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Season 6- Weekly Fantasy Corner (RWC Pool Play Week 5)
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It's another action packed Fantasy Corner from TFRY! On this edition of the FC we are looking, briefly, at the new official fantasy rugby game for the Premiership. Tune in next week though for a deeper dive and the first recommendations of the season. Of course, this week we have the final Start or Sit or RWC Pool Play where many are looking to make a big move before the knockouts. Grab those notebooks and enjoy friends!
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Transcript
Podcast Introduction
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 handled that. Collusion. Collusion.
Fantasy Rugby Yanks Overview
00:00:27
Speaker
Hey everybody, welcome back. It is the fancy Robby Yanks. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. It's fancy corner time. We got quite a bit to talk about actually. Yeah, so let's let's leave off with the big news is the partnership finally has an official game like holy hell. You know, you know what this means my wife might actually play this.
00:00:51
Speaker
Ooh. And she, and she's not, this is, for those that don't know, my wife is not, and didn't listen to episode 200 last year. She is not of rugby playing origin, but she appreciates the sport because she watched it when she was a, a broad, um, in college. So, um, but still like this might get her to play that.
Rugby App and Scoring Changes
00:01:11
Speaker
Cause it's so, cause it's easy. It's on an app. You can just trade out. Yep. In, out, done, you know?
00:01:16
Speaker
I'm going to have to check that out. I haven't checked it out at all yet. So yeah, it is on the app. Um, the new, I think it's on the new rugby app for super brew as well. Okay. So that's really cool.
00:01:27
Speaker
Anyway, so the gist of it is we have a few scoring changes. I saw that 50 22 counts for a couple points, which is nice. Yeah, it should that should be points because that's definitely points because it should be points in rugby too. So right. And we have to earn points for it. But when you hit a 50 22, you should be getting points right after that. That's where that's what I'm saying.
00:01:49
Speaker
Yeah, I got you. So doing it is like getting your team point. We have prices in this one
Salary Cap Game Discussion
00:01:58
Speaker
as well. So it's a salary cap driven game, which I prefer. It adds an element, which is good. I don't mind the super brew.
00:02:07
Speaker
Format so much, but I think the added element of prices is nice. It's good Apparently the prices aren't gonna change throughout the season though. So that's interesting. That's interesting That'll definitely land a lot of people with a very similar team I think that's it will by the end by the end the top teams will all be like exactly the same, right? It's kind of a shame but Is what it is
00:02:28
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, needless to say back three are much more expensive than props. It's where you get the majority of points probably too. Uh, like Genj, Sinkler, Sio, Marler, and Mako are the most expensive props. They're three. How many of those would I, would I really want anyway? Mako maybe. Cause he's not going anywhere with England. Yeah. But Maui is probably going to be the starter. Maybe, maybe not. We'll see.
Player Pricing and Team Formation
00:02:57
Speaker
Yeah, thank you. It's gonna be hard to unseat Mako. I thought I thought Maui did it last year. Didn't Maui start the final? Yeah, Mako's hurt. Oh, well, they put him on the bench because he was barely healthy. And then all of a sudden he fell off the bench. I was like, Oh, shit. Yeah, it was that right. That was less than awesome. Um, hookers a little more expensive Thacker, Cow and Dickey and Jinx are all five.
00:03:21
Speaker
So yeah, yes, everybody's going with Harry Thacker on that one. Yeah, that's that's where I'm going with that too because Jinx will be away and LCD is not good Yeah, he's gonna and he's gonna and he's battling for time the creepy right as well. So is that as well? Miles the only lock at four at four at four million. Wow. Yeah, but he's worse. It doesn't matter. It does not matter
00:03:46
Speaker
what he's worth, he's worth it. Yeah. Um, back row gets interesting. There are one, two, three, looks like there's six or seven guys with that are worth the top number, which is 6 million Mercer's, um, Don Brandt, um, Jasper truck, Tom Curry. No, thank you. Um, John Luke is considered a back rower in this one. So there's that and, um, and Earl.
00:04:12
Speaker
And, or yeah, like I say, if Earl's not in there and then he's a bargain. Yeah, right. Um,
Fly Halves and Team Strategies
00:04:18
Speaker
scrub half. So we go back down to five for the top guys, Ben Spencer, Danny care, Alex Mitchell. Not bad. Ben, Spencer's a good shout with that team. Oh, he's going to have. Yeah. Yeah. Marmee and Randall are both 4 million for Bristol though, but they'll be probably interchangeable. So if you have one, you're going to have to have the other. Unfortunately, exactly. That's, that's the negativity there. Yep. Uh,
00:04:42
Speaker
fly halves. You can probably guess some of the names. Finn, Marcus, Pollard, Ford and Farrell are all 10, 10 million.
00:04:55
Speaker
Harvey Skinner at seven. Hastings at seven. That should be interesting. Finn Smith and Grayson both at seven. That's interesting. Okay. Team limit. Yeah, we're going to dissect this much more next week. Finn Smith. Yeah, I'd be looking that direction. Yeah, that was my thought too. The team limit is four, by the way, those that don't know. The team, so you have four per team, so you're going to have to
00:05:16
Speaker
be a little diverse. You can't just have twins, just have Tigers or Sarries or anything like that. Right. You have to be judicious about where you go. Yeah. So Saints, that though, that's a good, like the 10 position, especially with the boot, they're going to score a lot of fucking points. Yeah, I think they will too. And so the 10 is the one to pivot around that. So like you get, he'll, you know, every, every five, he gets two or so.
00:05:38
Speaker
Give or take, yeah. Give or take.
Midfield and Outside Backs Evaluation
00:05:40
Speaker
Midfield, we got about one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Eight guys at six million. Ollie Lawrence, Benard, Will Joseph, weird. Dings, Hotch, Sam Bell. Where's Will Joseph now? I can't recall. Quinn's.
00:06:00
Speaker
Yeah, same bad lows at sale now, so that's weird. Wait, who's it still? Same bad low, the Bristol guy. Two E's at six million, I don't get that one in daily. Two E is so overrated, I don't get it. Revovo and the new signing, Baka Tower, about five.
00:06:20
Speaker
That's delicious. That's good. That's one of those like it's worth it. It's it's gonna it's intriguing. It's what it should be right? I owe that's a lot of money to so does that mean didn't mean they're They're ones I want or are they kind of bargains there? Yeah, that's true That's true. Yeah, depending on how many points they come through and we'll right have all those fun analytics like we've had before with them Way back one with TRM. Yes, I will be working on those. I need to understand the score it like but I think Probably just duplicate what we got already with
00:06:50
Speaker
Um, the prem, the other prep stuff with like, uh, it won't be just a lot different, but yeah, either TRM or we'll dig into, we'll get into, we'll dig into like price per point and stuff like that. All that stuff. Um, yeah, I was, that was my thought today as I was doing the points, points against, I was like, shit, I got to get the prep sheet up and running. Right. That's what I'm taking that too. Damn it. I mean, that's a lot of work. Yeah. Um, and then wingers, there's only two wingers that are,
00:07:20
Speaker
At the top, it's Merley and Mighty Mouse. Tell me in each. Merley is worth it. And there's only two at nine, good, which is not worth it, and mail-ins. Ollie Woodburn at eight, I'm intrigued about. He's good, but what's that team gonna look like? I don't know, that's the billion dollar question. There's a bunch of guys at eight, so I'll dive into that too deeply.
00:07:50
Speaker
Uh, Cindy Carreras is considered an outside back in this as well. So, well, yeah, he usually plays fullback for Gloucester. Right. Right. But he did end up playing a lot 10 last year because Hastings was hurt. So, um, yeah, just keep your eyes peeled for that one. Right. That's a potential like help at some point.
Champions League Standings Review
00:08:08
Speaker
Yeah. So, um, by the time you're listening to this, I will start a pool and probably put it out there on, um, the website firmly knows Twitter and you can go ahead and hop in.
00:08:18
Speaker
and we look forward to all the fun that this is going to bring for us. See who joins first, you or me? What's up? To the people out there, see who joins first, you or me? It might take a while before I actually get my team up and running, but yeah. Because you won't be awake. Right. Let's be honest. Let's be honest about this. Anywho, let's go to Champions League review division one. We'll start with Super Roo because there was some movement.
00:08:49
Speaker
Stu has been unseated. Actually, he's dropped two spots. Two spots, yeah. Cobas had a big week. He ended up with the yellow cap, and George was right behind him anyway, so he overtook him. So there we go. I am currently the foundation of this league.
00:09:06
Speaker
a lot of ways in many ways. Yeah. It's, uh, so it's always doing third, uh, Duncan, uh, Mark, Justin, Ben, myself. So, uh, yeah, we're, we're doing this legal real service right now. Right. Yeah. We're not going to come across last or second to last. Uh, yeah, I had a,
00:09:29
Speaker
I bought a stinger. Yeah, you bought one last week. Let's be honest. Yeah. Um, and then it's the inverse on the other, uh, in the official, uh, still a top, but then it's, um, then it's Mark, then it's Cobus, George, Justin, Duncan, myself, and then Ben. Yeah. Ben's having, been having a day over there. See you guys up there. I see you. Yeah. Um,
00:09:53
Speaker
Yeah, Stu is running away with it. That middle three, four, five, it's pretty clawed up though. There's not even a hundred points separating. It was like 20 points separating them, give or take. So yeah, keep your eyes peeled on three, four, five there. That's going to be interesting how that goes. And in division two. It is. And Stu is still number one in the world. Oh, in official? Yeah, I know. In official.
00:10:19
Speaker
He's by 37 points. He lost the guy in second now, I guess, had a huge day, like 100 points more than him. He's still 37 now. Yeah, still keep kicking ass there.
00:10:37
Speaker
You keep doing you buddy. In division two, it's Franco leading the way followed by Alex. And then in that's in Subaru and division. It's also Franco lead followed by Alex. So give you two guesses as to which two of those guys are going to.
00:10:52
Speaker
Pull it off, but it's not an insignificant lead in Superbrew for Franco. He's got about 60 points, 64 points. That's hard to make up in Superbrew. Less so in official. That's about a 40 point gap. That's very make-upable very quickly. That can turn on a dime. All the fun to be had.
Fantasy Rugby Strategies: NZ vs. Uruguay & France vs. Italy
00:11:19
Speaker
Awesome.
00:11:21
Speaker
Right, and now, and now, it just starts at time. It is, and I believe you go first. I think I'm up first. Yeah, oh yeah, with your scorecard of the game. Yeah, we have both lineups, so here's the thing. We also now have data to back up some of our ideas and our decisions. That's the fun part. So, New Zealand and Uruguay have both been named.
00:11:48
Speaker
This is on Thursday, by the way, so nobody needs to panic tomorrow. Right. Got a little time. By the way, I wanted to say this last week, what you reminded me of the week before was Rick at Ralph when he loses his medal and he ends up breaking one of the jawbreakers in half and the little kid's like, you done with your tantrum now, diaper baby?
00:12:08
Speaker
That's what I was trying to find a gift for that and I couldn't and I was so mad I was like, oh this would be a perfect gift. The only one I could find was the anger Yeah, I was I was beyond that though. I was just like Fuck it. Okay, done. Doesn't matter. Like it was like I just I can't do this shit I can't like I've yeah, I'm dealing with I had to uh, I
00:12:34
Speaker
What was it? I'm dealing with like too much shit on the club that I'm coaching because the seniors are. Yeah, we had the conversation. Yeah. And. Like that, so I'm dealing with real rugby stuff and then, you know, and having to forfeit a game and like and then this and I'm just like, you know what? I've had enough of rugby for now for fantasy rugby. Yeah, I needed something like that.
00:13:03
Speaker
And I quit. I was like, oh, this whole thing is piss. Yeah. I need, I need a break for like something to go right. Anyway. So to the New Zealand Uruguay game. Uh, so the lineups out, uh, big ones to look out for mostly in the back line for me. Um, it's pretty much all of it. Roy guard, Richie Mo, Jordy,
00:13:27
Speaker
Will Jordan, DMACC, Lester, all of them are yeses, no matter what format you're in. On the other side, so the most owned guys are, are Dow, Echeverri and Freitas. They're Freitas and Rugby World Cup official only, because one, he's cheap, so that helps. And they've surrendered points to wings, so.
00:13:51
Speaker
that considered, because they opened the game up, obviously, and actually in a game like this. So, if you're looking for a cheap option, it's not a bad shout, and his wing has been one of the ones that they're sort of... Yeah, although I thought that last week, and Fred does only got 14 points, so... I did too, but you know what, this is... I'm struggling with that. But look at what Capuzzo and Ioani and Odago did last week. True. Granted, they got it all in garbage time, still counts.
00:14:17
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. That's, that's when we clean up fantasy wise. That's right. Exactly. Exactly. Garbage time is, is our, our, our thing. That's why we exist as fantasy players. No kidding. So you don't win without garbage time. Yeah. Fair. All right. Then sorry. My turn. Okay. France versus Italy. Um,
00:14:44
Speaker
Yeah, so we have at least, don't we have, um, no, we don't have the friends starting lineup yet. No, we don't have anything yet. We'll get tomorrow. Um, I would go with their starting hooker. Um, Olivan Aldri, like one of the, like, obviously not, um, both of them, but, um, Aldri, if he's starting, Olivan, if Aldri is not starting,
00:15:03
Speaker
Kuyu is probably going to be the halfback. I would absolutely give him a look, certainly in the World Cup official, maybe even in Superbrew. In Superbrew, yeah. Jollibear, Donti should be playing in this match and should have a day. Penno and Ramos, yes, yes.
00:15:24
Speaker
From Italy, stay away from the front row entirely. I think isn't Riccioni the only one who wasn't actively injured, I think. Yeah. And he's hurt. Yeah, he's like banged up too. Yeah, he's walking wounded out there and he's the only front row who's actually starting front row, I think, who's healthy. So just stay away.
00:15:45
Speaker
Um, look to, uh, Lorenzo Canone, obviously not the other one. Um, Garbisi. Yeah. Brax is consistent, but he's not exactly a high score. So like it's one of those, if you just, you know, especially in, um, official official, it's like he's, you know, he's worth the money, but you're not like he don't captain him or anything. Um, and then you want to put so as you saw, like garbage time, they'll, they'll be available. They'll score your points. Right. Right. Right.
00:16:15
Speaker
Fun fact, Italy give up the most on average to number eight.
00:16:22
Speaker
which is why, you know, all formats, Audrey, Audrey is your, uh, yeah. Yeah. As long as he's playing. Yeah, absolutely. Uh, Wales and Jordan, well, Wales have released their lineup. So that's the, they did. So, um, for the guys that have come, come out, uh, Tom Francis, Georgia are getting killed by the tight heads props. So I'm okay with him. I don't think he's too expensive on official and, uh, unlimited changes. I think after this round or.
00:16:52
Speaker
At least a shit ton in Superbrew. So you can consider that for your changes there Will Roland's I'm saying only in official not in Superbrew He just doesn't do enough things on the field that score in that format. So I'm gonna go with no on that one Valetow is a yes, obviously George North is a definitive. Yes, and so is loose Reese's Emmett for For the Georgians
00:17:21
Speaker
I love him, but Nanyeshvili is going to be a no for me. Gigyeshvili is a yes. Again, tight heads are getting just destroyed by whales. And that's his side. So give him a thumbs up. I like it. And then there's always one back rower that does well against whales. I'm going to pick out Gelagania. And you can go ahead and use him as an official if you're feeling spry and looking for a cheap option. All right.
England vs. Samoa & Ireland vs. Scotland Analysis
00:17:49
Speaker
England versus Samoa.
00:17:52
Speaker
We know the pod has a love hate relationship with England. Mm hmm. Love and I don't love that. Right. I don't know what England's going to show up. Right. They don't. They're they're they're through. They don't need to play. They put their their best out if they wanted to give them a rest. We also don't know what style they're going to play. Are they going to just get a button back up again because they wanted to have fun against Chile and then and you know, but that was that. We're going to put that away now.
00:18:22
Speaker
fuck if I know so what I'm looking at is you know Jinx or you know a Theoden absolutely if
00:18:31
Speaker
if they go that route. Ben Earl is probably playing either way, so he should be in your team. And then maybe Farrell. I'm guessing they're going to want to play Farrell because he's been sitting too long. So just keep him running. And Samoa are also, they still want to put in a good shift against Samoa. So whatever they're going to do, I think Faz will be a part of it and he'll execute it well enough to get points.
00:18:54
Speaker
Yep. For Samoa, Malolo at Hook, and then Theo. And that's it. I'm not looking anywhere else there. Yeah. I'd say either Hook. Lam's done one right the last couple of weeks as well. Yes, Sam. Yeah, sorry. Lam has. Yes. So either is probably OK, but I do like the fact that Malolo just seems to find ways to score. Right, yeah. So that's a positive in those ranks. OK, the big one. Ireland and Scotland.
00:19:23
Speaker
And for those that are just like, listen, Ireland do not, and we'll talk about this on probably unpick them, but I don't care anyway, we're here. Ireland don't want Scotland coming through with them. They're six nations rivals. If this was Italy, they might consider that bullshit.
00:19:38
Speaker
But in Scotland, they're like, no, no, no, you guys go the fuck home. We don't want you here. Trust me. I saw some like some meme about the whole like Ireland, but I'd rather a team that has beat us or whatever, like was ranked higher than us at some point in the last couple of years versus a team that hasn't has not beat us since 2016. And it's like, you know what? That's a really good point. You want the team that you you haven't lost to in a good long mile over the team that
00:20:06
Speaker
might be a threat. Yeah, but although South Africans aren't a threat, don't get me wrong. It would just be fucking hilarious. It would be hilarious.
00:20:16
Speaker
Right. That's all. That's the only reason I'm rooting for Scotland by 21. Anyway. Something like that, right? All right. Okay. So for the Irish, starting up front. For long as a yes, Scott's are another team that are getting just rinsed by tight ends. So he's a yes and a thumbs up for me.
00:20:38
Speaker
Type earned a yes and then a no because it's a tough matchup and his price He's a little bit up there in terms of that. So I'm not a fan of it right now But yeah on super brew absolutely because you're probably you might roll with him in the next round as well. They'll save you one transfer limits Then we go into the back row which is really interesting because the Scots have defended the back row fairly well so in order of my preference it's a
00:21:05
Speaker
Um, Band of Fleer, Almani, Doris, the number eight are getting destroyed by the Scots. Yep. So yeah. Um, if you need to play Doris, I get it. So I'm not going to tell you no, but don't pick them in super group. That's an easy one. Right. Stay away. Um, been scoring even don't say I think.
00:21:30
Speaker
I just I yeah, I haven't I haven't even looked because I think I got rid of him at one point and just haven't looked back in Subaru or both.
Japan vs. Argentina & Tonga vs. Romania Insights
00:21:37
Speaker
I think he's got 31 points. That's not bad, but he's not. I mean, he's not the top 30. No, but he I'm just yeah, I know that's overall. And I'm trying to get how much he's played to. He didn't play much against Romania. No, but then which is where everybody just ran train. True.
00:21:56
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, he played against South Africa, which was a tough game, and then he played against Tonga. I think that's probably the way he did the most of his damage. Right. So, yeah, I'm just saying. It's weird that to me, sevens are actually not scoring so hot. It's the eights that have been scoring. That's kind of where I was going with this. Yep, yep, they have.
00:22:16
Speaker
Johnny Sexton, yes and yes for both, but I'd consider other options an official because it could be a tough day and he's expansive. The midfield, I'm going no, I'm a no on Ringrose and a big fat yes on Bundy. The midfield's been a little clogged up for Scott's, but Bundy's just been on fire, so it's hard to set him. And then the two big back three guys, Hanson and Lower, the fade of thumbs ups, they've been hard to stop.
00:22:44
Speaker
Uh, on the other side, uh, for the Scotts, scheming a loose head actually getting loose has actually getting destroyed on, on the Irish. So, um, yeah, go ahead. Pierce human off you go. Uh, Watson or Darge both are okay. Um, but I like.
00:23:05
Speaker
Uh, you know what? Looking at the numbers here. Yeah. You know what? Eight's are the only position that's vulnerable. So nevermind. I don't love Dempsey. So, um, forget I said that. Um, and then Fin is a yes. Tens are just raking because, you know, they just, they do against Irish. They're not, they're not stopping them. And Fin's one of those special tens. Uh, Hugh Jones is a no in the midfield. And then.
00:23:29
Speaker
Graham's a yes in both. Do you want a yes only in Superbrew because of his price and official and I think the matchup's just really hard. I think Graham's a price-friendly or option. That's why I would go with him. If you're willing to drop the cash, be prepared to temper expectations. That's all I got. Okay. Japan and Argentina, which again, I'm not sure which way this goes. I'm not sure what kind of match we're looking at, but here we go.
Fiji vs. Portugal Fantasy Picks
00:23:57
Speaker
For Japan,
00:23:59
Speaker
We're kind of back to where we were. I feel like all these names will sound very familiar. Horie, Leech, Himino, Matsuda, Fakatava, Matsushima. This was like, yeah, last World Cup. These were the same names I feel like I was saying that time too. And I'm kind of surprised because I thought, you know, as we saw coming into it, I was not very high on Leech. Himino has been kind of meh.
00:24:26
Speaker
and Horie kind of, but these guys are, they're showing, you know, they're, they're playing like they used to. So right. And if, you know, one, either one last gasp or, uh, maybe even, even through, right? Because this is, this is for, for who goes through the next, the other spot in that pool. Yeah. It's been fun match to watch just the same.
00:24:47
Speaker
So then for the Argy's, Montoja, Gayo has been shit hot. Juan González has been really the only loose forward worth a damn on Argentina. And then as like, this is the notes I wrote pre us talking about this, even on the pod last, you know, the last pod, the fly half in the back three. I'm not sold on.
00:25:14
Speaker
I'm not, oh, I'm sorry. The fly half in the back three, I'm not really sold on them, which means that they'll crush it. So it's one of those like, I don't like what I'm seeing there, but that means that they're going to score really well. So I'm not recommending them for me personally, but that means, yeah. There's a chance that I could be smooshing them right here. This made sense to me when I wasn't drunk, but then it was difficult to read when I.
00:25:39
Speaker
That's why I do the work before the pod. That's always a good idea. That's always a good idea. Tonga and Romania. A few bones to pick apart from here. I will say, so we're looking at probably Tamifuna for Tonga in both if you want.
00:26:02
Speaker
I'm actually going with no, because that's like the one position that's done absolutely nothing against Romania, which is weird. So if it's doing nothing against Romania up to this point, it's probably not worth it. So that's a no.
00:26:16
Speaker
Stoney Tallatooie is a yes, actually. He's actually been one of the better loose forwards scoring. And you're talking about the seven that guys that are playing seven that are scoring. There you go. There's your answer right there. That's the guy we didn't give her. We didn't give her a shout out to Smeecee Pyatt for our boy from free jacks for playing number eight against South Africa. But there you go. We had that there. And then of course, um, Malachi Fakitoa is a yes for both. And then the artist formerly known as Charles, um, Solicity Pitao.
00:26:45
Speaker
Romania, there's one name I want you to put out there, want to put out there. Jason Tamane, he is probably their best, if not one of their best scorers so far, not to say that's, you know, much. The midfield is a place that Tonga had been exposed. So, you know, I get the sense that they're not running up Fakito's channel, they're running up Aki's channel, but he's, that's something that's been done. So just keep that, keep your eyes peeled for that. And then Fiji versus Portugal.
00:27:16
Speaker
Another winning in. Well, no, it's Portugal. No, they can't. No, no, no, but Fiji have to win and they're in. Yes. So for Fiji, I. I don't know how I'm going to keep Bhatia off my team. Mm hmm. Yeah, which means I'll I'll put them on my team and a seven. So don't start. Yeah, yeah, I'll start. Absolutely.
00:27:42
Speaker
Tui Sova, Rad Radra, Naius Elavu, although again, if Radradra's on the wing, probably look elsewhere. It's just, it's not, that's not what he does. I would put, if it's Naius Elavu on the wing, which it should be, you know, that's the way it should be. They would all score really, really, really well. So I hope that that's what we get. So that's what I'm banking on here. For Portugal, the Honeytagger, don't give a shit.
00:28:12
Speaker
He's been excellent. Martins, Marta, and Storti have all been raking and will have opportunities versus Fiji because Fiji will give you opportunities. Ultimately, Fiji only need like a bonus point, I think, and they're in. They only need a point.
00:28:32
Speaker
there may be opportunities. This may be a fun game in the end. Could be, could be, could be defense, defense optional. That's how we like it.
Fantasy Rugby Start/Sit Picks
00:28:42
Speaker
All right. Um, starts and sits of the week. So, uh, I mentioned my guy a little bit early on in this whole shebang, um, going against, uh, you know, a team that will, we'll give him points and he is just, he's lightning in a bottle. Yes, he is. And we're going to go with,
00:29:00
Speaker
I'm going to go with reslightening, lowest resammit as my start of the week. Yes, you are. Because I have for a split second there, I thought we had the same guy.
00:29:11
Speaker
because like all of those things apply here. Um, and so I'll, and cause you mentioned them early and the everything from there. Yup. Yup. Yup. Um, it's going to be Richie Mo. Ah, cause even if he only plays 50, 60 minutes, he's going to have like 10 shots at goal at that point. Probably maybe a try or two, maybe. Yeah. Maybe you try a sister too. Certainly a couple of line break. Is it like he is perfect for, um,
00:29:38
Speaker
you know if you're looking at a bonus captaincy kind of thing if you haven't used that they're triple kicker triple captain yeah one of the either of those um for for rich emo this weekend yep sit um so i i also mentioned this guy and i love what his team's doing i don't love i don't necessarily love what he's doing and also someone else's hogging the
00:30:03
Speaker
light in partnership with him. And the defense is going against likes to clog up his area. So, um, I'm going to go with the fact that the, the hot hand is going to continue hot and he's going to have to just eat shit for, you know, his team's sake. Um, I say that he's going to be Gary. That's a good shot. Um,
00:30:24
Speaker
my set of the week and a lot of that same thing kind of applied to it, except it kind of went sideways there. So I knew fairly early that we did not have the same set of the week. I had nothing but not great things to say about him on the other pod and I still feel that way on this pod as well.
00:30:42
Speaker
not scoring at all, um, the way you would want one. And even with a favorable matchup, I still don't like Willie Haveli even against Romania. He, no, I don't, I don't see it. So don't, don't be tempted by that. Go with, go with Richie Mo. I know that the price difference, but it's worth it. Yeah, probably. Ben finally stopped copying my homework.
00:31:09
Speaker
I don't think that worked out well for us last week. Didn't we say to sit? Um, no, no, that wasn't last week. It must've been two weeks ago. Oh yeah. We both did. Yeah. And he did pretty well. But again, garbage time. Hey, hey, you know, they don't ask how they ask how many. Right. All right. Um, pick of them.
00:31:33
Speaker
Uh, we are back to tide because I got the Uruguay game, right. And I think I'll get this game right too, but I'm not picking Uruguay. I'm picking New Zealand. Yeah. I'm, I'm, I'm in that same boat with you. So either way we win or we lose together, Jared. I'm with you. Good to know. Good to know. France and Italy. France. Wales, Georgia. Wales. Wales.
00:32:02
Speaker
things I wasn't sure I would be saying at the beginning of this tournament, but here we are. I wasn't sure. No, there was definitely the, the, the, the open, um, open question, but yep. England Samoa, England, England. I think even if they bought it, if they, they button it up, they're going to, they'll still find a way in fortune. Right. Ireland's, Ireland, Ireland, the Irish,
00:32:24
Speaker
Although again, a Scotland win by 21 or more would be hilarious. I would laugh. Yeah. There would be nobody laughing harder than me. Sunday, Japan, Argentina. I'm going to go. Yeah.
00:32:38
Speaker
I am too. Japan have not proven that they can open it up against a team that's better than Samoa, you know? So if they do, then yeah, I'll back them, but I don't see it happening right now. No. And I think, I think Argentina will have like a little bit more oomph to them because they're not going to be, they're not, it's going to be under the same, certainly not physical pressure that they were against England. Right.
00:33:04
Speaker
Or even, you know, some, like any, any of these, like, this is the least physical team that they're going to be playing against. That might help them relax a little bit. Take the stick out. Yep. Yep. Yep. Um, Tonga Romania, Tonga. This Romania team just looks so defeated and so sad. Fiji, Portugal. Fiji. Come on Fiji.
00:33:28
Speaker
Again, could be, could be one of the more entertaining matches this weekend. Good. Yeah, I'd be, I'd be into that. Be fun.
Podcast Conclusion and Future Plans
00:33:34
Speaker
Be a lot of fun. Cool. That is this, this is that. We do, we're, that's going to do it for us. Um, yeah, we'll be back next week. Obviously we'll, we are going to go deep into premiership stuff and also premiership, um, fantasy. So if you are,
00:33:53
Speaker
one of those people that's going to be latched onto that. And if you like it, your eyes and ears peeled for that, for that stuff. Um, but until then, we do appreciate you guys hanging out with us and listening to us. And the thing is babble interior for a wee bit. Um, but we will do, we will have the seats out. I would get rankings out. We will, I will shoot for boom bus tomorrow as well. Um, but until then have a good one. I'll enjoy the final round of pool play. Thanks for listening. Later. Cheers.
00:34:26
Speaker
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