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Season 5- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Premiership Round 19 & Super Rugby Round 2)
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Another packed episode of the FC from TFRY. On this ep we discuss the happenings all over Champi-Yanks League in all comps, have a look at where folks stand as we hit the stretch run in a couple of the tournaments. Finally, we do our fun thing, with Start or Sit. Get those note pads and enjoy friends!
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Introduction to The Fantasy Europeans Podcast
00:00:02
Speaker
It is The Fantasy Europeans. My name is Jared Dyke. I wanted to say it's stupid and let's move on, but then you kept going. I'm Ben Glauser. I don't like any way anybody gambled that. Collusion. Collusion.
00:00:27
Speaker
Hey everybody, welcome back. It is the fancy rugby. Thanks. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. Let's go. It's fancy corner time plenty of that cover Cracking with again, I'm leaving my uncracked. Yeah, you were already you're already a little silly right now It's been a long day then a day You ever have one of those?
00:00:50
Speaker
Hmm. Hmm. Hmm.
Recap and Highlights of Champions League and Six Nations
00:00:52
Speaker
Hmm. Yes. Many. Anyway, let's go to, let's recap for champions league, some stuff. Let's start with super brew and six nations. We had a pretty decent week for many. We had some movement. Duncan jumped up. George jumped up. You dropped. Oh. Oh.
00:01:15
Speaker
Yeah. Justin's still hanging out at the bottom because he had the brain part of not getting the, his team in. Oops. Oops, Daisy. That happens at times. Mark this weekend. Oh, for you. Yeah. Yeah. It's not that big a gap.
00:01:41
Speaker
I could take it, but it's still 12 and six. That doesn't really help. Yeah. I'm, I'm, are we, am I eliminated? Are we like, are we that far apart? I don't know. Let's, let's look at the second here. So it's number one, number one in the U S first super Bruce six nations.
00:01:57
Speaker
Oh, nice. Oh, we're looking at that. Sorry. Yeah. I was going. You didn't pay attention in class, did you? No, I didn't. I'm too busy trying to sort out. Teacher threw erasers at you all day. I was totally focused on FRD at the moment. Not even thinking about anything else. Yeah. Well, that's good. Your placement on the in the super is probably a good reason. Oh, you're fifth. You're not that bad. Not terrible. You're not that bad. Anyway, yeah, we'll go to champion division one.
00:02:27
Speaker
The weekend recap is who was to be Justin Handley, uh, as well as Mark, Mark, uh, took care of you pretty handily as well. Um, uh, things were pretty close for me and Duncan until, um, Oh, by the name of, um, Josh hot decided to ruin things for Duncan. Yeah. I had him.
00:02:53
Speaker
Sorry Alex for our terrible advice, by the way. I don't think anybody, Tom Collins didn't play well, but the other two didn't play poorly at all. Didn't really think that was going to happen. No, certainly not against stale. Like, no, no. And then, oh yeah. And just George had a day against Carrick. Like it's not to say Carrick didn't field anybody, but like, oof, there was, although I think Carrick fell asleep at the wheel a little bit.
00:03:24
Speaker
That happens. Right. Got Derek. It does. Well, it probably looks like I fell asleep with the wheel, even though, you know, no, not comparatively. Not so much. No, not to that. Uh, we had, uh, let's see. We had Larry beat out Terry. So that makes things interesting. Um,
Weekend Matches Recap
00:03:47
Speaker
Stu went against ghost team, so that was easy. Alex beat Luke and it was a slobber knocker, 185 to 129. And then Franco was kind of hung out. Sophie had to try 114 to 42. Better be down on that one. That'll happen sometimes.
00:04:06
Speaker
So the standings there are very interesting. I think there are plenty of teams alive. There's, let's see, one, two, three, we have one, two, three, four that are ready to roll. And we have two more teams that are still in the fight. So Larry and Terry are the two that are fighting to get in right now. It's Alex, Sophia, Franco, and Stuart that are currently in those positions for us.
00:04:33
Speaker
It's, it is all up to you, sir, to try and throw a monkey wrench into this whole thing. Otherwise, well, we're stuck. We're stuck with the other ones. Yeah. Well, I mean, there's not, right. Yeah. You need to rattle off a few wins and get some help and I think I'm the only one. No, you can catch.
00:04:54
Speaker
Myself or Duncan. But you're gonna need to rile off Wednesday and you need us to lose. I don't like that. Yeah, it's, you're the only other one that can get in, otherwise it's Mark, Cobus, myself, and Duncan. Hangin' in there. I get Mark this weekend. Oh yeah? Yeah. Woo! Lucky you. I feel lucky. That's, I, slight home. I need slight home in that fucking lineup.
00:05:22
Speaker
That's that this weekend is you get him next weekend or you just had him I'd haven't had him in a bit. He hasn't played No, it's like a mark. No mark You just had it. Thank you. You just played him didn't you it probably no different Unless you want to D1 Prem it's Duncan and Justin myself and George can't get away from George. It is you. Okay, maybe I messed it up already whatever I
00:05:50
Speaker
so it's you it's you and mark and then um karik and jovis i play i've played mark in a couple leagues at this point yeah maybe that was i got i obviously got really crossed up it'll happen sometimes you know yep i i know danny who i'm aware anywho uh super i'm super
Results and Trades Discussion
00:06:12
Speaker
Week one. Why is this not holding? There we go. Say, get over here. Matches were loading well. There we go. We had some good ones. Carrick took down Cobus. Oh, man. Justin and Mark. Nobody deserved to lose that one. 247 to 150. Like, I'm sorry. Yeah. How do you score 150 in...
00:06:35
Speaker
lose by almost a hunch. Yeah, I'm pretty sure doesn't tell you. Yeah. Um, and then by that, I mean, FRD he's giving me. Yeah. Gotcha. Yeah. So I hope you're not getting the actual spins. You're gonna be in trouble. No, no, no. I'm good. Yeah. You went, you went down to Duncan just barely by about 10, which wasn't too bad. And I got, I got smushed by George.
00:06:55
Speaker
But not in the important one. No. I'd be charging face lips. Yeah, that's. You know, even though McRite had a tough week, I still took McRite over because I gave him Mikiele too. Right, which is that's a quality trade right there. Who did you give up? I gave up Nankaville. Ooh, that's that hurts. Yeah. Quality midfielders are hard to come by. Yes.
00:07:23
Speaker
And now it sucks because I have to kind of almost root against him in a couple of ways, but you know, whatever, not really. Like I was still able to sign, uh, FOMI. So it's not a great step up, but I'll live. Yeah, I could have been worse. It could have been a lot worse. Like, yeah, like my, I'm glad my back three was kept intact. Cause that'll, that'll win me matches. I'm okay there.
00:07:49
Speaker
Yep. So we have one second. I'm trying to sort out our names for, um, that'll helpful. That's helpful. Um, yeah, I'm the weird one now. Yeah. Well, I'm trying to sort out the names for D two. Oh, D two. Okay. Gotcha. D two. Uh, some of them don't have their names underneath, which is not helpful. Anyway, I can just go by team name and we'll, we'll live with it. Um, so I know who, I know who spaghetti and dead ants are. So right.
00:08:18
Speaker
Franco took down Alex and D2. Alex, it was a 196 to 100. It was, that was a solid score. Um, right wing. I don't know who that is. Right. Spelled like Tom, right. Um, yeah. Uh, they beat the pants. Uh, Sophia Sophia only had 50 odd did not show up. She, as she said, um, we have Stu still, still doing his thing over and super apparently.
00:08:42
Speaker
He won, he beat, um, mystery player. We're not going to say who it is because we had a, we had a eighth participant that entered just so we could cover and not have a, a no team. And then, um, so yeah, race or X. That's exactly what we're going to call him right now. Um, anyway, and then, yeah, like player X from Molly's game. Um, so I'll, I don't know who that is.
00:09:07
Speaker
But I know, I know who homebrew is. That's Luke, Luke lost to Luke Slough. So if I did not call it your actual name, you can just let me know what you are. I can't figure out who we're missing. Yeah, that's right. I'm not going to, I'm not going to waste my brain power on it. Cause I know I'm going to mess it up. So we'll just keep moving
Fantasy Rugby Strategies and Match Previews
00:09:24
Speaker
with that. Uh, this week for DT for D1, the match-ups are, uh, let's see. You have Justin. I've got Eric.
00:09:37
Speaker
And then, yeah, right. I haven't seen enough of Justin. I haven't seen enough of Justin. Okay. Thank you for that one. Kobus and Duncan are doing battle and then Mark and George going at it.
00:09:48
Speaker
Yee-haw, guys. All right, so let's do, we don't need to do this or that, so we can just go right to. That's it. And I think I'm starting us off because I believe I have the three. Yeah, the Friday game, yeah. All right, Bristol hosting Northampton, which could be points galore. Could be, yeah. As we saw this past week, I mean, shit that, you know, with Gloucester, who aren't nearly the attacking quality that Bristol are,
00:10:19
Speaker
In certain ways, it's weird. They're different. They, the yes and no, obviously, you know, Santee and, and, um, and some of those backs can, can bolt, but you know, there's no Johnny May on this kind of team and, and, um, Bristol have semi red rider. Right. And they still have red Radra. Um,
00:10:37
Speaker
And now James will you have to worry about James Williams like there's someone else. But anyway, for Bristol the front row, the way I think for this one is tempting.
00:10:53
Speaker
Um, at least Fitz and Bradbury have been shit hot. And I think Bowie, this is a perfect match for him. Um, whoever's the nine Randall urine. Um, hopefully urine gets in this game. He didn't last at all. Um, maybe this is his match. I don't know. I don't know how they're going to work it, but whoever's there start them. Um, AJ big. Yes. I think he'll get plenty of opportunities from the T to, um, rad, radra. Yeah. As we've mentioned, if a toy and Chuck, uh,
00:11:19
Speaker
Chuck Pyotow will do wonders on the same side. Again, avoiding that front row this in the locks. Yeah. Yes, but I don't really suggest locks anyway because I don't really use them in an FRD. Right.
00:11:34
Speaker
But either way, if you, if you were inclined, go for it. Even Tom, even moon is scoring. So, uh, apparently, um, Augustus, Tom James, um, at nine, I think, I think I'm guessing that's where he'll be there. Cause he's been playing shit hot too. And you know, this is kind of a must win at this point for, for saints. It looks like, um, Finn Smith and the entire back line like that. Yeah. Both, both of these teams need to, to win this match. This is going to be a hell of this. It could be a slog, but.
00:12:04
Speaker
I think it's not. The defenses aren't quite there. This could be a score fest. Yeah. It's going to be interesting to see how that goes. All right. Bath and Lester. Yeah. This would be interesting. Bath up there in terms of fantasy defense. Lester, not so much. No. But we know that Bath is struggling on the scoring front as well. So this is going to be interesting.
00:12:29
Speaker
Uh, Lester front row was okay because Montage has been in. That's the only reason that I'm giving it a thumbs up. Baths are actually kind of tough against front rows these days. So just keep that in mind. Um, do to do scrum half. I wouldn't recommend Ben Young's anyway for scrum half. So that's not a big deal. Pollard is obviously a yes. Uh, Jasper is a yes. That's probably the only back row or maybe Rafael, if he's back, that's probably all I would look at there.
00:12:54
Speaker
Bathroom tough up the middle, which is fine because there's nothing on lesser than I want for midfield. So let's not worry about that. Um, and then Obie's probably Potter. And that's it. Like maybe Brownie shows up again. Cause you got another one, didn't he?
00:13:12
Speaker
No, that call call back. That's a lie. That's a lie. Right. Right. Never mind. Never mind. Forget. I said that. So, yeah, probably just Potter at and that's probably OK this week because Bathorne. Although Brown is not in the game. He's not in the game. No, he's got two weeks. They already got him in the game. I don't think he's in the game. Sad. Yeah. Well, well, sad clown. Anyway, let's go. Let's look at Tigers. So they're not Tigers. Look, let's look at Bath.
00:13:41
Speaker
Front row. I like Obama and Stewart, but I just, uh, yeah, it's been kind of poo. So no, this is kind of, this is a rough matchup. Yeah. It's a tough matchup. Uh, loose forward under Hill and maybe miles read. And that's about it. And I don't, I don't love either one of those maybe Bayless, but like, man, if you're playing any of those guys, that's not named under Hill, you're in desperation mode. Godspeed.
00:14:08
Speaker
Scrum have time. What's up? It does have a Mike Brown, but for Newcastle. Oh, maybe that's him because that was the last team you played for is no step. That's weird. Nevermind. But we'll find out, I guess. Yeah. Anyway, Scrum have for Bath. Ben Spencer is an OK because he has the tea. Hopefully plays better than we did last week. Fly half. If it's not, if it's pure Francis, I don't want to interest in it.
00:14:35
Speaker
If it's Bailey or war boys, maybe. But that's probably the more viable option. But yeah, Pierce Francis, even as a midfielder that's kicking, I just, I don't love it. No. Centers otherwise, JJ is good, Redpath is good. And that's it. Those are my two favorite midfielders for the bathmen. And then back three, oh boy. Cocoa, and that's it.
00:15:01
Speaker
Pretty much like Mac Gallagher has really just fallen off the cliff. McConic. He had, but essentially zero points, but he had a card, which means he got over 10 points attacking. So like, it's one of those. Good job, but not really. Cause not really. Yeah. So that's the, that's the most I could recommend on that. And that's it. Okay. Moving on to a Quinn's hosting Exeter. Um,
00:15:33
Speaker
This is weird because well, Quinn's don't really have much in the way of forwards at this point that are scored points. So I can't, you know, and Exeter are extremely leaky to forward. So it's kind of ironic there, but what are you going to do?
00:15:48
Speaker
But the entire back line for Quinn's should do very well. Marcus is back. Yes, and he is. They sent him they sent him home from England so that he could play in this match and play a little bit too because he hasn't gotten much. So.
00:16:08
Speaker
Yeah, that entire backline should do very well. For Exeter's side, Sam Simmons should do well. You know, as we talked about, he'll still feature in the attack. Whoever's at 10, I think we'll do okay, because, again, Quinn's aren't the best defensively. Right. Kata, Woodburn, and Hodge, obviously. At this point, don't sit Hodge, Alex. Whatever you do. Don't sit him. No. That's just for you. Whatever you do. Okay.
00:16:38
Speaker
We are off to Newcastle with the Exiles.
00:16:43
Speaker
All right, this will be fun and interesting. Newcastle are kind of low to middle table on the points and exiles are actually a pain in the butt when it comes to giving up points right now. So this is going to be very interesting. So let's start with the hosts. And I don't mind the front row for Newcastle, especially Blahmyer's in it, but that's probably the one stipulation that I would throw on as he's got to be starting. Other than that, I'm not excited about that at all. Want nothing to do with the pack otherwise.
00:17:12
Speaker
or they're nine. Connan, they're at home. All right. Play them. We know that's kind of the thing. Home and away. Centers. Ben Stevenson and Tom Penny from midfielders. That's only because they mostly play wing and fullback. That's it. Obies. This is a tough team to play Obies against, but
00:17:38
Speaker
Mighty Mouse and Radwin are fine. Everybody else, forget him. And I like Obi. Obi is a total dart throwing hope. I don't know about that one. That's, and he would be like the third guy probably in there and he's actually done pretty well, but I don't like it here. No, I don't really like it. I don't like it here. For the exiles. So we have Newcastle, like I said, they're kind of mid to going down the hill there a little bit. So that,
00:18:08
Speaker
It means there's some chances here. Front row is a problem actually in this one because Newcastle are one of the toughest front rows in fantasy to play against. Who knew? Did not have that one on my bingo board. Not really, no. No.
00:18:23
Speaker
Uh, back row, you're looking at, uh, Pearson, Gonzalez, although less so. And if he's in. Right. Pearson, Pearson's just taken over that. So he's eating all sorts of Gonzalez's points. Taking everything he can get at this point. Yeah. Just eating it all up. Uh, score half Ben white. Yes.
00:18:44
Speaker
Give shit a 10 if you have to, fine. Ben Renzberg, yes. If Will Josephson, I'm okay with that too. And then Loader, Sinti, and Stokes if you need to, yes. Then lastly,
Super Rugby Round Preview
00:19:02
Speaker
on Sunday, going to sale, hosting Saracens.
00:19:06
Speaker
Hey, for sale of the, um, the front row, anyone named do Priya, um, Cork, if he starts and really the back three, I'm not sure if we have to see what the center pairing might be. Um, but there's, there's obviously saris, you know, aren't the same defense when, when all the, uh, the stars are away. Mm-hmm.
00:19:27
Speaker
There'll be spots for sale to really open it up potentially, especially depending on how Saracen's play is again you never know the fucking hit and miss is that the tactics.
00:19:42
Speaker
But for the Saracens, their front row, you still got to give them a start because they will score. Give Christie a flyer at this point. I think that's what we saw. You know, there's a lot of points just left there on the bench or in the waiver wire. I don't think he really deserves a spot on the team, but at this point, give him a shot. Should be rostered. Right, because they'll tell aren't going to be. They're going to still be without Ben Curry, too. So it's a little bit of a.
00:20:11
Speaker
you know, he'll have the speed that advantage over whoever's at flanker. Billy Bonapola to I think they'll get him going in space. laws, Lewingtons, shagan and good. Yes, yes, yes, yes. And I would stay away from Manu this week if at all possible. Yeah, right. His week. Yeah, the 10 first Saracens are going to get rocked. Yeah, as we talked about tough week to the supers.
00:20:41
Speaker
So this is super, oh, we got to do of the week, sorry. This is why there's two of us, of the weeks. So my guy has got a wonderful, tasty matchup, assuming he's back from international duty because this is a Six Nations break, his position that this,
00:20:59
Speaker
opposition is going against is, uh, super, super porous. And he's in very good form. Um, the game will slow down for him. And I think he's going to take advantage. My style of the week is low and Irish is, uh, halfback Ben white.
00:21:15
Speaker
My start of the week again, a tasty matchup for his position. And, um, he's probably not on the wafer wire, but he's, he's one of your, your guys, you might be considering, um, having a sit depending on, you know, who you got in your lineup. Um, my start of the week this week is, is somebody who, if he's on your team, he's got to be in your lineup. Um, if a toy from Bristol, that matchup against saints is always tasty. Got to go for it. Should be fun. Should be fun. Should be fun.
00:21:44
Speaker
sit. So my guy is, I hope I'm wrong about this one, but I just got a bad feeling and the matchup's not great. And I don't know where he's going to find points this week. Uh, my set of the week is going to be series legendary Alex. Good. Hmm. That's going to be rough for him. Yeah. I think, I think if he's in 15, he'll be acceptable, but still his boot has been shit too. They got it. They got to fix that. Um, or move on laws. Yeah.
00:22:16
Speaker
Or Manu, get Manu in there like that. He's got to start doing it. Yeah, he does it. Yeah. All right. My set of the week, you mentioned him as somebody you got to keep in there and we're going to, so we're going to disagree. So be prepared for the comments this weekend.
00:22:34
Speaker
The exiles are really good against outside backs. And that's for a reason. All their OBs can scoot. Their centers are really good defensively. It's tough to get the ball even to the wing against this team. And then once they get it out there, it's hard to move it because, again, their wings just cut off every space that there is. So my sit of the week this week is Adam Radwin. And if he doesn't start, if for some reason he's out, then it's kind of as he'll be in. But yeah, I bet you I'll be back. Yeah. Oh, bother.
00:23:05
Speaker
But I'm seeing Radwin as the guy to.
00:23:08
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, it's going to be tough. And I don't like betting against him. So no, this isn't a. Yeah, this isn't a joyful thing, but yes. But not at all. Not at all. Not at all. All right. So now we go to super. All right. Crusaders in highlanders. So this is super round. Everybody's in Melbourne. Everybody. There's no real home in a way except for the rebels. Yeah.
00:23:38
Speaker
Everyone else's technique is really a way. So let's start with the crusaders. So the front row.
00:23:47
Speaker
And then the rest of the, like Scott Barrett, that's about it. Uh, the rest of their pack. Um, Tom Christie had some good games, but not so, but not that many. So against this team, he'll probably have a good one. But after that, um, you might want to take up, maybe you take fire on the Leo Willie, but not excited about that. If you need to take a flyer at this point, you messed up somewhere else. If Heinz is the nine, yes. If it's Drummond, no. Um,
00:24:17
Speaker
Mwunga, yeah, duh. Either center should be better this week, NR, Goodhue, whatever happens. Maybe it really goes back to midfield, who knows. And then back three, whoever it is, whether it's really, again, Jordan, Lester, and ding dong on the other wing, fine. Highlanders, different story. Don't love the front row. Don't love any of the forwards, except for maybe Billy Harmon.
00:25:04
Speaker
Sam Gilbert. That's it. The backs. Yeah. No, I don't know. I know if Norecki's out for a bit. Sounds like I don't love kind of a kind of garden bash up and I don't love general. So they show it to me at this point. OK, off to the actual hosts, the rebels hosting hurricanes. Fuck. Like we draw this. Yeah, but it's still it's rebels. So, you know, you better. Right. You better anyway.
00:25:10
Speaker
That's about it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:37
Speaker
For the Rebels, maybe Wilkin and Hardwick in the forwards, but I'm not really liking them too much. Gordon, Monte Iwani, and Hodge. Hodge is still kind of, because he's playing at 13, which is weird, but he still has the boot, so it kind of, yeah, throw him an outside back, whatever. He should still score pretty well. For the Hurricanes, have you heard of this guy, Sevilla,
00:26:05
Speaker
There's two of them. Yeah, either one. Yeah, they're they're they're new. But if you if you have one on your team, you do them fellas. Yeah, especially already. Big time go. Roy guard, as we saw, I liked him. You know, if he's if he's starting, he's then I'm hoping he is. Give him a shot.
00:26:30
Speaker
Jordy, Billy Proctor, yes, yes. And the other Sevilla Julian should have much room to operate in this match. That's just off the top. Any of the other guys who are involved, consider them.
00:26:46
Speaker
Because rebels are not great. And the hurricane has shown that they can put up the points against better than the rebels. Yeah. You know, for the Red's team is not to be fucked with. No, the fact that they did that against that Red's team was pretty alarming in my eyes for a lot of reasons. But also for the rebels' sake,
00:27:13
Speaker
they went against a still very much piece together for his team right now cohesion will get there but they let a lot of points get on the board against them again you know so yeah against a team that just had no cohesion so that's right right right exactly okay we got Moana Pacifica in chiefs this will be interesting because i want to see
00:27:39
Speaker
what was real and what was fake here. What was kind of a, what was patched over here as it were. So let's start with Moana Pacifica. Tabatabana why is it? Yes. Doi. Um, lately Afana was a go. And then their front row's not, I'm not convinced yet. They did well last week. Obviously they scored a bunch of tries and had a, had a lot of points. I'm not convinced yet. If they do it again this week, then you've got me convinced. So just keep that in mind. Um,
00:28:10
Speaker
I think I want to wall over a move in the midfield. Hmm. That's fine. I don't like their half back. So pass on those. Um, yeah. Yeah. And then, yeah, it's, it's tough after that. Outside of, and I'm trying to think of like loose floors, like Michael Curry scored last week. So that's a possibility in there. Um,
00:28:34
Speaker
Yeah, I will actually, I will say their backup halfback performed really well when he was in there. So if he starts, yes, other than that, I'm not really a fan of it otherwise. For the chefs.
00:28:50
Speaker
Uh, front row. Yes. Tonkyao just alone does it for me, let alone the rest of them. Uh, Vai or Retalik. I didn't. I so stupidly did not rank Retalik last week. I felt really dumb when I saw him score. Like, wow, I'm an idiot. I forgot about him.
00:29:09
Speaker
So about that. Anyway. Yes. Get either one of them. Beauty Gus. Yes. Whoever. Yes. Josh Iwani should be at the 10th shirt. Yes. Give me give me Alex Nightcavell all freaking day. He'll begin to leave. That sucks. Yeah. Alex Nightcavell.
00:29:31
Speaker
Um, and then yeah, DMACC with the boot is fine. Like I see no, I see no issue with it whatsoever. You just, yeah, don't be, don't be silly about that. And then, um, if Stevenson's in, I'm okay with it. Cause he did. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. It's going well last week. So, you know, that's the thing is he does things that.
00:29:53
Speaker
You know, sometimes you have those guys who are really fucking good players and it just doesn't show up on fantasy. Stevens is like not the opposite because he's not bad, but like.
00:30:06
Speaker
I test doesn't look great, but the fancy numbers show up. Exactly. It's like, okay. Yes. But you're not going to get, I don't think you can get great numbers from him, but you'll get solid numbers. So it's one of those like, yeah, I'll get, I'll take 10 to 12 points every week. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Or every time he plays that's, then that's really the only issue with him is how often does he play? Is he worth the spot on your team? Yeah. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Yeah. And if Cortez Rottima is in for Weber, then don't blink do it. No. Yeah.
00:30:35
Speaker
Grab them and go. Put your drive through. Grab them and go. Then off to Drua hosting, or hosting, huh, Waratas. For the Drua, the front row at this point, because that kind of already can fucking ball. Tamani and Kirikaveta. Sorry, I butchered that. Kirikaveta. Kirikaveta, yep. Kirikaveta, thank you. You're welcome.
00:31:03
Speaker
Lomani, yes, who somehow got cut in pink slips. So if you need a scrum, check that out. Teddy Tella, both centers and the wings at this point. What was it? I hope he didn't lose his spot in months. He wasn't very good. I don't think so. I hope not.
00:31:24
Speaker
for the ties, their front row as well. Um, gamble. Yes. Jake Gordon. Yes. Ed bed. Yeah. He'll, he'll score points for you. Uh, Parisia and the walking into Wassey, um, can't rule out, you know, either of the other wingers at this point too. Cause an Adolo could score from, from reserves as well. Right. Ooh. Um, breaking news. We have who shares lineup up. Ooh. So I'm going to have a look at it.
00:31:53
Speaker
Barrett and white lock. Yep. Christie's in. Yeah. Okay. Drummond's in. So nevermind the halfback. Um, Haveli is back at 12. Okay. Uh, good hue at 13. So either one of those is fine. Burgers Burke at 15. That's going to be interesting. So if you're in a pinch for a fly half, you could do worse. Yeah. Okay. Now I'm pretty happy because I got Nankival and good hue.
00:32:17
Speaker
And you're okay. And yeah, you could use that 13. Yes, exactly. So two 13s. I'm happy. So there you go. Yeah. Rewind what I just said and paste that over it. Uh, this book at 15. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Like I said, fly half. If you're in a pinch, that actually might be okay. Cause he's going to have space. Yeah. All right. Blues and grumbies for, for the blues.
00:32:46
Speaker
Everyone. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Not everyone. But it's going to be a lot of them. But anyway. Who are you sitting? Well, I guess the non-Tupolotu locks. Yeah, right. So, front row, yes. Tupolotu, yes. I don't know if Akira's back, so keep an eye on that. Satutu and Papali, yes. Finley Christie, yes.
00:33:06
Speaker
Bowdoin, yes. Tui Vassashek and Rico, yep. And the back three, which will likely be, again, Parafetta, Clark, and Talia, yes. If Zon Sullivan's in, he's good, too. That is that. Good luck, everyone, that's playing against those types of players. For the Brumbies. So, front row's still okay for me.
00:33:28
Speaker
Samu and Valentini in the back row are definitive goes and then we have Longan. Yes, huge huge huge huge. I think we'll see over back at 10. I hope so. Yes, and then
00:33:44
Speaker
The midfield is going to be very interesting. Um, yeah. Hold off on the, on the midfield on that one for a bit. Tool is a yes. Mirror head is a yes. And right. Yes. Okay. So all three of those as well. Yeah. Midfield's the one like I think icky and that's it for the midfield. If it's anybody else, then I'm not convinced right now. No.
00:34:07
Speaker
And last but not least, I believe, right? Force hosting... Force playing reds. The Force basically their entire back line.
00:34:17
Speaker
I'm really not sold on the forwards yet. We know, obviously, Wells played a good game, but like I was saying earlier, he's one of those guys that does amazing shit. He's very visible during the match, but fantasy-wise, it's not there. And no disrespect to him, it's just that he's very physical, and that's what you see. That's what makes you notice him. For the Reds, Urim McRae Wilson,
00:34:44
Speaker
Not quite in that order. It's really McCrate, then Uru, then Wilson. That's how I would rate them. Uru had the yellow, which brought him down too.
00:34:54
Speaker
basically zero, or maybe just slightly negative. It was a really stupid yellow. Right. It was. But at the same time, he's still scoring points. So it's just that they'll get erased from that one yellow, which is fair play to have that. But don't let that sway you. Tate McDermott, yes. Lina, I think, especially against this force team, will not have the, again,
00:35:22
Speaker
There's so much talent on the hurricanes and that's a tough spot to be in. I think this is a little bit, this would be a little bit, it's a trial by fire. More doable in this case. Yeah, it's a much more manageable task and I think the points will flow from it. Paisami, Dugunu, Fluke, Pattaya are all full goes. It was good to see Michaelana.
00:35:44
Speaker
Yeah. I have no idea why they decided to do that match in Townsville instead of back in Brisbane. Maybe there's something going on with the stadium, in which case that makes the whole sense, but opening match, really? Something must be going on with the stadium because I would not have done that opening match for that chance. Not a chance. Another match, yes, but not opening match, no way. Okay. So I have, we have over the weeks.
00:36:15
Speaker
So my guy, we don't, we don't, we don't have the same start of the week again. Well, it was pretty bad luck last week. Yeah. Yeah. Sorry for when to pick and started Manasseh. Right. Sorry. I was one of them in D1. So we put the, uh, we put the hex, uh, like hell on that one. Yeah. Um, so my guy has what should be a pretty good matchup.
Picks and Highlights of the Week
00:36:38
Speaker
He is red hot. And I believe he's just going to continue to do his thing because he's,
00:36:43
Speaker
He doesn't even need to be the focal point of the attack, but he still takes advantage of it. And that's only good for fantasy points. So my start of the week is going to be Alex Nankova from the Chiefs.
00:36:57
Speaker
Anyway. Oh man. Just don't believe Justin. Blame Mark Talia. That's his point. That's true. I do blame Mark Talia very much so. Yeah, that's 60 odd points. Yeah, that's gonna be close to a record. Right.
00:37:16
Speaker
Anyway, my start of the week, I mentioned him as that kind of stressed him because it's such a tasty matchup and he is a tasty player. The others, the quote, other survey of the Julian severe levels. It's pretty wild to think of Julian survey as the other survey. So you think about like,
00:37:40
Speaker
don't know, six, seven years ago. Like, yeah, that's wild to think about him being the other survey. Right. Yeah, sorry. Artie is the survey at this point. Yes, unfortunately, not unfortunately. It's just, yeah. But you can't sleep on Julian at all. No, you shouldn't. You shouldn't. No, he pops up and he finds he finds the line. Yeah, it works. Anyway. Alright, so my set, he's
00:38:02
Speaker
Not a bad player and didn't play poorly, but he's going against a team that's going to be really pissed off. I think we probably have. Yeah, yeah, we have the same. And I don't and I don't love this matchup and I don't know how he gets points other than off the tee. And I'm not sure that opportunity comes that often. So I say the week is going to be the forces. Bryce Hagerty. Oh, interesting. OK, I have very similar circumstances and same position. Everything just different pissed off opposition.
00:38:33
Speaker
In this case, it's the Crusaders. And so my set of the week is Mitch Hunt. Oh, yeah. I mean, especially since he doesn't have a T anymore. It's like, yeah. Yeah. I mean, so Sam Gilbert's got not quite a Geordi or a Reese Hodge horse leg, but he's got a pretty strong boot on him. Yeah. So getting close. Right. Getting close over there. All right. Pick him and we done. Let's pick. Start with. Premium ship.
00:39:02
Speaker
Friday night, Bristol, Northampton. I am taking the Saints. Oh, interesting. So I'm going Bristol. OK. I struggled with this one. Yeah, I did too for a while, but I went with the hosts. Saints are just slightly in more form, so I was OK with it. Yeah, I don't. I don't. I don't. Obviously, don't begrudge it. I just went with the hosting. Yeah, and that could be enough. Yeah. You're not wrong. Lester and Bath Saturday. Lester. Lester.
00:39:27
Speaker
Yeah, they're playing like poo. Yeah, they are. They've kind of settled again. Quinn's Exeter. Marcus is the only reason I'm taking Quinn's. Yeah, and the hosts. And they're at home. Yeah, and they got an advantage that lost. That was a... They shouldn't have lost that. Ian Tempest, fuck them. Fuck them good. Newcastle and Irish. I will take the Exiles. Me too. They really could have won that match last week.
00:39:54
Speaker
I really could have, sale series, sale. I'm going with Saracens. Yeah. I hope I'm wrong. I think it's because I went with my heart over my head. Yeah. Especially without Earl, it's going to be rough. But if Saris really played the game that they're capable of playing, sale, I still feel like there's limitations there.
00:40:21
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, I, I agree. I think there's loads of holes that they're going to have problems with, but yeah, but it's like, well, saris attack them. Well, how is it going to work? And I, I fully, yeah, I, this is because I want Saracens to win. It's not, you know, sale there for every reason you can, you know, the match ups, all that stuff. Um, sale come out ahead, mostly because they're not really missing too many people except the ones named Curry. Right. That's also a big deal. That's like, that's a, I think like a bigger deal than, um,
00:40:51
Speaker
Some of the other guys, yeah. Some of the other guys, because Earl, they can, they can make up for Earl. Right. You know, they can win without him. Um, cause you know, especially the way Christie played, um, Billy can take over a game there and then they can always rely on the backs. It's just a question of, do they go into that like shell of kicking and getting your points? Yeah. Going to the AJ Bell. That's my concern. Yeah. That's my concern too. And it's Sanderson. Yeah. That's our old friend. That's our old friend. Right.
00:41:19
Speaker
All right. Super down. Everybody hanging out in Melbourne. Crusaders and Highlanders. Crusaders. Walking away. That might get ugly. Yeah. Rebels, Hurricanes. I will take my guys. I am taking your guys as well. Yeah.
00:41:34
Speaker
Come on, boys. Don't disappoint me. Moana and Chiefs. Chiefs looks fucking great. And I know Moana played well, but Dan, those Chiefs look great. They did. Their defense looked very solid because that's the one thing that you have to be is discipline and defense. And a lot of the issues that we've seen in the recent years, the Chiefs were not there. They were strong in defense. Right. Right. Right. Yeah. And they can attack. So yeah. Drew and Taz. Drew. You have to do the Drew and Taz.
00:42:02
Speaker
We have some movement here, kids. Blues and Brumbies. Well, we've got three different right now. So that's true. Um, I mean, I'm thinking blues, uh, fours and reds, reds. Yeah. So we got three different, so we're going to have a little bit of movement somehow. We could have a lot of movement. This could pretty much end it. Or it's going to put you in the lead one or just going to be a slight inch. Right. One way or the other.
00:42:32
Speaker
one way or the other. Cool. All right. So as we did last week, man, I was so, I was so close to getting everything out. I didn't get rankings for a super brew out. Sorry guys. Um, but we got everything. I got rankings for everything else out. We got the sheets for both sheets out. Like a gloss, almost a perfect game. Lost, lost it in the night. Anyway. Uh,
00:42:57
Speaker
fantasy rugby podcast at gmail.com. We will have sheets out Thursday and Friday. I will do my damnedest to make sure both rankings gets out.
00:43:06
Speaker
Um, but other than that, uh, we, yeah, like I said, feel free to ask questions, tweeted us. Um, it sounds like FRDs kind of giving us rain on start bench. So if you get questions, yeah. Tag, tag either one. You're all bone. Yeah. I'll keep, I'll keep an eye on both. So if you, if you, if you don't want to comment on that thing, you can still hashtag that and we will find it.
00:43:30
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But other than that, we do appreciate everyone for listening and hanging out with us and letting us babble into your ear for a little while. Until then, enjoy the rugby. We'll catch you all next week. Have a good one, everyone. Later.