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Jarrod Dyke: Hey, everybody. Welcome back. It is the Fantasy Rugby Yanks. My name is Jared Dyke.
Grumpy Old Prop: I'm Ben Glauser.
Jarrod Dyke: It's fantasy time. Let's get into it. We're going to dive right into um Champions League standings. Since we're picking the prem back up this week, let's get into that.
Jarrod Dyke: um As a reminder for those in Division one it's Mark Stewart Duncan, George, Cobus, Alex, myself, and Justin.
Jarrod Dyke: Justin got the wooden spoon last time we did this thing too. So, I see.
Grumpy Old Prop: um And for the D2s, it's Matt, Paul, Barty, Aubrey, um Franco, myself, Drew, and Luke. um Drew picked up the wooden spoon, but is still comfortably in and seventh.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay.
Grumpy Old Prop: um
Jarrod Dyke: Where do you have a point?
Grumpy Old Prop: Not coming ahead of not getting going to get ahead of me, likely, and not going to get behind Luke, so.
Jarrod Dyke: So a point it shall be. All right,
Grumpy Old Prop: Although, that's only 54 points difference between 7 and 8. Whereas there's...
Jarrod Dyke: we got a few. Well, because we still do this through play so do the knockouts as well.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. That's true. That's true.
Jarrod Dyke: So that while that ends up being kind of weird and has potential to either do nothing or have a huge swing, um yeah, that is still there.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: um Yeah, Super Rugby. I wish i we didn't have to talk about it, but we're going to anyway. um The last week, it was a yellow hat for Alex and a wooden spoon for me.
Grumpy Old Prop: Oh, man.
Jarrod Dyke: ah Although somewhat appropriate because I always list to myself as the head chef of whatever organization it is.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: So I'm making too much pasta sauce, not worrying about my team but team enough, clearly.
Grumpy Old Prop: That works.
Jarrod Dyke: ah the Yeah, Alex jumped two and then I dropped one. So that um that's that's pretty much the only movement that happened here. ah we have... um, Stuart, Cobus, George, Alex, Justin, Duncan, Mark, and then, yeah, you guessed it. I'm, I'm holding up the bottom here.
Grumpy Old Prop: And in D2, we've got Franco, ah Paul, myself, and Luke. I jumped ahead of Luke by two... I'm sorry, by two and a half points.
Grumpy Old Prop: So... Suck it, Luke.
Jarrod Dyke: Just barely.
Grumpy Old Prop: You're not...
Grumpy Old Prop: I have an insurmountable lead.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, right. and
Grumpy Old Prop: Whereas, actually...
Jarrod Dyke: And.
Grumpy Old Prop: and wow, that's fucked up. The... um
Grumpy Old Prop: Franco is now in first by a half a point.
Jarrod Dyke: Jeez, small margins.
Grumpy Old Prop: Real small margins. And there's only, what was it? So 2369 2289 is the difference. So that's 80 points, if my calculations are correct, between first and and currently last.
Jarrod Dyke: Pretty good, yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Again, could not get everybody to join for some reason.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay. Wow.
Jarrod Dyke: Well, that's no points for them then.
Grumpy Old Prop: Nope.
Jarrod Dyke: what more You score if you're in the competition, you don't if you're not. Plain and simple.
Grumpy Old Prop: It's going to make up for my my fantasy rugby draft nonsense.
Jarrod Dyke: Alright.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, oh, trust me.
Grumpy Old Prop: Forgetting to set lineups and whatnot.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, you know, it happens to us.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Everyone that's playing your and your FRD leagues, please remember this is the final week of the regular season before we get to semifinals.
Grumpy Old Prop: Oh, thank God.
Jarrod Dyke: And then if you're fun like us in D1, you get to do the Sacco as well. But other than that, yeah, some of you get to end your misery to did this after this weekend.
Grumpy Old Prop: but
Jarrod Dyke: Okay.
Grumpy Old Prop: I am happy about that.
Jarrod Dyke: Let's, yeah, bet the hell you are. um Let's do start set things. I believe I start us.
Grumpy Old Prop: And I set us.
Jarrod Dyke: Because we're doing, yeah, something like that. Yeah, I have Lester Sale. Okay, for Lester, um Nikki Smith, Joe Hayes, yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: There you
Jarrod Dyke: Montoya, yes. Chesserman, Martin, I don't know if Martin's still banged up or not, but yep.
Grumpy Old Prop: No, martin martins Martin's out. he's like he's like Yeah, he's out, out.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, he's out, out.
Grumpy Old Prop: he key's ah he He's not going to play for the Lions either. He's out, out, out.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, did they already say that? Okay, good to know.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: I will take him off that list then. Okay, bye.
Grumpy Old Prop: Cross him off then.
Jarrod Dyke: um Yeah, exactly. ah But yes to Chessom. Hanro, Rafal, yep. Van Portfleet, Pollard, Ollie Hassle Collins, Freddy and Radz, yep.
Jarrod Dyke: um Sit, um Dan Cole and Ben Youngs. Why they're picked so much, I don't know. um For the Sharks, Pokéforjour, yes. Rod, yep.
Jarrod Dyke: pains me, but yes, LCD and the Curry's, fuck them both, although I think one of them still hurt.
Grumpy Old Prop: oh Okay, for at the Allianz.
Jarrod Dyke: Carpenter, Robot, yep. um Hell, Quirk, slash War, no, and Bobby Dupes, no. No, no, no. Stay away.
Grumpy Old Prop: I'm sorry, Stonex now.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm-hmm.
Grumpy Old Prop: Allianz is somewhere else now.
Jarrod Dyke: Starnax.
Grumpy Old Prop: They moved these stadiums around somehow.
Jarrod Dyke: It is. It's true. Mm-hmm.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay. For Saracens, for the hosts, whoever's at Hooker, don't care who it is. give um Give him a ah start. um Theo Mack, yes. The Flankers, which of which he may be one of them, but either way, start the Flankers.
Grumpy Old Prop: um Fergus Burke and the back three. I would stick stay away from the centers for now. um And Tojay, maybe, if he's playing.
Jarrod Dyke: Right.
Grumpy Old Prop: um But yeah, no IVZ. bla
Jarrod Dyke: right
Grumpy Old Prop: um ah for Newcastle, maybe Jamie Lemire. But the thing is, Saracens are actually, they're they're still good at shutting down opposition forwards. And so Lemire still could score.
Grumpy Old Prop: um And then you're not waiting you're not having a spot for for some other team. it's you know You're not going to run out of Newcastle slots. um And then that's really it.
Jarrod Dyke: um Definitely not.
Grumpy Old Prop: Because I don't understand the the hubbub around Callum Chick. who we learned today is going to the saints, but I don't get that either for, for anybody, but check himself.
Jarrod Dyke: Right. But him.
Grumpy Old Prop: um
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: But again, the Saturdays shut down ah loose all forwards and he's not the kind of guy who's going to break through that. So no.
Jarrod Dyke: Typically not, no. um Bristol and Bath at the Principality. Really excited to watch this one.
Grumpy Old Prop: Hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: um For the Bears. ah Genge hasn't scored that well so far this year, but I feel like he's going to get up for this game, so give him a thumbs up.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-mm. Okay.
Grumpy Old Prop: okay
Jarrod Dyke: Agri or Thacker, yep.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Bats if he ever gets healthy again.
Grumpy Old Prop: a
Jarrod Dyke: um Fitz, Mata, yep. Randall, yep. Give it to AJ, Revalvo, Ibetoye, yeah. I'm kind of... out on bennard in terms of a fancy asset i think he's still a good player but think as far as fancy goes i think i'm over him um for bath um stewart detoy yep uh barbary hill yep and ah most of their back rowers honestly find ways to score so keep that in mind um finn i'll give will but a thumbs up red path yes coca de lanville yep
Jarrod Dyke: Rue, Ewells, and Spencer are all sits for me still, though.
Grumpy Old Prop: Agreed. For Quinns versus Gloucester. Now, this could go one of two ways. They could break the scoreboard or the other a thing could happen. So ah for Quinns, either way for fantasy wise, I am just out on all of their forwards. If you have a single forward from Quinns...
Grumpy Old Prop: I want to smack you upside the head.
Jarrod Dyke: Uh-huh.
Grumpy Old Prop: um Same thing. upll I'll basically one through nine. No. um Beyond that, Marcus Smith is a potential option this week because Gloucester can get got. And these, the backs, if they actually put something together for Quinn's can be something.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. then going out from there, beard Beard Northmore, but really only if they're at wing. I would not play them from the centers. Murley is still a go because he does Caden Murley things every so often.
Grumpy Old Prop: Cleaves, if he's finally back, I am officially out on Tyrone Green until it's it's like, ah it's not a prove it, it's not a but I got to see it happen more than the zero times I've seen him really impress me this year.
Grumpy Old Prop: Maybe once. um On the other side,
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, probably still carrying an injury.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah, exactly. That's problematic. um For Gloucester, their strength is really their their locks and their centers. Clark and Freddie Thomas, Arthur Clark and Freddie Thomas. um ah Thomas Williams is is kind of a must have at this point.
Grumpy Old Prop: um
Jarrod Dyke: Yep.
Grumpy Old Prop: Llewellyn and Seb Atkinson are um my yeses. um I'm kind of surprised at the the lack of production. You know,
Grumpy Old Prop: You could still go with Conradus, but only if you want to give him the T, which kind of screws over your 10 a little bit. um Might change that a little. And i I don't know where Hathaway is if he's still if he's hurt or whatnot, but like they played a lot better with him, i thought. That Exeter game, notwithstanding.
Grumpy Old Prop: um But that's why I'm... i'm you know Locks and centers and Thomas Williams are really where I'm at.
Jarrod Dyke: so good Still good players, though.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Speaking of those shitheads, um, shitheads and Saints, Saints may take it down a notch, as we alluded to before.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Um,
Jarrod Dyke: ah in the in the other pod when we're doing our pick-em. For the hosts, Frost and Hodge, the ones are in Brown Bampo, I suppose as well, are probably the only ones I really want. um
Jarrod Dyke: But that's it. And then Sit, the ones are the ones that are highly owned that I would just want nothing to do with are Captain Daffy, Capstick, and Slade. Like, bleh.
Jarrod Dyke: Just bleh.
Grumpy Old Prop: hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: I don't care if they're home. Fuck them. like um
Grumpy Old Prop: No.
Jarrod Dyke: For the Saints, um, you got, you got options here, even if they don't, I'll, I'll start. Um, Davidson as a prop, if you want to waste a Saint spot on it, you could, um, he is scoring okay for props.
Jarrod Dyke: Uh, Langdon, same idea. ah Cole's Munga, again, same idea, but then you also look at like the back row like Pollock, Truck, Chemney, yup. Um, Alex Mitchell, Finn Smith, yes.
Jarrod Dyke: Tommy Freeman, Ram, yes. Furbank and Slater somehow become healthy. Um, Also have scored well so far, so I'm OK with that to midfield is really the only thing I would just am a little bit gun shy about everything else.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Every other spot seems to have a a solid score for them. So you got options.
Grumpy Old Prop: Got too many options.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, he does.
Grumpy Old Prop: um What is it? I'm going to pass on this body of John Stockton. um
Grumpy Old Prop: So start of the week.
Jarrod Dyke: Hmm.
Grumpy Old Prop: starts Starts of the week. It's like attorneys general. um My guy is... so it's It's a little bit of a um
Grumpy Old Prop: a bargain play in a way, but
Jarrod Dyke: More
Grumpy Old Prop: I think he's going to have a lot of opportunities and I don't think he's going to have anybody to replace him. And he certainly doesn't have anybody stealing his tea from him, except for maybe one guy. And that might be like one time here or there.
Grumpy Old Prop: um So my, ah my start of the week this week is the, the 10 that's playing Newcastle, which you really can't go wrong with choosing. And so that would be um Fergus Burke.
Jarrod Dyke: likely Fergus Burke.
Jarrod Dyke: um Yeah, I'm going to go with a guy playing big in a big game against an arch nemesis who does seem to be just pouring points into other teams' fantasy stats.
Jarrod Dyke: um Yeah, and I like this guy a lot, and especially from a fantasy standpoint. My starlet was going to be Joe Kokonosico.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yes. he was my so I think he was my start of the week last time we had a prem match and he didn't end up playing.
Jarrod Dyke: That sounds right.
Grumpy Old Prop: dick
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I may have put that curse on too. Oops, sorry guys.
Grumpy Old Prop: Sid of the week is someone who I've been really excited about and who has um performed at times and not at others, but i think this also depends on who's playing 10.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm-hmm.
Grumpy Old Prop: um and their regular 10 is back, but I think this week that's not going to matter because he' going up against a 6-2, that'll probably work to contain him and his his compatriot, who I think will actually score better because he has been scoring better.
Grumpy Old Prop: So my sit of the week is Billy Mata for Bristol against Bath.
Jarrod Dyke: e Okay. Gotcha.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. um My set, you know, playing not really the position that he's meant to play, but playing well at it, but doesn't put the points on the board that you need to.
Jarrod Dyke: And I feel like the guys that are across from are probably going to contain him pretty well. um My solo is going to be Rob Duprio.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yes, it is. I agree with that.
Jarrod Dyke: Listed as a center on here, but by trade, a 10. ten
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: and So, yeah. Yeah. When the days he has the T, he's great. The days he doesn't, he is not good.
Grumpy Old Prop: No, he's not good. All right, down to the supers, which I think I have first crack.
Jarrod Dyke: All right. um Super...
Grumpy Old Prop: I do have first crack.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, you got to get that for Gene, Dave.
Grumpy Old Prop: I do. feed ah Fiji Drua hosting the blues. um And we have the lineups out, so we're going to actually give you a better than educated guesses. It'll be... um
Grumpy Old Prop: knowledgeable misses. um So for the Drua, can't go wrong with the following. Nisilisilla, think Tamani is going to have a pretty big game.
Grumpy Old Prop: um Karawalewu is a go. And then in the backs, Rekuro is... Rattuva Amada and Logan Amasi are guys you should be looking at playing um on the Blues side Riccitelli is always a good option Tupulatu keep pushing him even though he's not the results aren't coming eventually they will and I'll know
Jarrod Dyke: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: You'll not recommend him that week.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right, something like that. So I'm just kind of riding him. um Popoli Institutu should do fairly well. And then on the in the backs, it's really just Bowdoin, Barrett, and AJ Lamb.
Grumpy Old Prop: I'm not really seeing much else.
Jarrod Dyke: right
Grumpy Old Prop: this's not like This is not a great lineup the Blues are putting out there.
Jarrod Dyke: no yeah it happens some one teens to make this long track sometimes unfortunately all right uh tos reds so for the house um
Grumpy Old Prop: In my humble, extremely humble opinion.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: talked about two guys before bell and perecki that you'd snap your hand off so start both of them which makes the front row viable obviously um i'd say start pretty much any front row that's in this weekend because yeah you if you're especially if you're in a 10 team league if you have one of these front rows don't don't miss no just play it don't be dumb um liotta gamble gleason um inverse order of preference on that one
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: um Tanebid, yes. Riley, yes. Sueli, yes. um I'm going to say no right now on Jake Gordon, and then i'm going to say FRD only for Kelleway.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: For the Reds, Asiata and Nongor, both thumbs up for me, which, again, makes the front row viable as well. ah McRite, Uru, Tate, Lina, Daganu, Oshiro.
Jarrod Dyke: Despite Jock's pooiness on like visually, he's still a good fantasy asset. So you' go to you're going to play him. Lockie Anderson's playing well too in terms of fantasy assets. So I'd give him a look, especially if you're in FRD league.
Jarrod Dyke: um Tim Ryan's been very disappointing. So going to say sit him right now. Maybe this is the game he breaks out, which is great. don't think I'm playing him this week, so it doesn't matter.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: but um But yeah, for now, I'm just going to say caution him and sit him unless you absolutely have to in like an FRD league.
Grumpy Old Prop: wait if both of us again he's not he's not on my squad either and i don't see myself bringing him in so um maybe this is the time to bring him in for all of you out there
Jarrod Dyke: a
Grumpy Old Prop: that's tim ryan obviously
Jarrod Dyke: man yes yeah're you're at your guys and and in the satyrs
Grumpy Old Prop: All right. So we're... Sorry. Okay. Got it. um Crusaders hosting the Chiefs.
Grumpy Old Prop: um You know, we talked about Riccitelli in the last match. Cody Taylor is kind of the same way. Shalfoon has been... ah certainly revelation this year.
Jarrod Dyke: pretty good yeah
Grumpy Old Prop: If you got him, play him. If you don't got him, consider him. um Christian Leo Willey otherwise is is has been their most consistent forward. um
Jarrod Dyke: no
Grumpy Old Prop: So take a look at him. um Noah Hotham, Might be a good start. um Might get some some space. And then their one wing we don't like to talk about. And then they're their fullback who's amazing in Will Jordan um is a yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: On the Chiefs side, Vahey is always a lot of fun and and point scoring. um Wallace, the TT coming back, is definitely a game changer for this forward pack and should be for your team.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Wow.
Grumpy Old Prop: And I will be bringing him right into my squad. um in accordance with good fantasy results. um Ratama, DMACC, basically their their entire backline. Ratama, DMACC, Tupai, not even basically.
Grumpy Old Prop: It is their entire backline.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah yeah
Grumpy Old Prop: Tupai, Arona, Carter, Narowa, and Stevenson all are full go.
Jarrod Dyke: damn yep throw that dart away you go guys so right uh
Grumpy Old Prop: Just flip a coin, take your pick. select them right it makes it tough to pick up satiti i'm gonna have to sort that out but do it yeah
Jarrod Dyke: Godspeed. ah Force and Brumbies. ah For the force, they do have some options that you can go with. Nick Dolly, yes. um I would even roll the dice with their front row as well.
Jarrod Dyke: Love Jeremy Williams. Play him. Tizano is like a no-brainer this point. Leads the league in tries. Donaldson, yes. And then you just start to look towards their back three guys with Greeley and Potter.
Jarrod Dyke: um A lot of people are earning Darcy Swain. No idea why. Find him. um For the Brumbies, Alatoa and Pollard. So, yep, front row, obviously.
Jarrod Dyke: um Hooper is listed as a loose forward in FRD. So, that makes me kind of go, maybe not a good idea. But he's playing eight. So, actually, that's that bit.
Grumpy Old Prop: He's a lock-in Superbrew. He's going to be on my team.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, yeah. I i already started him.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Um, so yeah, so actually he's viable for both this week. That makes more sense.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Um, Frost. Okay. Both. That's fine. Lots worth better breathing. i usually worth it in FRD. Um, don't Bobby V and, and little CEO.
Jarrod Dyke: Icky tool mirror head, right? Um, pine Ryan Logan. Love the, love the man. Don't like the player.
Grumpy Old Prop: Thank you.
Grumpy Old Prop: right and then we're on to our sits of the or starts and sits of the week for this.
Jarrod Dyke: More OT dubs. Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: My start of the week, I i met mentioned him briefly in the in the pod pod, the the the rugby pod, um and I would be remiss if I didn't mention him here because he's a highly impactful player, and this is a high leverage match, and I think he's going to have quite a day.
Grumpy Old Prop: um My start of the week is Filippo Dalguno of the Reds.
Jarrod Dyke: Nice.
Grumpy Old Prop: at the war tos
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. So, uh, mine is also an Australian man. Um, playing in a tough environment, but, um, still a very good player, one of the better players scoring wise at his position. And the guys across from him just don't strike me as the type that will shut him down. So as long as low CM gets him the ball, my start the week is going Lenny Kitau.
Grumpy Old Prop: all right fair my sin of the week is uh is also a center. So just keeping with that, keeping them with that theme.
Jarrod Dyke: Well, so is mine.
Grumpy Old Prop: um And I'm pretty sure I've used him before.
Jarrod Dyke: Mine had that theme too.
Grumpy Old Prop: I might be breaking rules for this, um but I don't know that we're how much attention we're paying to those rules at this point. ah So my sit of the week is going to be Rico Ioanni of the Blues at the Drua.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, you probably didn't use them that recently.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay, I can never tell.
Jarrod Dyke: like I was the last person. think was the last person to name him as a set, but maybe i'm maybe I'm losing my mind.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay. Cool.
Jarrod Dyke: Just take a possibility that.
Grumpy Old Prop: Fine, he came up in my rotation. It's his turn.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. um Yeah. Mine's going to be also what Kiwi center. um While I think he does a lot of great work from 12, I think the team he's playing is just not going to give him the space he needs.
Jarrod Dyke: And um love the player. Not really liking the My today the is going to be David Havili.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah i That was my other. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, but you didn't want to do one against the teamna for the team that you're playing against.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right. No, I didn't want that. Juju. So.
Jarrod Dyke: I hear that. Yep, I totally hear that. I'm with you on that one. All right, cool. um So there's that. Yeah, we will have sheets out tomorrow. um and but And then obviously Friday as well.
Jarrod Dyke: um Find us over on Blue Sky if you haven't done that yet. But other than that, we appreciate you guys listening, hanging out to us, and for your patience as well. love you, patrons. Thank you very much.
Grumpy Old Prop: As always, yes.
Jarrod Dyke: But, yeah, but we will ah we catch you guys next week.
Grumpy Old Prop: Thank you.
Jarrod Dyke: We hope you guys all enjoy the rugby for the weekend. Have a good one.
Grumpy Old Prop: Later.
Jarrod Dyke: Cheers.
