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Season 5- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Super Rugby Round 15)
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It's the second to last Fantasy Corner of the season, sad face. On this episode of FC we are looking back our Semi-Finals in FRD Super for the Champi-Yanks League D1 & D2. We also have a look at who is in line for titles and promotions for next season. Then we do our last Start or Sit for the benefit of those that are in finals, so we hope you are ready with your notepads one more time with something cold to drink. Join us for a bit more fantasy fun!
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Transcript
Introduction & Host Banter
00:00:05
Speaker
My name is Jared Dyke. I wanted to say it's stupid and let's move on, but can we get going? I'm Ben Glaser. I don't like anybody's name again. Delusion!
Rugby Talk: Focus on Saracens
00:00:27
Speaker
Hey everybody. Welcome back. It is the fancy rugby yanks. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. It's fancy corner time. Only one of these bastards left. Um, away we go. And we're going to talk about Saracens again, right? Cause that was awesome. Cause that was awesome the first time, right? Surely we didn't lose a losing listeners after that one. Uh, um, anywho.
Champions League & Super Rugby Discussion
00:00:50
Speaker
Um, yeah, we're talking obviously champions league and super rugby and all that good stuff. Um, division one, we have our finalists and our SACO, SACO finalists. So it's going to be in division one, it's going to be. Cobas. Congratulations. Cobas. And then Justin. And then, um, you were able to shoe away, um,
00:01:19
Speaker
Oh, no, wait. Sorry. I'm looking at the wrong one. Wrong league. Sorry. I have the chance. That's the. Yeah, absolutely. Right. That's right. I was like, wait a minute. I'm in the pit. I'm in the because I'm playing. No, because I lost. I yeah, I lost to Cobas. Fucking D1. Fucking a that's right. I call bullshit. Yes, you did. But he's I think he's in the he's you must.
00:01:44
Speaker
Yeah. No, you're you, you beat him by enough in the first week. So you're okay. Oh shit. Holy shit. He's in the sack. Oh, so nice. Yeah. What the fuck happened to correct.
Division Finals & Player Highlights
00:01:54
Speaker
Um, it is Justin and Mark in the, in the D one final. My apologies. Um, yeah, you, yeah, you beat was by enough in that, in that second matchup too. I overcame. Okay. No, I lost to, I lost to him by like, I thought I lost to him by 40. I guess I did. Then I beat him by 40.
00:02:12
Speaker
Yeah. You beat them by 43 and you, and you want, what'd you lose to him by the first time? I lost him by 39 actually. Okay. Just enough. We'll get you squeaked out. Yeah. And that's points too, right? Yeah. There's points. That's points for standings. Okay. Hell yeah. Points in the standings. So that'll give,
00:02:40
Speaker
So for our semi-finalists that lost out, uh, George and Duncan, George and Duncan will both pick up three. I will pick up two and then we'll pick up one. And now you know out there what it's like to listen to someone avoid the SACO live and just come to that realization live. In division two, our finalists, hold on our
00:03:12
Speaker
Uh, player X and Franco are our division two finalist. Um, so he is in the SACO. Unfortunately, not her, not her best, not her best. Yeah. She has super rugby is not an easy competition. Um, she lost out to, um, Oh, she lost out to Luke and Ian beat, and she's playing right wing on the SACO, Ian beat, whatever that is.
00:03:41
Speaker
So no points for Ian, um, unfortunately, but Luke does get points. Who can pick up points, uh, Stewart who also lost in the semi-final, the championship semi-final as well as Alex. I think that gives Stewart enough. Um, yeah, my math sucks, but, uh, I'm pretty sure that's going to give Stewart enough to.
00:04:03
Speaker
When division two, so, um, I will pull together the stats and the results that got him there next week. And we can round that and we can welcome him to division one. Excellent. Well done. Yeah. Well done. It was under her or him, both, whatever. It doesn't matter. No. Um, then why? Yeah. I lost out in the.
00:04:29
Speaker
Pink Slips League. I got my butt kicked twice. So I was like, yep, there we go. Atlee named finally comes through. Right. And, um, but did I, I think I, did I win out of this one too?
00:04:43
Speaker
Uh, I think I thought I won. I think I won both legs because I didn't get to make it work. Yeah. Beat mark. So I avoided the second. So I went from one win in the regular season to avoiding the SACO. Yeah. By smooshing Mark a couple of times. I'm very, I'm very pleased about that. That was satisfying, especially being able to make the trade for Damien McKenzie and then earning 17 points from him. Um,
Fantasy Football Format & Trades
00:05:10
Speaker
although, although.
00:05:12
Speaker
I did trade Luke Jacobson to Mark and he cut Luke Jacobson and his like 32 points would have been helpful. Would have been helpful. Yeah. So, um, oops.
00:05:27
Speaker
Whoops. But at the same time, I would like, even when Mark was like, you know, Mackenzie's probably going to have a, uh, all blacks rest. And I'm like, I don't care. I needed to make a true. Right. And it felt really good. It was nice. It was everything. It was everything I wanted it to be. I want to do that more next year. Yeah. Right. Try that again next time, buddy. And I also, I really want to, I want to bring this to fantasy football. I want to see this in a fantasy football environment.
00:05:54
Speaker
Yeah, anybody that this would be a fucking game changer in fantasy football, because that's like, that's still how there's so much more to it. There's so many more players, but like, yeah. Yeah, anybody that has interest in bringing that brings us to the hand egg. Right. And we can we can we can make this happen.
00:06:12
Speaker
I love, I love this concept. Yes. Yes. We will call it Justin. I don't care. This is right. This is coming from someone who won one match during the year. And then again, two in the, in the, in the semis, but like, it sucks to trade, but it's still fun. Cause I'm still like, maybe this week I'll, I'll get lucky. Cause every so often you have like a good week and they usually do it against like someone who has a great week.
00:06:37
Speaker
Um, and it's annoying, but like, it's still fun and it's like, all right, who am I going to get? And sometimes I actually make out kind of in the deal and yeah. So there are some, there are some bombers in, in, in the, in the league. Absolute. Like, I can't believe you're making that trade off. Yeah. Yeah. This is some brutal ones. So just some, ooh. Yeah. And I like the rules. Like this isn't something where you could be like.
00:07:07
Speaker
Yeah. I'm going to, you know, take my scrub running back for, um, for like Patrick Holmes. Cause you can't do that. It's like a, that's, you know, at a position where it's one, one player, it's just one for one. So it's like totally makes sense. Right. And. Oh, that would be, yeah. I mean, I want to do it. I like the ideas.
00:07:26
Speaker
Okay. Could you imagine if we could do that in your league with your friends? Oh, they would be, there would be, there would be fist fights. Yeah. They'd be so pissed. Like they would not be able to handle the emotions. No way. No way.
Fantasy Rugby Picks: Blues vs. Highlanders
00:07:40
Speaker
All right. Uh, last little bit of start set. Ah, yes. Final business. I think I go first. Uh, do you have blues? Uh,
00:07:52
Speaker
Do I have blue? That's a good question. Oh, there they are. Blue calendars. Yes, I do. Look at that. And I have the lineups are out so I can actually tell you. You can tell that. Yeah. You know who I would want.
00:08:04
Speaker
For the Blues, Tui Palato at lock. The loose forwards in order of Apolei, Robinson, and Segner, but all of them, I wouldn't mind starting this week. Robinson and Segner are more like kind of hope they hit, you're rolling the dice there, but they have a high probability, especially against this team.
00:08:25
Speaker
And then the back line, basically everyone has kept Zorn who's a bubble player, but. Right. Well, and this is your final, like, right. Do you really, do you want that? Right. So, yeah. Right. The only players I would like from the Highlanders are Renton, Harmon, Smith, Gilbert, and Nurekki. Yep. Like Burns, Gregory, and Hunt. Just I'm again, it's a final. No, I'm not there. No, I like Burns. I like him a lot, but no.
00:08:55
Speaker
Right. Brumby's and Rebel's blabs are out here as well. So let's have a looky-loo at the host first. I'm okay with the Brumby's front row if you need to. Like I said, their last five hasn't been awesome, but, and even last week they were kind of poo, but Rebels aren't necessarily that great against front row. So five.
00:09:22
Speaker
All right. That might, I might eat my words later, but, um, for now I'm okay. Cause I, I like Mac and Ernie. So we'll get, we can look at that. Um, otherwise Tom Hooper's a lock. So that's maybe kind of a wild card right there. Um, Valentini. Yes. They're proceeding. If you are stuck on fly half, that's fine. Yeah. Yeah. That's true. Tool and right. Yes. For sure. Uh,
00:09:52
Speaker
Maybe icky and maybe mere head. I don't love either one of those sats for the night. Yeah, no, no. Yeah, I agreed. I agreed on all four of the rebels. Let's have a look. Hardwick. Yes. Don't love Lawrence. Gordon is a yes. You want is a yes. You stay at 12 is weird. So no. Hodge is probably okay. Just because he kicks and lucky Anderson and Keller. We're both okay as well. Front row should be a,
00:10:21
Speaker
rock and roll, give Intellica and ULSX are all really good ball carriers. So let me give that a thumbs up as well. Sorry, I had a nasal issue. You didn't need me blowing my nose in your ear. Probably not. Drua hosting the Reds. These kind of mediocre attacks. Not last week, notwithstanding for Drua, but again, they're not playing Moana.
00:10:51
Speaker
The Drew have been solid defensively, again, not last week notwithstanding, that was always going to be a punch out. And the Reds are kind of meh. So yeah, it's hard to know what to expect. Well, hard to not know what to expect.
00:11:08
Speaker
they're pretty straightforward. It's like, you know, Tammany, Lomani, Ravovo, Massey, Rakuro, Ravudamata. Joe Assisi is a maybe. He's been actually pretty good lately. Mira Mira is showing flashes of what he was last year, which was a fucking fantasy stud. And Kanaka Veda,
00:11:31
Speaker
is, is doing okay. So like, these are guys who, you know, again, it's a final, but I would almost roll the, I would roll the dice on them. They're, they're, they're like bubble plus players like on the good side. Um, not like we're talking about with his arm.
00:11:44
Speaker
Um, right. Well, just about a little negative. This is more like, yeah, if you, okay. If you're, if I'm going up against you through these guys, I'm like, okay, they're, first off, they're, they're knowledgeable because at this point, the waiver wire is, is so thin because nobody can drop anybody and everybody's got like, you know, all the players are gone for the most part. So, you know, but if I see someone that's got like, you know, they, they were struggling, but they got a mirror mirror on their team. It's like, okay. They're, they're giving it, they're giving it a go.
00:12:11
Speaker
So, yeah, good for them. They're for the Reds. Well, they're loose forward duo now. McRite and Wilson should still score really well. Absolutely. As this, you know, whoever else they're going to replace Wright with, they'll do fine. It might be Uru. He's been pretty crap. Uru has been better when I moved him away from Locke. So... Oh, he started to ache away from shit.
00:12:37
Speaker
He started 80 the other week and he was shit. Oh, he scored against the Chiefs. Yeah. But besides that, I haven't seen anything. So that's to me, that's something to me. That's something I guess. Either way. Oh, yeah, he's not. Look, put it this way. If you're starting him, I'm like Godspeed.
00:12:57
Speaker
I'm not saying start him. He's certainly the lesser of those four. But it's one of those, just for this once, just against Drew, it could do okay. He should score okay. Try to find some better. Drew or Strong versus Flyhalf, so maybe look elsewhere.
00:13:21
Speaker
Yeah, because also the fly-haves aren't really scoring all that great as it is. The midfielders and the outside backs are kind of lineup dependent, but like, you know, if you've got Grilly or Jock on your team, you're probably in a sack. If you're not in a sack, oh, I don't know how you made it to a final. Yeah, I want to know what else you had in the locker. Right. I mean, even like Dalgoun who could, because he'd been poop, but he could still score, so it's one of those... If he's playing. True, true, true.
00:13:50
Speaker
Okay. That brings us to my guys, hurricanes and crusaders. This is scary. So you're going to play your hurricanes that you know, like, you know, like front row is a yes. Um, back row, you're looking at Artie and right. And you'll say, and that's probably it. The rest is borderline. Um,
00:14:20
Speaker
I think the only other maybe is Dewey. That's it. Yeah. That's saying something. If you're suggesting Dewey, I'm going to say. Yeah, we're just like 10, which is great. But because it's the Crusaders, I'm looking for guys that are shooting above that right now because you're probably going to end up with 10.
00:14:39
Speaker
Right. There's the multiplier, which in this case is a fraction multiplier. Yeah, not good. Not a possible multiplier. So with that, stay away from the fly-haves. Maybe Brett Cameron if he's in, but man, that's bad news bears if you need him.
00:15:01
Speaker
Jordy and Billy. Yes. Bill and Sullivan, probably. Okay. If he gets, if he gets the start, uh, and then the back three players where I see, uh, Nahalo awesome. Uh, and then obviously the, in the app actually are obviously good to roll regard and boot regard, especially, um,
00:15:22
Speaker
Yeah, even Morgan scored okay in his last five. That's probably the one fly half that I actually might throw back in there. Yeah. That's, that's, that's break glass in case of emergency and then break another last pain in case of a real emergency. Right. Or that's like, yeah, it's like, okay, you've tried to break glass in case of emergency. There's still an emergency break this glass. Exactly. Yeah.
00:15:48
Speaker
Absolutely. All right. Uh, and then let's go over to the crusaders. No, obviously the, obviously the hurricanes are not as tough defensively, but there's still things that you need to consider otherwise. Um, but, but, but for the moment, uh, white lock is good to go. This will be his last regular season game in super rubbies moving to France after this. Um,
00:16:13
Speaker
Well, Jordan, obviously, yes. Um, Machimo, yes. Fynganuku, yes. Uh, Haveli's been great. So he's a yes. Fergus Burke's probably one of those, I would take Fergus Burke over any hurricanes fly out. So there's that. That's probably him. That's him. Probably him playing a fullback too. Um, as loud as a go and Mako Springer's a go and
00:16:36
Speaker
No, Hotham's in. I know Rugard and Booth in tandem have been dicks to Scrum apps, but Hotham is clearly a different type of player compared to the other guys that
Moana Pacifica vs. Waratahs Analysis
00:16:46
Speaker
they have. So he's probably a thumbs up if you're, especially if you're in a pinch.
00:16:53
Speaker
Okay. Off to Taz versus Moana Pacifica. Terrible attacks. Taz are better defensively. That goes without saying because Moana been the worst defense in the league. Fantasy wise, both. And probably reality wise. So Moana's on the road with nothing to play for.
00:17:18
Speaker
though they do want to I'm sure that they want to win so But at the same time if these things here are going poorly for them They could just and poopily
00:17:30
Speaker
So really don't hesitate to start TOS, which is kind of scary. The front row is a go. Langley Gleason, yes. And some of the other loose forwards possibly as well, just because again, they might have opportunities. And from Gordon on out, like that entire back line, I would not hesitate to start if, you know, again, some of them are break glass in case of emergency, but it's like, look, it's a final. If you have an open spot,
00:18:00
Speaker
go for any of them and don't think twice about it over some other options, many other options, just because of the opponent. From the Moana side, Failagi and Mayu could do okay. I'm guessing they'll play because I don't think either played last week. I don't think either of them are banged up. Failagi's played a lot, so I think maybe he's getting some rest.
00:18:23
Speaker
Either Flyhalf is actually acceptable. McClutchie or Lea Leofano have been scoring, because they've been scoring and there's been point, you know, goes at goal. So giving them a go too. The midfielders and outside backs, yes. They still like, whether or not they have a chance to win, they're still going to put on a show with those guys. So, and ties are not like any, any great shakes defensively. They're just not among the worst, like Moana. Right.
00:18:53
Speaker
Womp womp. Unfortunate. Yeah. Not my forte. Okay. It's this match where it's going to be. This is going to be tough sledding for a few of us out here. Do you remember Game of Thrones? Yeah. There was a show when Rob Stark was fighting against
00:19:20
Speaker
the Lannisters and he sent like a force of 2,000 out to just go die while his like main army attacked like a much weaker position of the Lannisters and like basically won him the war. Those 2,000 guys had names and I think it's going to be similar to what the chiefs are sending out in Western Australia. Have fun boys, go get them.
00:19:49
Speaker
Yeah. They're not playing for anything. And they're out in Western Australia too. Like that is a, that's a bitch of a trip. If you can save some of your players for that shit. Absolutely. Like Mackenzie is on Alblox rest this week. You can fucking guarantee it. Yeah. Who's like, who's going to be playing? It'll be very interesting. Yeah, absolutely. All right. So sorry. I just need to get that out. Like that's, that makes it, I'm interested in see how you, how you square this. Yeah.
00:20:17
Speaker
So with that for the, so we'll start with, um, start with the force over the host. I'm going to give a definitive bunch of names and then man, the rest is kind of open here. Um, not to LA. Yes. Hulu. If he's healthy. Yes. Kimberly. Same. Mm-hmm.
00:20:38
Speaker
Uh, I guess he's broke. Spink is a definitive. Yes. Oh, absolutely. He's got, yeah. And Tizano's been pretty good. So I'm going to say him. And then the two locks have been fairly solid, um, Williams and Calipus. So I'm going to give them both thumbs ups as well. Yeah. So that is.
00:20:58
Speaker
I started Williams in both semi-finals, in both leagues and won both. So, well, that's the SACO semi-finals, but still. I think I had Chalapoon won. Right. And they scored very, both scored really well. So don't hesitate at all. So with that chiefs, let's see, who's going to be alive? Who's going to be alive, first of all? Right. Who's going to have a pulse? Right. Joshua, he's probably going to start, so I'll give him a go. Probably.
00:21:29
Speaker
Ratama. Yes. Yeah. He's playing. Yep. If you're hot up for a lock, our Corey might be a good option. Give that a go.
Chiefs vs. Force Predictions
00:21:38
Speaker
I think we'll see po hippie again. Cause I don't think they want, I think they want neck ability. I'll be as their one, as their two centers. So probably see him. Um, Caleb Bossier might make an appearance again. If he, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised to Caleb in there. Yeah. Or, um, if Fina, if simply anything that was healthy, we might see him again as well. Um,
00:22:02
Speaker
And maybe Daniel Rona might, we might see as well. Right. Exactly. And then you might see, um, Oh shit. Who's that wing? Who, Alan mallow. Yep. Maybe for this one. And, and he hasn't, if he's healthy, I'm not sure he's played one match this year, I think. And he came from off the bench and he's been disappeared. So unless he's hurt, this is, I think the match.
00:22:23
Speaker
So there's two halfbacks, not named Cortez Rautama, that you want to keep your eyes peeled for when it comes to lineups. Xavier Rowe and Torengi. Yes. Torengi is five. One of those guys could end up in there. I'm guessing Torengi starts this one because he's good, too. They're not as good as Weber and Rautama have been.
00:22:46
Speaker
Tarangi's been very, like when he's gotten the opportunity, he's just slotted right in. So I think, I think this is one of, he's going to be one of the guys they send out there with, again, with a chance to win. But like, you know, yeah, you guys all like, that's not going to be much of a mix. You guys go get them. It's going to be tough, old, slow. Yeah. Yeah. All right.
00:23:12
Speaker
Cool. All right. So, OT doves. OT doves. I don't know because they haven't named the lineup and there's a couple different possibilities for this, but the matchup is sweet. Whoever's playing fly half for Waratas, give them a go. Yeah, might be head med. He's healthy again. I give him a go. Yeah. He's actually scored really well when he's played. Yes, yes. So, yeah.
00:23:41
Speaker
Uh, this guy's already in his lineup and he's got a mouthwatering matchup and his team kind of want it because they're playing for position and form semi and all that shit. And the guy's been lights out all year. Uh, I'm picking Tom Wright as my star of the week this week. That's a good one. Yep.
00:23:58
Speaker
Sit of the week. The lift lineup is already out as well. And I think I mentioned him already. But just in case you're tempted anyway, because oh, he's a 15 mil. No, stop it. Look who he's playing against. And yeah, Mitch Hunt. Oh, yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, sir. There'd be no doubt. Leave Hunt out. You silly dog.
00:24:25
Speaker
All right. And then my sit in this one pains me, but I hate the matchup and he's a brilliant player, but I think this is just going to be a nightmare for him. And my, so the week's going to be Josh Morby from the hurricanes. Yeah. Yeah. I will be happy if we hit the kids hat trick. Let me just state that right now. Well, yes, obviously this is, this isn't about, this is purely business.
00:24:54
Speaker
business, business, not personal business is good. Then this is our movement. Yep. Okay. So, okay. We, what are we doing here? Pick them. Okay. Oh, I thought, yeah. I wasn't sure what you were. No, I don't worry about it.
00:25:24
Speaker
Fair enough. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. No, I saw nothing. I don't know. I'm drunk. What do you want from me? Yeah. Blues and highlanders. Blues. Blues. Same. Brumby's Rebels. Brumby's. Brumby's. Yeah, they're playing for top four, so. Yeah. That's how we do it. Drew and Rhett in Fiji. Drew. Drew. Sorry, Brad Thorne. Hurricane to Crusaders. Crusaders.
00:25:53
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I don't like, I don't like where it's at, but we're, we're going to do it anyway. I want, I want the hurricanes to win. Yeah. And I think they're good enough to, I think they haven't shown it the last few weeks, unfortunately. Yeah. It's they, they, if they're going to write the ship, this would be a good fucking night. They need to, they need this win, but unfortunately I just don't know what it's going to happen. That's annoying. Uh, war ties, Moana. Sorry, Moana. Force and chiefs.
00:26:24
Speaker
force. I say I'm assuming that the Chiefs are signing the shag at the Western Australia. Yeah, I'm obviously thinking that as well. So yeah, yeah, I think it's gonna like and I still think the Chiefs could win but I think the force will. Yep. All right. That is that.
Closing Remarks & Final Wishes
00:26:43
Speaker
BSC rugby podcast at gmail.com for any questions. Also, you can use that to send us anything you want us to want to ask us for up 200 as well. Um, which we'll do a special next month. There's that, um,
00:26:58
Speaker
Tweet up NRI, sheet will come out tomorrow. We'll get that done. And can I speak to everyone in your final? Good luck. Good luck. If you're in the SACO, man, I don't want to know what your forefront is if you lose that. I would love to hear about your forefront if you have one, but yeah, don't want to be in that situation. I'm glad I'm not.
00:27:24
Speaker
but tattoo of Steve diamond's face on your bone. Oh, no, no, no, no pass. Uh, but until next week, um, we do appreciate you all for listening to us and letting us babble into your ear for a wee bit. Uh, enjoy the final regular season round of super rugby. Have a good one. I'll we'll talk to you soon later. Hey, you got