Okay, there's that Dallas McLeod.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yep. Okay.
George: Yeah. So McCloud's been, McCloud's been starting in the Fred Nice as well.
Jarrod Dyke: Middies.
Jarrod Dyke: I seen that. Yeah. David have really with it. What? Why is he so far down? Damn. Does he hurt?
George: I completely missed that.
Jarrod Dyke: What is going on with David.
Jarrod Dyke: but yeah, I guess, yeah, he hasn't turned into much of a fancy done since he got moved to the center.
George: No.
Jarrod Dyke: So again, it's a hard position to score from. So certainly understand that.
Jarrod Dyke: And we're back to my demos. Okay. As I said, covering my butt. I've got two of the three that were left for the hurricanes. It better be one of them.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh yeah, I feel he's gonna be the captain this year for the Crusaders. Wow, okay.
George: definitely worth a pick okay so no no no no
Jarrod Dyke: That's interesting. Yeah.
George: Danny Tawala he
Jarrod Dyke: Mmm, that's a good one. He's he's had spurts of being very good. So
George: has also might take I might take another outside back Momo because he's gonna start probably for the drill
Jarrod Dyke: yeah, that's a good one He did he had a good end of the campaign.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: I'm pretty sure So yeah, that might that might turn out okay
George: Okay.
Jarrod Dyke: verna And a mirror head what a frickin oh Yeah, no, it hasn't been picked yet, but he's like he's that he's like the next three OB listed it's like o like You're in a you're in a rough spot if that's what's going on there Back
George: your hurt god though we are We are scraping the barrel now. Oh, man.
Jarrod Dyke: to this
Jarrod Dyke: Why is he so far down there? I have questions.
Jarrod Dyke: Huh? Okay. Interesting.
Jarrod Dyke: Not there, but all right.
Jarrod Dyke: Do a little digging on why certain players are so fucking low.
George: Okay.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: I'm wondering what the hell is going on here.
Jarrod Dyke: What the hell is going on out there?
George: these loose forwards.
George: Flanders. Nope. Not funny.
Jarrod Dyke: no No, me neither. I mean, if that's your third loose forward, then okay.
George: yeah even read
Jarrod Dyke: But like, that's when you're starting to. I'm not believing in that by any means whatsoever.
Jarrod Dyke: I'd rather have me miracle, honestly. That's where I'd rather go. I just don't see likes of him. You know, Prince Epps not much.
Jarrod Dyke: Jacobson same thing Liam right? I see is just a like just a guy that's there Congress had had a okay start to the hurricanes last our Crusaders last year, but Yep,
George: Ah, Luke Jacobson, maybe actually.
George: He did, he did. But I've also got Leo Willy, so I don't want to double up in them.
Jarrod Dyke: you don't need that Mmm, you're strong suit.
George: Right, so Jacobson is.
Jarrod Dyke: I have a feeling
George: No, I mean, he used to be, he used to be a great carrier, but these days not so much, but he's my, he's my third back rower.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Okay.
George: I've got Arty and he's not going to go anywhere.
Jarrod Dyke: Nope.
George: Um, Leo Willie will be my second choice. He's just, he's just a solid backup.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. Yeah, that's not bad.
Jarrod Dyke: You've, that you've covered your bases with that.
George: Yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: I would say I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Jarrod Dyke: Fuck you still took my idea.
George: So, he did who did he grab?
Jarrod Dyke: Love.
George: Ah, but he's he's crocked. I think he's out for like six weeks.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. So it could be a good gather.
George: Nice stash.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. That's a stash. That's not my, that's not starting guy whatsoever.
George: No.
Jarrod Dyke: That's a, you know, some, some, some other time down the road.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: I'm going to chuck him in there and say, here we go.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. And that brings me up to all. There's that. Okay. Oh, I don't want that. now Oh, good Lord. What is going on with this?
Jarrod Dyke: Curly wheel. No, thank you.
George: Oh my god.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah I don't think he played a minute last year.
George: I forgot about him.
Jarrod Dyke: If I'm not, I'm not mistaken. I don't think he played a minute. So that's a no.
George: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: Um, all right. He was good when he played Recaro when he played just didn't play that often, but maybe it's a little more time. Who knows?
George: Uh, so Cabus is on now.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm hmm. Yeah. Now it's start throwing time and i hope to God it works.
George: Yeah, it really is.
George: Who else have we got in the meds? C .O. Tompkins in another walking red card.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Oh my God. Yep. Remember him. Mac. Really? Hmm. Just a guy.
George: Just a guy. Fakati.
Jarrod Dyke: back at mintfielder, but Oh yeah, you don't need that.
George: he He would be my fault fourth mid. No, he would be my third.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, okay. There wouldn't be bad.
Jarrod Dyke: Let's scoop that up.
Jarrod Dyke: Let's see. Who else has done this?
Jarrod Dyke: Um, has something happened to brought to my Tofuki Neepkins that I'm not knowing about?
George: Yes. Yeah, he had a horrendous neck injury.
Jarrod Dyke: Ow.
George: like genuine career threatner but I think yeah exactly at the time it looked really yeah it was it was a proper Tom Evans kitsch off really grim looking one yeah yeah that's basically him out for the season yeah
Jarrod Dyke: Potentially, potentially, yeah. Good to know. I was like, he is way far further down than I thought he would be.
Jarrod Dyke: Ouch. Okay, well, that's not gonna work well.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, that's likely him out for a long time minimum. Yuck. All right, well, that's a no deal for me.
George: So that's a no, so I'm glad I talked you out of that one.
Jarrod Dyke: i Well, I was going to go digging. ah that was That was the answer.
George: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: So I'm sure that would have been the first thing that popped up.
George: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: So ah it's like, oh, OK, that's not that's that's why we don't pick him.
George: no
Jarrod Dyke: OK, got it. OK.
Jarrod Dyke: Boop, boop, boop, boop. Oh, my lord. um
George: joey woton
Jarrod Dyke: Wow, we are.
George: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: We are at fun times over here. um
Jarrod Dyke: ah We're throwing darts here, so I'm trying to just grab whatever the fuck I feel like. I'm going Daniel Sinkinson from the Hurricanes.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: He's not going to play much, but if he, if he falls into a starting row, he'll be great. But I don't know if that's going to happen, but hey, we're, we're, at we're, we have three picks left for the most part here. So I am not worried about it in terms of that.
George: No, no, exactly. We're now right. The dregs. Right. So let's just wait for Duncan to pick the person who have got my mind.
George: Valentini, okay.
Jarrod Dyke: Which one?
George: Rob, Robert, Brumby's Valentini.
Jarrod Dyke: Is he banged up? Is that why he's so low?
George: He is banged up, I think, I think he is.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. That, that makes a lot more sense than him being honored he tough the board here.
George: No, right, I'm gonna get Faketi, and then at least I can stick two mids out on week one.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, that's true.
George: And then let's see what, yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: So assuming the selection process doesn't totally break that, that idea into smithereens.
George: Let's see what dregs we got left in the outside back.
George: AJ Lamb.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm. Yep.
George: To Jay Clark.
Jarrod Dyke: I mean, yeah,
George: ah Lamb's just not going to play, I don't think.
Jarrod Dyke: so I mean, you're banking on Talia Clark and parafetta to get injured and or have a rest day, which might still work out okay, but still.
George: Yeah, ah exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: Also, you this is now no longer a league where you can rest guys against certain opponents like Moana, obviously, like they will jump up and get you so
George: No. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: You got to play as many good lineups as you can in a row. So I don't think it's going to be as predictable to figure out which guys are going to mess with which weeks.
Jarrod Dyke: Wow. What's this guy? Oh yeah, you know what?
Jarrod Dyke: Do we have, uh, yeah. Are you going to say, do we have a duple C query fee signing? Yes, we do. So you'll see if I can find where he is. Yeah. He's way down there in the pecking order of those forwards.
Jarrod Dyke: Mark's getting himself in trouble.
George: okay I'm gonna go with a real real outside shot but I've heard good things about this next guy he's an outside back for the canes real real he's had um yeah big reviews
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. Oh yeah. Yeah, I saw that. That's a good one. Um,
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, all it takes is one bolter.
George: And maybe, yeah, exactly. Maybe with Love Out he'll get a shot as well.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm -hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, go to the pub, Mark. Your job's done.
George: Do it, do it, do it.
Jarrod Dyke: At this point, you don't need these last three picks to make your team.
George: Do it.
Jarrod Dyke: If you do, you messed up somewhere else, and to be honest. Let's be honest.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: All right, there goes that. So we've got Alex has gone with the Moana front row.
George: so right and Let me take this guy.
Jarrod Dyke: Got speed sir.
George: There he is. Finian Gaffo.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Finneas and verb.
George: That guy.
George: Right, so now I have...
Jarrod Dyke: Let's see if Mark lets the clock run down easy to run out the door.
George: One, two, three, four.
George: Oh, he can go now.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, like I said.
George: Five outside backs, three mids, two fly -hars, one scrum -half, three loose forwards.
George: Who's going to be my last one? And then I'll just pick up. Has anyone taken a single lock yet?
Jarrod Dyke: ah There is one, there is a couple off the board.
George: I think... Who's there?
Jarrod Dyke: Um, two Pilots is gone. Williams is gone.
George: No, Williams is still there.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, he is there. Okay.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: But I saw two Pilots go off.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: So there's that.
George: Williams is still there. Holland's still there. Scott Barrett. Tupi Vai. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, that's like the list. That's about the most I would take him. That was
George: I guess if if any any of them are there for my probably my last pick, I'll grab one of those and if not, I won't bother.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, no. Yeah, short list of guys that you want to pick and then just might as well throw another dart at on someone else, you know?
George: Yeah. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, the the the no lock strategy is totally legit once you hit a certain point.
George: Exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: All right. The miracle. That's my third, that's my third lose forward, I think, too. Yeah, okay, good. I can live with that.
George: You covered.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. I can live with that. Last one. Last two. Last two.
George: I believe in miracles.
Jarrod Dyke: There you go. I was waiting for someone to make that joke.
Jarrod Dyke: Duncan has proclaimed he believes in miracles. I don't know if I believe that much in this miracle, but and it might work.
George: i i need to
Jarrod Dyke: It might work.
George: well
Jarrod Dyke: David Paulo. Interesting.
George: Tuolima.
Jarrod Dyke: What are these things that Justin knows that we don't.
George: Tuolima. No, i've ah so this guy, Tuolima, is going to be playing in the back row for the first three or four weeks whilst Valentini's out. And Justin loves a loose forwards listed.
Jarrod Dyke: and Okay.
George: Oh, he's listed as a prop in the in the official game.
Jarrod Dyke: In the official game. No shit. ah but Shows you how much they know about their own fucking product.
George: Oh my God. Yeah. Oh my God.
Jarrod Dyke: Jeez them.
George: But yeah, he so he's in here as a lock. think So he'll be value for the first few weeks.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh yeah, I would I'd say that's a good argument. Don't be cristy. Like what good is he? Honestly, does he have any use other than just being friendly?
George: come
Jarrod Dyke: Christie?
George: Again, like with scum halves as well, they're pretty easy to pick up on the waivers. I wouldn't bother with the reserves.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, no, I'm not. I'm not looking for a bonus scrum half by any means whatsoever.
George: No.
Jarrod Dyke: I'd rather, you know, shoot for someone that might play this week or next week and just call it that.
George: Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: Um,
George: Who's your Scrum half? Who have you got?
Jarrod Dyke: Ratama.
George: Oh, perfect. Yeah, you're sorted.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, should be okay. um
Jarrod Dyke: i I don't know how much he's gonna play, but we're gonna go with Heromai and Mary.
George: All Good choice.
Jarrod Dyke: That's like my that's like my fifth OB, or sixth even.
George: That's fifth. Yeah, perfect.
Jarrod Dyke: Look at that.
George: He's going to play. He's going to play. He looked good to the Crusaders last year when he when he had a chance.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, he did. What little... Yeah, they can get out the Crusaders could knock you out of their own way last year.
George: No.
Jarrod Dyke: It was really weird to watch that happen.
George: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: It's like, this doesn't look like what I'm used to seeing with this team.
George: nine
Jarrod Dyke: All right, last picks gents.
George: Yep, two rounds.
Jarrod Dyke: I'll swing it back.
George: I was looking at the official game earlier on. Nothing really to... to write home about, it's not that. It's exactly the same as the Rugby World Cup game.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, that's what I was looking at. I was like, this interface looks familiar.
George: Yeah.
George: And you can change your team every week as well.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, there's no, okay.
George: So it's not, you don't even have that strategic aspect.
Jarrod Dyke: Interesting. So elements of like the official six nations game and stuff as well.
George: Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly like that. You just change it up. So it's quite high maintenance.
George: Alright Duncan, what's he got? Oh, Liam Wright, okay. Okay.
Jarrod Dyke: No, Stu, everyone did not get who they wanted. Because he sniped me at least once. ah
George: Oh, that's nice.
Jarrod Dyke: Down to hell. I can't even remember who he nabbed. Oh, love. That's who it was. like Who the hell did he nab that I was i was upset about?
George: Oh, you got eagle love.
Jarrod Dyke: That's what it was. It was Riven Love.
George: Well I'm going to take Jeremy Williams because he's pretty decent and he's good for a try here and there.
Jarrod Dyke: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: yeahly Yeah, it's a short list of players you want um you want in that position, as we said, for about the billionth time at this point.
George: Do I really want another loose forward? Probably don't need one.
Jarrod Dyke: No, I would either go with another mid, maybe ah maybe maybe ah another OB, b something that we we have a hard time filling out in here because you only need two loose forwards.
George: Yeah.
George: Exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. And there's three of them picked every weekend for each team.
George: I... Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: So grand, not all of them are designated list forwards, but yeah.
George: I might take the other Umanga Jensen then.
George: The one who isn't Peter.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh yeah. Um, Thomas, are there any front rows left?
George: Thomas.
Jarrod Dyke: There are. Oh my God.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Surprised. Especially if anybody grabbed that red front row, like did that.
George: Well that would be me. That would be me.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, well then. Well, you have options left, just saying. Forest Highland is Brumby's, neither one of them is sexy, but, you know, might get you a few points here and there depending on the matchup.
George: the respective hookers for those ones. So we've got Force's Pangomosa, Brumby's... Brumby's front row used to be class when they had Flau.
Jarrod Dyke: Mmm. Flowl. Mm -hmm.
George: but not so much.
Jarrod Dyke: Yep. Flowl finger. I think it's, um yep, it's him and there's, that's one.
George: Billy Pollard is their first, oh no, and Lachlan Monaghan. And then Landers.
Jarrod Dyke: My boy's namesake.
George: Henry Bell.
George: I reckon.
Jarrod Dyke: Michael Manson. Please tell me he just picked that on the name alone.
George: Michael Manson.
Jarrod Dyke: Alex, it just sounds like a, I don't know, it sounds like a bad guy.
George: Who is Michael Manson? Great name, great name. I picked up, I was in, in those deep drafts. I picked up this guy for, um, what's he called?
George: He's got a hell of a name. I think he might be a loose forward. Nick champion de Crespini for the force.
Jarrod Dyke: That's a good one. Damn. That's a good one. Wow.
George: I've not, I don't know anything about him, but I've heard he's, I heard he's pretty good. He's a nice outside shot, but not for a 15 player Fox league.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
George: Yes. Not, not in this one.
Jarrod Dyke: No. Yeah. No. When you need, I mean, you need to fill out a whole 15 every week.
George: Yeah, exactly.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Just go with it. Right. All right. There we go. And Mr. Irrelevant will be. Who's it going to be? Cause it's Cobus and Justin left.
George: And now we're pretty much bang on decent.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. And then we'll check, then we'll check on matchups for the weekend.
George: Oh, it's going to be me and you first. It always is guaranteed.
Jarrod Dyke: I know it seems to be inevitable every in time.
Jarrod Dyke: Here we go. Come on.
George: Come on Cobus, put us out of our misery.
Jarrod Dyke: Joe is, you can do it.
George: Alomarlo.
Jarrod Dyke: There we go.
George: Okay.
Jarrod Dyke: Uh, yeah, I, I, I have enough Moana that I didn't make that my dart throw, but that's okay.
George: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: And then, like you also interesting, but okay.
George: QRC is Mr. All right.
Jarrod Dyke: All right. Back to the site. Let's go kids.
George: Right. Let's see the moment, the moment of truth match up.
Jarrod Dyke: Log in and match up.
George: I'm not in your conference. I know that much and I've got
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. It's me and Alex.
George: I've got Cobus week one.
Jarrod Dyke: You've got Cobus. Yeah, be George and Cobus, it'll be so myself and Alex, it'll be Stu and Duncan, and it'll be Mark and Justin. Fun times, friends.
George: Let's go. Let's go. Bring it on.
Jarrod Dyke: Hold on to your bums.
George: Yeah, absolutely.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I gotta to go switch that, my one reds player out, but. All right, cool.
George: That could be worse.
Jarrod Dyke: Buddy, thanks for joining.
George: Cheers, Jared.
Jarrod Dyke: Appreciate, always have fun with us.
George: See you in the, uh,
Jarrod Dyke: um Everybody, we will, Ben and I will be back to entertain you and bug the shit out of you later on this week. um But yeah, thanks a lot, everyone. Have a good one.
George: Thanks everyone. Cheers. Bye -bye.
