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Season 4- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Champions Cup Final & Super Rugby Round 15 Preview)
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It's the long (extra long by accident) awaited return of the Fantasy Corner. On this week's FC we have a look at the results of our return to the Prem for CYL and TRM. Also, it's a look at the Semi-Finals of FRD for Super Rugby, who's in, who's out and who still needs to do work to avoid the Sacko. We also have a look at the final round of Superbru Champions Cup fantasy rugby, who should make your final team sheet and who can be avoided. Oh yeah, that start sit thing for the final round of Super Rugby's regular season, we do that too. Grab the note pads, a drink and enjoy!
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Transcript
Fantasy Rugby Finals Excitement
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey, everybody. Welcome back. It is the fantasy buggy. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Gouser. Let's dive in. Fantasy quarter once again. Big one this weekend for everybody, especially if you're, you know, obviously, if you're in Superbrew for Champions Cup or if you're in your final for FRD Super Rugby. I would have the unmitigated goal to be in a final.
00:00:28
Speaker
some jackass around here. Yeah, well done. Keep it up. As I said, in the other part, I'm glad I avoided the sack. Oh, I am done. I'm out. I lost in our and the semifinals in our pod league.
League Standings and Competitiveness
00:00:40
Speaker
Oh, did you? Yeah, Detroit boss fucking rock. Oh, Liana is good. Yeah, he's really good. He's good. I know.
00:00:48
Speaker
I was always going to happen, but he put up like 200 the first week and it was like, oh, man, it's been a nice season. There is absolutely no pressure on me, too. Yeah, no pressure. Right. Anyway, I need a beer. Yes, you do. Yeah. Crack them if you got it. Spanking I got. So the look at the.
00:01:14
Speaker
Let's have a look at our, at our old friends, the, the rugby, Megan tier and, uh, the premier ship, um, solid weeks for a lot of the guys in that league as
Strategizing Fantasy Team Tactics
00:01:24
Speaker
well. Oh yeah. I think overall leaderboard, uh, for the week, we had, we at least had a few guys in the top 100.
00:01:33
Speaker
Yeah, I was 93. So, yeah, that helps to gauge. I was 52. Right. And you were ahead of me and then some other people were near me. Yep. Yeah, just Anton was right above me at 535 who's ahead of me so
00:01:48
Speaker
There you go. So yeah, it was 522. How good was that? 151. So just outside, but still that's fucking respectable. So pretty good. Yeah. So that's pretty, that's pretty good. You know, we had a couple of guys in the top 50. Yeah. That'll do. That'll do. I was actually, I think I was the only one that was near the top 50. I was at 52. So nevermind. I lied.
00:02:08
Speaker
Um, but still, it was, it was a good week all around, um, zero movement in
Fantasy League Standings Analysis
00:02:14
Speaker
champion. Right. When this week zeros, we all, we held serve. So it's sorry. If I, if I yell randomly, I'm watching the avalanche on my iPad over here for playoff hockey. Um, hopefully they'll hopefully they get the job done tonight and they can relax for a day or two. Are they going for a sweep tonight?
00:02:34
Speaker
Ah, close. It's 4-1. It would be 4-1. It's 3-1 right now.
00:02:40
Speaker
So one has been, obviously, two was Duncan. Myself was three. Anton, four. You are now closer to Duncan than he is to me. So you could you could you still second place is not out of the cards for you. That's three hundred points. I need a big week. I need a big week. This this coming this not this coming week, the week after Anton, Mark, Carrick, George has finally dug himself out of the basement and Justin at the bottom there. Also.
00:03:08
Speaker
those that didn't see it. I did publish the the champion standing. I did see this. I like the
FRD Finals Matchups Strategy
00:03:16
Speaker
two biggest jerks in the whole thing or at the top. Kidding. Yeah, it's George. George and Ben tied tied with 12 marks got eight. I have seven. Justin with five. Anton with three. Duncan with two and Carrick pulling up the rear with a big old donut. And you're playing who in in in FRD? Anton. Okay, so you're still
00:03:39
Speaker
So okay, it's gonna be very interesting. So yeah, I, this past week, my last two weeks, over the two weeks semi final, I was able to upend what looked to be the invincible man Justin. And I beat him in both weeks, actually, I was I didn't even need points differential or anything like that.
Upcoming Matches Preview and Expectations
00:03:59
Speaker
I was actually kind of surprised.
00:04:00
Speaker
Chief front row saved me last week, because I had Sam Gilbert in my team, and he got a red card, so that kind of hurt. Nolakotun Owasi did one for me as well. And having TJ Parr and I weren't all over frigging the Rebels did not hurt either. Yeah, and I will be playing Anton, who he won both weeks as well. He won, yeah, it was a slightly narrow victory week one than I had for him, so. But then, yeah, he needed week two to kind of just
00:04:30
Speaker
Nail it down, but he got it done. So yeah, he won both the hit, both semi-final match ups as well. So that left him without a question to get going, to get it going. Although he had, well, it bounced out. He and Duncan both had guys drop late. I mostly dropped late for the draw. Ryasi dropped late for the hurricanes. So each one of them had one of those guys. So we are down to a final. This should be interesting.
00:04:59
Speaker
Um, I do okay in finals. I'm not great, but I do okay in finals. Um, so we'll see what kind of record we got here. And there's only one week for the finals, right? Yeah. It's just this week. So it'd be interesting.
Sacco Racket and Points Discussion
00:05:10
Speaker
Sacco racket is, um, Mark and Carrick. And if I remember right, there's actually still a point online on the line there. So I think so.
00:05:19
Speaker
You could still get yourself a point if you decide that that's worth it for you. So keep that in mind. Eric's team is kind of rough at this point. He's kind of have to hope that if Jonah Lowe starts for the Chiefs, which actually this is a probably good week for him. That could be actually spelling trouble.
00:05:39
Speaker
Yeah, but still with Mark having Feinga Nuka and Will Jordan. Oh, and they're both in the lineup. Yikes. Yikes. That's just terrifying. That itself might be enough, honestly.
Champions Cup Player Picks and Strategies
00:05:51
Speaker
Right. It might be. Yeah. So, should be interesting, just the same. So, good luck to everybody that's in their finals. We do start sitting a little bit. For those that need a little bit of extra help.
00:06:04
Speaker
I'm not going to get too cute with that, but let's do, um, let's switch gears and go over to champions cup. And we're not going to quite do this or that because well, it's a couple of teams. Yeah. That's just cash Canada's point. Did they go skippy choosers? Right. Um, I got fucked by, by Rossing seriously fucked everybody else. So it is unlimited.
00:06:26
Speaker
So you could do the whole lesser team if you want to. You could do the whole lower shell team if you want to, although I don't think anyway is going to do that. There are a select few on either side that you're definitely going to put in your team without a doubt. So that's obviously up to each person.
00:06:47
Speaker
Do you have one from each that you're picking for props or do you, are you going to ride one team for props? Well, I'm not, I'm, you know, I have Pariso and furlong. I do too. So I'm not, and I have too many other issues to problems to solve. So I'm probably not going to touch that, but in a perfect world, you pick another lens for prop or another, um, at this point, I might go Porter or Pariso. So especially if, you know, unlimited,
00:07:17
Speaker
Yeah, you don't have, I would do that. Preso will get you like, and that's only cause Porter could go off. He could score two tries. He's done it before. All right. Preso, I don't know. Like they just don't use their props the same way. He's like in that solid.
00:07:33
Speaker
like six or seven points. I'm pretty sure. Let me see what you got. You got eight, 50 and a half, five and a half, eight, seven and a half, six and a half. So, okay. Yeah. So he's like, you know, he'll get you somewhere between seven and eight, which is pretty damn good for a prop. And then, yeah, maybe he goes off, but right at the same time, he, you know, Porter could do the same. Yeah.
00:07:55
Speaker
Yeah, Porter had had one good game. Yeah, that's well against bath, which happens. So right. Yeah. But then he's been basically six the rest of the time. So it's like kind of it's in the same range. Yep. Right. Boogery or either of the Leinster guys for a looker.
00:08:14
Speaker
I mean, I have Kelleher and I'm not going to bother doing anything else. Fair enough. Even if he's not been bad. Yeah, I'm not. That was kind of a contrarian play I put in there and first month play it worked, but we're surrounding less. So yeah, it's like. That's very he's less like consistent with that. He was doing all right in the knockouts and I'm sorry, in the pool stages, but.
00:08:40
Speaker
He just seems to be a little bit hit and miss now because of the four and then five and a half. Like, yeah. Oh, second row should be interesting. There's a few things to throw around. Baird, if he plays, I don't think he's got the other. You just start with that way.
00:09:00
Speaker
Maloney, who's been solid, uh, skeleton hasn't played for a bit. So that's kind of up in the air. Um, James Ryan's a possibility nine and a half and seven in the two matches he's played so far this year. Not awful. Um, Remy PK.
00:09:17
Speaker
been the most consistent of them, of all the locks that could be playing in this match, six, 11 and a half and seven. So again, not awful by any means. So not a bad second choice if you're looking for a second choice and then you're just trying to pick maybe your favorite Linster player in the second row.
00:09:34
Speaker
Like I have James Ryan and Leveau and I'm just going to probably keep them. Even if Leveau is off the bench, cause, uh, his off the bench stats have been seven, six and a half, six and a half. Not bad. So it's like not really a drop off. Nope. Nobody. Nope. Nope. So I might just say, you know
Captain Choices and Transfer Limitations
00:09:52
Speaker
what? Let that, let that ride. Cause I have too many other, my backs are tatters. You're not, you're not wrong. All right.
00:10:03
Speaker
So back row, this is kind of an interesting one, especially considering the form of a couple of players. Otherwise, um, let's assume that everybody's picking Audrey and vendor flair. I don't think there's a question. There aren't too many people that are going to say that's not happening. You don't have both of them on your team. I'm shaking you. You need a slap. Um, the question becomes,
00:10:30
Speaker
The easy answer is Jack Conan. Victor Vito should also be considered in my opinion. The last three games he's played, he's put Stormers in. The last two, excuse me, 20 and a half and 15. I'm not saying he's going to get those, but... Right. He did all right against Bordeaux in the first stage. So...
00:10:50
Speaker
He scored high. He, except aside from the one match against Bordeaux and the second leg, he scored nine and a half or more. I mean, what more do you want? Right. So Doris hasn't done that exactly. He's, he's gotten lower than that, although he's been also scoring high. So that's new. And Conan's there too. So Conan's there. Yeah. Yeah. Although Conan has two matches under that. So he also has that 28 and a half.
00:11:16
Speaker
Yeah. Was that, was that the one against Montpelier? Yeah. That was, oh, that was the whole match against Montpelier where they sent out fucking. Yeah. Bin juice team to them. Right. Conan just ran wild. Right.
Start/Sit Decisions Advice
00:11:29
Speaker
And then the scrum halves gives him Parker Karbala. I mean, I have to pick one because I don't have any right now. And I picked way wrong in the, in the scrum halves. I got to go with, uh,
00:11:46
Speaker
Gibson Park. I think a lot of people will go that way. I mean, a lot of people go that way. Yeah. Hey, he's just such a danger to get loose and all it takes is just, you know, one follow and he's he's over for a try. Right. Really big kind of Kerberlo. Yeah, I mean, I'm a bigger fan of Kerberlo than I am of the next guy. Is there
00:12:12
Speaker
Let's, let's just like play devil's advocate, the best sort of ability. Is there a reason to pick EIOS over Sexton? No. No. Like.
00:12:25
Speaker
I don't. Even with like a Ross Byrne sitting on the bench whose quality set back up and could save the old man minutes. They're not saving for what? I don't know. I think they still have URC stuff to play. Yeah, I guess so. But I mean, you got to figure that there's one of two things happens. First is that
00:12:51
Speaker
know, they do the lens to do the job and that they're they came to do and you know Sexton comes off at 60 minutes because things are going okay. Or they are crushing them and they you know they gotta take them off at 50 minutes 40 and 50 minutes in but you have all these kicking points because he's just the only thing doing is is kicking conversions. It's kind of a
00:13:15
Speaker
You know, the other option is that nothing, not much has happened, but if not much has happened, he's probably still gonna have a few penalty kicks to kick over. So that's why I would go with Sexton, because he'll get, the points will be there, even if he doesn't play. West, no. No, I'm shaking you. That's another shake. One shake for you, sir. Midfield.
00:13:44
Speaker
So Jimmy O'Brien came back to earth a little bit, but he's still been okay. In the second game against Connick, 13 and a half against Toulouse. Yeah, it's not the 33 and 25 that he put up in his first two starts, but still there. Would you rather have him or Dante? I thought it really sold on Dante.
00:14:13
Speaker
in this match this time. He's been hurt. Yeah, I think I would go. I think I'm probably going to end up going O'Brien and Henshaw. I'm sorry, O'Brien and Henshaw. Yeah. OK. So, yeah, because Donti is the La Rochelle sign that you want. It's not anybody else. Right. Sincell, Bautia, meh. A whole lot of meh. Yeah. And Donti's had a meh.
00:14:41
Speaker
Right, so if you're picking one, if you're picking, if you are picking a law racial center, that's probably your one, but really you're probably better off taking one of the three eligible midfielders for that one. All right, so now into back three, another one where it's kind of like you have these choices and then who else you've taken.
00:15:06
Speaker
Safe to say that most people are going to take James Lowe, probably also Hugo Keenan. Yes. But then you need a LaRochelle back three player to fill that spot. And it's kind of dicey when you want. I mean, you got to roll the dice with roll. I mean, he could
00:15:28
Speaker
He could just take over the match. And I mean, I don't think it'll be enough to win, but there you go. Yes. Yes. Woo hoo. Let's go abs. Like he could score two tries just for the fun of it. So like, yeah, I'd roll. That's that's likely my plan.
00:15:52
Speaker
is Keenan low in rule. Things are going bad when the puck deflects off your opponent and in for no reason. Because it came off you. Right. Yes. I love it. All right. If second 55. Just throwing one out on the left field. If Breece Dillon starts, is that an option over rule as a PowerShell back three player? Yes.
00:16:19
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I like him. I like him a lot. And he's he's one that will like he's one that that will get loose because there's no not keeping him like rule could get bottled. It's hard, but it can happen to land. No. So I've given. Yeah, he'll find the space and he'll do some good shit. Captain, is it low? Or do you go with somebody else?
00:16:49
Speaker
It has not steered me wrong in the last two weeks. OK, so the last couple of weeks anyway, like, you know, I will free of the last four weeks. It's going really well. So I I think so. Vanderfleer is an option. Aldridge is an option. Yeah, there's not the because obviously, you know, the Subaru does not let you put in
00:17:20
Speaker
The captain that's also, that's also your figure. Right. Which is probably wise. Hmm. So we'll see. We'll see how that works out. Yeah. I talk, I, this is going to be a tough decisions this week with the transfer limit. Oh yeah. At least there's no team limit. That's good. No, there's no team limits. So that's the upside of that. Obviously.
00:17:43
Speaker
Yeah. I think you and I were talking, I think I have nine that are not playing, that will not be playing in this round. So I need to, I can get rid of most of the dead weight, but not significantly more than that. So you're going to be picking and choosing there, my friend. I'm going to be, yeah. I'm hoping certain people are starting because I'm yes. Yes. Absolutely. That's the other thing you need. Oh, other other players are healthy and all that stuff. Um,
00:18:09
Speaker
At the same time, I don't have any fly half or scrum half. So I really only have to pick one. Like, that's the good news. Yeah. It's like, OK, it's really only one. No big deal. Don't have to fill all those spots. Right. Absolutely. Let's pump them right now. Yeah. It's not scoring there, but close. But they're they're they've just put pressure on them. And this is how this is how the last game is going to. And it was working well. The.
00:18:40
Speaker
The standings right now are Duncan is in first, George to Mark three, myself four, although Ben's hot on my heels with about 11 points to cover. And then it's, um, it's the bottom three. They're kind of wrestling amongst each other. Anton, um, Carrick and Justin, Justin's kind of pulling up the rear. Um, so big final round here. We got.
00:19:02
Speaker
probably one to three they're kind of battling it out and then myself to see who gets four and five and two and three in the U.S. although we could still finish we're still close yeah Oliver's only 30 points away from me
00:19:18
Speaker
Oh, no, that's I'm sorry. That's right. That's where am I? There we are. Brit, Brit for seven. I'm guessing that's 18 points. Sorry, I was looking at the global. Not that sort of name Britney. Although, who knows? Maybe. Or it could be somebody named like Britney. Yeah, could be. No, Peter Evans. That sucks. Nevermind. You're lame. Also, I wanted to bring this up in the last slide. But George, I know you're listening. So get on this.
00:19:48
Speaker
World Cup 2020 to potential fantasy games. Let's see if we can suss out something because that would be kind of cool. Can I pick 15k Zachary's and just be done? Yeah.
00:20:07
Speaker
TRM. Yeah, that'd be a good one. That'd be great. Yeah. But yeah, George, get on that, buddy. We know, we trust in you. Although, and even if they use, like, the Women's Six Nations engine, like, share that. Like, why couldn't they do something like that? That was a great fucking thing they had there. Yeah, I'm into that. Totally. Totally, totally. So, you already have the, you know, the, like I said, the engine.
00:20:35
Speaker
You don't end up with new the rosters and let's fucking rock. Right. All right. We have ourselves some start sit time for big one that that it is the, uh,
00:20:49
Speaker
It's the final weekend of super rugby. It's the finals for some of you that are in FRD. Uh, I think I lead off. Yes, I do. Um, all right. Crusaders and red. So, uh, I'm not going to go into super detail on some of these because at this point you better fricking know the guys you can lean on the guys. You can't, um, Fergus Burke is actually, I'm okay with this week, um, per prove last week he can do it. So, um, might not score the same, but I'll give him, I'll give him a nod. Um,
00:21:17
Speaker
Yeah, the whole back lines on in play and so is the back row Barrett and white lock actually Barrett and white lock are huge this week because this is the team that gives up the most to locks. And I can tell you that because I used one of the one of the
00:21:34
Speaker
blanks, blues locks in one of the semi-finals that worked. So yeah, there's that. Yeah. So on the other side for the Reds, Sir Uru has gone to the second row as a loose forward. That's awful. So that's a no. No. Oh, by the way, Brinhall still a no as well. Stay away. If you're that desperate, then quit.
00:21:59
Speaker
McRighton Wilson in the back row. I don't like Angus Scott Young. Tate, OK. Lawson Creighton.
00:22:05
Speaker
Scares me a little bit. Degenue's been awful and I don't see how he turns it around. I have him and I'm sitting him. Petai at 13, okay, Vunivalo, not awesome. Jock Campbell's a good to go. Hamish too, it's kind of a toss up. So there's that for them. Yeah, that's all I got for that one. All right, on to Drew versus Chiefs. So the Chiefs lineup is not yet out. I'm still checking.
00:22:32
Speaker
But that doesn't really matter because you're going to start all of them because they can all go off. You know, Peter Gus was good. Yes. Jacobson could crush it. Whoever is going to be playing seven will go for some scoots.
00:22:48
Speaker
especially this week when you're laying it all out there. If you need someone and there's a chief who's starting, who's available, yeah, you're going to be OK. On the Drua side, Tammany and Negusa and the forwards, you're kind of hoping and praying there. But chiefs do are vulnerable defensively. We've seen it at times. They can go to sleep for months, it seems like, defensively. So you're kind of hoping and praying here. It's less of a.
00:23:16
Speaker
a confident start, but, you know, you're hoping that it breaks that way. Um, at the same time, Lomani, Teddy, Tela, Habosti and Voda. I mean, you don't need to tell me those guys. If you have them on your team, you know that they're, you know, their value. So you're not, you're not going to not start them. So.
00:23:31
Speaker
And you know if you have any of the other guys, they're not terribly happy if you have to play them. I agree. That's why those are my go-tos this week. Yeah, absolutely. All right. Moana Pacifica and Brumbies. There's no Moana lineup yet, unless that magically happens in the next 10 seconds. We'll get to them in a second. For the Brumbies, they do have a lineup out.
00:23:55
Speaker
The front row, the Moana Pacifica are awful against front row, so this is going to be a huge game if you have the Brumby's front row in a final, but boom. The Moana's team is out, by the way. Is it now? It's been out for two hours. Has it been? Well, fucking hell. It's on their Twitters. I obviously did not look hard, nothing. Anyway, we'll keep covering the Brumby's and I'll get to that.
00:24:15
Speaker
Yep. Um, Hooper as a, I believe he's locked as he's a lock, right? Tom Hooper. Yes. For the Rumbies. Okay. So he's okay. You know, he's playing six. That's fine. Um, Brown and Samu are both okay. White. Yes. But I'm kind of squinting on that one. Uh, little CO. Yup. Mirror head. I'm going against him on terrified. The toms are good and Simone and you can tell are both very, very good plays. Yeah. This is a good opportunity for.
00:24:40
Speaker
Yeah. Anybody that's got those guys have freaking fun. Like I said, the only one I'm kind of scratching my head on is, um, this is Nick white. Yeah. That's that's tough one. Yep. It is. Um, okay. So let's see. We have Pacific line up out.
00:25:01
Speaker
Funaki's actually kind of shoved it back in my face after I said no to him, so give him a go. I'm like, your final should be okay. I don't think he's going to be great. Time by time, and now I absolutely lights out, give him a whirl. And I think Amu is probably the only other one that I'm like jumping up and down about in that lineup after that.
00:25:18
Speaker
A lot of other stowers if you, you know, that's another. Yeah. But there's so many loose forwards out there. That's the only thing. Like, even if there are players stuck on other rosters, there's still a good number of loose forwards that you can lean on over him. And it's not to say that he's bad. I think there's just others that'll score better. That's all.
00:25:39
Speaker
And then off to, uh, what do I have? Taz blues. Okay. So Taz had to have their one about blues do not. Um, so yeah, Cooper and gamble are starting for the Taz. And I realized the blues are still one of the top fantasy defenses, but they've got some injuries now. And, um, I'm not sure. I still like those two anyway. Right. You still liked them anyway. Cause they're going to score. So, um, and I'm like, I'm not sure how much.
00:26:08
Speaker
I didn't look at the standings exactly, but I think the Blues, they don't have anything to play for at this moment, so they might just kind of ease up, which will really help these guys. So Jake Gordon at nine is a go. Peach, Newsome, and Nowak at Nwasi all could score huge. Again, assuming Blues kind of ratcheted down for a weekend. So the Blues don't have the lineup out, but
00:26:34
Speaker
And the ties are also quite the quality defense so it's really dependent on what they put out there. I can't really hazard a guess although you got to figure either what of popular your city to will play.
00:26:47
Speaker
So, and I'm one of them to play. Right. And he wanted them to play. I don't care which one. And, uh, yeah, whoever they have in the back line will still be fucking talented and they'll still run. So you're not going to worry. It just could be, this isn't a possibly an opportunity to jump on that waiver wire when the lineups come out.
00:27:05
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. I agree. What was that guy? Neekins? We could see him. He's actually very talented. He just hasn't done a whole lot of playing time. This could be a weekend for him. Yeah, this could be a weekend for him. So just keep that guy in your sights. Force Hurricanes. Neither team have lineups out. Yay. The Bolts have a lot to actually go for because the Force did get their job done.
00:27:30
Speaker
on Tuesday, which actually put them still in a decent spot. So we'll see, we'll see. Yeah. They're three points shy of the highlanders. So they're going to have to go for it. And so the, so the hound and so the highlanders, so that'll, that's Ben's match. We'll get to it. The hurricanes will be going for it too. They want a home semi-final and they have to win and hope to get help as well. I'm not sure they're going to get it, but you know, gotta, gotta do the job just the same. Um, so hurricanes, again, they're not in, but at the same time, we know the names, um,
00:28:00
Speaker
Most of their back row is good. Princeups probably the only one that I'm scared of if he's, if he's in, um, wouldn't play him if I could help it. Uh, but most of the back row that ends up playing for that team is good to go. Like TK Howden. Um, I had like Gibson last week. He was okay. Um, obviously already, duh, I don't need to tell you artists of it. Uh, creepy is actually the other one that I've kind of met on, but, um, other than that TJ, yes. Um,
00:28:27
Speaker
If Jordy's in the lineup, then anybody that plays 10 is kind of off limits because he's obviously kicking. If he's not, then feel free. Give it a shot.
00:28:38
Speaker
And whoever's at center is actually probably okay. If it's Sullivan, if it's Umarah Jensen, if it's Proctor, they're actually probably okay. So I give them a go. And that back three, I don't care who it is, honestly, give them a whirl, with the exception of if it's Love or Morgan at fullback, but I don't like either one of them there in terms of their point scoring.
00:28:57
Speaker
Love the most players, not points scoring, but like Morby, Houston, Bus, Ryasi. Yeah, I can keep going. There's a lot back there. So give them a go. For the force, oh, man, there is so much to like but dislike about this. Prior would usually be a reliable 9. Is he playing? Even if he's playing, he's going to have TJ on his fucking case probably. So that's the other thing. Like, I am not into that.
00:29:27
Speaker
Um, front row should actually probably be an okay play. Um, Kotaka, if he's in, is not bad. Not terrible. Mata LA. Yes. Mm hmm. Yeah. Those are the reliable names, really. After that, it's... Although, didn't he play on Tuesday?
00:29:44
Speaker
you might know that doesn't that's the I've seen guys play both days. So that's true. Yeah, but really that like their 10 situation. Nope. Yeah, no, I don't like any of it. I don't like any of it. I really don't.
00:30:01
Speaker
No, yeah, a whole lot of no, like Fergus Lee Warner, nope, Tim Ansey, I would have said a long time ago, probably yes, but nope. This new kid, Pew, doesn't look bad, but again, points aren't there for him. So yeah, there's not a lot of stuff that I would lean on if I were for the forest. So if you're leaning on somebody, man, you better freaking hope and pray.
00:30:22
Speaker
Oh, I know. Unless it was one of those names, I said that's good. So last match for the bottom of the Kiwis versus the bottom of the Aussies. Which one will be better? Yeah. Rebels Highlanders. I'm assuming the Rebels lineup is out. I can't confirm it on the Twitter, but it's on the Super Rugby page, so I'm going based on that. This is too.
00:30:48
Speaker
Crylanders is on Twitters, but it's not on the Super Rugby page. So I'm going based on the Twitters. Yeah, they're backwards. For the Rebels, they're still struggling to put it together, but these are guys who, you know, if you have to at this point, just a
00:31:10
Speaker
Shot in the dark on Tuttle. We talked about him earlier in the regular pod, but he's an option this week, potentially. And you kind of just hope he comes up. It's like the Nick White thing.
00:31:23
Speaker
Tumua could score well if they get a lot of scoring opportunities, which the highlighters do give up. So that's a possibility. Kellaway and Hodge, you got to kind of roll with at this point because Hodge went out early last week, but he's been fucking firing up points too. On the other side for the highlighters,
00:31:50
Speaker
who I don't like any of them, points wise. Points wise, I don't like him. Like, uh, huge, maybe the other market Johnson. Yep. Yeah. And then, but I don't, I'm just, I'm not seeing it. I don't, you know, Marty banks attend seems like a big, that there's a red flag waving right there. And I'm sure he'll do fine. And, uh, he'll, you know, he might be something worth starting too. Cause he's available if you really need one. Um,
00:32:21
Speaker
fine but uh it's not a good team and they they're they're not they're throwing not throwing their best lineup out i don't think so who knows yeah we'll see um seven and eight have been playing all right michelia too and harmon but yeah that's it for me right yeah i'm in agreement with you for most of that as well agreed agreed
00:32:45
Speaker
Right. Rebels are playing a pretty actually pretty strong backline, from my opinion, although, you know, absent their wings, but that's still not a bad fucking backline. No, no, although a guy who's been but has had moments. He has. Yeah. Ripley last week was pretty much the only moment he had. All right. Of the weeks.
00:33:08
Speaker
So my start of the week, guys playing really, really well. He's seeking another Wallabies jersey this year, and he's got a very, very nice matchup. He's back with his old, his usual center pairing partner, and I think he's going to just light it up this week. Thirteen's one of our favorite positions, and he's one of my favorite thirteens in the league. So my start of the week is Brumbies and Wallabies outside center, Lin Ikitao.
00:33:34
Speaker
Yeah, he's been quality. Tasty matchup. Tasty matchup. Speaking of tasty matchups, being a 10 against the Fijia Drua has been tasty. So the lineup's not out, but I'm assuming it's going to be Bryn Gatlin for the Chiefs. And so he's my start of the week.
00:33:58
Speaker
That's a good one. Look at you picking Bryn Gatlin at the start of the week. I like Bryn Gatlin. He's still a little inconsistent, but so is his dad. Yep. Comes by naturally. Yeah. But like when he's good, he's good. Yeah. Agreed. All right. See you in the week.
00:34:16
Speaker
So for me, despite whatever the his opposition might put out, I'm not in love with this guy playing where he is, especially since he's got a teammate that's got to take away one of the most valuable things about his position, which is kicking points. Don't mind as a player, but as far as the fantasy aspect goes, it's going to be a rough day for him, especially against one of the strongest teams in super rugby, FRD. So my say of the week is war ties out half. That's now playing fullback Ben Donaldson.
00:34:46
Speaker
Yeah. There's some, some feelings about Ben Donaldson going around. Um, anyway, uh, my, my set of the week, you mentioned it earlier, um, almost stole my thunder and I'm glad you didn't. And I said of the week is also unnamed, but in this time I'm not even going to try to name him. It'll just be what it is when we release our, our starts and sets, but, uh, the forest fly half.
00:35:13
Speaker
Oh, yeah. Because might be strong, might be McIntyre, might be Passitola. Right. It's not going to be good either way. It's not. No, because they're they're coming off of, you know, again, that's a quick turn. That's a lot harder. And yeah, it's the hurricanes. They're not going to get the hurricanes are going to make them pay. Yeah, I'm hoping for a thumping this week. I think you'll get it.
00:35:43
Speaker
All right. Yeah. Pick them. I think I just did.
00:35:52
Speaker
Yeah, the Champions Cup final, Leinster LaRochelle. Leinster. I'm taking the buzzsaw, Leinster. Yeah. If LaRochelle outsets them, good for them, and I will cheer the loudest. I promise. I would just cheer for them, certainly. Yeah. Because I like seeing, you know, an underdog take it. But at the same time, I'm going to appreciate the fuck out of Leinster.
00:36:13
Speaker
Yeah. They're the way they play. Can we get lens diverse Crusaders? They'll be fine. Please. Please. Yep. Let's go do it. We'll probably get on it there too. Bunch of fuckers. Yeah. All right. Down to super repeat. Last final weekend, Crusaders and Reds. They're in Christchurch, so I'm not doubting that. And the lineup's still solid, so. Yeah, it's Crusaders. Crusaders. Yeah.
00:36:37
Speaker
Drew in Chiefs. I think this is in Fiji too. Yes, it is. But I'm still taking the Chiefs. So am I. Moana Pacifica at home at Mount Smart Stadium against the Brumbies who are going to be real butthurt after last week. Yeah, it's the Brumbies. Taz Blues. I don't care what lineup the Blues put out. I still think they're going to win. I'm going with Taz. Okay.
00:37:03
Speaker
They need it more. They probably do. But I just. That's that's all I'm going by. And I need it. I need and I need to pick up games. So yeah, you still got a few games to catch up for hurricanes. Yeah.
00:37:19
Speaker
Rebels, Highlanders. Rebels. Yeah, I would have taken the Highlanders if Marty Backs wasn't playing fucking 10. What the hell is wrong with you guys? God, freaking... Tony, what are you doing down there, man? The Rebels are not that bad. I'm trying to... I don't know why I can't make that a reality, but... I'm picking Ryan Martin. That's the end. Ryan Martin. I'm taking him. That's the end. He knew where to put Kyle.
00:37:51
Speaker
All right, cool. Good to be back on the fantasy track. Indeed. All the good stuff.
00:38:00
Speaker
And we're gonna have a very short fancy pod coming up here because next week's gonna be only prem. Right. And only prem from here out too. And so yeah, when we get to semi files and files, what we'll do instead of doing start set is we'll probably just do like ranks of the positions for each for each, you know,
00:38:20
Speaker
based on teams and whatever. If you haven't been listening to us long enough, we actually, that's usually what we do actually as well. When we get to semi-finals and finals for the prep for TRM, we will do that. And then, because even FRD, like it's done in regular season. So, you know, we don't need to do, we don't need to worry about that then there either. But we will do that. We will do the start sheet for tomorrow. But other than that,
00:38:47
Speaker
Tweet a banner if you have questions, ask tea fry, all that good shit. Always. Enjoy the match, enjoy the final. I know I'm going to, I'm probably gonna watch both. It should be a blast either way for folks this weekend. The end of Super Rugby is always fun as well, so enjoy everybody. Have yourself a good weekend, have a good one everybody. Later.