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Season 4- Weekly Fantasy Corner (6 Nations Round 5 & Super Rugby Round 5 Preview)
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It's all happening in the fantasy corner this week including the big conclusion of 6 Nations fantasy. On this FC we have a look back the week that was in many leagues for our Champi-Yanks League, and also a special invite chucked out there to one our followers. Then it's HOLD EVERYTHING and stop the presses moment in the middle our favorite segment Start or Sit. Crack one open and get your notepads so you can keep this straight, we barely did, enjoy!
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Transcript
Introduction & Podcast Claim
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey, everybody, welcome back. Here's the fancy rugby. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glaser. Let's get into it. This is the best fantasy rugby podcast out there. I don't care what anybody else says, or at least here in America. Let's put it that way. I'm sure there might be one or two in England that have something
Rugby Competitions Overview
00:00:24
Speaker
on us. I don't know.
00:00:25
Speaker
But yeah, I mean, they've probably been at it for a little longer than we have at the very least. So whatever would be my guess. Yeah, big week. We crack one before we get into it too much. Big weekend last weekend with all three comps coming off and all the competition and so on and so forth. We haven't reviewed the other two Six Nations formats we've been playing, but I will look at it.
00:00:55
Speaker
tomorrow and we'll, we'll read.
Fantasy Rugby League Challenges
00:00:57
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Um, yeah, we haven't really talked too much about the, uh, what TRM six station. Oh, super, I was super brewing Guinness. Yeah. And yeah, we can do a recap on that when we're done. Um, we'll do that. I'm not sure how well I'm doing, but these are the ones we're focusing on. Obviously. Oh, I'm getting housed in our.
00:01:16
Speaker
and super brew. That sucks. I think I had a rough week. Yeah. I snuck in final lineups for those two last week. That's barely just under the gun. Yeah. I think I did because didn't I text you right beforehand? I was like, Hey, I haven't done that. I was like, Hmm, I bet I can do this quickly.
00:01:33
Speaker
I got the super one done first and then I went to the official. Yeah, I guess let me just jump right into Champion's League.
Six Nations TRM Recap
00:01:44
Speaker
We'll start with Six Nations TRM. It is all to play for in this final weekend too. There's not much room between six and burst.
00:01:58
Speaker
Yeah, I dropped a second son of a bitch mark mark. Yeah, everybody. Mark jumped Mark jump to so yeah, it's Mark at the top, then George so much for not doing so well, Mark.
Fantasy League Standings Discussion
00:02:11
Speaker
Myself, Anton, Justin trade places with Duncan and
00:02:15
Speaker
Um, Carrick's holding up the bottom. Um, don't go the worst week of all of us. I'm still, that's the, that's crazy. Cause I'm still, I'm top 22. I'm 22 overall. The whole league is really high. I think. Um, let me look at this. I'm on top 100 still. Yeah. I'm, I'm 84 and I'm out fourth. So yeah, you're fourth. Damn. Yeah. So this whole, the whole league's really good in this comp. So that's crazy. That's good on the boys for doing that. Um,
00:02:43
Speaker
Anton's not far behind. Hold on. Is he top 100? No, he's 132. Okay.
League Competitiveness & Player Highlights
00:02:48
Speaker
Yeah. So close. So yeah, we have four in the top 100. That's pretty legit. I would say at best there. I should say.
00:02:57
Speaker
And I think I screwed it up, but I, what'd you do? I, what did I do? No, I think I was okay. Actually. I think it might. No, I did exactly what I wanted to do. It just didn't work out well. Um, yeah, Mark had the best week of all of us. So in this tight, these tight quarters, that'll, that'll, that'll earn you some spots there. No doubt. So who, who did the ball for him? Um,
00:03:22
Speaker
Oh, he had Sheehan, but I did really well. Yeah, because Genj and Furlong kind of underperformed. Yep. So, yeah, you started the right people.
00:03:31
Speaker
Yeah, bye. It was a good start. Oh, he had hog to get hog shit. Yeah, I have the I lost faith and
Recent Matchup Results
00:03:38
Speaker
didn't start him. Right. I mean, Ali Price on the bench, too, who went off. Yeah, he had a day. He had a day. And Roland on the bed. Yeah, he was somebody out there. Captain Ali Price. I want to see it like I want a screenshot like right now, because I don't believe you did not. I don't believe you. FRD for Six Nations.
00:04:02
Speaker
FRD is getting a little wonky, but at least we have the scores. Right. So for my league, it was Mark beat me in a pretty big slugfest. We both got over a hundred points. Well, Leano lost to George. I think George is near the top if he isn't the top. And then, um, Cobus and Duncan did battle and Cobus came out on top of that one. Yeah, I could have played.
00:04:25
Speaker
Anybody, not George. And that would have won. That's that is, that is the, that is the beast of head to head matchup pants. And that's just how it is. You know, just suck sometimes and you got a little bit of punch, right? Yeah. It's every fantasy sport where you do stuff like this, go head to head, but there's always going to be one week where you're the second points, the second most points in the league, but you play number one and yep, it'll happen. Suck it. So in, in the other,
Upcoming Matchups Anticipation
00:04:50
Speaker
uh, division, um, I beat,
00:04:53
Speaker
Carrick by about 20.
00:04:56
Speaker
Anton beat Franco by about 30, a little over 30, which is huge because now it looks like I'll be playing Anton in the last week. And I think we might be playing, Anton, I don't think needs help. I would need help if I beat him, but it could be for number one. And then Skyrie Larry took on Justin and came away victorious by five. That's another one where, yeah, Justin was,
00:05:26
Speaker
Third overall, and he lost to second overall in that. So, yeah. So would have beat anybody but Larry and Anton, everybody else he would have won. And he lost. Right, right. I do.
Champions League Standings Update
00:05:44
Speaker
I mean, I want to extend a shout out and invite after we go through this, but I'll do it in a second. Prem TRM.
00:05:54
Speaker
Do to do a champion's league movement. Probably not. We haven't had a lot of movement in that for a little bit. No, no movement. Steady as ever. Ben's one. Duncan's two. I'm three. Anton's four. Anton's right on my heels though. Yes. He's 14 points away. Yeah. Carrick Mark. That's not far away. And George, George for the big week though. Five 35. Hot damn bro.
00:06:19
Speaker
Hot damn. And now he's, yeah, now he's right there again, up against Justin. So he's, he's climbing. He had a really come out of the cellar. Yeah. Yep. You had a really good week. Um, yeah.
Top Performers & Strategies
00:06:30
Speaker
I mean, and let's see who do you have yet. Oh, fuck you, dude. God damn. And Frisch.
00:06:40
Speaker
I want to know. Yeah, I meant to. What information are you working off of? Yeah, where is this coming from, sir? I have questions. I have you smart and captain jail DP. I did not. I was not that smart. Yeah, I did that too. That was a good one. And Ben Rensberg scored well as well. Right. That's all I had. Yeah, I had him on the bench.
00:07:02
Speaker
I had Merle on my bench too. I made the mistake of thinking like I was only considering between Odagu and Merle at 13 when I should have been considering Odagu and Merle at 12 and 13. And I just didn't even consider
Fantasy Player Selection Dilemmas
00:07:20
Speaker
dropping Esther Hazen.
00:07:21
Speaker
And I should. Yeah, wasn't wasn't wasn't on my radar either. It was that would have been a that would have been a ballsy call to put that way. Right. I had them both in my team, but they were on my wings. Well, yeah, I had a Hassell Collins and Woodburn on my wings. So I had I had Hassell Collins on my bench.
00:07:39
Speaker
Mm hmm. But two remorse and freakin Danny carries yellow card killed it like Yeah, killed me and so it fits hardings. Fucking hell. Yes, that was I said when I saw that I was like, Okay, I'm glad I didn't know it was so annoyed. I'm realizing how much trouble. Oh, that's trouble. How much difficulty I'm going to have selecting
00:08:00
Speaker
a team coming coming up now, because I can pretty much like, I mean, I guess Batley is going to be gone. It's probably
Invitation to Hazel - Diversity in League
00:08:07
Speaker
just Batley and McFarland and pick up tomorrow. That's going to be ridiculous. That's not fair. I shouldn't be able to do that, but I will. Yeah, I'll look. I'll be looking to make some changes out, too, especially if there's certain players that have been hurt. Oh, Batley dropped to one ninety seven. Oh, you bought him out.
00:08:25
Speaker
I don't know why he, uh, he would have dropped. He was up to like the low two hundreds that TRM changing their.
00:08:35
Speaker
Yeah, it's like, they're like, ah, you know what? This guy's scoring massive points. Let's drop him. What the fuck? Dude, he's killing it. People are silly, man. Yeah. Yeah, you can't do anything about that. Super rugby FRD. Ben beat Duncan in what was a freaking talk about Slobber knocker. That was a good one, too. George beat Mark.
00:09:02
Speaker
rather handily. In a pillow fight, I lost to Eric character. Excuse me. Yeah. And then another good old brawl. It was Justin over Anton Bolts. He had over 100 points there as well. So yeah, I had most points to bash up there. Good for me. You got that one. Yeah, I was fucking struggle on the struggle bus for OBS and Nick White played like poop. What else is new? I'm so helps to have Richie for me, at least to have Richard Milonga. Yeah, I'm going to be back is certainly helpful. I think I did I have
00:09:32
Speaker
Yeah, I will see. Oh, you did not. I was hoping for him to do but my midfielders actually played quite well new and
00:09:38
Speaker
Simone, like that is, that's what I need to have those two to get me over the line as long as the rest of them hold up. But like I'm missing. Yeah. I'm missing a few players here. So now I was buoyed by Sean Stevenson to all that's right. You have him. Fuck you. Pretty sweet day and Tom banks. Yeah. I mean, I have some good one. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I'm fairly pleased with my banks. Mwanga, Peter Gus combination. And if I if gamble sticks around, yeah, I'm good there.
00:10:07
Speaker
Yeah, my, the, I was, I was less than helped by the cartoons. Oh, yeah, right. Two or three of them. Right. Yeah, Proctor.
00:10:21
Speaker
And Julian Sevilla. So it's like, yeah, I could, I could use those guys. Yep. Nope. That was less than helpful. Um, I do want to extend a shout out. Um, sorry to our division two members, but, um, if Hazel, if you're listening to this and you want in on one of these champions league spots, I would gladly, uh, extend the invite to you and have you be the, uh, the first women in the champions league because we would, uh, yeah, we know you're a big fantasy player. We'd love to have you in. So if you listen to this.
00:10:51
Speaker
Yeah, shoot Ben or I a message and we'd love to have you next year and we'll sort it out. I promise George you're out. Yeah. Yeah. Bye George Nice knowing you
00:11:08
Speaker
Uh, shit. All right. Um, yeah, we got to start set. Yeehaw. Okay. Not the typical lengthy one we've been doing. So now, um, and I already have one of my lineups out
Ireland vs Scotland Match Preview
00:11:19
Speaker
already. Um, Oh yeah, you did us right. So we're starting with six nations. Um, well, who Wales versus Italy. Um,
00:11:26
Speaker
Well, his lineup is out. Alan Wynn's coming back. Is it going to be a cup of coffee? He doesn't do cups of coffee, so he's in for 80, obviously. But at the same time, I wouldn't recommend playing him. So I'm looking at Naveed E. Falatow.
00:11:43
Speaker
Bigger Adams, Watkin, and LRZ from Wales. For Italy, you know the lineup, or you don't know the lineup, but you know the players, because Ruzza has been outstanding and deserves a spot on the team. Even if we're talking on FRD, and I have been an anti-lock, an anti-lock kick, but it's hard not to pick up Ruzza, just to make sure I'm one last time.
00:12:10
Speaker
Lamaro, Garbisi, then that back three, Ioannoni, Capobotso, Paravani, could be, I'd take a flyer on them. Yeah, I'd have Ioannoni and Paravani, so kind of been forced to that end. Don't you have Capobotso too? I now have him as well. All in on Italy, apparently. Right.
00:12:35
Speaker
Uh, Ireland is pardon me. She's a frog. Um, Ireland and Scotland, Dan frog got me, uh, for the Irish, um, Dan Sheehan could be the starting hook of the week this week. He's picked, uh, right up where, uh, Keller her left off in Scotland or fourth versus hooks. So he's a, he's a, he's a thumbs up for me, especially considering like Jamie George is going against France who are going to be probably a little difficult on him. Um, and then, um,
00:13:02
Speaker
Do you need a written invitation to play James low yet two games since his return? He's been, you know, he's been bang on. So worth his weight in gold. So if you don't have them yet, you can get them in your team. Let's go get a move on folks. I'm saying whoever's at six this week could be Doris could be Oh, Monty, Scotland or second versus links. And that's usually the worst of the two sides of the script.
00:13:22
Speaker
Um, for Scotland, uh, mission, Darj Scotland's dynamic dealer should be good to go this week. Uh, Islander fifth versus flying, both have been good since, uh, so far this comp since they've been starting, uh, how could be back in play this week as well. Um, especially after the last week, uh, Ireland or second, last second, the last versus pullbacks. So obviously the leading candidate on that one's Italy. So consider that one as well.
00:13:44
Speaker
Um, back to your bench goes Ellie, Ellie price this week after basically having a free run last week. Um, he faces the best team against scrum have so far in this comp. So I wouldn't even bother bringing him back and bringing him in. And I think that's like, you got a couple of the ones out there that you probably were more worth your time. Like, um, you know, James against the park. Right. Next.
00:14:08
Speaker
Off to, I believe, Paris.
France vs England Match Analysis
00:14:11
Speaker
I can imagine that's where they play this match. France versus England. Yeah, let's get right to it. Cyril Bai and Julian Marchand are pretty good to go this week. I think, you know, Marchand may still struggle in the line out because, fuck, he'll have to deal with Maro and Loz.
00:14:35
Speaker
But he may do enough around the pitch and may have opportunities for some all over tries potentially have to see what the lineups look like in the end. Greg LG should have a little bit of space. Obviously starting to Paul Villa area and Dante I think could be could have space I mean we've seen.
00:14:56
Speaker
wings just tear up England one one wing will tear up England and the area seems like they're attacking wing really so I'm going there and Dante because
00:15:08
Speaker
He's been one of the best centers scoring so far. Is Slade really good? I mean, Slade's good, but I don't know. He's going to stop him. Intimac, maybe put him at center or on the bench at this point. I did that. I was pretty happy. I swapped him out and put Finn Russell in at the centers, and that worked out well for me last week.
00:15:29
Speaker
Maybe I don't know that I would do it against Ireland. Exactly. On the England side, Jamie George, excellent player, points eater in TRMs, certainly. Maro Toji and Courtney Laws, especially if Courtney Laws is at lock. Oh, yeah. I'd do that. Yeah. Yeah. And then just again, if we can get that Alfie, Sam and Dom, you know, six, seven and eight.
00:15:57
Speaker
You know, I'm putting out the Dargen-ish vibes for that. Yeah, right. You know, putting out that energy. Marcus Smith, obviously at 10, really only Marchant in the backs. Other than that, I don't see. I don't see a lot of points being smart. Let's see what the lineups look like, though.
00:16:19
Speaker
Yeah, Donti and Pinot are two of the best scoring in terms of one of our metrics, center eligible players. So yeah, Donti's been totally worth it if you picked him up and not sad I made the move I did last week for him. Right. I might do something like that this week. Of the weeks.
00:16:38
Speaker
So this guy I mentioned before, he's going against some softer opposition this week, and he's already taken advantage against, you know, one pretty good opposition and one very bad opposition. Yeah, he's back. He's in your team. He should never leave your team once he's there. Get on it. My final start of the week for Six Nations this year is Ireland's flying winger, James Love. Good call.
00:17:07
Speaker
I am also going with a flying winger who we saw just last week. For him, like walking practically and just still leaving people in his dust. And he's got a very favorable matchup. And so we've been waiting to see it and maybe we will this week. So my start of the week for this week is Lewis Reesamot versus Italy. Go Rees Lightning. Yeah.
00:17:36
Speaker
Um, especially because he's going up against Capuoso. That's a, you know, this attack, attack, attack. It's not just that he's fast. It's that he has that, he's going to have that size advantage and that will be, uh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I agree. I agree. Um, so for my, for my set, um, this guy's actually
00:17:57
Speaker
little more owned than I would like. He's 12% owned, which is high in this case. Normally, I'd say 5%, but with only a few rounds and only 16, I opted to like 10. So yeah, 12% owned has not scored well at all, going against probably the toughest opposition yet on a big stage. And I
00:18:19
Speaker
Yeah, hasn't I can tell you the the scores he put up are not good. They they have been 13, 22. That's his best one and a single because he got knocked out of one of them. And that's that was the best. That was his best chance. So my say of the week is England's winger Jack Noll. Oh, well, yeah, of course. I'm going to go with a more controversial take on this one. And I think it's because
00:18:46
Speaker
I don't know how much there is on the other side of him. And when you lose the partner the way he has, who's looking at you with dominant
00:18:57
Speaker
counter punch that allows the other, the defense just focus on you. And especially when it's Ireland's defense, and especially when your counter puncher is Duhan van der Merwe. And we saw Graham kind of suffer for that this past week against a softer side. And I think Ireland is just going to
00:19:22
Speaker
make him a hole on the, on the pitch. So my set of the week is Darcy Graham. Yeah. Yeah. Probably a good, good choice. Cause now they're focusing on him and hog and right. Stain's not a big deal, honestly. Not really. Especially this one. If, if, if Sam Johnson's stealing tries from truth, truth, uh, isn't that the truth? All right. You just got nutsacked by Sam Johnson.
00:19:47
Speaker
Yeah, when that's happening, you know, it's a bad day. Alright, let's go super rugby. Alright, so yeah, the reason you're hearing the music is because we have an update for super rugby.
Super Rugby Schedule Chaos
00:20:01
Speaker
If you didn't see it, the
00:20:05
Speaker
There's a lot of chaos going on down in Super Rugby, especially the Kiwi teams. They've rescheduled and rearranged everything, so there's only one match this weekend. It's Moana Pacifica and Chiefs. So all the advice that we gave during this, thankfully this is the upside of recording a little earlier in the week, we can go back and fix it.
00:20:27
Speaker
I have the thoughts of one Ben here. He has down as the Chiefs front row as a start, Brody Vitalik. Lineups out by the way, if you don't already know that. Peter Gus, Brad Weber, Jordan Lowe, Bryn Gatlin, Nankaville, and Narawa. Those are all, those are all starts for him for the Chiefs. He's also got Nankaville as a start of the week, I think.
00:20:57
Speaker
for Moana. Just give me one second. So he's got down as starts for them.
00:21:10
Speaker
Funaki, Laelia Fano, yep, our old friend. Forma'i, Tawala, actually he's got Tawala on the bubble. Amua, and Tima Feinganugo, and William Havili, so yeah, go ahead and do that. We both are picking the Chiefs in Pick'em, so when we go to the Pick'em matchups, you can just kind of ignore.
00:21:34
Speaker
that part. Enjoy the lap of the city of the week that we blurred out there because it's obviously going to be wrong. But so yeah, this is our little thankfully we were able to edit this for you. So hopefully this is helpful. Appreciate everybody for being patient with us and dealing with it. Cheers. Off to Brumby's Reds. Two best teams in Australia facing off potentially.
00:22:03
Speaker
And we finally have these numbers. Brumby's your third in attack, third in defense. Reds are seventh in attack and fourth in defense, which is, you know, so fantasy wise, Brumby's are surprisingly better team. Although Reds have had their troubles, as we'll get to in a second. The Brumby's front row should do very well.
00:22:20
Speaker
Valentini, L'Olessio, Simone. Reds are ninth versus midfielders. So, yay. I have somebody on at least one team. Yeah. And the Toms, Banks and Wright are our full go. Reds, I mean, we saw last week, there's potentially holes there.
00:22:38
Speaker
The Reds, though, their front row has been awful because of cards like, you know, they scored two tries last week, but they had multiple cards that just all balances out. So it's, you know, you can't really plan for it, but they've had it feels like they've had at least one card a match for the front row or averaging at this point because they had the two. Frazier, McRate and Wilson are just got it awesome. They've been unstoppable. So go for that.
00:23:09
Speaker
Brumbies are actually second versus half backs. So Tate McDermott is a sit here. James O'Connor is a start because Brumbies are 10th versus 10s. Brumbies are also number one versus outside backs by a lot. So, yeah, it's like by five or six points, they're number one. And then the gap between two and three is also another like five points. And it's like a toss. Okay.
00:23:35
Speaker
Yeah. So those reds outside backs, you know, Doug who knew how to, uh, sit last week. Um, you know, in reality this week, maybe give him a sit fantasy wise. I have, I might be forced to play him though. I mean, you're going to play him, but I mean, if you have it, cause it's a, you know, but it's a matchup right there. Yeah. No, I, I'm not, I'm not arguing with that. Damn, damn, damn.
00:23:59
Speaker
All right. We have the Fijian Drua and the force. Teti Tela, for those of you stranded on the Isle of Crappy Flyhaves, he could be your lifeline. He scored 16 and 12 and a half the last two weeks. So that's a startable number for me. Right. And they're going to have, he's going to have opportunities to kick and they're going to run. Yep. So yeah, we started him in our shared league, even though we lost. That was a different start. Right. To use bad. Actually, it wasn't his fault. Yeah, we're not going to call him.
00:24:30
Speaker
Will you be Mira Mira Mira has been very good at lose forward for the Jewish and force have a bit of a soft spot at Lucy's. So he's a he's a play. Certainly sit or at least temper expectations for Volta. I haven't. I'm playing him. Oh, what force or first overall versus mid. So it's kind of tough. Yeah. Yeah. God, they haven't played Vota.
00:24:52
Speaker
No, they haven't. So maybe he'll bust him, bust through and make him hate life. We'll say, yeah, I might, again, I might be forced to play that one too. That sucks. For the force. I said his name last week. I'll say it again. Isaac finds could be great this week. He's scored okay. But best of all, Drew are our worst against half backs in FRD so far. So there you go.
00:25:12
Speaker
Manasseh, I'm out to L.A. since having, since shoving the pick of Sit of the Week back into my face, he's been good three or four games, so he's an easy start at this point. Find her another walk besides Isaac Rotta or none. He's been below opponents average thus far, and the draw are actually very good against blocks. So, yeah, double whammy on that one, unfortunately.
00:25:34
Speaker
You weird lockstarters, you. Yeah, what's the fuck's wrong with you? Taz and Rebels. So can confirm it's Will Harrison that you want to start as far as life has to go on the War of Taz, especially if both he and Donaldson are on the field at once. He had the tee last week and 18 points last week. Donaldson had minus 0.8. Yeah.
00:25:54
Speaker
Um, Jack Grant could be a sneaky ad this week for, um, with the rebels sitting third words versus half backs, especially with Jake Gordon, uh, Gordon out for a few weeks. Um, they had that interview on the field. Um, I think it was during half or something like that during, during the first half of the toss game. Um,
00:26:12
Speaker
See previous statement about Will Harrison and Ben Donaldson. If you have Ben Donaldson, I hope you have another plan because if both are playing, he's going to struggle for points. So yeah, find another option on that one. See previously mentioned Teddy Taylor.
00:26:28
Speaker
For the Rebels, Renu and maybe Matt Tamu are the only Rebels I'd start this week. War ties are actually very tough fantasy this year, second overall, and top three in many positions. So if you're trying to get cute, and especially if you're trying to get cute with the front row badly last week with the Rebels, drop them. Drop them. Toss on one versus front rows. So, yeah, I had two because my front row was sitting.
00:26:54
Speaker
was out. So I was like, Oh, shit. Or they're maybe they're going to get some Crusaders, which also wasn't a good sign, which rhyme in chief. So there you go. Either way, it was okay. But yeah, no, not this week. Yeah, so of the weeks. So my start of the week, he's been in really good form. He had a great game last week. And he's really just making the shirt his own. There's a lot of there's a lot of moving pieces in the back three for him.
00:27:23
Speaker
but he's now claimed a shirt, no doubt. And I think everybody has stood up and paid attention. And this week he's playing a team that surrender bags of points. So why wouldn't my start of the week for round five of super rugby be Sean Stevenson? Ah, okay. So I considered him, but I did not. Um,
00:27:42
Speaker
or went in a different direction. And it's kind of the same thing, though. Same match and same team. I just kind of flipped a coin between three of them, and it landed on Etienne Nanai Satoro. Oh, okay. Also good. So one of us is going to be right. We could both be right. Who knows? I'd prefer that not actually. I would really prefer that not me. No, no, it's fine. It'll be okay, Garrett. It'll be all right. I mean, unless Jordy puts up 60, in which case, fine. Fine.
00:28:12
Speaker
Cool. But other than that, no, I prefer that not be a thing. Thank you very much. God damn it, because I'll be throwing things at the television and that one poorly for everybody involved. Trust me. Shit. OK, let me gather myself here. All right.
00:28:32
Speaker
my state of the week. So I really like this guy and we know Ben and I are both a huge fan of this guy, but looking at his matchup and looking at the points, possibly.
Start of the Week Player Picks
00:28:43
Speaker
Yeah, the opposition he's facing has actually been surprisingly tough against in fantasy, let alone his position. So yeah, my start of the week is, well, I'll be center slash fullback Reese Hodge.
00:28:57
Speaker
Ah, it's research for me as well. Yeah. Yeah. But the ties are second best versus outside backs, like I said. And it's it's it's by a lot. And he's he's had a good year so far. So, yep. Yeah. Even without the double yellow, red and all that. It's it's he's been struggling. Wasn't good. No, it's been bad. Yeah. It's a shame. We both really like the guy. No. And he's he's an excellent player. But fancy wise, he's been completely poops. Seriously, if you can.
00:29:26
Speaker
If you can swing a trade for him and get reasonable value, you could really win that. That could be a massive plus for you. Yeah, that's a decent point, no doubt. Right. Yeah. Because somebody might still be willing to say, you know what? It's Reese Hodge. He'll come good. And he may. So which is why you don't need to make the trade for pennies on the dollar. But if you can get like
00:29:50
Speaker
you know, 75, 80 cents for what you, you know, on the dollar for what you'd expect. You could that you could end up winning that if he doesn't end up turning it around. No, so something to consider for the research owners out there. And rebels are just poop. It's such a shame. Oh, they're there. No, they're they're not good. And it is a shame. This is a decent team not too long ago. And there's still there's still some things waiting for them to come back, but still just barf. Right. Lot to barf.
00:30:20
Speaker
All right. Pick them.
Pick'em League Competition
00:30:24
Speaker
I picked up another game on you, big guy. Whatever. This one's getting, I mean, this is getting out of hand. Yeah, it is. Well, I'm trying to make, you know, I have to try to catch up with him.
00:30:37
Speaker
Not many of them are landing so far. No, they're not. Who knows? There's still time. There's still time. We can still filled with the Champions Cup and Super Rugby. So yeah, plenty of time to go. All right. Wales and Italy. I'd like to take Italy, but it's Wales. Yeah. Yeah. If this was in Rome, different story. But no. Ireland, Scotland. Ireland. France and England.
00:31:05
Speaker
France. Lebleu. Lebleu. I can't even take a punt on that because I don't. Yeah, I don't believe that. I don't believe England's going to get. I mean, they could. It wouldn't be super shocking, but. They would have to abandon it up completely and they didn't. So they'd have to abandon their their broken, outdated approach to the game of, you know, the still.
00:31:35
Speaker
We're still in that, um, you know, nineties football, like you got to run to set up the pass. You got to kick the, got to kick for points and then you score tries. And it's like, no, no, no, you don't score tries unless you try to score tries. So, and they're not trying to score tries, um, really as much as they should be. So, um, all right. Uh, Highlanders and Pacifica. I'm going to take Pacifica. Okay.
00:32:00
Speaker
Yeah. I don't blame you, but yeah, I think Highlanders are due. They're not terrible. They didn't really have to go anywhere for this game, I don't think, because the last game they played was Forsyth Bar, so they may have gone back to their camp, but still, I'll take them. The rest we can all, yeah. And no COVID this time, so that'll be good. Brumbies and Reds, ooh, it's in Canberra, so I'm going to take the Brumbies.
00:32:28
Speaker
I am also I'm taking the Brumby's. Yeah. Yeah. So the Brumby's are playing slightly better stuff than the Reds. Also true. Drew and Force. I'm taking Drew. I am too, especially if it's going to be at their what is their home stadium. They only have one game in Suva, which would be nice when they can move more games to Suva. But yeah, that'll be just the same. I just I think they're playing really, really well. And the Force are I think they're they're
00:32:58
Speaker
I think there might be a better team. And I think this is going to be a tight matchup. But I think, you know, if we had looked at this on paper, you know, at the beginning of the season, we would have said force. But really, this is like that middle of the pack in Australia. And let's see which one comes out. Right. So it'll be very interesting. Crusaders and Blues. Another tasty one. But I'm going to take... Crusaders are not going to win. They're not going to lose two in a row at home.
00:33:23
Speaker
No, they will not. I agree. I agree. No. Yeah, especially in Tristurge. No, thank you. Taz Rebels. Or Taz. Or Taz. Yeah. Well, I'm going to take my hurricanes. They're at home, at least, so that's a good news. Yeah, I'm still going to take the Chiefs because... Yeah, I mean, I don't blame you. This could honestly go either way. I really believe that. You know, the week off, especially for hurricanes, is probably going to be helpful in some ways.
00:33:53
Speaker
Yeah, I just wonder who's healthy for him. Yeah. Not too many covid cases, please. Right. That's that's my only that's my question there. And again, the Chiefs have been playing, you know, this is not already not already. This isn't just like smelling ourselves, you know, from beating Crusaders. They've been solid in every match. So
00:34:13
Speaker
Um, yeah, no, there's, there's, I mean, God, they should have won the, they should have won last week. Just, you know, just had that miss penalty at the end. Right. And then, uh, yeah, I just, I think, um,
00:34:28
Speaker
Yeah, I think they're playing a little bit better. And I think they're in the, they're in the, you know, it's weird. It's like, they're the upper middle of New Zealand and Keynes are like the middle, middle. So isn't really much at this point. Right. And the difference is not much. So yeah, the difference is marginal. So right. Could be anything. Maybe with my life, pick an away team in this is, uh,
00:34:54
Speaker
I think it's saying like, I think, you know, neutral field, I think the chiefs would take it, but the fact that it's also at the hurricanes is, uh, it's really helpful at least. Yeah.
00:35:04
Speaker
Yeah, just don't have already or Jordy have COVID after that. We get right. All right. Cool. So nice, efficient, nice, nice, nice, nice short one this time. We got, man, it got really ridiculous last time even this one did. Awesome. So yeah, fun weekend in front of all of
Closing Remarks & Reminders
00:35:28
Speaker
us. And then we'll be back to the prem next week. Obviously, fancy rugby podcast at gmail.com.
00:35:34
Speaker
I will do my due diligence and do my homework on Wednesday, which is tomorrow and that way we can get the start-to-sit sheet out on Thursday when everything's set to go and I'm not going to get caught up with work because other things are going on. And then Friday or Saturday, we'll have six nations out.
00:35:56
Speaker
Um, but yeah, thanks a lot for listening, everybody. Um, if you talk to my partner here tomorrow, make sure you wish him a happy birthday over and over again, tell him he's old and only cause I am, you know, he acts as age. But other than that, um, thank you very much for listening. I will talk to you guys next week and enjoy the week and have a good one later.