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Season 3- Episode 29- It Means A Lot 'Cause We're All Crying (Premiership Round 20 & Super Rugby TT Round 3)
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It's those lovable American rugby dopes talking about that leather oblong ball we adore. In this episode we talk about a couple of unfortunate retiring players due to injuries and the slight difference between the two situations. We of course dive into the action from down under including the not so funny business D-Mack was up to. We bring it north to discuss a couple refereeing styles that we saw this weekend and why neither is necessarily right, but one is more tolerable. Yes we dive into the Premier 15s Final between the Quins and Sarries, that Mum you never mess with and that interview we all were finding the tears about. All this, the whip around for all 3 leagues including MLR and more. Crack a couple frosty ones and tune in!
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Transcript
Introduction and Rugby Weekend Recap
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey, everybody. Welcome back. It is the fans here. It's my name's Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glaser. Let's turn it in. We've got quite a bit to turn through here because we decided to go ahead and make life difficult on ourselves and watch the final this weekend, too. But it was worth it. Yeah, it was worth it. It was worth it. It was totally worth it. So I'm not sad about it. No, that was an excellent match. Also, considering some of the Super Rugby matches this weekend, that's probably a good replacement.
00:00:34
Speaker
Yeah, I will honestly say I watched about a half of Super Rugby this weekend, and I didn't want to watch any more. I know what you watch too. If you listen to the pod, you know exactly which half, because then I looked up at the scores and I'm like,
00:00:52
Speaker
every one of them is like a 20 point talking like no, fuck this. I'm good. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, I had most of these on the back home with the exception of sure. Hurricanes and forts, which I watched on Friday while I was doing my lifting.
Beers, Podcasts, and Rugby Magazine
00:01:06
Speaker
Okay. Um, let's, let's just talk a little bit about these things called beers. I don't want to talk about beers. I want to drink about beers. That's also a good idea. beers are better enjoyed when consumed instead of talked about
00:01:23
Speaker
I found some of my old friends Zero Gravity up at the local store here. So for those of you who don't live in the Boston area or in general New England, the Freejacks here that's brewed by Baxter is quite enjoyable.
00:01:46
Speaker
We had a couple at the game this weekend. We've had some before, but always a pleasure. Yeah, that's a good one. It's hard to get, though, outside of the free Jax matches. Right. It's really a pain in the ass to get right now. Find us on your favorite podcast app. Download Rate Review. Let us know how you found us, all that good stuff. And a little bit of a...
00:02:11
Speaker
Yeah, and Ping who mentioned you if it was somebody else too. Especially with all the guys in Champion's League. Buy our friend George a coffee, fancy rugby geek. He's going to be vital to your run ins for those of you especially in sitting in semi-finals in both Super Rugby and Prem. We had those kick off this past weekend and also to those of you that are chasing some sort of trophy in the rugby league.
00:02:37
Speaker
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00:02:56
Speaker
I'm, uh, I'm all about as well. Um, loose heads is doing something really cool. Actually they're doing like, I think basically they'll put a name on one of their jerseys for you or something like that. Like put your name on it. I was like, okay, I'm down. So I'm probably going to chuck them a donation and get myself a Jersey. Yeah. They're really cool guys. But yes, get your, get your restart, uh, get your TRM upgrade. So you can both get ahead of the pack and support your, uh, restart rugby locals there.
Pride Month and Historical Awareness
00:03:25
Speaker
Black Lives Matter as always on this podcast. And of course this week is also, this month is also pride month. Happy pride month to all our friends that are celebrating. So much going on this month. Yeah. June is fucking crazy. Yeah. June's wild. But at least, at least it's June. Right. Pride month, which is also, as you said, awesome. Yes. I'm really proud now that they, that it's celebrated and that everybody's, you know, although,
00:03:54
Speaker
You'll love to see the corporations who were... I'm gay for a day. Shut the fuck up. Fuck off. No, you're not. But yeah, other than that, other than trying to co-opt the whole celebration of pride, it's just a fantastic month-long event. And I know how important it is to the community. So obviously there's support.
00:04:21
Speaker
We're also at Juneteenth, too, coming up. Yeah, we're going up here a couple weeks, which is obviously a major. It's not.
00:04:31
Speaker
widely known enough. There's not nearly enough awareness of it. And especially around the Tulsa, as they're called, race riots, which massacre, right? It was a massacre. And yet, you know, it's barely taught in schools. And when it was, it's like, oh, yeah, there were some fighting on both, you know, both sides were fighting bullshit. It's like, no, it's not really how that's on a fight.
00:04:56
Speaker
That was the first use of coordinated aerial bombing in human history. Of course, we did it too. Not in a war by civilians, by white people, on black people. What the fuck?
00:05:14
Speaker
Sound smart, right? Not.
Athlete Mental Health: Naomi Osaka
00:05:18
Speaker
But I also wanted to bring up in the spirit of Black Lives Matter and loose heads type stuff, Naomi Osaka pulling out of the French Open because of she was like, you know what, I can't.
00:05:30
Speaker
do this shit with the media anymore. It's not, you know, I mean, just tough man relationship. Like, yeah, especially in an individual sport like tennis or golf or anything like that boxing stuff like that, where it's just you and you're leaning on yourself that that is a game on itself going on between your ears. And sometimes it's in the media just makes it a more difficult game sometimes. So I don't blame her at all. You know, especially tennis being such a fucking
00:06:01
Speaker
white person's exclusive country. Yeah. Yeah. It's going to be that much harder. They're going to be that the media is going to be that much more critical of athletes of color in, in that kind of environment, just precisely because that's what their audience mostly wants to hear. Let's be honest. So yeah, that's,
00:06:31
Speaker
You know, good for Naomi for doing what she had to do for herself. And, you know, for her mental health and at the sport, but the sport values her participation and the, you know, the fame that attention it brings to the sport of tennis, which is kind of not that, you know, I don't know how widespread it is at this point.
00:06:57
Speaker
Yeah. If that's what they want to do, they want to kill, you know, any attention at them, then go ahead. But if they want to, you know, stay relevant, we're going to have to, they're going to have to fix their shit. Yeah. And get the media in line. Right. Right. Right. Right. So, uh, good on Naomi and you know, we support the, we support those people celebrating pride month. We celebrate with you, even though we are not, um, we have no idea what you go through. So yeah.
00:07:23
Speaker
at the same time. So we're working on
Rugby Champions League and Player Movements
00:07:25
Speaker
we're working on learning. But right. But just bear with us. But so so we appreciate you all. We are opening a second tier of Champions League, we have six still. So we need two more, two more, just two more Malcolm, Malcolm, phone call out there for our boy Malcolm, Malcolm.
00:07:42
Speaker
wherever the hell you are, you do these that you do these games so well. And we want you to get your butt into champions league. So if you're listening to this podcast, the first thing you should do afterwards is either message Ben or myself. And that's the end. Okay. Yeah, I bring a friend. If you've Yeah, if you've I don't I tend not to over solving.
00:08:06
Speaker
Anyway, it really is an enjoyable experience and this open invitation is an opportunity. Let's put it that way. Absolutely. It's a lot of fun. It's a great time. Okay.
00:08:22
Speaker
to the new cycle player movement. Not much in terms of guys going around, bass signing a pair of tight heads with Darcy Ray and Yannis Yunker going to the rec, but I believe a lot of players stay the same places. A lot of resignings, which is good. Like Charlie, I could change that contract. Yeah. Good for him. Right. I like him. But a couple of retireings.
00:08:49
Speaker
What's that? Stay away from Faz. Yeah, please. Duck and cover, kid. And Dan Bigger. We'll get to that later. Yeah, boy. Poor kid. But Ross Batty is hanging up because of injury. Yeah.
00:09:06
Speaker
Yeah, he's had a decent career. Honestly, he's not that old, but he's not that young either. Certainly not compared to Brophy clues who's hung him up because of his head injuries. And that is just a terrible, terrible bit of news. I came out of the exiles a couple weeks ago, right? We missed it. Sorry. But yeah, we didn't touch on it. But man, that's just, it's awful. And you know, I, I coached the high school kids. And I'm like, listen, this kid is not that much older than you guys. Right. He's done playing. So enjoy what you're doing right now. Because
00:09:35
Speaker
this could be your last and you never know. And you never want it to be, but you never know. Never, ever know. That's a shame. He had so much, like, it's definitely a different feeling and no disrespect to Ross Baddie because hell of a career. And it's just that it got shortened. Brophy Clues had a ridiculous ceiling of potential. And he was super young and that's,
00:10:04
Speaker
Yeah. I feel the same way for both of them. Um, but at the same time, I feel like Ross got a little bit more of an opportunity. So I'm a little less, less sympathetic because I think it was like, okay, yeah, it sucks. I mean, it's a neck injury. It just wasn't, wasn't healing and you don't fuck the same thing. Head, neck, don't fuck with it. Don't fuck with it, man. Not worth it. So yeah, it's unfortunate. I just, I feel like we were deprived of what Murphy clues could have been as much as he was deprived of showing us.
00:10:30
Speaker
So much so much. So go Rob there. Hopefully we'll see some something else coming out of there soon. Exiles one that I grabbed late. Dan prior the the the the dreadlocked Kiwi who used to play for the Sunwalls is coming to the States. He's gonna he is signed by he has been signed by the San Diego Legion. All right.
Rugby Match Outcomes and Implications
00:10:54
Speaker
Yeah, so they are they're they're loading up there. They're obviously gonna try and make a run loaded for gills.
00:11:00
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Right. It's the one match. I don't want to lose it from them. Absolutely. They already got talked by them. I'm sure they're not in any interest in whatsoever and getting talked by them again. So that's cool. Jack's made a signing today though. Signed a mystic guy. That's unfortunate. Yeah. I don't know a flanker. I can't, I can't remember his name. It looked familiar, but I don't know. I don't remember being terribly impressed, but neither do I terribly impressed by a lot of the mystic guys. That's just me. Same. Um,
00:11:30
Speaker
So the, in other news, uh, series and Harper has been called a draw from last week. Yeah. I don't, I mean, here's the thing. Does it matter? I don't think so. Right. But it just seemed like it's in terms of the consistency has been going. We've been doing with this whole year, at least in England.
00:11:51
Speaker
if you get the COVID, you get the loss. And that's just how it's been. And if it were to be as it's been recently with a bonus point win and 20 points, that would be enough to put the Saracens in first. So they're in the top two. So maybe that's what they're thinking. It doesn't matter. They're still going to win. But I think they'll still handle business, but it's really just a matter of are they playing the last game at Ealing or are they playing at the Stonex?
00:12:20
Speaker
You know, I really don't think it matters. Yeah. And I'm hoping it won't. I think, you know what? It might be nice for, um, for the, for healing to host a championship game against Saris. Cause, uh, that would not happen very often, right? How often does Saris, how often does Saris hosted championship matches? Oh, they're always at talking to them. So that's true. So those are talking to them. So, right. So I think, yeah, I,
00:12:50
Speaker
Yeah, I'm okay with, uh, with, with healing hosting one just for the, the, you know, the story. Tell their, tell their grandkids, yeah, we got snotted by, by Cyrus's at home. Right. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, as much, as, as much of a full noise lineup as they went, as they gave them a couple of weeks, a few weeks ago, there's still a couple of guys that weren't in that lineup. So yeah, it should be interesting. So, uh, you know,
00:13:16
Speaker
If they decide, all right, you know, this week's the bye week and they don't play it. Okay, cool. You know, well, away we go to the finals week in the next couple of weeks and that'll be the right. Yep. All right. Let's go over to trans Tasman. Um, hurricanes force force seemed to be just kind of wilting away as the season goes, unfortunately. Well, plus that, that trip. Oh, it's a bit of a trip. I know it's a long, you know, long plane ride there. So.
00:13:43
Speaker
Yep. Um, so let's say Rayasi just had his way. Like it is as he does. It is unquestionable. He just has way the run by a Safo Amulah probably just made everybody feel terrible for themselves. Yeah. No, no, no dang calls. No problem. Yeah. Just, I mean the hooker did that. That's fucked up. He's a tough year to stop. 70 meters. Just, but like,
00:14:09
Speaker
running by guys, like they're standing still. I mean, I realized they were standing still, but that's, they, they, they didn't even bother to chase really. No, they didn't look like they were doing a lot. Nope. There he goes. It was just, yeah, just what talent though. I mean, you know, it's not every hooker or every forward that they're just going to let go like that without really, you know, but shit.
00:14:31
Speaker
Yeah, he's he's a scary one. Yeah, he is a scary one at his pace. Unfair. Yeah. And we saw the return of the one already survey as well. So that's bad news for everybody else. That's very bad news. So, yeah, can't stay keep pace with the blues, which is all I can have asked for at this point. Taws and Crusaders. Taws put up a fight. But man, the Crusaders are just way too much between Moonga and Feinga and Nuku. And this kid named Will Jordan seems to be pretty good, too, as I saw.
00:14:59
Speaker
Oh man, yeah, they're beasts. And Will Harrison seems to be, seems like he's kind of come back to form. I bet you will see him at 10 very soon because Ben Donald just looks like he's starting to get over his head, Ben Donald. Yeah, he's over his skis at this point. It was one of those like, it was good while it lasted. Now all of a sudden it's, you know, it is, the film's out on him.
00:15:23
Speaker
Yeah. So, and, um, the Parisa kid looks pretty good too. He's, he's played really well, um, since this competition turned over. So not, not bad on his part, but, uh, just those crusaders are way too much sometimes. That's just how she goes. Right. What are you going to do? Right. Uh, blues, Brumby's man, Brumby's what the hell, man? Like this was supposed to be one of the Australia's best shots and they've just kind of outside of that crusaders match.
00:15:47
Speaker
Yeah. I feel like I feel like in many a bunch of the Aussie teams have just given up. They might. And, you know, you might see them kind of start to mail it in. Yeah. Although Reds put out a pretty good lineup this week. So, yeah, well, I mean, we'll get to that. But that's what I'm saying. A lot of them, not all of them, because I don't I don't think the rebels quite have yet either. But I feel like Brumby's ties don't want to be there anymore. No. And the force.
00:16:16
Speaker
They still want to. I think the four still want to put up a good showing. That was just a.
00:16:20
Speaker
that was not a good one this past week. They did have a, um, one Kahui had a, uh, had quite a few fans in the stands that were there to watch them. We saw the beaver Steven Donald in the stands. He used to, obviously they used to play together with the chief. So I'm sure he was, I'm sure he gave him all kinds of hell afterwards. Um, but anyway, yeah, blues and blues and Brumby's, um, film like Christie looks really good. And he seems to just be coming into every bit of form that I was hoping it would be to start.
00:16:51
Speaker
Coming around now though, so good on him. And they talked about, Bryce Heem, they were talking about him really just,
00:17:00
Speaker
putting a marker down since Caleb Clark's left and like how good of a signing he's been since he came back to New Zealand. It's been ridiculous. Like they've gotten better with him in there than, than Clark. And that's, um, it's not a knockdown Clark. Right. It's just fucked up. Um, I will say one thing, uh, playing guy has,
00:17:25
Speaker
I think he's lost his starting spot at hooker. Honestly, he's not like good this whole season. So I'm sure Dave Rennie is looking for other options. Maybe he comes good, you know, in a couple of years, but for this season, I would be definitely looking for somebody else. You know, you got to have more, more options than one. And even like, because playing that most is leaving for Montpelier. So you can't even lean on that. So you got to start, you definitely got to start looking. Yeah.
00:17:51
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, it's one thing when you're scoring a try every match and it's hard to knock what you're doing. Um, but when you're not doing that, it's pretty easy to, to find gaps in your play. Absolutely. I agree. Agreed.
Match Analysis: Reds vs. Chiefs
00:18:06
Speaker
Um, the one match you watched anything of reds and jeeps. Fucking what the, what are you thinking?
00:18:17
Speaker
Like, when is that? When is the whole jump and flail and shoulder someone in the face move legal on the field? Or a good idea. Or a good idea. I mean, I, I tried, I turned on I woke up Friday morning. Saturday morning. And
00:18:40
Speaker
And my iPad had laid my iPad next to my, next to my bed so that I could just get up and, or, you know, roll over, flip it on and check out where the, where, what was going on in chief's match. And I turn it onto that.
00:18:57
Speaker
That's just low water. And it's like they're doing the replay. I'm like, wait, why are they shut? Because at first, all I see is the try being scored. And they're reviewing it. I'm like, OK, it's good. What the fuck? Why would they review that? And then all of a sudden, they're like, oh, and here's Damien McKenzie. He's going blah, blah, blah. I'm like, oh, what the fuck? Damn. Yeah, so I watched like another, however much of that, the rest of that first half. And then I popped in in the second half. I was just like,
00:19:24
Speaker
No. So I turn it off. Done. I've seen enough. Don't need to watch any more of this at like seven o'clock. Done. Yes. Not the best moment for DMACC. And I understand they rallied around without him. That 20 minute rule is nice now. I'm in favor. Well, yeah, of course you are.
00:19:52
Speaker
But yeah, I just, they were just shit in the bed at that point anyway. So maybe it took that for them to pull their heads out of their S's a little bit. Yeah. Cause I mean, they left it really late and they had a shot at it, but just couldn't find a way to get done.
00:20:07
Speaker
Yeah. And, but that's, you know, you can't win a game in the first half, but you can lose a game in the first half. Something like that. Yeah. Yeah. Tran and Trask, uh, did very well in place. I'm actually, you know, at first I was like, well, and then I saw obviously Mackenzie's been suspended the rest of the season. So I was like, you know what? That might be a good thing. Cause they, they have relied on him to do fucking everything and they don't have to.
00:20:32
Speaker
He can be another cog in the machine, just like a fucking awesome one, but no, they have, they like kind of make it way too much about him. And I think they can, you know, I was looking at their, their, what their potential lineup could be this coming week. And I'm like, Oh wait, no, they could just smash anyway. So no matter who, you know, who, you know, with trasket 10, they'll still be okay. Yeah.
00:20:55
Speaker
And there were a couple of younger guys, not young, but younger guys. One's 22, one's 25. Univalo and Isaac Henry both played their pants off in this, in this match as well. Isaac Henry had a pair of tries and looked good running those hard lines and, you know, love me a hard line runner, phrasing boom. Um,
00:21:14
Speaker
So it's not and it's not like the Reds didn't earn quite a bit of it. Diganoo just was everywhere. Yes, he was. He's a problem and everybody should know it by now. If you don't, you've been under a rock. So Reds. Yeah, Reds give it the old college try, but they're actually I think they're actually eliminated even from. Yeah, I bet it's from knockout at this point. Yeah, I mean, this is their third. Well, no, they're one and two. Yeah, but no bonus point on that one. Yeah, two matches left.
00:21:44
Speaker
That doesn't work well sometimes. Not really. They have to hope, you know, the bottom falls out of the New Zealand teams. Yeah, I'm not sure it does. But at least they get all the Australian teams. Yeah, at least the Australian team has got one on the board. Yeah, that's that's good. Fucking of course, it had to be against the Chiefs. But yeah, of course it did. And then we go over to lifeguard over oval. Excuse me. Highlanders and Rebels is a this was a match that got moved for covid reasons.
00:22:13
Speaker
But there it was, it was all Highlanders all day for the most part. Rebels played a small part in this thing, but man, there was a guy we talked about last week. I don't remember his name. Do you? From the Highlanders?
00:22:29
Speaker
Naraki, some, I don't know. Something like that. Well, he was pretty good, so. Yeah, he's fucking ridiculous, as always. Yeah, he's kind of good. So, he was very good. I mean, they could just lean on him, honestly. He's just done really well. I like Michael Collins at 13. I do too. He's done pretty well with that. Yeah, they flipped him in CO, and it's worked out for both of them.
00:22:55
Speaker
Tom Kinzen, yeah. Yeah. Yep. It's worked out quite well for them. So it was a decent move. Cora Betty finally breaks his duck. Has not scored all year. He gets two. So if you played him, you got lucky. Question. This George Worth character. Same guy. What? Same guy from from Lester. What? Shut up. Yeah.
00:23:22
Speaker
No way. No, no, that's bullshit. You sir are bullshit. It's like saying Josh Adams on whales is the same guy as who was on Worcester a couple of years. Shut up. Wait a minute. Something's not heading up here. Or Jordan Aloha fellow is the same. No. Right. Right. What the fuck? Hey, you know, it just goes to show. Yeah. Change the system, changing uniform. Yeah. Sometimes man.
00:23:51
Speaker
Well, while we're also talking about rebels, can I just give another little bit more love to Michael Wells? I really like the guy. Yeah, that dude.
00:24:01
Speaker
I'm pretty sure when Renny called his camp a few weeks ago, he was in it and he deserves it. He's number one. He took the place of nice Ronnie who was, you know, everybody's favorite eight man for, for Australia. So apart from Harry Wilson, obviously Harry Wilson's my preference, but that's just me and me. Yeah. But that dude, that dude just played his balls off. So yep. I like him too. I like him too. He's a hard man.
00:24:27
Speaker
He's somebody I want next to me if I'm on a goal line, that's for sure. Yeah, I'm good. Either side of the ball. Yeah, right. Either side of the ball, both work. All right. Running up to the prem, Friday night, sale in Bristol.
Match Recaps and Playoff Implications
00:24:45
Speaker
Can't say I'm super shocked at the result, because considering that sale, we're able to pull it off at Ashton Gate, but still just a slight disappointment at the same time.
00:24:54
Speaker
Yeah, I think Bristol had, I don't like, I feel like Bristol tried to match sales style of play a little too much, especially around the goal line. Like there were a couple of times in the first half, I think where Bristol were doing the pick and goes and it's like, that's not, that's not your thing. Like the field is similar with,
00:25:22
Speaker
on the goal line and 40 meters out. So like if you are a running team, fuck it. What's the worst, what's literally the worst that happens? You get tackled behind the game line and now you're 15 meters out with, you know, and maybe the fullback has to drop a bit. Maybe you give yourself a little bit more.
00:25:41
Speaker
just play your game. It doesn't matter where like that, that was winning. That was what was breaking the line routinely. It was when you tried to go away from that, that, that sale were able to get you into their game and you don't want to play sales game. That's why I ended. That's why the half handed zero, zero, right? Like is dicked around. Yeah. Yeah. There's a whole lot of that. Um, on the sale side though,
00:26:05
Speaker
the Dupriah twins were beastly in this, better than the Curry twins, honestly, if you're honest about this one. Yes. Yeah. Dupriah is just all fucking all three of them.
00:26:16
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Robert scored a try even. Yeah. Um, bastards. Yup. Quite good. Yeah. Quite good. Those boys are quite good. And I got to say it doesn't feel nearly as bad to, to see sale win against Bristol when it's, uh, when, when, um, John Ross doesn't play a part. Um, right. And when AJ McKitty's playing 10 and wait, who was, who was the best nine in this match?
00:26:39
Speaker
had to be raffy quirk half raff had to be raffy quirk that kid played amazingly yeah i just wanted to acknowledge that good job had to be yeah undoubtedly uh good to see shaparo return for bristol 2 that i i really love the way he started his uh his uh his uh his tenure with them unfortunately he's not going to stick around that long but man and then we saw two returnees on the off the bench one on each side that
00:27:05
Speaker
Everybody was singing till they're after it for Harry Thacker on the Bristol side and manner tooling on, on the other side. Yeah. Just, uh, you know, the game's better with guys like that back in the game. So, you know, can't, can't complain about it. Shit. Who was, who, who had that step at the end or at the end for the try? Was that, was it? The young kid, the young kid. Yep.
00:27:27
Speaker
Holy shit, that step. That's why I was like, wait, that must've been Malins, but it's no, that was Lloyd, just absolutely. I'm gonna force you back inside and just now open this 10 meter gap up. I know, it was mean, it was mean. I was like, ooh, that felt mean. You just assholed him, great. I'd love to see it. Love to see it, yeah, great stuff. So we'll see.
00:27:54
Speaker
what kind of preview this is for down the road. Can we also acknowledge sales final three matches? I don't know if we have yet. They're tough. I don't know if anybody has. It's this one, then they play Quinn's and they play Exeter.
00:28:06
Speaker
Yes. So they play the other semi-final teams of the last three weeks of the season. They could have a hell of a psychological hold over some of these guys if they do well. Yep. I think that's pretty fascinating, especially because each one of those games, it changes their seating, right? Could be. Could be. Because right now, they're in third with 68 points. Quins are in fourth with 66.
00:28:34
Speaker
So yeah, but then again, would sale want to be a way to Bristol or a way to Exeter? I don't think there's a good answer on either side of it, honestly. Cause they're five points behind Exeter. Um, there are eight points behind Bristol. So probably not going to get to number one sale are, um, not going to get a home home semi. So then at that point it's like, okay, pick your, pick your poison. Uh, yeah.
00:29:04
Speaker
So we'll, we'll see. Of course, same goes for Quinn. So I'm basically what I'm saying is I'm interested to see what that lineup shows up, but, uh, what, what a hell of a final three matches for sale. Should be interesting. Just the same. The other Friday night match, uh, Gloucester and London Irish. And we had a dandy in this one. We had quite a doozy. We did. Um, open play. Mm-hmm. Um,
00:29:28
Speaker
grizzled veteran winning it at the death. Yes. Yes. Yes. Absolutely. With the clangers of it, like dust off his, he had to dust off his clangers. There's those things hidden in the bottom of some closet. Right. Yeah. 12 trees knocks them over. I still got them. Yeah. He still, he still knows where, where they are. It was a, so here's,
00:29:57
Speaker
I mean, here's something that I've, I found very interesting with like Singleton. I think it's, it's funny that I've noticed this in different hookers, as far as our throwing technique, he's like basically trying to block his own view of the way he holds the ball. And then you have like Mattu who does, who just like is flying and flying wide open. Like he's trying to take off. And honestly, the accuracy between the two was also different to me. Like I didn't think Mattu threw well when he came in and I thought Singleton,
00:30:25
Speaker
Seen dude hit BB's everywhere he went. So I know he had a couple of bath throws but shit I was like, oh, okay. I think I think I like his technique better Just something I noted when I was when I was watching I was like, hmm. Of course, that's the coach in my brain that yeah I always think of the less motion you have the less that can go wrong. Right? That's that's kind of what I was thinking too anyway to the actual rugby Shit credit us
00:30:53
Speaker
Man, he's cute. He's cute. Not bad. Not bad. Pretty good stuff. A little quick. On the other end, Ben Morgan.
00:31:04
Speaker
Not so fast going to work on the fitness and the off season, but it's good to see him out there. It's good to see. Yeah. Yeah, it is. And then the baby that came onto the field for the exiles angle field. My goodness. He looked like you. He looked like a child going onto that. And he's so small too. I was like, Oh boy, this is going to be a hell of a wake up call for him. Cover my eye. Yeah. Um, I want to get into two things though, for serious. Um,
00:31:32
Speaker
the two decisions made by the officiating crew that I find disturbing in context. And I think it ended up affecting the game, which is the Rob Simmons yellow. To me, that's a seatbelt tackle and nothing more. Right. I thought a yellow was harsh. But then we saw Lewis Ludlum,
00:31:58
Speaker
his tackle late in the match was a lot worse than that.
00:32:03
Speaker
And they're like, no penalty only. And it's like, you've already, you've set, when you set the standards with a yellow, that's a serious standard to set. And now you got to stick by that standard. Now, obviously I favor Gloucester in a matchup like this. So I'm not going to complain too loudly, but I am going to make the point because I'm not a total, I'm certainly, they're not in the level of honked them where I'm going to take their side just to take their side. No, they didn't, I don't think they deserve to,
00:32:32
Speaker
end up winning. Cause I think if that was officiated correctly, I think the, the Irish take it. Right. Right. And then you, and then you have, I mean, I'm sorry, this is just another guy that we know is you and I strongly believe that is not international quality. And yet he's still getting international matches, which is, and he's just such a dick about it. Like he has not earned what was it fully? No, it was Carly. Oh yeah. Um,
00:33:01
Speaker
He's not earned the things that a lot of international referees like, you know, Nigel's not around anymore, but like a Barnsey, you know, things like that. Like, you know, Gus Gardner's another one that I can think of that's been good for a long time at that level. Nick Barry, same thing. Carly's not that good and he's just such an asshole about it. I'm like, you haven't earned that. And there was, in contrast, another game we're gonna talk about in a second,
00:33:30
Speaker
Not not in a second, but a little bit. The Northampton referee, Leo, kind of learned himself. He kind of himself get pushed around. He did totally. But he referee. He did a lot of things very correctly. Yeah. I just wish he had slightly larger stones to just be like, all right, enough. Yeah. You know, you don't you don't need to be a dick about it, but you can also just lay down lay down and be like, I haven't read that many games, but I'm still the referee. So right. Yeah, the players like their their.
00:33:59
Speaker
they're seeing what they can get away with. And that, yeah. They will push you. We'll get to it. We'll get to it. They'll always push you. Yep. Absolutely. I agree. I don't want to, I don't want to get into that yet. Yeah. Quinn's and, Quinn's and Bath's just the same. This was another wide open contest and I'm sure, um, the coaching staff at Quinn's is going to be a little bit worrisome in this case where they just bleeding points left and right. And finally got, they did get the, the, the win and the playoff spot nailed down thanks to Landaho. But man, like I'm sure they would wish to not do that ever again. No.
00:34:30
Speaker
Not ever again. Although the Dom Brant to LaVie's try was fierce. He's good. He is very good. Quite pleasurable. Extremely. And, you know, this is, if I'm Stuart Hooper, you know, Bather out of it.
Next Season Predictions: Bath's Potential
00:34:49
Speaker
But man, I'm feeling really good about what I could potentially do next season if I can keep most of these guys healthy, because we didn't even have Mercer on the field. He's not going to be there next year. Priest is probably the one exception, but you trade out Priest for somebody like D.C. Sabriani, probably feeling pretty good about it. Yeah, I'm feeling pretty confident there. No disrespect to Priest.
00:35:09
Speaker
We know what Sips can do when he's in form. 100%. I really agree. You got a lot with Mer and Ojomo. Oh, man. I was extremely impressed with Ojomo. That was
00:35:24
Speaker
The kid just like, you know, like you've been doing the whole year. This is like his second game, I think. Yes. It's the first time start. Second match. Really nice. Just showing he can like, he should, he, we talked about this with Caleb Clark. Like he expressed himself. He's like, this is, look what I can do. Like, can you do all these things? Not really. There's a couple of guys that probably is a no on that one. So.
00:35:50
Speaker
Yeah. And then, um, Max Clark too, you know, um, wow. I didn't know he had the abilities that he had. They shown he's yeah, he's, he's, he's shown them, but not in, you know, in spurts. But if, you know, if this is their center combo for a while, um, well, obviously it's going to be, I think, I think JJ, JJ came off the bench. So he'll be, he'll be good to go for the next game. I'm feeling, um, which will be in a couple of weeks in the mix when he's healthy again. But, but these two could, could hold it down if you need them to.
00:36:21
Speaker
Yeah, I just need to fucking know Jim was only 20. Yeah, he's a baby. He's a baby. The other side of the ball, your start of the week, Joe Martian. Phenomenal. On and off the field. And we'll get to the glorious Quinn's interview combo. But just at first, the Marlar. God, you want to hate him and then he makes you,
00:36:50
Speaker
not and it fucking took me off. Like when he's like yeah that whole thing about um you know you didn't think it was about the fans and you didn't realize how dead it felt until all of a sudden they're back and you realize how much it meant to you and just like oh right in the feels. Yeah yeah totally. Yeah and I yeah and he
00:37:12
Speaker
for as shitty as he can be, can't we all? So you kind of want to cut him a little slack too, as much as he's like a brother that you just either you want to hug or punch. It's true. It's true. It's true. We all have that sibling or even that friend that you're just like, I want to hit you, but God damn it, come here and give me a hug.
00:37:37
Speaker
So that's my smaller good for him. And like, you know, for the being late to traffic or late due to traffic and playing 78 minutes and a match like that. Yeah. Well, well done for him. Yeah. Not bad. Not bad, Joe. Not bad. Um, Mr. Lester.
00:37:57
Speaker
kind of a depowered Lester team, apart from the guy that scored two tries, Alice Gensch. That's all the power they needed. Really? That's like, that's a lot of horsepower sitting right there. Shit. Um,
00:38:11
Speaker
I don't get Johnny McPhillips. Like, why is he playing 10? I like Zach Henry better. I do too. I do too. Why is he playing 10? Someone else. Yeah. I don't know. Nope. That's a note. That's a note for me, Doug. Yeah. How old is Jamie Schillicock? Skillcock.
00:38:30
Speaker
is 23. He's not that old. Shit. He's turning into quite a little player for Worcester. He is. Um, those nice little combination. I think it was him and Humphries on the wing that led to his try. I think, I think he gained experience points from that fucking catch pose against sale and just put him to good use and they're everywhere. And now he's, he's, he's just an excellent player.
00:38:53
Speaker
Yeah, I like what he's done. Yeah, he should definitely be in most of the lineups, honestly. I'm not sure who keeps him out, you know, Nick David's leaving. So you'll see you've had a murmur coming soon. But really, you know, I don't know who keeps him out otherwise. You know, on the other side, though, it's nice to finally, finally see Ted Hill. Yeah.
00:39:23
Speaker
Absolutely, where'd this guy come from, or where he been? Yeah, between Stillcock and Hill, I thought that, like, those are the two to me, obviously. I mean, that's probably to everybody. Stars of the match for...
00:39:38
Speaker
for that, for that Worcester side. Yeah, definitely. Um, that try just, you're not going to tackle me and you got me down, but I'm now I'm fucking scoring. He's, uh, he's, he's trying to get on a certain person's radar again. We'll see for a couple of summer matches. We'll see.
00:39:55
Speaker
I wish she'd started that campaign at, you know, around week one or so, 2020. I do agree. I do agree with that, but better late than never sometimes. Yeah, sometimes. Yeah. And the, yeah. And there's just, unless they're just muscled them, muscled themselves out of this. And Western did their usual thing where they, they got close and they found a way to fuck up. Not a new thing for them. Nope. Not, I was not surprised to see. That's the sad part.
00:40:22
Speaker
I mean, I, you know, once, once again, just put the first one down and then he got close on this. And I was like, no, he's okay. He's over that that it's game. Yeah. Like my score two tries against Worcester. You win. It seems that right.
00:40:34
Speaker
Yeah, let's jump over to Franklin's Gardens and it was bouncing once again. Alex Waller with his 300th came for Northampton. How does that happen? I don't know, man. Explain why Ethan Waller wasn't there. I'm pretty sure he wasn't playing for Worcester. I'm pretty sure he was there. That's true. So, I mean, you know,
00:40:57
Speaker
whatever you wanna say about a player, good, bad, whether they're a shitty person or not, man, 300 games isn't by accident. So it takes a lot. And he's been a leader for them for a while now too. So yeah. That's like 15 seasons worth. He's seen quite a bit. He's seen quite a bit. So that's a lot of credit to him. Wait, but then you look at it and he's,
00:41:23
Speaker
He's 31. Right. And he's a prop too. That's the thing. That's not an easy life. He could play another five years. Oh, he could get to 400 easy. Fuck. Easy. I won't be shocked. Is there anything more impressive than props? No, there is not. Yes, quite good. Especially that one. I don't know.
00:41:46
Speaker
There's a guy that got named the lines that people were scratching their heads and saying, Hmm, huh? I guess man. Shut up. No, no, no, not even you. You at least gave him a little bit of credit about like people are just like, really hit him. He hasn't played all year.
00:42:02
Speaker
Courtney Laws is a fucking lion. That's all I know. Holy shit. He's a beast. He just came back, he's like, you guys miss me? Yeah, right? He's like, so remember all the things I used to do? Yeah, I'm doing them again. Hi. Jeez. That dude's good. And, you know, as I texted you, I was like, slave home is not slow.
00:42:21
Speaker
No, he's extremely quick. When he, when he caught Bassett, the guy that got the turnover was laws. And I know laws was probably a little bit back to begin with, but still he beat feet to get back there and make sure that happened. So that, that says a lot about him. So I, uh, I give loads of credit to that man. Um, but let's talk about the try that I think it was the opener for loss Dan Robson. Give that man the nine shirt in white, like,
00:42:51
Speaker
He needs it. He deserves it. I don't think there's a whole lot of argument against it at this point, honestly. I don't know. I want to know what the argument is at this point. What's the argument? I think the argument is Ben Young's and that's not really an argument. No, it doesn't. Shut up. Like I want to know what it is that Ben Young's is so much better at than Dan Robson. You really want to know? I mean, apart from closed doors.
00:43:19
Speaker
I mean, if that's your thing, man, that's your thing. Not judging you for that. That's not a good way to build a rugby team. No, probably not. That's all. That's my only problem with it is that that's not how you should select your selections. Probably not. Probably not a good idea. Right. If we're basing it off that, then probably some guys that have more skill than him in those terms. Look, I don't fucking know.
00:43:44
Speaker
No, I know. I wouldn't make a rugby team on that. That's all I know. Anyway, let's not. You're really bad at it. Listen, I wasn't trying to sell myself down the river, OK? I don't I don't know what to do. I can't help it. Anyway, let's let's talk about the hit by Dan Bigger.
00:44:12
Speaker
on Jacob Umaga and the fact that it wasn't sanctioned either in the match or after the match. I was surprised at it. That's bullshit. I was very surprised that I was like, Oh, that's not good. I saw it and I thought immediately, Oh, that's bad news.
00:44:31
Speaker
Because that's always a yellow when you do that these days. So how was that? And there was a stoppage in play. So there was more than enough time they were showing the replay. They're like, oh, this kind of happened. And they're like, are the TMO going to buzz about it? And they're like, I guess not. They just played on. Beats the hell out of me, man.
00:44:53
Speaker
in what world is that not, you know, was that acceptable? Right? Isn't that didn't, um, Jasper V's get, um, like three weeks for that? Possibly. Yeah. That, yeah. Yep. I think that's, I think that's probably right on, right on the money there. Um,
00:45:12
Speaker
Couple guys I do want to talk about. Nairovoro bounced Umaga. Like, good Lord. I was like, Oh, that was not a fair fight. That was not a fair fight. The second it started to happen, I'm like, it's going to go poorly. Don't do it. Yeah. I mean, Umaga tried to get low and Nairovoro just got lower and just bounced down. I was like, Oh, poor kid. Sorry, buddy. Oh, that was just too, too bad. Sorry, bud. Um, yeah, we talked about Sladehome and his amazing speed. He's pretty good.
00:45:42
Speaker
A dog whoo. Torn ACL. Oh, man. I was worried about that. I saw it and everybody's like, oh, he's walking. I'm like, that's not not shit. We said it before and we'll say it again. If somebody walks off
Women's Rugby Final Recap
00:45:54
Speaker
the field under their own power, it means nothing. I carried my kit and folding chair. Yes, exactly.
00:46:02
Speaker
No, it doesn't mean shit if they're walking. No, it means nothing. If it's well-torn, it's done. Yeah, just felt weird. Yeah, it'll feel weird. It's done. Yeah. Yep. So, we thought we weren't going to be entertained, and then we saw Tom Willis's ass. Well, yes. I am entertained. Right at the end there. I didn't write at the end, yeah. Yeah. Last try of the game, and Watts tried to save it, but...
00:46:32
Speaker
I mean, it was a good, good try. Just a, just a better bum. That's all. Exactly. You don't mess with perfection. No, you don't. So Northampton are able to win their first one with, I believe this is our first one with fans. So that's great. Yep. That's great stuff for them. And looking forward to seeing some more, more of those guys up and down there. Do we even need to talk about this? This was,
00:46:58
Speaker
horrible. I guess they're in Newcastle. I am so disappointed in Dean Richards. Right. I get what he was trying to do, but it was such a bad idea. Like they're not ready for lions. These are kids that are like their puppies. They're not ready to play against
00:47:22
Speaker
Sam Simmons and Joe Simmons. And they're certainly not ready to play against Johnny Hill. And keep just going down the line. And then Hogg comes in. Like, what the fuck? They bring Johnny Hill and Hogg off the bench, Stuart Hogg off the bench. That's terrifying. And Thomas Francis. So that's right there. That's three.
00:47:46
Speaker
Three lines, three lines, three starting for their, the other, for their country players and you're bringing off the field.
00:47:56
Speaker
Zach Kerr. Right. And, and well, Hayden Wood in Montgomery and Madison, who was, I'm pretty sure this was his first game. And you're getting Carl Fern's hurt because he's got to do so much, you know, butt wiping for an old man pooping all over the place. Yeah. I mean, I see Toby flood, you know, flood, definitely the old man of the group. Right.
00:48:19
Speaker
Gary Graham had to do a lot of work. It's just that, you know, you're putting on this on people that aren't ready on any, you know, on the back end or the front end. Like your pups are too puppy. Your, your, your old guys are. Definitively old. Yeah. And not really ready to, to. That was a lot that they had to carry. Like I think a lot of veterans would have struggled in that situation. They would have. And that's, you don't have, you know,
00:48:48
Speaker
It's not like Mark Wilson was playing in this match. Uh, one more thing and firms isn't bad, but yeah, they need, you know, they, they need some help. Can't just be the two of them in the forwards. And that's, that's it. Right. So, uh, just not didn't do his team right. And I realized that he's trying, you know, that their next two matches, um, for, for new castle, their next two matches could potentially put them into the top eight.
00:49:18
Speaker
Because they're playing luster and they're playing Quinn's and Quinn's look like who can the Quinn's who won't give a shit at that point. They may not. Yeah. So that might be, you know, they might steal two wins and and that would make them. Where are they?
00:49:34
Speaker
They're right now they're in 11th, but there are 39 points. Wasps and bath are at 43. So it's there. It's right there. And Gloucester is at 41, but again, who knows what the, you know, the three of them we're going to do two wins for Newcastle seal it. And you're not going to beat exit or no matter what. So I get the whole, yeah, let's not even try, but fuck. And I get the whole let's blutter our youth, but that was blooding your youth. And that wasn't, that was bloody, not, not in a good way. No.
00:50:03
Speaker
No, no, no. Um, Oh, cause bath bath. Gloucester's canceled. Yes. That's so that's big, right? They, they'll battle win. Oh, bath. We'll get the win. Likely. Oh, okay. Cause gloss are the one that, that was bad. They got the, okay. Nope. Cause Gloucester shared the heart, the heart rate germs. Uh, right.
00:50:26
Speaker
Okay. Oops. Well, it looks like that fuck Newcastle anyway. So what the fuck are you doing team? Yeah, we'll see. We'll see now. Um, the, the last match of the weekend, the premier 15th final, and it was a really good match.
00:50:44
Speaker
rocking all the way. It was a really awesome match to watch. As a series supporter, obviously I was cheering for the series women to get done with Poppy Cleland Company. Did you see Squidge's tweet about Packer? Yes. Imagine being a bullying a kid and finding out that kid's mom is Marley.
00:51:12
Speaker
Oh, no, I've made a terrible error. Big time. Oh, man. Yeah. Do not mess with Marley Packer's kid. No way. She's a beast. She is a monster. Badass. If the Saracens had figured out the comeback, she would have been a player of the match. Absolutely. A hundred percent. She was just willing her way to try and get that freaking team over the line.
00:51:34
Speaker
Oh, man. But in the end, really, you know, you know, the other sad part was watching Rachel Burford come on. So that's awful. That's sad. Yeah. But yeah, the woman that put in the shift of the whole game was Sean Brown. Easily. Oh, a tight head going the going the distance.
00:51:55
Speaker
Yeah. Holy shit. In a championship match against, against the team and against a team that had beat them twice in this match the last two years. Um, what, what a shift, but, and, and, and before we move on to, um, Harlequins and actually, no, I do want to, but I want to talk about how good this is for the, the league itself, because, you know, it used to be saris could just wake up and be like, all right, go out there and win like no big deal.
00:52:22
Speaker
Quite often they did it. They made two key mistakes in this match. The first you noticed was in their lineup and I can't recall what you had mentioned about it.
00:52:34
Speaker
Um, well, I wasn't really a fan of pulling Fleetwood off the freaking floor. Maybe that that's what it was. Yeah, that's what it was. Pulling her off. Yeah. And then, um, but then again with the, the, um, the game plan, it was very much, you know, keeping the ball in tight, but all they did, you know, whenever they tried to, to expand away from what they had wanted, they just gained meters and meters and meters. And then they would, you know, all their penalties were at the breakdown.
00:53:02
Speaker
Keep the hell away from the damn breakdown. Yes, stay away from breakdown situations, and you're going to be fine. But instead, they were like, no, we wanted to pound them, and it's like, well, how'd that fucking work out for you? So, but it's a league now where Saracens can make those two tactical errors mid-game, and it costs them. That's so good for, you know, and that, that, I said all that to talk about Shauna Brown and her post-match,
00:53:29
Speaker
interview and how she talked about how much this was not just for her. It's not just for the team. It's for the sport and it's for women. It's for all those things. It's not just for each and it's for all of them. Yeah. It must mean it must mean a lot because I don't cry crying. I was like, yeah, I guess so. God damn it. Stop making me cry. I'm not crying. You're crying. No kidding. Damn it. Captain's like, are you crying? I was like, yes.
00:53:56
Speaker
Guilty as charged. How are you not?
00:54:03
Speaker
So, but that's so true because that's what it means. That was a professional final right there. So, who's going to talk shit? Like, that's where I love how she transitioned to that. Who's going to talk shit about that? Like, you can't. That was just such a great product, great match. And I hope it continues to build because we need a situation where the champs are pushed.
00:54:28
Speaker
Not just, oh, they're the best, so they're the best. You always want that competition, and that's going to take investment, which we're getting. And it'll grow. And I'm super happy to see it, because Sean Brown deserves that kind of recognition. So does Rachel. All day. And it was sad to see Jess Breach couldn't play, but it was awesome to see her celebrating too with everyone. Yep. It was fantastic. And Rachel dancing around on one foot.
00:54:55
Speaker
Right. Well, did you see when she was trying to get on the field? I don't remember who it was, but one of her flankers was like, here, hop, hop on. I'll carry you out there so you can celebrate. That's a teammate right there. That is a true teammate right there. Right. I loved it. I was like, yes, that is great. That is how you do.
00:55:10
Speaker
I would have been lazy in mid like here, just, I'll kind of carry you, not what she did. She did everything you probably should do. Oh man. It was, yeah, it was a fantastic match. Anybody that like watched that and said, oh, women's rugby sucks. I challenge you to watch that match and say you're not entertained. If you're not, then you just won't ever be convinced in which case, fuck off. I don't want anything to do with you, but you know.
00:55:35
Speaker
Good. Excellent match. Yeah, really good stuff. And if you can't even be happy, you can't even admit that it's a good match because Saracen's lost, then we really can't. Like, no Saracen's fan. And I know that non-Saracen's fans will always love Saracen's losing. So, like, there's something for everyone in that match. I guarantee you. This is true. This is true. This is true. This is true. The truth.
00:56:03
Speaker
We were able to get our asses down to Union Point theme, watch the free jacks take down the arrows. Yeah, fuck you. Sorry. Sorry, Carrick. Sorry, sorry. Sorry, not sorry. Yeah, just a gritty performance from the free jacks. Bodhi Mwaka boot was on fire. It certainly was.
00:56:23
Speaker
Yeah. We love it. Love it. Love it. Um, great effect in the first half. Yeah. He knew what he was doing. Second half. So he was a hot. Yeah. The wind died. It was like, whoops. I was like, Oh, okay. That worked well. Not that. Yeah. That's.
00:56:39
Speaker
Like really in the whole match, the one blip was that complete brain fart on defense where the big locks scored on the guy's name. He's walked out. Everything else was pretty damn good from the free jacks. You know, it was a tight game. It was really shitty ball because it was wet because it was wet. So I still had to have that defensive stand and it was at first half. I think as I was closer to us. Yep. And they had a second one, second half one too, if I remember right. Right. They're, they're showing to be a bad team.
00:57:07
Speaker
No, they're, they're, they're, they're tough out. That's for sure. Yeah. Josh Larson got into the team of the week as he should. Cause he should. He puts in the work every freaking week, man. He's, he's totally worth it. We need locks. We need locks, which is not named Josh Larson. Right. Right. I know nothing wrong with Josh Larson, but after him, it called his brother. He'll come over here. Thank you. Please. We'll take him. Larson and Larson. We're actually Arnold's. Yeah. Um, but yeah, I, Phoebe is, um,
00:57:37
Speaker
Not the same. He's limited. Yeah. He's limited. If he stays within his game, he's fine. But when he tries to go out there, um, the other person I want to give a shout out to, he's the guy that ended up scoring. The only try for the projects. Johnston. What a difference maker he can be. I appreciate his efforts. Yes. Yeah. That dude, he gets around the paddock and he's, and he's, he's a problem when he's wherever he is. Like he knows how to carry, he knows how to try and steal the ball. He tackles well.
00:58:07
Speaker
Yeah. You can't ask more from a, from a guy out in the loose. Nope. So I genuinely enjoy watching him and Harry Barlow didn't quite perform the way he, he performed to get his call up, but that's okay. It was a wet ball. It sucked. It was. We'll throw him a bone. Yeah. Throw him a bone. Um, other actions, San Diego beat Houston. Like I said last week, I don't think Houston's very good. Atlanta downs, the Guiltini's Guiltini's eat their second loss of the year. Fuck yeah.
00:58:33
Speaker
Hell yeah, Atlanta. Thank you very much. Two teams, the free jacks and whoever, whoever. Yeah, Utah be Austin, a good Austin team at that. So look out for the guys out in the Warriors there. And then our two of our old friends, DC and New York, went out in New York, Tom, DC. Yikes. So it'll be interesting to see what happens coming up. Also in the weather, which that was also possibly affected by weather, too. I think it was, too. Yeah, that was a pretty gross game.
00:59:03
Speaker
Yeah, because this weekend our old friends DC come to town on Sunday should be interesting. We'll see how that goes. Yeah, yeah, I think it's gonna be might be a little bit on the twilight side 6pm kickoff. Oh, interesting. Yeah, we'll see how that goes. Anywho, let's just start sit. All right.
00:59:29
Speaker
I believe I'm starting us off. Yeah, I think you got the kickoff there. With Crusaders versus Force. Crusaders going with the mixed lineup, which fucking sucks for you, doesn't it? No Richie Mwonga. I'm only worried about not getting the Sacco. Oh, that's OK. For some reason, I thought you were in the map. No, I didn't. I was close. Yeah. And Sebu Ris, which sucks for me.
00:59:59
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I would say Scott Barrett is a pretty sneaky play as our Colin Grace Bryn Haul and the fucking awesomely named Fergus Burke. I don't know if 30 Rock with their Barbara Walters character or Seinfeld could do a better story about Fergus Burke.
01:00:15
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Um, because there's so much to be done there. I love it. Best. I can't stop saying it. Um, and the whole, the rest of the back line is to go, um, for the force, uh, Kane Kuteka, uh, Thomas Kubele in that he should squirt in the positive at least. So I would go, I would put him in your lineup and, and, and.
01:00:33
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Hope. Yeah, and hope. But there's much worse match-ups, so give him a go if you must. Timmy Gumiade, Karadrani, and that's about it for the Force. Ever the outside of them, just stand aside. Stay away. Red's Blues. The age-old battle. Red versus Blue. Blues are fourth in points against per match over the entire FRD season, but obviously they're...
01:01:04
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Yeah, right. But despite their tear, so for the Reds, Isaac Henry looked great last week, ride him again. If you have him on your team, you are playing him. Simple as that. Another guy I talked about earlier, Boonie Valo, red hot, just absolutely hot.
01:01:21
Speaker
ride that dude, get it, get in on it. Even if they get talked this week, I see, I still see him finding a try at least. So go ahead and use that on the other side of the coin. Angus got young, not satisfied with this production of late semi-final week two. Not sure it's worth the play. Yeah, no.
01:01:38
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Reds are first against in points against per match, but, you know, we've obviously seen what's happened last couple of weeks. They've still allowed points. So Trans Jasmine has changed things a little bit for the Blues. Finlay Christie last week made me smile to see him do so very well. No reason to think he can't do it again. Thumbs up. Blues front row. Hodgman returns this week to already a potent front row unit. They're a good play. Mark Talia, is he fit? How long does he last? Play with caution. That's all I'll say about him. Fuck.
01:02:10
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Those of us with Reese and Talaya are not that pleased. Highlanders versus the Waratahs.
01:02:21
Speaker
look to this match if you were looking for points. The Todds are weak everywhere, but loose forward and midfield. The Highlanders are weak against outside backs, midfielders, loose forwards, front rows. Basically, the places that score fantasy points. They are the best against fly-haves though, so take that into consideration.
01:02:42
Speaker
for the Highlanders, you know, even with the, the tots being strong against loose forwards, uh, still go with Frizzell and Homeno. Um, just do it. Um, Aaron Smith, Mitch Hunt, the, the guy we talked about before the cup, three of them, um, Neriki, Collins and Tomkinson. Yeah. Um, I, you don't hear me say this often.
01:03:07
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Scott Gregory could score points. That's what kind of match this is. Yeah. It's been scoring points because that's the kind of matches that the Highlanders have been having and the Waratahs are no different. This is... Marlon Yard could score in this match, I think. Yeah, he might. Who knows? Maybe Marlon Yard will show up and score in this match.
01:03:30
Speaker
Stranger things have happened. On the other side, the water toss front row is a go. Will Harris, Jake Gordon, sit whoever the toss fly half is or will be. But the 11 through 15 are our full go.
01:03:45
Speaker
Uh, Brumby's hurricanes, hurricanes are middle of the pack and points against, but so could be fun match for the neutral. Not me. He's going to sit there and wax and wane and feel every heartache that the tries, the woman tries to score against hurricanes, uh, for the Brumby's. Um, so I'm only kata. I'm betting he finds some space this week, probably the winger that the hurricanes kind of forget about.
01:04:08
Speaker
because there's banks and right on the other side. Bailey Kunzel, we could see the Brumbies rotate because of being eliminated. So if you see him, I'd still play him. That'd be something. On the other side of the coin, Nick White didn't look great last week. Not sure he's the play for this week, especially because I'm still not convinced he's fully fit. I'm not sure the Brumbies are convinced he's fully fit, honestly. Let's be real. Brumbies second in points against per match, but they've been pretty leaky of late if you haven't noticed.
01:04:37
Speaker
RD is back. Yes, you're going to play him. Don't hesitate. Do it. Just stop being cute. Just do it. The midfield really, I don't know. They've been great this comp, so it doesn't matter. If it's Lamape Proctor, Utmaga Jensen, it doesn't matter. They've all been great. So give them all a thumbs up if they're in. Luke Campbell on the other side of the coin, not quite fitting that TJ mold that he needs to be a fancy producer. So play with caution at best for Mr. Luke Campbell.
01:05:06
Speaker
Onto Chiefs versus Rebels. So you kind of tend to think that teams will kind of, when they lose their star player,
01:05:19
Speaker
the rest of the team suffers. But in the end, it looked like that the Chiefs fantasy points last week were fucking on fire against the Reds, who are a better fantasy defense than the Rebels. So I think that this might actually, if you're for fan, for Chiefs fantasy owners might be a blessing in disguise, a blessing period, unless you own DMACC, in which case drop him.
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01:05:42
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You
01:05:44
Speaker
But I kind of would say pretty much start everyone, because even though, you know, Vi, whoever is at lock is still I scored the still scoring. But they're six, seven, eight. Peter Gus has been scoring. Yeah, it did just go with, you know, Bashir, the fuck Bashir. It's awesome. And then, as I said,
01:06:11
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What's his name at 10? Trask at 10. Could still run that attack extremely well and be a good distributor and still obviously run himself. So yeah, go with everyone because they'll throw their house at the Rebels. I'm hoping that on the other side, I'm hoping the Rebels go back to Temua at 10. It's not working with the 10-12. So yeah, just...
01:06:36
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Please. Pretty please. Yeah, it's not working. Michael Wells should do well. Nazarani to, um, Joe Powell, Cora Betty and that George worth character who popped out of nowhere. All of them should have your trust this week. Right. Yeah. I think he, it's almost like he and Potter swap places or something like that. Right. Right. Although he was in, he was in, um, right. Um,
01:07:02
Speaker
Yeah, anyway, start of the week. Let's see if both my picks of the week start in super this week. I've not hit. I've not had it happen yet for at least not for about four or five weeks. Anyway, he was a bit of an oversight for many
01:07:18
Speaker
in terms of international teams back row, certain conversation we had a while ago. And he's opened our eyes completely if you haven't been paying attention. I've liked him for years and it puts a smile on my face to save for around 16th of Super Rugby FRD. My shot of the week is all blacks and hounders, Blindside, Chamferzel. Oh, nice. Okay. Good. Not the same guy. Getting close. Getting close. Same position, different game, different.
01:07:47
Speaker
Home country, so not even close. Good. My start of the week, I briefly painted over him, but I talked about him a lot earlier, is that I'm becoming a big fan. And I really couldn't think of a back at this point who would, like, not be a complete duh as a starter. So I'm going to go with a forward also, and I'm going to go with Michael Wells. Yes. For the Rebels versus the Chiefs. Should support very well. Yep. I like Michael Wells. I will give me some Wellesley all day long.
01:08:16
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All right. So the week, unfortunately, this guy has kind of disappeared first club since they switched to trans Tasman. I'm wondering if their efforts in the previous season comp has left them have left them a bit gassed apart from one.
01:08:30
Speaker
The worst news is they're wandering into Christchurch against an unforgiving outfit. Some of my sit of the week for around 16th Super Rugby FRD is Pumas and Western Force Halfback Thomas Cabeli. Oh my. Okay. We disagree on that one, sir. Although we know we both, we both agree that it'll be. It'll be a struggle. I think it's going to be a struggle. I think we both agree. It's going to be a struggle. That's, that's absolutely. I, you know, I've, I've already picked a nine against crusaders at home for my sit of the week. So I'm not, I have no, uh, yeah.
01:09:00
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Nothing wrong with that. Yeah, but I was positive. Potentially my set of the week is we mentioned him. I kind of glossed over him because I'm not sure he's going to be starting because he probably shouldn't be.
01:09:15
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but ultimately he shouldn't be starting for your team. If you want to finish this week in, you know, in a finals of some sort, that go or otherwise. Um, but then Donaldson should not be your tennis. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yeah. Hopefully you're not in the sack. That means you lost. Right. Oh, Oh, Oh.
01:09:35
Speaker
Shit. Okay. Sacco means you lost. Bad. You're in that. You're in trouble. You're probably looking at a forfeit of some sort. Let's head north to the prom. Sail Quinn's Friday night. Geez, they'll just keep backing them up one after another here. Quinn's are middling to generous and points against per match, including ninth in FRD now. Even sale might be able to take advantage of this.
01:10:00
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For the Sharks, JLDP, I was banging the drum for him last week, even at lock. He was a beast. So even if he's at lock, you're playing him. Do it. Quirk, we talked about him earlier. If he starts, he's a go. Maybe even worth a gamble off the bench, depending on what your situation is, especially with two matches canceled this week. And with the other nines, just not having great match-ups. Right. Right. A lot of match-ups are cool right now. Like Danny Care has a shit match-up against sale.
01:10:29
Speaker
Who else? Wooster? Bristol against Leicester. Bristol against Leicester. Wooster against Newcastle. Up in Newcastle, I believe. Up in Newcastle. So yeah. So Quirk is absolutely an option this week.
01:10:43
Speaker
Yup. On the other side of the coin, Byron McGuigan, worth a roll of dice in FRD probably. Harlow Quins are poor against OBs, but not more than that. And I wouldn't play them in TRM if you have them. What the fuck are you doing? Sale are no fun to play against, as we've known many times before. Fancy purposes, especially, or real. Second and third in points against per match. Quins finally score those. So
01:11:07
Speaker
Let's see. Luke Northmore. Enjoy watching him play every time he's played. He scored well every time he's played. So I'll give him a thumbs up. I know that's a tough, tough spot, but 13 might be more manageable than like 12. So let's put it that way. Jack Kenningham seems to be plug and play for Quinn's number sevens in Will Evans' place. He's a go. I enjoyed watching him last week. So he's a thumbs up.
01:11:30
Speaker
On the other side, Luis might be an OK play this week in TRM, but don't play any other Harlow in second row, Simmons, Tizard, whoever. And honestly, like, Luis is probably somebody that should land on your bench so you can get the points, but I wouldn't waste a starting spot on him if he can help it. That's just my thought. OK, over to, well, over up, way up to Newcastle. Can you hear me up there?
01:12:00
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I'm assuming that Newcastle rested this week to prep for the last two weeks, as we said earlier, because the fuck did that mean otherwise. Um, so I'm hoping that we'll see a George McGuigan type or a Greg Peterson. Um, if they, if yes, then yes. Um, the flankers, depending on who is in, but both should, should score well. Um, for this week, you might think about Brett Connan as a way to add value to your team. If depending on, you know, what you're looking at, at 10.
01:12:33
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Because at this point, you should be thinking about getting getting yourself set up for the
01:12:40
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for the playoffs, in which case, you know, the highest, you know, the higher your value of your team overall, the better it works out for you. So that's why I would talk about a Brett Conin and a Chevera Obana as potential starters, those two, ride those two guys and you might get, you know, another 50K in one week.
01:13:00
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or two weeks, so something to think about. On the other side, Ted Hill, Sam Lewis, and Sam Lewis is another guy who could do that for you. Right. Again, I'd expect low output from Huggard because Newcastle are actually tough against Dines. Doyle rules, Howe and Humphries, whoever's on that other wing, and Schillcock. Skillcock, sorry, Skillcock. Yeah. Yeah, Dolan's really good, actually. He didn't know that was his first start for Worcester, I think. It was, and he showed well. Yeah, didn't look too bad.
01:13:29
Speaker
Ah, lesser versus Bristol. Despite last week's loss, Bristol are still number one in both formats and points against what can lesser do, um, for the Tigers, Jack Van Portly, if he's in his playing style completely in 100% suits, fantasy, um,
01:13:45
Speaker
And it's a place Bristol actually can be had. So I play him. Henry and Jasper are probably so worth plays. Just proceed with caution. Both guys are going to be really hard to set. Just like I said, proceed with caution. Sean McPhillips, don't get cute. He's awful. Even with options eliminated this week.
01:14:04
Speaker
That is a hard, hard no. Don't play him. Zach Henry was still kicking the points if you didn't notice. So yeah, no, he's not worth it. Just don't, just don't get it funny. Okay. Lester, our fifth in both formats and points against maybe Bristol can help us out and sink that number down to six or seven. We'll see for the bears. Sheedy rough one last week. He'll be back to his normal. Don't blink. Just don't even hesitate. Do it. Um,
01:14:29
Speaker
Chris Bowie, Lester are tough against second rows, but he is not your ordinary second row. And neither is Bristol, so play him.
01:14:37
Speaker
uh, on the other side of the coin, Luke, more hand, more on a hand with luck. We will never see him and have to consider him as a fancy asset ever again. Hopefully not due to injury, just that he's just the, he, yeah, that's, that's more what I'm getting at. Hopefully he's pined and I know he got hurt last week, but yeah, hopefully we see basically anybody else, Lloyd, Nalago, ideal, Logan, all that way better, way better. Yeah, please something.
01:15:05
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Oh, okay. Over to the Irish versus wasps. For the Irish, at this point, lean on that back line. They have just been producing all across. So go with that.
01:15:19
Speaker
Wasps are kind of strong against, you know, wings, outside backs, um, midfield, but without Odawg Woo, I think that changes because they've been strong or Fecky tell it right. They lost both of them. Fuck. Yeah. They're fucked at center. So that's going to, that's going to, um, seriously hurt their, their fantasy defense and the regular defense. Um, Tui Sui is another guy he's at 200 K and TRM. Um, he, he could add some value heading into the final weeks.
01:15:47
Speaker
On the other side, Umaga's strong play outside of getting carded. That fucked me over in one of our leagues, but in FRD. But keep going with him, because he'll score fine. He'll come good. And then really the outside backs, Kiberige, Bassett, Miller, or Atkinson, whoever's back there should be fine to start. You got to see who they're, what their forwards look like though, because if, you know,
01:16:15
Speaker
Gaskell's not around that kind of changes or, or, um, Roland's, um, could change how it was, you know, some of the, I think Roland's came through healthy, thankfully. So, okay. Cardo was probably the other lock. I think you never know what they're going to throw out at, at, at flankers. Um, cause you don't want to start Brad shields in either format. Um, and Thomas young is a.
01:16:36
Speaker
He's coming good, but I think he's still way too expensive. Oh, and TRM is way too expensive. You shouldn't have him on your team. Even if you're trying to hold value there, there's other places where you could spend that kind of dough. And find more useful things. Right. I agree.
01:16:52
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Northampton versus Exeter. Exeter are fourth and second in points again. And after last week, they're feeling themselves pretty good. Saint might have something to say, and certainly will offer something better than Newcastle did. So this should be interesting. For the Saints, slight home, speed rarely ever goes in the slums, and he has boatloads of it if you weren't paying attention. So give him a thumbs up.
01:17:15
Speaker
somebody we mentioned before, Alex Waller or Paul Hill, Exeter are terrible against props and ninth against FRD front rows. So, go. Go, go, go. Especially the same database you're getting thrown into the FRD front row mix. Bigs or Grayson, could be a tough week for either, especially Grayson, Exeter, top two against flyhaps and FRD. If you need to, not in TRM. Don't be dumb. Don't be dumb. There's better options. Yeah, there's way better options.
01:17:43
Speaker
Uh, Northampton have climbed to third and six in points against per match. Wow. This might, this might break this. It might break it though. So we'll see. Uh, for accident, Joe Simmons, we questioned him earlier as a fancy option, but he is coming good at crunch time. And he doesn't want Sam to take all the plaudits either. So, you know, I'm a sibling. I'm like, damn it. Yes. True. I'm the one who you call sir.
01:18:12
Speaker
I'm getting all the attention. Yeah. The fuck, man. Tom O'Flaherty, we talked about him being streaky. He's on one of the hot variation right now. He might even be a league winner at this point. Yeah, I fucked up when I dropped him, although I'm happy that it got me gensh. I mean, you got something good in return, honestly. I got some great stuff in return, so I'm okay with it. I had to do what I had to do. You can live with it.
01:18:36
Speaker
Yeah. Um, I can say this was confidence this week. Dave, yours should not be in your team, especially this week. North Hampton are number one versus flankers and third versus lose forward. So that's a no for me, man. No go. And I go, I guess Rhonda starts and sits. We are of the weeks. Um, we, we mentioned goal. I think, you know, you mentioned both of my starts and sets. They were in your matches. Um,
01:19:03
Speaker
My start of the week is a flight. They're both fly halves. Fuck that. Callum Shady for Bristol feeds hump the hell out of the Tigers. So at home, right? No, they're at Wilford Road. Oh, I don't think it matters. Yeah, I'm not sure. I'm sure they're gonna be pissed. So yeah.
01:19:25
Speaker
That being more of the important part. Right. And I'm not sure that that Lester have a defensive 10 who can really slow down sheetie. Right. And they without much help because there's so much that Bristol are going to throw at them that you can't really be like, all right, well, we're going to, you know, we'll help you out with the 12 because what the fuck you're going to. All right. Then you can open the lane for Piers O'Connor. Oh, fine. He'll take it. Or, or red, red, reds or Charlie Pietal. Right.
01:19:52
Speaker
Yeah. It's going to be one-on-one tackles out there. And I like sheetie. Yeah. I agree. Yeah. Max Melins on the wing is terrifying for him now too. No, it's an awesome thing. Yeah. Oh, I love it.
01:20:04
Speaker
For me, the news coming down from this guy's opposition had probably got him a little disappointed that he can't test himself in the fashion he probably wants to because he's a good, he's a competitive guy, but it'll leave him licking his chops at the same time, and especially his fantasy owners. He's living life in Brentford. So my start of the week for round 21 of the Prem is Wallabies and Exile Center, Curtis Rona.
01:20:24
Speaker
Oh, he's been, yeah, his tribe was pretty fucking awesome. Um, yeah. Um, yeah, again, all those London Irish backs are, are, are really showing nuts. Cause you're probably going to see. Doppler's and LeBois around the middle. That'd be my guess. Oh no. Right. Right. And as far as defensive, as far as defense goes, that's terrifying. Already dead. Stop.
01:20:52
Speaker
That's what I was thinking with the freaking Exeter match. I'm already there right now. Speaking of the Exeter match, my set of the week, my 10 is involved in this match and not on the Exeter side, obviously. I'm going to sit down bigger because the Exiles are going to
01:21:14
Speaker
contain him, and I don't think, or sorry, the Exeter are going to contain him. I don't think that he's going to get too many shots at goal. I don't think he's going to do the things that get Dan bigger points. But Exeter are locked in right now. Right. Yeah, you're probably not wrong. My guy comes from the same week, but I'm also wondering if he'll be healthy. Assuming he is healthy, he could be picked up with calf injury.
01:21:42
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Uh, recently, but we'll see just the same. If not, I have a backup already in mind, so don't worry. Um, yeah. Uh, I don't, I don't mind this guy, but I'm also not totally convinced he's international quality quite yet. He's definitely performed better in club colors, but his opposition is going to make our return miserable. If he is back this week, uh, my salary for around 21 of the prem is England and saints fullback, George for bank.
01:22:07
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. Just don't, don't. Same idea. Yeah. Stay, stay away. Yep. Stay away. Uh, whip around for the champions league. Let's go to the semi-finals in both. Um,
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01:22:21
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In the championship bracket, we had Mark and me, Mark got me, Mark's got a 40 point advantage on me, so that's not great for me. And then Anton won the first week of he and Carrick's match. Jeez, but Duncan decided to pull it all out for the Sacco bracket, 200 points.
01:22:39
Speaker
Good for Duncan. Yeah. I think he was, uh, I think it was one of those that you're, I think people were kind of glad not to be playing his, his, his late year. Was good. Rise has been amazing in, in FRD. So it was very good. Yeah. And then, and then Justin got the best of you to start off that, that one. So yeah, that's 20 points. Not, not too bad. 40 points is doable too. Like all these are, uh, maybe not so much George, depending on
01:23:04
Speaker
Sorry, George. Here, I'll be playing next week too, buddy. That's a 60-point difference right there. That's hard to make up. The others are make-up-able.
01:23:13
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make up a bubble bubble, semi final week one in super. We have a tight one between Justin and Mark, Justin's up by like nine. So it'll be interesting. George is up by 60 over Anton in the championship bracket. Sacco bracket, I got about a 12 point lead, which isn't a whole lot. And then you're only done by seven at Duncan. So there's a lot to play for in that one as well.
01:23:36
Speaker
Um, for the TRM, for the prem, it's not a ton of movement since last week.
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01:23:45
Speaker
Uh, you know, I temporarily got a little bit more space. Yeah. I'm, you have got about a 90 ish, just under a 90 point lead over dunk. Uh, excuse me, Anton, I'm trying to try my best to catch Duncan.
01:24:01
Speaker
You have 60 points. There's three weeks to go. Yep. Try my best to catch Duncan. I've got to put the separation between myself and George, thankfully. So I'm at least going to finish from fourth. Right. And Justin's creeping up on George. Justin's getting there. He's slowly marching his way up that table there. He's about 20 points away. So look out. Mark still not holding up the bottom. So that's good for him for a guy that's never played TRM before. Right. And then, yeah, Carrick's holding up the bottom.
01:24:28
Speaker
Yeah, but you know, respectively, too. Yeah, he knows he's shown respectively. He just had a had a rough start, just like Mark did. Yeah. It's weird if you're only used to if you're like, I have gotten better at FRD this this season because I'm finally sorting that shit out because I really like TRM. It makes more sense to me.
01:24:50
Speaker
But yeah, it's, it's hard to, it's hard to keep them separate. So, um, if you're used to, certainly if you're used to FRD, I think it's probably a harder switch to get over to, uh, TRM because the tackles mean so much more. Um, um, so I forward skin when you, when you weeks, man. Right. Okay. Let's do some picky, um, uh, no movement. Cause we both picked the same last week, uh, crusaders and force. I'm still taking the crusaders. I'm still taking the crusaders. Yeah. Reds and blues.
01:25:21
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Reds coming off a win. Right. And so the Blues are playing for more. Yeah. I'm going to go with the Reds because I still think the Reds are playing extremely well in general. I mean, as much as I shat on the Chiefs, Reds actually took it to them pretty good. So them being at home, I'm going to stick with the Reds. Yeah.
01:25:44
Speaker
Uh, Highlanders and Taz. Wait, did you say you're going blues? I am going. We have the, okay. Good. Yep. Good for business. All right. Um, Taz and Highlanders. I think this is, I think this is back in, um, the need. And so there.
01:26:01
Speaker
Yep. Give them the rock and Brumby's hurricanes. I wonder if the Brumby's name, uh, a depower team. So I'm going to go with my hurricanes. Yeah. I'm going to go with the canes too. And that's honestly what I'm hoping for. And I'm kind of hoping that we caught the two best teams in Australia at the best possible time where there's not a lot to be played for. Right. So we'll see, uh, chief's rebels, the site is back home for the chefs. Um, chiefs. Yeah. I think you rebels have not looked good since they made that coaching change. I'm sorry. That's just facts.
01:26:30
Speaker
Uh, sale Quinn's sale. Yeah. I'm really trying to, I was really trying to wrestle with my brain. If I could manage to find a reason to pick Quinn's not the JBL. I don't think I can see what the fans being bad. Right. Not the way sale are playing right now. It's depressing me. They're being mean. Yeah. That's all I know. Uh, Newcastle Worcester, Newcastle have to have to write this ship, don't they?
01:26:59
Speaker
Can they both lose? I can draw. Yeah. I'm going to go, fuck, I want to go Wooster. Is it not as far a trip for Wooster as any, is this like the shortest away trip for two, two Newcastle? Or do I have that right? Probably not. Okay. Like I don't think they're, I don't think they're that close either. Okay. Well, I know. I wasn't sure if they might still might be the closest of the other prem teams is what I'm thinking. Oh, but
01:27:29
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going to go with the home team. I'm going to go with Newcastle. I don't like it, but I think they'll come out with more than they put out for. You know what? No, I'm going Worcester. I'm going to think that they continue doing that because now I don't think they have anything to play for. Yeah, it's about a five hour car ride up that way. Yeah. All right. I'm still going Worcester. Yeah. I mean, it's closer than London. Right. That's where I'm going. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. I think Lester's the closest. Okay. I think Lester's the closest.
01:27:57
Speaker
All right. But yeah. Okay. So you're on the, I'm going to the warriors. What's the home of the warriors. Okay. Uh, Lester and Bristol, who did you go with Falcons? I did. All right. Yeah. Uh, Bristol that God, they got to write this ship for sure. Another one that's got to just kind of turn it on and they got to practice team. Yeah. Uh, exiles and wasps.
01:28:23
Speaker
Irish. Same. Yeah, I mean, I'm very inclined to pick that with things. Although wasps have a do have a bone to pick with with Irish. You know, company didn't the Irish break their streak at the Rico? I think so. Back way back way back when it was like a year and a half ago, what the fuck? Yeah.
01:28:49
Speaker
Yeah, but I'll take the exiles. And I still think, yeah, I think that right now the Irish are the better team. Yeah, fans make a difference right now. That's how long ago that was.
01:28:59
Speaker
Yeah, they do. So yeah, and so does not having a center. Yeah, not having a viable center. That's right. Not either bad or old. Right. Or both. Yeah, both. No, thanks. I'm sorry. I know. I know. There are Franklin's gardens, and I'm sure they'll make plenty of noise, but the chefs will do it. Good. So we got a couple of
01:29:22
Speaker
couple of different, couple of different. So that, that will, that will change things possibly. I think there's only two different, so it could just flip them. That's how she goes. Right. Okay.
Closing and Listener Engagement
01:29:34
Speaker
Um, yeah, start sits on Friday. Uh, we'll have that out. We'll have that out. I don't have a, I don't have a match to coach. Thankfully on Friday. Yay. There you go. It makes my life a little easier. Um,
01:29:48
Speaker
So, and then fancy where we protest at gmail.com. We still need two more Malcolm, uh, for the second year of champion's league. Uh, yeah, Twitter better. I, if you need, if you need anything or can think of any questions that you want us to discuss on the pod, because we will have some time coming up here once things go to like finals and semi-finals where we don't have as many minutes to talk about. So we can talk about some other cool shit too. Um, otherwise we're just going to talk about random shit. Well, I do want to, I want to, I do want to talk about, um, you know,
01:30:19
Speaker
some point, and maybe you can save it for starting next year, but really talk about the investment and TRM of picking players based on not just how good they are, but what they'll do for you long-term. Those of us who believe we'll be in better position come playoffs and the pool of players is the same, but a couple
01:30:43
Speaker
10K 50K will change how you change your fortunes. So yeah, maybe I think maybe we can talk some about that. Although I think it's too late now this year. Yeah, but we could still throw that in there somewhere. I'm sure if you want to because it's our problem, right? Right. But yeah, so get out of this. Yeah. Tell your friends about Champions League. Obviously, we'll open up other leagues next year, too. So don't don't forget that. Right.
01:31:10
Speaker
Yeah. And go ahead and tune into the rugby's and we enjoy you guys come along for the ride with us and we'll talk to you guys next week. Have a good one. Later.