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Season 5- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Premiership Round 21 & Super Rugby Round 5)
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It's another fun filled Fantasy Corner with TFRY. On this episode, we look back at the first CYL leagues to go final with 6 Nations Superbru, who landed in the points and who missed out. Then we jump back in to Start or Sit as we return to the Prem and press on with the Super Rugby. Grab the note pads and tune in for the fun with us.
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Transcript
Introduction
00:00:02
Speaker
It is. The Fantasy Robias. 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 gambled that. Collusion. Collusion.
Rugby World Updates
00:00:27
Speaker
Hey, everybody. Welcome back. It is the fancy rugby. Thanks. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. Let's go to fantasy corner time. Lots of good news going on here. Champions League stuff all over the place. Yeah, let's go to let's do recaps. Mm hmm. Because we got our first close.
Division Two Highlights
00:00:54
Speaker
Starting division two. So
00:00:58
Speaker
I think everybody, because we award up to three, I think we award five places. There's five people in the, in the D two tournaments. So they all going to get points. Nice. Um, I'm happy because I finished fifth. So yeah. Uh, I believe it looks like Sophia is going to take home the top and then it'll be still.
00:01:21
Speaker
Luke I don't know who some of whoever whoever on Knarff is they're gonna have to help me out here and then Alex so Alex is Starting off with some points and making his way up the uh Not the d2 ladder there because we already know how well he's done in From so, you know, he's probably gonna get points some somewhere in there though. It's just a matter of Kenny
Division One Updates
00:01:49
Speaker
gather points in Champions Cup and Super as well. Division one. Let me just double check. I'm gonna double check the points. Hold on. That's gotta bug the shit out of me. For what? Knowing what points or what or what not. There we go. Okay. So yes, fifth gets one. So I was right. Haha, look at that.
00:02:18
Speaker
My brain sometimes works. So I get a point. I'm on the board. You're on the board, sir. So yeah, our point score is four. D1 will be Ben and then Mark, George, pelvis, and some other dickhead. Yeah. I lost two spots too in the last week. That annoys me.
00:02:40
Speaker
Yeah, that hurts. Yeah. And I didn't do poorly. It's just... Right. Well, you and... Yeah, you and Duncan both just fell hard the last couple of weeks. Big time. Duncan fell all the way out of the points. Ouch.
US and World League Standings
00:02:58
Speaker
Some asshole was second in the US and 24th in the world. Nice.
00:03:06
Speaker
I don't know who that was, but... His team name was Americans Don't Know Anything. I thought that was... I didn't know it was turning into this much irony, honestly. It's totally just like saying, yeah, I suck, just deal with it, all right? Here's the wild thing. I got 24 in the hole. There were 15,000 people that played this competition.
00:03:32
Speaker
I got 24. I was third in George's league. Yeah. That's so crazy. That's nuts. Yeah. George, what ringers are you fucking working with over there? Good God. Who are these other guys? Steve Tracy, who I know. Oh, I've seen before. So that's George Miller, who I don't know who that is. God damn like. What the hell, man? That is just.
00:04:02
Speaker
Best shit crazy in my head. Holy crap. Anyway, yeah, George, stop bringing in such good players, will you?
Upcoming Rugby Fixtures
00:04:10
Speaker
Anyway, yeah, so that'll be that. So I will put out Danings Come sometime this week here, maybe this weekend. Probably had to be this weekend, if I'm honest. I'm not going to get anybody's thoughts off this week.
00:04:23
Speaker
Let's do, let's go, let's jump over to super rugby champions. Yanks league. Do, do, do, do. Yeah. Not pretty for me. I'm not really into it.
00:04:35
Speaker
That's not really happening. I mean, you're also getting like, boost. I'm also not putting points, which is not helpful. Right. So I am as well as I was able to dig myself out of the hole at prom. This might not happen. That's the such the annoying part of super rugby is that you can pick an excellent, you can draft excellently as well as you can for any, you know, like based on historical
00:05:06
Speaker
you know, scoring and things like that.
Super Rugby Lineup Variability
00:05:08
Speaker
Fuck, you never know. In some cases, like, you know, Matt Ailey, you know, I thought he was going to blow up. He's gotten like nothing. Yeah.
00:05:17
Speaker
Well, you talk about playing a ton either. Right. Um, Julian Sevilla is not really contributing. Just, he's getting lost in the shovel. Not that he's doing anything poorly. Um, his teammates are just taking the light. Yeah. It's like, what do you, what do you do? Um, so it's super, it feels like it's super easy to like, and there's not as many teams. Um,
00:05:37
Speaker
You know, although there are as many teams, I guess now, um, no, but I mean, the prem had, had a little bit more, but it's like, you kind of know who, who you're dealing with each week. Um, and in super rugby, you kind of just, you don't, there's so much variability. I'm online among lineups. It's so easy to get like, have nobody playing. Just random fucking chance. Right. So let's look at division one. So division one was.
00:06:06
Speaker
Duncan taking down George by a margin. We had a couple of lopsided ones here. Justin just absolutely beat the shit out of me. You picked
Fantasy Matchups and Performances
00:06:17
Speaker
up a pretty handy win against Cobas who didn't put up a light number either. So. No, I'm very happy with that. And the jock Campbell, wait, somehow jock Campbell played 80 minutes and got zero points.
00:06:29
Speaker
I, he was a ghost in that game, honestly, though. I barely remember seeing him. So that surprised me, but it was like, wow. I was like, Oh, when did he come out of the game? And there's no, he played the full, he played the full. Yeah. He was very much a ghost. I barely remember seeing him. Um, and then, uh, and Carrick took care of Mark. So good on him. Matchup six week will be, um, Duncan and Carrick, just Justin and George.
00:06:59
Speaker
Mark and Cobus and then you and I are, you and me off as well. Let's do it. Um, how was your, what was your pink slippage? Not awesome, eh? No, that, that was another one of those, how the fuck did that happen? Matches where like I went to bed Friday night and I think, um, Carrick had like nobody really available for his team.
00:07:27
Speaker
And then he ended up signing Dallas McLeod.
Key Players and Standings
00:07:33
Speaker
And like just throwing shit at the wall, like Nick juice. He threw at the wall. Yeah. I couldn't believe you. So it worked out. Oh my God. I had him near the black at her rankings. Black at her. I think he'd got over and he did. Team points. Wilkin was ridiculous. Like yeah. Hey guys, you can't find your new kid. Like it was, she just went off. It makes sense. Yeah. And like, yeah.
00:07:57
Speaker
I kind of went with, you know, some players as I could, but, you know, I dropped James O'Connor before, um, before that match. Cause I'm like, I'm not losing him. So I didn't have to worry about him. I was like, you can have time, right? But yeah, no, I don't, I wouldn't, I got away with anything like that. Cause I wouldn't have known that much about my match bar, um, Gordon and.
00:08:25
Speaker
uh, Jorgensen for me. And then for him, um, just the front row. So I wouldn't
Mysterious Player in Division Two
00:08:34
Speaker
have known shit until Saturday, in which case it would have been way too fucking late. Um, cause he took, he took Barrett off my hands. Um, it was, it was, uh, yeah. Fuck off. Oh, well, uh, I get the sense book. Barrett's going to get passed around a little bit here.
00:08:51
Speaker
Probably. Yeah, I would have beaten, I would have beaten so many people that would not go this. Yeah. I would have beaten George, I would have beaten you, I would have beaten Mark. Now. You already beaten me once, so you've had enough. Nah, I won't go back to that. That was fun. Anywho, let's go to division two. Division two.
00:09:15
Speaker
We do have a mystery revealed at least. So player X beat right wing. So I don't know. We still don't know who that is, but we do know that we have a filler player with Ian, who was, who got his butt kicked by Alex. Everybody seems to be getting their butt kicked by Alex these days. And then Franco bit beat beat up on Stu. Although I'm not sure Stu deserve to lose that game. He scored 144.
00:09:41
Speaker
And then Sofia beat, um, Luke. So there was that, um, games to be played player X against Alex, Luke against right-wing against don't know who that one is. Um, Ian and Franco, um, and then Stu and Sophia. Thank you. And once again, thank you, Sophia, for being an awesome deputy commissioner and helping us out with that.
Fantasy Rugby Strategies
00:10:06
Speaker
Cause otherwise we would have no fucking idea what's going on.
00:10:12
Speaker
Okay. It is starts at time. It is. And I think you go first because Merck say, do I go to the prem? Yeah. You go first. Cause I only have two prem teams, man. I don't want to do that much such as it is. This is purely luck of the draw when it comes to who gets what. So anyways, ever wondering like is.
00:10:37
Speaker
we alternate everything every week and it's just the luck of the draw and how things play out. So sometimes you get a great match. I have a couple of great matches to look at, but I have some shit-kicker matches too. Yeah, and like I have, and you know, it'll make sense at the time, but I have a couple of just start everyone matches. So, yeah. All right, so we are going up to Newcastle against Gloucester. So Newcastle are,
00:11:06
Speaker
dwelling near the bottom in terms of...
00:11:09
Speaker
Fancy defenses. So this is going to bode well if you can find a glossy player start. There are some. There are some. But I think Louis Risamont gets right thrown right back in. I hope he has to. Right. I hope he does.
Newcastle vs Gloucester Preview
00:11:21
Speaker
Me too, because I have him both. Right. So let's start with the tune. Newcastle front row is probably an OK play. It's not great, but it's not bad, especially since Bill Meyer has been pretty good. Minimize expectations.
00:11:39
Speaker
Let's see. Loose forwards. Yeah, locks loose forwards. Done. Forget him. No scrum half you want to hang out with. So next. Well, I have Brett Connors at home. So he's usually quality there. So that's a thumbs up there. Centers. Seb Atkinson is probably the only one I would play because he's the one that's proven that he's worth a damn otherwise. So that's a Newcastle are kind of near the bottom. So maybe Chris Harrison, a pinch if he's in there. Right. There's that. There's that. And then
00:12:11
Speaker
Yeah. And then Newcastle are near the bottom. Uh, they're not near the bottom of their, um, like 10th in, oh, against OB. So yeah, you're going to play, you're probably going to play Santi. Um,
00:12:24
Speaker
Oh, I've been doing this all backwards. Sorry. I just did that part backwards. Jesus, I am losing it. Gloucester are up near fourth. So really, the only one I want is Mighty Mouse. I like Obi. So if you're in a pinch, he's probably better than Radland, actually, which is really sad to say.
00:12:44
Speaker
Yeah. And then Tom Penny as he plays out of position sometimes back there. So let's go. That's a go. All right. Heads on straight now. Gloucester front row is a go. I know Newcastle are tough against front rows, but that's still a unit that you're going to go. Yeah. You're going to go. Okay. Just do it. Okay. Alemano, if you're hot up for a lock, he's been the better lock. One of the better locks in an FRD. Loose forwards.
00:13:09
Speaker
I guess Ackerman and that's it. Um, I don't love any of the others. Scrum apps of Chapman only. I don't, I, I want nothing to do with anybody else. Um, fly halves. I think we're obviously continue to see Santa Carrera. She's a yes, uh, this week because I think you'll have something to say against this team. Um, he's performed pretty well so far as well. Centers. Um,
00:13:40
Speaker
Yeah. Cause I did the center part already. So same, same. Sorry. I was, I was, like I said, my head was on backwards before. So back in, yes. Chris Harris is a, is a maybe, um, I don't love any of the new castle centers, by the way, not named top penny. So in case you were wondering on that one. And then, um, Obies. Yes. LRC Ollie thoroughly. Yes. Oh, man. A pinch. If you have to write at this, you have to, you know, if he's starting and he may get a walk over, right.
00:14:08
Speaker
Yeah, give me nine points probably. Right. He's good at that. There we go. All right. Go ahead. I'm going to restore myself out over here. That's okay. Yeah. I'll jump in with... Actually, it should be one of the better matches on the weekend. Lester hosting Bristol. Lester is still middling, but now they're getting the band back together. Although,
00:14:31
Speaker
you know, Chasm being injured, Stuart getting his yellow card rescinded, but I'm sure he'll be on rest. So it's just a question of what you're going to have on the lesser side, what's changing. And, you know, they still go with the front row. Yes. Bristol are ninth against the front row. So that that's the.
00:14:53
Speaker
They will give up points, especially with Montoya running around there. Visa is really the only other forward I'd be that interested in. I'm guessing Young's is starting again. Van Portfleet is probably still on rest. Don't bother with Young's. Pollard is obviously a go. Bristol are number one versus midfield, so I would hold off on this.
00:15:15
Speaker
Yeah, that's wild. They're also third versus outside backs. So, Mike Brown is a guy, I don't, I have him in both leagues, I'm not taking him off my lineup at the moment because he's just shit hot. But like, that's really the only outside back I'd want in this match.
00:15:36
Speaker
On the other side, Lester is strong versus forwards, and then it just kind of falls off towards the backs, which if you're looking at Bristol, that bodes well for what they like to do. The front row is a start still for Bristol, but don't be surprised with the low score. Fitz and Magnus are the only other forwards I'd suggest. And then from the 10 on out or nine on out, sorry, just start them, go.
00:16:01
Speaker
It's, it's kind of nasty for, for Lester and in the back. Right. Like I said, there's, they're good against the forwards, but they're still 11th overall in defense. So that means the backs are down there. Yeah. Not awesome. Okay. This is going to be a big one series and twins. This is, there's a lot on the line for both teams really here. Yep.
00:16:28
Speaker
Uh, probably nailed down at least a home home playoff and wins will be obviously very much in the hunt for taking getting themselves into the top four. Anywho, point being, let's go. So let's start with, uh, with the designated home team series. So they, Quinn's are middle of the pack and in terms of fantasy defense, not so bad, uh, front row, they're kind of middle of the pack. So that means series front rows ago, cause that's usually a solid unit. Um,
00:16:57
Speaker
Maro if he's in that's locked at lock. Yes. Um, the secret is probably okay at lock. Other than that, leave, leave the rest of my home. Um, back row. Yeah. It's going to be, uh, we'll need to go around over there. Um,
00:17:14
Speaker
We're going to have, we're going to have Earl, probably Billy. And then Christie, Christie, probably because Quinn's are down near the bottom against those forward. So that's why I'm giving all three of them the go right now. When it comes to halfbacks, event sales, the only one I have any interest in of the series right now, that's then God, if McCall pulls his head out of his ass, that'd be nice.
00:17:37
Speaker
Anyway, so there's that browser. Yes. If he's in, yeah. Yes. I know cleanser better against tens. Doesn't matter. So in Farrell, you're playing them centers, Tomkins only don't love laws right now. And then Obies, Obies, um, mail-ins. If he's in, I don't know if he's healthy, you're going to get healthy yet. Doesn't matter. Um,
00:17:58
Speaker
Uh, Maitland been pretty good. Lewington. Yes. And then Shagan. Yeah. Shagan. And then maybe good if you're in trouble. So that's it. And especially if you see a 15, he's a 10 better position for a lot of reasons with that one. Yeah.
00:18:14
Speaker
Other side of the coin. So Saracens are fifth in fantasy defense and obviously like Ben said with Lester, they're getting the band back together. So boys are coming back. So that might stiffen them up even more, which is bad news for some positions for when some you're going to do anyway. So doesn't matter.
00:18:34
Speaker
Quince front row, again, I don't love it, so pass. Locks, the v-sit best, but they're actually really good against locks, so that's not really worth the roster spot for you if you're spending it there. I'm not sure. That's a good idea. Anyway, loose forward. Dom, that's probably about it. Maybe kidding him. Yeah, Chisholm's been good, but I just don't believe it's going to
00:19:00
Speaker
Not against, it won't. Yeah. Against the full noise too, I'm wondering. No. That's the thing. Or even, it doesn't matter if it's a full noise. Like, you know, at the very least that the, the Saturday, cause Ben Earl was, was released back to the club. So he does, he, he certainly doesn't have rest to worry about. No. So with, with him and Billy, and it's gotta be Christie just based on form alone. That's not, that does not bode well for any of, um,
00:19:26
Speaker
the first, certainly not for Chisholm or Laudé, those guys, you know, Webb could do okay. I don't know, you know, he's healthy, so. Right. But it's like, you know, the quick guys, yeah, but the plotters are not going to have a good time.
00:19:41
Speaker
Yeah, Dom, so Dom and Dom and Kenny are probably the big ones. Right. That's about it. They are. Saracens are good against Scrum House. They're number one, but you're not going to say Danny care. You're just going to have to temper expectations. Right. 100% expect Marcus to be in there. He's a go. Midfield.
00:19:59
Speaker
Most of the midfielders that they will throw in there, I would give a thumbs up to. So with the view in far between. So just be happy with that one. Obies, David, Murley, definitively, Les Bassett, but in a pinch. Okay. I can live with them, but still I wouldn't, if I could, I'd find other options if I could. Right.
00:20:22
Speaker
All right, off to literally the battle for fourth at the moment. Whoever wins this really puts a dozen number on the other team's chances of advancing. So it's London Irish versus Saints, which is going to be a fucking... Okay, yeah, no, this is probably going to be one of the best matches of the weekend, or maybe the best match of the weekend, just based on... It's going to be awesome.
00:20:51
Speaker
Oh, what's going on with it? We're going to have to wait. We're going to have to go. We're going to watch our replay. Oh, no. It's like right around the series. The pre-jax match. Oh, damn it. Bollocks. Yeah. Oh, well. If you're at a free jax match, no spoilers. Yeah. Don't talk to us about that shit. Don't be an asshole.
00:21:07
Speaker
for the, for the exiles, they're start to front row, avoid the locks other than happy. I don't know why retinior I was been scoring points lately, but he has. And then obviously he's against the saints. So gig it even potentially. Yeah, right. And then basically the entire back row on out the six to 15 go.
00:21:29
Speaker
Like, again, Saints still have a bit of a Swiss cheese defense, the Irish do have a pretty solid attack. And, you know, right. Quality some quality players there. So yeah, good. Everyone for for exiles who scores points will be scoring points for this so really I've said to start everyone except what they've
00:21:54
Speaker
Or Rob Simmons. That's about it. For the Saints, avoid the front row, as we know. You know, maybe Robbie Smith, if he's if he's in there, maybe think about it again. But I don't know. This probably isn't the match for him. And then the locks, you know, I'd leave them alone, too. Truck is really the only forward I'm leaning on. But then, you know, basically eight to 15 go.
00:22:18
Speaker
go for it. There's points on offer and the Saints are just a cracking attacking team. Yeah indeed they are. Bath on Exeter.
00:22:31
Speaker
Um, oh no, this is the match of the weekend. This is the box office. You cannot miss this. Yeah. Uh, all right. For the hosts, I guess that are our middle of the road against front rows. So if that's been your front row so far, they're not going to be great. That's the only problem with that. So actually I don't love that. Nevermind. We're going to sell that.
00:22:53
Speaker
Um, extra or bad against locks, but there's not a lock. I trust on Beth. So next, um, loose forwards, Hill and under Hill about it. Maybe Fergus Lee. Wonder if he's in the loose or if he's in second row, forget it. Um, Ben Spencer. Yes. I know extra decent against scrum house, but Ben Spencer's, if he's in there, you've been playing out with mine. So go, um, not into Orlando Bailey or anybody playing 10 that doesn't have the T. So next.
00:23:22
Speaker
Centers, um, Lawrence, if he's back, I don't know if he's going to be healthy. That's the only problem. Um, JJ is probably okay as well. Red path. Yes. As well. Uh, OBs. Oh, okay. Maybe the glammable played pretty well the other week. So actually I'll give you a thumbs up as well. Yep. Though is that, um, or.
00:23:46
Speaker
Exeter Bath are actually a little stiff on the defensive side in terms of fantasy. So believe it or not as badly as not well as they played there It's different up there. So it makes it tough to pick up players anyway, um Exeter front row, let's see. Where are they on that chart there? I don't love it. But if you have them then play them it's fine. I
00:24:10
Speaker
uh, list forwards. The only one I want is Sam Simmons. That's it. You know, if capstick gets healthy somehow magically, maybe, um, leave the nines at home.
00:24:22
Speaker
Joe Simmons, yes, Harvey Skinner, no. I don't love the way Harvey Skinner's been playing. So there's that. Solomonic Cotta centers, but yes, Solomonic Cotta, I know he's, he says no be. Still, I love the way he's playing. So he's a thumbs up for me. I do too. It's just a problem is only a play like 50 minutes. Cause you know, if you have the choice to take, you know, of guys to take out, obviously you're taking out Cotta and leaving him in. Jesus.
00:24:48
Speaker
Oh, I still don't understand. I don't understand. I don't understand. Um, the back three would burn. Yes. Hodge. Yes. Um, that aren't that bad against back three. So, no, no break glass in case of emergency. That's it. Right. I feel it too. A lot better. Especially at the rec. Yeah. Yeah. That's the thing.
00:25:16
Speaker
Next. All right. Of the weeks. OT dubs. So my start of the week and this time I'm doing a for the people one here. People. You know, it's I'm trying to I try to steer away when I can from from players who like our first round picks, because that's fucking obvious. Sometimes it's unavoidable. In this case, though, I would check to see if Callum Sheedy is available in your league because.
00:25:45
Speaker
He might be sitting on the waiver wire because he hasn't played much. With AJ, not sure what AJ's status is, I didn't look it up. But my start of the week is Callum Sheedy. And then, well, if, you know, I'm assuming AJ's hurt. If AJ's the 10, then he's your start of the week. And then, if both of them are out, then I'll have to redo something on Friday morning. All right, so for me,
00:26:14
Speaker
I've gone for the team that's the Civ, and I've gone for a player that seems to just continue to produce left, right, and center, no matter where he's playing, for what shirt he's playing, playing in, and he's a fan favorite, obviously, for a lot of us, and he's a popular guy, an FRD. My start of the week's going to be Little Irish's Ollie Castle Collins. That's a good one. Yeah. I just did a little bit of research. I did have AJ as my start of the week.
00:26:44
Speaker
last, well, the last premise. If it's not sheety, it won't be here. At least you were honest about it. Sit of the week. You were too chicken shit to go with it, but I'm not. Fucking Danny Kares, my sit of the week. Okay.
00:27:00
Speaker
All right. Yeah, I will say I didn't mean to be. That's the thing. Here's the thing. If it's if it's Vansdale at nine, then yes, if it's a lot of Davies, forget it. That's he's going to fucking destroy him. That is exactly accurate action. Anyway, so for me, same match. I was my sit, my my same match as my start. My sit is going to I don't love
00:27:28
Speaker
I don't hate any of the O.B.'s for the Saints except this guy, and that is Courtney Scosan. He's my sibling. I don't love the way he plays. I don't love his production on a weekly basis. And neither do the Saints. He's gone at the end of the year. Right. Okay, good. That's probably for a good reason. Anywho, so if he's in, he's going to be my sibling. They're the one hat-trick against Sarri's two years ago. Two years ago. I barely remember that. Oh, I remember. Because I think I was playing against you and you had him, and he fucking tore me a new one.
00:27:57
Speaker
I was angry at you for having him somehow. I'm not mad about that. Oh, shit. OK, super. All right, now I go first. The Crusaders hosting the Brumbies. Oh, tasty. Yeah, for the Crusaders.
00:28:19
Speaker
The front row is a go. The Blackadder and Christie, Haveli's a maybe. For some reason, those two worked really well last week against the Blues. I don't see why they would struggle against the Brumby's too much off of that. So they're certainly on.
00:28:37
Speaker
Both might be available. So depending on injuries and lineups, they're worth a shot heavily again. It's a little bit of an outside shot. Moongas ago, and then fighting Inuku and Patofilo. I picked up Patofilo because he might be getting an extended look because they're going to have to start looking at
00:29:00
Speaker
And who was back to Fergus Burke is back there at 15. So I don't know. It's kind of away from that. Rumbies are number three versus midfielders. So that's why I'm kind of thinking avoid the Crusader centers this week or the Brumbies.
00:29:14
Speaker
Crusaders are weakest against Scrum half and center. Their last against both. Shocking and then outside back their fifth. So I'm looking at Lonergan is is this is this is a good play. Something might be again. I think I picked him up in one of our leagues. Sapsford another potential option here. He's at 13 this week, so that'll change it. He had kind of a poopy week, but he was at 12 last week. Everything changed at 13.
00:29:41
Speaker
And then the back three are all excellent options here. Lolisio is a decent option, but I'd rate him higher than a bubble, but below a start. I don't know how you can do that, but that's what I'm doing.
00:29:55
Speaker
Like if you have, if you have, if he's your second or, you know, one of you, if you have kind of a, uh, platoon type situation, don't start your other dude. Right. Yeah. That's probably probably wise advice. All right. So we have chiefs and war ties.
00:30:21
Speaker
Chiefs are at home, right? Did I make that up? No, Chiefs are on the road. Oh, okay. Fun times. Fun times here. Okay, so let's start with the home team, Wartos. Here's the bad news for the Wartos fans. Chiefs are just killing it defensively, especially for fantasy purposes. So that makes things really tough to pick out. There's not a lot of weak spots. So I'm going to go and say I go in position by position. I'll tell you player by player.
00:30:51
Speaker
Um, Jed Holloway is okay. Will Harris is probably okay. Don't love Jake Gordon right now. Dalton. Yeah. All right. Mark you Mark.
00:31:11
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And I love the way Pais played when he was in last year, so I'll give him an okay. But man, like temper expectations, otherwise, Parisé, like temper expectations, Dowling, same thing. Like, yeah, Godspeed, if you're on one of those, on the side of one of them, good luck.
00:31:30
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Yeah. All right. Um, I picked a page last week, just, you know, he might be starting this week. He might sit for me anyway. And this, I mean, it's, so nobody's going to pick him up anyway. Right. Um, but, uh,
00:31:44
Speaker
Yeah, i'm considering that I was like i've kind of free money there i'll see what I can get with him Yeah, good luck, but i'm not expecting much No, no, no, no, this is a more of an investment I might keep him off my team just because of that. Yeah, right. Well, is that in your pinks? Is that in pinks lips? Yeah. Oh, yeah Okay for the chiefs, um, so warehouse aren't awful in terms of defensive but obviously we know the chiefs have been finding lots of ways to attack so um
00:32:14
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for as far as the lineup goes. Birdie Bataxi, yes, Peter Guss, hasn't been informed, but yes, Brad Webber's a go.
00:32:23
Speaker
They've been against YF's. Oh, yo. Yeah, Bird Rover's a big go for me. YF, oh man. I might be forced to start Bryn Gatlin, but I wouldn't if I were you. And honestly, 11. I'm totally starting in. Yeah, honestly, 11 to 15 is a go. Although. Mackenzie back at his normal spot. Narawa, not necessarily, yes. Those two scenarios have been ripping it up. So. They really have. Yes, give it a go. All of them.
00:32:52
Speaker
Have fun. Gatlin just kind of sucks because you don't have the tea. That's the only problem. Yeah, that's my only problem with it. Oh, yeah. So, yeah, I'd have worried if I were if I were you and I can't. I'm not you, thankfully. Yeah, I might. Well, I might have to go with I have Leo Fano in my backup, so I might might throw him in there. Yeah, that's not a bad one. At least he'll have the fucking tea. Right. God's sake. Anyway.
00:33:17
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All right. Wait, do you have another team to go or? No, I don't know both ties and chiefs. Cool. Yeah. Highlanders versus the Jura. The Highlanders, it's tough to know what the fuck they're bringing. But we did find out last week that they're struggling to get, they're struggling for numbers and it just got worse with Frizzell going down. Like they are just literally falling apart.
00:33:44
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drew are a tasty opponent though. So this is a good match for, to like, um, if, if you need, especially like, you know, now for those who had several reasons out, you know, likely after the year, you're going to be scrambling to find like replacements. This is potentially a good match to, to find the Highland, you know, to see what the lineup is. You're getting a bunch of guys who.
00:34:05
Speaker
You know, just getting chucked into their first match, probably. Yeah, exactly. But then the drew are a good opponent for that. You know, no disrespect to them. Again, these are guys without much experience themselves. So for fantasy wise, anyway, they'll get they'll get a good look. I don't know that it's going to work well for the Islanders. Right. On the scoreboard.
00:34:26
Speaker
So yeah, this is a good place to kind of vulture for the Highlanders team. For the Drua, the Highlanders are by far the worst defense in the league. Just start everyone from the loose forwards on out. These guys can all get it, and it will be there for the getting. Yeah. Yes, yes, yes. I agree. I think that's my last start everyone team. So that's good. There we go.
00:34:56
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I didn't have the hate for the dregs. Pick these guys up the scrap heap while you can to get some points. But that's about balancing the output. Yeah. A lot of start everyone's. Yeah. I mean, hey, what are you going to do, man? If it looks tasty, you're just going to eat it, right? Yeah. Might be poison, but you never know. It's never steered me wrong so far. That's a good way to live life, right?
00:35:24
Speaker
Anyway, but one Pacific and hurricanes. We're going back to mob smart. So let's start with, let's start with Pacifica. So, uh, hurricanes isn't great in terms of defense. So they're okay. If miracles healthy, I would give him a whirl. I don't care what those numbers say.
00:35:43
Speaker
Um, and then probably, uh, easy. And that's it. And he seems, excuse me. Um, and that's it for loose force, maybe for now. Yeah. Yeah. That's it. Uh, scrum half stay away from that. Cause number one, the neither scrum half really excites me for Moana. Number two, hurricane's number three in terms of that stat. So that's actually by a good margin. So that's bad news. The bears.
00:36:07
Speaker
Lilia Fano is the only fly half I want from Moana, like in McClutchy. No, no, no, no, pass. Anybody in midfield for Moana has been a good option. So they're all a go. And the outside backs are actually all good. And I would even say play Wilhelvele this week, which is nuts to think about, but yes, play them. Other side of the coin, Moana are
00:36:33
Speaker
Yeah, they're a little, not quite civish. They're civish. They're still pretty leaky. Let's be real. So yes, we're going to be playing lots of players with that. Hurricanes runner has been awesome with Amua and Cole's especially. Tyrol Lomax has been playing out of his brain. So he's a go. Little bit. Don't love any of the locks there for them. I love the way they've been playing, but I don't love them for fantasy. So that's meh. Pacifica back road defense has been okay.
00:37:01
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uh you're gonna play definitively you're gonna play um arty all right and then it's gonna be a little bit dependent i don't love dewy planters had a great game last game but i'm not sure if that's a real thing right um i love tk howden i need to see him more and i love jose again i need to see him more so those are all
00:37:21
Speaker
break glass in case of emergency, but try and find other options. Scrum half, I know Moana's numbers are also strong, but Raygard's been unbelievable, so you gotta play him.
00:37:34
Speaker
Brett Cameron might serve in a pinch or Aiden Morgan. Cause one are giving up almost 20. Well, not almost 20, but better than 15. So yeah, go ahead. Um, centers. Yeah. All like, it's been Billy and Jordy and I'm okay with any of them. And if Bail and Sullivan comes in, yeah, him too. All good. Um, Obie's a little tough against Moana, but
00:38:00
Speaker
I don't know if you're going to be able to say any of the OPs on the hurricanes right now. Survey is probably the only one that I'm kind of questioning because we just talked about it. Like you've just been kind of not getting the ball for whatever reason. Um, but more of these been outrageous Ryasi and the hollow of both, both been awesome. So those are off goes and just, yeah. So that's the only question. Yep. And now we're on to, wait.
00:38:25
Speaker
Shoot. Oh, you know, I saw the rebels. Reds rebels. Reds out of the rubble. This is just a this. This could be a slog. Not not a. Low points scoring slog, just a slug fest. There we go. That's what I'm like. Fast thing. Yeah. Rebels, I'm looking at that eight, nine, ten combo of Hardwick, Lauren's and Gordon Patagon and get better. Yeah. And love it.
00:38:51
Speaker
I'm also liking Eli and Hajj and Ioani, and then everyone else is kind of a bubble at best for the Rebels. They haven't returned to form defensively, but it's there. And especially if Uru keeps getting yellow carded, it's really not going to go well for them. They do need to play with 15.
00:39:10
Speaker
Not that I'm bitter that Uru keeps getting yellow carded, but he's... You have him, don't you? No, I think I cut him because of it. I'm like, I'm done with this shit. You got this noise. Right, McRite Wilson, you don't need me to tell you to start him, you're starting him. Tate, whoever's at 10, yes. Both centers in the back three.
00:39:32
Speaker
Um, should, should be quite all right. Um, not sure who obviously don't know exactly who the centers will be, but, um, I did like an on last week. So that's, that's a guy you're going to want to watch out for. Yeah, he performed well.
00:39:47
Speaker
I hope he plays because I have him in both leagues. So I need this spot. I know. I know the feeling. All right. So finally, we got blues and force. So yeah, good luck force. Break the score. And also, here's the thing, though, for the blues front row, horse are the best or one of the best against front rows right now. And the blue front row has not impressed me. So no, they have not. I have them in both leagues are pissing me off. Yeah, they're there right now. They're set for me.
00:40:20
Speaker
I don't know if you want to be healthy, but that's fine. Choke, Robinson, all okay. Scrum half, Finley Christie's been pretty good, so give him a go. Fly half, duh. That's Bowdoin Baird, by the way. That's French for Bowdoin Baird. Mids, yes. Obies, yes.
00:40:42
Speaker
Dr. Motovaid, Neekyuns, Adielam, Talia, Clark. He even doesn't matter. Go. Go, go, go. Perfect. Yes, go. For the force. Here's the bad news. The blues are really tough defensively as well. So they're not quite chief level, but fuck are they close.
00:41:05
Speaker
The only place it can really be had is the front row. So forest front row is play and lose forward. So that means maybe Ollie Callan who's had a couple of good games. I said this in the boom bust. He's been the definition of Jekyll and Hyde. He's had two negative games. He's had two really good games.
00:41:25
Speaker
Which one you get? Cut him up in the air. So have fun playing that game. And then Michael Wells is okay as well. Other than that, oh my God, have fun. Hagerty's okay. And that's the only one I'm really comfortable with, that whole team. And that really sucks. But yeah, it's the only one I'm really comfortable with there. Yuck. A lot of bleh.
00:41:53
Speaker
All right, now back to the other weeks, right? Yes, we are. And I guess I'll go first. And it's kind of not too much of a question mark for me. It's a good matchup. The guy has been just everywhere the last couple of matches, and his team is bouncing with him. But I don't know that he's gone out. Did he get over maybe two weeks ago?
00:42:23
Speaker
Frank Lamani, I think is going to have a huge day as a nine. So another, again, a guy who probably not at this point, but maybe as of like, you know, I said like two weeks ago, even maybe last week may have been on the waiver wire, depending on, on your league. Just, just check to see, make sure he's, he's not, he's not available. He had a really good week last week and he didn't have any try involvement. Right. He had 15.
00:42:53
Speaker
with no tri-involvement last week. He did have the T. He got the T near the end there. Yeah. We had a couple. Oh, yeah. Look at that. He had a couple. Yeah. So maybe no tri-involvement, but that helps. That's also helpful. All right.
00:43:12
Speaker
So for me, I'm going to go with the same team because the opposition has been just bleeding points, left, right and center. And I'm going to go real high and say, this dude's just going to absolutely smash it through the roof. Um, not quite Mark Talia, but fuck, it's going to be close. Uh, yes. Efel Massey is going to be my star. Like it. Yeah.
00:43:35
Speaker
Sits sits. We mentioned it actually we talked about it. I picked him up and I picked him up specifically to sit him for this week unless I'm feeling saucy. Dylan Page is my man. Yeah, I'm going. So again, I'm going same match. I have this guy and it's really frustrating for me right now and I hope this is a breakout game. Regardless of the result, but yeah, my set of the week is going to be Jake Gordon.
00:44:02
Speaker
I've been frustrated. I have him and I'm like, dude, so great last year and just been so poor so far, you know, nothing over five. I don't think right now, which is wild to think about considering what he did last year. Um, yeah, I think Brad Weber might be this year's Jake Gordon, which is,
00:44:20
Speaker
Brad Rutter might be last year's date, Gordon. Got the words out there eventually. I am all backwards folks. If you haven't figured that one out yet, enjoy listening and have a laugh at my expense.
00:44:35
Speaker
Uh, I'm just double checking my, my, my word to my math. Yeah. No, oh, nope. He's had one game over five, but that was with a try. 6.4 a big fat 6.4. Wow. Yeah. He's had a bad day. He's had a bad season so far in terms of fantasy, not a bad season overall as a player. Cause that's not what it's totally judged on obviously, but yeah, in terms of fantasy, it's been quite. Okay. Pick of them.
00:45:02
Speaker
I picked up a game I knew last week. I don't ever gloat on that, do I? All right. Let's start in the front. Back to the front. Newcastle and Gloucester. Newcastle. Newcastle. Going home, eh? Yeah. That's basically what it is, is I don't think Gloucester have the Huevos to walk into the tune and walk out with a win. I will see that and raise you to Gloucester. OK.
00:45:33
Speaker
You might catch up today because I'm just all loopy. Or you could be right. And I'm just being horrible. In which case you're really screwed if I'm still getting them right. Lester Bristol. Bristol. I'll go with the hot hand. And they're both actually really hot, but Bristol are hotter. Yeah, they are. They're both doing pretty well recently. But yeah, Bristol are just scoring tries for fun. Yeah.
00:46:04
Speaker
over to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Sarries and Quinns. I'm taking Sarries. I'm taking the Sarries. I will not be shocked if Quinns pulled out of the bag, but... Yeah, I'm still assuming England rest for everyone when I was going through this, so at least for one week.
00:46:25
Speaker
I bet you series bring everyone and say, all right, we can lock up the home field final right here. And then we can manage everyone going forward. But then they can always pick that up next week too.
00:46:38
Speaker
Yeah, that would be my guess, though. But at the same time, you kind of want to put on a show, right? This is not this is like the show. So it's like, yeah, you want to throw as many names out there as you can. Hopefully McCall has his head out of his ass. London Irish and Saints. I got Saints. Yeah, I do, too. I love the way they're playing. And also, I don't want to back a team to get involved. So that's true, too. I also don't. The exiles are are dangerous at home.
00:47:05
Speaker
But I could see the Saints walking in there and, and, and taking care of business ruining things. Yeah, they've got a lot of good shit going for them right now and and fuck what's his name Alex Mitchell was having a rough go of it in the prem recently.
00:47:24
Speaker
Really score wise, he's had, he's had some rough scoring matches, but then he was excellent in six nations. This might be a good, like that might be a jumpstart to hit to his turnaround. Like you said, sometimes the game slows down and you go to international to come back to club right as well. So it'd be a thing. Uh, bath exit. I have bath because they're at home.
00:47:45
Speaker
I feel gross when I'm picking on you. I mean, it's a fine pick. There's nothing wrong with that pick in this situation, the Exeter. I still feel dirty. Sixth place bathroom last. I just. Yeah, I still. Oh, listen, I I want to pick with my heart and say, fuck you, Exeter. I have both the 10 and 11 teams winning this weekend. You might you might pick up two games on me.
00:48:12
Speaker
All right. Uh, crusaders and Brumby's crusaders. Yes. Unbeaten run here. Toss chiefs. I'm not picking against the chiefs. No.
00:48:25
Speaker
Highlanders, Drua, I'm taking the Drua. Yeah, same. Especially with the injuries that issues that Highlanders are having, absolutely. Right, and the Drua are having no problem scoring points. And they did a little bit against the Reds, but that's the Reds. This is the Highlanders. But they still forget it up by the end and make squeaky bum time, so. Right. Yeah. I don't see the Highlanders shutting that down exactly in this one. Moana and Hurricanes. I'm taking the Hurricanes. They lost this fixture last year. They are going to fucking have a rocket up their ass for this one, I bet.
00:48:54
Speaker
And yeah, and Moana, I feel like it's almost respectful to call them underwhelming as far as it as a team, like the performance. So they'll make it interesting, but they will. The Hurricanes will figure it out. Exactly. That's where I am going with that, is that the Hurricanes are a for real team that's struggling a little bit here and there, whereas Moana are
00:49:23
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A mad team that's kind of meh. Yeah. Rebels and Reds. Reds. I'm going for them. Oh, I'm going with Reds too. Yeah. Say, no, you're not. No, I'm not. You're not going against James O'Connor, you liar. No. Blue's forced to round it out. Blue's. Blue's. Yeah. It'd be a tough trip to New Zealand for the force, I have a feeling.
00:49:48
Speaker
Uh, yes. Yeah. Uh, this is not going to be fun. No, it's going to take 80 plus minutes and it's going to be maybe 80 plus points. Yeah. They've already given up seven. Didn't they give up 70 to you guys? Like who forced in the workplace? Yeah. Who did they give up? They gave up 70 to somebody that they shouldn't have given up 72 or maybe I'm thinking of like you're the US on the whole town. Remember that one.
00:50:17
Speaker
The reds. No, the reds put up 70. Yes, they did. Yes, they did. Okay, there you go. I know my brain's fuzzy, but what's going on here? That's the reds and the blue. Now they're going to get it from the blues. Yeah, the blues are a little taken out on them, too. I'm going to be pissed. Piest? Okay. That's right, because the reds were taking out their loss on you.
00:50:42
Speaker
week one where they got from from us. Yeah. Yeah. They took that out on the force. And now all that that's the force are just going up against who they get in round three. Moana. They beat Moana. Yeah. Last minute, but they beat them. Yeah. So they're always rebound right now. Right. They're getting they're getting boned. Not not nice to be. Okay. Fancy rugby podcast at gmail.com.
00:51:12
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00:51:27
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00:51:50
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00:52:10
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