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Speaker: It is. The Fantasy Europeans. My name is Jared Dyke. I wanted to say it's stupid and let's move on, but then you kept going. I'm Ben Glauser. I don't like any way anybody's handled that. Collusion. Collusion.
Speaker: Hey everybody. Welcome back. It is the fancy rugby. Thanks. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. It's fancy corner time. Let's do this thing. Let's have a bit of fun and a laugh or two. Let's go back to, let's do champions recap real quick and try to embarrass too many people. Oh wait, too late. Both of us actually, actually, um, well, yeah. Champions cup. No. Yeah. Champions cup first. Um, yeah. That's dude's killing it.
Speaker: The movement of the week was definitely me dropping two and three other people going up. I was like, damn it. Yeah. I also didn't submit a starting lineup on my own. I had to let the computer pick it because I went totally space, like total space cadet on Friday and just said, Oh, I, you know, I made my transfers. I'm good. And then I went to my school's game and I was like,
Speaker: on the way. I think it was, it was in the car. No, no. When did I text? I texted you and I was like, Oh fuck. I forgot to do a lineup. I think it was Saturday morning. I realized it. I was like, son of a bitch. I forgot to set my lineup plate to what I wanted. So whether or not it would change much, I don't know. But yeah, I felt stupid. So I rightfully deserved to drop a couple of releases. Yeah. I mean, it still helped because you had like, um,
Speaker: Yeah, like Eric starting, but James Gibson park in there. Yeah, thankfully, my bench wasn't terrible. So okay, it helped. It helped. We don't need to talk about my team. I dropped two as well. I got spooned massively. Yeah, my spoon is too big.
Speaker: Um, so yeah, the movers were movers were, um, Cobas and Mark going up, George going up and then Ben and myself dropping. Like the problem is like, I even had a, I mean, I didn't have a bed starting lineup, but low was my captain and that hurt. Got better points total. And the thing is, so that means he got four points.
Speaker: And you get two points if your team wins. So we got two points total. And I think that's the two that he gets for starting. Fuck me. Yeah, not great. You got a card, it didn't help. Yeah, it doesn't help, but still. And he didn't touch the ball of tawn either, so. Yeah. Well, I mean, Jameson Gibson parked that fucking ball hog.
Speaker: Yep. Yep. He definitely was a ball hog. No question about that. No question about that. Uh, ooh, excuse me. Uh, division two, two, two, two, two. Let's see. Yeah. No, awesome. Um, joint wooden spoons were Franco and Barty. Not good joint wooden spoon. Not good. Um, big mover was Paul. He jumped to, um, looks like this Avery Alex.
Speaker: Paul, Barty, Anton, Luke, and Franco. That's the order of that one as well. Sticking with Super Brew, we'll go to Super Rugby 4, Champions League. Well, the guy that's leading and the guy that's at the bottom were the best teams this week, so somewhat appropriate.
Speaker: Yeah, Cobus killed it, and Justin less so. He swapped places with Duncan after getting another wooden spoon. So the big, yeah, the order here is Cobus, Mark, Ben, Stu, Jordan, myself, Duncan. Yeah, Cobus is not helping me.
Speaker: No, no, no. Like I get the second most points, but that's great, except for that. Yeah, the first most. Yeah, the first most. Fuck you. Yep. Paul's doing a little better in division two, super rugby. He's at the top and had the best week. And then, well, a guy that's not playing yet the wooden spoon, so shock of the day.
Speaker: Paul Barty, Franco, Abbry, Luke, Alex, and then Anton at the bottom on that one. On other news though, I am up to third in the US. Nice. All right. Someone's going to carry that fucking torch on that one. Yeah. And I'm only 14 and a half points behind the leader. Oh, not bad. Excuse me. Look at that. FRD action. First time drinking.
Speaker: Division one, um, champions league. It was, uh, I put up a decent fight, but lost him, lost a mark. Justin smashed you. What the hell, Justin? Who'd you, oh, we had D Mac. That's why. Yeah. I'm gonna say, wait a minute. I know the answer to this. Don't tell me, don't tell me. I think he had, um, he had nine nights at Turo too. No, he didn't have, he didn't have D Mac though.
Speaker: Yeah. Nice. Oh, he had Popoli. Oh, he went to TT from, from the chiefs. Charlie Kale is always a cheat code and Brumbage wasn't bad. So yep. They, that's that answer. Okay. That makes sense. And then I did end up beating George. Yep.
Speaker: I thought that was over. Oh, this is great. All right. Yeah. Duncan Duncan lost to Cobus and then as Ben said, Ben beat George, but that was squeaky bum time. 121 .4 to 119 .2. So not a whole lot. No. Last I saw I was losing by like a point. So I just want to help you. Did not do the readjustments or did not. Yeah.
Speaker: did not follow up on that. And he had Nai -Satoro and Mackenzie, so. Yeah, but Longan dropped. That hurt. Finae didn't do shit. Tua didn't do shit. Yeah, but I had to miss two guys because I couldn't make moves during the bye week because I didn't want to drop guys that I needed. Yeah, there's certain guys you just don't want to drop. Just plain simple.
Speaker: Division two player X beat Barty and Sorry Anton beat Alex Luke lost to I believe that's abrie mr. Rugby and then Paul Paul beat Franco nice that was that's a pillow fight though
Speaker: Jesus, 78 to 75. It's a fucking pillow fight. Yeah, right. That's where we're at. Too much fun. Too much fun. Um, there are, there is an update, update for post six nations. Finally got around to that. Okay. So
Speaker: The update is for division one, it's George and Clovis at the top in a tie right now. Big one. Stu is right behind them with 14 in the standings. Duncan and Mark also tied. They have 11 each. And then it's Justin and you and I are bringing up the bottom at the moment. I have six, you have one. Do a great O here. You're doing terrific.
Speaker: Um, so, and then obviously division two, there are a couple of guys that got a head start, um, Franco and Alex being the two of them. So of course they're in the lead. Whoops. Don't do that. Um, they're the ones in the lead, but then after that it's Paul, then it's, uh, Luke, Avery parties and Anton.
Speaker: So that's where that stands right now. Yeah, I mean, it's between, and the way Franco's going, I think it's going to be Franco, but it's between Alex and Franco in terms of who's going to get promoted here. And currently it's between you and me who's getting dropped. So it's going to be embarrassing. Oh man, I would, I would go fucking first to getting dropped. Like that would be such a move that I would somehow like magically pull off.
Speaker: Good God, what's wrong with me? All right. Let's do start set. I've got the lead off. It's Bordeaux and Quinn's first thing Saturday morning. Did I make that up? One second. Let me check. Is it Friday night? It is Bordeaux Quinn Saturday. Yup. Okay. Hey, all right. I got that right.
Speaker: All right, so for Bordeaux, the Bordeaux. So it's gonna be...
Speaker: The picks are terrible food is not that highly picked, but I might consider him because he has been damaging of late. Um, Samuel is a definite play. He's been in their lineup. I think every time that they played in this competition. So yes, Luke is a possibility, but he needs the T mostly, especially in this match. It's going to be a lot tighter. And then, um, maybe consider the departure center there. Cause if he does what he did last time, then yeah, it's going to be great. And then.
Speaker: either of those back three is fine. I have two of them myself, and I'm probably gonna play them. Pennell, Billy Bearey, and Burros, hopefully. Hopefully Mordo plays them too. I assume that you will. Yeah, wouldn't see why they would not.
Speaker: For the Quins, Walker seems to be a somewhat high selection. I don't know why, so if you're that person, please pass. Get rid of him. Dom, as I said - They might pass as in, yeah, they pass with some of that. Yeah, right. I'll take what you - Dom, yes, Will Evans less so. Dom's a little more likely to do something.
Speaker: Marcus with a kind of a, if he scores well, then he's probably going to have a day. But if he doesn't have a day, then he's probably not going to score super well. I don't see him being super useful otherwise. But yeah, play him because you paid for him and he is who he is. Esther Hazen and Corinne are both okay plays, although I would temper expectations on that as well. Just saying. Just saying. All right. Off to Lenster hosting La Rochelle.
Speaker: Have we played this match yet? I don't know. It doesn't seem familiar. It doesn't ring any bells. For the hosts, for Leinster, Porter and Sheehan up front, any of the locks go for him. Doris over Van Der Fleer, who is still not scored up to his potential, or at least certainly nothing like what he used to be scoring.
Speaker: Obviously, James Gibson Park is, if you don't have, I don't know, some other nine for the to lose nine. I know he's an up and comer, but if you don't have him, you might want to consider Vanderfleer. I'm sorry, Gibson Park. There you go. I was looking at the wrong... Looking at the wrong thing. Yeah. Looking at the wrong jumble of letters. Low and Keenan, yes and yes. I kind of would stay away from the centers.
Speaker: Um, for, uh, La Rochelle Bhatia and I'll treat in the, in the forwards, um, certainly in doing in the backs. I wouldn't expect, I mean, cause you know, La Rochelle never going to win this game on the road. Um, so, um, but I wouldn't expect it. So I would kind of stick with those four and probably look elsewhere at the other positions. Yeah.
Speaker: It's not the worst advice, honestly, as much as I hate to say it. Yeah. We have Saints and Bulls. Saints at home, Bulls traveling, Bulls. I hope for this sake, they've chosen to travel early and try and save themselves a little bit of jet lag if they can help it.
Speaker: Uh, for the saints though, um, Davidson seems to be highly picked. I'm not sure why it, I mean, you have a team limit of six at this point. Right. So I will say that like that is a possibility. I just don't love it. The better scoring props are actually either wallet or a yoga. And so just, just, just checking that thing out there. Um, Kohl's. Yeah. All right. Go for it. Laws. Same thing.
Speaker: Finn and Freeman. Freeman is without a doubt a play. Like that is definitely of all that Freeman is unquestionably.
Speaker: Big play it on I would definitely take Vince Smith. Yeah, I like right long Yeah, just looking at some of the I had slight home who did me well last week. So yeah, I Was thinking about him, but he's just he's also not highly picked at the moment I think no, but he's cheaper. So that's kind of where it is Yes, which is one of the things I did with the Pardo pair there That's why I grabbed one of them because I was like he's actually pretty cheap for how good he is So got it. But yeah slave homes in that same category for the Bulls I
Speaker: Low is not the prop you want from the Bulls. You want vessels, who's also highly picked. So there's that. Ludwig is one of the better locks out there. And considering that you have very few options at this point, why not? Most of the back row that is highly selected at this point, Hanukkah, who didn't play last week, Kuzia and Elrig Low,
Speaker: all acceptable picks. Moody, I know he's playing center, but I don't care. The dude is a monster. Play him and then currently as well.
Speaker: And then, last but not least, oh wait, no. Absolutely least. Absolutely least. Toulouse versus Exeter. By Heavy on Toulouse. By Mavaka. Willis, Kros, Romant. But 9, I was talking about Dupont. Something. Dupont. Dupont. Aki, Labelle, Kinghorn with the K.
Speaker: Well, with the kick kicking option, do the T. Although that kind of does make me wonder which 10 you would want other than that to supplement because which of these 10s do you want to not have the kicking T and kicking points? It's kind of tough.
Speaker: On the Exeter side, maybe Manny Feijo Oboso and Josh Hodge, but that's like, um, that is a punt. That's a, I hope they score well individually, but their team is fucked this week. So, um, those are just the two guys who I would, um, I guess, uh, try to dissuade you from playing the least. Really? I'm not urging you to play them. I'm just like, those are the two guys who look, if you need to pick an Exeter guy, those are the two.
Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. They're back there. It was kind of, it was kind of the biggest. Yeah. They're going to get dog walked this week. It's going to be, um, even in wrestling, we had a couple of back, back three guys that squared wall. So that's right. Those are both potentials. Right. But you know, it's different teams. I understand. I understand. I understand. Okay. Um, of the weeks of the weeks.
Speaker: So, um, as you mentioned, it's going to be kind of a fun show going on over in France. They're down to lose way. And I haven't picked them yet as a star of the week and he's back. And I'll be, he's missed to be my star of the week. It's got to be Anton two ball. Oh, him. That guy, that guy. Okay. Um,
Speaker: My start of the week, I mentioned Slight Home, but in the end, my start of the week is actually Tommy Freeman of the Saints. Nice. I'm going to figure out a way to pick him up. Yeah. Got speed. I'm glad I already have him. Sit. It's...
Speaker: the same match that I picked from. I wonder if we went the same guy. It's a guy that I'm not a fan of and I don't know if he's going to be very valuable to you even if he gets the kicking tee. I say the week's going to be Henry Slade. All right, look for Henry Slade to have a fucking huge day then. No, shit. I also picked Henry Slade. Damn it all. All right. Well, it is what it is. We did what we did. It was just going to be that bad for him. There may be.
Speaker: There may be. All right. Super Red Bean. Super Moana and Reds. So from Moana, in terms of Subaru, Inezy, Havelia, and maybe Surveyor are kind of the guys you want. And then in terms of FRD. I will say Inari has been scoring pretty well for me in FRD. Really? Yeah.
Speaker: his last five must be pretty good then because his Ligia his year average is dogshit yeah he's actually hold on let me go let me let me see what this is because um oh oh no that's Rivola sorry wrong wrong guy picks click the wrong one
Speaker: And Ari he's had a couple he said, you know two weeks of over eight points So not nothing great, but he's keeping me in games Yeah, that might be not so bad. I mean he's better than say like, you know, Nick white or something. Yeah, that's a fact give you that one Fina is probably the only other guy I might consider for FRD purposes for
Speaker: Yeah, maybe two to two. Yeah, I don't know. I don't love that. So no, no, that's probably it. And what's that? And why are the fuck isn't fire like you starting because even off the bench, he's scoring really well. So that might be something if he's on the bench, you might want to consider it, especially during the bye week. Yeah, this is definitely why we kill. So there's that reds. They're the props and the hooker both are
Speaker: All good. So that means obviously front row is a no duh. Um, I hate him, but Ryan Smith's the thing. So you can play him. Um, I think he's a douche, but you know, different sort of a different day. Uh, Wilson McRite. Yes. Uh, obviously Tate is out for a bit. So I might consider Kalani Thomas who has been their sub for the majority.
Speaker: of the season. So if not all of it, so against this, this side. Yeah. Yes. And then obviously fluke. And then for DY's Mac really could be a play.
Speaker: Mm -hmm Tom line a definitely or the cloth one Phillips same thing Defended possibilities. Yeah, like I have might even get something out of like jock Campbell and hunter by saw me this week You might consider it. So yeah, cuz I have was I have tane edmed and you know in the in the Pink slips league I have edmed and I have Lina and I'm probably gonna go with line. I just based on the
Speaker: Yeah. On the opposition. Last couple performances, yeah. Next. Anyhoo. War exhaust Crusaders. A little bit of a potential revenge match for Crusaders who we get to see if that was a thing against the Chiefs or if that was just the Chiefs taking a giant poo.
Speaker: So for the stats the ties are 9th in attack 3rd in defense 8th in attack and 9th in defense in in Superbrew Crusaders are 8th in attack and 12th in defense in FRD and in Superbrew their 12th in attack and 6th in defense So it's weird how they kind of are all around but I think the really the front row Point weird. This is what changes that between the two comps for the ties
Speaker: Leave the front row alone in either format. Locky Swinton and Charlie Gamble are OK for FRD, but not in Superbrew. Gordon, FRD only, yes. Edmed is a fine play in either format, because the Crusaders are pretty leaky versus nines and tens. I just don't see Gordon as a good long -term nine in Superbrew. Purisee is OK in FRD only. And then I would just sit there outside backs, because I don't really like them.
Speaker: this week. Crusaders, their best scoring players have only one start between them. So it's like McNichol, Murray, Rayhanna are the guys who are averaging the best, but they've only got the one start. Reese has been meh, but you're definitely going to start him in FRD. So if you've got him, if you've got him, really, FRD is where you should be considering any Crusaders for now anyway, because they're
Speaker: Yeah, they had that one good week, but, but yeah, there's, there's still kind of improve a territory right now. Yeah. And if they can, if they get over the hump in this game, then all right, maybe we can start mixing them in more.
Speaker: Hurricanes and Chiefs. This is gonna be for me if I want to watch in terms of playing now your FRD teams. So the hurricanes, I like Numi is slightly better than Lomax, but I don't mind either. Amua is a yes, which means obviously the hurricanes front row is a yes with the tempered expectation that this could be a really rough week, because we're the Chiefs in front row defensive pretty good, aren't they?
Speaker: Table okay, not not as bad as I thought never mind. Okay. I'm not gonna poop on too hard Delaney's a highly picked guy and he's not doing poorly, but this might be a week to sit him Just throwing that out there Luck I yo say yes It's probably gonna be TJ back at 9 and I'm good with him Cameron
Speaker: Okay. FRD, but man, temper expectations could be a tough week for him. I'm not sure yet. He hasn't quite played in this one yet. Um, this type of game.
Speaker: Blues game doesn't necessarily really count. Jordy Barrett, yes, you spent a high pick on him, so you're playing him, and plus you're spending a lot of money on him, and Super Brew, you're playing him. Billy Proctor is a definitive yes in, I think, both, honestly. I love the way he's playing. Ruben Love is the OB of choice at the moment, but it's not like there aren't others. Others to consider for the Hurricanes. Like I said, TJ, Morby, obviously,
Speaker: Maybe Dewey, Naholo would be another one. And then also if they went go with the villain character, maybe, but I like TJ way more as that nine. So, and then Ryasi obviously, I know he's only got one start. So just consider that anyway. For the chefs,
Speaker: Ruerneel is really highly picked in super ruin. I don't know why he's not very good. So I would pass on that. Yes. The team limitations. Like there's so many other chiefs you would want. Right. That's not who I want on that team. Tonkyows. Yes. Front rows is a, is a yes. They played amazingly last week. Granted it was against Moana, but still they just seem to know how to plug and play. Um, I'm going to say yes, both to Fino and Jacobson. Rotzema. Yes. Um, DMACC. Yup. Um,
Speaker: Centers ALB is my favorite shocker of the day Rona and then to pie in that order. I'm okay with all three though, and especially if Rona gets bumped away, but you probably won't because Stevenson on Isotaran and Nara Nara all exist in this universe and they're all probably playing and I would play them Other guys that you might consider as I said Rona is a possibility should he get checked in there for whatever reason
Speaker: And then possibly Josh Lord is a lock, which we know locks are hard to come by in terms of decent scoring. So fees in there. That's, you know, that's eight, nine points probably out there. I don't think hurricanes aren't necessarily that strong. Hold on. Yeah. Hurricanes like mid table against locks. So yeah, give the, give her a shot. Nothing wrong with it. All right. And the last match, uh, rebels, highlanders, um,
Speaker: for the Rebels. Well, for FRD, they're 6th in Attack, 10th in Defense, 5th in Attack, and 10th in Defense in Superbrew. That's weird how they match up on some of the other ones didn't earlier. For the Highlanders, they're kind of right around that, 5th in Attack and 11th in Defense. In FRD, 9th in Attack and 7th in Defense.
Speaker: in Super Brew. For the Rebels, look to the front row, unless he especially in Super Brew. Angelo Smith at luck, might be a decent play if he starts. Played him at Super Brew last week, it wasn't so bad. Yeah.
Speaker: Um, and, and I think he actually also may have been at, wasn't he one of the, the, the, yeah, he was putting them in the back row. Um, Kemeny and FRD. Yes. Um, Lawrence, FRD only, um, Carter Gordon, and then any of the outside backs, which includes Delgunu. Um, even though he's playing at center.
Speaker: they will get opportunities versus this Highlanders defense. For the Highlanders, Billy Harmon, Fakatava, and Sam Gilbert, FRD only. Gilbert's really tough, especially in Subaru, because you have to give him the K, and that's... It's annoying. Again, it's annoying to not have it with the 10. Right. And then, Rachuvai Tudubuki, Niepkins, in either format should be quite acceptable.
Speaker: I want him to make y 'all black so people I want to hear that. Yeah all the comms try to say his name. Oh, yeah, especially all the Because let's be honest like if you're not from one hemisphere the other You kind of suck at pronouncing the other's names and you're also poorly informed no matter what? Although I do feel like Australians are the worst But Anywho, not the point other weeks
Speaker: So easy matchup, good player, hoping he plays my solo. He's going to be Fraser ring right from the reds. Yeah. Not a hard one there. He's just a fricking points machine. Um, on my end.
Speaker: Same kind of thing, although this is more of the matchup -based, but Carter Gordon has been scoring fairly well, and also he's got a very tasty matchup against the Highlanders. Good one. Yeah, he's definitely been the bright spot for that Rebels team. Sit. Love the player, love the team, don't love the matchup. Might say that he's going to be Brett Cameron from the Hurricanes. Yeah, that could be a rough one. Yeah.
Speaker: I know they're at home, but still, he hasn't seen a beast like this. She's team for a while. So, um, my set of the week was someone who, uh, you just got, um, taken off of your team on your, uh, um, Oh, your pig slips. Um, and yeah, I can't remember who took him from you, but they're not gonna, yeah. Mark is not going to enjoy his namesake. Mark walking into Wassey this week. It's crusaders. I think.
Speaker: would not expect many points. Yeah, I mean, Bright Side is there at home at least. Yeah. But yuck. Yuck. Yuck. No fun. The no fun police are here. And they're right here to arrest Mark and Wacken and walk in at a lossy for not being fun this coming week. Yeah, right. All right, pick of them. Champions Cup.
Speaker: Uh, starting with Bordeaux Quins. Hosts. Yeah. I would love to pick Quins and feel good about it, but I don't. Nope. Don't, so I won't. So, Leinster LaRochelle, this is going to be interesting because they've obviously played this match last year, but also earlier in the season. Yeah.
Speaker: I still say Leinster, pull it off. Yeah. I think it's just a little too much travel for La Rochelle, really. Yeah, exactly. Because they're coming back from South Africa. South Africa, that's a pretty tough turnaround. Yeah, that's gonna be a bitch. Saints Bulls. Saints. Saints. To lose Exeter. Nevermind. Just to lose. Oh, wait, no. Just to lose. Nevermind. Super Rugby, Moana Reds. Reds. Reds.
Speaker: Toss crusaders, I think ties back themselves again. I think especially after last week. I think they're gonna I'm Gonna be a little bit salty about how that went down and yeah I still think crusaders are right for the pick and I don't I don't trust that one win that they've got against the Chiefs I don't totally but I just was so unimpressed. I hope you're right though, but I am gonna pick the crusaders Big one Keynes and Chiefs
Speaker: Well, I figured you're gonna take the Hurricanes, so I'm gonna take the Chiefs. I think I'm going to, and I usually would not. I feel like... I know they haven't lost yet, but I don't feel like that's the smart pick, but I'm gonna do it anyway. You know what? I feel the same way. I'm not sure that the Chiefs are the smart pick, but I'm gonna do it anyway. One dollar, sir? A dollar. One dollar, sir. Okay. The usual religion. And Rebels Highlanders.
Speaker: of rebels. Yeah. If they, if this was not in Melbourne, I totally back the highlanders, but it's in Australia. So I also don't, I don't believe in the highlanders, but also not sure how much I believe in the rebels. I don't believe in either one of them. So it's just, it's where they are. One's home, home. So there you go. I'm solved. All right. Awesome.
Speaker: So yeah, be on the lookout for sheets and start sits and all that stuff Thursday and Friday or Thursday. And so we'll try and do Friday, um, cause we'll have the teams by then. But, uh, other than that, quarterfinals, more super rugby, more fun, six women, six stations. Don't forget that. Um, hope everyone has a good weekend and thank you very much for listening to us. Have a good one off later. Cheers.
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