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Season 4- Weekly Fantasy Corner (6 Nations Round 3, Premiership Round 18 & Super Rugby Round 1 Preview)
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Here we are, this is the first really jam packed fantasy corner of the week. Pretty straight forward this one is. We have a look around Champi-Yanks League, both what's happened and what's upcoming. Then, we have a doozy of a Start or Sit segment, covering 3 competitions. Like always, grab that notepad, something to drink and good luck.
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Overview
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey, everybody. Welcome back. It is the fancy Rivian. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. It is fancy corner time and holy shit that we got shit to do. So I'm just going to crack this and we're going to fucking crack on. You go for it. Oh, yeah, buddy. Yeah.
TRM League Performance Discussion
00:00:23
Speaker
So let's do a round up here. Let's start with TRM and...
00:00:29
Speaker
Chevy Yanks League. First of all, I did. First of all, the most important thing is I won my TRM matchup, my TRM matchup. Nice. Nice. I checked because I'm a vindictive little bitch. And I would have beat the guy who he beat me by 10 last week. Yeah. Just came out of nowhere. And then I would have beat him by over 100 this week. And I'm like, damn it. It's like that's why I lose. It's always like, yeah, that's the ups and downs of competition, unfortunately. Right. And bear in mind, I finished
00:00:58
Speaker
was it last week, I finished 29th overall, and he beat me by 10 points. So it's not like I, no, I'm sorry. I finished, no, last week, I'm sorry, I was 180th overall. So, I mean, there's a decent room there, but shit, yeah.
00:01:14
Speaker
But damn, so I kind of lowered, you know, went down and he just punched way above his weight. Yep. Motherfucker. Happens to the best of us, man. All right. Apparently it does. Yeah. And then.
Leaderboard Insights and Strategies
00:01:29
Speaker
Champion's leaderboard for TRM. Ben's still on top. Duncan, too. Seems to be a lot of separation between one, two, and three, unfortunately. I'm holding down three, then there's literally no movement. Anton Ford, Carrick, five. Justin, six. Mark, seven. And George, eight. Although it looked like George might have dug himself out of the basement briefly this weekend, but then unfortunately sent back down.
00:01:54
Speaker
Right. Yeah, it wasn't a terrible week for me. I was 70. I think. Yeah, you did really well. Top 100. Yep. Beat me by four.
Fantasy Rugby Lineup Challenges
00:02:05
Speaker
Robinson, captain was not my best pick, but it wasn't a bad pick by any means. It was not a bad pick.
00:02:11
Speaker
So yeah, I mean, I did. What was it? I had Montoya, Montoya, Montoya. So he wasn't bad. No, I did not. I did also have a couple of the, you know, having a couple, like a few of the, the big hitters, the stars of the week, you know, it was, it was equally one of them. I can't remember. I think so. But Harding and Mitchell certainly were. Yeah. Started out of those. Esther Hazen had 38. I'll take that. Like, I mean, I, yeah, I had a really good week. I'm not complaining. I mean,
00:02:40
Speaker
My bench shit. I had two guys square 20 on my bench. I went out of my way to freaking get another problem. I could have just friggin started. Oops. Yeah, I went out of a way to sign Goodrich Clark. So I could have a yeah.
00:02:59
Speaker
That didn't work out. Oops. Yeah.
Champions League Results and Matchups
00:03:03
Speaker
Yeah. I had, I had, I had, I did not start Medivacy who had a great weekend. I think it was all as loud throwing those, but it got in there.
00:03:12
Speaker
Yeah, Mitchell, the sequel was also in there as well. Yeah. And shout out to you for like I was I was flip-flopping between Mitchell and care and you said, hey, care is playing against Robson who's going to annoy the fuck out of him. Yeah, it worked out all right. I mean, I mean, jeez, I'm I'm not sure I had Mitchell getting 45, but close.
00:03:33
Speaker
No, I mean, Tara 26, which is not terrible, but it's over. Right. But it's not going to be the worst of your week. Yeah. Problem City for some of us this week, series are on by. And that's I got a few of them on my team. I got a few of them, but I'm mobile with them. So yeah, I'm willing to shed some of them. So it's not a
Player Selection Dilemmas
00:03:55
Speaker
big deal for me. And I picked the right guy. I mean, Ezekiel.
00:03:58
Speaker
was a really good call on your part. I was looking because I wasn't even considering him because I thought he was in like the 270 range just a few weeks ago. Well, when he got picked up for England duty, yup, that was the end. Right. And now he's down it, but I didn't realize he'd fall to 230. And so I was looking at Michael Wells, who didn't do bad, but I think he only got 20. And it's like, is he quick? Yeah, the Wells, Harry Wells. Harry Wells, yeah.
00:04:24
Speaker
Who did I say? Michael Wells, who's also a player, but no. Yeah, no, other Wells. I knew I was going to get them fucked up, by the way. Attaboy.
00:04:38
Speaker
But yeah, um, no complaints this week. I thought, yeah, it gives me the mobility though. Cause I could basically swap out as equally for either of the Willis's or a Barbary essentially. Not bad. So it's like that that's a trade off. I'll take, yeah. It's not bad. It's not bad at all. It's going to replace cock and Earl. Yeah. I got to figure out prop situation with that one. Um,
Six Nations Fantasy Picks
00:04:59
Speaker
we had, uh, we had also our first week in champions league, super rugby go down. Um,
00:05:07
Speaker
Let's see. I was able to take the victory over Anton. You lost a tight one to Carrick, man. That was tight. I was proud of how I played, but... That's tough. That's a tough one to eat. You were able to beat a lot of the other teams in the league. It's one of those, like, bath this week. You know, I'll take that loss because I still have Mwunga waiting for round. So, yeah, if I don't have Mwunga and I still get 95 points,
00:05:35
Speaker
Uh, yep. Good things. Yeah. Start pooping yourself, Lee. Yeah. Oh fricking talk about pooping ourselves. Mark with 147 points. Didn't need them all. Cause he, uh, cause he, cause, uh, poor Duncan just put up a stinker, but man, 147 points. That is terrifying. Will Jordan find a new goo.
00:05:58
Speaker
Tom Wright, all big numbers. Donaldson had a decent week who I did not see that coming personally, but doesn't mean it wasn't going to happen. Yeah, and poor Duncan just had a couple of real, real big duds in his lineup, unfortunately. Yeah. Hodge went negative somehow. We talked about that before the podcast. I don't get it.
00:06:15
Speaker
And then Justin wins with only one OB. Like, oh my God, 97 wins over George with Harry Wilson and Bertie Vitalik and Fergus Burke. Like, holy shit. Wow. And Brumby's front row. And Brumby's front row whenever 10-2. Yeah, that's hell. Yeah. And Josh Teemu held his own as well. So that's 12 points. Yeah, 12 points. Still, he outscored.
00:06:40
Speaker
Well, chase TT didn't play. I don't know that Lachlan Anderson played in several weeks. Got not much. Oh, did he? Oh, yeah. You get positive points. But yeah, he played for 80 minutes. Oh, did he? Holy shit. He's played for 28.
00:06:55
Speaker
Wow. Yeah. I did not even notice Lachlan Anderson out there. I mean, I was watching, you know, I was half distracted. Well, that's the exact point. Yeah, did not see him. Yeah, it was not good. It was not good at all. And hold on. I'll pull up the match-ups for this week. I just had my freaking click off the page by accident because I got it. I'm playing Anton. George has Carrick.
00:07:20
Speaker
OK, Mark has Justin and you are playing Duncan. Yeah. Bring it on. I will take it. Please let Duncan do that again. I had to do a little triage with the with the bag with the bag game from this past weekend or from this coming weekend, rather. But looks like I should be OK. I got one thing I'm waiting on for waivers. Hopefully it goes through soon. Yeah.
00:07:47
Speaker
That's it. Should be okay. Otherwise, let me see.
Ireland vs Italy Match Analysis
00:07:51
Speaker
Kind of screwed with Quinn to pie and not playing, but yeah. Yeah. Put the, put the screws to all of us. Uh, the shit out. Yeah. I got, I, I did pick up, um,
00:08:04
Speaker
TJ, cause I know he's, I know it would be out for four to six, but yeah. Uh, when that, when that, when that, when that timeline comes, I'm going to be happy to have him personally. Right. Right. Yeah. Like, I mean, I have, well, I'm still, I'm screwed. Cause I don't know. Like I, I was serious about it. I think even Duncan picked up on it. Like I have Tate McDermott and, um, and Jake Gordon, which one do I start? Yep.
00:08:29
Speaker
And it's like, yeah, fuck. I'm going to make the wrong decision. I did this past week. Probably, yeah. Although I think Tate will do all right when it's not in the rain. And I think he'll do better against the Waratahs than he did against the Rebels. And I think Jake Gordon will do much worse against the Reds than he does. Yeah, I'm sure he will. And I think that might be the bigger point. Right. That's probably the bigger point. Right. Right. We got...
00:08:56
Speaker
It's time for starts it because we got a ton of time to go through. Yeah. And I think you're starting because we are one six nations. Yeah, I am up to Maryfield, Scotland and France, for instance, first away game. This should be really, really interesting. So for the Scots Stewart McAnally, George Turner, France, they're both options this week. France are last against hooks so far in the six nations. And if you need an off the wall hooker play, that's the one hooker.
00:09:25
Speaker
So there's always one Scotland prop that seems to just put himself above the others in this in this comp for TRM. I believe it's Pierre Schumann has actually been the best performing guy so far. And if you look at the metrics, he's right near the top along with some usual suspects. So, yeah, and France have been the have been the best against props, but they're going on the road for the first time. So I think he's still an OK play if you choose to pick him up. Ali Price, I love the guy. And yes, France haven't played on the road, like I said.
00:09:55
Speaker
He's just not quite getting it done for the nine this year. And even for your bench spot, you got to find another one. Yeah, there's enough available. Yeah, I like him, but nope, nope, nope, nope. For Lebleu, Scotland are first against flanks, but I'm still going to give a thumbs up to Anthony Jalanche. Seems like the type of player that this doesn't really dip, so I'm going to give him a go.
00:10:16
Speaker
Zero by Scotland are last against props in the TRM. So if you've passed on him until now, change that. Like right now. I really like him anyway. So I've had him all along. I can't recommend Villamster or Wokey this week. Scotland first versus Locks. And neither had a very good game last week for fantasy purposes. Ten and eight were their scores the last time around. Yeah, they're not in the rotation. There's like three locks you really, really want. And outside of that,
00:10:41
Speaker
Yeah, they're not neither one of them are it and honestly, there's a talk about a minute but there's some Missouri that I'd rather have than them. Oh, yes, I agree. Yeah, I don't you spotted or you saw it too. I guess you're doing I saw it. Fancy motherfucker. Over to England hosting whales.
00:11:04
Speaker
Well, the I think the forward mismatch here is going to dominate the game and really open up this. You know, if they play it right, that's what will open up for the backs. You know, Jamie George, if he's starting, is I think almost a must start. If you can, if you have the room for him, Luke, how and Dickey, though? No.
00:11:29
Speaker
Last time this was the matchup that this was the infamous captaining of Morrow just taking me out of this competition entirely. He had one point and five penalties last time. I remember that. I think it's going to be a little bit different. He's not going up against the same Wales forward pack certainly this time around too. He'll have opportunities.
00:11:52
Speaker
But at the same time, I'm wary of that. Yeah, so maybe don't captain them. Don't captain them, maybe stash them on your bench because I think as we're both about to talk, well, you're about to talk about and I'm about to say not long because I was going to say about it.
00:12:08
Speaker
Yeah, there's a Missouri. So there are probably better options in this round, which is sad to say about Maro. Whoever's the number eight, Sam or Dom, yeah, go. Smith, yeah, obviously. And Max Malins, too laggy if he's playing 12. Well, I think he's going to have a lot of fun.
00:12:30
Speaker
Whales, I'm kind of staying away entirely from my starters. They're going to be bench villains at best, you know, like Elias Jones, when Jones make for good, like, you know, backups in the forwards, because they may score well, but you just don't want to start them. And you got to have enough from every team. I don't like Whales as a,
00:12:52
Speaker
as a TRM option this year. Whether or not they're playing good rugby, the points really aren't there. Yeah, they haven't shown up. You're not wrong on that one by any means. Watkins has been the only one that's really been noticed, but he only played just that one match, right? Right. He played a little bit in the first match and did all right, but you weren't going to have him on your team at that point, and then he started match two. Right, right.
00:13:18
Speaker
All right, Ireland and Italy at the Aviva for the Irish.
Premiership Rugby Insights
00:13:24
Speaker
Dan Sheehan could be Callaher's replacement as we, if you haven't seen Ron Callaher is out for the remainder of the comp. So what, what again, another out of the box play at hook. You know, we, we know the good ones, but sometimes you just need a little catch up. So there you go. Give him a go. If you need, like if you need a replacement, James Love was back.
00:13:43
Speaker
He's likely to go straight into the team and don't hesitate to grab him if he can, if he does. So I'm not going to say no to that, especially against Italy.
00:13:53
Speaker
I'm going to get, I'm going against what is probably conventional thinking and say sit Gary Rainrose this week hasn't scored well. And it's one place that Italy have been fairly tough with their midfield in the centers. Yeah. Yeah. Um, I agree. Brexton Zenon, um, done quite well. 24 is the most so far that speak of, um, of the four centers that have played against them. So yeah, sorry. I can't, I can't recommend them right now.
00:14:17
Speaker
For the U.S.A.R.I. Canone, Visair, or Ruzza, all are possibilities this week. Solid at the lock position, so if you have them, probably good fodder for your bench at minimum. At minimum, yeah. And really, you know, I have burn and gray as my starters regularly. So, yeah, but that's absolutely worth the bench spot.
00:14:40
Speaker
Yeah, I like them. I like those guys. Michelle, you're Lamoureux, the Missouri captain. It's still a solid play. Ireland are middling against blanks. And some of you could probably be in a catch-up spot. So a good contrarian play here on this one as well. If you want, I mean, if I had the stones to throw them into my lineup the other week, I would have done better than even better than I had done, which was not bad. So, shit. I'm just saying.
00:15:06
Speaker
I have been loving on the hookers for Italy, but Ireland are first against hooks and me made a less experienced Ryan Elias look pretty bad and Italy's hooks are also not so experienced. So that's what I'm kind of going on on that one. So yeah, sorry guys. Not, not this week, not this week guys. So the other weeks, um, my went with the, you know, obviously you're going to take the Ireland versus Italy matchup. I feel like, and.
00:15:36
Speaker
Josh Van Der Fleer. Oh, that's a good pick. Yep. No argument. No argument. I tap. No, I'm done. He'll have space and he'll have opportunity. Yeah. Has anybody called him the Flying Dutchman yet?
00:15:55
Speaker
Not that I know of, but I love it. That's got to be his nickname now. Done. It is decided. All right. For me, I'm going to go for the not so low hanging fruit, unlike what I did last time. It worked out all right, though. I'll probably annoy someone with this one, actually. This week, my pick is a guy that has a lot of folks still thinking he has a lot to prove. I think he's going to do the job this week and his opposition have been very kind to his starting position for this comp.
00:16:21
Speaker
My start of the week for round three of the Six Nations is England's dynamic eight man, Alex Donbrandt. And yes, I'll also pick Simmons if it's him too. Yeah. Where's the date? Exactly. Whoever the England date is. Yeah, I think it'll be Donbrandt. But if it's Simmons, I'm not not complaining. And I will pick him as my start of the week as well. So just saying. All right. So now off to off the week. Oh, six of the week. Sorry. Don't forget that one.
00:16:50
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Other side of the coin is I don't like the negative side of the coin sometime. But this is a player I got hurt and I'm not sure if he's playing exactly. But even if he was just sit his ass down, you know, he had a somehow a lucky week one week that's very outside of his norm as far as scoring. Don't confuse that for a trend. But Matt Fagerson. Oh, yeah. Put him away for the week. Scott, France, France are going to.
00:17:18
Speaker
not let him play. His game is not going to be relevant in this game. Yeah. Nope. Nope. Probably not going to be great. I mentioned this guy before as well. Unfortunately, I really like him as a player, but as a fancy asset, he's not been good so far for six nations. And he's looking right down the barrel of a tough matchup. My say of the week for round three of the six nations is Scotland's diminutive little leader and Scrum half Valley price.
00:17:42
Speaker
Yeah, also not scoring so hot. Nope. Sad. Like I said, I really like the guy. But because like, first off, you're not like you have to have DuPont like. Yeah. Don't get cute. You're playing right. Shut up. You're not you're not going to beat the house on this one. So don't try. Don't get cute. So then the same. It's OK. Who's your second one? And there's there's better ones. There's a couple of better ones at this point. A couple better ones right now. And as far as fantasy, fantasy fantasy. Agreeable. Better ones right now.
00:18:13
Speaker
Prem, Prem, off to Six Ways, the re-angrenated Worcester Post and Quins.
00:18:27
Speaker
This is not going to be the same kind of match that you just played. I'm guessing Edwards will start at 10. And yeah, if you had Tommy Allen, I'd switch to Edwards because Edwards is, as you noted in the rugby pod, he's just running that machine better.
Bristol vs Wasps Match Analysis
00:18:51
Speaker
Worcester will have holes in their game. They're just not ready for this type of matchup. Quins are just aggressive and will attack from anywhere.
00:19:00
Speaker
That's kind of game that Worcester I don't I still don't think they're ready to play yet. Yeah, no do Han for them this week either so right Worcester so so on to the start set, and that is a bench option at this point, badly at lock, especially. Yes, but Benjamin if he's at flanker again because twins are really good at shutting down flankers bench Gareth Simpson.
00:19:21
Speaker
I'm not sure you can bench Ashley Beck at this point. And she'll penis is doing all right. He's playing, but he's not scoring enough to warrant even having on your fantasy team at this point. Yeah, I had a point yes year. Yeah, for the twins, only levies from the forwards. You don't really want to have any of the rest of them on your team right now because
00:19:41
Speaker
When Six Nations is over and guys heal up, not many of these guys will be playing. But start the entire back line from care on out that they're going to have room to run.
00:19:53
Speaker
Mm hmm. Yeah, on that track. Yeah, true. Yeah. And I've got a couple of them. So thankfully, you YE double you you are sailing Irish up at the AJ Bell. Luke James, assuming his injury is healed, get him in there for your fullback spot, especially.
00:20:11
Speaker
London Irish are 12th versus fullbacks. 27, 23, and 29 are three of their last five that they've given up, so not too bad. Curtis Langdon seems to be the choice too with injuries and such so far, and he's a play against London Irish. They're 12th against Hooks.
00:20:29
Speaker
JLDP, it's been a couple of weeks for him at flank with the scores, the way they've been below his standard. I keep your eyes peeled for the lineup. If he's on the flank again, I'd bench him. Honestly, kind of. I'm kind of there. It's kind of I'm kind of sick to say that, but putting badly over him, which. Well, what does the world come to? I fucking don't know.
00:20:53
Speaker
All right, for the exiles. Hopefully, since his release, Tom Pearson will be back in the lineup for them. He's a play for these guys this week. Yes, sir. Still a middling against flanks, so that's not a concern for me. Look, he's underrated. Like, if you look at the flanker position, he doesn't have most points scored.
00:21:12
Speaker
points per start. He's been amazing per minute. Like he's the guy you want on your team. Like, even if he's on the bench, he's should be on your bench. She's one of those coming up again, a Barbary type player.
00:21:24
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Tips to go again, even after the sinkery he did against the generous series team. He'll bounce back this week, I have no doubt. I'd say play the fullback for Irish, but no. No. Stokes, it's been Stokes of recent. He's not doing it for me and there are others. He was ridiculous. It's a favorable matchup, but no. Like what, like last year for like, was it last year or the year before? Parton did well, but Stokes also when he played was just lighting and now he's just not.
00:21:54
Speaker
I don't know what happened. I think 21 has been his best score, so not good. Not good. All right, off to the gate in Ashton. Whoo! Crystal Wasps.
00:22:07
Speaker
There's lots of attack here, three versus four, but not much defense because it's seven versus 11. Kerr, if he's at hook, is a great cheap option if he's starting. And he might continue to as Thacker recovers, but if Thacker's back, you can go for Thacker. Vui's returning to form. He's had over 30 points in his last three starts, including one of them at flank. But he's expensive and still a little risky.
00:22:31
Speaker
Fitts Harding is a beast and I don't consider that a risk because of how inexpensive he is and he got 51 this past week. I'm back to being hesitant with the back line.
00:22:49
Speaker
Like, yeah, pump the fucking brakes for the on the other side. Fafita and Cruz were hurt last week. So I'm not sure if Frost is back. So it might be Agree up front. Stuke at at lock will score pretty well. And then we're looking at a potentially Barbary Willis Willis back row. I just say people are saying. But yeah, people are talking. People are talking.
00:23:19
Speaker
Oh God, that's gonna be awesome. Yeah, so, and then, yeah, it's hard to move on from that. Umaga is actually a good option, as you mentioned. So are the two hounds, Odog, Wu, and Bassett. I see what I did there. Yeah, you got a cigarette. See what I did there. That Willis Barbary thought just did it for me. Let's go back to that. Okay, fine.
00:23:46
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going to ignore the other shit that you said. OK, I'm sure you're used to that type of shit. All right. All right. New new castle and bath up in the up at the Kingston Park again. Greg Peterson, our favorite Falcon has becoming back to form of late, scoring over 20 in the last three, back to the last against locks. Play the man who?
00:24:10
Speaker
George McGuigan could be a consideration for captain this week with him being red hot and Beth being very poor against hooks.
Premiership Rugby Matchup Implications
00:24:17
Speaker
So yeah, if you have him, consider that. It could be tempting to bring in Cameron Nordley Kalameti for those that need a nine. Beth are actually number two against Scrumhalf. So maybe wait just a week, just a thought. Yeah, but also consider that they've been getting a lot of backups.
00:24:33
Speaker
Yeah. And sometimes, yes. But even last week, that was a good number that Wiggy put up, and that still didn't affect their score that much. True. But I mean, Wiggy does also doesn't generally score that much. No, he doesn't. But still, that was 26 last week. He put on a thing. But that's like, you know, that's like five times his average. I know it is. I know it is. When he said he scored, I was just like, are you drunk? Did you text me the right thing?
00:25:02
Speaker
for Bath. Will Nier has found his form once again. And with a 10th ranked first wings Falcons on the docket, I'm on his on that boat once again as well. Orlando Bailey also could be a nice play this week. Some looking obviously looking for help at 10 shirts. So he's an option Newcastle are also 10th against playoffs.
00:25:22
Speaker
Newcastle are actually tough against number eight, so that means bad news for Nathan Hughes this week. So that's too bad. It is good to see him fit and firing. I'm sure he'll have a fantastic game. It just might not be the fan of the fantasy variety. That's like, yeah, keeping it in perspective here.
00:25:46
Speaker
Oh, I have to welfare road. Yes, we are. For let the stirs Gloucester, Leicester, Leicester hosting Gloucester. Do that. You haven't done that one yet this year. That's funny. Seven and a half percent alcohol will do it. Yeah. This looks to be a very forwards dominated game.
00:26:05
Speaker
So, take that under advisement for so for Lester like Montoya wells visa and Leibenberg, I think, should he start, or it would be good starts. Freddie burns is actually a good, good option here because Gloucester are eighth versus fly house and he's in a scoring mood.
00:26:25
Speaker
Dan Kelly is also in the scoring mood, so he's an angry elf. But I'd sit the back three because Gloucester are actually good out wide.
00:26:37
Speaker
For Gloucester, I don't like the matchup for Singleton or Sesino. Every so often, they'll just take an absolute shit, including, I think, probably both of them getting carded in a match. So I think this is that kind of matchup. Yeah, I'm looking at one of these two groups of players is going to get carded. It's either Singleton or Sesino, or it's Jasper Vese.
00:27:03
Speaker
So it's one of those three, like that group that they're going to get. It's that kind of match, I feel like. Freddie Clark should score well, but don't captain him. Same with Ackerman. Like, these are guys you want on your team, but they generally are captain worthy. Not this week. Just have a start. Sit Hastings, because he's been poop, and you shouldn't have one on your team anyway. Thor Lowe is still lineup worthy, because he's been just...
00:27:30
Speaker
also angry elf just angry like ran him through people for fun and scoring tries and you know regardless of the matchup um yeah i think he's the start worthy cool i see good to see him back again yeah
00:27:44
Speaker
Northampton and Exeter Sunday. I think this is a Sunday game. George Furbank could be another potential 10 for folks this week, as long as you give him the K. Exeter are 11th versus fly halfs in TRM this season, so I'm all right with that. Dave Rubins eats up softer opposition in terms of points against, and Exeter are 11th versus Locks, so he should be up there as a possible captain option.
00:28:08
Speaker
Tough one for Alex Mitchell this week, Exeter first versus Scrum Ave. So if you're flipping that coin between him and DC, he's on the wrong side of it this week. Sorry, buddy. Team conclusion already. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Not gonna be great.
00:28:25
Speaker
For Exeter, Jack Ennard, as most of Exeter hooks usually are, is a good play this week. A bit of a softer spot for Northampton, but then landing middle to lower part of that particular table. Janis Kirshin has actually shown his value as long as he's playing at lock. Northampton can be had there, again, middling to lower in the rankings for points against and lock. Could be another tough week for those playing Exeter props.
00:28:51
Speaker
There are five scores of 25 or more against Northampton out of 30 starting props this season so far.
00:28:59
Speaker
One of them was Gensh. So kind of throw that one out the window. So if you need to pick one of these two- Where do you get these stats? Crazy person. A med scientist. Pick the sole. If you need to pick one, pick the loose head, which I think is either Hepburn or Moon. Threes are just about 10 on average against the Northampton as starters. That's not great. So yeah, don't do that.
00:29:28
Speaker
So now we're to the other week.
Super Rugby Pacific Preview
00:29:30
Speaker
Yeah. You know, I hadn't considered your option there, but.
00:29:37
Speaker
you mentioned so but I went with a pretty clear cut and I don't think you mentioned him either um which because he's just a guy that you expect to score points at this point um you mentioned his partner and we all love friend of the pod um Greg uh Greg Peterson um but Sean Robinson is my start of the week yeah uh dude just Rakes and Beth are
00:30:01
Speaker
Yeah. Giving it away. I am officially going to be banging the drum of Sean Robinson over Johnny Hill for England from here out until he gets in the team. Because Johnny Hill, I have no idea what the fuck he adds. And Sean Robinson is a fucking problem for most teams. Yeah, he's been unbelievable everywhere around the ball. And he gets a ton of fantasy points while he does it.
00:30:24
Speaker
It generally does. I enjoy that much. All right. I really love the way for my start of the week. I really love the way this guy plays. He's been getting better by the week and quickly passed his teammate in terms of my favorite winger for his team. He's got a really nice matchup and a lot of help around him. So his opponents will be otherwise occupied to boot. My start of the week for around 18 of the prem is Quinn's flying winger, Kaden Murley. I like it. And especially the center eligible so you can get those points at center. Delicious.
00:30:55
Speaker
Yeah, I thought you were going to go ribbons, actually, with all that glowing praise in them. I thought about it, and I was like, you know what? This is the tastier one for me. It's a delicious matchup, so no doubt there. Sits of the Week. Well, I mentioned it when I went through the team, or the matchup.
00:31:17
Speaker
And Lester are the number one team versus hookers. And Singleton has negative points versus opposition average. So, sit of the week is Jack Singleton. Yeah, painful but true. Painful but true. Yeah, and I, because he does score, he's obviously up near the top for points overall, but I always, I see that number and it's the one thing that always turns me on the way. I'm like,
00:31:42
Speaker
He plays a lot. That number sucks. He's at the top because he plays like all the time. Yeah, he plays like 70 minutes most match. So, yeah, that'll happen. But then the games where he doesn't show up, he just doesn't show up. I agree. Yeah, this is probably one of them, unfortunately. Yes, this could be one of them. As I said, I see a card in this match among the forward packs.
00:32:05
Speaker
That's who I got my eye on. Like, you're the Joker pointing at the screen. I'm looking at that guy right there. Yikes. Terrifying. Yeah. All right. For my set, I gave a number before. Didn't mention this guy by name, though. It's the guy playing the wrong place right now at the wrong time. Not a huge fan of him anyway. But even though he's very popular on TRM lately, but the number isn't pretty. So my single week for round 18 of the premise, Exeter tight at Patrick Schickling.
00:32:34
Speaker
Yeah. Getting more popular as it goes. And I got to put the kibosh on it this week because it's not going to go well, I don't think. I hope not. Yeah. Well, besides that point. Shit. All right. We got. Super rugby. Super rugby.
00:32:53
Speaker
Am I going to lose first? Yeah, I think it's you. That sounds right. You get the QB match, right? Right. Highlanders versus Crusaders. That's the one. So as I said in the pod, the rugby pod, I wasn't really impressed with really any of the Highlanders and we won. And I feel like the Crusaders have a better structure and certainly defense than the Chiefs.
00:33:15
Speaker
Um, so maybe Shannon Frizzell and Evans, uh, the back line, you know, if you're starting anyone in the back line, it's, you're kind of hoping Aaron Smith goes for a little scoot as he can do every so often. And then like pretty much everyone else is, I feel like as a prayer in this match, I don't, I don't see it going well for, well for Highlanders. Um, and on the other side, the crusaders, uh, the fly half in the back three are really, you're doing okay. If you got these guys, cause, um,
00:33:43
Speaker
Yeah, um, focus books can get points just for existing. That's how it works for the Crusaders these days, right? Because the back three do what they can do. Of course, the centers as well. Barrett and Whitelock could score pretty well seeing how the Chiefs like, you know,
00:34:02
Speaker
It was Retallic and Peter Gussoa Kula that just pummeled the Crusader, the Highlanders. I could see Barrett and Whitelock filling those kind of roles because I don't know, you know, and so among the locks that they're they're decent options this week. If you if you were the kind of person who starts a lock in those damn weirdos. All right. Taws and Reds, the old rivalry renewed for the war ties.
Super Rugby Matchup Analysis
00:34:31
Speaker
Charlie gamble reds gave up. So if you, if you're not aware yet, lineups are out as we say this, and we were able to do a little bit of research and get that ahead of time. So we're not guessing at this point, which is good. Um, Charlie gamble reds have gave, uh, they gave up 10 to Brad looking last week who played seven for the rebels. And I don't see no reason why gamble isn't worth well, a gamble.
00:34:53
Speaker
So there you go. Jed Holloway, despite his shit house three last week, scored all right for a lock. And Matt Phillips hit double digits last week against the Reds. So he's the guy for that position there. The back three for Todd's could be a worry this week. Reds all but shut down the back three of the roughness last weekend.
00:35:12
Speaker
It's going to be much tougher than the draw where for the for the water toss, fancy wise. So it's up there. Yeah, it's going to be a little harder this time around for the Reds.
00:35:24
Speaker
Josh Fluke was on the edge of having a really nice day, although that kick pass he had was fucking ridiculous for that last try on the outside of the boot. He was on the edge having a really, really nice day for the fantasy last week. And the Jewish centers are not what, are just not what he faced before. So give him a go. If you're missing a midfielder this week, see Tupiah, ALB, Taifu, so on and so forth.
00:35:48
Speaker
I really like him a lot as the Reds for those back row and he'll have a point to prove after being left out of the 15 last week. So definitely give him a whirl if you have him. Could be a week to temper expectations for Tate this week. Jake Gordon buzzing about near him. I think he's still an okay play, but I'd place him mid table this week in terms of rankings for half back in this comp. I'd say that Jake Gordon is an amazing defender, but I'm just saying I think he's going to cause more problems than Joey Powell did.
00:36:18
Speaker
Okay, interesting. I thought that he, well, yeah, I kind of had that backwards. So again, I'm still at that. If Jake Gordon's going to, if Jake Gordon's your starter, then you're screwed. Just hate always causes problems for nines. Exactly. So I'm like, well, I got to go. Got to go with Tate. Yeah.
00:36:35
Speaker
So anyway, on to the Brumbies versus the Fijian Drua. For the Brumbies, the front row, Swain, that whole back row, Valentini, Rory Scott, Samu. Samu, I'm not too high on. One thing I've noticed in this competition is that you want the seven.
00:36:55
Speaker
more than anything. Sixes are kind of a little bit also quite valuable. It's rare you get a quality eight. I don't quite understand how that works. Harry Wilson's a tutu. Right. And Peter Gus.
00:37:10
Speaker
That's kind of it. Lonergan and Lowell SEO, the rest of that back line, they should all score well. Fijia and Drew will give up points. Just as they get, you know, they still have to learn how to play together and they're on the road.
00:37:26
Speaker
It's not ideal for that team. But for them, Negusa at eight, as we saw, you know, still a threat to score. So you can't ignore that. Karavoli at nine, yes. And then Voda and Rotave at 13 and 14. I think those are good spots for the Fijians. Those are the kind of guys you want on your squad. Sweet.
00:37:50
Speaker
All right. Blues and hurricanes. Blues getting back into the action after the week off last week. And the lineup was the last one to come out, but I did catch it. So I was able to get some get some research into for them to have asked to check the new guy. I'd start them not because I have him. Neither Sullivan nor surveyor who are opposite him this week are defensive dynamos by any means, and he's totally worth the the the throw on that one, because if he score, if he hits, he's going to hit big. I have a feeling.
00:38:20
Speaker
Right. Um, John Sullivan, uh, their fullback absolutely should be in your team. He's a, he's a good OB and he also takes the long range goal kick. So that as we know, you know, obviously he's not going to be Jordy Berry, but still that adds value to your, as a player, if you're taking goal kicks of any kind.
00:38:37
Speaker
So that's good. I don't love Tom Robinson as a fans. He asked it, although he's had his good moments, even for me in my team, but he's still a wait and see for me this year. Just hold your horses on that. So I'll just hold it back. And I know he's a seven, like Ben said, but is he really a seven? Probably not. Probably he's there seven, but he's just being rested this week. That's all.
00:38:57
Speaker
Um, for the canes, Jamie Booth, he's not TJ, but he's still fairly mobile and ambitious for affect. So last week was a tough one. And I think this week will be a wee bit better for him. Um, yeah, that defensive structure of the crusaders is a bitch. Um, Jackson garden, bash up. Um, I know he's not, he's not taking the points, but man, if you're desperate for fly has some FRD, he's still a fine play. He's he's finding room. Um,
00:39:22
Speaker
look what Lovelid did last week without taking the points. So I think he's just as good enough to do that. And this will be a defense. It'll be a little bit more generous. I have a feeling Julian Savia, I'm really uneasy when Obies go to 12. Play them if you must, but man, pamper those expectations because I'm just like,
00:39:44
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, it's a good shape for a 12, but shit. But he's going to have to go against two of us to check. Yeah. That'll be, that'll be fricking talk about a battle. Yeah. Right. It's going to measure on the Richter scale. Kaboom. Right. So if you hear me yelling from Austin about a hit in that midfield, that's probably what it was. Right. And it's weird how like you kind of take on the, um, um,
00:40:12
Speaker
terminology of the match you're watching. And like, it's hard not to watch the hits that we're going to see and not go boom, five. Yeah. Oh, it's not native to these lands, but it certainly describes the moment. Oh, I do it with the young and sometimes. Yeah, I do it with the young and sometimes. And they're just like, what was that? I'm like, celebration of contact, baby. That's what that is right there. All right. All right. Off to the Melbourne versus the force.
00:40:43
Speaker
The Rebels front row, yes, go. Brad Wilkin, Matt Tumua, Stacey Ealy, and Rhys Hodge, I think sure they'll all do better than they did versus the Reds in the rain. Tough old party at the park there. Don't judge the scores from last week or big old asterisks there.
00:41:03
Speaker
The force front row I thought showed really well last week, as we said in the pod Rada was a force but it didn't translate the points so take that for what it's worth. Koteca and Ansti could do well likely, as I recall, only one of them would score well, but they would kind of alternate so
00:41:19
Speaker
take that for what it's worth. Take a guess. They're both starter worthy because it's worth the gamble, but only one of them is going to hit usually each week. Ian Pryor is an interesting case here now because he has a scrum half, but he takes the kicks.
00:41:36
Speaker
You know, and you probably noticed the points on your Scrum half. And maybe you were thinking, oh, that's a fluke. It's not going to be a fluke if he's kicking for points. So you should get over 10 each week. Sign him if you need a Scrum half. I didn't have any room for him in my already with Jake Gordon. Yeah, tough one there. I think George picked him up. The rest of the force back line. I expect a little bit of difficulty this week, though.
00:42:03
Speaker
Cause rebels are defensively tough. I mean, they were, they were, they were strong defense against the reds. It just didn't go their way. No, it did not. Yeah. I have fricking. Yeah. I have, I have, I think I have to play it outside back against them. I'm not super happy about it, but it is what it is. Yeah. This week. Sorry. Oh yeah. Cause Georgia's usual, Georgia's usual nine is Brad Weber. So that's the answer to that.
00:42:32
Speaker
All right. Of the weeks. Here we go. Um, start of the week. Uh, my start of the week is already off to a flyer, trying to prove he should never, ever leave the all blacks 15, certainly not their 23. Um, his opposition were kind of OB is like who's in and survey last week. He's up a gear from, from them even. So look out. Um, I started like for round two, so bright big Pacific is all blacks and crusaders flyer will Jordan. Oh, interesting. I like it.
00:42:57
Speaker
I thought you were going to go lesser, but. That's low hanging fruit, man. That is low hanging fruit, certainly. And this is kind of low hanging fruit, too, where I'm going. And I apologize to you, Jared, personally, for taking this player at this time. But I think he's going to have lots of room to run based on what I saw last week.
00:43:23
Speaker
And Rico, you want to use my, my start of the week this week. I mean, I'm not going to smart you. Especially with Sullivan at 13. I don't know about that. Oh, that's got me uneasy for sure. Well, and you got to figure if, if, um, shit. Yeah. If, if, uh, two of us, a check runt, just trucks to V a couple of times, which could happen. Cause there is a little bit of a size difference there, I believe. Um,
00:43:49
Speaker
That could be Riko running off of him after a line break. I don't think that's going to be pleasurable for anybody but Blues fans. I'll probably not. Not to you. It's going to be a fun game, but I don't see this going well. That specific aspect is not going to be fun. Nope.
00:44:12
Speaker
No, no. All right. Sit. I did not mention this guy in the one game I had previewed that he was in, but he's going to have his handful this week.
Fantasy Rugby Start of the Week Picks
00:44:21
Speaker
His opposition didn't even give up 10 points combined to all the players in that position. He's going to get... I think he's going to be fine going forward, but this week, my start of the week for round two, Super Rugby Pacific is Wallabies and Ta's midfielder, Isaiah Parise.
00:44:40
Speaker
Yeah, that's gonna be a rough one. It's gonna be a tough day for him up that middle and not saying that fluke or Stewart, they just they just bottled that whole group last last week. So whatever they had, I don't feel good about it. So and right for any way that hasn't, I hope I'm wrong. And my set of the week is
00:45:02
Speaker
I just don't, it's not a good matchup for him. I think you, you mentioned it in your start sit. Um, he had a fairly easy matchup last week. That's just not going to be there. The Reds are just a very tough defense that will shut you down. Um, so don't take what Ben Donaldson did last week and say, Hey, I'm going to roll that into this, you know, have, have a sit, find someone else. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. I agree.
00:45:29
Speaker
All right, over to pick them. Well, this, these are the weeks where we start to see either huge separation or the gap closes and, or the ship flips because you got two games on me last week. Yeah. You still got a little bit of room to catch up though. Still got a few, but again, these are the weeks that should start to just start to make huge waves. Um, all right. Six nations, Scotland and France. I'm going to back the visitors because I backed them as a winner. So.
00:45:56
Speaker
Yeah, I have to I think they're a better team. Yeah. I think if Scotland had beaten Wales, I'd feel different. It's really this is about if the French pull out how French that's the only way that Scotland wins, honestly. But it's it's like, it's not about what Scotland do. It's about what France do. So I got to pick France.
00:46:17
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. And they'll be that's no disrespect to Scotland. You're a fantastic team, but this is one of the top three. There's like the top three and then there's everybody else. And it's debatable. If there's top three, it might even be top two. We'll find that out in a little bit. Find out. But yeah, there's France and they're on a level that you're not on. Hey, we know we know we Americans know how that feels. So it is what it is. Yeah.
00:46:45
Speaker
England and Wales, first game at Twickenham, I'm taking English. England. I don't like Wales. They're forwards. Look at default. OK, so there was the dust up because somebody said that there isn't one player on Wales who would start for England. And you know what, though?
00:47:05
Speaker
It's not accurate, but it's not that inaccurate. Like you might, I would take Louis Reesamit over at, and maybe Josh Adams at the two wings and that's it. Yeah.
00:47:20
Speaker
Um, but that's, you know, if it's max mail-ins at the wing, then no, I'm not. I'll take Louie, Louie and max. Right. So, yep. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's just, and whales aren't playing that well anyway. So no, if they, if they bring the same game that bought the last two games, despite the fact that they won one of them, it's not going to go well. Right. Right.
00:47:41
Speaker
uh ireland and italy sorry this is not the one no this is not the one it's out there i felt Irish are gonna be a little testy yeah i think real salty after that yeah that was a tough one that was a tough loss all right um to the prem wester and quinns sorry wester you are not doing it again no quinns um sail and London Irish i'm gonna take the sharks yeah i'm gonna take the sharks too because it's like they're they're both like
00:48:08
Speaker
Quality teams, but sailor it again that little tier above I think and they're agreed agreed Bristol and wasps, we know the season's gone. So so much loss. Yeah. Yeah, and wasps are angry. They're buzzing
00:48:22
Speaker
Yeah. And they, they, they didn't play so poorly last week, even though, you know, you might've thought otherwise, but they'll be. And like you said, if that's the back row that you, that, that, yeah, nope, nope, nope, not betting against that. Right. It's like, even if you sub in shields for one of them, fuck it. All right. Up to the tune. New Castle and Bath Castle. Yeah. They'll, they'll, they're out for it. Luster and Gloucester.
00:48:52
Speaker
Yeah. And Gloucester are not, they're not on that level yet. They're not ready to take on the champs at home or not the champs, but the top of the, the clear top of the table team. Yeah. Clear champs yet. Nope.
00:49:08
Speaker
Northampton and Exeter. Come on, Northampton. Get the job done. Let's go. They will. They're capable about playing Exeter. Yeah. And they have some high quality flow. I think Ludlum got released by England, didn't he? Yeah. So he'll be back. So, yeah. Yeah. That's only good news for Northampton. Right.
00:49:27
Speaker
All right. To the Supa. Hollanders, Crusaders, Crusaders, not even batting a nine. It's awesome reds. I'm going to take reds. Vamps, reds. Yeah. Brumbeats, Fijian, Druis. Sorry, Fijian. Brumbeats. Yeah. Brumbeats.
00:49:45
Speaker
Blues and hurricanes. I'm not that stupid. I'm taking the blues. I took the hurricanes the first time. I hope I'm wrong, but yeah, I'm not that stupid. I think rebels and force. I'm just forced.
00:50:03
Speaker
Okay. I'm taking the rebels. Okay. I was going to take the opposite of you and I'm. Yeah. I mean, man, if the forest play like they did last week, this week, they will get over the line. I don't doubt it. I don't doubt it. You know, despite the fact that I'm probably going to be quietly rooting for Ryan Martin and Seth, but
00:50:20
Speaker
Nope. Nope. Yeah. And I, I'd like to rep the rebels are just a strong fucking team. Um, yeah. Play the, they played the champ, you know, basically they played the best team in Australia last week. So what do you mean? And they were away this time they're at home and yeah. I'm sure they'll be, I'm sure they'll be happy to hang out there. Okay. They'll be a little motivated. Yeah. It'll be, it'll be a little pissy. All right. Cool.
Podcast Wrap-Up and Teasers
00:50:46
Speaker
There's that sweet.
00:50:48
Speaker
All right. We tried to get this done as fast as possible. We can only do so go so fast without, you know, I don't, I am an awful enunciator sometimes. So when I'm rushing, I yeah, it gets worse. Yeah, exactly. It's more the intoxication than anything else for me.
00:51:08
Speaker
All right, sweet. All right, cool. So, yeah, fancy rugby podcast at gmail.com. We will try and get the super rugby sheet out tomorrow. Thank you super rugby for cooperating with us this year. We appreciate it so much. Yeah, so we appreciate you guys for hanging out. Grab the Patreon. We promise it'll be worth it. Especially once we get the super rugby stuff going, too. So then you'll have access to Six Nations, TRM, Prem and
00:51:37
Speaker
Yeah, it's Six Nations FRD and TRM. Yeah. Right. FRD for Super Rugby. Yeah. Lots of content. Lots of stuff in there. So yeah, comps get tighter towards the end of the year. Definitely. Definitely. You don't want to lose, man. Don't want to go to a forfeit.
00:51:56
Speaker
So yeah, we will have that up and then yeah, we'll be back next week. We appreciate everybody hanging out. Tweet at Ben and I will have start sit on Friday as well. Enjoy all the rugby that has to be hacked and we'll talk to you guys next week. Have a good one. Later.