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Season 6- Weekly Fantasy Corner (6 Nations Round 2)
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On this episode of the FC we are diving into things with our old friends, Fantasy Rugby Draft and picking our draft order for the upcoming CYL draft for Super Rugby. Of course, we look back at a huge week for a few of us in our PWR Fantasy League, a couple of big numbers. Yes, we do the old Start or Sit thing and Pick 'Em. Get those notepads ready and enjoy fam!
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Transcript
Introduction of Hosts
00:00:03
Speaker
It is. The Fantasy Europeans. My name is Jared Dyke. I wanted to say it's stupid and let's move on, but then you kept going. I'm Ben Glauser. I don't like any way anybody's handled that. Collusion. Collusion.
League Standings Overview
00:00:26
Speaker
Hey everybody, welcome back. It is the Fantasy Rugby Yanks. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. We're in its fantasy corner time. Let's do this thing. We actually have quite a bit to do. We do. There's business. We've got some important business to attend to. But first...
00:00:42
Speaker
But wait, there's more. Let's go to our Champions League standings. That's cracker number two. That should tell you how ready he is for dad life. No, I overbought. So now this is more of an excuse for me to get a little pissy and be I got to get rid of this beer. Well, it's either in this case either or.
League Competitiveness Discussion
00:01:07
Speaker
Champions League after week one, Cobas is on top.
00:01:12
Speaker
And then Mark, Stu, Duncan, George, you, myself, and Justin. And Justin, yep, struggling. But I have a feeling Justin's going to perk up after we get into this next competition. Yeah, it's like we're 30 points between all of us. It's ridiculous. Except for well, Justin's a little bit out.
00:01:34
Speaker
He's with the mortals. We're like super high up. It's crazy. We're in the top. So I'm in sixth place and I'm 272 overall.
Division Two Performance Speculation
00:01:48
Speaker
Right. Well, I mean, I looked at it like I'm ninth in our pod. I'm top 100 in Georgia's league. I'm 16 in the US. This is not bad for me, but for our league,
00:02:04
Speaker
Not awesome. No. But like we've been saying, there is no place to hide in this fucking loop. There really isn't. It's really bringing out the best in all of us, and I don't... This is not what I wanted it to be. I wanted to be the one that improved, not everybody. Division two, we got Franco on top, Paul, Alex, Avery, Anton, Luke, and Barty pulling up the rear.
00:02:32
Speaker
Do we know how they're doing on the world stage? That would be interesting. Like what's, what's, what's their points range? Um, I can tell you. So, uh, like I'm technically in that group. I'm third in that group. Wow. Okay. So.
00:02:48
Speaker
that should give you a run. The top is one 16 or two 16 for them. Okay. And that lands you right around where George is. So, so yeah. So damn. Yep. I mean, it's still pretty good. Just teach one for a reason. No, no, no. Division one is not fucking around. It's not. We are not messing around. So yeah, we got one more week of that and then we'll be, then we'll have a break and then,
Supporting FRD and Financial Implications
00:03:18
Speaker
Yeah. And I will be dads and everybody started getting, you know, I think everybody started getting serious when the Yank won. And they're like, Oh no, no, we can't have that. Well, you won my year and I won the next year. So I get pissed a lot of people. Yeah. These two muppets. What's wrong with us? Let's go. Oh shit. Okay. So we have business to attend to. Um, in CYL we are going to be doing,
00:03:47
Speaker
FRD for super rugby. So We're gonna pick the draft order of the d1 league which will draft next week D2 so here's the thing for detail. I understand FRD costs money. We're trying to support these guys because we love fantasy rugby. So right You are gonna probably end up forfeiting points if you don't play it We'll find a way to fill the league and the those that place will be spoilers and that's how that's how it'll be and
00:04:16
Speaker
So that's, that is how it is going to be. But I truly encourage you to support it. And once you join, you can join as many, like once you pay for FRD, you can join as many leagues as you want. So yeah, start getting leagues with other friends together, so on and so forth. This is a great product that I was sad that they had to take the backseat that they did. I'm glad that we get to at least get one comp out of them. And I have a feeling that'll be how it is for at least a couple of years. So let's support them while we can. Right. Cause we, man, I mean, it's like,
00:04:44
Speaker
We were just talking about how much this weekend about how much we missed the rugby magazine. Right. Same ideas. Like, right. You know, Superbrew is nice. It's different. I don't know how to put it. There's still some differences. There's still some differences.
Fantasy Rugby Magazine Nostalgia
00:05:00
Speaker
There's differences, sure. had nailed down. So I appreciate that. I feel like TRM had more soul to it.
00:05:07
Speaker
It was just Ed running it by himself. I thought he put a lot into it. He did. It felt very personal. I like certainly the cost change because that was- It's a market game. Right. It adds an element to it of not just your performance on the field, but yeah, you can
00:05:29
Speaker
take guys and then over the Six Nations, you can start with like one awesome player. And then if you play your cards right during Six Nations, you end up with like two coming off, you know, coming out of the England team. So it's like, you know, you could, you could really strategize a lot, a lot differently too, but the features on it were nice. And Super Rouge is kind of like, here's, you know, this is game cookie cutter each, each way through.
00:05:56
Speaker
Yeah, I don't mind it. I'm sure they're... I know they're trying to do things better each year, so I do appreciate that about them. I do too. I like it. I'm just... I don't know, it's different. I liked what I liked. We liked Ed. I just miss Ed. Yeah. Maybe that's the key. We miss Ed. That's it. It's nothing personal with Superbrew. It's just you're not Ed. It's not Ed. That's all.
Draft Order Strategy
00:06:21
Speaker
Anyway, so we are picking the draft order for Division 1 here.
00:06:25
Speaker
I have a jar full of names and a jar full of numbers. So we're going to go with numbers first. As is tradition, we will do evens and odd division. So two, four, six, eight will be in one division, one, three, five, and seven will be in another. And first number is.
00:06:47
Speaker
Get like three of them stuck together here. A number three. Confirmed three. Three is the number of the papers. And we got do, do, do. Come on, baby. Get in. Gimme. I got one name. I got one name. There you go. I can't see it. Oh, Jared. Well, that's not a bad spot.
00:07:17
Speaker
I can live with three. Yeah, that's not bad. Now what we need to happen here is Ben gets four and George gets five and then we can just have a fun day. Decisions will be made for you when you're at three. That's especially on the first pick. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. That's like, yeah, I think I'd rather be three than four or five. Four and five just feels like it's a pain in the ass. Right. But honestly, although at four or five, then you get the, you know, you get the coming around, like you can, you can make up for mistakes pretty quickly.
00:07:48
Speaker
You're just in the limo though. You're you've got the exact same between time between pics sure each really that's true So six Okay, what we got for six Come on give me the one name. There we go. Nope. That's to get in there it is one of our
00:08:17
Speaker
South of friends, Cobus. Cobus, yep. It's like I couldn't really make out what it was until you said it, and I'm like, oh, no, that's Cobus. Okay. Yes, now I see that saying Cobus. There we go. Cobus is at six. Those marks do look Cobus-like. Cobus-ish. Their shapes are turning into a name. There we go. There's the next one, and then let's go back.
00:08:43
Speaker
Back to the numbers we go. Yes, this will be a bit of a process. Deal with it. Live with it. We love you all anyway. I'm avoiding Buffalo very well, and I don't think you're noticing. No, I'm not. Putting it out there. You almost buffaloed your Irish coffee at the bar, and I had to catch you. I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Time out there, sir. You are not going to do that. You're welcome. That was strong Irish coffee, and it was strong coffee and strong Irish. Our number is four. Four.
00:09:13
Speaker
I'll do. I'll turn this one off too, because that's the one that's really funny to do with it. There we go. Nice. There. Not sure they'll allow you to at least see it somewhere there. There we go. There we go. Perfect. Now we got it. Nice. I'll switch the light so I can get back on. I'm done. I like that light better. I've got two pieces of paper here. Pull one off.
00:09:42
Speaker
It's you. It's me. I'm at four. Fuck. Yes. All right. Half my evil plan is coming together. All right. Fuck. But also cool. I get to snipe you when you get to snipe me.
00:10:04
Speaker
Or unless George is around. Oh man, well that's what I'm hoping I'm hoping George is fine. Please. Make him one. Give him the first pick. I can't make him shit. There's a reason that we're not doing this with like the bingo balls because I don't have those. Yeah, I was also wondering what's up with the, like you're not using a hat. Seems like something with a wider opening in your freaking ogre hands. Five. Uh oh.
00:10:34
Speaker
See who's getting it. I also learned to have a job to do during the draft. We'll get to that when that person's name is called.
00:10:50
Speaker
Mark, there it is. All right. You got a little lucky. But also now, okay, so Mark has tasked me with roasting his pets. Everybody he makes. There's going to be a lot of new names in this, to be honest. And extreme cursing, I think he requested too, or higher levels.
00:11:11
Speaker
We can do that. All right. Mark, you're you're free to stipe me and really, you know, we're just gonna do all the cursing like a day later. So Dan half layer, whatever it is. Big one to to deuce
00:11:37
Speaker
Oh no. Oh no. I hope it's not. Because this could be George. I didn't think of this consequence. Could we go the other way? But then you're still either way, we get to snipe going one way or the other. Nope. Dream. Dream. Justin. Justin. I did not consider that consequence though. I was like, uh oh. Wait a minute. Something is here. So we know.
00:12:07
Speaker
What was it? We know three, four, five, six, two, three, four, five, six. We're missing
Final Draft Order Announcement
00:12:11
Speaker
one, seven and eight. Gotcha. I'm missing the big Uno. And nine and well, no, there's just eight of us. And seven and eight. No, there's one. There's only 10. I don't know. I've been drinking. I'm seeing a novel. I don't know. We did eight for a reason the first time around because 10. No, it's okay. No, 10.
00:12:34
Speaker
One. One. The Uno. The original. The Uno. The Yocho. The Uno. Can't get enough of it. It is George. It's George. Kainos Radamus.
00:12:58
Speaker
I did. I did say that, didn't I? You did call that there, Ms. Cleo. All right. George will be on with us. So, um, he gets to talk about that one, number one pick right there. He's far enough away from me that I don't think he can actually snipe me.
00:13:18
Speaker
No, not at four. If he's sniping something, you were hoping for something. Yeah, exactly. You were praying at that point. So Serge, you're right. Thank Tebow. Thank you, sweet baby Tebow. George, stay away from me. Number eight. The Ocho. That's the Ocho. Can't get enough of it. So it's either Stu or Duncan.
00:13:49
Speaker
It is the luster man itself. I'm stunking. This haircut is extremely classy. Unlike mine right now, I'm looking fricking hippy. I got to cut my hair.
00:14:06
Speaker
Those I've never met, Ben has no hair. Quite literally. Except it's on his face. He has enough hair on his face to put on his head, but really that's probably a bad idea. If we're honest. Some people choose to have hair on the top of their head. You went with the face instead. I went the other way around. Just to confirm, seven is still in there. Seven is still in there. Well, not anymore. Nope, I just yanked it out. And with that,
00:14:35
Speaker
It is the new man that will get pick number seven, Stu. Stu. All right. There's that. So with that. The number seven comes with immense power Stu. It's an ancient number full of mystique. Yeah, right. All right. So just round the divisions here.
00:15:08
Speaker
Yep. That's the last member of that division. Great. Yeah. You get to play with Mr. FRD there, buddy. Have fun with that. Yeah, I don't like that. Justin loves anything FRD guys. Yeah, this is his shit. This is his shit and he lives for it. The order for our draft will be George, Justin, myself, Ben, Mark,
00:15:37
Speaker
Cobus, Stu and Duncan, and then obviously the inverse. The divisions will be George, myself, Mark and Stu. The Evens will be Justin, Ben, Cobus and Duncan. All right, so that'll be that. Good to do that again. We haven't done that for a bit. No. I like that. I do miss the draft. The drafts are fun. They are fun. Any draft is fun.
00:16:03
Speaker
And the best part of the draft is listening to other people. Bitch. And apparently that's going to be my job. So yeah, you know, it's a dirty job. If someone's got to do it, you know, when someone, you know, when you call yourself the grumpy old prop, at some point you have to really bring out your inner grump. So yeah, you know, well, this will that that'll be me. Yup. Yup. Yeah. Yeah. It will be. Okay.
PWR League Player Performance
00:16:29
Speaker
Let's go to our PWR league.
00:16:34
Speaker
Yeah, Ben has tumbled out at first as I informed him earlier today. We had a couple of big scores. It's not the, so I was checking. I was like, man, this has got to be like the highest. Nope. So the highest score that we've had so far of a player practice was Sophie de Goody, week one. She scored 56.
00:16:52
Speaker
but we had two 50-point scores and almost three with Kildon, shocker of the day, Alex Matthews, and Marley Packer. So, and DeGoody was on this list as well for top scores. So, with that. I went with Poppy Cleo. I was trying to get cute, and I should not have, and that's me. Yeah, I mean. That's my own goddamn fault.
00:17:13
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I didn't have a great, my back didn't work out quite well. I picked page fairies, but my forward worked out well. So I didn't drop too far. I'm still in second. Um, but Ryan, oh, that, that, I think that's the biggest week so far individually. Probably. Um, yeah. Ryan had a hundred and four. I don't think anybody's had anything bigger. Let me look.
00:17:39
Speaker
You're not on speaking terms at the moment. No. No, that's that was all. I don't I don't see. I don't see anything bigger. Like that is by far. I don't think anybody's even got 90. So 100 is like holy shit. Yeah. Well done, Ryan. Yeah, really. Obviously, that means Brian is because Ryan was very close last time. He's now in first. I'm hanging out in second and Ben's in third, followed by George and Joe. Pretty good. Pretty good. Pretty good week.
00:18:09
Speaker
I just want to sort this for top weeks. I don't even see how I did. I've even looked. All I knew is I did not pick. Do well. You were last in the week. Yeah. Yeah. Ryan, Duncan, and Joe were the three big winners.
00:18:31
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Joe had 90. Like this is the first time we've seen 90 right as well. And unfortunately for her, it was the wrong week to pop that. But hey, it's still, it all adds up. So just keep trying. Where was I? I thought it was 46, which like on an average week is actually pretty respectable. Just yeah. Not when Ellie killed on and does what she does and does that. And Alex Matthews are doing those things. It's not.
00:19:00
Speaker
There was one week that, that, that was at week eight, that it was pretty rough and like 50, like was the top. Yep. Um, week eight 46 was the top. So context. Right. So on and so forth. Right. Like good job, but not for this week. Not for this week.
Player Picks for the Week
00:19:21
Speaker
Anyway, so that leads us to our picks for the week. So
00:19:29
Speaker
in that vein, um, like, I don't know that she's going to back it up exactly, but fuck me. She might. Cause I don't know that Harlequins are not terribly exciting me as far as defense right at the moment. So I'm going to go with Marley Packer. Okay. And the fall was, um,
00:19:54
Speaker
And then in the backs, I'm going to hope that we look at the same, and this is dependent on lineup, but after that performance last week, I have to go with the Exeter's backs, so Claudia McDonald and then Gabby Kellner with the boot. Nice. Okay. Because I think they'll both have opportunities and yeah, McDonald can run. She can do a lot of things that Kill Dunn can do.
00:20:20
Speaker
I'm going to see her in that. Yeah. And then of course I have to, um, I didn't quite check home in a way. I just saw the matchup. So, um, I have to consider that. I can tell you in two seconds, uh, cheese or at home. Oh, then yeah. Sail on the road. I don't trust them. Yep. Yeah. No, agreed.
00:20:39
Speaker
So I'm gonna go similar but flip one. I'm gonna go with the forward. I'm gonna go with our hero, Rachel Johnson. I'm just about to go with her, but- Yep, my back. I think this is gonna be your week. She had kind of a lull last week. I'm gonna go with Jesperich from Saris. I agree. And then I am also giving Gabby to honor the boot, our US eagle. One of the ones that's not totally embarrassing us. Thank you. Yeah.
00:21:07
Speaker
Well, there's there's a couple over at the Exeter right now the With the with a couple exceptions. The sale ones are struggling to say the least right? This test Yuri's playing really well at Lester too. Mm-hmm. Happy with that. I am too for that Where's Bison? Is she at lesser or she at trail finders? I think she's a trail finders. I Don't know Maya And she's a trail finders haven't seen her much no, I
00:21:35
Speaker
I mean, no, we don't like we only get the one match a game. So right. We're one match a week. Unless almost three. God damn. I've been drinking a little bit, people. Yeah, but I can guarantee you that these fantasy picks were made when I was sober. These were made hours ago before during my sober period, getting involved. Right. Man, that's funny. That's funny. So.
Six Nations Player Strategy
00:22:06
Speaker
We got other business to attend to here. We do the starts and the sits. Yeah. So I believe I'm starting us off because I have the two matches. You do. So let's go with Scotland, France. So Scotland hosting France at home. Still some guys I would prefer over others despite, you know, goods and bad weeks because of, you know, the matchups that they played.
00:22:33
Speaker
for the Scots. Scooming over Fagerson all day in terms of their props. I don't love George Turner. I think really the hookers in general, you're gonna bench in this game. Almost really, this is like, I will say if the Scots turn up, and we'll talk about this when we do pick them, if they turn up, everybody's on notice here too. I will say that Richie Gray's still highly picked. He's injured, he's gonna be out for the tournament. So I would ditch him as fast as possible. I had him, I'm getting rid of him. Matt Fagerson, sit.
00:23:01
Speaker
Jamie Ritchie, I'll give a go, especially at home. Ben White to start, Finn Russell to start, obviously. I'm going to go with yes to Hugh and no to Tewey again. And Grant Tewey got a card and that's why his score suffered, but still. But still. Just still have an inkling on that one. Tough man field to play. He's their try score. He's the playmaker. Tewey's the setup guy. They do their roles very well. They do. Each of them.
00:23:27
Speaker
Hugh gets the points. Yup. Um, do Han over stain. I would sustain. Yeah. We'll see what this back line, this back three looks like this week, uh, for the French coming in, they're going to be pissed off, but there's still players I'd play over others. Uh, I like by over, uh, we need Antonio personally, um, Malbaca or Marshawn fine. They'll bounce back. Um, woke. Yes. Um,
00:23:52
Speaker
Garbled Leg, no, don't love it. He only, he scored last week, the only reason that he really got any sniff of it. The back row, I love. All Dred, all Yvonne Krolls, all three, off you go. Luku, no. Jelly Bear, yes. I'm struggling to think of how Fikyu and Dante are going to score at the moment. They might, but I'm just going to play cautious and say sit. Moi Fon, on the other hand, who can play on the wing, yes. Penno and Ramos as well, especially Ramos with a T.
00:24:21
Speaker
My final let me down, but I don't think I don't think he got the opportunities. I don't know. I don't think he did either. I think so. He'll come. Good. He'll come. Good. I had him too. I was disappointed, but he'll come. Good. Fair. It's also not Ireland. They're playing this time. Yeah, that defense was mean. Grant Grant's D tandy's defense has been pretty good too. Right. It's yes. I'm not I'm not trying to disrespect Scotland there because they're quite good themselves, but I they're not Ireland. No.
00:24:48
Speaker
So that's all. That's no disrespect. It's just that they're the best. They're one of the best and you're not. Quite at that level anyway, England hosting Wales. Again, really liked. The way the this England attack looked. And Italy are still if they're a for real team, I think that they're they showed more to me than than Wales did. I think with the Welsh team showed up, but.
00:25:18
Speaker
I think that was, as we said in the other pod, a lot of Scotland going to sleep. So I don't know that this England team will do the same. I think they'll just be relentless with it, except they will start going for sad field goals, as we noted.
00:25:35
Speaker
So still Jamie George, at this point, Maro Toge, he looked on, I think that maybe that's what we're going to get. When Maro starts his tournaments cold, he stays cold. He started hot, and he's been playing pretty hot fantasy-wise in the prem.
00:25:56
Speaker
I say trust him with the money if you're in want to invest. Ben Earl, yes. Alex Mitchell, yes. I think whoever's at 10, if you're going to give the boot to, certainly. I don't know when Marcus is slated to come back, but I think- He's visiting this week. I'm sorry.
00:26:11
Speaker
He's missing this week. Okay. 100%. So still going to be forward likely. Um, but he'll get the kick. He'll get a lot of kicking points. So cause he likes his own boot. Um, and then maybe Freeman, cause he, he looks, um, what's, uh, what's Ollie Lawrence looking like? I haven't, I didn't have, I haven't seen that yet. I think they were scared of his injury too. So I'm guessing he's going to skip this week as well. I think by after this coming by a week, it'll be.
00:26:36
Speaker
Right. Maybe much better off. Right. For both him and, uh, and Smith potential. So, um, for the, for the Welsh team, uh, Don Wachowski, I think is, uh, where I think he's cause he's super cheap too. Um, we'll score points. The England, uh, scrum will give away penalties every so often. Um, whether or not they should is a question mark, but, um,
00:27:02
Speaker
Rafael will get his opportunities for poach Absolutely, and then Rio Dyer they'll try to focus on him again I think especially with the matchups he'll have being wings who I mean Freeman's as fast as him but and probably can defend pretty well, but if he's going up against say Daily I yeah, I've run Rio Dyer at Elliott daily Agreed that would be my pick there agreed and then it depends on who else is healthy and
00:27:31
Speaker
Yep. Cause they fucking lost a bunch of guys themselves. So, but those guys are really the point scorers that I would look to. Don't look to Wayne, right? Repeating that performance. Yeah. I mean, like I said, you got in the last pod, he got a bunch of meters off a kickoff, which helped. And then he obviously fell over the line as well. So he played well, he played well against his Scotland team that totally went to sleep as well and was down a player for 20 minutes. Right. So don't, don't expect to repeat of that.
00:28:01
Speaker
to Sunday Island and Italy. I think the points will pour in for the Irish, so this should be interesting. For
00:28:12
Speaker
The fellas in green, Porter. Yes. For long just disappeared. So no, um, she and yes, burn McCarthy, both thumbs up, um, back row. I would Joe Vanderfleer Doris and Imani in that order. I'd probably not play Imani though. Cause he's only going to play 50 or so. Right. Um,
00:28:32
Speaker
And Vanderfleer's not, he's not been consistently scoring. No. So he's kind of off. I'm like, I'm almost, I'm probably gonna stick with Doris, but. Yeah. And that's fine. I'm just disappointed. I'm just noting that, that it's like, it's, it's one of those, he used to be a plug and play, like kind of where Ben Earl is right now. If he's playing, yeah, I'm playing him. Cause he could go off. Vanderfleer's not in that territory anymore. And that's. No.
00:28:57
Speaker
That's sad. Yep. Gibson Park, if he's in, yes. I might gamble on Craig Casey if he gets the start. Crowley, yes. I'm okay with any of the centers. Aki, Henshaw, Ring-Roses back in, yes. It's just one of those days that they'll probably find space. And then same with the back three. Low Keenan Nash. Nash is obviously the cheapest option, I believe. So if you're looking for a nice, cheap, easy point bucket, probably a good way to go. For the Azuri,
00:29:27
Speaker
Fisketi, I would still roll out there. Good price. Solid player. Um, look, hazy. Nope. Don't trust it. Uh, Nico Canone. Yes. Uh, seven degree bench. I don't know Lorenzo Canone status, but I will give him a thumbs up if he's healthy. Um, young garbage. Yes. Tommy Allen. Yes. Uh, and if Tommy Allen's in, it's a definitive no and Paulo garbage.
00:29:52
Speaker
Uh, men in cello. Yep. Uh, Monty what's up both. Yep. Assuming what's those healthy and recovers from his injury that got him out of the wild this past weekend.
Player Start/Sit Recommendations
00:30:04
Speaker
All right. To the of the weeks.
00:30:09
Speaker
We got my start of the week. He would score a ton of points this past week. And for obvious reasons, he got over the line, had a sweet line break set up by his his 10. And I think he's going to get a lot of more similar opportunities. And this is a guy who's their runner in tight, but in like space in tight and.
00:30:34
Speaker
It's hard to say you'd want anyone other than Tiger Burner on your team doing that. So it's an easy put them on your team and potentially captain material. Yeah, certainly against against Italy at home. Yeah. Italy are a different beast on at home and on the road to at least they have been so whether or not they're
00:30:57
Speaker
at the, you know, they might not shit the bed like they did all of last Six Nations on the road, but they're still not going to be what they were. So there's going to be a lot more opportunities. This is a good, it's hard between him and Sheehan, but I'm going to go with Bern.
00:31:16
Speaker
Alrighty then. So for me, same game, same team, Mr. Consistency and a guy you can almost always count on. My start of the week's going to be James Lowe from Ireland. Yeah, that's a good one. Same. Yeah. All the same reasons, right? All the same reasons. Space, time, tries. Yeah. Right. He's going to find it. It'll be fine.
00:31:41
Speaker
on the other side. And you'll see how I feel in pick of the week, or pick him, sorry. But even if his team win, I don't think he's going to score you many points just because of the way he plays. And it's not that thing you were going to expect, especially from DuPont's replacement. You'd still expect somewhat, not like a similar pointage, but still
00:32:10
Speaker
Scrum half, you want to start, got to have. Luku is not a Scrum half. He doesn't do the things that earn Scrum half points. He certainly didn't show us last week. And Scotland, Ben, Ben White is actually quite a good defensive Scrum half and will fuck you up. So not a good matchup for Luku. So set him. Yep. So I'm going to go kind of with a,
00:32:38
Speaker
One that's going to probably make people, oh, you're biased. Um, yeah, I don't believe that we're going to see the same things that we saw in this guy this week, especially playing some of his old, old enemies. Um, yeah, my syllabus is going to be Aaron Lane, right? From Wales percentage went way up after that game. And I just don't believe it's a repeated.
00:32:59
Speaker
If it is, then all right, I will take notice. And now we all need to know he's an asset, but I don't see it happening again. Look, as a trio of wise prophetesses said, don't go chasing waterfalls. And I feel like that's important knowledge and wisdom to bring to this competition as it relates to Wayne Wright.
00:33:27
Speaker
He had a waterfall game, but in garbage time against a team that went to sleep and had two men off the pitch, like, and dominated in the area that that, that that affected. So no, Wainwright is not, don't, don't go chase that. It's not, it's not real. That's a mirage. It's on the oasis. It's in mirage. Right.
00:33:55
Speaker
Like even Tommy Rafel, I don't think is going to be as effective at the breakdown because Englander is just better at it. Well, they, and they know how to target him. Right. And they know him. He's a known commodity. Did not take care of him. They, you got to have someone almost shadowing him and say, you,
00:34:11
Speaker
you're not doing the thing that you do well because we're going to make sure that someone's on top of you before you even get a chance, right? Like he'll get, yes, he'll get the better of Scotland's second tier forwards. Absolutely. Um, he won't get the better of England's top tier guys. No. Yeah. What the hell does Magnus Bradbury have to do to get on a fucking Scotland team? Jesus, poor fellow made that move and
00:34:37
Speaker
Here we are. Yeah, I think maybe there was some bitterness about that he left for the bears.
00:34:44
Speaker
Suck less. Yeah. Anyway. Bears need to suck less too, so.
Six Nations Match Predictions
00:34:49
Speaker
Yeah, they do need to suck a little less. I agree. It's not exactly been an upward move for him that he was expecting. Anywho, pick him. Scotland and France. Yeah, Murrayfield. I'm still going to go with France. Same. I just. I need to see it. I need to see it. Right. If I do, trust me, I'll be the first person that's like, holy shit, this is going to be awesome.
00:35:12
Speaker
Right. I'm just nervous about some bed poopery from from Scotland. Yeah.
00:35:18
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, really, if it's going to be if they're going to do it, they're going to have to do it on the shoulders of Finn because he can. Yeah. But they really have to lean on him hard and that can be difficult for him. So. Right. And that back three for France is really that they're set up to just counter him. Yep. It's like not fair. And Fiku too is smart, like smart as fuck. So like Finn's going to have trouble out outwitting them.
00:35:46
Speaker
I can't wait. Agreed. Agreed. Agreed. England, Wales. England. England. They're at home and Wales are not good. Nope. And Ireland, Italy. Home team for the same reason. Yep. Field Jath and Ryan all around.
00:36:08
Speaker
It started to hear that. We started to hear it when they were in Marseille. I was like, oh, boy, that's not a good sign. That's never a good sign. Never a positive sign when you can hear the opposing teams, countries, whatever, you know, song. It's like, oh, in your own building. No bueno, man. No bueno. Especially the way the match started. That crowd was like loud as fuck and then quiet as a fart in church. Yeah.
00:36:38
Speaker
hear a fart in the church. Oh, okay. Cool. So we, uh, we all know the things that you want to look it out and keep an eye out for start set rankings, boom busts, all that good stuff.
Podcast Sign Off
00:36:55
Speaker
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00:37:10
Speaker
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00:37:17
Speaker
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