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Season 2- Episode 4- Rugby World Cup Week 2
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Wow this thing seems to be going by fast, is there any way to hit the pause button on this damn thing so we can enjoy rugby (almost) every day like this? The 4th installment of the new season brings some apologies. Both guys had to fess up to past mistakes in this week's episode, and they do so, so we can clear the air and move on to the good stuff. We discuss the upset wins in Japan, some of the uglier things, as well, and of course we talk fantasy. The knockout rounds will be here before you know it, so start preparing your squads, we're here to help.
Also, the turn of the calendar means it's Premiership Rugby returns soon! We will have both Rugby Magazine and Fantasy Rugby Draft leagues for you to partake in. Hit us up if you want in on the action!
Ask us questions or reach via Twitter: Jarrod- jdyke8man & Ben- admrablsnackbar or e-mail fantasyrugbypodcast@gmail.com. Of course we welcome feedback via those methods are rating/reviewing the pod on iTunes.
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Transcript
Introduction & Tech Issues
00:00:02
Speaker
Hey guys, just wanted to give everybody a bit of a heads up. We had a small issue with the microphones for about eight or nine minutes in this episode, but then we resolved it. So just bear with us and it gets fixed pretty quick. Thanks guys.
00:00:25
Speaker
Everybody
Rugby World Cup Excitement
00:00:26
Speaker
how's it going? It is the fancy rugby inks. My name is Jared Dyke It's a fun week two even good job. We just keep having so much fun with this World Cup. Hope everybody's having fun with it. I Bet you are. Yeah. Well, it sounds like you had too much of a blast this weekend We reminded ourselves that
00:00:51
Speaker
We're not as young as we used to be we're we're at our thirties. We're nearly 40 You're nearly 40. Yeah. Um, well, these are my friends, you know, my friends are all about fair enough and uh Yeah, we're like, all right, let's let's pace ourselves and you can pace yourself for a little bit but over the course of like five six hours
00:01:10
Speaker
It's hard. It adds up.
Engagement & Listener Interaction
00:01:12
Speaker
Yes, that it definitely does. That it definitely does. So yeah, waking up tomorrow and getting out the door of the hotel and working my way back up. Driving.
00:01:23
Speaker
Driving with a hangover is the worst thing. Yeah, I don't know. Flying's bad. It's a tough one too between those two things. That's for sure. Yeah. I will not be nearly as emphatic when it's time to do the thing that I think we're about to do. Yeah. Well, we don't have to be that emphatic. It's okay. We can take it easy. We really drink one. So maybe pound back five sitting here.
00:01:44
Speaker
We're not we're not goody. I Think you but I sort of got that guy probably puts the six pack down during up during a pod. I'm just like I would expect nothing less All right, speaking of let's let's break in
Premiership Rugby & Fan Interaction
00:02:02
Speaker
Guys, please keep the downloads coming. You guys are doing awesome. We love you guys for doing what you're doing. Subscribe to us. Yeah, I mean, hey, we'll take the downloads either way. Subscribe to us on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play. Send us a review. We'll give the email and our Twitter at the end of the show and all that good stuff. And ask us questions. Seriously, we're available on Twitter. Especially with the way these weeks are. Yeah, it's tough to
00:02:30
Speaker
are playing out. It's midweek, you know, we can only we're not we're not rearranging our lives to pod. Yeah. Well, we would have had to rearrange that for the middle of night this past week.
Fantasy Rugby & Podcast Setup
00:02:44
Speaker
Yeah, so if you have any questions midweek or leading into next week's, you know, the next game week, please don't hesitate to shout us out and see what we have to say. Right. And we will be welcoming. It's tomorrow's October, I guess what that means. 18 more days and we're playing some premiership rugby again. Although, yeah, it would be interesting, especially without the World Cup players. Right. But at the same time, it'll be nice to
00:03:13
Speaker
There'll be some players that'll be really miffed about being left home, so they're gonna be motivated, that's for sure. Yeah, I feel bad for anybody that's in the likes of their way. Oh god, yeah, there's so many players, like, the only guys that are missing are some of the South African guys and the Italian guys, that's it. And nobody on the English plane, Willie Hines, that's it.
00:03:41
Speaker
Yeah, they have but they yeah, they have Simpson for a Scrum half. So they'll be they'll be fine. They'll be just fine. Yeah. So yeah, we'll, we'll talk more extensively about it next week, probably.
Social Media & Live Broadcasting
00:03:55
Speaker
We will be doing both FRD and the rugby mag leagues this year. I did discover something fun on FRD this morning, just kind of hunting around. So they've given two options to either do a hooker and a prop.
00:04:11
Speaker
as a position or to do the front row like we've done before. So there's two options there. So that's, that's at least good variety to have. You know, I like, I like the variety is the spices of life. Have to have our internal conversations about which way we want to go on that.
00:04:27
Speaker
Yeah, we can we can figure that one out for sure But we will we will do our own league and if anybody's interested in joining tweet at us email us We will we'll look you welcome you on board as always Are you continuing to enjoy this little upgrade of ours? It is yeah this I can't imagine trying to put this stuff together like as piece by piece as we've had to over the weeks without this upgrade because I I'd lose my mind
00:04:56
Speaker
They kind of all put their lineups out at the same time. It's all on Twitter. It's all very easily accessible, whereas it's not really the way it's working out in the World Cup. And you have to go find each nation's accounts and all that stuff. So it's much nicer to be able to see the lineups like we're looking, you know, I can.
00:05:18
Speaker
look over here and hey, I can see the New Zealand versus Canada lineup. So I know that my recent signing of George Bridge means jack shit. Oops. I'll be all right. Invest in anyway. Yeah. Uh huh. Uh huh. Yeah. I mean, the Rugby World Cup Twitter feed does do a decent job of getting as many lineups into their, you know, into their graphics as possible. But then they also walk around and did like a superhero lineup.
00:05:47
Speaker
I know. So it's like hard to catch it all. It's like, dammit. Nope. No, no, no. They also put the Grinch in that superhero line. I was just like, okay, you messed that one up. Sorry. He's a superhero. Yes. What is wrong with you people? Come on, man. Who's in charge of that account? Let's talk.
00:06:05
Speaker
So and in a couple weeks time we we here in the US have a long weekend and we'll be doing a live Broadcast via YouTube and Twitter and it'll be with a friend of ours that's played on the international level I'm not gonna those of you that know us probably know who it is if you don't know who is it if you don't know us
Match Analysis & Apologies
00:06:25
Speaker
that well and
00:06:25
Speaker
You probably have no idea who the hell we're talking about and that's okay. We're gonna watch a match live and basically you're just gonna sit there and be entertained by how stupid we are.
00:06:38
Speaker
This might be a good one for you. Yeah. So it'll be good. Um, I'll try and get two feeds up. One more, the, the talking heads rear view, and then the one, the one where you actually have to look at our ugly mugs. Yeah. That'll be a, that'll be a hideous one, but somebody's going to want to at least see our terrible facial expressions. Yeah.
00:07:04
Speaker
Yes. No, no, no, we will be live. The match won't be live. We might, we'll probably, actually there's a good chance that we know the result of it, but you know, it is what it is. We'll still be making our comments on it and get an international player's view of it, which will be pretty cool. So yeah, that'll happen in a few weeks' time and that'll be a lot of fun. Not a lot of news and notes. Anything that you've picked up on your end other than like bands and stuff like that, which we can talk about as we go through the games.
00:07:36
Speaker
that I gave midweek, so we'll get to that. We'll get to that.
Rugby Play Styles & Game Analysis
00:07:40
Speaker
Okay, so we both have a few apologies to make, and I will, hey, I'll make mine first, you know, ladies first, so I'll go. Because I definitely, I'll cop to a many screw-up in the last couple weeks, actually. I feel really ashamed because I pride myself on not being this bad, but my goodness, I was bad. Clearly, I was under the influence.
00:08:04
Speaker
Tell a lot to does not play for the Brumby's he plays for the war ties I knew this but I still said Brumby's cuz I was thinking full off hanging out like an idiot Yeah, and you definitely made that mistake too so shut up It's I know it's it's I said Ken PC. It's to see PC. That's on that's on the team
00:08:21
Speaker
I screwed that one up. Mr. Himino's first name is not Koisuke, it's Kazuki, and I messed that up. And I can, I read, I swear to God, I read, and I actually knew how to pronounce that name, but my brain just didn't want to put the word together, that's all. Couldn't help myself. I screwed the Alatello brothers.
00:08:39
Speaker
They're twins, I couldn't help it, man. It's definitely a different scale. And then, so apparently Will Hooley is no longer employed by Northampton Saints. He actually is owned outright by Bedford Blues now, so I did not know that. So somebody in the premiership by Will Hooley, please. So we can root for him again in the premiership.
00:09:10
Speaker
Sure, I I doubted the Japanese and I apologize for that and putting and I will take my take my foot and insert So yeah, you have nothing to apologize for there It's then you're not alone in picking again in Ireland and pretty much everybody and their mother picked them the only reason I picked I picked them because I thought they had a chance and
Tactical Insights on Japan vs Ireland
00:09:35
Speaker
and i was clear about that they have a chance with their style of play it wasn't just my disdain for ireland um but it it is the the way ireland plays they're vulnerable to anybody who decides to like not get into their game that's the the trick that ireland have they're they're almost like hypnotists where they get you that you want to play crash ball rugby
00:10:00
Speaker
you want to play crash ball rugby and fucking scotland fell into that trap this was a poor decision on their part in all in all likelihood obviously and a lot of teams fall into that trap and and i saw a commentator say um that wonder if this is really the end of multi-phase rugby
00:10:19
Speaker
and um i i read that it was a tweet i don't remember who it was and i just was what a knob because they both teams played multi-phase rugby yeah japan held the ball for forever oh god they ran multi-phases but they didn't run it it's what it's the death of is crash ball rugby and it's it's the one pass maybe two away from the breakdown and you know that's the end of of the movement right and ireland made one
00:10:50
Speaker
I would say rugby attack where they I think they went through the forwards it went up to the back like there was like a Three three three or four passes and I was shocked and it did really well It was like it was late in the game and they maybe got like 20 30 meters off of it And then they just went away from it again So and we'll get back into it. I'm sorry. I'm taking the time but no Japan knew like they played their game. They didn't get sucked in and they won. So that's why I
00:11:16
Speaker
Yeah, I mean it's not not every team can it's not just as simple as that and you win against ireland. So so don't get me wrong. It's not simple You have to be able to execute and you have to have good talent by far and japan did that So now what do I have to apologize? So your apology should be to mr tag for long and to mr king healy for calling them dirty players because these are two not only are these two people Two props that you and you appreciate as you know, I both appreciate his players that play in the front row You've spoken glowingly up before I have and you know
00:11:46
Speaker
so ignore ignore where they're from right but also let's also put this into the into this basket you pound the drum for one of the biggest hotheads in rugby and that's oh I don't know if it's a little bit hypocritical whatever the word is you don't have much of a leg to stand on to be throwing that type of mud so I think you owe them just a
00:12:06
Speaker
Oh, no, I will absolutely apologize to them. It was not a uh An intent of mine to say that they were dirty players. I think you are just a little I was saying I was no I was calling it a dirty play. That's that's What what I'm what I meant to say how I meant this to come out is more that It's not that it's a dirty play. It's that the way the style of play lends itself to putting yourself in a situation where you have to do that
00:12:33
Speaker
And it's not that I don't think it's a player that's intent. I don't think it was something that they wanted that they wanted to happen It's more of a function of the style of our of play of Ireland It gets people hurt whether it's intentional or not and I think most of the time is not intentional but it's just that that style that that crash ball and and play the tough defense and as I said using the ruck as an attacking
00:12:58
Speaker
you know, as an offensive weapon rather than just a way to to maintain your own ball. And that's kind of the way Ireland play. And so, yes, absolutely. I apologize to those two players. That's not exactly what I meant. I meant that that it's really the style of play that pisses me off because we've seen them when they play for their clubs. They don't really do that kind of stuff. So it really is. It's it's the more the Irish coaching than anything else that I disagree with. Fair enough. As long as we can talk to our issues, it's OK.
00:13:28
Speaker
So yeah, don't air is cleared. We're all done now. Not with the. It's not that clear. So. Chili. Yeah. All right. So to the games. Let's go. Let's get to that. First up, why am I? Where's my notes go? Where'd my notes go?
00:13:52
Speaker
I have them right in front of me, don't I? This is bad. Russia Samoa was something that was played basically before we could even post the pod. I mean, actually, it aired shortly after I posted the pod, but I don't know how many people actually listened to the pod before
Rugby World Cup Reviews
00:14:09
Speaker
we got to it. But yeah, not the prettiest game in the world. Russia kept...
00:14:15
Speaker
Bottling it at the end every time like they look like they were getting in and they'd find a way to screw up the last pass Samoa ended up, you know, just kind of outclassing them because they obviously have players that are playing in either France or Super Rugby or the Premiership and it was very clear that they had more professionals than these guys did yeah, and you know, so that comes out in the end just how it is so good good on Samoa for putting them to the sword and as they should have again, I think Russia put their best performance in against Japan probably yeah, that that's a
00:14:44
Speaker
Yeah, russia is really I think they they shot their log yep, and uh Now you're gonna start seeing them Kind of show their shoe colors a little bit a little bit. Yeah, it's all right. I mean nothing to be held against them It's they got thrown into the situation. I got the right, right? Yeah, um, so yeah, uh, uh quick fancy note I mean we're gonna come back to him anyway in a minute here. Anyway, uh, alapate leua
00:15:10
Speaker
Big one, big try at the end that I started him in this one and it propelled me to a big score to start the week off. I was like, yes, that was huge. I could not. I could not be more excited about the way that that worked out because I threw him in there and Vui last minute and I ended up getting like 25 from Vui and like 55 from Loyua. It was ridiculous. I was like, for last minute changes, tinker stinkering.
00:15:32
Speaker
Yeah, that worked out quite well. Yeah, and that was the that was the the big one from from that game, if I remember right. Anybody else that really scored big for some over that day? I don't think so. Oh, Kayla Pepe for the lock from hurricanes also scored well. So to both locks scored pretty well. Yeah, we end up with 64. Whoo. Thank you.
00:16:00
Speaker
Thank you, thank you. A couple guys lucky to probably escape with not red cards in this one. Thank you, Roman Poit.
00:16:07
Speaker
Well, yeah, he's gonna let them kind of go a little bit. Yeah It kind of set the tone for the rest of the week though. Right? Um, so I will say this one thing before we move on that that i've noticed that the trend of french referees Not getting big games in this Frankly without getting the exception of garces and all blacks, but that didn't end up being that big a game, right? Well, who had aussie Australia whales? Um, was that was that plot?
00:16:34
Speaker
No. No, it was. Why am I having a hard time with this right now?
00:16:41
Speaker
Yeah, that might have been plot actually. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it was so that was a that was a big one, right? I actually found myself agreeing with him a lot and we'll get into it when we get you shut your mouth. But but then well, trust me, I ate my words afterwards after a while. I was like, I shouldn't have said that. So yeah, it was a but anyway. Yeah, Samoa Samoa take care of Russia in the in their first in their first match and they get a bonus point out of it. So good on them.
00:17:07
Speaker
Fiji and Uruguay. Oh my. To the Uruguayans. Well done, boys. Well done. Well done to our fellow American qualifiers. Yes, boys. An incredible performance on their part. Yeah. And, you know, I texted with a friend and when we saw this, he said, yeah, Fiji should have smashed them. I'm like, you're right. They should have absolutely smashed them. One, their kicking game was off. I think they hit one out of seven. And some of those you should be able to hit drunk.
00:17:35
Speaker
So that did not that did not bode well once that started to happen. I was like I don't get a good feeling from this Well, it was also that uh for the first 30 minutes of the match It was back and forth one team would score either. I don't remember if it was tries or penalty kicks exactly but
00:17:52
Speaker
They were scoring and then they'd go and the other They'd score the other team would kick off get it down deep in the other team's end and then they'd get the ball back and score And so then it would just see saw it back and forth like that like you people would use their restart as a way Okay, we'll just get back into the game and then Fiji That was right around that point like 25 30 minutes where
00:18:12
Speaker
Uruguay took the lead the 21 12 lead and Right. It was amazing. They would see song back and forth like that until Uruguay scored too straight somehow And then that Deanna and cat got to write in about three or four minutes of each other
00:18:27
Speaker
one thing to note which was fascinating you were talking about the the missed kicks Merton's was was the the color announcer and i i love andrew love color announcers who provide actual insight into the game amazing right
00:18:43
Speaker
fascinating and and he was saying that because and he's obviously a fantastic kicker in his own right legend legendary would that be a word i would might use there now he's talking about the balls that these world cup balls and he said it's fascinating to see they don't veer much like a lot of these players they use that that draw or the fade or the hook to you know on their kick they'll try to put a little bit english on it to to get it to to do what they want it to do and he says it's not doing that very well
00:19:13
Speaker
So the kicks are just are just going dead straight. And so the players are having trouble responding I saw a couple that yeah, they're they're curving a little bit but certainly not as much as Um, the the the kicker wants them to and in some cases they put a little bit too much they kind of overcompensate or they maybe if they get it just wrong, um
00:19:33
Speaker
It's going who the hell knows where right and so it's fascinating to see the the insight and and that it proved true He was talking about this happening right before Fiji missed a kick Yeah, well and I mean in contrast that per Casey missed one And I think he had about he had about six or seven himself and he played an outstanding game as well What one known what cat probably had no business being on the field by the end of the game? He was he looked pretty broke and he did eventually get subbed off at halftime, but or
00:20:03
Speaker
No, they reversed that didn't they? Yeah. Yeah, he can get subbed off till about 60 minutes in or so. But yeah, yikes He looked pretty broken, but he gave it all Yeah, the Uruguains just threw it all into that and I give him all the credit in the world, you know They caught the Fijians napping for sure. You know, I think the Fijians definitely put a team up probably shouldn't of but
00:20:26
Speaker
Right well the yeah, I think the Fijians were a little yeah, they they they certainly played down and if I have a feeling that they're kind of um Even going into that match there. They might be a little bit questioning themselves. Mm-hmm But I think once Uruguay really started showing that they weren't gonna back down Fiji didn't respond well No, no, it kind of said oh I'm not really ready for a fight and and kind of
00:20:53
Speaker
right turtled no and and you know the so we talked about back but still it was it was a little too little too late a little too late um yeah if they'd hit like two or three kicks this game would have been completely different uh something that came through that we talked about with the u.s but also kind of can't forget about this you're going to have a lot of professional players now because they all play in the mlr a lot or a lot of them do at least and good on them i mean this is clearly something like that
00:21:20
Speaker
So what does that translate to the american team? Uh, well, they also played a much stiffer competition, right? Right. Yeah, and that was not a good game We and we'll talk about that in a little bit here Um For for the here guayans yep percasi had 35 that game. Um
00:21:37
Speaker
one of their second rows. Linda Kerr had a 32. Their scrum half put in two good performances actually this past week. Arata played really well. So we'll talk about that when we get the fancy stuff. But yeah, pretty good on him. The Fijians, Volka was somebody we spoke highly about obviously. Nakarawa turned in a decent day. Matawawa got two tries so that obviously balloons his numbers.
00:22:05
Speaker
Both locks end up with decent days. I mean, they had some good fantasy scores, because they were carrying the ball well. They weren't finishing well, and obviously their kicks were going whoops, the wrong way. I mean, you can look at Ben Volvola and Matt Avecie, and both of their scores are pretty hideous. So that's where the problem lies, right there, right there.
00:22:28
Speaker
So, uh, good on, good on Uruguayans. They, they get their first big win in the world cup. I know they've had wins before, but this is obviously a huge one for them. So, uh, good on Uruguayans and, uh, welcome to the club of the team, of beating the team in the top 15. Um, really good stuff. Okay. And then. There we go. Um, here.
00:22:57
Speaker
Um, okay. And then we had Italy and Canada. And this was not the same type of result, unfortunately. This was, uh, this was a walk. Yeah. Italy. I mean, wow. I mean, Italy, I don't know if they were.
00:23:14
Speaker
angry, or they just were not leaving any doubt or whatever it was. But there's another option. Cadiz didn't play very well either. Yeah, there you go. Let's go there. Yeah, no, they were they were they seem to be a mess. They couldn't finish and try to save their life. No, they had probably three or four easy opportunities to get over the line and they just bought them. Yeah, they're they they weren't they're not like
00:23:36
Speaker
They're not terrible. They're just not finishing like, um, vent, vendor member had, um, made you had some great runs and really opened up space. And then maybe throw an offload that went at a touch or, or went behind a player. And it wasn't maybe his fault. The player wasn't in position. He wasn't community more communicating. Well, I have a little bit of both on these options.
00:23:59
Speaker
and and and i'm not just that i'm just naming him because i i remember him making several amazing runs and he's easy to spot with the uh the bleach blonde yes he's extremely easy to spot so it's easy to see when it's him that's involved in a play that doesn't go well
00:24:15
Speaker
Yeah, there was one, I think it was Heaton, that was looking to get the offload for the finish, and he completely botched it. I don't remember who they helped, broke the line, maybe Ardern, but yeah, nobody could finish for the Canadians. Finally, somebody who was a cull that got over in the corner there. Yeah. Yeah.
00:24:33
Speaker
So, Canadians just seem to be allergic to the trial line. Sears Zuru got his 50th cap, so good on him. Big ol' prop from Canada. Real quick on this note, then we'll move on. Move on to the fantasy aspects really quickly on that one as well.
00:24:50
Speaker
Did the Canadians possibly make a slight error in tying themselves to MLR in the United States with only one Canadian team? They kind of have two with Seattle. Right. But not like trying to at least forge their own 18 league, 16 league of some sort. It's a conversation to ask them. I don't know. I would like I would much rather see expansion into Canada than continued expansion in the US with the MLR because
00:25:20
Speaker
We have enough there's enough teams in the US we can't support as that many and we could help support the mlr in Canada That could be an easy partnership. Yeah, but it's good for both of our countries So I would like to see something where we're instead of having you know at this point We have enough teams in the US and I know you're gonna want one in DC. You're gonna want one in New York Right, but I'm saying that you have to have that yeah, like the first those teams that you need right you can only have so many you know, like
00:25:50
Speaker
Utah's Utah's and yeah in Texans and stuff like that. You have to if the money's not exactly there So they're gonna have to expand into the large markets of the big cities But at the same time the player there would be many more players that would be available to for competitive squad if there was more Incorporation of Canada into it. So maybe get a West Coast team either in Edmonton or in Vancouver something like that. Yep Vancouver Seattle rivalry. Could you imagine that kind of fun? I'll be a lot of fun. I'll be kind of fun
00:26:19
Speaker
All right, so can it here you go Canada we solved your problem For the Italians Man the match Jake peldry he says give me a goddamn starting shirt. What do you seriously? He was you know, he didn't get over the line but man he set up pretty much everything good that the Italians did right so
00:26:41
Speaker
45 points without scoring a single try. That's that says a lot. That's all that's a lot Dean bud and stain both get over Dean bud the big old kiwi born lock and he's kiwi one Yeah, well forwards had a day negory Mm-hmm stain stain peledry bud Yeah, there was some good scores brave brilliant of having a decent day. Yep He was yeah, he was a menace
00:27:05
Speaker
So good on the Italians for you know, putting out being able to put out a somewhat change squad and still being able to put up a nice number So good on them at least. Yep, you know, they could have easily got caught napping just like the Fijians they could have so Yeah, Italy beat the pants off Canada 48 to 7 Speaking of the pants be getting beat off you.
US vs England Match Focus
00:27:24
Speaker
Oh boy, this was
00:27:26
Speaker
Not a fun watch. It was embarrassing England and USA just embarrassing I you know, I I had missed it my uh, but we were we were watching together and and my wife Stops like it's pause. She's like wait go back and listen to what that referee just said because this was late in the game and And so it was right after a scrum that that went down another scrum that went down and he's like, all right boys
00:27:51
Speaker
We can certainly see that there's class difference here and he turns to England and he's like, you guys need to come up a little bit in the scrum. And he goes to the US and he's like, you guys need to come down a little bit. Like England was so far below. Their height was just ridiculous. Right. And that's that's fucking embarrassing. I hate to. That wasn't intentional. That's just the way it is. It's not embarrassing. But but worse than that was.
00:28:20
Speaker
I'd say friend of the pod, but it's not really true former teammate of the pod. Yeah John quill and and his whatever the fuck that was No, I'm shoulder-charged on Charles face, right? Late yeah all on that on that on that topic too. Yeah
00:28:38
Speaker
So, like, I had to, and I'm not one, if those of you who follow me on Twitter, thank you, but you'll note I try to stay away from the hot takes. I have a filter that helps me with that sometimes. It stops. Wait, wait, wait. No, don't send that. Don't send that. Okay, good.
00:28:55
Speaker
Yeah, sometimes I'll run something by Jared. Be like, don't do that. Don't do a hot take. I'm like, okay, I want to avoid the hot take, but I had to. I had to tweet. Sometimes you can't stop yourself. And sometimes it's not wrong either. Right. I was like, send him the fuck home. Like, it doesn't matter what the sanctions are. Send Quill home. He needs to not play for the U.S. anymore. This is what he does. He gets carded too often as it is. Yeah, he has been carded quite a bit in his career. Not just U.S., but M.L.R. as well.
00:29:23
Speaker
Yeah, he's pretty much a constant in the bin if not sent off and at some point What's the talent that he gives that you can't find somebody who maybe maybe he's not they're not as fast or as experienced But you know what they don't do they don't don't get sent the fuck off every goddamn game. Mm-hmm
00:29:42
Speaker
So yeah, Quilly pisses me off. He always has and uh That that pretty much was the icing on the cake, right? So I I made I sent that tweet and then like I think it was the next morning It had already happened. So I was I was pretty pleased with myself that that I was able to Make myself the gods the gods saw it and said let's do it. Right? I'm sure it was my tweet that said
00:30:03
Speaker
That changed the decision, but no people people asked about the the length. I'm like listen He's not playing again till March anyway, so chill out. Okay, I understand your your point in terms of the length And it was probably it was a pretty bad one. It wasn't a medium It was probably a high higher in sanction, but right three weeks pretty much takes care of any USA players rugby World Cup, so
00:30:23
Speaker
Right, and I think that was probably the deal where where gary gold went to them and said i'm sending him home Like no matter what happens. He's not he's not going to play again in this world cup and they're like All right, three weeks three weeks Then we'll move on um on the other side. Uh, I don't like him, but man, he racked up a shit little points 72 ellis gens That little scamper that he had And if you haven't seen this, I think rugby pass put out a pretty funny video that was like getting out of work or something like that
00:30:53
Speaker
I couldn't help but I felt bad because it's obviously our boys but man I couldn't help but laugh watching it and I don't like Alistair that much either. So that's how funny it was I saw one with that. They did my heart will go on So England just knocked the crap out of the US
00:31:13
Speaker
a big ol' 45 to 7 and people will wonder why Owen Farrell was in, thankfully nothing big came of it except a small chunk of his nose got a little chipped up. Well that was already done. That was before Quill, he got a hold of himself. Well and then so no big deal there. Yeah. As Eddie said, luckily he's not going out looking for ladies because he's married and got a boy so.
00:31:34
Speaker
I did like when Farrell got up and was chirping at Quillie. I can only imagine what he was saying and my interpretation of it I couldn't I can't read lips But I'm pretty sure what Farrell was saying was something along lines of fuck you if you were any good You'd be wearing the green at this tournament. So Oh buzzing
00:31:50
Speaker
Yeah, that happens. So yeah, England England smack crap out of the US and hopefully the US will wake up. I will say the one thing I was very pleased with in terms of the US. Gary gold has a high standard for this team and expects big things from them. And I think Blaine Skelly put a nicer touch on it. But Gary gold was very outright and saying that was terrible. So I'm happy about that that he expects better from this team. So hopefully that happens this week.
00:32:17
Speaker
The RG's in the Tongans. Tongans, again, not really getting a whole lot of help with... The scheduling gods. With the schedule, yeah. In the pool, yeah. Yeah, this is not, yeah, this is another rough game for them. I mean, Talisa Vayano looked right, the Lester Fullback. But yeah, other than that, it was pretty much all...
00:32:40
Speaker
It was there was all Argentina all day. I don't know if it speaks higher of Urgepiletta or if it speaks lower of Nicolas Sanchez that he played in this game, but get on him. I mean, Cree, we didn't start. So, you know, I think this was a semi-change squad at the very least. Montoya gets a hat trick. The backup hooker who starts in this one. Get on him.
00:33:05
Speaker
The RG's didn't do anything super spectacular in this game They just out set piece the shit out of the Tongans, which is a way a pretty easy way to beat him usually though That's just how it goes I don't know. I love I love Tamifuna just for his personality and the way he looks but I don't know what more good he's gonna continue to do the Tongans as a starter because he only makes it like 50 minutes tops and he's gassed I mean if you can haul your fat ass around
00:33:32
Speaker
Great, but not really not really in that case. Yeah, it's a little high level competition for for to have that Lack of fitness, right? I thought if I even looked pretty good in in more last place But and see how I peel towel just did his best his his captainly best is the best he could but only so much you can do you know, like I said, Argentina just I'll class them there wasn't anything there wasn't anything special in it and
00:33:59
Speaker
but they clearly showed that they had the talent to beat these guys and they did. Argentina put the Tongans down in 2012 and they are still alive in their pool, thankfully for them.
00:34:12
Speaker
And we went pretty quick through that one just to get to this one, Japan and Ireland. Oh, my goodness, what a day it was. And I can tell you that, you know, despite the fact that I did pick Ireland, I was very excited to watch this match and have it unfold as it did. It was a beautiful match to watch. And I was I yeah, I was yelling at my screen for most of the match for a lot of different reasons. Where are you going? A lot of.
00:34:38
Speaker
Kick to the corner! Kick to the corner! Why are you kicking for poise? Kick to the corner! And hey, I worked, so I can't really... Yeah, it was... If you can't tell, I'm a little bit more aggressive when it comes to... Well, times. For a game like this, when you're a team like Japan,
00:34:59
Speaker
I was kind of hoping that they would be a little bit more aggressive again, instead of kicking for points, especially when Ireland scored some quick tries. I was
Match Reviews & Tactical Strategies
00:35:09
Speaker
like, you've got to get back into the match. But no, Japan knew what they were doing. They were going to be calm and patient.
00:35:14
Speaker
And yeah, they weren't going to lose their shit. Tomorrow I had a better game from the team, but not as still not as best. He missed the first and I think that was his only miss. Yeah. But and it was a pretty bad miss if I remember right. Pretty sure. Yeah. Yeah. That was that reminded me of the Merton's commentary about that. Yeah. Yeah. Control.
00:35:36
Speaker
Big performances from the japanese front row One to one to one through 18 really, you know, just well done except for 16 because he never came over That's true. That's right. I didn't even think about that. That's true frickin loose-headed and gaki what played in a gaki played on the whole time But no, no, no, uh hori just the hooker. Oh the hooker, right? Right. Yeah Yeah, oh, yeah, that's right. I forgot like he they were gonna try and bring him off and he's like, he's like, no, fuck you Staying for this good on him
00:36:07
Speaker
Gotta give the korean-born kuju on a lot of props. He was really he was doing his best to to Just make every tackle and didn't gain a lot of meters But you know, he only played 53 minutes, but shit he 47 points. He played his ass off Yeah, they the the friend that they went toe to toe with that Ireland scrum And it was like taking a picture those scrums were not moving an inch
00:36:30
Speaker
Nope, nope, very stalemated. Those were those are a pair of really good scrums obviously Yeah, and and they weren't it's all like they were outweighed by any means I felt a little bit bad for I'm not you mafia came off with rib injury. I bet you that might be a broken rib Yeah, I was definitely he's like pulling it aside like kind of pull it back into place. I think it's broken, right? Which sucks. Well, you have a guy like Michael each on the bench Kind of sucks me at seeing mafia leave in distress, but but
00:36:57
Speaker
What leech will do? Yeah, leech did well. Leech is a hell of a replacement to call on. Yeah, and I will note this. A couple things on Ireland. One, I did think their attack was a little more creative. Certainly, you know, Jack Cardi did some things that Johnny Sexton hasn't been willing to do.
00:37:15
Speaker
I thought Cardi was the better of the two fly halves that took this took place Joey Carberry looks very rusty and very much like I don't know if this legs gonna hold up type of thing Yeah, not his fault. Really. It's tough. It really is tough to do this when you don't have a warm-up game to get ready The ring rose try was actually really nice though. The the first kick
00:37:37
Speaker
That that japanese defender, um, I caught napping. I think it was uh, no, I think it was uh, Wasn't lamaiki. It was at matsu shima. Hold on. No, it wasn't it was I think it was the 13. I think it was lafaeli. Okay Um, so he had to come over and cover because I think the wing got sucked in So if it was the outside center out there and and it just that's not what he normally does so so he I don't think he got caught napping as much as he was trying to back fill a position and and got turned around so
00:38:05
Speaker
So somebody else got caught napping and he's the one that gets hung up to dry, which is worse. Right. But yeah, I thought they I thought there were guys that put in some pretty good chips for Ireland. He played his balls off and he was probably chomping at the bed after missing the first one.
00:38:20
Speaker
But again, the two guys that I pinged pointed out on Twitter, Thompson and Hori just put in massive shifts. You know, Thompson's not a young man. No. And he put his body on the line. Right. And him coming off the field. He's just like, kill me now. Look, if you've played rugby, you've had a match like that where you're just like, I can't. Like, why is the sideline getting further away? I know I'm coming off, but I just can't make it.
00:38:49
Speaker
It's like it's like a nightmare like oh, no Oh, yeah, you seem kind of half jog gonna be like nope can't do that. Oh, man. That's that's I also want to point out who had a great day, especially off the bench was Fukuoka. Yeah with What did he have he had going back to my notes here? Did he score?
00:39:09
Speaker
Yeah, he scored that he scored the winner the winner and he had the ceiling interception. Oh, yes Yes, so like way to come off the bench and make a double impact that that really seals the game Yep, so Jeff Japan now in the driver's seat of group a
00:39:25
Speaker
one other note on the match because it's another tactical thing if you can't tell what I'd like to talk about too Japan fucked themselves twice on this stupid I hate it I like it in spots when people pick their spots into it it's great but when they get that stupid oh I got tackled I'm gonna stand up and pick the ball up again they did it once where they I think they knocked it on and another time where they earned themselves a penalty because it was already a ruck
00:39:51
Speaker
And the player got up and tried to play with it. And it's like, just do that. Just take the tackle. You're working your phases. Everything's going well. You've been tackled. Let someone else have a turn with the ball, especially when it's in tight. Like, if you are tackled and you have to do that just to maintain possession, that's one thing. But when your support's there and the front half's there and you're ready to keep running, just let it go. Yeah, absolutely. And just to kind of give the final, this is how tight it was.
00:40:21
Speaker
51 possession to japan 52 territory to ireland. That's how tight this match was so good on japan for coming through and a tight one like that and taking control of their group and well well into a possibility of getting a knockout Oh, I think I think they just won the the pool. It'll be between them and it's good It could be a three horse race if scotland beat them Yeah, and if ireland can't afford to shoot the bet again, and I don't think we they have too much of a
00:40:48
Speaker
Uh an issue there, but they're on the verge of samoa in russia. I don't think either of them You never know but but yeah, but I that's the island are not in a good spot They're gonna be japanese fans basically for that scottish camp. Yep
00:41:05
Speaker
Okay, and then we won't dwell on this match too much. South Africa, maybe you have lost the worst in this exact picture pretty much. World Cup game, pool stage, playing South Africa, that got 80 points put on them eight years ago, I think it was, and it was bad. It was really bad. I watched that match, and I was like, why am I watching this?
00:41:28
Speaker
I almost did the same with this one, but I give the Namibians a low credit They tried they were trying shit, but like it's just clear. They don't have the class. They're not even close. They really aren't You know Khaleesi comes in with 35 off the bench for God's sake. Yeah, your boy, Mackinac Pimpy comes through as well. Captained him this week too. That was a smart move. Skalk Brits plays 8-man and does 52 pretty good damage. Good to see Lou Diaga. Let me just point that out. Good to see Lou Diaga back. He was
00:41:57
Speaker
He got hurt in the super rugby season and he definitely did something to his shoulder. They did the jersey pin Slaying thing when he when it happened to him. So i'm glad he's back But um, yeah, this is a south african team that were probably a little angry after losing to the all blacks And um, maybe we're just the whipping boy. Unfortunately, uh, south africa 57 and maybe a three, um More or less start your guys against them. Maybe if they're if they're one of the top end teams That's basically what needs to come away from this one Um, yeah pretty much
00:42:26
Speaker
Sorry, Namibia. Georgia and Uruguay. Georgia did everything that Fiji couldn't, because here's the thing that Fiji is not great at, and they've been better in recent days. They went toe to toe with Australia in it, and that was their set piece. But the mall, the driving line-up mall, Georgia knows how to do it very well. Their set piece, they didn't know how to do well, and Uruguay had no idea how to deal with it. They really didn't.
00:42:54
Speaker
Spectacular that they did again. It was I know that you're we got a red tire But that was almost at the end of the game anyway, so that's almost irrelevant. It was it was a hot nasty day A lot of you know, this is a water break day. Literally it was a day. They called for water. Okay. It was one of those types of days. So The couple guys I want to point out are a process of the young scrum half for Georgia
00:43:18
Speaker
accurate with his kicks, lively around the ruck, really making problems for everybody around. So good on him. Very, very good stuff. And then the two wings were pretty, pretty good as well. Todua and I'm gonna try and not push this.
00:43:39
Speaker
Very good stuff very good stuff from both of them And they're they're man of the match. It's your god's day If you're gonna keep my mooka gods away from that a man spot you doing something, right? So because on them they did, you know Your way did have some good stuff for a second. Like I said, Arata played well again So if you need a scrum half and you're in a pinch here I think you're aware on the by this game week that we're in right now, but game week four if you're you know
00:44:05
Speaker
If you're if you have been young, so you have Gareth Davies, I think they're on buys next, maybe reconsider what you have in terms of that and pick him up because this kid is this guy's playing pretty well. He's going 30 plus each time. So there you go. Take that for what it's worth. And then we had
00:44:29
Speaker
Can we restart overnight? It was like, uh, really? We were going to do this? Okay, we're going to do this. It was a good match, just the same though. Wales, Australia, phenomenal. I mean, phenomenal effort by Australia to come back, but.
00:44:44
Speaker
Uh, I give whales all the credit in the world. They lost Dan bigger fairly early in this one who looked like he was about to have himself a game the way he started. And Reese Patchel just said, no problem. Just, just, just going to pick up what you left off your boss. No big deal. He didn't seem to, he didn't seem to miss a beat. Um, man.
00:45:05
Speaker
I have to say this and there's good things about australia that need to be pointed out and there's some bad things um well guinea has had an interceptor eye and almost had another one but uh not and i'm not saying that he got them he gave them yeah because he took too many steps away from the ruck and tried to feed the pass and it garrett davies read read both
00:45:29
Speaker
Got one, just missed a second. I was like, ee, maybe don't do that anymore. Maybe. Just a thought. Our theory, specifically yours that started with it, at least, of Dean Hallett Pettit being probably the better fullback comes true, he looked pretty damn good. I will say that. Karevi played his balls off, although we've talked about it, the spend-off penalty that he got against Hadley-Parks or Reese-Patchell, whoever it was.
00:45:57
Speaker
Bullshit, total bullshit. I didn't see it. Bensky needs to shut his friggin face and let it go because it was just a little fend off. Patchill was already coming in high. Right. I saw the image of it. I didn't see that. I didn't see the video. It's just a little bump off. That's all it was. He didn't do anything. Yeah, it rode up a little bit. It happens, you know, but the guy was already high to be human. So that's his own damn fault. Yeah. If he was, if he doesn't want to get bumped off like that, go for Caribbean legs.
00:46:20
Speaker
Kirby was a little miffed by it. I definitely understand why if he's feeling salty about it, he should be. That was a terrible, terrible penalty call. Was there a card associated with that, or was it just penalty? Nah, it's penalty only. Oh, well then it didn't.
00:46:33
Speaker
It was still an annoying penalty to turn over because I think Wales got something from me there. They got three and then they turned around and got seven later on shortly after that. So it was a bit of an ouch in terms of momentum. Marika Korobetti continues to not impress me. He has problems with not being able to kick.
00:46:51
Speaker
He is a great attacking weapon. He is not something I want back there fielding kicks. No, no. Because he doesn't know how to deal with them. The Grey Wolf, Adam Ashley Cooper, gets over the line. That was Bernard Foley's only good moment of the game. Yikes. I'm not going to lie. It's a good thing. Michael Cheka almost always said that. Yeah. Sorry. Sorry while I was chanting. And actually, they hate him more than anybody. Right. So that's definitely an insult. It's a good thing Michael Cheka brought Matt Tamua.
00:47:20
Speaker
Yes, I would probably be starting him because lately final didn't cover himself in glory last no and Bernard Foley still looks like poop because he's Bernard Foley Yeah, so Matt some wood. It should probably be you're starting 10. I mean they left another guy at home, right? So okay. So yeah, that was my question to you because I hadn't seen it so I had one question and now that I look at the lineups and really get into it, uh-huh
00:47:44
Speaker
I have a second question. First question. How much would it have a difference now? Let's look at their locks. I mean, Rada did all right, Morin got 30, but how much of a difference would a certain lock who is maybe not living in Australia currently, but would make, I feel would make an impact on the game. How much of an impact would...
00:48:07
Speaker
Yeah, big Willie skeleton would be really style. He would definitely be a big help to this I mean Rada played seemed to try and make himself a menace, but he's not doing anything special. Mm-hmm. Rory Arnold's gonna win lineouts That's what he does But I think well skeleton would be another another dimension to that second row And you know if you want to bump Isaac Rada to six you could right I wouldn't move David Pocock and Michael Hooper right away. That's for sure
00:48:33
Speaker
No, but Pocock has experience at eight. Yeah, significant experience. So they could they could bump nice Ronnie out of there. Right. That Hooper's playing his balls off as doing everything he can to get this team over the line. So so that leads to my second question, which is because because neither of us are terribly. Well, we're definitely not fans of Bernard Foley. No, I am not the biggest Wilgenia fan. I don't know about you.
00:48:58
Speaker
I have my goods and bads about them, but uh, I think nick white's probably the better option right now Pardon me. So so I guess that that's where my question goes is so we you know skeleton would have made a difference but but how much of a difference would have been made with with uh, if they had started nick white and and tamua rather than You know, uh tamua definitely. I think you could get away with one of the other Um, if I don't think you can start bernard foley either way, right doesn't matter who's playing nine I don't think that would work either way
00:49:28
Speaker
Which is odd because that really you're playing whales. Why wouldn't you go? I mean is there just do these? International coaches have blind spots at times you think like they have soft spots for certain people Yeah, just that's my boy and I'm backing them and da da da and you know Whatever it feels like they feel like they owe them somehow and they just and I can get that to a certain point You know, it's it's a soft skill, but yeah, I don't know beats the shit at me
00:49:52
Speaker
Yeah. Okay. So yeah, either way, Australia fall to Wales, and it was a it was a damn good match. They made a hell of a comeback attempt, but it was just too little too late 2925 Wales in Wales final to control of that group.
00:50:09
Speaker
And then the one this morning that was not particularly entertaining, but certainly did some good for the Scots. They got four tries. Sean Maitland got over the line. Beautiful kick. Stewart Hogg with a massive drop goal from almost halfway on the angle too. I was like, damn, that's a hit.
00:50:29
Speaker
That'll be good to know that you have that in the locker some point So it was a hell of a hit. Um finn rustle did very well for himself. Just making making place He really was um, james richie at least I only got to see the the first half but but he was So, you know, obviously we at fantasy rugby eggs are sad about the hamish watson, right being out but the mish
00:50:53
Speaker
But James Ritchie and having James Ritchie and having Blade Thompson in reserve, they still have some mobility back there. Yeah, absolutely. So it's not the end of the world. Yeah, yeah. And Johnny Gray put in an excellent shift. Tackling Beast, man of the match. Big time. The Samoans eventually got a red card. Ed Fido got two yellow cards. He got two penalty tries. The second one was probably not a penalty try, but it was definitely a yellow. The first one was clearly a penalty try.
00:51:21
Speaker
So, not helping his team anywhere whatsoever in there. The Samoans did their best with no ball, but man, there's only so much you can do without it. Every time they'd try and break, they'd find a way to fucking cock it up. I'm thinking, hang on to the damn ball, guys. Don't kick it away, just eat the ball. So yeah, definitely, again, another one out of class. We saw some Lagovi, Mulipola, Bum.
00:51:46
Speaker
Yeah, there's there was some this weekend actually short pulled them yeah, oh That's right. Yeah saw it in that game. I saw how there was there's some other there was bum. There's been significance on home Is it would it kill you to wear some like spandex? Yeah, I wonder armor under that You sell some compression shorts under the tube I guess yikes Yikes. Oh, man
00:52:16
Speaker
I will let you prepare your notes while I go through some top scores by position for the week. This is not overall, this is just this week. So game week two, so the two games we just did were game week three.
00:52:34
Speaker
Game week two, center, Ed Fido leads the way. Obviously very contrasting compared to a red card slash two yellows. Tolisa Vayano led the fullbacks for Tonga with 34. George Ford, basically against no defense.
00:52:51
Speaker
uh for England 54 at flies as expected um uh stain from the from the Italian squad with 49 big time big time score um Scott Britz leads the hookers technically even though he played eight this week but he did slide in a hooker eventually but um yeah not did start at eight but yeah he led them if you want to go by actual hookers and binominy was the other one next down so
00:53:18
Speaker
Kazuki Himino, yes I said it right. Leads the number 8's with 31 from Japan. Ellis Gensh, der, leads the props, 72, excuse me. Niko Matawalo puts a couple tries over and gets 45 against Uruguay. Lou Diaga leads the locks, 53. Big, big week for them.
00:53:40
Speaker
and Alapate Layua was 64. And that but then to South African wingers Mac and Mac Nipibian work launch right right behind him as well. Okay, so we're leading off this week with thankfully we have a day day between so everybody can kind of reject the lineup after the first two that just happened.
00:53:59
Speaker
France and the US I went basically by I tried to make it the most relevant possible I'm looking at guys that have scored a lot and or are on pace for scoring a lot on average and Guys that are owned and then just kind of give my best advice from there. So Camille Lopez start Louie Pickle. Oh, yes Louie Pickle should be an automatic start if he's in the lineup
00:54:21
Speaker
Eteria, yes. Mashino, yes, he'll be starting at Scrum half for France. QJ, Guitton, Voca, all of them should start. Those are the back three, I believe, for them this weekend. I could be wrong. No, Rocca's one of them. Why do I have Voca on there? Oh wait, duh. This is what happens when I try and do the same notes on the same page as the ones I had before. Sorry, wrong one.
00:54:44
Speaker
Actually, yeah, I didn't put Vulcan in there because he's not owned. He's not selected, so screw that. The two starting locks for France, I would sit. That's actually the one problem that England didn't really seem to have anything purchased whatsoever in there.
00:55:00
Speaker
Sit them um the us aj mcginty If he's just starting fly if he's your fly half. Yeah, he only he got 28 last time So it wasn't bad despite only having to make being able to make one kick. So that's pretty good for him uh, sevetta and sevetta is a yes and uh
00:55:16
Speaker
Cautious thumbs up for Bryce Campbell. I'm thinking he's gonna play a little bit better at having to start this time Instead of the instead of coming off the bench. So that's what I'm thinking about that For the guys that are owned and or scored. Okay for the US TT sit Blaine Scully sit Sean Davies sit
00:55:36
Speaker
I mean, if you're starting a US player, I, good luck. I mean, tough at him, you know, that that's, that's, to me, that's the only player worth looking into just because again, it's the hooker, like, yeah, less than 1%. Right. And so, but then he could go off at any second, but at the same time,
00:55:57
Speaker
Yeah, you're I I would Hesitate to use him if you had unless you absolutely have to right and if you're like stuck if you've filled up your others your squad with You know the big hunt they know tier one country players and you're kind of screwed for a hooker this week Yeah, go with tough Eddie. I think he's actually Yeah, he's he's gonna be he's my reserve hooker, but I mean that's only because I don't really want to make another ad drop
00:56:25
Speaker
Um, and, uh, Hori isn't playing this game week, so... Nope. That's, that pretty much narrows it down. Yeah, right. You're up. I am up with...
00:56:39
Speaker
I have New Zealand, Canada. This should be a fairly straightforward exercise. Right. And this is, again, simple. If you're starting a Canadian, if you're thinking about starting a Canadian, don't. Just don't. So here's where I'm getting into now. You have to start thinking about the strategy behind this because
00:56:58
Speaker
You're kind of running short on runway as far as the pool play. So a lot of these second tier countries, the players that certainly are not going to make it out of pool play, you're going to want to start moving away from them. So like I said, I have Taufetti.
00:57:15
Speaker
I might keep them around for another week or two But it's kind of it's done you only have the one switch a week or one drop So you have to really be careful about who you pick up who you're gonna have to drop because you pick somebody up And if they don't go off
00:57:30
Speaker
What if that's that could be 20 points you're giving up because you have to cut someone or cut him along with someone else. So now it's the time to get a little bit more, you know, strategic about who you're adding to your team. Indeed. So my my suggestions are going to come with with that caveat.
00:57:47
Speaker
for new zealand um just based on on what Canada has been giving up the beginning up a shit ton of points to the 13 in the back three so in this case uh jack goodhue and he's someone he'd probably want to keep around i mean yeah he could easily start right one of those big games
00:58:04
Speaker
And so so he might be someone you wanted him team I said I as I said, I picked up bridge just in case he was going to be one of the wings that was starting he's not um, it's uh, you want to and just the same though, right and jordie barrett and boat and barrett are back are the back three three brothers starting right
00:58:18
Speaker
Uh, yeah, and scott's playing up front. Yep. Um And i'm um, the other the other lock is uh to to pull it to yeah Yeah, yeah, patrick. Yeah, I would not suggest that Probably not even though he could have a good game. But again, that's another one who you're one off. He's a one-off. So so so don't bother with that Um, you know, you might want matt todd kieran reed
00:58:42
Speaker
could have a good day. Richie Mwunga. So, you know, the bigger names that are going to be playing, again, you want the players who are going to keep playing, even if you think the guy might go off one week.
00:58:56
Speaker
So those are those are my start. I really would focus on good views. It really is my big one. And you want and maybe not Jordy Barrett because I don't know what he's going to be doing later. Yeah, it's kind of a mystery. Depends on injuries. Right. Fiji and Georgia. Fiji's are kind of automatic almost at this point. Obviously, we don't know the lineup right now. But Nakarawa's an auto start. Yado's an auto start. Red Ryder's probably an auto start for me.
00:59:23
Speaker
Moses Boca, there he is. Start him. I knew I had him in there somewhere. Nico Matawalu, if he's their scrum half, yep, go ahead. And Tui Silva, go ahead. The sits are gonna be their two props, or at least the big props that you're probably either owned or are scoring. It's amazing that some of these guys are selected, but not scoring very well. Campizi Mafu has not scored shit.
00:59:45
Speaker
Sit him Maui has has a lot it has scored well, but I wouldn't play him in this game Georgia props are probably gonna cause them havoc So shakers that's come time Rachina Wawa and Rachu with the two two of the locks Pine him don't don't touch him for Georgia break about so the hooker those two hookers break about and my mucus have really play them
01:00:13
Speaker
I Presidze it which was the scrum half that I mentioned earlier If you're in desperate need or scrum half this week, you could do worse with him. He looked pretty lively and Fijians give up plenty to scrum house. So go ahead with that one
01:00:28
Speaker
Lobo heads a is the I believe he's the ten That's fine. And then No, that's not true. He is the he's one of the out. He's one of the wings. I would sit there ten now I'm calling. I'm just gonna call him Teddo cuz I'm not I'm not gonna butcher the shit out of that name cuz that's a bad one. Sorry. Sorry To you
01:00:52
Speaker
Ireland, Russia, um, i'm gonna start with russia because there's really only one player that I would consider here and that's morozov the hooker, uh, i'm, sorry prop prop Ireland sale sharks prop ireland are giving up a lot of points to props this tournament Yeah, and morozov is scoring points. So There you go. There you go. Um, I wouldn't recommend again If you don't have him on your squad, I I would not recommend picking him up. Yeah, but this is if you have him
01:01:17
Speaker
Right. If you have them, go for it. Yep. Um, as far as Ireland... Probably a Sharks fan or something like that. Right. That's what it comes down to. As far as Ireland are concerned, they're probably only going to start... They can't afford to take Russia lightly. They can't afford to have a slip-up now, because if they slip and Russia decides that this is going to be their game of the tournament as opposed to the game against Japan,
01:01:40
Speaker
Um that Ireland can't afford it because that then they're out agreed completely. So I'm thinking Ian Henderson is gonna make make the start so I would go with him probably a flanker But yeah, and better and then Stockdale He's just carve them up
01:01:57
Speaker
Because the wings have been carving up Russia. And again, they're going to have to start one of them. So I'm thinking it'll be Stockdale with his speed. And I think he'll do well. Nice. Good shots. South Africa, Italy. So this is probably going to be one of those games that South Africa doesn't take lightly. They need to win every game from here out to make the knockout stage, for sure. So I would start Cobus or Herschel if they start this game. Do not start Faf.
01:02:25
Speaker
No, I've been that's a Beth Malcolm March for the forwards definitively pairs Peter stuff to toy definitively Colby should be an automatic start on Andre Pollard if he's if he's your 10 he should be an IMAX start For the sits
01:02:41
Speaker
Surprisingly, Italy haven't, I mean, I know Italy have played some pretty weak ass competition, but they've really kept the props under wraps. And these are two guys that don't score a ton necessarily. Kits off in Matorreira. They're very highly owned, but don't play them. Like I said, Fafte Clark, no. Willy LaRue, nope, very highly owned, but just not producing them out. And Italians actually doing okay against the back three.
01:03:05
Speaker
Italia, if Tommy Allen's your fly half, you're playing him. So play him. Abraham Steen, Jake Pledre should be automatics. If you have him, play him. Tommaso Benvenuti, the winger, play him. And then any of these guys that you have, just find a place on the bench for him. Tito Tabaldi, Andrea Lavati, Landro, if Geraldine plays, I don't know if Geraldine's ready to play yet. He's still kind of nursing that knee a little bit.
01:03:32
Speaker
Um, I guess a knee either way you're sitting him and you're seeing paris a England verse argentina Um, do you have your points machines for england? The the Saracens connection with jamie george and mario toji, uh should feature highly Um argentina are extremely vulnerable in the centers. They've given up points through the centers. Just too bad because of my taste or orlando. I love so it's like what?
01:03:58
Speaker
Yeah. Um, so I'm, I'm looking at two lagi here, uh, to make an impact. Yeah, that's a good show. That's, that's why I see there. Um, for Argentina, um, there's three players who, uh, if you have, if you know, if you're full up on, on Argentinians,
01:04:15
Speaker
you probably have these three players, and that's Montoya, Matera, and Petty. I think those should all be on your rosters, or you know, at least two of them should be on your rosters. I have Matera and Petty. I'm not playing Matera. I think I put him as a reserve, because just in case he goes off, but you never know. But Petty is the one that I'm starting.
01:04:41
Speaker
Yeah, I like I like him Yeah, but I just don't I'm just not certain how how well like what the other players are gonna be bringing from Argentina in a match like this and and how I mean They have to win this right they desperately have to win this and they'll be going for noise
01:04:56
Speaker
Well, they will, but how I'm not sure how that's going to work out and how that'll work into fantasy points. So I agree with that. Yeah. So I think those three, Petty, especially, I think he'll get chances at the line out and around the park. So I agree. OK, so Australia Uruguay, this is week four. All right.
01:05:13
Speaker
then I will, I'll probably either tweet out something or I will publish a quick one with our week four start and sets of the week. Our start to the sixth sets of the week are going to be for what's left of game week three that we say here. So right calm your hormones. Okay. So week four Australia Uruguay, you're gonna play
01:05:38
Speaker
You're gonna play Matt Tamua if he plays for sure. Nick White should play, you should play if he plays. If Kepu is one of your props, go ahead. If you for some reason have Jordan Ulysses. Sorry, he's just not that prominent. If you for some reason have him, they'll probably gonna play him in this game and I bet you and hookers do well for Australia in general. So go ahead. If you have him, you're obviously a huge fan of his if you have him but
01:06:05
Speaker
Yeah, go ahead be be cute. It'll help it'll pay off
01:06:10
Speaker
I'm rarely hesitant to play either Foley or Lelyofano. Neither one of them has done well. And I'm not trying to shit on them, but they just haven't shown me. This is business. This is where you put your fan hat away and you do business. Yeah, you use your brain. For the Uruguians, there's only two guys I would go with, Villaseca and Arata. That's it. Anybody else? If you have them on your team, chuck them. Yeah, don't bother.
01:06:37
Speaker
Um, japan verse samoa. Um, I am all in on hori matsushima and himeno Yeah as you should be as you should be um, all three ship on your rosters Um, none of them can afford to take a match off at this point. They're they're playing they're gonna ride until they they fall apart because they they don't have any other choice. Yeah Um, so so those those those guys should be playing um And and should be at least on your reserves if not starters. Mm-hmm
01:07:03
Speaker
For samoa, um, I think nanai williams will get free and vui should get some space but again i'm not sure i'm gonna waste a Spot on my roster for guys that I know i'm gonna have to drop so I think those two right now will have good games But i'm not sure that it's worth picking them up for for for this match If you don't have them if you haven't been okay strongly consider enough. Yeah
01:07:26
Speaker
Yeah, no fair enough point um, so I have so on the back end of this this weekend here in new zealand and maybe a short turnaround for the boys in black um The big names that I would definitely consider for this weekend and there'll be guys that you see on rosters this both this midweek game and this weekend probably uh, yoani cody taylor ben smith george bridge savory sam kane
01:07:52
Speaker
There's Sam Kane's ready to rock. Go for it. If you're in a real nasty pinch and you need an all-black 10, Josh Awani's probably gonna play 10 in this game. He's performed well when he's been given the ball, so go for it. Namibia. Conrati's the only one that I would consider after that. Pine them all. So then I have, where am I? France Tonga?
01:08:19
Speaker
So this probably gonna be the game to clinch the quarterfinals for France assuming England beats Argentina, right? So France is gonna rock up just to Take to make sure they get let's get this job done now and based on that matchup I think I would go with fiku. He'll be featured and as is into Mac So so that that 10 12 combination there. I'm loving this kid
01:08:41
Speaker
is really gonna be where you wanna focus your rosters there. And then for Tonga, San Luisi, or Fifita, but again,
01:08:54
Speaker
Is there value there for for long term? I don't think so at week four. It's probably not worth it unless you already have them, right? That's the only thing like we said before they might be worth keeping for a week But be ready to drop them at a moment's notice. I do have a spare france spot So if I can wriggle somebody away come gaming for I think into max gonna be my yeah, I grab Like when I grabbed that week see what happens
01:09:18
Speaker
Okay, so start of the week for me. It's a pretty easy one. I didn't get cute with this. He's gonna play fullback for the All Blacks, Bowden Barrett against a very weak, even if he plays a half. Even if he plays a half, I would be willing to bet he's gonna put up 35, 40 points easily. And that's without kicking. So he's gonna have a big week. Unfortunately, sorry Canada, you didn't look good against Italy. This is the All Blacks now.
01:09:48
Speaker
Just saying okay, and he's fastest player on the field by far. Maybe several Reese's can keep up with that's it
01:09:55
Speaker
My start of the week, um, so I mentioned I had bridgie as a note because I did the lineup wasn't out yet. Um, so i'd still have, um And he wasn't my start of the week. He was just on my left, you know, I was gonna say bridgie and colbay were guys that that should probably be starting for you now and not bridge but but one of the other uh back threes so like maybe a barrett, um, but my start of the week is gonna be
01:10:19
Speaker
Oh maro itoji. Yeah, that's a good show. And the reason i'm saying that is that argentina haven't handled attacking locks particularly well And so they they've they've gone off for for runs and and um and and line breaks
01:10:36
Speaker
And Mauro has been very much focusing on trying to be more of an attacking lock. We all know what he does in the line out and on defense. So you know he's going to get your points, but I think he's going to feature heavily in this match. And I think he's won. He's going to be my captain this week.
01:10:52
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, that's a good shot. So my my city of the week actually comes from that game. It's a and I know England haven't necessarily faced this differs competition, but they just their back three defense is going to be very good and because of the way they attack.
01:11:13
Speaker
the back three with the kicks and with looking to kick in behind. And if you can't handle your shit very well, then you're going to you're going to get found out. And Emiliano Buffalo is my is my say that we he's very highly selected in terms of, you know, I was looking for somebody above 10%. He's 12% selected.
01:11:30
Speaker
Right in TRM. So Don't pick him. Don't pick him from this match. Put him on your bench. Make sure he stays there I think he's just gonna have a nightmare back there I think I think barrel slash forward whoever the bucket is is gonna pull him left and right and gonna make his life miserable
01:11:45
Speaker
I'm going to give you a sit of the week that's going to make you poop. So again, Pablo Matera, reserve it best. Somebody who I would be looking to pull out of your starting lineup just in case. But my sit of the week is going to be a surprising one. It'll be Rory Best.
01:12:07
Speaker
And yeah, it's not too bad of a call. I will say that. Russia is not giving up points to hookers. It's amazing. And I think their line-out defense is pretty good. And Besti's been kind of shit outside of scoring that try. Yeah. His line-out throws aren't there. He's had a tough time. Yeah, and that's been noted. I just think that this is a bad matchup for man. Who knows how long he's going to play in the game anyway. So if you've got Rory Best, again, this is just business. Nothing personal. I love Rory. We love Besti.
01:12:37
Speaker
He's my sit of the week. Yep. Good. Not a bad shot. Um, yeah. I mean, when Cronin came into that game, I was like, your lineups already not going great. And you brought Sean Cronin and how fucked are you? Very that's, that's, that's the answer kids. Very. All right. Um, let's get into this.
Predictions & Expectations in Upcoming Matches
01:12:55
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So pick them.
01:12:56
Speaker
Now, as much as I'd like to say that this will be a different result for us this week, France-US, heart says US, brain says France. I think it's going to be a different result in that France are going to win by a lot more. Depends on which French team shows up. Depends on what the US does. I have a feeling Gary Gold put a rocket up their ass to at least play a little bit better. Kiwis in Canada, all blacks. Yeah.
01:13:22
Speaker
Not really a questionnaire Georgia Fiji. Here we go. This will be a little bit different at least I Got Georgia. Okay, I think with again What you just talked about not too long ago about Georgia using their their set piece to dominate Was that right? They get that right? Yeah, that that that's what they that's what Ireland did to Fiji They just said we're gonna scrum you and and maul you to death. Was that what was Ireland? I
01:13:49
Speaker
That was Australia was Australia. Yeah, and they did sorry and they did and they did um That that's what uh, that's what george is going to do doing. Uh, I will back the angry flying vegians Uh to come back in this game and it'll be the revenge of uh, ben volavola for not having started that last game
01:14:05
Speaker
Ireland, Russia. Ireland. Yeah. Even if they do it in their typical way, they can do it better than in Russia, I promise you. Yeah. Because Russia will see that Russia is the typical, the exact kind of team that's going to get sucked into that kind of play. So yeah. Whoops. Yeah. They're going to don't play Ireland's game. You will not beat. Nobody is better at that Ireland's form of rugby than Ireland. So don't do it. Yeah. The box and Azuri.
01:14:34
Speaker
This is going to be a serious match. It'll be a good game. That's how the average is going to win. Yeah. But I think Italy's going to put a little bit more of a scare in them than people would think. I think they'll at least challenge them for half or so. Yeah. The RG's in the English. The English. Yeah.
01:14:56
Speaker
Again, the roses they're so so the the england is kind of like the anti-irland in that they can play any style They have to to win a game and so it may be it might be a struggle that first half as they Feel each other out but england's gonna probe and find find where where argentina is weak and exploit it in the second half
01:15:17
Speaker
Yeah, a strong scrummaging front row is kind of how we do Argentina in on this one. To game week four, Australia and Uruguay. I don't think there's a question in that one, honestly. I think Australia, I mean, sorry, Uruguay is going to be out in the piss the rest of us. We'll have some fun, boys. Playing with house money. Yeah, right. Japan Samoa. I'll back the brave blossoms.
01:15:41
Speaker
Yeah, you got it at this point. Yeah, they're they're they're riding high Hopefully samoa doesn't so here was an interesting too much interesting Comment on the uh from the last from the the the other rugby pod, you know the other the amateurs that they do and uh, um, no team The the old no team has ever lost a match in pool play and won the world cup. Yeah, so
01:16:04
Speaker
And I was just thinking about that because I'm like Japan's gonna run there. They could run that entire they could run the group, right? Yeah easily and come out smelling like a rose. Yeah good for them All blacks again against Namibia again. It's not gonna be a challenge unfortunately. Sorry, Namibia if they beat the Box and the box hammered you by transit of properties grab your ankles and breathe deep. Yep You're gonna feel a pinch
01:16:39
Speaker
Oh, shit. Yeah, that just happened. And there we go. Um, fuck. Uh, France Tonga. France. Let's try to keep the wheels on for just a little bit longer. Even if we gotta keep them all with duct tape. Let's just do it. Yeah. I picked the French too. Holy shit. I don't know why that's so funny, but it is. Sorry. I'm just terrible. Oh man.
01:17:09
Speaker
Oh man. Okay, so.
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01:20:47
Speaker
Hey guys, it's Jared again. Yeah, I know you're sick of me already. Relax. Just want to give you guys a little bit of advice. We didn't get to the email for those of you that saw the inbox email from rugby mag team. They've kept the England fixture in game week three, even though it's in between two fixtures that are in game week four. So the England Argentina game is part of game week three, even though it starts after game week four starts.
01:21:14
Speaker
So, best advice for that is England are probably going full noise. Maybe you have already found out the lineup by the time you listen to this. If you have an inkling about an England player, start them. Don't hesitate. Don't let the window shut on you before it's too late because they're closing the window and or the starting, the lineup's locking at the end of the South Africa, Italy game, I believe.
01:21:41
Speaker
So don't hesitate. If you have an inkling to play an England player and they're in the lineup, do it. There's a few players that you can probably start over the England guys, but I would definitely put a lot of the England guys ahead of many of the names that you'll be considering, especially considering that there's a few teams that have changed squads. So that's my advice. I'm sure Ben would agree. If not, I'm sure he'll chime in.
01:22:05
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