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Season 2- Episode 27- Light the Way (6 Nations Round 4, Premiership Round 13 & Super Rugby Round 6)
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It's the latest musings from your favorite American Rugby boneheads! On this episode we cover it all! Off the field stuff, including Eagle's Captain Blaine Scully calling time on his rugby days, the issues with Tony Rowe and FlyBe, and player movements. We have our first taste of Free Jack's IPA and hit on the match down in NOLA. We get into the two 6 Nations matches that we were lucky enough to have and the big instances that happened in each. Of course, we go through all the actions in both the Premiership and Super Rugby. Finally, it's an abbreviated (not by our design) Start or Sit for all your fantasy lineups.
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Transcript
Weekend Sports Recap
00:00:08
Speaker
Welcome back. It is the best. I'm Ben Glaser. Welcome in. Uh we got a lot to talk about obviously uh big weekend this past weekend. Um how was uh how was how was your review watching? Oh, well, I was doing work during the whole thing. So,
00:00:23
Speaker
Um, I watched rugby. I I paid attention as much as I could um, I mean it was entertaining right I I missed some some key moments apparently though So, uh that I they caught up with later and I was like I did not see that and i'm sure we will talk about at least one of them Yes, we will I'm sure we will I'm sure that there's a few there's a few that we uh that we probably missed because I didn't even I didn't even see that they mentioned it during the broadcast or whatever like that It wasn't until later when I was watching the the the post game press conference and I was like, oh
00:00:53
Speaker
The fuck is Ellen Wynn talking about? I saw it. I saw that. All right. Yeah. I mean, I look for certain things. I know. Yeah. All right. So let's crack these lovely beers from Baxter Brewing that are for our very own free jacks. Light the way.
Rugby and Beer Humor
00:01:17
Speaker
They're waiting to get my hands on these freejax IPA. Of course, the freejax opener is this weekend down at their place at Union Point, which will be great. The two of us will be in attendance. Absolutely. And I don't know. Are either of us going to be sober? No. OK. As long as we got that under control. Super.
00:01:37
Speaker
No, I have my match day flask all ready to go. Super duper to me. It will be gin and tonic, by the way. You can keep that. I can't sit there and drink whiskey all match. I'll be... I'm angry enough. That's true. You're an angry person when you drink whiskey. That's true. This is for everyone else's safety.
00:01:59
Speaker
And keeping me on the side of all bars. Yeah, no bars. No bars, please. Make sure that you're checking this out on all your favorite podcast apps.
Listener Engagement Encouragement
00:02:10
Speaker
Download us, read us, review us. We mostly want reviews. We want to know what you guys think. So send us feedback. We'd love to hear it.
00:02:18
Speaker
Make sure that you're looking at your TRM upgrades. Obviously we only have one TRM match to look at this weekend, which is kind of baffling, but it is what it is. Yup, it is what it is. But the lock and load because next week everybody comes back and it's the stretch run towards the end of the season here.
00:02:35
Speaker
So get on that.
Fantasy Rugby League Insights
00:02:37
Speaker
Check out this weekend will be probably a light weekend for our front of the fantasy rugby geek, but that's okay. He's still going to put out plenty of good content and probably some stuff to prepare you for next week when the prime kicks back in. So I wonder if either of us play him this weekend.
00:02:50
Speaker
Check that one right there while we're doing this. And as we said, as I said last week, we if you're stateside and you are looking to get involved in fantasy rugby, please hit us up. We would love to get a stateside FRD league going. And then obviously you can join us on TRM next year as well. Yeah, we just love to get it going. And who knows me one day we can have a live draft.
00:03:13
Speaker
Yeah, an actual live a live draft stateside. I think would be some sort of milestone. Yeah, well, no. Yeah. You know, I'd be curious if anybody else has done one yet, but I would know. Yeah, I wouldn't know for people if they do live drafts over over in European and other countries. There are there. I have seen some. OK. I have definitely seen some. So I would like but I would like to get the first one here. Sure.
00:03:35
Speaker
here in the States, that'd be great. And so, yeah, if you're stateside and you want to play FRD at the very least, let's get together and have a little bit of fun, yeah? See, that would be a whiskey activity. Yeah, don't get too angry, though.
COVID-19's Impact on Rugby
00:03:50
Speaker
News and notes.
00:03:51
Speaker
Before we get into other things, um, France and Ireland off. Um, you know, this, this COVID-19 thing is not a joke, obviously. Um, and world rugby and six nations are not taking it lightly. So. Postpoint to October, which is. Is that, is that when they're deciding that we're going to play? That's what it looks like. Yes. I am in our, um, in our super rugby. Yep. Our super rugby. I'm playing George. Yeah. Which one's that? Is that the 15 years that the.
00:04:20
Speaker
That's the no, it's the 12. He's not in our 15. Oh, that's right. He's not okay. So that's the second second league. Okay cool Look out buddy That's
Rugby Team Performances & Player Movements
00:04:29
Speaker
that's very good. It's quite tasty. It's light, but it's still it's not like, you know, mick ultra Yeah, hopefully it doesn't take after that the team it's named after and fall apart at the end. Yeah something like that
00:04:41
Speaker
Let's talk about that in a minute. But a great start to it. Yes, great start. Fantastic. Eagle 423 is calling us, hanging him up. Current now former USA Eagles captain Blaine Scully is hanging him up. I don't know if anybody else saw the video of his former teammates that were singing his praises from from both USA and his club. I mean, Sam Warburton was on that. Jimmy Roberts has chimed in on Twitter saying he was, you know, what a good player and what a good teammate he was.
00:05:11
Speaker
By all accounts, a great, great person to have on your team. Played over 80 games in Europe between Cardiff and Leicester. And he's gonna be an asset that's gonna be missed. I will rewind the clock a little bit. In 2011, when he went to his first World Cup, he was shortly
00:05:31
Speaker
He was about to graduate Cal, or he was shortly about to, either way. And he had the just cajones to tell all the media guys, like, I'm looking for a club, so let me know. If anybody's interested, let me know. And he played himself into a contract. Right. Because Lester did eventually sign him. And I.
00:05:48
Speaker
Plot him he played brilliantly I'm gonna rewind the clock or fast-forward from there at least a moment that springs to mind for me is when he goes up for a high ball at 2015 World Cup and I saw this with my own two eyes think so that was the fun part for me Goes up for a high ball, which we know Blaine can do quite well. Yeah
00:06:09
Speaker
goes up with one Brian Habana and neither one of them come out very good in the end. They both came down pretty hard. I was like, oh, they're both gonna need to take a break. They did both return, but
00:06:25
Speaker
Yeah, so by all accounts, excellent teammate, solid player. He's been a mainstay in the USA team for all. It feels like forever. It does. You know, so I to the point where I thought he was a lot older than he was. Yes, he's like my age. No, no, it just feels like it. Yeah. So and, you know, there were a lot, you know, Nick Williams spoke very high level and I respect Nick Williams a lot. A.J. McGinty spoke of how how well he brought him along as a youngster. And obviously, A.J. is one of our favorites now.
00:06:52
Speaker
So all the best to Blaine, his wife, his newborn daughter. You're gonna be a miss to this thing. You did pen a very... Onions, man, onions. It's a very nice letter to that USA to write to be published. If you wanna put a smile and have a tear come to your eye, go ahead and read that thing. I have a ton of respect for Blaine Scully. So good on you, dude. The game's gonna miss you big time.
00:07:22
Speaker
And then some not so happy news.
00:07:25
Speaker
You know, you and I have had a problem with this gentleman for only a short time, honestly, but really it's now becoming more and more. Yeah, he's kind of a dick hole. Um, Tony Rowe just, you know, so those, those that don't know the story, uh, flyby, an airline company that's based out of Exeter folded, they had to deal with them and flyby had distributed tickets from Exeter that were given to them. And apparently the Exeter told them, well, they're no longer valid. And, you know, flyby's responsibility apparently was to tell the employees that.
00:07:55
Speaker
you know, the tickets aren't valid. And but at the same time, like this is a local company. They just folded. Like, do you think their employees really are in for a shittier week? You know, right. And I wouldn't have thought that either. I wouldn't have been I would have been like, oh, yeah, let's go. And he said it was on them to check the validity of the tickets. And he would do it again, apparently, too. Yeah. But his his the consolation prize for the flyby employees that were turned away at the gate
00:08:23
Speaker
for Exeter is to go watch the B team play against Sarah. Yeah, exactly. Get out of here. So Tony Rowe, you are an asshole. And I knew I wasn't sure if you were. Now I know you are. Yeah, now we know. Now I know you are. So just just putting that out there. A little bit of player movement here.
00:08:43
Speaker
Skeleton is a little bit old news. Skeleton's on his way to France going to La Rochelle. Good for him. Good for La Rochelle too. Good for La Rochelle too.
Rugby Match Analyses
00:08:55
Speaker
He's going to fit in quite well there. He made it pretty clear. He doesn't want to go back to Australia. Until like basically until the end of his career. So good luck getting him back there guys. And then a pair of youngsters for Saracens extend their time at
00:09:10
Speaker
I don't know what to call it now at the Saracens headquarters anyway. But they're going to go out on loan to a club that you and I both kind of like. We might be fans next year. Yeah, I think that's it. It's not going to be hard for me to root for Bristol next year. Not at all. Not that it's ever hard for me this year, but next year, very easy. Oh, for sure. And I love the signings for both of them.
00:09:35
Speaker
Um, it gives them some depth that outside back and fly half. Should they need mail-ins there? Obviously back row is something, you know, Jordan Crane's going to leave. I think there's one more departure coming up. Um, then there's one more departure coming out. So, uh, Ben Earl in the back row is going to be a lot of fun next to Nathan Hughes. So that should be entertaining. Nothing else. Like, so yeah, if their back row is, is Louis to a Earl and Hughes dynamite dynamite.
00:10:04
Speaker
Oh, and then just a little nobody named Sammy Rod, Rodra coming behind. I mean, Oh, yeah. Yeah. They're going to be a fun thing to watch. I mean, they're fun already. Right. Add these pieces that they're getting in. Obviously, Sinclair's going there as well. So yeah, just just have a have a ball Bristol. Have a ball.
00:10:22
Speaker
I'm having a ball right now. I bet you are over there. So that'll be that'll make me a Bristol Bears fan for the year at the very least. Yeah. And good on those two. I'm glad they committed their future. But they knew they're quality players, obviously. They're prem quality players. They don't belong on the championship. They knew it. Saris knew it and said, all right, let's get this done to make sure that you're here. But you're getting better at the same time. And once again, we're seeing that I've seen reports of people saying that they're.
00:10:47
Speaker
There's a lot of premiership clubs that are hesitant to bring on Sarri's players for a year. It's like, oh, they'll get a peek under the hood. And it's like, yeah, dude, they already know what you're doing. Like, don't give me so much for that Trojan horse theory. Right. Like, yeah, you don't you really don't have to worry about that. Right. You're telling me that because Jamie George is committed to the Saracens, at least verbally. You're telling me that if you have a chance to sign him on loan.
00:11:09
Speaker
You're gonna say, no, I don't want that. I don't want England's starting hooker. You gotta be joking. You gotta be joking. You must be shitting me kids. Yeah, it's silly. Silliness. Yeah. And then news that came across the wire not too long ago. Kyle Brink moving from the Lions down in South Africa up to Lester going well for a row and improved their back row a little bit. And I like this better than the... That needs a ton of improving, honestly, with the likes of Tufu and Kyle Mafoni.
00:11:37
Speaker
Uh, leavenberg. Yeah, leavenberg's been pretty good. Um, but any injection of talent in that that team I mean because then again you can maybe even at times push one of them into five Or oh i'm sure you could and and deal with that way not even five probably four but either way either one, um Yeah, it gives you the opportunity to do that and get a little bit more pace around the park. Mm-hmm
00:11:58
Speaker
Yeah, I think that'll be um again the the recruitment was the problem there and it seems like they're trying to address it um, I think they need to make sure they don't forget about the other end of um talent development either right and make sure that you're pulling guys from your academy They do have some some young good young guys. I like ben white Um, yeah, yeah, I i'm actually enjoying him a lot more than than the normal starter Yeah, I think you and a lot of people
00:12:22
Speaker
So they are, so they do have some good things, but they just don't go to sleep on it because that's how teams end up folding and, or just like having a huge issue. Case in point, Lester, Northampton the year they went down, one of the years they went down at least, they had Carlos Spencer on the team, but the team was so split between guys that had been recruited and guys that had basically come through the academy and there was, it was a super, super clicky team and it didn't get along well. So yeah, they went down even though they had both loads of talent.
00:12:52
Speaker
So just to keep that one in mind, a little MLR whip around.
00:12:59
Speaker
As you start that, yeah, I did get to watch the free jacks match, um, which was nice that they were actually, you know, because it was on ESPN plus that meant that it was available on replay, uh, which is as, as we like it a lot. Um, they, again, once again, they're, they're, they're rocking up and showing what it takes to, to compete at the highest level in this, in this competition, uh, with some of the best teams in the competition.
00:13:23
Speaker
In including taking the lead in the second half, which is Amazing, you know, there's there's still going to be growing pins with this team Especially because they're brand new and right guys are just getting together with each other The fact that they can are in position to take these leads late, you know late in the match is great Now we got to work on holding the lead. Yeah, hold that lead. Yeah Yeah, they've done it what twice three times now probably twice twice again once again to Utah once here Seattle
00:13:53
Speaker
Yeah, it wasn't that late in the match that they got that though. It was still there's like 20 minutes left I think it was before the the water break. So was it? Yeah, either way It was second half get a second half lead second half. Yeah, you should be you know I wanted that to me that counts you gotta be able to protect it at some point and and and continue that kind of momentum that you're building but again We're talking about my ridiculously high standards of rugby, so I'm not being fair. I know it and
00:14:20
Speaker
And you know, really, I love the guy and he's a friend of the pod. Ty's boot just really is what burned us. And a couple of weeks off, he was a little banged up. So maybe he's a little rusty in terms of that. Everything else looked fine. Just the boot just was not clicking and that can cost you in this league and it's competitive enough that it will. We had the return of him and Waka Waka and even Kenny Hatakiyama came in quick.
00:14:48
Speaker
the broadcast kind of this is one of the broadcast teams I'd love to punt they that team was terrible oh it's bad yeah the second chair this the second chair one of the second chairs was just he's a complete moron anyway if you're a New Orleans fan sorry you're fucking broadcasting sucks
00:15:09
Speaker
But they confused Donald Brickhouse for Kenny and Takayama. It's like, can I tell you something? You have two people that don't look at all alike and you know one of these guys is Japanese. Does Donald Brickhouse look Japanese to you? No. Yeah. Like, come on, man. Like, do your homework and use your brain. I know profiling is a little wrong, but at the same time. But still, like, use your brain. Come on, man. This is easy stuff.
00:15:37
Speaker
Like, whoever did the graphics, one, you're fired. Two, the person that had to do either the read or was just commenting on it, you need to do your own math and be like, oh wait, that's not Kenny and Taki. I'm like, can we switch that? Yeah, okay, cool. Yeah, so anyway, that's just my comment about that. But yes, the Freejacks did play a really good game. Obviously, Nola did. Don't throw an intercept pass to Cam Dalton. He's gonna finish it every frickin' time. Lesson one, I appreciate more and more as the year goes on, John Poland.
00:16:06
Speaker
the scrum half floor, the free jacks. I really, really like him. That is a find right there for the free jacks. I agree with that, too. He was extremely impressive in this match. Yeah, he's been very good the whole season. The days he misses are going to be the days we struggle, I have a feeling. But yeah, he's been excellent. So wrap him in bubble wrap at training. Yeah. So free jacks are coming home this weekend. They're going to be down at Weymouth. If you're a local,
00:16:34
Speaker
Get your ass down there. Right. Tickets are selling. Come meet the fantasy rugby yikes. Look, if the free jacks aren't enough of a draw, you know you want to come meet the fantasy rugby yikes, dude.
00:16:46
Speaker
Alright, so as the whip around, Colorado beat Toronto. Big win there for the Colorado Raptors. 22-19, obviously Nola beat our free jacks, 31-22. The Go-Grownies win the Battle of Texas, 24-20. Who knew? Who knew? I didn't see that coming. Nobody did actually. Utah
00:17:08
Speaker
beat the defending champ Seattle Seawolves 33 31 DC 31 Atlanta 29 that was an excellent match I got a chance to watch that that was very good stuff from DC I really I really loved doing that freaking talking was on that broadcast all then bet well then you back it up with the one after that
00:17:26
Speaker
rematch from semi one of the semifinals last year san diego in new york san diego 24 new york 20 san diego just holds on by the skin of their teeth to when new york was parked in their end for a good majority of the match um high tower was the other commentator on this one kid kick it away um although i think i'd still rather have him than Tolkien but that's just me that's not saying much that says something it does say something it says a little bit of something at the very least
00:17:56
Speaker
So yeah, it's a it so there's the there's the whip around for MLR, you know, I will say for the free jacks Impressively, they've come away with nine points off this road trip. There's a lot they could have done a lot worse We didn't think they would be Rooney
00:18:11
Speaker
But we also thought that they would be able to beat Utah and that didn't happen. We knew Seattle and San Diego were both going to be tough, tough ass. New Orleans was just barely not a playoff team last year, so they were going to be tough and they've been tough this year too. So it was always going to be a tough ask on this road trip, but I'm impressed that they came away with five points in the win.
00:18:30
Speaker
you know losing at least a bonus point of some some sort in each of their losses so it says a little bit of fight a little bit of grit um it could it could do dividends at the end of the year now that we got some home games coming up and things will be a little bit more friendly here as they as they go around um so that was uh really good stuff from our boys the free jacks let's go let's go let's go over to europe europe
00:18:55
Speaker
So obviously we did not have Ireland, Italy. That was Port of Paris. They can't catch a break. No Wait till October Don't retire yet Sergio don't retire yet. Just just hold off for like I'm not taking bets on what happens in October It stops Parisi from retiring. It was a storm now. It's this. Yeah. Yeah, I
00:19:17
Speaker
Let's go to Twickenham now. England 33, Wales 30. Bit of a fight back from Wayne Pivak's men. Had they played in the fashion they played to end the match, obviously playing against 13 guys makes things way easier. But the way they started the second half was even much better than what they did most of the first half.
00:19:39
Speaker
uh with the Justin Tipperick try and that was out of nowhere yeah that was a great bit a bit of play from the whole from you know many people in that team but you know and England continue to just be very physical with their opponents and that's how they're getting it done right um i wish they would be a little bit less physical after the whistle
00:20:01
Speaker
Yeah, they're getting a little scrappy. They're they just acted like dicks the whole match and uh, you know, no pun intended But like the from from the yeah from the marler Incident and i'm i'm sure he's in line for a long ban Um to the feral starting shit again Um, yeah, which I didn't know where he needs to calm himself down. Especially he's gonna be captain
00:20:25
Speaker
to the Tulagi Headunt and like that's that's realize who you're doing that to that's george north you you you tickle him and he's gonna he's gonna he's glass right i i i again i i don't i don't agree with pivot putting him back out there um no i i think i i'm i'm
00:20:46
Speaker
Pretty pissed about how that went to somebody needs to somebody needs to save George from myself at the very least But like I get the feeling and I was thinking about this this week And how and I because I saw an interesting tweet that they kind of led me to it led me in the direction of
00:21:03
Speaker
You know how much of this is eddie playing mind games with his players and putting them in a position where they feel like they like They're they have to do shit like this because this is just part of what they do They play like they're trying to fuck with the other team's heads because their heads are being fucked with it It's like a trickle-down thing since yeah since the world cup.
Player Conduct and Discipline
00:21:20
Speaker
I will say they've been extra scrappy Yeah, you know since the world cup and there's no need no um
00:21:25
Speaker
Let's go to I mean we'll get into the rugby in a second And I know there's a ton of rugby to talk about because it was some great stuff in this stuff and this and this thing Let's talk about Joe Marlar I
00:21:40
Speaker
I understand everybody's point about it's an incident that needs to be cited and I get it. There are people calling for it to be like an act of assault, which I think is the most overblown thing you could say. If it's an act of assault, then how us the next day is an act of assault too.
00:21:59
Speaker
And you start, you start going down a road. You don't want to fucking go down. So don't start with that shit. I get it. You're pissed, especially if you're a Welsh fan, you probably, you know, yes, if Alan wouldn't react there, he's got a red card coming at, coming at him and the games changed completely. So I get it. But that's what Joe Marle is very good at. He knows how to wind you up.
00:22:19
Speaker
Didn't get away with it this time. But you know, I think there's ways of winding people up that don't involve grabbing their genitals Yeah, well, so I your bed the bottom Yeah, but like there's a difference. I know and
00:22:32
Speaker
It's a it's a part of the rugby culture that that honestly needs to go if we're gonna make if this is actually a professional thing That's like it. That was a you know, a whale shit a level Rugby thing, you know, that's something you should on that one, right? Like that's that's that's so amateur It's so amateur and that's really ultimately why he's got to be
00:22:51
Speaker
Banned for a lengthy period of time just because that that that kind of behavior shouldn't be allowed at that level It's one thing if you're if you're you know friends and you're just you know Dicking around no pun intended With with each other and yeah that part of that was rugby culture, but that's kind of we're trying to move away from that And and I think just for the the viability of the sport itself that type of activity There's certain ways to wind people up. I mean, you know
00:23:20
Speaker
twist a nipple like like do something that's like not that like to me bums and like you know checking oil used to be like a thing people did and and that's gone too so i think i i see that in this that vein this is like you know we don't we don't put fingers up each other's bums any well not on the field but like
00:23:46
Speaker
Yeah, it's something if you want to do that in lions training As a joke, you know if you're playing a training match, okay, whatever But but in a six nations match that that that that does not bode well for the sport. It doesn't doesn't reflect well And I and I get and I get the
00:24:02
Speaker
Some people are just like and I guess and you have to see the other side of it where people are just like this happens all the time I'm like, yeah, you're right. That's at the bottom fucking rock and you can't see a damn thing Anyway, exactly and you're not really meaning to grab someone like I've kind of grabbed somebody's dick and a tackle But I didn't mean to it just happened sometimes you lunge you reach noops Wait put that back in there man
00:24:28
Speaker
It does. Yeah, so it happens.
England vs Wales Match Review
00:24:30
Speaker
I will say, and you know, there's a couple instances that people are shouting about the Hadley parks. No, no, I don't think he's been cited yet yet. So he probably won't be. Courtney laws has been cited for what looked like a potential headshot as well. And then obviously, too, we get cited as well. Yeah. I think
00:24:48
Speaker
I mean, two is obvious for me, only because of one thing and one thing only. Yes, George North is falling, but two is going in there spearing and no, he has got zero idea about rapping. He does not give a shit. Right. He is going in there with shoulders only, and he's just trying to knock into somebody. And guess what? You've got his head because you went in there like a moron. Right. And that's your own fault. So yes, it's a red card.
00:25:12
Speaker
And he's lucky he only glanced the head. It was just a glancing blow the only place that that could have yeah that could have I honestly i'm not like Overblowing this that could have killed him. I mean because only because it's george north. I I don't know. I don't know what his head's like, right and I i'm That's you know, there's there's a lot of things that i'm i want to protect players from Head injuries is the big one and and a player like george north. Uh, you can't you can't overstate that. Yeah. No, I You don't have an argument out of me. Um
00:25:44
Speaker
So let's actually get into the rugby a little bit. I will say this, and this is a guy I've just absolutely shat on for a long time. He wears number nine for England. He did things in this match that he hasn't done in a little while, which has made him ineffective as a scrum half. And that's take the ball and take off. And that's what actually made him a little more effective in this game.
00:26:04
Speaker
the welsh defense which we know is very good usually had to respect the fact that he might take off because he did it a few times and this is what England fans have been waiting for like you need to take off more dude like the two guys on the other side on the other side of this field in particular Williams and Webb both do that very well and so the defenses can't quite
00:26:24
Speaker
Take the bite out of them that they want right? You can't just ignore that that a gap and be gap off the rock you have to Pay attention to that. Otherwise, they're gonna Blow right by you and we've seen that right Ben young's has been pre static as it as a nine recently and this was and and
00:26:44
Speaker
Because his service isn't great. He needs to be able to do this. He needs to be able to do it. Yes, because it's like you can't just sit there and give bad passes all day. It's not going to work. And you know, a lot of nines can can last a lot longer when they're able to do this. Yeah, he's one of them, especially when you're a little undersized because you're just a sitting duck back there. You take, you know, you know, steps and maybe you have, you know, that the ball's coming out slowly. You're just going to get creamed right after you pass it. So, yeah, even even taking a couple of steps makes you safer.
00:27:13
Speaker
Yep. Agreed. One guy I want to point out who had to come in early, Henry Slade, did a pretty damn good job at fullback in a really emergency role. You've played fullback for like five minutes, right? Yeah, go ahead and do it. Right. Because he's not going to play wing.
00:27:31
Speaker
They just didn't they didn't have anybody to really stick on the wing, you know, they're not putting to you over there So they're gonna they want tomorrow do it Put a lock at wing. Yeah, so he is so you gotta give him credit He played a game for a fullback having to come in really
00:27:46
Speaker
Really late and I will say also outside of the just the just the players Beto Keith did a great job in this match. I thought he did handling all that There's a lot of shit to handle so give him give him credit for that one for sure
00:28:02
Speaker
Dan bigger did looks all right. Yes He took some big hits real early. It's like all right. He got into the game man. He's a player You know, he said to me it was Biggers in the match and you're like, yeah, I know I'm like no, no, no he just took two massive He's in the match. You whacked it right there. Yeah a couple he took on Mario like Like no big deal. Yeah. All right. I guess you're all right. I got this so credit to him
00:28:33
Speaker
Man, really, I think Webb could have been subbed at halftime for Wales, and not that I think it would have made that much of a difference, but I think he could have been subbed at halftime and it would have been good. Obviously Justin Tepereque's try was, that might be the try of the competition, I don't know, but that was really good.
00:28:50
Speaker
that just offloads and being in the right space and just recognizing it. It was fantastic stuff from Wales. But the English do get it done, despite their, I mean, two tries in the last three minutes for Wales, so good on them. Jake Ball looks like he's going to be out for a little while. He had the old
00:29:11
Speaker
Jersey Jersey slang which was not good. She came in for him and he looked like he was struggling with the shoulder. So geez Yeah, he was a couple penny penny for a lot for for whales here. I mean that one's never gonna go anywhere But right they're gonna need somebody else to play next to him next week Because they're the one of the few hatches that are actually being played next week. So England 33, Wales 30
00:29:34
Speaker
uh good stuff good good stuff here and there from from England obviously mark mark wilson uh played his brains out as he usually does he tackle machine i think he had what 25 26 something like that this match he's there aren't many games where he doesn't have 20 plus right i have to say so he had 22 yeah 22 geez yeah he's he's pretty good he's pretty good he's pretty okay and his success right it's usually pretty good too so uh he was 0.9 yeah 92
00:30:03
Speaker
That's not bad. Yep. Not jake paledry style but Good
Scotland vs France Match Review
00:30:07
Speaker
enough. Jake's pretty good too. He's he's the only tackler. I think he's had over 50 tackles in the competition And hasn't missed one It's absurd that is absurd. It's like tom sanders to the crusaders there
00:30:20
Speaker
All right. Let's go over to Murray Field. And this was a bit of a head scratcher for me. So let's start. Let's cop to it. You and I probably put the put the mush on this one from the get go by both picking Roman Intermax. Sorry, France. I kept him. So I didn't do he was my kicker and my captain. Oh, yeah. Yeah, me too. Oh, man.
00:30:49
Speaker
Yay, two points. Yeah, so sorry, France, that was not good. His replacement performed very well, Jelly Bear. Jelly Bear. Yeah, very good stuff from him. Yeah. I mean, it didn't start well when Kross got a yellow card, and that was kind of like, on to Matt getting hurt, and Kross yellow card, I was like, this is not the start that France need because they've come out hard. Was that on the tip tackle?
00:31:16
Speaker
Yeah, whatever because I I thought well, I thought it was that deserved it right but right I guess cross got it I will say that pictures don't paint that picture very well because the picture looked really bad If you froze where he landed, yeah, but he landed in kind of a awkward role somersault type way Not a tip tap not an outright tip. No, it wasn't outright. It was it was just Bad technique from cross and kind of bad
00:31:42
Speaker
Yeah, a bad follow through from what film so right but also I think in that situation that the ball carrier has has to take some Responsibility for putting himself in a bad situation. Well, don't jump into the tackle, right? They usually helps like you you're wrapped your legs are wrapped up Why are you trying to he tried to go over the tackler and it's like that's not gonna work Yeah, I mean definitely obviously it's still the tacklers It was really the fact that that that's why I thought the lemse deserved the yellow because he was the one who actually kind of drove him into the ground
00:32:12
Speaker
And really should have done it a little bit more careful, but it was certainly a yellow card right offense So I'm not not complaining too much About any of the three players except for the lump so the one person who got away Scott free from yeah couldn't believe it The one thing I will say for Scotland in this was they distributed much better Much better than they have in recent matches, which you know, obviously got Maitland free on the wing. He got two tries Hastings looked
00:32:39
Speaker
Like he might belong in the tent shirt now and again, you know? Yeah. The mish, Hamis Watson didn't miss a tackle this game. 21 for 21. Damn. So it was the performance Scotland needed in order to not really embarrass themselves in this competition. Right. And this was the result France did not need in order to keep themselves from being embarrassed. No. They definitely didn't want to lose this one. What the fuck was Halas thinking?
00:33:07
Speaker
Oh, so my thoughts on this and it was too bad that this guy got named man of the match. Jamie Ritchie sparked the thing to start with, in my opinion. Three guys get a little brouhaha, whatever, that's fine. He comes in and laid somebody out. I don't remember who, but point being, he definitely lit the fuse. Halas had no reason to do what he did though, so I'm not justifying what he did at all.
00:33:30
Speaker
I did think that Richie should have got a yellow card for his actions and yes, you reverse the penalty because Halwas has obviously committed the bigger offense by punching someone, you moron. And this camera's everywhere, time to ask, what are you doing? This is not pretty duh anymore, get out of here. So that was kind of, that was obviously very stupid to him. Yeah, Jamie Richie getting ahead of the match was kind of suspect for me, but that's all right.
00:33:52
Speaker
Um effort was there but he didn't have enough for me. I would have given it to mich. I would have given it to me with those two tries There's a couple of guys I would have given it. I would give it to did they give it to jimmy richie for taking the punch. I don't know But um when alivan continues to just perform for his team he
00:34:09
Speaker
I will say he is a very good captain for this French side. He drives this team on, he continues to press and continues to just lead by example, which is really what the French need. They don't need somebody, because I can just think of this. There's another guy that used to wear a flanker shirt for France.
00:34:27
Speaker
His name was Thierry Doucetois. He was a menace for many, many years. He was an excellent captain. And a lot of what he did was he drove on the team by example. So I think this is a very similar pick. I don't give Galtier a ton of credit. His player selection, he's gotten right.
00:34:47
Speaker
He's a dumb coach as far as like tactics and
Premiership Rugby Highlights
00:34:51
Speaker
all that shit. Yeah, but as far as his player selection He's actually done very well. He has this so I gotta give that to him I mean we talked about it when we did the preview show How many uncapped players he picked I mean everybody was talking about that and it turns out that he's absolutely spot-on with some of the good ones He obviously should have left some other people some of the people off, but that's what you that's what happens You find that out you're like, oh, yeah
00:35:15
Speaker
This is the time to find that out though. I was can't take the pressure. Okay that you're done. You're done. I mean Yeah, but I do like the uh, the attempt at the redemption story um, but you gotta gotta control your emotions better than that when when when The game is on the line all this house I'm sorry. How old is how us? Look not see you can look that up because maybe the the youth is getting the better of them there
00:35:39
Speaker
Oh, I definitely think that's part of it. Yeah. Anyway, Scotland, while Ben does that, Scotland 28, France 17, France are still alive whenever we finish this championship. He's 25. That's his little old. Maybe that's a little old. Yeah. Anyway, but yeah, so France are still alive to take this championship depends on how the other
00:35:58
Speaker
two matches that they play after this weekend. Result, we'll see how that goes. I imagine England will crush and then they'll take a little bit of doing from France. I don't know if the tiebreaker goes to the team that beat the other team in this one. If it does, then, you know. Either way, we'll find out in October. Assuming bonus points, you know, are given to both teams.
00:36:18
Speaker
then I think France could still take it, so we'll see how it goes. Yeah, they definitely could. Yeah. All right. Let's go to the prem. Let's talk about, I think you and I both watched this match, at least for a little bit, Worcester 10, Northampton 16, Northampton get back to winning ways, not Purdy, but Mikey hated the Purdy. Not at all.
00:36:37
Speaker
That was definitely a great spot for them. Hooker on the loose! This wasn't the prettiest match in the world. Well, to me, it was the same stuff I harp on with Wooster.
00:36:56
Speaker
I even I put broke the note And said it was a watching Worcester getting into Northampton 22 All I can wonder is how they'll screw it up and how long it'll take yep And like we did that and and then they had Ollie Lawrence doing such amazing work getting them down into the 22 and then
00:37:13
Speaker
Completely cock it up. Cock it up. Yep. Turn over or knock on or just shitty passes too. Like it was just not like they were throwing the ball into nothing and everybody was stagnant. Like they're catching the ball flat footed then passing it on to someone who's flat footed. It's like at some point you're all you're doing is going backwards. Yeah. And that's how they would lose the push themselves back outside the 22 and then they'd have to kick it in and then all that shit. It's just like not doing the things that aren't working. Not amazing.
00:37:43
Speaker
And I was really happy to see Ali Lawrence get over though that that made me happy because it was like he deserved it. He's had a pretty good year for them and they're going to need him in the future because obviously talked about Ryan Mills leaving. They need somebody in that in that midfield to step up and make sure that things happen and they're still with without Mills. Yeah.
00:38:00
Speaker
and the Saints are also kind of lucky there were there was a potential penalty try uh in the first half uh with the Collins slapping the ball away on the uh um man on the line break and and really there was nobody back there but the referees and I think probably correct saying it's too far out because it was at like the 10 meter line and it's like fair enough you have 40 meters to go somebody may catch you I didn't think it was likely but
00:38:24
Speaker
Yeah, you have to play that you have to you can't also you can't assume that you have some sort of structure with those decisions, right? That makes sense to me. I agree with it. I agree with it. I just thought it was close. Yeah, it was definitely close. I think I think we should be giving out more penalty tries, but that's just me.
00:38:41
Speaker
Yeah, Tom Collins, I have to say, as a player and as a fantasy asset, both. And as a drink. Fantastic. Well, as a, yes. Not so much the other two, though. Not so much the other two. As a player, he's picked up more cards this year than ever. Wow. I don't think he had a card before this year. Now he's got like five different, five of a variety of colors at that. And, you know, as a fantasy asset, like you thought, this is gonna be a great piece from the Northampton team.
00:39:09
Speaker
but he's not been that good for anybody. I saw him on the FRD waiver wire and the last time I picked him up, you got a bloody red card. I said, nope, not happening. He's not been good. But yeah, he's having a discipline problem to say the least, so he needs to control himself there.
00:39:30
Speaker
And maybe that'll help when they get more of their guys back from Six Nations and whatnot. Fingers crossed for them. I don't know what else there could be, honestly. Yeah, we'll see what happens. Dan Bigger can certainly make a machine go a little bit better. Yeah. So Worcester 10, Northampton 16, it was a bit of a shit show.
00:39:53
Speaker
um good on north hampshire for getting back to winning ways but it's uh it's a long it's a long road ahead still they they this was a team that had ambition to be in the lead of the league and on top of league and now they're they are struggling to get into playoff contention right now so um did you get a chance to watch the other friday night match at all
00:40:11
Speaker
I watched some of it enough to see that it was like, I think at the time I turned it on, it was like 22 nothing. And then I saw, I think I saw another couple of scores and I'm like, I don't need to watch the rest. Game over. Yeah. Because I think it was on like halftime, like I think I turned it on at halftime and maybe at the end too. And I'm like, yeah, I don't need to see any more of this. Sail 39, London Irish, nothing.
00:40:31
Speaker
Well then I just get a big old stop sign put in front of them after rallying off a bunch of good wins. But this is where everything came to a Scott Reaching halt. But not big deal. You know what happens? You know, sailor of a good defense at the very least. Right. And that will change everything. I don't think that 39-0 is reflective of the difference between the two teams, except that.
00:40:54
Speaker
You keep one team completely off the board and and really like throttle them Um once they're down their attack. It's like yeah, you're just going to put up points because you're the only one Yeah playing attacking rugby agreed. Um, let's go over to
00:41:08
Speaker
Saturday Saracens and Lester Saracens 24 Lester 13 Lester can probably think I don't remember the reporter's name that started the whole thing I probably should know this person's name that started the whole salary cap investigation against the Saracens because really this would have been a relegation game even with Had they had just the initial
00:41:31
Speaker
Thirty-five points and obviously now they've had much more done But yeah, and even still like this would be a bat like if this was Harrison's at the top Playing for top two spot, right? This would this could have been much worse. Mm-hmm. So, you know, Sarah's and Lester need to drop through their knees Thank their lucky stars that they're not in a relegation fight, right? Because this list routine did not look good look really good apart from Joe Batley
00:41:55
Speaker
but joe batley joe batley he's like 10 feet tall running all over the field he's great i i he should have been man in a match i don't give a fuck i know lewington had two tries and his team won don't care joe batley give me bats yeah pretty uh yeah yeah 36 meters yeah he was i think that's i think he had more than that i think they're undervaluing his meters made he like he was break he had like four or five line breaks yeah his line outs are were definitely a thing
00:42:24
Speaker
Yeah. But he was fun to watch. Missed only one tackle. I mean, he set up there one try, so. Yes. Yeah, he had a big hand in that, obviously. And obviously Ben White was the other big hand in that as well. But to to the credit of the guys that are wearing black, the one guy that we
00:42:44
Speaker
have had had harped on a little bit in the past was Alex Lewington and He did he's he's performed brilliantly. Yes, especially in this Six Nation period Well, I think I think the emergence of Roddy Sagan has helped that too because now it's like wait I need to Compete for my spot when when the big boys are back, right? Like it's not just mine so I think that's and I'm sure that McCall's been working with him and
00:43:09
Speaker
Oh, no doubt. This year to, uh, um, get him on the right track and doing what, what saris need him to be doing. Cause that was ultimately my, my gripe about him was that he's good, but he doesn't do the little things like, you know, I mean, and it's not fair to compare him to Liam Williams, but I'm going to, because it's like, those are the little things that don't take talent, like catching a high ball, like, you know, being in, just being in the right position.
00:43:34
Speaker
Bomb defuser and chief's tough to replace. Right. I mean and and Lovely in Williams, but he doesn't add that much in attack. No, so it's like You know, he's a great he's a great guy to have in defense though. Right and and again, that's the little things that don't take any talent to do They're just desire and right and Lewington's picking that up. So
00:43:53
Speaker
and uh, and England's loss not want whatever is Saracen's game. McAvoy, Napolo place starts with the Saracen's in this match happily starts in this match. Yay. I was like, thanks guys. No problem. He, you know, as long as he's not sick, he's good. And uh, he didn't look very sick today on this match. So he did not, he was, he was good to go. I'd say so. And you mentioned taking off, um, oh, subbing, um,
00:44:20
Speaker
Shit, who was it? Thomas williams or resweb at half and that should have been happening earlier Tom Wollstonecroft Yeah, just having a bad day You know talking about joe marler amateur hour this was like
00:44:39
Speaker
the other kind of amateur hour of like. They're not playing well in the amateur hour. Can't catch a pass, can't throw a line out, getting penalties on defense. You name it, and Wollstonecroft did it wrong. Which is too bad, because I like him. Yeah, I love him. But at that point, it's like, you can go get him now. I mean, you have Singleton sitting on your bench. I know. You have England international. Right. There's no need to keep Wollstonecroft on for the sake of Wollstonecroft.
00:45:09
Speaker
Be like look today's not your day, dude. Yeah, it's not anything against him. But then uh singleton comes on and sparks the attack Almost immediately. Yeah good on him and they score. He's had a he's had kind of a rough year since he's come back So maybe that's why they didn't do it because it's right, but you know, you gotta cheese them if it ain't working There's no way it can get worse. Right? So yeah, just trade them out man. Um, yeah, sir since 24
00:45:33
Speaker
Lester 13 and they and the Saracens continue to crash everybody's party no matter who they are. Yep extra 57 back 20 I Didn't get a chance to dive into this one too much. But as I understand Sam Simmons is still very angry. I
00:45:50
Speaker
Yeah, a little bit. Yes. No, I got to watch a good amount of this. And he was excellent. The interplay between him, his brother, Nick White, Ollie Woodburn was huge in this match. And Tom Hendrickson, it's fascinating.
00:46:10
Speaker
You look at the normal starters that have gone around, um Exeter and their back line and Most of them just don't produce that much and now you look at the even in fantasy just in fantasy points looking at this You look you look at uh, joe simmons had 21 which is low for him. That's very low. Um, ollie woodburner 39 tom henderson with 44 tom oflarity with 34 phil dalman with with 22 and and dalman's usually one of the other ones who's like Yeah, he's on the field, but he should never be a part of your fantasy team and of course ian witten with seven
00:46:40
Speaker
So like this should never be on your TRM team at all. But what I do like to see, as much as I harp on on Exeter for playing a real shitty style, they've really departed from that the last couple of weeks. They're playing a much more open game using their speed, using the space that's provided for them.
00:47:00
Speaker
In the end, Bath were playing the Exeter normal game. This is almost like a flip-flop of that week one, where Exeter and Bath were playing at the wreck and just tearing up that pitch. It was gross. This pitch looked pretty shit. It looked mostly brown in the second half. And Bath were doing the pick and goes on the goal line, just as everything was happening in the week one matchup. And yeah, Bath just, no, they were outclassed.
00:47:30
Speaker
Yeah, well Uh, I mean eggs are still top of the pile showing that they are but showing that that they can play real rugby, too Which is which is which is something that people should be scared about especially if you're especially if you're in that champions cup
00:47:45
Speaker
Uh, yeah, they're they're playing champion skup rugby and and that I think that's probably why that's that's without their some of their some of their international lcd's still not in here. No, it's okay. And they'll still broken. So yeah, yeah, they're only they're only gonna get better. They're gonna get better. So that's everybody because yeah, you put a little scared you put uh, Who am I thinking slayed in for for witten? Oh, yeah way better and then hagi in for dulman and and that's another like jack knoll's healthy eventually
00:48:15
Speaker
I mean, he played in this match. He played well in this match. Okay. Well, there you go. Um, but yeah, it was, uh, yeah, that, that, that was looking scary. Yeah. Over there in Exeter. Yeah. Look out. Yeah. Exeter 57 bat 20.
00:48:31
Speaker
Wasp and Gloucester, Wasp 39, Gloucester 22. Look out top four. This might be a team making a charge here. I'm not saying they're going to do it. They've got a little ways to go. They do. But if they keep playing like this, and they've played very well the last few weeks, obviously starting with a talking out of the Saracens, keep playing like this. I struggle to think who's going to actually stop them.
00:48:55
Speaker
Yeah, I They're they're been incredibly impressive lately. Yeah Jack Willis What are you gonna say about the guy? He's not only can he win turnovers? He can finish tries like the kids the kids amazing They went with three distributors in this game I don't know if I would always do that But it worked well this game between umaga and gopro then they put waga back pullback Good on super waga for just kind of saying whatever. Yeah, like wherever you want me to so I
00:49:24
Speaker
Good on him. You know, there's a lot of guys that have said, no, I want to play 10. They would have said, no, you're playing 15. Well, I want to play 10. So he rocked up and did very well for himself. Well, you're the Merc and Umag is the guy we've had all along. Right. He's the guy we're trying to develop. So you help him along and you play fullback. All right.
00:49:43
Speaker
Garperth is playing 12. Believe me, that's not his position. No, you know, that's not him, but it's working. So yeah, they got the right combination of players and they're using it to their advantage and get for them. Yeah, they are. They're playing very, very good stuff. Dan Robson looks looks like he might belong on the England squad. Honestly, I struggle to think how they they are not going to pick him. You're not wrong for the summer tour here at the very least. And so we'll see how that goes. Maybe he'll finally get to go to Japan.
00:50:11
Speaker
And for Gloucester, oh, he's totally still a monster at Wing, even though he's a Wing. He's still a big boy to be playing out there. That's a unit I don't want anything to do with at all. And Marcus Watson found out the wrong way how to not tackle. He bumped him right off. Oh, man. So that's the wrong guy to try and tackle.
00:50:33
Speaker
Was 39, Gloucester 22. And then let's go to the Sunday game. This was some great stuff from a team we've mentioned already on this episode. Bristol Bears 28, Harley Quinn's 15. Quinn's, you should have started. Marcus Smith, that's all I know.
00:50:52
Speaker
Oops, I mean you got to give him some rest every so often I know I totally agree and all that but yep Charles Pietal did did Charles Pietal things in this Harry Randall looked excellent this game as you as he has Um, he definitely looks like he should be holding on to that nine shirt for a long damn time I think at this point it's pretty clear that that he's there. He's there nine and urine is there closer and That's the way it's going to be. Yeah Part of the story for quins for this was when they had chances they could not finish a thing to save their life like
00:51:21
Speaker
Every time they had something closer they got they find a way to just knock it on or turn it over or whatever Sloppy pass out the back whatever it was or you know, just run into touch by act or whatever it was They just they couldn't get out of their own damn way. They really couldn't so it was
00:51:39
Speaker
You know, Alex Donbrandt was getting bottled up here and there. Obviously, it's hard to contain Alex Donbrandt outright, but it was it was a struggle for them. You know, Ebertoy got over in the corner eventually, but it was a little too late,
Super Rugby Match Highlights
00:51:52
Speaker
obviously. And just even when they went for it, they still could find a way of screwing it up. So it's like when they went for a bonus point, it's like, yeah, you guys.
00:52:00
Speaker
You know, they're a little Jekyll and Hyde. This is Quinn's team. And Gustard's going to be scratching his head and probably firing some rockets up asses as they come up this weekend. That was not a good way to back up their win last week. No, that was an excellent win last week. And this was a poor performance the week after. And really, it shouldn't matter who plays 10. No, it shouldn't. You have the talent. You have the talent all over. So yeah, consistency is key, kids.
00:52:26
Speaker
Quinn's are going down on this one, Bristol 28, Quinn's 15.
00:52:31
Speaker
Yeah, let's let's jet down downstairs. Let's go Super Rugby. The early match, Brumby's in Sun Wolves, Sun Wolves 14, Brumby 47 played in Australia. It wasn't much of a match. No, I only watched the first half. It's probably all you need to do. Yeah, exactly. I got a chance to tune in right after. So, you know, Rugby training ends for us at 9.30 at night. Drive home, still a little jazzed from it. Like, oh,
00:53:00
Speaker
Look at that. There's a rugby match on it. I'll check it out. I may have done some last-minute lineup changes beforehand. I guess it snuck in right under the wire on some of them. That works. I'm very happy. But yeah, this was not much of a match that the Brombys did. It just rinsed them. It was
00:53:20
Speaker
Yeah, the Sunwells just didn't, they didn't really belong on the field with them at that match. Yeah, Brumby's are playing very well this year. They were. They used the space that the Sunwells gave them and just kept putting tries over. Yes, they did. They just won't stop.
00:53:37
Speaker
Uh, so yeah, Lonergan played really well at nine in place of Joe Powell. I'll give him that. So maybe putting pressure on that position. Um, but yeah, there was, uh, and, and I said, said his name before, uh, Solomonicata. He seems to be figuring out this rugby union thing. Played a long time ago, played a lot of league. Now he's back.
00:53:55
Speaker
The league doesn't always translate to Union. No, we've seen it happen. You actually have to think in Union some We've seen it. We've seen it go awry for many of players. Mm-hmm Sam Burgess being the one that comes to my brain great Cooper. No, he actually did. All right Well, that's a check he did all right but yeah, so there there are some issues some wolves 14 Brumby's 47 and
00:54:17
Speaker
uh over to saturday crusaders 24 reds 20 uh former crusader brad thorne comes in and uh tries tries his damnedest to get his team over the line but just can't quite get it done um there were some great performances from his guys
00:54:32
Speaker
But at the same time, the Crusaders are the fucking Crusaders. They are. And they're home. They know how to get a ton. Yeah. They really do. It just, you can't keep them out. It's really hard to keep them away. You know, Moong was back to kicking this week, so that was only going to help them. You know, unfortunately, it looks like David Havili is going to be out for a little bit. He had a surgery for something going on internally, which is not fantastic news. That's not good news. David Havili, you know, find a backup plan right now.
00:55:01
Speaker
But anyway, there's some great, it's the Crusaders. I don't even know how else to describe it. They know how to find a way to get it done almost always. There's nothing else to do. There's nothing else to do with it. You have to play a perfect match and you slip up just a little bit and it fits all over. Or you have to outscore them, you have to out-offense them.
00:55:26
Speaker
you have to be like, all right, we're gonna let down a bunch of tries too, but we're gonna score all the points on you. And that's basically how, that's the only way the Chiefs got it done, really. It is. It's just how it really is. It really is. So this, this criteria's team is not to be reckoned with. Good to be, good to see Mansa Amata LA back.
00:55:42
Speaker
Did his ACL last year, really, really unlucky. He was off to a hot start. Really unlucky that it happened to him, but good to see him back. Maybe a late waiver wire pickup in case, you know, David really is up. Finding a new coach still knows what the trial line is too, if you didn't know that. Wartos 14, Chiefs 51. Did you see any of this match? I did watch some of this match.
00:56:08
Speaker
There's a guy that plays nine for the Chiefs and his name brad webber and he's pretty freaking good last I checked He's pretty fucking excellent. Yeah, uh, who tries in the space of what? Yeah, three minutes right in the behind the pack pass was even I mean this so yeah, this was close at halftime It was the water towels were leading it half exactly. So so this this this was like, okay I was watching this and and i'm seeing all right the Chiefs kicked two penalty kicks early Despite like showing prom like them all looked good like
00:56:35
Speaker
Why not just kick it to the corner and maul it in because it's working? Uh, they decided not to And it's like i'm like, okay, it's this is gatlin bringing his northern hemisphere style and yada yada And then all of a sudden it just the freaking heavens opened up at halftime and just they poured it on
00:56:56
Speaker
Um, and yeah, it was buckets and buckets and buckets of tries and points and yes Yeah, this was like oh, it's this this is how it's gonna be the whole okay I don't remember which try it was but hooper tried to dot down for a 22 and he couldn't even get to it I think it was one of the
00:57:12
Speaker
I knew E. Stevenson, whoever it was, one of them got to it. And just like the motion, the look, everything, that just said everything about the weather. The second half for the war toss. He's like, oh, we're in trouble aren't we? So, well, the Chiefs often still know how to score and that was without Damien Mack. And yeah, and their defenses is holding pretty well. And Curtin came off fairly early, 20 minutes or so to go in the game. So, yep, look out.
00:57:40
Speaker
Wartos 14, Chiefs 51. Let's go over to Wellington. This was an oh no game for me. Hurricanes 15, Blues 24, Tyrell, Lomax, you dumb dumb.
00:57:51
Speaker
What were you doing? What were you doing? Then Vaya Fafita later on. That didn't help either. Just, you know, Jordy Barrett, every one of them. Every one of them. Just having brain farts left and right. This whole Hurricane scene had some apart from the Vaya Fafita offload to start the game. Ben Lamb.
00:58:10
Speaker
and just feeds it out the back. And good luck stopping Ben Lamb at full speed. I do not want to. You're talking about Thorli. No, no, no. Yeah, that's definitely somebody I'm not getting ready for. I'll take Thorli for Ben Lamb. Yeah, those that are playing in France look out because he's not going to be fun to stop.
00:58:26
Speaker
I hear you want to return to this game for the blues and he returned with a try Yeah, muscled himself over as he tends to do he does so it's uh, it's he seems he seems okay And rico, or no, he returned last week. Yeah, he was they're getting a bunch of guys back. Yeah, right at the right time So yeah, we'll talk about what's going on. Yeah, we will um, but yeah, it was a Once tyrolo max went off. That was that was the end. There was a lot that this was close blues played their ass off
00:58:55
Speaker
You know there was some good stuff done by the hurricanes, but they didn't they had some moments where they should have finished and they didn't and they paid for it So this was this was not it. This was an oops game This might be one you just can't sweep under the rug and hope that you don't have to think about it ever again. Yeah, so Hurricanes 15 and blues 24
00:59:14
Speaker
Rebels and Lions 37-17 Rebels over the Lions. This was a little more like the Rebels that we were hoping for. Attack was clicking well. Andrew Kellaway seems to be that answer that out at wing that they kind of needed because they needed somebody to counter Karabetti. Matt Tomuis playing amazingly at 10.
00:59:32
Speaker
Low runs might be their starting nine for the rest of the year. He's playing excellent for them Matt Phillip with his 50th birthday in 50th cap and his birthday. Nice. So it was a good day for good day for the kid The Lions look a little lost outside of the first few minutes. I mean they're struggling so they are very much struggling. I
00:59:51
Speaker
Uh, they had, you know, it was a, it was plus two for the Marika Carveda yellow card for them. That was it. Like, cause they let, uh, Callaway scoot, scoot in for one. It was, yeah, it's, it's one they need to solve. They're still on a long road trip. They gotta, they're going to Zealand now. So that's not where I want to go. And I need to win. Not where I plan on going. Right. Um, yeah, I need to do policy comes back for the lines in this match. He's got one hundred.
01:00:20
Speaker
47 super heavy caps like that and he's got no tries Get him a get him a one meter inch or man, come on So the rebels 37 line 17 I was uh, so this is a little more like the rebels we were hoping for maybe eventually the challenge of Brumby's we'll see what happens Shocks 33 lot Jaguars 19. What the freak Jaguars laid an egg?
01:00:45
Speaker
they did um and and not only that but uh that their their reserve hooker sosino is uh he's been in a little bit of trouble he's banned oh boy i saw that i was like that's a ban yep you were done you sir are done that's not good that's not good that's how you miss the rest of the season right there yeah and that could easily be that was there's no no place for that nope um on the good side hyron andrews he's a big he's a big boy speaking yeah we're talking about joe batley this guy
01:01:12
Speaker
Can I know he's so lanky too. Yeah, he's got arms forever and and yeah his his tried basically to open it up Yeah, like there was no stopping him because I mean he was in space and he gets the ball and he runs like a back because He moves pretty well for his size. He does. He does move very well for his size. Yeah. Yeah, like six seven or something Yeah, he yeah, he's full two meters tall
01:01:40
Speaker
And just and just because of the length of his legs he can just he takes two steps and he's from the 22 to the goal line He's scored i'm there. Yeah, uh, so large human, right? And I think that you know, especially that kind of right off right out the gate and and your the headwater race were on the road I think that took a lot of the wind out of their sails and The the sharks were just running like running around them, right? I have to say for the sharks team
01:02:08
Speaker
Outside of the front row, Tom Stewart's always very good. I love the Yaks doing very well for himself in their place of, he's really replacing a legend. I remember that. So apart from those guys, I look at this team and I love what I see. Shooter's not amazing, but he's very good. 10 to 15 is just, you'd take that all day. That's not fair.
01:02:31
Speaker
Six, seven, eight's very good. Tyler Paul's, uh, serviceable fetcher ventures, both nachos both playing well. Nachos is amazing. And then even some of their replacements. I like hankovitch Mahatna Hamba is somebody that I would absolutely sign up for as a, as a backup nine and then tomboy. Yeah. She's amazing. Another back three guys that you need to worry about speed.
01:02:51
Speaker
Right. Okay. You're getting run all over by my pimping and cozy and Fosse. And you're like, all right, well, they're bringing a reserve. Okay, great. It's Tom. That's not somebody I'm excited about seeing if I'm 35 minutes and I'm tired. Yeah. I'm like, uh, nope, nobody. Nope, nope, nope.
01:03:06
Speaker
So sharks are I think sharks are the team to beat in this conference right now 33 and 19 over the Jaguars That was probably their challenge or really I mean stormers are still stormers are there, but they're so I want to see how this goes. Yeah, I want to see how this goes I like I like what the sharks are doing a little bit better than my weight. Well, I like the strong I honestly I can't disagree with that. Yeah, I
01:03:28
Speaker
I like them both, but no, I do too. I'm pulling for the Stormers a little bit more, but at the same time, the Sharks. You got a soft spot for Hershey and she's... Of course. Well, look at you not. Well, Kalisio, though, he's not playing right now. And then Bulls 38. Hello, Bulls. Hey, what's up, dude?
01:03:46
Speaker
You guys want to win? Oh, you guys got to win. OK, cool. Geez. Specman figured out what he was doing finally. Yeah. I mean, listen. Second weekend around. You got to be consistent. You can't just bunch all your tries up into one match. Yeah. It's more helpful for your team if you can get them like, you know, spread out.
01:04:04
Speaker
Throughout the season just a thought but good to see like maybe he was just saving a few of them for now That'd be smart Yeah, and we talked about highlanders being Not good. Mm-hmm. They're not good And the news only gets worse the next couple of weeks I know well and we talked, you know, if you haven't seen the news is you know They got some guys they're gonna be required for rest and it's gonna they're gonna be uh
01:04:29
Speaker
Chopping and changing and really having to struggle to get some results here, but both 38 highlanders 13 Highlanders are in a whole heap of trouble here. They are they're in Aaron Aaron majors bunch are in a lot of trouble with especially with the standings going as the way as they are right now
01:04:50
Speaker
All right. Um, let's do let's do that. That starts it thing. We only got what eight games Yeah, whale scotland. Yep, and then the rest of super eight matches. Shoot. Sorry to disappoint you. Oh that one We can't help it uh, obviously coronavirus took away two of those matches. So It is what it is. Yeah
01:05:11
Speaker
So for Wales and Scotland, the one Six Nations match that we will get this weekend for now. You're looking at for the Welsh side. This should be an interesting match.
01:05:24
Speaker
I I I will be I will be watching this one for sure whales I feel like are taking a little bit of a dip and Scotland have a little bit of wind in their sails now tails up I don't think that's gonna last that long, but hey good. We'll find out But so for for the Welsh team You don't want to be looking at Ken Owens and when Jones Justin Tipperick Dan bigger and Nick Tompkins
01:05:50
Speaker
Yeah, Noviti played decently didn't score that much though, which is surprising for on the Scotland side Sutherland Hamish Watson Jamie Ritchie Stuart hog Adam Hastings Yeah, those are your guys you're gonna be wanting to start. Yeah, I like those guys. Yeah Sutherland's been a bolster for he has where he come from. I I had
01:06:16
Speaker
I had one I had the other one I had um, was it allen dell maybe or something like that? Oh, yeah, I had allen dell to start this and he's just Because he was he was a huge Point scorer last year in the six nations. So I was like, oh allen dell my secret weapon
01:06:31
Speaker
And lo and behold, he's on the bench. He's the wrong one. You picked the wrong one. Right. All right. Let's go Super Rugby for you, FRD fans down in Super Rugby land. Chiefs, Hurricanes. This is going to be one that's got lots of points on the board. I promise both sides. We'll start with the over. Yeah. Yes. Let's start with the Chiefs.
01:06:53
Speaker
Assuming that none of these guys are required rest for um, um From the all blacks, uh, alimalo cruden bus here play. He keeps being a great and great addition If you haven't got him go get him. Uh, sean stevenson mckenzie tapaya alb brad weber, uh, so kula Uh, tonky aho if you are playing the full 15 version and you need a hooker. He's been very he's scoring pretty well He's going like six plus every almost every match chief's runt row
01:07:20
Speaker
Also a good play this week. Hurricanes aren't very good against front row. Dylan Nell is worth a start in 15 full side version only. Hurricanes, a lot of names that you know. Lamape, Lamb, Jordy Barrett, Aso,
01:07:36
Speaker
TJ, if he's not required for rest, Isaiah walk away where he's going very well as a, as a, as a lock. And those are hard to find good scoring locks. So if he's starting play him for sure. Uh, I'll move a same thing as the hooker. You know, he's, he's been the guy they've been leaning on mostly because they're trying to keep Cole's somewhat fresh. Um, Gareth Evans and Kareef here right now, uh, are 15 only, but if you're in a pinch, I understand you can, you can play them. You can start them in the, in the regular version as well.
01:08:05
Speaker
on to The where am I where my blues versus lions? Yeah, I'm gonna start with the lions because there's there's not too much there. Honestly, unfortunately um elton yankees is like You know neither of us is he's our favorite 10, but he scores points in fantasy 10, so uh tyron green and because you can't not say his name ruben skueman Um on the other side for for the blues. Um, let me make sure I have the I just want to buy a minus
01:08:35
Speaker
Yeah, uh, that's not as fun to say. Ruben Skooman is fun. harness isn't, no, no, no Ruben Skooman. Uh, uh, two Palatu has been a decent scorer out of the, the, the lock position as, just as you were saying, uh, the other match. Um, and then let's go to the, the, the, the returning stars, uh, Akira Ioane, Rika Ioane, Joe Marchant, and possibly making his blues debut.
01:09:00
Speaker
It sounds like it's going to happen. Yeah, it's going to be a big one for the Blues there. Yeah. Finally, my drafting him and stashing him has worked.
Fantasy Rugby Player Picks and Predictions
01:09:10
Speaker
Even my cutting, I cut him going into this past weekend, picked him right back up. He's at zero points and nobody was looking for him. Nobody was looking for him. Nobody would have seen it unless they had known what they were looking for. Exactly.
01:09:21
Speaker
Let's go. Sunwell's Chris Harris. Sunwell's obviously a team that you can start a lot of guys against. But the options that I'll list today, there's a lot of them, are the ones that you're probably seeking out. Sunwell's do have some options themselves. Fafita, Garth April, Stella, Serviceable 10. The front row's actually still OK. Mike Stolberg is, again, decent scoring lock. You've got to find them because those are hard to find when you can get them. Hang on to them. Jared Adams is a prop. I'd be playing that full-side version.
01:09:50
Speaker
Tupo and Jacobson are 15 version only. For the Crusaders, there's a boatload of names. I'm going to start with two that might be injured, so keep an eye on their lineup. Will Jordan and George Bridge keep your eyes peeled? If they play, play them. But if not, then obviously don't. But yeah, keep your eyes peeled for that one. You really got to pay attention. Goodhue, Reese, NR, Mwanga.
01:10:13
Speaker
Feignonuco, Christie, Grace, Scott Barrett, a great, great lock scoring. Cody Taylor, duh. Crusaders Trent Rowe going along with Cody Taylor. Mitchell Dunshey, another great scoring lock. They have two. That's a scary thought. Tom Sanders has been great, but he's probably worth a start in 15, only maybe a good start this week, because he's playing the Sun Wolves. But yeah, I'll let you leave that to your discretion.
01:10:39
Speaker
On to Reds versus Bulls. For the Reds, their front row has been pretty damn good recently. Who knew? I expect that to keep going. Right. Right until they really fall apart. I guess so. In multiple weeks. Because they've been, I think they've had a down week here or there. But overall, they've been scoring. They have won really bad week. But yeah, you're right. They've had a couple of really good ones. Right. The risk is certainly worth the reward from the results they've been getting.
01:11:08
Speaker
Uh, Chris Fahey, such Sautia, uh, Harry Wilson, Henry Spate and Hamish Stewart. Uh, Stewart's hard. I mean, especially cause he's usually a 12, but he's still been scoring. So as long as he's still scoring. Yeah. I think he was my sit of the week last week and he still got over 10 points and it's like, all right, well then maybe don't sit up even if he's at 12 because he's still putting up points. As long as they're putting up points.
01:11:30
Speaker
On the other end, for the Bulls, Josh Strauss. We mentioned him earlier, Roscoe Speckman at this point. Yes, started. Finally. He's figured it out. Cornell Hendricks and Warwick Galant. Yeah.
01:11:43
Speaker
Good start. All right. Sharks Stormers, this should be a dandy. And I don't know how it's going to go for fantasy-wise. Stormers are actually really tough against defenses. But there's a couple of names that you're going to have a damn hard time sitting for the Sharks. Guys like Fosse, Nachie, the front row, Bosch, Mepimpe, Esther Hazen, Tamboi if he's in, Venters, very good, Nkosi, and Tyler Paul is probably a 15-only guy, especially this week.
01:12:12
Speaker
For the Stormers, Wilms continues to be a top 50 scorer, so you're not going to bench him. Jan Jesus is right there as well, so you're not going to move him. Sergio Pierson's scoring much better now. Jaco Cozzia, Raunel, Ledes, kind of borderline. So if you have another option, maybe look. But if you're SOL, start him. Yeah, don't go hunting some random dude off the waiver wire that might get you points that you're not sure of. Go with him. But if you have so many better than that, play.
01:12:40
Speaker
Kits off still a great prop to play. Augustus 15 only still probably. And then the Stormers front row is actually going to be a sit this week for me.
01:12:56
Speaker
Uh, this one I I would lean heavily on the haguares players because as we said highlanders are going to be starting a lot of their uh, uh, Sorry, the highlanders going to be sitting a lot of their their stars. Uh, so for the the haguares, uh, their front row, uh should be good. Um Then Joaquin Diaz Bonilla assuming he plays if he doesn't
01:13:17
Speaker
Miatti's still good. Yep, and then Matias Moroni in the the centers in the midfield has been been putting up points too and other Certainly if you have him as a as a midfielder, you're doing all right And then that that outside back combination Tuckulate Bofelli Carreras You can
01:13:41
Speaker
Start like four or five of them and then and do okay, right on the highlanders end I think at this point start Kanye Kane Hamilton, Hamilton. Sorry. Um, yeah, he might be so well on Aaron Smith's right as well play him so play him He should still get decent points. Uh, joshuani and michael collins are also uh quality starters. Hooray michael collins. He's been a
01:14:02
Speaker
He and Callaway have definitely been my bolters that I picked up off the waiver wire that have done really well for me. Well done. Brumby's and Wartas, this is the Sunday game. This, unfortunately, I think it's gonna be a shit show for the Wartas, especially the way they played last week. Brumby's are playing really good stuff. I would be, I wouldn't hate seeing the Wartas jump up and shock them, but I think it's gonna be the Brumby's anyway. Anyway, that's not what we're talking about right now. We're talking about fantasy. Brumby's, Tom Banks, Lil S. Yo.
01:14:32
Speaker
Alessio has had a bad week last week scoring wise. He'll shake it off. It'll be fine. Tom Wright, Eric Simone, Valentini, Samu Kata, the front row, fall off Iyenga, definitely. I think he's one of the leading tri-scores in Super Rugby right now. So yes, you're playing him at a hooker. Kern Johnny, yes.
01:14:50
Speaker
Cusack is a 15 only start at the Loops Forward. Wartos, Will Harrison, and James Ramm, Marky Mark, I'm not gonna try and say his last name. Wartos won't row. Hooper, duh. Jack Dempsey's pretty good. Gus Bells are pretty good scoring prop. I'm gonna go ahead and say this is the wrong time to unveil Curly Beale though.
01:15:13
Speaker
Start of the week, start of the week. Six nations, for me. I mean, there's only a couple teams to pick from, but he's one of the top scorers. He probably will continue to score a lot and make a lot of tackles and probably score another try just in tip rate. Yeah. Oddly enough, he's my start of the week. Oh, I know, right. We're kind of down to the two teams. So what are you going to do? Right. For me, it was either hammer or damn bigger.
01:15:39
Speaker
Yeah, I will yeah, it depends on what what if I like to break a little bit i'm just nervous Like what if what if we run into that second week issue with bigger where it's like now i'm getting a little creaky Because yep, you know the soreness factor seeps in yeah, and that might happen right might happen My sit will be um a guy that's highly selected for scotland because he did score very well last year But he hasn't scored that well this year play king horn
01:16:02
Speaker
Yeah, no that he that upset me. I I really wanted to to get some points from him this past weekend And and he was like the one scotland player who didn't score, right? um, but uh My set of the week, uh as a guy who you're gonna want to start one of the scrum halves I don't think you should be starting alley price. Yeah, so, uh, he would be my set of the week. Yeah, absolutely All right, and then super
01:16:30
Speaker
Second worst defensive fantasy team, second worst defensive fantasy team against the fly-haves. That is... Wait, who? Oh yeah, the Lions. Say, wait, I know the answer to this. That's the Lions. So, with that.
01:16:46
Speaker
Bone Barrett is my start of the week. Hey, the blocks. I like that start of the week. My start of the week, Miliano Bofelli. I think he's going to find some space. I think he is too, especially back at home. I think they're going to feel, feel pretty good about it. Yep. And then mine, I mentioned him not too long ago. Um, Brumby's are the best defensive team, especially against outside backs. Um, this guy's shown, he has some class, but this is not going to be a fun day for him. And that's currently Beal.
01:17:14
Speaker
Hmm. All right. I had him as my seat of the week last week and I think he scored a try So, um, but my set of the week this week is going to be somebody who I was listening when you were talking through his team I didn't hear you mention him. So i'm i'm hoping maybe you might be agreeing He's had a couple of really strong weeks recently But he's also been playing some kind of weak teams and now he's going to be playing another strong defensive team especially through his his lane, uh, my seat of the week is going to be lakanya, um
01:17:42
Speaker
Um, yep, probably yeah, he's had like one really good game and then everything else has not been amazing. So Yuck. Yuck. Yuck. Um, all right, let's go. Let's go to pick them real quick and we'll get out of here. Um, well, Scotland, I don't think that Scotland can back up what they just did. That's the one print out. That's the France performance. They're not playing. Yeah, they're not playing French, France, that team that's imploding. So, uh, chief hurricanes, Dean max back.
01:18:10
Speaker
You're in we're in wakado. I don't like my hurricanes chances this week Of course i'm going to be rooting for them, but i'm picking with my brain here. Wow Wow You owe me a dollar for that I um, i'm also taking the chiefs. Yeah, I as much as I I do appreciate the hurricanes I think the chiefs are the better team this year. They probably are especially at home. Yep This is not going to be the year that the hurricanes get a home quarter file this time
Weekly Rugby Analysis and Wrap-Up
01:18:37
Speaker
Unfortunately, um blues lions uh lions played like Not good things last week and blues are only going to get better. I'm going to take the blues. I am also going to take the blues I'm very I mean as is everybody I can't wait to see what what Bowdoin does with that team especially with the likes of Rico Ioannini and Marchant Yeah, and marcellio who's playing out of his skin this year. Yep. Yeah Oh Wait, that is not that
01:19:06
Speaker
That's that's terrifying. Oh, yeah, because they're playing this in Australia, aren't they? Samuels and Crusaders in Australia. Sorry, Samuels Crusaders. Yeah. So is that right? Yes, it is. Crusaders are going to say I didn't think the Crusaders were traveling that far. They aren't. Right. Reds and Bulls, which is going to be short shortly after that one. I'm going to go ahead and take the Reds at home only because they're at home. The Bulls are not. They picked up their first one of the year, I think this year, this week and against a not good Highlanders team.
01:19:35
Speaker
The Reds only have one win themselves. Right. Let me see. Where were the but where were the Bulls just before just now? They were in South Africa. No, they were in New Zealand. Really? I'm sorry. Looking at the wrong team. Oh, yeah, they were. Yeah, they were in South Africa. So they're traveling.
01:19:54
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going Reds. Yep. Because the Reds were only over in New Zealand. That's not nearly as... That's not so bad. Right. Sharks, Stormers. Jeez. Well, I've been saying, I just banged the drum for them. And if I back out on it, I'm gonna look like an idiot. I'm gonna go with the Sharks. I'm gonna go with Stormers. Okay.
01:20:18
Speaker
Uh, Jaguars, Highlanders. Sorry, Highlanders. This is not your year. Nope. And it's not your, not your day. Not going to be your week either. Yeah. Nope. Yeah. Especially with all the rested guys that they've called. Yuck. Yeah. Uh, and then Brumby's war ties, uh, ortas have looked good in some games and really bad in some games. Brumby's have looked good in most games, even the one they lost, they lost at the death. So I'm going to go with the Brumby's. I as well.
01:20:47
Speaker
So we got just the one where we- Just the one. So we'll see who gets the leg up. All right. With that, thank you very much everybody for coming along. This is a fun one. Not gonna be as much to talk about this next week. So I guess we'll have some fantasy stuff that we can probably hit on a little bit harder. Thoughts on who to pick up, who to sit, and who's worth your money in TRM and all that stuff.
01:21:14
Speaker
So we'll get we'll get into that a little bit more next week because obviously like I said, not as much to go through Yeah, but hey that makes it easy watching this week at least does And then free Jackson opener if you're a Massachusetts get your butt down there get over there It's gonna be it's gonna be worth it. I think the match is nearly sold out. So get there quick. It's gonna be a fun time Other than that, we will be back. We will be back next week fancy rugby podcast at gmail.com we'll get asked TFR why up for
01:21:43
Speaker
Super Rugby, Six Nations, yes, but you can just hit us up with S-T-F-R-Y if you really have a Six Nations question, probably. But other than that, thank you very much for coming along. Make sure that you're giving us a review, and we will catch you all next week.