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Season 4- 6 Nations Draft Special
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It is so good to have FRD back! Of course, that means it is time for some live draft specials. We are joined for our draft by the one and only THE Fantasy Rugby Geek, our old friend George Hawes. He joins The Yanks as we have a unique draft for this one. Two of us are in the same league, one of us is another. Catch all the mistakes, good finds...well you know, and no brainers that we were able to uncover with our Champi-Yanks League Draft for 6 Nations.
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Transcript
Introduction & Draft Day Kickoff
00:00:08
Speaker
Hello, everybody. It is the Fancy Rugby Inc. and it is draft day. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. Yeah, and with us, the man, the myth, the legend that is George Oz, the Fancy Rugby King, buddy. We're so happy to have you. Gentlemen, it is always such a pleasure. And you know, what better than a live draft to bring it on? It's been too long. It's been too long since we've had any kind of... Welcome back.
Draft Decisions & Consultations
00:00:29
Speaker
It's great to have him back. Yeah, I agree. I agree. I agree.
00:00:33
Speaker
Oh, so much fun. All right, we are what two minutes, three minutes, three minutes from three minutes or so. Ben's on the clock right now, basically. Right. And I've got my pick. I've asked around and nobody can talk me out of it.
Six Nations Leagues Dynamics
00:00:48
Speaker
So I mean, that's what I'm saying. It's like, I know all the reasons to do it. Why wouldn't I? And everybody's like, I don't fucking know. There are no good reasons. Why not? Right. So do you want to my pick? Yeah.
00:01:02
Speaker
So Ben is in one of the Six Nations Leagues, because we only have six teams, obviously, and then George and I are in the same one. So it's going to be very interesting to hear Ben's reactions as somebody tries to screw him over. And so we got we got Duncan first up in ours. So yeah, I mean, I'm sure he's got two people in his brain. It's going to take George forward.
00:01:28
Speaker
I don't think he's quite that foolish. And he's not even on the list. Ford hasn't been at it. Oh, no, he isn't. Oh, man, that's funny. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Look at that. How about that? That's what I guess. Yeah, Callen, Orlando Bailey is in there, but not George Ford. Wow. Okay. Well, everybody's screwed. There you go. Yeah, I'm drinking too.
Challenges with Load Shedding in South Africa
00:01:52
Speaker
Cheers, buddy. Cheers. Ben's doing something else. It's okay.
00:01:59
Speaker
Yeah, I'm good. Ben's got other functional things to impair his judgment. Okay. All right. We are to 60 seconds. Look at that. 60 seconds on the clock. Yeah. And so a few of our friends in South Africa have been stitched up by the load shedding. Yeah, that sucks. Sorry, Cobus. We should do more.
00:02:30
Speaker
Wish we could have done more, homie. But here we go. 45. Yeah. I'm going to have fun at this 6-7 juncture, I think. I think I'm going to feel real good after that. But coming back on the other side of it, when I get my next two picks after that, it'll be a total shit show, I think. It's not as bad as premiership. With six players, you'll still get some decent people.
00:02:52
Speaker
Right. But I assume that at this point, that's the other thing. Like I need, you need certain positions. You're only going to get one of them.
00:03:01
Speaker
And they all tend to go at the same time as well, don't they? I know. Everybody gets panic mode and goes, I need one of these.
Discussing Key Player Choices
00:03:10
Speaker
No, you don't. It's like, it's like an NFL draft. Quarterbacks or defenses, both of them, like same thing. Yeah. There we go. Well, that took him all of two seconds.
00:03:26
Speaker
DuPont. Yep, there you go. And then George, as he promised, Marcus Smith is too. Yeah, that's great. As I said yesterday, like, oh, Cobus is somehow on. So he's got a friend doing it or not. Yeah, somebody's got maybe he's got a friend doing it. That'd be great. How do I see who was just picked? It's on the left there, buddy. Oh, there we go. Like, Davis has just gone into Mac Hogg.
00:03:54
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. He's even Winfin Russell. That's, that's respectable. It's been kicking. He probably is actually. Yeah, that's true. He's kicking stuff. Let's get a little bit better. He's great. Otherwise. Oh, that's an interesting one. Cause he's down as a fly half as well. Gemini is down as a fly house. Yeah. So, so's, um, Ulster guy Lowry. Yeah. Michael Lowry.
00:04:22
Speaker
It's very interesting. It's a fly half. So that may be someone I have to pick up unless, I don't know. Oh, sex don't be gone. That's awesome. Because who's offline? Carrick or Larry, one of them drafting. Johnny Sexton. Okay. Sexton's just coming to us. All right. So I'm not mad about this. All right. Well, here we go.
Analyzing Picks & Strategies
00:04:49
Speaker
That one.
00:04:51
Speaker
And hog and Oh shit. You got hog. Yeah. Everybody was going. So the picks for our league were DuPont Marcus for George, uh, Russell, Gemini Sexton. And now I've gone hog and now I'm deciding. Oh shit. Is it spaghetti picks Sexton? Is it as easy as that though? Hmm.
00:05:17
Speaker
So I will get either bigger or garbage. Yeah. And I'm on that debate right now. And I know the other one's not going to be there on the way back. I think I'm trying. I think I'm overthinking that. I think I think I'm overthinking. It's bigger. One of those two bigger and garbage. He is going to get plenty of kicking points. Bigger may not be as attacking as garbage. Right. Safe of that. No, I mean, he's a great goal kicker. So that always helps. They will.
00:05:45
Speaker
All right, so now I get to sit on my hands for about 10 turns. Yeah, I'm waiting on Anton over here. So, so far, we had DuPont, me, Marcus Smith, Intimac, Hogg, Russell, and then Sexton and Duhan on the turn. Fikyu, LRZ, Bakatawa. Holy shit, so yeah. Bakatawa's injured, isn't he?
00:06:10
Speaker
I thought I think he's out for the first. He's not too bad now, so I can get so I'm up, I can get bigger. And any one of Graham Doolan, Teddy Tomah, Tomah, Tomah is such a man for me on that one. I might even go Monte Iwani to be perfectly honest. It's a fun one because he's going to like I was saying, oh, we're very very. I love him.
00:06:41
Speaker
Um, hmm. Oh, why is Freddy Stewart so high on this? I have to say, I don't know. I can't imagine a guy that does what he does is going to score that much. He's pretty, he's pretty nailed on those and he's going to get like five points because he doesn't know. He doesn't really run. Yeah. He doesn't take it off like he does. I don't know. Yeah. Not all that's great. It's great at center fielding and not that's about it. Okay. There you go. That was a fucking no brainer. I George.
00:07:10
Speaker
I was hoping for either him, Doohan or Penno. I was very happy to see when Mark picked up Keenan. You know what, I'm going to go bigger. I'm going to go Josh Adams, but I don't really like it. No, I can't do that many whales.
00:07:32
Speaker
Yeah, you also got to diversify a little bit, although give me all the blue or England probably even as well for the most part. Right. Yeah, it really depends on who it is like. Yeah, I I'm looking at some things and I'm thinking some of these are going to be great going down the road. Yeah, I'm not quite stoked about it. Well, I'm okay. I'm taking do one.
00:07:59
Speaker
I mean, he usually finds ways to over the line. So I can't really area on the, on the bounce. So I'm all right there. All right. Teddy Toma. Toma.
00:08:17
Speaker
And then in my next pick, I'm going to go with the front row. I'm going front row, fourth round. We're starting to start that trend, will you? Fifth round. Yeah. I don't know. I don't know why you don't pick a prop first pick. I mean, surely we only, we're doing just full, full team front rows. Although Ben would definitely part to a partial to picking a proper spec. There are some that are worth it. Maybe not, not over. Is Dan Cole on this?
00:08:47
Speaker
But there's a, there's a front row for us. France front row gone. Okay. Mark's taken them. This is Italy. Pick three or yeah. Pick three. Good Lord.
Front Row Picks & Strategies
00:09:00
Speaker
Okay. That was quick. I mean, we'll see if it cues up a run up front rows. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not in love with that. So all you Mark.
00:09:18
Speaker
Just a wee bit. Ben, don't hurt yourself over there. Bekatawa. Well, if you start like you said, it could be bad news. I'm pretty sure I read something he's out for the first two matches. First two. Ooh, that hurts. Short comp, that's not great. One, not bad. Two. Especially missing the Italy points. Italy points, Fernando. Point for all. I'm struggling to think about... I'm thinking about Aldri.
00:09:46
Speaker
Sitting there. Ooh, sexy. Sexy man, sexy man. Gail Fikou off the board. Okay. Here we go. Now my turn. Yeah, I'm going to go. I have no French on my team right now, so I'm going to fix that. Not intentionally. Not intentionally? No, it is timed out. Oh, geez. Oh, is he, is he, is he light shedded?
00:10:14
Speaker
No, he's glad he's here. Maybe too much. Yeah. Yeah. He was on that early, wasn't he? Yeah. That's an early start. Oh boy. All right. I have two outside backs. I think I want to start on one more position here before I get too out of hand. Yep. I'm doing it because I love him so much.
00:10:41
Speaker
Good shot. You will not regret that. Yeah. Yeah. And which pick are you? That was four. That was my fourth pick. Okay. Six. I was six. Yeah. All right. Gotcha.
00:10:59
Speaker
So if I get there for you, Ben, how are you still there? Yeah. I mean, he's like the fourth or third ranked loose forward behind the mission. And so, yeah. And there's a lot of guys between mission and Aldrich. So you could miss him if you're really looking for him. Yeah. And I'm probably going to take him to the area and Aldrich back to back there. Okay. Unless something else pops up, but I don't really see it happening. So.
00:11:25
Speaker
Yeah, I got my honorary French ease in here. And I'll say go Yewani and hope Villieri hangs around for another little bit, but I think he will. I got to. Was Villieri injured during the autumn? No, he played. He played once or twice, yeah. Yeah.
00:11:48
Speaker
Yeah. He got hurt last six nations. I think that was, that was the one I can remember at least max mail-ins. Ooh. Okay. You want, he's made ends will always, I think he'll be a regular number 23, but I don't think he's going to start too much. I'm, I don't know, but I don't know who they're going to start against Scotland because they can't play may. They can't play Marchant. Okay. I'm doing,
00:12:13
Speaker
Martin's back with the Scott now, I think. Is he? I know Marla was. Marchan has COVID, so he's in. I thought he was in the protocol until this weekend was over. So I would bet. Yeah, he's unavailable this weekend. Yeah, I'd bet mailage is in the back three there. Maybe not nailed on, but I'd say he's at least in there for this weekend.
00:12:35
Speaker
Okay. So I'm going very French. I think it's fine.
Midfield Picks Debates
00:12:38
Speaker
I went billiary and I'll treat. Okay. They managed. And that was that, you know, what my fourth and fifth round pick. All right, Ben, your theory has worked out so far, though. Paula garbage is still there. We're in round five. So yeah, good on you. We talked about that earlier. We did. I'm still there for me, too. It's the same thing. Fifth round and yeah.
00:13:04
Speaker
Darcy Graham. Okay. Yeah. He was fun to watch. Yeah. Yeah. And he's been looking good in you in the, um, URC as well. Yeah. He's scoring in that. I've got three outside backs now. I can go henshon my turn. I go hensh. Oh no, I might not do that. Hmm. Don't jump the gun.
00:13:32
Speaker
But I've, I've, I've got a ways. I'm waiting all the way around the turn. So Conan's gone Ireland front row. Wow. Anton. I mean, it's basically the Leinster front row, isn't it? It is. Might be here. It might be hearing instead of Kelleher, depending on how farrels feel. Yeah. Cause looking at, looking at their manager pro rankings, I think Ireland is quite low as well. Interesting.
00:14:02
Speaker
Yeah, that's true. In England, you just don't know what they're going to do. Fuck, I hate that. I really hate that. The English Mall as well is pretty handy. It is. That's true. And they always, they will always do that no matter what. Yeah. Yes, yes, yes. This is true. All right. We got Maylon's, Don Brandt. Somebody's gambling on Don Brandt actually starting. I'll be surprised if that happens. Ed's hunt did not realize it was on. He didn't realize that. What was that? Oh, Ed John didn't realize he was picking.
00:14:30
Speaker
Yeah, as he said, there's whiskey starting now. Yeah, I bet it does. Jesus, man. So I'm back around. Well, Justin's on. So I'm at two, three, four, five. This is my sixth pick and Garbisi still there. OK. Yeah. I mean, like we said, it was there's a chance he would be there. So it looks like I'm taking Henshaw and England front row. Damn you, George.
00:14:56
Speaker
Yeah. I got in there. Take my idea. God damn it. I was hoping I'd get on this back end here. So Ben, do you not have a fly off yet? No, I have bigger. Oh, you got bigger. So my, yeah, my team's looking like, so I, um, all right, we'll go England front row. Uh, no locks. Gregory Aldripe, Anton DuPont, Dan bigger, Henshaw, Villieri, and Doulan. All right. We have.
00:15:27
Speaker
Yeah, I've got to start making some decisions on other positions here soon, and I'm going to be really annoyed with myself. About two minutes. Yeah, I got a couple of aces up my sleeve that I think will work out fine, but I got to be patient. I think Vern might make it all the way around again. Yeah, he probably will. I can get my top-rated players at all these positions. I'm super happy.
00:15:56
Speaker
I don't get like, yeah. And now I'm annoyed with myself in so many ways. I'm in the club. Fucking hell. This is like such a bitch to pick from here. There's so many things I want to do and.
00:16:14
Speaker
All right.
Evaluation of Draft Picks
00:16:15
Speaker
Okay. I'm going to gamble on something for next round, but they're going to move Larry pick Fagerson. Oh, does not do it for me. Carrick picks Sam Johnson, which I'm also, as we talked about, not a fan. No, no, I don't disagree. All right.
00:16:37
Speaker
So there's that and I'm going to save that for another day, which means I'm going to go with Monty. Yeah. Holy shit. He was gone in like the second round, third round maybe here. Yeah. Nope. I would just got him with my six picks. So that's the first that's the first pick of that round. But but.
00:17:04
Speaker
Yeah, but still, fuck you for getting that late. George, where are you on that? He picked the England front row, which was my idea, which was going to be what I wanted anyway. I've already got three outside backs. Yeah, also true. I've gone in early on that. Yeah, so we have... Anton did say his whiskeys are why he didn't realize he was on. I am not sure.
00:17:35
Speaker
Yep, definitely do that. I gotta start making moves here. Yeah. All right. I got, I gotta do it this round. God damn it. I'm annoyed with myself, but that's all right. I live. Okay. I have my, yeah, I have all my outside backs now. I have one midfielder, one loose forward.
00:17:57
Speaker
Yeah, I won this forward and I have my fly out. Oh, Jack Knowles right there.
Reflections on Draft Outcomes
00:18:02
Speaker
Damn it. Because that does a lot for you. I mean, is he is he going to be playing? He'll be this choice. He'll be playing 14. I don't know if he plays and I don't know whether or not he plays his scores will be very similar.
00:18:19
Speaker
to be determined. What else we got here? Let's see. Conway off. There goes Wales front row. From rose flying now. I'm gonna get stuck with Italy. I gambled this but oh well. I gambled on it and I was like, you know what? Oh, well. Right. With only four bench spots, you'd be really stupid to take a backup front row. I know it sounds tempting, but like, just to fuck somebody else. But man, you screwing yourself in so many ways. Yeah.
00:18:49
Speaker
Right. I'm not the biggest fan of this guy, but he's going to be nailed on playing. Yeah. Yeah. He tends to do quite well in an England show. He tends to be a bit more attacking in an England show as well. Well, that's the way it happens. Slade. I do like Slade. Yeah. In an England shirt, I like him a little bit better than I do in a freaking Exeter shirt. Yeah. Oh, we just went. Styles kind of go a little bit differently. Oh, Vern went. Damn. Okay. Sheedy. Caitlin Doris. Oh, Itoja went. Okay.
00:19:19
Speaker
Calum Sheedy. Okay, so I'm not gonna... Well, I'm not good, but I'm not gonna get the locks that I was looking for. That's fine. Oh, Brex is there. That's right. I want to... Ignacio Brex. And he'll... Yeah, he's another one of those. Yeah, he's definitely in that team. Stances. Yeah. Right. Especially without... What's his butt? Connor. Carl Connor's out. Or... Well, he's not out, but he's...
00:19:46
Speaker
not in the team because, uh, Crowley doesn't want him in the team. So there's that. All right. What are we doing here? What do you think of Larmor worth it? If he's starting, he's great, but I don't know where the hell he fits in that, that back three for Allen is routed early. Yes.
00:20:10
Speaker
I think Keenan's the only guaranteed starter. And he's gone low would have been, but he's not here. So come wake up in the shower. Yes. Uh, looks like Cobas grabbed him for us. Man. Who shot on my team? God damn it.
00:20:41
Speaker
I don't like it. midfielders. Yeah, I know some disaster. The disaster because a lot of them aren't necessarily nailed on, you know, no,
00:21:00
Speaker
I drafted Larmor and I'm kind of winging it on that one because I do need a third by outside back. I would grab a fourth if I were you. Well, I'm getting Brex. So no, I can wait on outside back to shit. Yeah.
Adjustments & Player Potentials
00:21:13
Speaker
Well, there's nobody really left. That's the problem. But pretty kind of I was busy doing other shit, but that's fine. I kept getting more points for them anyway. So Terry's drafting via phone. Yeah.
00:21:31
Speaker
For Italy, Patavani or Bruno? Patavani. Chris Harris. Do I go Chris Harris? Appreciation Society. He's right there for me, too. He's going to play, isn't he? Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's the thing is, yeah, I try to don't like with Sam Johnson as the 12 because I would love to see. It's more of a threat, isn't he? But he's just might not play. I'd love to see Hutch and Harris as as a might be a red path center combination and or red path.
00:22:02
Speaker
Kyle stain is he's in as a meds, but he'll probably see a lot of action on the wing. I would say, I would say so. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed. Martian. Okay. Um, somebody's going to need to find themselves a new, new midfielder. Cause Marshawn's not playing this weekend. Yeah. If he was, if he was around the later rounds, it would have grabbed him. And as predicted, the only front row left is Italy.
00:22:26
Speaker
I've got two picks waiting and I doubt either one of them want them and yeah, I'm just gonna hope that none of them get carded. Take the points as they come. Let's see. Yeah, I need... Oh yeah, that's what I'm doing. Okay, I'm gonna try and make up for...
00:22:54
Speaker
It feels like an absolute bottled bunch of picks for that last set by trying to shoot the moon here. Oh, what's he doing? What's he thinking? It's time to go. Ramos. Tom, who's playing full for fucking France? Is it Doulash? Is it Ramos? Is it Gemini? Like, it's all they're all out there. They're all possibilities.
00:23:22
Speaker
Well, so when, when Jamone was playing during the autumn was to land injured. Is that how Jamone got in there? Cause when he got in there, he's brilliant. Right. And he's a class kicker. All right. I'm going to try. I'm going to do it. Yeah. And I got my other picks already determined. Unfortunately.
00:23:46
Speaker
Big old bottle up on that one. Fuck. I hate that. I hate it. Hate it all. Took Italy's front row. Please don't get carted Italy. Yeah. That's all I can hope for. Just don't get carted. Yeah. I'm hoping that again with the England front row that, you know, he lets them express themselves. Cause if, you know, if Genge gets to run,
00:24:16
Speaker
That's going to be a solid pick along with the mauling as you're talking about before and whatnot. Yeah. All right. At least my previous picks determined to what I need next, but barf. Yeah, there goes that. Well, Sam Young's gone. Damn it. Is he going to be the nailed
Midfield and Lock Strategies
00:24:43
Speaker
on starter? Like if he is,
00:24:45
Speaker
Well, because I saw Quirk got released yesterday as well. Yeah, but still. Randall's still there. I know Randall stood there and I just start him once. Don't do the Dan Robson thing that you did. You know how Eddie feels about Ben Young's. He's going to be. I know. It just makes me sick to my stomach to see all these young guys withering away as Ben Young's. Yeah. Hogs all the time. All the midfielders made it back around to me so I can still go daunty.
00:25:16
Speaker
Dontee is a good one. Yeah. He'll probably start week one if Bakutao is hurt. True. Jordan Lama. There goes that. There's some serious punts in the outside backs now, right? Yep. Oh, super. I'm glad I have the guys I have. Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:36
Speaker
Midfielders are midfielders. I still got a pretty good idea what I want for loose forwards. I got one more of those to pick up. Speaking of Ben Young's, I've just done that. I've pulled the trigger. Yeah. He's going to play. I mean, yeah, he's going to play. It's just like, please no. Don't do it.
00:25:56
Speaker
Why is Thomas Williams rated higher than DBs by like 20 spots? That's kind of high. Yeah, there isn't. And I would assume DBs are still the starter unless PVAX is trying to tell us something. I hate having Duncan go two times before me. He's the king sniper. And now he's got two shots out of me every time. And I've got someone in mind.
00:26:25
Speaker
Which means he's picking him. Which means he's picking him. I've got... It's like Ghostbusters. I'm telling you now, because he's probably got a tap on the line. But there aren't many locks who generate points, but Tagburn is
Team Dynamics & Player Expectations
00:26:42
Speaker
one of them. Quite.
00:26:45
Speaker
Oh, does it suck to have someone pick the person you want right in front of you? I'm in your brain, Ben. I'm in your brain. Yeah, you can't pick your brain. You can pick your brain, but it's not really good doing any good at this point. Duncan's either being very indecisive or he's forgotten his turn. Wake up, Duncan.
00:27:11
Speaker
He was probably figuring out who he wanted for a midfield because none of them look pretty. It's OG. Oh, okay. Fuck you, Duncan. Oh, wow. God damn it. I was going to take him on my pick here, but wrong. Nothing's working out for me. God damn it. Right. So what positions have you guys got gaps in there? I need a midfielder and another loose forward and a walk.
00:27:40
Speaker
I need a lock. Let's see, I'm on pick 11. So I'm basically at, yeah, a lock and then bench. I already have four outside backs. Other way that. Yeah, you're in good shape there at least. Yeah. One of those should hit. Right. And I'm going to pick another one just because. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know who though. Just start throwing darts at this point. I might grab Rufus because
00:28:07
Speaker
Yeah, we'll see. Fun to call Rufus. Yeah, that's true. Rufus! Rufus. There we go. Yanno has gone with Thomas Williams. Okay. King Horn should play, right? Maybe. I don't know who he starts over. Well, I mean, at least come off the bench.
00:28:34
Speaker
You will. Because he can play pretty much anywhere across that bat. Right. So that might be somebody like, if I, if everything else goes to shit now, wait on that. Hold your water, buddy. Ollie Hassell Collins. Anton grabbed Ollie Hassell Collins. I mean, if he plays, he's, he could be good. He's probably okay, but like, man, he's got to play. I'd love to see him get some time.
00:29:00
Speaker
like a lot of people would. Yeah. Well, I mean, what do I need to see Johnny May again? No, no, God, don't like in people. There's a great midfielders still available in this. Tompkins, Daunty, Harris. Yeah, I've got my pick. I'm coming up right here. All right.
00:29:21
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going to take Tomo, man after my own. Yeah, I almost did last time. Yeah, my love here. Asari's boy. And now it's what the fuck do I do? We're next. Someone else over by picking Italy's front row.
00:29:41
Speaker
What's up? Do I fuck someone else over by picking Italy's? Why would you burn that spot? Why would you burn that spot? Don't do it. What's wrong with you? Be a dick. I mean, you could if you just wanted to fuck with them, you could just drop them afterwards. But exactly. Oh, that's what I would do. OK. Just to get somebody to pound the table who doesn't have a front row. I'm taking Ben Fleer. Oh, I don't know. I'm not going to check right now because I'm about to come up.
00:30:09
Speaker
And if there was no next, I was, I have, I have another idea for loose forward, but I saw him and I was like, wait a minute. That will probably work better. And now I'm on my hands once again, waiting for Johnny.
00:30:28
Speaker
I like him. I mean, I don't know what he's going to do in this format, but yeah, James Ryan, it's, it's all, well, Johnny, great gut. Yeah. 7.8 points last time average. So that's not bad. I'm going to go with Johnny. That's validation. Yes. It's true. It is true. Oh, hello. All right. Good. That's out of the way. Now it's basically best available. So like, yay, Mac Hanson or Dante, I already have,
00:30:54
Speaker
Don't take, I don't know where Mac Hanson fits in. Honestly, I know I'm not, but I got Harris or a couple of guys ahead of him. Good for him getting called up to Ireland, but I don't, I don't know where he fits in. Varney still available. Not bad. But Irene, I have DuPont, so he's not playing. Well, but you don't know if he's playing week one. Exactly. Which is why.
00:31:18
Speaker
Varney might be a good pick. Yeah. Just to have for for week. Not a bad one. Yeah, I think I'm going to do that. Well, he's the backup French fly. It's come half. Lucu. See, that could be a nice little handcuff for you. Or cool you. Yeah, that's one of the two. Yeah, I think it's Lucu. But Varney is really good, too. I mean, he'll scoot. Yeah, he will scoot.
00:31:51
Speaker
I want to go Varni might as well. It's called Mr. Coby Capu. I love that friggin video. That was great.
Reflections on League Structures
00:32:03
Speaker
That was that was I got so dusty in the room. It was weird. Would you quit chopping onions in there? Yeah. Right. This guy was great in the autumn.
00:32:21
Speaker
And I hope he gets it. Yeah, I had him in my brain and I was, I saw a vendor flare, but yeah, he was actually for a guy, a back row that was pretty fucking decimated. He stood up. So yeah, we'll give him credit. Not a bad pick at all. All right, Duncan, let's go.
00:32:39
Speaker
pick your jags, because right now we're down to a few of them at least. Like Johnny Hill. If I need a backup, loose forward, I have Eldreet and Van Der Fleer. I do too. We think alike here. Gilanch or Croce? I think Gilanch is going to play more. Wokey. That could be interesting because Wokey might play in the second row.
00:33:10
Speaker
Yeah. That would be kind of detrimental to a loose forwards. Well, I think that's his backup. So that's not that bad, actually. Who is that? Cameron Vokey. Oh, okay. Okay. Right. Let me look. He had... That is his second loose forward. Sorry, buddy. I'm not sure. I'm not convinced that'll do. But, hey, I'm the guy that's got at least front row. So what the fuck do I know? Yeah.
00:33:42
Speaker
Fuck. I fancy rugby draft is so good to have you back. God damn it. This is fun. I've missed this screen. Just seeing the draw screen. Oh, man. I had and I had it on as like a as like a window on my phone to click into quickly. And it hasn't been there for so long. I just put it back on. I was like, yeah, this is so much nicer.
00:34:05
Speaker
Yeah, like when you open a new tab, and it's like, right there. Oh, yeah. That's right. We're wanting to go. Yeah, back to the top one of my top bookmarks. No. Right. I was typing in to my URL, and it didn't recognize fancy. Damn it. That's never a good thing. The first thing that came on. Yeah, I agree. Oh, it's so depressing. But hey, we're here. And we'll be into Super Ruby Pacific as well, which will be great.
00:34:36
Speaker
Is there something wrong with Wainwright that he hasn't been picked yet? George just grabbed him. Is that your third loose forward though? No, I've left my loose forward to the end. There's a fair bit of depth.
00:34:50
Speaker
I see just come for Sam Simmons, Sam Simmons. We'll see if he plays. Well, we were talking about last night, like if the back row for England is, in fact, Kerry, Don Brandt and Simmons somehow, then wow. Dynamite back row. And also Duncan's just at the lottery because he's got Don Brandt and Simmons. So nice. So go buy a ticket, buddy. And he's he's he's hedged. Did he? Yeah.
00:35:15
Speaker
Duncan's hedged his bets a bit there as well. Like you would have thought at least one of Don Brown or Simmons should. You'd hope you would hope. All right. Um, here's where I backfill my team with Italians for the most part. I've got a couple that I want. Let's see if I get them all.
00:35:43
Speaker
Got to catch them all, because at this point, without getting gray, burn, or a Toge, I don't give a shit which lock I get. It really doesn't matter. They're all the same. And I'm taking Lowry. Mike Lowry. Mike Lowry. Mike Lowry. All right. That was my last pick. That was your last pick? You guys are fucking flying over there. Yeah. Well, we had a couple of guys not show up, so. Oh, the auto pecs. Yes. The auto pecs just flew through.
00:36:14
Speaker
And also it's helpful in the fact that you see the top pick and you're like, that's where that's going. I think I know exactly who my last four picks, if I can get them all. So I ended up with England's front row, Johnny Gray at lock, Aldrit van der Fleer and Wainwright in the loose forwards, DuPont and Varney at half back, bigger and Lowry at fly half.
00:36:40
Speaker
Breks and Henshaw at my midfield, Doulan, Patovani, Villieri, and Larmor.
00:36:46
Speaker
in my back outside backs. Yeah. You need, yeah. You definitely need some back, back three cover there because I
Recap & Future Strategies
00:36:53
Speaker
don't know. It's not pretty. It's not pretty. Yeah. There's only like seven left. It's Mac, Mac Hanson, Cuthbert, Rufus McLean, Kyle row, Tommy Freeman, uh, Jeko mode, Freeman got sent back or he's heard one of the two LaBelle, um, men on cello and Fusco. Yeah.
00:37:13
Speaker
So there's, yeah, it's not. It's a barren wasteland, my friend. There's a barren wasteland. Nothing, nothing in it. I, yeah, that's why I went other in other directions. Not much going on the wave is there either. They don't work out. You are, you sir are in deep shit.
00:37:32
Speaker
Right. Which is why I have Anton DuPont. Yeah. He can pass some gaps now and again, I imagine. So he may score higher than a couple of these outside backs combined. So it might be true. All right. Here we go. All right. I'm going to take grub easy because now I have now I can.
00:37:52
Speaker
And there you go, Ben, well proven on that one. So which one of you gentlemen, I don't think you have, Ben. George, have you watched Squidge's video on Italy? No, yeah, watch it because this guy is a big one. So Ben, we were talking about it last night and I couldn't think of the name of who might be that forward. Okay. Lamero might be the guy. Yeah, I've signed him in TRM.
00:38:22
Speaker
Well, then nice. Yeah. I mean, was he on over there? Yeah, that, that might be that, that might be that guy. Cause I had, I think I had one of the Italian props, which I just grabbed a third Italian for whatever reason. I was like ditched him and went and got Lamro. Cause he could be the Poledri, the Johan Meyer. Oh yeah. Totally. He's, he's a bit of an all rounder, isn't he? Yeah. That video was really good. That video was really good there.
00:38:48
Speaker
Well, then I will do that. I have, we have three picks left for myself. This will be interesting. I need a spare outside back and then I need to fill in a couple of other spares as well. Plus my lock. But like we said, any, any lock with a pulse at this point is worth a shot. So I think I know which one I want just out of the blue, but
00:39:18
Speaker
Well, there's like only good six are going to get drafted. So you're going to get, Oh, there's going to be so many out there. Right. And if I get my ass kicked week one, then I'll have first waiver and I can pick up somebody that might be helpful to me. Yup. No, the Italian front row. Anything's possible. I am playing against scary, scary Larry. You're playing Larry. All right. Cool. Did Larry, did Larry draft?
00:39:45
Speaker
I think he auto drafted because he has Johnny May. Oh, yeah, he definitely drafted. Sorry, Larry. Ben Young's and Matt Fagerson. Yeah, Larry's one of our fellow Americans. He's got Scotland's front row, Tigeburn, Tom Curry, Matt Fagerson, Ben Young's, Intimac, Vacatawa, Davis, Keenan, Ioani, and May.
00:40:14
Speaker
Yeah, he needs another outside back. Yeah, Davey's I'm just not sure on, honestly, like he could be a brilliant pick, or it could be a disaster. I don't know what's going to be in this format. Yeah, I think I'm going for him next. I'm going for Davey's next, just because he's there on the board. I've got my other mids at this stage. You have another mid, it's an awesome backup, no doubt. I have an idea who I want for my backup mid, but like, he would be definitely on the list.
00:40:43
Speaker
Yeah, I've got three guys that I would be OK with having as my backup. He's got Dante is this as a backup MIDI, so he'll be all that helps. That helps. So assuming back up tower is in fact hurt, right? That's a that's a handcuff right there. That's actually not bad. It's not bad. I think James seems going to get much action.
00:41:00
Speaker
I don't know. I have no idea. Like I think it's Ring Rose and then whoever the fuck else they feel like maybe Henshaw or Henshaw and whoever the fuck they feel
Player Prospects & Future Drafts
00:41:09
Speaker
like. One of those two, honestly. Yeah. But I like the way he's playing for Ulster. It's just a matter of can he bring it to the national stage? Oh, that's right. I completely forgot the strategy of not having a lock at all. Yeah, no lock is it is a thing like it. Is it Justin that does it?
00:41:27
Speaker
Anton's doing it right now. Yeah. And I think Carrick has done it before too. Right. I think, I think we got him to the prime final last year, if I remember right. Justin has Sam Skinner though. So he, he does. Okay. Yeah. I think if you don't get one of those outline locks, like, like burn emoji, he's got Marcus and Garbisi. That's well played. Ooh, that's sexy. I like that. Yeah.
00:41:54
Speaker
Oh, we got here. Oh, damn it. Liano. That was my ace in the hole. He took Brex. Brex. I have a midfielder. I have two midfielders already, so it's not a big deal. But like, yeah, that was definitely my ace in the hole. But I have another person I'm OK with picking up as well. I'm going to grab. Oh, oh, no. I'm going to grab Hollow Hollow. Nice. And.
00:42:22
Speaker
Yeah, the outside backs totally blow ass right now. Like, I don't like any of them. Carrick's fly, starting fly hat. Rufus. It's Callum Sheedy. Rufus! You know what, I'm going to... He's starting fly half a Sheedy. Carrick. He's got Sheedy and Jamine. So he make it away with Jamine. Yeah, I'm going to go with Patavani as a outside back cover.
00:42:52
Speaker
And then I got one more pick and whether or not it's a lock, I don't know. Yeah, I just, I think if you play it outright, you're better off taking another position and then, you know, last minute change out that lock if you really want that position. It's like for me in the NFL drafts, like I won't take a kicker.
00:43:18
Speaker
No, because you can just pick one up each week. There's always a fucking kicker to grab. Like, unless you get Tucker, that's it. That's the only guy that's really worth it because he's bang on 99% of the time and he hits 50, 60 yarders like it's asleep. So that's a different story. But yeah, especially where the way I don't know if anybody else plays the way Ben and I do, but like those are worth 50, 60, five, six points if he gets those big ones. Oh, wow. Yeah. Yeah.
00:43:45
Speaker
Yeah, the 50s and 60s are worth five or six points. So if you're hitting those good, then might as well. Yeah, it's a legit weapon. Like you might get 20 points from them. Yeah, it's pretty good. You want to be ashamed that your kicker is one of your better scorers, but then you realize who it is. It's Justin Tucker. Who's that parts kicker?
00:44:09
Speaker
He won me a lot of games on his own. The pass kicker is usually not a bad one to have because they're usually good. Was it new to your fault this year?
00:44:23
Speaker
folk. That's what it was. He won me games. My kicker won me games. I didn't realize he was doing that well. Well, because they had the kid at quarterback and what happens when you have a kid at quarterback, you stall in the red zone usually. So yeah, good spot for it. Right. Right. Into our final picks.
00:44:48
Speaker
Oh, I'm going to get forward. I am going to go for a loose forward. He was actually a center. We're at. See only to we pollute. Oh, really? He might not play, but he's been a very good center. That's funny. I don't know why he's in. I don't know why he's in for that. Yeah, that's weird. OK, thank you for having one of those moments. Wait, where is he?
00:45:17
Speaker
Rank 91. Loose forward, Cione to Webulluti. Yeah. Oh, that's right. That's right. Because he plays for Glasgow, right? Yeah. Okay. Wow. Okay. All right. That's awful. All right. I have. All right. This is my last pick. So I'm taking a flyer on it.
00:45:44
Speaker
Home time. What is Mark on? Is he drunk? Oh man. Oh, maybe Mark's at work still doing this. Nobody ever does this shit at work, right?
00:46:01
Speaker
Surely not. No, never ever. Well, Ben doesn't even go to work anymore. He fucking stubbles out of his fucking bed and goes to his computer. That's my normal day. I took off at noon. I was like, fuck it. I know. Yeah, I'd had enough. I've never checked lineups while my clients are still working out. Oh God, no.
00:46:25
Speaker
I have checked my lineup in a work meeting. But if you got a meeting in the UK, midday on a Friday, never book meetings at that time. No, no. When the lineups come in. Oh, my God. Lunch break. Why
Draft Day Excitement & Routines
00:46:42
Speaker
would you do that? All right. I'm super happy that it's 7am here because it's like.
00:46:47
Speaker
Yeah, the expectations are low at 70. Right. Still working on coffee at that point. It does. Right. It does get me out of bed, though, at like 630. It's like, oh, yeah, I got to get ready. I know. My wife is like, what are you doing? I'm just like, I got to get up. This is important.
00:47:06
Speaker
She actually wonders why I stumbled to the, you know, to the TV, you know, early morning on a, you know, on a game day, I'm almost like, I gotta go watch the rugby. Yes, I could sleep till nine o'clock, because I want to, but nope, gotta go watch the rugby. She's like, you're weird. I'm like, yeah, whatever. Just stay here and do your thing. Let me go do my thing. Cool, cool. Right, here we go. Three left.
00:47:38
Speaker
I mean, however, Cobus got to draft, I'm glad he got to draft and whatever worked out worked out. So you're saying that I should pick up either this to pull out to or Lamaro. Yeah, I'm wrong. Yeah, I like him. Lamaro is the captain as well, isn't he? Yes, he is. Well, there's yes, yes, yes. My my my shot in the dark if he starts will be Harry Randall.
00:48:08
Speaker
Yeah, he's going to start like if he if he starts against Scotland and he plays well, he's going to get more. So just can we get it, please? Can what will? No, and he won't do that. He's going to make us all suffer. You know, he is. Please. Let us see it. So, yeah. All right. So I picked him. I dropped.
Final Picks & League Matchups
00:48:30
Speaker
I added Lamaro and dropped Wainwright. Nice. Nice. Yeah, I really liked him.
00:48:37
Speaker
No one's falling down the Johnny May trap yet. Nope. All right. Harry Randall. Nice. Hey, all right. Let's see what our match ups are here in this league. Nope. Why they keep me the first one. Fuck that. Here we go. Match up. Let's see. Um,
00:49:01
Speaker
I, oh, George, George, George, let's do it. Let's do it. Of course it was. How many, how many, how many French players have you got? We got a few. Oh, Audrey. Oh shit.
00:49:23
Speaker
Oh man. All right. Yeah. So it's, uh, myself and George in this one, Mark and, uh, and Duncan are going at it. And then, um, our two residents, South Africans in this league, uh, uh, Cobus and Liana are going at it. What's your, what's your league look like there, Ben? So I, right. I'm going against Larry.
00:49:42
Speaker
Right. Who else do we have? Swagetti going against Carrick. Franco and Carrick. Franco and Carrick. And Safa's playing each other. Anton, Justin. As it should be. Sweet. Sweet, sweet, sweet. As is Safa Darby. Yeah. Love it, love it, love it, love it. Awesome. Yes, there we go. So how does it, how does, oh, okay. So actually we can see both of our tables in the same, in the same page as well. Yeah, because I connect, I was able to connect the league.
00:50:17
Speaker
How does it work for the overall champion scoring? We haven't worked out the points exactly but obviously because I think we got what?
00:50:29
Speaker
because it's just based on overall final. There's no playoff at this point. So yeah, I mean, we would normally distribute based on like who won that SACO, but we might find a way to not have to deal with something like that, thankfully. Good to see that all the trophies are listed as well.
00:50:51
Speaker
I'm not allowed Justin. 22. Justin. How many leagues does he play in a year? Like 10? Yeah. He's... Yeah. I don't know how many, but that is a lot of trophies. Listen, I am two-ish, three-ish years into... I've already... I've got three trophies. I'm not mad. trophy a year. I'll do.
00:51:16
Speaker
Jared, our matchup record is six and six. You've won six. I've got six. That is brilliant. Where is that? Oh yeah. Match of history. Yes. That is awesome. I'm so glad that they have that. Nice. There it is. That's brilliant. Thank you, FRD. You amazing people. So I guess I'm, yeah, I'm four and two against Gary Larry.
00:51:39
Speaker
Yeah, he got shit talked in that league last year that he was in with us. And I have to say, I'm not mad that I talked as much shit about them all over as I did in that league that we had, knowing what I know now. Just going to say that. Not to point out what it is, but I'm just going to say that. Yeah, we were major shit talkers in that league last year because
00:52:07
Speaker
Unfortunately, the guy just did not hold up against us. Like he beat us once total. Yeah. And he like, but he tackled it too. It was just really poor. Oh, he totally tackled it. And I'm, I was not sad about shit talking at this point. Right. Getting mean like, come on, get off your ass, man. Cool. This is going to be fun. All right. This is going to be fun. Awesome.
00:52:27
Speaker
There's so much fun to be back. Yeah, so I will upload this. So if you're listening to this, hopefully it's in time to get yourself some tips, some advice and things not to do. Right. See me for your for your draft. But until then, yeah, then I will be back. We'll be back next week. Enjoy Six Nations kids. Have fun. Later. Yes, guys.