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Season 5- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Super Rugby Round 12)
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It's another fun filled Fantasy Corner for you all to download to your brains. We are getting down to the nitty gritty in FRD for Super Rugby and of course celebrating our champions of Prem FRD as well. CYL is down to the wire with a few hoping to clinch their preferred finish at the end here. Get your notepads out and get ready for the goods friends!
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Overview
00:00:02
Speaker
It is the fantasy rugby angst. 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 Segment Introduction
00:00:24
Speaker
Hey, everybody. Welcome back. It is the fantasy rugby angst. My name is Jared Dyke.
00:00:32
Speaker
I'm Ben Glauser. Let's go. Fantasy corner time. A few things to chat about and a few important things to chat about. Sort of. Kinda.
Championship Winners and Amusing Comments
00:00:42
Speaker
Congratulations to everybody who won a championship this past week in, in FRD. Almost everybody. Some people shut up about it. You mean not Duncan? No, but no joke. Did you see the message in, um,
Stu's Keeper's League Misfortune
00:01:02
Speaker
in keeper's league? No. Oh, oh, oh, this is fun. This, I'm sorry. I'm sorry to do this. I think, I think it's too that that had this thing happened to him, but sorry, bro. Hold on. I'm going to that. I haven't looked there. Oh man. So Stu Stu and keeper's league lost by five, less than five, less than five.
00:01:31
Speaker
and he had Cam Henderson and his team who got minus 7.7 because he got carded. Yeah, he lost by less than five, 4.1. Yeah. And that was it right there. That was it right there.
Hosts' Fantasy Rugby Decisions
00:01:48
Speaker
He's like, why did I play a lot? Well, number one, don't play like a random one. Play one that you know has the ability to score. I don't know what can't, let's see what Cam Henderson scores were going out.
00:01:59
Speaker
Yeah. He had two pretty good weeks, but one of them was also involving a try. So that says a lot. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, no. Wasn't the guy in... Duncan had Chris Vooey, who actually picked it up near the end.
00:02:14
Speaker
A little bit, yeah, but still we know Chris really has mostly been a positive. And he had Johnny May scored in that that like that long, that long one. Yeah, long one that he just kind of finished. Yep. Yeah, that what's his button and Chris Harris started. Yep. Oops. But anyway, yeah.
00:02:38
Speaker
I did not play the new cast front row and I feel extremely smart doing that because they finished with minus points. I was like, yes. I, I, I thankfully have enough points to cover should that I made that blunder.
Player Performance Highlights
00:02:52
Speaker
I ended up winning by about 15. Um.
00:02:56
Speaker
Yeah. Did not have men of an Apollo being my Lord and savior on my bingo board. Right. But I ain't mad either. Take it. Yeah. Take it. Not mad. Yeah. All day. I had a day for Duncan, um, Clarice and May both had decent days. Oh, I want to see this. How did, how did Quirky do it? Cause we had that, I had that slam the door and out, what was it? Uh, where's Quirky?
00:03:21
Speaker
Well he posted, he commented on it back to us. Spencer had just a slightly better day than Quirk, but still two really good days. Yeah, two really good days. Both broke 20, which is why I posted that slam in the door in your face and he gets this, like, to the crew, or Quirky, or Spencer, go fuck yourself, dude. Yeah, right. That bothered me with the real problem.
00:03:47
Speaker
You can always get back to a final and that's, oh, shut up. Yeah, no way to play the other one at fly half. That's what you do. Yeah, definitely. Well, yeah. Hey, I'm extremely satisfied.
Fantasy Leagues Standings Overview
00:04:01
Speaker
I started off this FRD.
00:04:03
Speaker
um prems in the champion's league with a really bad start i think i won my first one six or something like that no but there was a point where you where you had like the most points four or like you were top three and i was up there yeah and where you only had one win it was yeah yeah you kept ollie harley harley was a good decision for me he ended up with two yep um ollie lawrence fuck yeah that whole yeah i mean you're you're um
00:04:31
Speaker
Who is it? Johnny May or Duncan outscored your entire outside back. Oh, I know. My outside backs were poo. I had Obi on my bench and I fucking should have played him. I don't know whoever put it in. Coco is shocking with five points. Yeah, I couldn't believe that's all you got in that in that game. He only got five. Like, right. What the hell happened? He played 80. He played 80. Right. What the fuck?
00:04:58
Speaker
Well, I just stole all the points. He's like, clearly mine. Yeah, Ollie. Didn't your mother share? All right.
In-Depth League Standings Discussion
00:05:10
Speaker
You don't win in detail. You're the trophy by sharing. Yeah, no, he definitely didn't. That's a fact. And then in detail to nobody's shock, Alex walked away with it with a fairly convincing win. He had mighty mouse. He had Roddy.
00:05:28
Speaker
Lawrence, Yoan Lloyd, who ended up with Tan Pollard, yep, Ben Spencer. You know, he played Pearson off the bench, ballsy as shit, but good for him. He had the Gloucester front row. So that was where his big ones. Yeah, also was forced to play Sam Dugdale and Brownie actually, Brownie just didn't have a good day. But yeah, nobody's shocked. Yeah.
00:05:55
Speaker
He had five losses to start the season because he picked up a, an auto drafted team and manufactured it into this monster and runs what, 19 weeks unbeaten or something like that. Like absurd, absurd. Mr. Alex hats off to you, sir. Um,
00:06:12
Speaker
So that makes things interesting going into our last couple of weeks here.
D2 League Standings and Progression
00:06:19
Speaker
Let it not be forgotten on all this, that he is a Patreon subscriber. Also that. Just putting that one out there. Just going to put that one out there. But 19 wins in a row. I take full credit for that.
00:06:41
Speaker
D2 looks like Stewart is on top with 11, Sofia's got nine, Lucas has eight, Alex has eight as well, Franco has six, Larry has two, and poor Terry doesn't have anything right now. Sorry fellas, we still love you. Right now I'm hanging on to the top.
Carrick's Team Promotion
00:07:00
Speaker
I have 13.
00:07:02
Speaker
Mark has eight, Cobus has seven, Duncan has five, Ben has four, Justin and George both have three, and our good buddy, Carrick, who we neglected to congratulate on his role last week with Cambridge.
00:07:17
Speaker
them getting promoted to the championship. And with the Prem Cup also now involving championship teams next year, he's going to be playing against the big boys. Right. So congratulations to Carrick and his club over at Cambridge. That's great. Well done. You know, if I'm going to pick a second team in England, I'm going to go with our boy Carrick and go with his guys because we support our own. Yeah.
00:07:39
Speaker
So usually we try to at least, um, anyway, that's, so that's how things stand. Um, as of right now, let's look at the D one, uh, league table.
Upcoming Matches Preview
00:07:54
Speaker
So I know I've been scrapping and scraping in D one super for super, but, um, yeah, it's going to be interesting. Let's look at the, so we'll go to the mattress for us. I'm going to look at the table and talk about that.
00:08:09
Speaker
Excuse me. So match ups for this past weekend. It's going to be an interesting final weekend. That's for sure. I was able to get the better of Mark.
00:08:23
Speaker
And then, uh, uh, George got Cobus and that actually makes things a little interesting. Ben beat Carrick and it ain't extremely tight on Duncan. Point six, like, Oh my God, smash myself in the face with a frying pan.
Final League Outcome Predictions
00:08:40
Speaker
I'd be so annoyed. And of course, if you're sitting there puckering up thinking, Oh man, am I going to get overtaken on corrections?
00:08:49
Speaker
You are just relieved and probably can finally go take a poo. Right. Oh, that was the worst last week when my corrections just kept going. Oh, pretty. Take me away. I can't. No, it's right here. It's like the other way on their way. So I'm going to open up the tab here. Hold on one second, because that thing makes things interesting. Going into the final weekend, I'm currently sitting in fifth. I can.
00:09:19
Speaker
overtake Mark with it's going to take some doing probably because I need to I need to win. And I need to get a better points for than him. So that's going to be interesting. Unless unless they go by head to head, which would be nice for me, because I think I beat him twice now. So that'd be that'd be helpful. And that's that is that is everything like that is all that's to play for. So with that,
00:09:47
Speaker
I'm playing Justin. Fuck. But Mark's playing Duncan, who also has got a nice record. So there's that. So that's my that's what I'm hanging my hope on. I'm hoping somehow Justin bottles it. He's got a decent team, though, like Sean Stevenson, Cory tool. Oh, I'm a right guard. Fuck. God damn it. This is gonna suck. Anyway.
00:10:15
Speaker
But, but, but the good news for myself is I only need a point out of super to hold on to my, to hold on to my spot and clinch the win.
Final Week Strategy and Hopes
00:10:29
Speaker
Which makes me lose. You realize that, that I'm not saying he would do such a thing. Cause that would be like paraffeta cheese. Wait, who's paraffeta cheese? Yeah. That, that, that Duncan could rest his players.
00:10:44
Speaker
I mean, not that you need to. Yeah. I mean, good. And then just let Mark in. Well, that would not be awesome, but I only need a point. So I just, even if I lose this weekend, yeah, I can still come away with a win in the SACO semi. And that's enough. Yep. And then in the end, you know, a person that can catch me is Mark. And then we're going to have to work out a tiebreaker. Well, anyway, um, there's that then.
Upcoming Matches Analysis
00:11:15
Speaker
D2 is gonna be, I think it's gonna also be an interesting finish here. Let's see, find me the standings. There they are, okay. So after 11 rounds, Franco, Stewart, Player X, and Alex are all holding on to playoff spots. But, but, but, but the biggest blood ever. Luke and I don't know, I still don't know who right wing is, both have a shot at getting in because they have the same record as Alex.
00:11:45
Speaker
So depending on how things go this coming weekend, let's see, did we get, let's see if we got the schedule for the upcoming, no, that's okay. So depending on how that goes though, that's going to make things really interesting. Come play out time. And right now, let me just open that up again. Where'd I, where'd I do with it? There we go.
00:12:16
Speaker
Yeah, Stu is in the driver's seat. Stu is in the driver's seat right now to go up because he has 11. Oh, and Sophia is not going to make playoffs. So she's going to be stuck on. Yeah, she could get, she could in react in theory, get 10 or 11, but she's not going to get finished above Stewart. Luke could, depending on how things shake out. That would be interesting. So yeah, Luke or Alex both need to win and then
00:12:47
Speaker
And yeah, Stuart actually might be in good shape. We'll see. Let me see. Yeah. I mean, Franco, Stuart, and Player X all have records that could see them bounce out because they're only one game in front of Alex, Luke, and right wing. And that's the bottom three as opposed to the top three. So,
00:13:14
Speaker
Yeah. The, any one of those six could make it or be bounced. It's going to be interesting. See, again, this is why it's, it's pays to be mediocre at fantasy road, but you don't have to, I don't have, I don't have any stress this weekend. I can find a way to give you some, but it's not going to be the type we're talking about. Right.
00:13:37
Speaker
No, you're going to, yes, I'm going to trade one of my best players to you. I've come to terms with that. Oh, well, there's that too.
Player Selection Tips for Fantasy Rugby
00:13:45
Speaker
What'd you end up doing for pink slips? Did you win? No way.
00:13:48
Speaker
Well, it's worth having. I got my ass kicked. Did you? George was ridiculous. He had like almost 200 points. Jesus. It was never going to happen. I had a good week, too. That's the fucking worst part of it, is I have good weeks and I'm going up against somebody who is just fucking shit house. Like, what was it? I had 121. I know that's not great, but that's...
00:14:08
Speaker
only was it I had there only one. Yeah, so I was like, fifth in points. Yeah. Again, but I've got the first best team. Would you do who'd who'd who'd he take off? Yeah. He took
00:14:27
Speaker
Oh, I hear you money, which is like, OK, great. I just got him back. He just came back. I've been dealing without him. Like, OK, fine. I'll deal with him again. Fine. Take him. Yeah. OK. Like, I'm glad he didn't take Peach off my hands. That that would have sucked because it's like, well, I've been kind of riding him. Yeah.
00:14:46
Speaker
Um, right. Yeah, I was well for choice, but I went, I had to stop doing paralysis by analysis. And I just, I swapped the Rumbies boys. I had Mira and Duncan had Tom Wright. So I swapped them. That's good. That's a good call.
00:15:00
Speaker
Yeah. But I mean, there was options. I could have taken Richie. I could have taken Jordy. I could have taken one of the most forwards that he has. Cause let's be honest, one of mine's kind of shit this year, but hey, whatever. And it's the, we're going into the final week on that one as well. Right. So it'd be interesting. And my record there, I have won one match and it was the worst part. One match was against Carrick who played like three people and doesn't really have much on his team anymore. And it's like,
00:15:30
Speaker
Great. Yeah. I got nothing. I won one match and I like basically got a neutral trade. Um, and every, so I'm just losing. Uh, yeah. Either somebody good and he's gone and he's gone and it's gone either. That's Justin or I could give out. So the roles are reversed here. Mark could overtake me if, if I lose, um, I'm on the inside looking out and he's vice versa. That's funny.
00:15:56
Speaker
All right. Guess we got to start some things, right? Yep. And you're starting us off. That's right. I know these things sometimes. Chiefs and Reds. Oh, man. I mean,
00:16:19
Speaker
There shouldn't be anything really hard about this. Uh, let me just pull up the cheese ladder real quick here. Cause I know you're starting everybody. Yeah. I mean, you're starting everybody. Is there, is there a position that really need to concern yourself with loose forward? So let's, let's look at it. It's a little concerning. That's probably the one place to look at. So let's do that. Let's have a look at that because that is the one place. Um, Hello chiefs.
00:16:44
Speaker
I mean, Simon Parker's at eight, Sammy, Penny Finau, six, Luke, Jacobson, seven. Right. So Jacobson would be probably my favorite of the group, but I don't love him. So, I mean, they're, they're not going to do much because of that, the, their opposition. I mean, even with Uru at eight, it's that that's still right. Right. And McRate are not, no.
00:17:10
Speaker
They're going to eat. They're going to get got a little live. Yeah. The Chiefs. But otherwise, that's what they do. That's what they do. That's their job is to get eaten alive. And then the other players make the place. Right. Yeah. So by yes.
00:17:24
Speaker
Mm hmm. Rotoma. Yes. Mackenzie. Yes. Not Sotaro. Norah and Stevenson are all yes. And then play in Leonard Brown. Absolutely. So yeah, those are all goes would be less than Leonard Brown, but still easy go this week for sure. Definitely. Because look at look at who they're playing against. Right. Again. Hey, that guy.
00:17:44
Speaker
At 15. Yeah. Not so good. Yeah. Front row was ago. I know there's no talking about what that doesn't scare me. It doesn't matter. Doesn't matter. Yeah. Tisha number one defense there. So the reds front row has actually played a little bit better.
Super Rugby Matchups Insights
00:18:01
Speaker
So if you're in a pinch, I'm okay with it. Um, then the rest, it's like, man, you got to go with your, the, the try and choose. So right. And McRider, yes. Or super leave at home. McDermott is okay, but.
00:18:15
Speaker
Temperate expectations. Crichton's been pretty good scoring wise, so I'd give him a thumbs up. O'Connor's been poo. Diagonera 13 is terrifying. I don't know if I want to risk, I don't know if I want to take a flyer on Mac really.
00:18:30
Speaker
Yeah, I wouldn't. Not against this. Right. And if the roles were reversed, Diganoo at 14 and Boonie Volo at 13, I'd be okay with playing Diganoo. But because of where they're all playing, it just makes it... Ugh, man. These are all like... Break glass in case of emergency is about all I can say for most of anything outside of Crichton. Right. Godspeed. And I have Crichton and I'm hoping that I can start somebody else, not him. Yeah. I'm terrified. Next.
00:19:00
Speaker
Next up, we have Force versus Drua. 4th or 12th in Attack, 9th in Defense, Drua or 8th in Attack, 4th in Defense, Drua. But then Drua are clicking really well lately. So that's something else to consider. Again, Force are just terrible, terrible defensively. Cannot stress that enough. But Drua...
00:19:25
Speaker
They're what, they're 12 first of the front row, which is really their own, their weakest spot. And they're six against midfield and loose forward everywhere else. They're top three. Um, so the force, like I still start their front row because again, drew, we're just giving up points there. Um,
00:19:42
Speaker
Among the force loose forwards in 47 stars, and this is just their, their loose forward players. I'm sure they've played locks there or whatever. That's why it's an odd number, but 47 starts. They have, um, seven matches where they've scored 10 plus and 16 where they've scored less than five.
00:19:59
Speaker
So I'm really only looking at Tizano, who I hope is my savior. Yeah. And as this comes back, like he's been good. So it's just, he's been injured this year. So I'm looking at him, looking at Spank and looking at Mattielli and Kiberigi, Tia Tia in a big pinch. And Isaac finds Lea lea wasa in an emergency.
00:20:26
Speaker
For the Drua, the match was tasty where you want them for the Drua. That's how they're extremely tasty. The loose forwards are 4th or 9th. Scrum has 10th. The midfielders and outside backs, they're a 9th. So Mira Mira could be a good pickup for this week if he's around. Timoney has averaged over, I'm sorry, less than 10 for his last five matches.
00:20:49
Speaker
but this could still be, you know, they could, he could break that streak. Um, the line isn't easy. Yes. Again, they're, they're 10th versus scrum hats. Um, Revovo mass and Massey. Yes. Recaro seems to be legit. So yes. Um, Sal and process. He should have opportunities. They're more of like, if you got them on your team, I'm not going to shake my head at it. Hmm.
00:21:16
Speaker
Yeah. In past weeks, I might now I'm like, no, and especially against this opponent. No, that's not a bad idea. If you have, you know, if you're down a couple of guys. Right. Right. Needs to be fillings. Hurricane Timble on that.
00:21:33
Speaker
Uh, well, that makes things fun. Um, it'll probably be some, especially with the travel back from Fiji, it'll probably, uh, uh, slightly changed teams. So just keep your eyes peeled when there are gains do drop the lineup. Um, actually, let me just one check one thing. Oh, it's yeah. Maybe, maybe, maybe the time is it. Look at that. It's nine o'clock. So it might be time. Hold on one second. Let me get this hit refresh on this as well. Moana's lineup's not out yet. He's on the Twitter's lame.
00:22:04
Speaker
Yeah, and nothing on the supersite. Yeah. Okay. Well, with that anyway, Moana are pretty friendly everywhere in terms of what they give up. They're 10 to the lower in almost everything except... Well, Scrum half, which doesn't matter in this case, because you got to play either one of those guys. So, you're good. Front row is a go, because Hurricane Temple are the top scoring front rows, if not the top scoring front row. So, yes.
00:22:30
Speaker
I don't love any of their walks. That's the one thing I would say. Back row. Yeah, they're probably gonna play some guys. It could be Lukai, it could be Jose. Yeah, they're playing them. Give it a good old whirl. Reugard or Booth is fine. Fly half's probably the one place I'd be concerned only because if Jordy is in, he's gonna have the tee. If he's not in, this is a good time to pick up one of those fly halves and play them because they love the tee. Whether it's Godfrey or Morgan or whoever.
00:23:01
Speaker
Give it a give that a go. I don't know when if Brett Cameron's ever gonna come back this year because that Yeah, did not look come backable. Nope, and that's disappointing because he was playing so fucking well for us. He was pissed about it Midfielders for the most part are just gonna be a full go with the exception of the few and far between I'm thinking Sullivan and maybe pooj, but We'll see though bees just seem to be
00:23:27
Speaker
you know, plug and play for the most part. You and Savannah woke up last week, like, come on. Yeah, he's listening. People have been talking. He's been just talking shit. Anyway, so for Moana, her kids aren't as strong as they used to be. They're starting to let the points leak a little bit. Still don't trust that front row. Like, no. Miracle's good. Attuga maybe for glues forwards.
00:23:56
Speaker
I think it's been good. He scored. Oh, no. Called back. Yeah, that got called back, unfortunately. But yeah, might be OK for there. I don't love for not anymore. So just no. Don't love any of the scrumhabs. Flats have mostly been good for the for them, whether it's Lillie Afon or McClutchy. So, yeah, go for it. Centers Tawala Amua for my playing out of position. Good to go. And then
00:24:24
Speaker
Yeah, tapa tapa now I definitely and probably break glass in case of emergency for William Haveli this week.
00:24:31
Speaker
Yeah. Tava Tava Nawa is doing some like, he's doing some cheeky better and shit. That tap and go was, was pretty, pretty sweet. Cause nobody could see it like that. He was facing away from the blues. They couldn't tell that he picked, he tapped it. Like they didn't react. Oh, real good stuff there. Real aggressive stuff. And that was like, it's another cheeky shit later too. Yeah. They checked it and they're like, let's make sure he tapped it. He did. Right. Good news flash for you chief. He definitely tapped it. Yeah.
00:25:01
Speaker
Like, OK, that happened. The referee was right there, literally standing right there. And he needed to take a look at it. Like, that's how cheeky that shit was like that. That's well done. Yeah. Yep. All right. The the heavyweight title match this weekend. Crusader's hosting the Blues. Raiders are fourth in attack and third in defense. Blues are first in attack and second in defense.
00:25:28
Speaker
Loses are top four everywhere, but except against lock where they're seventh. And they're only fourth against the loose forwards and fly halves. Everywhere else, they're third or higher. They're ridiculous. You're still going to start the crusaders front row.
00:25:44
Speaker
I would still start white lock if he's playing Barrett has zero 10 plus matches so again if you're starting a lock you want someone who can do that, as we were talking about before, that's not proving that so if you know.
00:26:00
Speaker
he's one of those where it's like, okay, if Whitelock's not available, I'd almost rather go no lock than Barrett, because then he'll keep points elsewhere. After that, it's really the obvious, you know, Mwanga, Haveli, Lester Fanganuku, Will Jordan, because those are the only guys who are likely to score points. The
00:26:21
Speaker
I don't think McLeod is hurt and or has been scoring like poop. I would just not expect that to, I would expect that to continue against the Blues. So there you go. On the blue side, the Crusaders are seventh versus Scrumhaves, which is interesting. Fourth versus midfielders and outside backs, third versus flyhaves, fifth versus loose forwards. You're still starting, you want to answer two, two.
00:26:48
Speaker
uh in the forwards um still grimacing and papa lee who i want his score to reflect his um impact on the match and it's not he laid up like 11 last week he did he had right um but then you have a try too yeah so it's so it's like that you need yeah he should be scoring in the 15s and 20s one regular and one day yeah um christie could have a match this week he's kind of off and on but again
00:27:17
Speaker
seventh versus scrum have so that this is this is where it would happen. Consider plumber. But and go right ahead with Rika Ioannoni and Caleb Clark. And if Talia is back then oh yeah. Other than that I'd kind of...
00:27:33
Speaker
But, oh, if I have to tell you to start fucking Bowdoin Barrett. You need to quit. Right. It's hilarious because I thought of that. I knew I purposefully left him off of my off of my thing. It's like I shouldn't have to mention this, but I'm going to. Right. Yeah. I could have planned that better. Yeah. Yeah. We have we have the ties and the rebels.
00:28:01
Speaker
So Todd's definitely like to snack on the bottom of the barrel, as it were, we saw that last week, but probably do it again this week. So that means, um, well rebels front row defense is actually okay. So that makes starting the war touch front row, kind of a eyebrow razor. They'll probably make my rankings, but they'll probably be near the bottom. Um,
00:28:23
Speaker
Robles are terrible against locks. And it just so happens that the war toss haven't guy that's been playing six. That's a lock. Say you, so I'd go ahead and do that. Um, Gleason is a girl. He's in. And then. Art, I'm trying to wrestle with anybody else. I'm not sure I can, um, try and justify it. Not sure I can do that. And anyway.
00:28:49
Speaker
So there's that scrum half. Jake Gordon's had a rough start, but this is, this should be a matchup that he can take advantage of. So give him a.
00:28:57
Speaker
give him a go. Uh, Benny D is a little iffy, but this is again, a good matchup. So should you be in a pinch? That's probably not a bad option. Um, be nice. We saw Tina had been to get for those that have him probably, um, that's a sentence right there. Yeah. Right. That's that says a lot right there. Um, um, set midfield is just Swiss cheese right now for the rebels. Um, yes, they're, they're attacking, they're attacking well, but they're not defending well.
00:29:27
Speaker
So that means Parisi, Faketti, thumbs up, away you go. And then Obese, yeah, I mean, Jorgensen's my least favorite of them, but I'd probably still play him in this match. So there's that. On the other side, Rebels have some guys to definitely use and some that I would definitely leave at home. Tazar fifth in defense overall. So pretty good. But the front row defense sucks. So Rebels front rows ago.
00:29:54
Speaker
Um,
Final Super Rugby Predictions
00:29:56
Speaker
I don't, well, I don't miss hardwicks back. So that's the best loose forward. I can say for the rebels, everybody else, I'm kind of pined them because we're talking third against loose forward. So, um, tosser eighth against crime half. So that means Lauren's an option. Um, you're playing Carter Gordon because he just been on fire. Uh,
00:30:17
Speaker
I don't know, Stacy Ely's cooled off. So if he's your, one of your midfielders, I would really start looking for other options. You started well, but he's cooled off and this is going to be a tough matchup against them. The tosser third. I believe it.
00:30:31
Speaker
Trade I offered George was Stacey Ailey for... I don't think he took it. I'm sure he didn't. I don't think he even acknowledged it. I don't know if he's even seen it yet. I'm sure he didn't. I would have ignored it too. And then Obese, most of them play him pretty well. Callaway, Jawani obviously, Joe Pinkis has played pretty well. Lockie Anderson's actually played pretty well. So yeah, I consider all those as options, depending on lineup, but yeah.
00:31:01
Speaker
Keep it going. Next. Next up. Sorry. I was looking to see you now. I think you did cancel it. Son of a bitch. Brumby's. That fellas. Brumby's. So this is kind of a balanced matchup here. Brumby's are sixth in attack, seventh in defense. Highlanders are 11 and 11. So very even across the comps, except not looking good for Highlanders.
00:31:31
Speaker
You know, their bottom of the league in most places, their strongest versus the front row and where they're second. And then their next strongest position defensively is loose forwards where they're eighth. So everywhere else, other than front row and loose forwards, they're ninth or lower.
00:31:52
Speaker
Um, yeah, so, uh, for the Burmese, we talked about Valentini kind of, um, resurging. Yeah, I would trust that. Um, Jerome Brown, as I said, um,
00:32:04
Speaker
That's a quality to pick up if he's around. Lonergan, yes, still not Nick White. Don't try it. I guess he's leaving. White is leaving. He's off to the force. And somebody else was leaving too. Samu, yeah. I think he's going to Europe, though. I don't think he's going to Australia. Okay, I thought there were two players that we just saw go into the force. Anyway. Oh, maybe he's going there. I don't know.
00:32:31
Speaker
Yeah. Lolisio, yes. The midfielders are feast or famine. But the outside back should feast. I think this will be a feast week as well from the mid. Right. For the highlanders, it doesn't matter what the defense is. You're not starting many highlanders anyway. So like Harmon and Renton are usually a go anyway. And this is the 10th ranked loose forwards defense. So yes. Yeah, go ahead.
00:32:59
Speaker
Um, Smith, maybe, um, Timo and Gilbert. Yes. And yes. Uh, Tuj and low. I'm kind of met on this week, but like, those are the only those guys that I named are really the only, if you're thinking of any other highlanders than that, then you're in trouble. Then take your hand, put it in front of your face and like, just fucking smack yourself once.
00:33:26
Speaker
Just once. Take your hand, put it before your face. What is the, I got a joke. Many experts have warned that if your hand is bigger than your face, you may have a case. Yes, exactly. Do that to yourself. Oh man. That bit got me when it first happened. I was dying on the floor laughing. That was me. Oh man.
00:33:56
Speaker
shit of the weeks. Sorry. Um, okay. You mentioned my guy and he's caught form real well. He actually started, he just started the year hot. Once he's come back from, I use her to start the year a little bit, um, willing his team on and now he has the tee too. So I'm really loving this for, uh, my start of the week. It's going to be the, uh, for G and Drew's scrum half, Frank Lamani. It's a quality matchup right there. Yeah, it is.
00:34:27
Speaker
My start of the week, I've also mentioned multiple times throughout this pod. And even I think the last one, um, he's got the tastiest of match ups. And, um, I think he's shit hot and he's also, so this is also like, you know, I'm taking into account that this is your last week of the year. And this is guy might be on your free agent wire. Um, if he is go get your own Brown and started against the highlanders. Yeah, there you go. It's a good one.
00:34:56
Speaker
Uh, my sit. So guy was a high pick and has kind of petered off. And now he's playing over against a really tough team. I think we have the same set of the week. Yeah. And I don't love his position. So my said that it's going to be the red's fleet, but that going to. Okay. All right. No. Okay. Okay. Everything is exactly the same except for it being James O'Connor also has been beneficial. I agree. I agree. So yeah. One, one's the 12 ones, the 13 doesn't really matter.
00:35:25
Speaker
Oh shit. Okay. Um, pick of them. Oh yeah. I got that. That's my finals. And then we're like, I said, we're closing on the end of the super rugby year to, um, scope, permission, semi-finals series and Northampton. Oh, got to take series sale and Lester sale sale. Yeah.
00:35:51
Speaker
That would be an interesting final. There's no doubt about that. Yeah. Oh, Michael versus it. Oh, I know. I know that. That would be a storyline to be pumped. That'll get pumped up. Love it. Love it. Uh, chiefs and super heavy chiefs and reds chiefs. It's just been so bad. Poop. Uh, forcing Joe. I don't take the Joe. We're taking the Joe. Yeah. Yup. Perkins and Moana.
00:36:17
Speaker
Hurricanes are gonna be pissed about that last one. So here's the thing. Yeah, Moana are gonna be pissed and they just finally are putting it all together. Right. And they're feeling it and they're gonna feel pain out of that.
00:36:30
Speaker
And so they're going to give their next matchup a whole bunch of hell, except for the fact that it's the hurricanes who are, as you said, got to be fucking even more. They're going to be just as equally pissed because they let that one get away. Right. And the hurricanes are a better team. So, yeah, it's going to be, I mean, I feel bad for Moana. This is not right. They're going to have to put off their their revenge match for a week. Yeah. Sorry, guys. It sucks because that just keeps happening to them. But yeah, definitely.
00:36:59
Speaker
Um, like I feel they're like their, their season is like my fantasy season. It doesn't matter how well they play. They're running into fucking buzz saws to crusaders blues. This is in Christchurch. So I have to take the crusaders. I'm taking the blues. Yeah. Crusaders don't lose at home.
00:37:22
Speaker
I'm just not impressed by the Crusaders this year. I don't see it. I don't care about the histories anymore. They're they don't the mystique is gone. It's not the same right now. They're not they're not. It's it's kind of like the all blacks, you know, how like this past year, they've they've been coming across as vulnerable. I don't see the Crusaders as like, okay, yeah, they're they're vulnerable this year, but they're still the Crusaders. I see them as they're they're just vulnerable this year. I'm not really that
00:37:52
Speaker
I'm not impressed. Time will tell. Yeah, I know. It's it's fucking I've said it before and then they've come back to haunt me. So or at least I've eaten crow about it. This I just I think this is it. I think this is finally the possibly possibly toss and rebels toss. I'm going rebels. OK, again, I think the rebels. That's my only thing there. Yeah, but their losses have been
00:38:21
Speaker
to good teams and bad situations. And I don't think the water towels are a good team. So that's why I'm taking the rebels window. Um, Brumby's hounders probably ease best team in Australia versus who was better than the worst team in New Zealand playing. Yeah. Definitely team in New Zealand. Yeah. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. Definitely.
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00:38:46
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