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Season 2- Episode 43- Is Your Head Spinning Yet? (Premiership Round 16-17 & Super Rugby AU Round 9)
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It is the latest jabbering from those idiots in America. Quick correction, one of us did call out the place of Wasp and Bath in the able (I believe). In this episode of TFRY (promise we'll get the length down at some point), we talk about the head scratching things going on with our beloved fantasy rugby formats, schedules and hiccups aplenty. We also get into the big debut made in Australia in the Super Rugby AU match. And yes we touch on literally everything from this past weekend and have a look forward to what this weekend's action will bring us in both hemispheres. Crack one of those cans and kick back!
Ask us questions via Twitter: Jarrod- jdyke8man & Ben- admrablsnackbar. Send us your thoughts for the show and questions for upcoming shows via e-mail fantasyrugbypodcast@gmail.com. Of course we welcome feedback via e-mail, twitter or by rating/reviewing the pod on Apple Podcast. Once again, we are back at with the #AskTFRY for our bad fantasy advice on Friday's on twitter before the kickoff of the first match of the weekend in the Premiership.
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Transcript
Introduction and Banter
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey everybody, welcome back. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. We're in. We got lots to cover, although we'll try not to bore everybody to tears. No, let's go through every match. God. I mean, first teams against second teams. I have a lot to say about Leicester Irish, so we're good.
00:00:29
Speaker
The most I have to say about that is Sam. Sam did a great job because that game... That made it worth watching. Yeah, he made it worth watching. Let's put it that way. That's a good way to put it. I like that.
Beer Preferences and Podcast Plug
00:00:41
Speaker
Let's open these. I bought this new one from Night Shift. I haven't had it yet and I've been really excited to try it. Sombra.
00:00:51
Speaker
I am still with my Jack's Abbey. I'm not much of a beer drinker. So I've had this 12 pack for, uh, I think 11 weeks now. Yeah. I have this one. I have usually get on a, another conversation with some friends and, um, talk about, talk there, but that's it. Oh, that looks beautiful. Yeah. Let's just, Oh yeah. I would normally be drinking like,
00:01:21
Speaker
Yeah, you're like a gin person or whatever. Gin vodka. Yeah. Light, fruity. Like my personality. Admit it. Say as long as you admit it. Oh, man. All right. So make sure that you're checking us out on your favorite podcast apps. Apple podcast, Spotify, Google Play, all the places that you find us. Did you see who moved to Spotify exclusively? It was Joe Rogan.
00:01:48
Speaker
Interesting. Yeah, like he's only on Spotify now like further for the podcast So I'll say what you will about them. The guys found a way to do it. God. Yes. Yeah. Oh, you know whether you like him or you hate him He said some cool guests too. So Yeah, I mean he's yeah. He is kind of a douche always has been but not news. Yeah, but it's like He's from here. We don't expect Can't blame the guy. I mean, yeah and
00:02:18
Speaker
He's had a hell of a career, I gotta say. He's been on...
00:02:24
Speaker
Many shows. Classic shows for good and for bad. Oh yeah. He's done extra outside work outside that for good and for bad. Yep. Sometimes at the same time. Yeah, definitely. Um,
Fantasy Rugby Insights
00:02:37
Speaker
yeah. So if, if you struggled this week with your fancy teams, especially TRM, then it's time to get your upgrade because that made life so much easier for that means you are not me. Cause I, I had a,
00:02:49
Speaker
Hell of a last three rounds or so. Yeah, so very pleased it was um, you went to didn't you go to first in the u.s? Uh, oh, I might have it. I think you did. Yeah, and I jumped I jumped a spot or two as well Um, so yeah grab a hold and get yourself one of those upgrades. Um, if you're not playing the the rugby magazine premiership, what the hell is wrong with you?
00:03:09
Speaker
Get on it. Anyway, so get yourself your upgrade. Make sure that you check out our friend, the fancy rugby geek. He is usually pretty on point with these really crazy midweek fixtures. Thankfully, we don't have one this week, but with all that, you're going to want to seek some advice from somebody, not us. Yeah. Well, especially as it relates to FRD, you really want to get all the advice you have. Now you're in, it's, you know, playoff season. Correct. So, you know, for your semis,
00:03:38
Speaker
Um, yeah, for instance, uh, for our, for an hour league, I just noticed that, uh, a certain Louis re Samet was, was just sitting on the waiver wire tonight. And I was like, Oh, why don't I just pick him up? Wow. Really? Um, this is the time. Yeah. This is the time you'd be thinking about your team for the weekend. Yeah. Let's see what the teams look like. Cause next week we got midweek fixtures again. So, you know, I've made, I've made some moves, but I'm not.
00:04:05
Speaker
Yeah, I'm not overly convinced of the ones that I made are going to be right. So we'll see. Well, we made the playoffs in different leagues, I think. Oh no, you made them in both didn't you? I am that asshole. We'll talk about that in a second.
Support for Social Issues
00:04:20
Speaker
Obviously we are big supporters of Black Lives Matter movement here. It will always be something that we support and we, we, we aren't going to shut the hell up about it. So.
00:04:29
Speaker
if you're sick of us now, just wait. So yeah, we're just we're, we're, you know, inclusivity, you know, and it's not just, it's not just black lives, it's all things. Yeah, we talked about trans the other the other week. You know, it's it's everybody, you know, this is if we're gonna
00:04:45
Speaker
And they said it this weekend, and every time they said it, that it's a sport for all that, that decision by the world, we still kept creeping into my brain. So I was like, yeah, nope, we can't say that right now. I really don't think we can. So yeah, we gotta be better. We have to be better.
00:05:05
Speaker
All right.
TRM Schedule Confusion
00:05:07
Speaker
So let's delve into fantasy real quick. Let's talk TRM schedule because something I noticed, I know I'm not the only one that noticed this. So if you happen to be listening, you notice too, congratulations, you're as bored as that was.
00:05:23
Speaker
So the week 21 is currently scheduled in TRM for Saturday, October 3rd, which is technically the day before the last, the last weekend, which they've already penciled in because they're trying to figure out what's going to happen with champions cup and Europe with all these teams. So they still haven't landed it on a date. So don't think it's that weekend. Just it's a place filler. So before you go ahead and freak out about, Oh, double game weekend. That's kind of weird. Um,
00:05:51
Speaker
Um, it's, it's just that they've just put it in. There's a place filler. So easy. Does it pull back the reins a little bit? Um, they've done a really good job of getting, getting the teams in there and getting all these random guys that are getting thrown into these lineups. And, um, so I commend them wholeheartedly to dealing with all this shit and dealing with midweek fixtures and such.
Midweek Game Challenges
00:06:15
Speaker
So, um, but yeah, so just pull back the reins a little bit on that.
00:06:20
Speaker
And I mean, you saw it and it was, I don't want to shit on too hard, but a little bit of shame on, on, on FRD for having all this time in lockdown and not thinking that there was going to be midweek fixtures and not knowing what to do with them. I'm not sure why that's a problem to be perfectly honest. Right. I don't understand what, what you can only do there.
00:06:48
Speaker
whatever your machines can only run on, on Friday through Monday or something. Like I don't, I don't quite get it. It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be that much of a problem. It's kind of, it's just another one of those things where they're, they're not the quality we need them to be. It's, you know, it's, it's not, it's amateur level. And I get that it is amateur level. So you kind of have to,
00:07:15
Speaker
roll with it, but at the same time, like if you're going to do it, be this, this should not be a terribly hard thing to do. So it's just confusing. Yeah. And you know, they, they blamed, uh, in a tweet, uh, responding to somebody, they blamed the problem for scheduling the midweek fixtures. It's like you had to have known that midweek fixtures were going to happen when this, especially as that's how the, the, the EPL. Yeah.
00:07:42
Speaker
They primarily did the same thing. They had to, they knew they were going to have to. So like think that it's probably going to be somewhat the same. Yeah. You gotta, you gotta figure that out. Like you, if you're paying attention, you know, that you've got front that we've got to squeeze all this in on top of Europe before November. So they can have some, some sort of international test series and then maybe give some guys some time off before, you know, Christmas time new year when they're probably going to kick off again.
00:08:10
Speaker
So it's, yeah, it's too bad they didn't put enough forethought into it with, we had a long time in lockdown to figure this out. That's really unfortunate.
Historic Refereeing Debut
00:08:20
Speaker
Like, you know, and we had the Monday, we had the Monday games this week that really put the-
00:08:26
Speaker
you know, that, you know, we had, so we had, we had a full, almost a full blown Saracens team play. We had a full blown wasp and a full blown, full noise bath team play. So that's three teams right there that I guarantee you a lot of people had stock in and couldn't use them. So that really hurts.
00:08:44
Speaker
Yeah, I was one of them. And I had to scramble my lineup around. And now I kind of have to make sure I can get players back for this week. You had to make like I was I was on the I was right. If I had been smart enough, maybe the moves that I made were the reason to happen. But the person I was playing in one of our leagues was the person that was chasing me. So I felt like I had to make some moves in order to secure that
00:09:08
Speaker
I was going to be in the playoff. So now I'm kind of going to be scrambling and had to make some calculated risks. So we'll see what happens. But yeah, it just really puts puts people in the screws. And then so the back half of the semi final is going to have a Monday game as well. And one of the teams is Gloucester.
00:09:26
Speaker
And that's going to really put some guys behind the eight ball with, you know, Noel Piledry, you know, Woodward, Noah Thorley, you know, in those centers, you know, Sips, Joe Simpson's definitely on a lot of teams. You know, the Gloucester front row has done pretty well. So it's really sad that. Oh, you mean so for not, you're saying for like the finals.
00:09:45
Speaker
No. This week, they have them in. They have Gloucester versus London Irish. Right. And then so the semi-finals are two weeks.
Brumbies vs Force Recap
00:09:54
Speaker
So we're going to have... So the back end of it is going to be a little screwy. Okay.
Rebels vs Waratahs Analysis
00:10:00
Speaker
with i don't know that's what it is so it's okay lost was playing but yeah i know clusters on the back half because i do have a couple glosser players so well obviously i just picked up louis resound it so well you might not be able to use them that week so we'll see what that's all right i'm glad i dropped uh the saint's front row to get him so that's okay yeah that's not really something that you need to hang on i have the sari's front row i had to pick up the saint's front row so that i could have a front row this past week
00:10:25
Speaker
Oh, it's a mess. Yeah. So, you know, not that we don't enjoy the game, but this is just a sad sight to see when, you know, we are enjoying it and then something like this kind of. Yeah, we want to be singing your praises. We love what you do. We want you to do a little better. Yeah, that's all. That's all. So, enough of that. Oh, this was big news. Let's go to Super Rugby.
00:10:50
Speaker
And Australia, and this was really awesome. We had our first female referee in Super Rugby, Amy Parrott. Thank you so much for doing a great job. Just a hell of a job. Thank you for, you know.
00:11:09
Speaker
drawing the times and, you know, getting this, getting, doing this because you should do it, but you didn't have to. Cause believe me, there's a lot of sheds and what people should do and they still don't fucking do it. And let's, you know, let's be honest about the situation because it's, and it's not that it has nothing to do with the fact that she's a woman. It has to do with the fact that this is her first time officiating a match at this level with the whistle. So they're, they're not going to give that, you know, I was looking through the, uh,
00:11:38
Speaker
I was wondering, I wanted to watch, you know, her match this weekend. And so I was flipping through and I was like, which one would they, like, they're not going to give. Oh, shit. What was the other one?
Premiership Rugby Week Review
00:11:48
Speaker
Rebels War Taz. They're not going to give her Rebels Taz to a first timer. It's just because the level of intensity that that match is going to be is not for anybody who's a first time. And it was. Right. It definitely was.
00:12:00
Speaker
So then I was like, oh, Brumby's force, and the force are involved, and it's the Brumby's who are really good. So, okay, it's this one, because they know the outcome. She's not going to fuck it up. No, she did well. It's her first time. Yeah. It took her a little bit to find her voice. I will say that. It did. And they, like, I think even at an early point, one of the Brumby's went, because Angus Gardner was one of the ARs. Yes. I think he went to Angus and was like, what the fuck? And he's like,
00:12:25
Speaker
Dude, she called it and she was right. So get the fuck out of here. Yeah. Gus is, I was really, and that was the smartest way they did. I had the, the, the, um, the temporary thought of, Oh, why didn't they put Nick Berry too? But that's overcompensating. Then you have guys going to, you know, like this guy did to Gus. Um, I don't remember who it was, but yeah, you have more guys going to the ARs than you do to the official when they should be going to the official, if they, if they have, if they have an issue and they should be talking it out instead of, you know, going to either one of them. So.
00:12:55
Speaker
they did they did right by her by putting guests there who's probably one of the best in the world so yeah i think it was trevor jose that might that might that might have been it um i don't remember exactly who it was no wait i'm sorry i'm looking at the wrong one i was looking at the i'm sorry i had the wrong game i just can't remember i was thinking it was a four but
00:13:14
Speaker
Yeah, either one. So anyway, you know, more of the, to the match, more of the same story for the course. But can I also say one, one thing? What's up? Sorry. Before we, before we move on from that is I even saw a tweet earlier, you know, kind of when I woke up on Friday, I guess, where it was somebody was completely, I guess, complaining about a call
Exeter vs Bristol Recap
00:13:30
Speaker
she made in the scrum. There was a little video of it and it was like, Oh, you know, even though whatever, I didn't know what it was, but all I know is it was criticizing her. I didn't read it through cause I didn't want any, any spoilers.
00:13:40
Speaker
Um, but then I watched I saw which scrum it was in the game. I was like, oh, that looks really familiar. And it was Angus Gardner because he was on the other side and he called it. And I'm like, you're complaining about her call when it's very clearly dust Gardner saying, yeah, the three just dropped, you know, and you know, call him on it. No, as they call it, they say yellow, white, gold, whatever it is. They, they call it the color usually of the offending team. Right. And it's like,
00:14:06
Speaker
and so she did it right away and it's like she didn't call it so why are you pinging you know you're getting mad at her and no no no this is like they she actually did it right and she did she did her reviews right the um i loved how she she went through the mirror head decision on his try like just just good refereeing good officiating game management
00:14:25
Speaker
She did a really good job. I was very impressed. Despite the fact that she didn't find her voice very fast, she was very in control just the same. So I appreciated that. She wasn't panicked. She didn't go buzzing about and just run everywhere. She didn't make a comment. I have to stand somewhere. I don't remember who was yelling at her and I was like, yes, give it to him. Don't let him go back down.
Gloucester vs Leicester Highlights
00:14:51
Speaker
Yes, that was awesome. I was laughing my ass off when I heard that.
00:14:55
Speaker
That was great. Yes. Give it to them. Don't back down. And she didn't like inject herself in the game. Um, the way certain officials in, in, uh, prem have gone. God, there's definitely some that have, um, we'll talk about officials in the premise second year. Yeah. So we need more officials like her. Take a bow. Please. Yeah. Very well done. Well, well done. Well done. Um, I do want to talk about what, which try was it? Was it,
00:15:22
Speaker
It might have been the Tom Wright try. I don't remember who it was, but the one that freaking Nick White put on a plate, and it was zipped out to the wing. And that's why I assume it was Tom Wright. Maybe it was Will Miller. I don't remember which one it was. Oh, it was Will Miller. No, that was the Will Miller try. That's what it was. But yeah, that was a howitzer right there. That was a great pass. That could have easily been picked off if somebody timed it. I'm so glad he's not with Exeter anymore. Yeah, same. Same. Same. Very much so. Trust me, Dave Rennie's glad he's not with Exeter anymore either. He gets to pick him.
00:15:52
Speaker
That was really good. Yeah. But again, more of the same from the forest, you know, just tough, tough, tough, and then unfold. And that's really the story of the season. You know, they got one more to go, but I don't know what's going to happen with that one. Really? Yeah. They deserve a lot of credit for how they've handled themselves too. They, you know, don't seem to be excuses. They're not getting chippy. They're not getting pissy with the other team. They're just like, we're throwing our best at you.
00:16:18
Speaker
We yeah, we don't measure up, but they don't, you know, fuck. Could you imagine an American team doing that? Like where they would go. Um, that would get, that would get heated and nasty quickly. Right. That would get heated and nasty very quickly. Right. And that, that actually goes to
Saracens' Dominant Victory
00:16:35
Speaker
show the, uh, um,
00:16:38
Speaker
the respect that, you know, having that kind of respect is what allows for the game to take chances like giving the whistle to a woman referee. Like if you, because you don't have to, you know, she didn't have to, like we said, she didn't have to step in and really, you know, set a tone. The players were, you know, there to play the game and all she had to do was officiate and everybody made it easy on each other. So that's the way it should be.
00:17:05
Speaker
Yep, it is. Yeah. So, Brumby's, they secure the final at home. We're going to play the final at G.I.O. 3114 over the force. Force left with one game to go. We'll see how that turns out. I can tell you it's going to be tough because of what happened in the other game. And that would be...
00:17:27
Speaker
Rebels 32, war toss 38, Rebels pick up a bonus point which was huge for them because they have one game left, the toss are on a buy next week and if they get a bonus point when this coming weekend they're in, they're into the semi-final, they'll play the Reds. So it was, I will say, it was a gritty performance from the Rebels. They were down a man and they got themselves a try off that.
00:17:52
Speaker
I've sung his praises over and over again. And there was another thought that came to my mind. But Matt Tomua was so fucking good in this match. What else is new? Yeah. Put him in a gold jersey. Just put in big black permanent marker. Just Matt Tomua, 10. Be done. Be done with it.
00:18:12
Speaker
It begs the question, and I'm sure you have a thought or two about this, what the fuck were Lester doing with him? He is so good, and they clearly misused him when he was there. I think that's pretty clear at this point, because he's found a
Bath vs Wasps Drama
00:18:25
Speaker
way to thrive in this team.
00:18:28
Speaker
Yeah. I, what else can you say? I mean, look at, look at how all the players that they fuck up anyway, you know, I, this, he's not the first, he's won't be the last. Uh, that's the, I mean, hopefully not. Hopefully not. Hopefully, you know, both work can turn them around. I don't know. Yeah. I mean, I, I love Steve Borthwick, but man, but like, I don't know, man, like there's just guys that they misused and, and
00:18:59
Speaker
Even now, their whole playing style doesn't suit. It's also the playing style too.
00:19:07
Speaker
like a box kick in Australia in these matches versus a box kick in, in premiership. I mean, and, and I, yeah, and looking at sale, watch sale play,
Exeter's Forward Play Focus
00:19:18
Speaker
maybe not so much to the last match they played. Cause that was a, cause that was a talking. Yeah. But that's the, you know, the recent matches that they've been playing are just them killing the ball. And then, you know, like not even exit or style, just making every, just slowing the game down, no rugby is being played. And that's like,
00:19:39
Speaker
That's that goes on in the premiership and someone like timu is gonna thrive in an environment where it's like get the ball and go Because we're gonna you know, we're gonna try to beat them around the edge um, you know Evading them not overpowering them until they have to commit too many players to the ruck and now we have the overload out Well, you know, we have a four on three in the channel or something like that's not that only works so many times and that's why the
00:20:04
Speaker
the premise, you know, hasn't been exciting so far in the restart by and large, cause there's too many teams that don't play an open style. And you know, Timo was obviously very much favorable to that style, not, not the slow ball. Yeah, it was, um,
00:20:22
Speaker
Yeah, it's just, it's really baffling to me how well he's thrived in this. People will be like, oh, it's super rugby. It's not permission. Shut the fuck up. I don't want to hear it. It's clear that Matsumoue is a great player to me in this, and that's not by mistake, and it's not, and I don't care what league he's playing in. He is a very good player. Yes, Lester misused him for sure. He got out, he got out when he needed to, really, and I'm glad he did. Yeah, me too. I liked him. I didn't really, he was a guy who was like, I want to like him.
00:20:52
Speaker
But now he's like, he's easy to like because you see what he can do. You see the value that he's bringing to the team. 100%. Yeah. So it was, it was a, it was a tough old game. You know, obviously a lot of points from the board, couple of first time scores for the war ties with Harrison getting his first and Joey Walton getting his couple of young midfielders slash first receivers, you know, they're, they're showing, they're showing their youth well, which is, which is what we hoped for Australia with as good as their U20 program has been recently. Um,
00:21:20
Speaker
They talked about it and it's obviously become very clear. I will say that there was a bad miss on the referee's part, which was a no arms tackle that went to the head and it wasn't intentional or with a ton of force and it was a mitigating circumstance. So it should have been a yellow and I don't even call if you give a penalty.
00:21:44
Speaker
So, and then, you know, and we have people that are bitching about the Matt Phillip yellow card, which was, the referee had won the Rebels over and over again. I think he put them out on at least two warnings. So once that happens, it doesn't matter where you are in the field, you're risking a yellow card. I don't think Matt Phillip offended him, but they put them, did actually cause a penalty. I think it was actually caused by the lifters being stupid. But you put yourself in that position and, you know, it's going to happen sometimes. And that's really, really unfortunate.
00:22:14
Speaker
But they did, hey, they sacked up and they got themselves a bonus point on the end of it there. And they put themselves in position to overtake the war ties later on in the.
00:22:28
Speaker
in the competition here next week. So it's a great performance by the Rebels and this is what they need. This is not the usual thing that they can do. They're definitely known to kind of just kind of bugger off after a little bit if they haven't had their things go their way. Yeah, because they struggled early and now we expected them to hopefully come back in it, but it was questionable at the start.
00:22:50
Speaker
Yeah, but they they've done well you know the the guys that needed to step up for them in ways nice Ronnie and Cora Betty just slid he slid a good five meters into a tricep because I don't remember I think it was Hooper that came in and just helped him push. I was just like whoops That's maybe you should just laid off and he would have come up short and then you could have picked it up instead Oops bad decision-making anyway rebels are
00:23:18
Speaker
in a position, like I said, 32, 38 over the war ties and war ties are unfortunately left just watching. Um, so we'll see how that goes. All right. Let's go to the north of the hemisphere. There's a lot to cover and we're only going to, we're going to try and breeze over the stuff that is pretty obvious that we don't need to cover. And we're going to try and attack the stuff that, um, needs a little bit of addressing. Um, we'll start with was and, and sale. This was billed as a decent looking game sale, put out a second ish team and was put out a pretty strong team, but, uh, sale,
00:23:47
Speaker
Found a way to get it done. Um, wasn't pretty. We talked about it already about sales style of rugby. So just killing it.
00:23:57
Speaker
Yeah, it was, yeah, it's not, this is not the, this is not the stuff I'm going to be showing anybody to say, Oh yeah, watch this match. Maybe don't watch this match. And it was, yeah, it was disappointing because the lineup that wasps brought looked like it was going to be a lot of fun. Correct. And then it wasn't. No, it was not. It was not. It was not. Um,
00:24:24
Speaker
Yeah, it was extremely disappointing to have that result go their way. Yeah, and Diamond talked about it a little bit and saying that the penalties are something that they're just not going to go for anymore, really.
00:24:43
Speaker
But it was, I mean, and it was clear they were only attacking certain parts to it. The John Ross yellow car was just silly though. I will say that. Did he really think he was going to get away with that? Like he almost did because the referee was kind of questioning. I was like, no, no, no. He definitely changed his line. He definitely had one thing to do there. And that was right in his way. Yeah, there's no doubt about it.
00:25:05
Speaker
He knew what he was doing. That would be great cornerback coverage, but that's not what we're playing here. Not at all. So yeah, it was props to AJ McGinty. You know, he stepped in and didn't miss a beat. And this is what he does. This is what he's very good at.
00:25:25
Speaker
He's not a, you know, he doesn't attack the line as you might like some fly-offs to do, but he can distribute and he knows how to put the ball through the post. And sometimes it's all you need. Yeah. And that's all really salient. They needed to run it. They were clearly just running off of 10. I mean, just looking at the fantasy points, you know, when
00:25:43
Speaker
Luke James and RJ VR are your your top point score is outside of 10 Mm-hmm, and they're both under 20 that usually means that he's all that ball is going right back into the forwards. So yeah, it did We did it definitely did. So that's fun. Yeah. Well, I mean I'm for the forwards. Yeah So yeah was get a disappointing results we can sail over the 20 But hey, it's a short week. So you get to turn around right, right?
00:26:13
Speaker
And then same day over over to Ashley gate what this was this was a lot of what we wanted Wasn't the exact two teams that we were thinking it was gonna be extra put out a bit of a b-side But this was a terrific match nonetheless really was
00:26:28
Speaker
you know, it was, it was, it was all that you could hope for. And hopefully we could see it again, you know, in October. So we'll see what happens, but this was really good stuff. So I was, I was pleased that this was the match it turned out to be. I was not pleased with the result, but I liked, yeah, same, same, same. I would have preferred the bears take, take the result, but it was the match that we deserved for sure with the two teams that were listed here.
00:26:55
Speaker
Um, so I mean, where do, where do we start with? With Bristol. Um, like, uh, really for me, the one, one thing I want to point out is the, is the tactical sub of Perry Randall for urine. Yeah. He was not doing well. Randall was the shit in the bed. Pretty bad.
00:27:14
Speaker
They just didn't get going under and that happens with these guys It's like it, you know, it seems as though urine will will do now urine will come in and like it's like a tag team you know you get the The guy comes in he's all fucking fire and he's killing it and then alright He you know the momentum dies down and he now he's taking a beating Oh, I got to get I just got to get to the corner and tag the other guy and now you know, so Andy urine will have like
00:27:39
Speaker
120 minutes or so of fantastic rugby, another 40 of rugby, and then it'll be time to tag Randall back in as the starter, and he'll be the one full of piss and vinegar. That's the way these guys are going. They have a timer where they're just done.
00:27:56
Speaker
Randall, it is seems to be right. And your turn, your turn, your turn. Um, so it's, it's kind of a good problem for, for Bristol to have, they don't have two scrum halves. They have two half scrum halves and they just figure out which one's working. I suppose, I suppose. Um, yeah, I mean,
00:28:19
Speaker
There was, I mean, Sammy Rodrado was a problem again. Shocker of the day. I mean, no, what else is doing? Phil Dolman.
00:28:29
Speaker
Yeah, somebody somebody said that that was probably the right position for him. I can't remember who that was. Could you remember who said that 13 is probably the right position for Phil Dolman? It wasn't bad. That's for sure. That's for sure. And then, yeah, that was a workout quite well. You know, I remember to bring that up. That's all. There you go.
00:28:53
Speaker
And Exeter had some good youngsters step up in this game too. Hodge played pretty well. He's highly touted right now. So I will say he didn't play poorly by any means whatsoever. So he probably earned himself a little bit more playing time going forward here.
00:29:12
Speaker
Um, one still didn't do too, too terribly. Um, nothing noticeable in terms of, you know, the numbers, but, um, you know, you're coming in for Sam Simmons. It's a tough, it's a tough kick. So I'll give, I'll give the kid a little bit of credit. Um, but it's, let's, um, let's just talk about the, the, the second to last try, which was, um,
00:29:32
Speaker
Owen Loy, it seems to be scoring at quite the clip here. He took advantage of, I think, Woodburn literally played way too much because that's what pretty much probably caused him to go, oh no, I've done something terrible to my life and stop. Like he didn't, you know, Lloyd's just like, well, your problem, not mine. He took off. He knows where the trial line is, I suppose.
00:29:57
Speaker
Yeah, he's familiar with it at this point, as young as he is. But then Billy Keith's 23-year-old prop scoring a prop try to win the game. A two-meter try. The glory of the prop try. What do you make of all the, there's a lot of tap and goes going around.
00:30:18
Speaker
in the prem in the last three-ish weeks or so. Are we thinking the line-ups aren't solid? Are we thinking that they're done scrummaging or are they just trying to pick up the tempo? I think it's a little bit of pick up the tempo and I think it's also a lot of inexperience.
00:30:38
Speaker
you know, some of the guys are going to be experienced, but you're going to have some of the others, young players who are, are not, you know, they're just like, okay, you know, at this level, they don't tap and go, and maybe they just fall asleep. So we're seeing that all over the place. I mean that, but that Luke Cowan Dickey, um, or was that, that wasn't this match. That wasn't this match, but some of the ones he's had too, I've just been like, what the fuck? Submarine.
00:31:05
Speaker
The defense is standing right there watching him take a tap. Don't stand on your line when he's coming at you. Then they look like they're ready for it and he's still getting over it. So it's like, what the fuck are you doing?
00:31:20
Speaker
They just kind of think he's not, I guess. It's just... No, he's not going to go. Surely he won't go. Oh, here he goes. And you know my feeling on, if it's a quick tap, that's one thing. Yes, if you see something, go. I always think that's valuable.
00:31:36
Speaker
Um, unless you're in your own end, obviously, but like, you know, the slow tap. Fuck that should never work. And, and, and suddenly it has been working, which I don't, I don't understand. Yeah. It's, it's got me. I mean, I'm in favor. I think, you know, it's no secret at this point. I'm in favor of open, let's, let's go run rugby. Um, and.
00:32:01
Speaker
So I like the quick tap and goes, but the slow like, okay, now we're just going to beat the shit out of people on the goal line. I'm like, that's, there's, yeah, that's not really, I don't consider that to be like fun rugby to play or watch. Yep. So it's, um, it's a disappointing result for Bristol that looked like they had it on the, on the Lloyd, there was a heartbreaker. Um, but I think we'll see this again.
00:32:26
Speaker
That's just a measure of Exeter right now being better than Bristol. We'll see how long that lasts. It may last this year, it may last into next year, but this Bristol team is definitely, they're going places. They're on the up for sure. Right. 100%. Lester 13, Irish 7. Thoughts?
00:32:48
Speaker
That's about it. Yeah, same. Yeah. Just Nandol is a beast, not news. Um, was just one handing things left and right and fending people off with this gigantic mitts. Um, yeah, it seemed like both teams just kind of pooped themselves every time they got in the 22. So that's what these teams do. Yeah. It seems to be something to do, something to do quite often. So Saracen's 36 Gloucester 20 thoughts.
00:33:13
Speaker
I think Wollstonecroft just scored another try. I was still scoring before he left the field. Yeah. What was it? I was very fortunate to have picked him up and I did not captain him. Sorry. I thought about it. I switched him off at the last second, but I still, still picked him up and started him. So I was, I was extremely happy to watch that. Yeah, for sure. Um,
00:33:35
Speaker
I will say I was, you know, it didn't show up on the numbers. It didn't show up fancy. Um, very impressive for the USA Eagle. Well, hooli did everything right. Um, even picked up a little try assist on the Whiteley try. Um,
00:33:50
Speaker
Yeah. Couldn't, couldn't have done better. Honestly, you know, tough, tough. You have to be able to play fullback very well at Saracens and, um, and against Gloucester. I mean, you're looking at Louis resamit, Charlie Sharples, although Charlie was not, not Charlie Sharples at his best. No, that was, yeah, that's not his position. Let's be real. I mean, the fullback's not his position. I mean, I think resamit would have been better suited there than him, but, um, so that'd be, um,
00:34:18
Speaker
We had, and then we, I will, um, who was it that chase down, chase down, um, Sam, it was it, was that Ben Harris that chased him down? Yes, I believe it was whatever. Yeah. So good on Ben Harris. Um, anyone's forming on seven star there. You're going to see them pop up, left and right a little bit. Um, Andy Christie, uh, had a rough match, I think, but, um, ended up doing a lot of good things in the end. Just he's learned how to hang on to the ball. Yeah, a little bit. Um, and then, yeah. And then Gloucester have some good youngsters coming through obviously. Um,
00:34:48
Speaker
You know, Barney, every bit the part, every bit the part. Um, so what loads of credit to him. Cause that's what Gloucester need is another scrum has. Yeah. Right. They seem to be turning them out left and right. And then obviously the resamit try. He just decided he was scoring and that was the end. I'm sorry. And nobody's stopping me. So fast. He was lightning.
00:35:13
Speaker
pulling away from guys. Like that's, that's impressive. When you're, when they're guys are running after him, these are not slow people that are running after you at their tops, top speed. And you're just, then they have the corner, they had the angle on you and you're just pulling away from them. That's I've seen that before. And it was from Bo Jackson. So not bad. Yeah. He's an, he's an all right company with that speed. Yeah, definitely. Um, what's your 29 Quinn's 14 thoughts?
00:35:45
Speaker
Uh, what the fuck was that quinz team? I mean, this is what I expected because As soon as you saw the lineup, so it's like yeah wuster hurt kind of crush him because that's a Yeah, very much a team featuring chris ashton He found a try at least yeah, uh, but that yeah that was never gonna go Even and wuster were were Basically full bore pretty much. Yeah
00:36:12
Speaker
So yeah, pretty much as expected. It's unfortunate for Quinn's, but it seemed like they put out a full board team for the first two weeks. So this was coming. And I guess maybe they thought that if they caught Worcester napping,
00:36:29
Speaker
Um, that's it. It could just be a free w with your b-side, but we'll still we're like, we'll take the free w. Yeah. No, no, no. Our free w. Thank you. Um, Worcester had, um, Kitchener Kitchener attorneys at law in the second row for a little while. Tell one from the others. One's just looking a little bit more haggard. Yeah. Really. They look pretty, pretty close to, uh, to each other. So which one's the udlier one? That one. Okay. Done. It is amazing throughout rugby. How many brothers are.
00:37:00
Speaker
a few brother sets in these fixtures, you know, talked about them. Obviously the Duprias, we have the Simmonses, we have the Pia Taos, we have the Venapolas. Yeah, they're everywhere, man. So it's kind of fun. And then you go down to, you know, even in Southern Hemisphere, just lots of, it's a very,
00:37:23
Speaker
brother-filled sport compared, certainly compared to football where you see it, but it's rare. Yeah, certainly not to be able to match the level of both one to the other, you know, you know, I'd say there's, there's plenty to say about like Macomb, but Billy's going to pull in how their abilities, they're probably both quite good. Yeah. Yeah. So something like that. We don't have to spend too much time on this one, but Northampton and Bath, um,
00:37:51
Speaker
Northampton 3, Bath 18. This was a bit of a letdown for Northampton really. A little bit. This was not the strongest team that Bath could have put out and they were still able to take the game. I think Boyd's going to have to have a rethink about how he does these midweek games because he, and they pointed out on the second game as well, he seemingly split the team into two.
00:38:20
Speaker
and tried to mix it up with some some newer players and some younger players and then some obviously some better ones and some experienced ones and it hasn't worked so he needs to you know win fast if he wants to still have a chance at top six or top four right because even then it just doesn't look the same like dan bigger doesn't look like dan bigger right now you know he looks lost agree um
00:38:40
Speaker
Nairavoro has been a paperweight this season. It's been even worse. He's definitely King Paperweight this season right now. Yeah. He wins that. That's the most expensive paperweight. Mattivacy, what a leg.
00:38:53
Speaker
He showed some good skills with that boot. Gotta stay. What about him running in the open? That huge fucking smile. He loves to smile and run. I love it. I really like it, man. Like, yeah, have fun, dude. Don't hide it. Like, if you're having fun, have fun. Come on, man. I love it. I really do. That was really good stuff. Yeah, I think he played great.
00:39:12
Speaker
Right. I mean, look, if you've played rugby for any length of time, you've definitely had a line break and just started giggling about it. Yeah. I can think of a few myself. Like, well, why am I out here? What is going on here? You forgot to tackle me. You didn't think I could run. All jokes on you. I can't.
00:39:36
Speaker
You will be catching me, but for now, this is great. Yeah, eventually somebody's gonna catch me and I'm gonna hate this, but I'll enjoy it while I'm still going. The intermediate part that I'm really gonna enjoy. Absolutely.
00:39:50
Speaker
Yeah, so it was, um, yeah, it was really disappointing for for nothing, but obviously, you know, huge upside here for for bath. I mean, good on them. We've talked about him a little bit at this point. Bernie McConaughey knows where the line is. And he's found it quite a bit at this point. He and Sam Simmons, I think are a little angry at me for for having them as sits recently. Yeah, something like that. Fuck that guy over in America. All he's doing. Yeah, exactly.
00:40:20
Speaker
Uh, that I'm their only motivation. Yeah, right. But yeah, he's, he's all he, he, he had, I mean, whenever I'm jumping ahead, but he had a, uh, the happy birthday try this week, this last game week too. So yeah, sometimes the, not only can he find the trial and the trial is finding him seems to be, seems to be, um, Ben Obano is continue, you know, coming back from a really nasty injury,
00:40:47
Speaker
He is enjoying his rugby and it's great to see how well he's playing and I'm really happy for the guy. I hope he gets a look at international level because the guy has been a beast for this team and you know, they've formed quite a brethren of front rows at the
00:41:05
Speaker
at this and really made it tough to go scrumptaging against this team between Obano, you know, the three in this game, and then, you know, Boyce and Don and Will Stewart. That's just really, you know, that's six really good front rowers that they have right now. And that makes it really, if you want to scrum,
00:41:26
Speaker
Don't do it against math. Cause that's not ending well right now. And you don't want to tackle any of them in the loose either. So that's true. I don't want to tackle Beno Obano. I don't want anything to do with him. Yeah. That's just, that's, that's a lot of math and you can't get your arms. Oh, good God. You gotta, you gotta like bite a leg and that's it. I'm not sure I could wrap my arms around his calves. I don't think I can get my arms around his legs. They are thick.
00:41:50
Speaker
Yeah. And he can move too. Usually you don't see someone with that kind of frame and build on it that can move like that. So just all around impressive specimen of a human being, Ben-O about him. Indeed. So let's fast forward to...
00:42:06
Speaker
Week, game week 17, around 17. Sail Bristol, quick thoughts? This wasn't really a contest. No. Tiff Eden was garbage in this match, I have to say. It's kind of the same as with the Quinn's. I feel like the Bears kind of gave this one away from the, they're just the lineups. We were like, yeah, it's not our day. Sail, you guys have fun. And they did.
00:42:32
Speaker
Yeah, they did indeed. They did indeed. I mean, Sam James and Denny Solomona are, are throwing tries up that are fun looking tries. Uh, yeah. And then Luke did believe, did both the James brothers score in this one? I think so. Cause yeah, Luke, Luke James had two. That's what it was. Sam had one. So they had between them. Yeah. So when the James brothers and Denny Solomona are putting four tries up on you, uh,
00:43:02
Speaker
You're not, you're not fielding your best side, probably. Not likely, no. Not likely, no. Let's go to the stoop. Quinn's 30, no champion 17. Again, we talked about in just a couple, just, you know, two matches ago here. This is not working for Boyd with the split squad. He's going to have to make some harder decisions.
00:43:27
Speaker
Load up one team a little bit more and back off with another one if he wants to win because right now he's caught in the middle at this point really is what it's down to I know he picked up, you know with one of them I went against irish, but that was Irish Irish are good, you know And he and you know, of course naturally the nicas equator played out of the skin in that game as well Um shocker of the day, but he can't be their own their feet like he's to put you know
00:43:53
Speaker
No disrespect to Nick Ezekiel because he is a fantastic rugby player, but he can't be your most impactful forward.
00:44:01
Speaker
I hope not. No, I mean, like he has, he does his job, but the thing is, and, but he's not doing anything terribly more than his job and he's still by far your best forward. That's not that when he's in a lineup, you know, that, that configuration, that's bad. Like you need to have someone who's, who's making impacts and, and really flat, you know, being busy in their job. Yeah. And, and, you know, Ludlum's there and that's a guy that I respect tremendously and he's not had his best games by any means whatsoever.
00:44:30
Speaker
Um, on the other side, the twins, I mean, we had Danny care returns and he returns with abandon. He's, he's just as good as he was before guys. So, uh, heads up just FYI. Um, yeah, he looked every bit the part and has, looks like he hadn't missed a whole lot even before the.
00:44:47
Speaker
the game last round against Worcester. It's really good. Marcus Smith is playing out of his skin when he's on the field. I have to say he is just, he's deciding that things are going to happen and he makes them happen. So that's a load of credit to him. I know. Yeah. Nope.
00:45:05
Speaker
No question about that. He's been just up and for, for his, uh, his slender nature. Um, he's not taking many big hits either. Usually when, when people pull the kind of shit that he, that he's pulling every so often they get lit the fuck up. And that's doesn't seem, I mean, it happened. I think one of the matches he, I think he took some blood, but, um, not, not nearly as regularly as it, as it should. Right. Again, his stature.
00:45:33
Speaker
Yeah. So, uh, lots of credit to him. Um, and, and Don branches. Yeah. There's two really angry eight men in this, in, in the premiere ship right now. One of them's Don Bryant. He's really pissed. And he's trying to prove a point. He took it out on the other week. Right. Yeah. And he took it out on the saints this week or the, you know, this particular match. Yeah. And he's just reckless, abandoned, and it's working like whatever he's doing is, um,
00:46:03
Speaker
it's working. So that, that, that means, you know, he's, when he's putting in good effort and he's helping his team, like he's not, not hurting them. He's not being overly aggressive in a bad way, but no, he's, um, he's doing, he's doing a lot of the right things and he's, and he, and he knows when he needs to step up and he's doing, doing a hell of a job with it for sure. Um, one more thought. Um,
00:46:26
Speaker
The ash down, the, the ash splash seems to be a controversial thing, which I don't understand. If you don't want them to fucking do it, don't fucking let them get over the line. End of story. That's the last, that's the last I remembered, you know?
00:46:39
Speaker
He's not, and he's not sure. I don't see that as showing anybody up. So he's just out there. He's just a kid out there having fun. Yeah. I mean, he's a far better man out there. Look at the, look at the way the two, the two Oritas were tries were scored this weekend by the two youngsters. They just Superman over the line. I don't know. So what he opens his chest a little bit more. Get the fuck out of here.
00:46:57
Speaker
Yeah, be like let the fuck it. Yeah, like you said Don't let him do it. Don't if if it's a close try that doesn't happen Like if it's a I really have to you know I have to get this ball down because i'm I'm scoring it because the defense is is where they should be and right and i'm just trying to sneak it over You're not doing that. That's a
00:47:19
Speaker
This is my try and you guys fucked up like you don't get to score those tries without it as some sort of defensive mistake So generally, yeah, usually it's true unless you're Louie resam it and you just And in that case, yeah splash Go nuts, you've done done did it you got it go. Yeah, not a vacy style like celebrate like literally celebrate Be legitimately happy about it. Yeah, that's fun. All good. All good
00:47:51
Speaker
Exeter 59, Worcester 7.
00:47:56
Speaker
This wasn't, this just wasn't fair. I can't even, I can't for words right now. This was so bad. Uh, I, I had it on only because it was the only match on at the time, but I switched over as soon as I could. I was like, get rid of this. I'm pretty sure. Yeah. I missed Sam Simmons last try. I thought he only had two. No, he had three. Um, so that found that out later. Cause I turned, whatever. I can't remember what the next game was. Yeah. Some, somebody called the local zoo. I think you've lost your giraffe.
00:48:25
Speaker
Oh wait, that's Johnny Hill. And he got out wide. I was like, what are you doing out there, you big fucker? I was hysterical. I'm like, oh shit, Johnny Hill's that, wait, that's Johnny Hill. And that he's going to, this is the kind of try he's going to score his, uh, like he's not allowed to score. He's going to try. This is illegal. He started at the 22, sir. He can't do that.
00:48:46
Speaker
Exactly. Yes, two meters. That's the most he can carry is two meters for a try. It seems like that's all he could ever do. Where did that come from? Yeah, but fun to watch. I mean loads of fun obviously if you're an Exeter fan. If you're a Worcester fan, you're like, what did we just do? I don't want to be on the other team. That's the thing. I don't want to be on that Worcester team like when this is happening either because
00:49:11
Speaker
It's just so defeating. You know, G.J. van Belzer went off early too. That didn't help by any means whatsoever. So it's like, oh, for fuck's sake. You know, Ashley Beck willed his way over for a try, but that was it. You know, it's like...
00:49:24
Speaker
good God. You can't, I don't even know. It was really tough. But it's not, it's also not fair. It's not just, it's not just that Exeter did it. It's how they did it. They didn't score. They're like, they didn't play the Exeter rugby that I talk about. This was wide open. They were in the loose. Yeah. Totally. What they should like,
00:49:44
Speaker
Fuck, if I'm an Exeter fan, I look at this match and I say, why the fuck are we looking for penalties? And why is it always a two meter pick and drive to get us over when we could be doing this? Because this was fun. Look, Henry Slade, a 13, how often does a 13 do when we talked about it last week? The 13's in the premiership. You usually don't have any fun.
00:50:07
Speaker
He was killing it. Yeah. Like he, they played very much a Southern hemisphere style as I mean, he needs the ball more in my opinion anyway. So yeah. And then, but then to have him and then Jack Noel and Stuart Hogg and even Cuthbert, like he got loose. I was like, Oh, okay. This is what we're doing today. Right. It's like this. I get it. Like, I mean, that's amazing. When you see the, the Exeter had one, two, three, four, four forwards over 40 points.
00:50:38
Speaker
six over 30. And then they had been so usually that means it's a forward match and yet you still had, you know,
00:50:46
Speaker
Simmons over 30, Noah over 20, Hobbie over 20, Cuthbert over 20. Like you still had the backs doing work and putting up fantasy points. That means you were running a lot. Yeah, for sure. And we need to see a lot more of that. I want to see that exit. I want to see that exit team. I'll root for that exit team. Right. I don't know how to argue with that. I will praise
00:51:10
Speaker
I'm not even gonna say his name right now, but I'll praise, no. The Baxter. I'll replace Rob Baxter. He's kind of a jackass, but at the same time, if he coaches his team like this, that's not a jackass. That's a good coach. Let's see it. Yep. Great. Gloucester 46, Leicester 30.
00:51:33
Speaker
you know, this, this was basically just overflowing from one game to the next. It felt like, right? Oh yeah. Cause it felt like, yeah, that's right. This was the game we turned it on right after to get away from Exeter. Exactly. And it really didn't change all. He thoroughly, you know, just had his way with this team, like 59 minutes. And he's, he's got, he's got a man of the match award. Number one, number two, he's got four tries. Yeah. Like, holy shit. That was a, yeah.
00:52:01
Speaker
I mean, the kid's good, obviously. It's not a new thing. You know, we all know how good this guy is. No, but this is, and it's not Liz though. Again, same thing as we were talking before. That whole back line, I mean, the worst performer fantasy wise on that back line, that's out of sips, was Johnny May, who still had 19. Like they were just, they were all running over, all over Lester. And then it was Thorley who was just the one who was finishing.
00:52:29
Speaker
Yep. He had the one, he had the one, he had the one try that he just decided he was scoring. Yeah. He's like, nope, this is, this is mine. Like I am painting my ears back and good luck to the rest of you if you can stop me. Jason Woodward had 40 fantasy points and didn't score a try. No, he didn't. He was, he was very loose. Unbelievable. Yeah. He was very, very much in the loose. He had three try assists. Okay. That'll help.
00:52:52
Speaker
Yeah, that definitely helps. Yeah. Chris Harris was really, was, was, you know, continues to play out his skin for sure. Um, I will give, I'll give props across the, across the way to the green. Number one, they found a way to stem the flow and, you know, made it interesting for a little while. And then Lloyd Evans fixed that. Um, uh,
00:53:12
Speaker
Credit to the two youngsters, Henry and Potter. I think they both have something. So I like the way Henry looked. It was better that they shifted him away from first receiver and more into a back three position, which I thought was better for him. Yeah, that was way better for him in my opinion as well.
00:53:29
Speaker
And then I can fucking move yeah and the Potter kid, you know, we joke about the all the wizard jokes But man if he's if he's good enough, they're gonna be valid. Yeah And it's I don't I don't know it could get I I hope it doesn't get old. Let's put it that way Then it sucks for him. I don't I want this to be something that's uh More just tongue-in-cheek than anything. Yeah, absolutely and you know, we're all in on the joke, but
00:53:56
Speaker
We mean it with love, we promise. Yeah, but I think with a name like that, he better fucking be good otherwise. Yeah, he's done. I mean, he's done all right so far, so give him credit. So yeah, Skivingtons men are able to fix it and get themselves back in the window column.
00:54:14
Speaker
to the bank holiday games, the Monday games, Irish 12 series is 40. I mean, this game was basically over at halftime. It was already a shit show by halftime. Let's be real. It was not good. The same thing that Irish aren't putting out their best side.
00:54:33
Speaker
Although it was fun to see, creepy, except when he was scoring. But other than that, and even then it was like, all right, cool. You got your try. You're going to lose. But yeah.
00:54:46
Speaker
you know, good on them and good on them. But, you know, starting Brandon Atkins at nine and 10 against Saracens, even, you know, well, starting at international nine and say that was a mostly full noise Saracens team with the exception of the few and far between. Farrell's banged up and that's pretty much the only thing that's holding him back in terms of that being
00:55:07
Speaker
the full bore that you'll see because- Pretty much. Yeah, I don't know what else you rotate out there. Honestly, Mako will be healthy and that's it. Yeah, Barrington gets two, George gets two. It's a front row party at the Saracens, apparently. Good job, right? Man, so it's, yeah, I mean, and Ella Davies, he's, you know,
00:55:32
Speaker
He seems to just be making a lot of people forget that we don't have Ben Spencer anymore and that Wiggles Worth is leaving. He's played pretty well. I know it's again, it's against an Irish team. It's not that good. But he played well against Quinn's and he's played well and you know, he played well against Bristol when he came on. So I like what I see out of him.
00:55:50
Speaker
Yeah, he brings a different style because he's much, he does seem to be a lot more of a runner, but then Spencer kind of could run, could scoot to when he wanted to. Oh yes, he definitely could. It kind of, it does kind of slot right in. It helps a lot. He's slightly different. I think he's a little bit more frenetic than Spencer is.
00:56:09
Speaker
But then Spencer's like six three or something like that. He's really tall. He has to he's like right at that level. He can just approach and throw and you know, doesn't have to really change his height. He's good. Yeah, so that's that. And then I do want to give a little bit of credit. I like
00:56:27
Speaker
There's glimpses of Don Morris that I like. I just hope he can get smoothed out. Cuz he's at least got a motor, which is something that you don't always have the ability to teach. So I do like that. Let's go to the rec. This was a wild one. Bath 23, was 27. Woo wee.
00:56:48
Speaker
elephant in the room, wasps have to have to go down to uncontested scrums because they have two hookers that get hurt in the first what, 10, 15 minutes? Something like that. Oh, God. It was just like, oh, no. Like, I popped it on because I was at work for a bit and I got home and I was like, Oh, shit. Yeah. Why are there three props on the field for wasps?
00:57:13
Speaker
Yeah, I was really because I was so I was I was also at work, but I'm working from home. So I just like I had a just on on mute in the background. And I guess I looked up at that point when it was when Oger was coming off and they're putting on
00:57:29
Speaker
Yeah, McIntyre. And I'm like, that's a weird fucking change. Because again, I can't hear. I thought they fucked the graphic up. Yeah. And then I was like, okay, that's odd. And then I could turn it on. I just was choosing to focus on work for some reason. Yeah, you know. And so I'm like, okay, hold on. I can take a break for a second and see what's going on here. And then the whole process of getting through to the uncontested scrums, I'm like,
00:57:53
Speaker
First off, I'm like, you know what, people are going to have a problem with this. I'm like, I get it, but. What do you do? Yeah, I don't. I'm not sure I agree with a prop should be able to push in as a hooker and and scrum. It's not.
00:58:09
Speaker
It's it's on the coaching staff. It's on the coaching staff to make sure that you have Prepared one year on field props to be able to slide into hooker just in case you never know and they and Apparently there was a conversation had with Tom less who apparently was supposed to be that guy but he said he wasn't comfortable doing it so and and they and that was that was pretty much the end of that conversation so and that may have been because you know you
00:58:37
Speaker
Yeah, we just talked about how good that front row is for Bath. And, you know, that's probably the starting front row right there with Abano done and Stewart, like that's full bore right there. Yeah, right there.
00:58:50
Speaker
you know, I don't want to go against that if I know they're going to kick my ass all day. So, you know, that's fair, you know, I get it. You see an opportunity to take that off the board. You say, yes, sir, I'm doing that. You know, as bad as loss were against sale,
00:59:09
Speaker
This was a gutsy performance for them to get themselves over the line and get a win here at the Rec in this really weird situation that they got kind of thrown into with no hooker to throw at the line out. They had McIntyre and Robson throwing throws at the line out when needed. Yeah. And they were bad. I remember that the key one that they had towards the end, they just threw over the top. They're like, look, just put it there. 100%. Let our guy run onto it. We'll deal with it.
00:59:33
Speaker
Yeah, it didn't have to be super accurate. It just had to be over the top, over the 15 and make sure it landed in somebody's arms. And reasonably straight-ish. Yeah, once you get like five guys down the tunnel, it's probably gonna get a little wiggle room in there. Yeah. And it did. Right. And as much as yeah, that's kind of a factor with the scrums.
00:59:55
Speaker
that's no excuse for Beth with the team they put out there. And the injuries that, you know, it's not just the hookers though. We have to talk. I mean, Tommy Young came off. So brought him off like these are, these aren't.
01:00:10
Speaker
minor highs. Those aren't scrubs. Right. That go down. Yeah. I mean, I still, I will say this and you know, we kind of poo pooed on them before. And, um, I think Tom Willis has just made the only violin possibly extra at, at was because
01:00:30
Speaker
One Willis is as good as another right now, as far as I'm concerned. They're amazing. Yeah, they're both very good. Another brothers combination. Right, exactly. It's, you know, and we had, you know, Bath and the Phantom, we had the Mattivacy brothers going against each other as well. So that was kind of fun. But yeah, it's, it's, it seems like Tom Willis has developed into just kind of a player as his brother. Vailon who needs to definitely get on the Will Skeleton program and shed some KGs over there. Yeah, he does.
01:01:01
Speaker
Yeah, it was a great performance from loss. I mean, I don't know. I lost for words because that wasn't, they picked up the tempo because they knew they had to, but it kind of stood them a little bit. Bath did not do enough to, they had what, at least two or three goal line, you know, they were inside the five and they came away with either nothing or three. So, you know, really it's just look right there. That's the end. You don't need to look further than that.
01:01:29
Speaker
So, um, well, the credit to the, to Was, um, Lee Blackett, you know, made his adjustments at halftime and they worked. So, um, do on him, uh, good on them. And, you know, Bathurst still sitting in fourth, but only by, they're not there by much. Two points. So, uh, good on, good on Was for, uh, taking it, taking it on themselves.
01:01:54
Speaker
All right. That's fun. But they get they get salaries. Yeah, that's something I'd be super excited about depending on what the Saracens put out for which I'm guessing is going to be week.
01:02:07
Speaker
pretty uh pretty strong considering they're going from the monday match to a saturday so they have a pretty that's almost a full full week and if the barrels fit to go that could be a could be a spare team you might see him yeah i'd say but you might you might they might also arrest some players too because again the the um the goals the champions cup they're not going to be
01:02:26
Speaker
Oh, yeah. And, you know, Mark McCall has made that no secret. He's like, we are here to get to Champions Cup. And that's the end. And so maybe Wasp's get away with something with that. So we'll see. We'll see. Saracen's placed out midweek next week, too. So we'll see. Say I'll probably want to get them back because last time they played, Saracen's gave them a talking. So I'm sure say we'll be all about that. All right. Let's...
01:02:55
Speaker
Let's just do a quick fantasy tip chat. Big players for you overall this week.
01:03:04
Speaker
I mean, I, well, let me find my, uh, my team, how I did certainly. Cause I, I had a fucking cracker of a week. I can, I can name you one guy that I captain Simmons, uh, Sammy, I had thoroughly, I had Chris Harris. Um, so, so 128 out of Simmons with the captaincy 64 without, uh, and then yeah, thoroughly with 63 just on his own. Um, and Harris with 38 from the center position is, is usually pretty, uh,
01:03:33
Speaker
Pretty rare. Yeah. I had Willis in both weeks and he got 35 plus both times. Yeah. I mean, I benched Willis. That was one of my bigger regrets, but I didn't know what his status would be at the time. I benched from Ulin for Earl.
01:03:50
Speaker
Yeah, how stupid I feel right now. This week, like, this week, you can say, like, I was like, ooh, that was a bad decision, wasn't it? Yeah. Yes, it was. It was. Hutch finally showed up, 29. Yep, I had him, too. Yeah, that was a good one. Umaga had 41 points. Shit, I missed him, gentlemen. That was without kicking points, too, wasn't it? Yeah.
01:04:09
Speaker
Damn, that was a, that's a fucking great week for a fly app. Yes, it is. And Robson would have had, again, I, I started Monder thinking, Oh, really? He would be in on the, on the tri-party. Uh, but he wasn't, um, and ended up with Robson, you know, on my bench with half of his score being the same as Monders. And Spencer would have had 26 for me. He was on my bench too. I have a good, I have a good problem, but I have a bad problem. I have Spencer and Robson.
01:04:39
Speaker
Um, me too. So they're both, they're both scoring a other tree. So yeah. But the good news for that was that you can put both in your as a scrum half and a half and a half. So yeah, you have two bench positions there. Um, yeah. And you know, and, um, who was your bulger that you picked up this week? That was like semi cheap that did awesome. I'll wait. Nevermind. None of the answer to that. That's Tom Wilson Croft.
01:05:09
Speaker
Well, which was yeah, that was right I picked him up I think oh he's still on my team. Yeah, that's true Like he's kind of too hard to cut At this at this point and resam it obviously for a bit now
01:05:23
Speaker
Yeah, I kind of disappointed the previous week. So even though I did all right, I still was ranked 159 for the game week. Yeah, I think the weekend game, I did pretty well. I was well up into the 100s, like low 100s there.
01:05:42
Speaker
And then for me, it was definitely like the discovery of Steven Varney and like he's 140, which is not bad. And then he's on scum half fly half center eligible. I was like, Ooh, that's, that's tasty. Give me, give me, you end up with 24, which is not bad for a guy that just, you pick off the scrappy by any means whatsoever. Right. For a spare change, essentially. Yeah. That was a, that was a pretty good, that was a pretty good discovery. I was like, Ooh, that was,
01:06:05
Speaker
That made me excited for that game week. I'm not going to lie. Yeah, that game week, I got to 1.22. So for... Nice. Not too bad. Not too bad at all. All right. Let's get into more fun for the start sit.
Player Picks and Recommendations
01:06:20
Speaker
Who's first, Jeremy? I think... Where'd he go? I'm not sure who's first because I don't know what year it was. I got Worcester Bristol. That's me. That's you. I'm first.
01:06:34
Speaker
So for Worcester, Bristol are kind of weak around the locks. So you have the, you know, I think it's going to be Graham Kitchener and Anton Bresler who are going to get the start because Kitchener number two was, I think he played 80 the last match and this Kitchener and Bresler were kind of split in that match. So I'm guessing they're going to, no, I think Bresler didn't even play. So he's probably a lock to, no pun intended, he's a lock to start.
01:07:04
Speaker
And then Ted Hill, Francois Huguard, Duncan Weir, and Ollie Lawrence are guys you should be looking at no matter what format. In FRD only, that's where you're kind of looking at the flankers, the other flankers for Worcester, Kvesic, and Cornell-Dupriya are likely to be their other starters. And then Frontswell Vinter. I start him only in FRD. As far as for Worcester sits, the front row in FRD and the props and hooker.
01:07:32
Speaker
Um, don't don't Bristol shut those down. So I would uh, I have Ethan Waller He will not see the field unless I have no other option. Yeah, he's a he is a top five prop I think but right, you know, you might be able to find another option. Yeah Look elsewhere for this one. Yeah, try if you can on the Bristol side, uh, their front row so their uh, their front row in frd their props and harry thacker
01:07:56
Speaker
Uh in um in trm, assuming again assuming they start we don't know the lineups Um, the the six seven and eight out of bristol whoever they are going to give you points, uh sheety semi-red rajra luke marhan charles pietau, um start a many format for frd only
01:08:14
Speaker
start whoever's at nine. I'm guessing it'll be urine. And Henry Purdy is, it could be valuable as he is probably playing a wing, but he's a midfielder. Say he's a midfielder. Yeah. In an FRD. And I have no sits for Bristol if you got him.
01:08:30
Speaker
I'm sure you'll figure out something. All right, Northampton Exeter. Exeter are very curious. They are ninth in TRM in points against, but they're third in FRD in points against. And that's, you know, we didn't have to kind of switch the points against in FRD to average because, you know, some teams played some teams. Didn't change a whole lot. Sail are still a no-fly zone shocker. Anyway, so TRM, halfbacks are no-go in both formats.
01:08:58
Speaker
And then you get a big green light for a couple of positions in TRM for Exeter. So including second rows, back three, front row and prop in particular. So for the Saints, TRM, Mike Heywood, he's a top 50 player in TRM, so you're not gonna sit him right now. Ribbons, a sequel, again, top 50 in TRM. Tiamana Harrison's top 50 in both, so you're not gonna sit him.
01:09:26
Speaker
Ludlum, if you have to, yeah, roll him out there. Grayson's actually top 50 in FRD, so yeah, you can roll that out there too. Assuming Dan Bigger shows up like he used to, you can go ahead and play him if you feel comfortable with it, although I would be...
01:09:39
Speaker
I would be, yeah, I'd be a little bit weary in FRD, especially because- Yeah, fingers crossed on that one. Exit are tough, a little tough against them. Rory Hutchinson is top 50 in both, so play him. Woz and TRM only, Furbank, Nairo, Voro, they're both top 50 in FRD, so you might have to play them anyway. Yeah. Oh, well, Fellow's probably an okay play as well as Proctor.
01:10:04
Speaker
Have a pint for Alex Mitchell, this is not his week, or Henry Taylor really, and Saints front row is a no-no.
01:10:11
Speaker
Other side, Saints are a little middling, they're 7th and 9th in each format. Scrum halves and fly halves are the ones that struggle against them, but Senators 2nd rows kind of have their way as well as front row units in FRD. This isn't gonna be too super difficult here. Either county gear yandels good, extra front rows good.
01:10:34
Speaker
Gray, easy to yes, even though he's kind of been a little eh, Johnny Hale's top 50 along with Kirsten and TRM. So go ahead. Simmons and Simmons is number one in both. So you are not sitting here. I wonder why. Yeah.
01:10:49
Speaker
Well, yeah, I'm sure this best week bolted to the top. Yours is okay. Vermeulans actually top 50 in TRM as well. So you can go ahead and do that. Simmons top 50 in both. Yep. Steenson, I'd be okay with that. Even though the points against for Saints say otherwise for fly half, not named Joe Simmons, they've been pretty leaky since the restart. So go ahead. Hawks top 50 in our FRD. Go ahead and both with that.
01:11:15
Speaker
Oh, Flaherty. Yes. No. Yes. Even Josh Hodge, if he goes out there. Go ahead. Cuthbert, I would do an FRD only. Whitty, Skinner, Monder, Dolman, all have a seat. All right. Off to Allianz, which we know is not renamed yet.
01:11:36
Speaker
For sari's versus wasps for sari's start their front row because fuck, you know, they're gonna give you points Yeah at this point this should be no surprise Definitely that and that's for frd for the obviously start their their props and and i'm guessing it's going to be a tom wollstone kroft start on this one and if
01:11:57
Speaker
If you haven't signed him, he's a very good pickup cheap or you know those kind of midweek replacement needs Start there four and five whoever it's going to be obviously that depending on you know, if it's somebody worth picking up and it ends up being like a
01:12:14
Speaker
Um, you actually either frd or trm. Um, yeah And then the flankers will depend on who it is because because wasps can give them up but they're also you're kind of mid mid-range I think and in points against for for flankers. So um, I like roads. Yeah
01:12:31
Speaker
And and Ray has been kind of eaten up a little but some points here and there he's he's but I think he's pretty expensive So you're probably not gonna sign them for what he for what he for what you get. Yeah, and Faz Certainly an FRD would be a valuable addition For FRD only though.
Lineup Advice and Strategies
01:12:47
Speaker
They're whoever's at eight and nine because it's I'm guessing it's not gonna be Billy so Might be
01:12:55
Speaker
Yeah, we'll see. Yeah. And then Alex Goode and Sid Sesino, because he's not, he's struggling to produce at this point, fantasy wise. He's doing okay. He's had his ups and downs with the team, but fantasy wise, he's not really producing.
01:13:10
Speaker
No, I totally agree. I was hoping to have him be a sneaky play for a while. He's not done well yet. Andy Chris, he might be a good ad for you. Yeah, he might. I'm sure he's cheap for eight-man eligible guys on the seraphs. No, I have no wasps. Yeah, fuck the wasp. Yeah, pretty easy. The Welles brothers, I'm guessing Tommy Young probably won't play. Yeah, probably not. So the Welles brothers and Brad Shields are really absolutely starts.
01:13:39
Speaker
efforty only Roland's I'm guessing it's gonna be soap a waga if he can play because He's like he's played 280s I think in a row And Fekito is an efforty only and then for sits Jimmy got breath unless he's the ten at which point sub him in up for for soap a waga as I said earlier, right? Um, but sit Ryan Mills kibber again Watson. Yeah
01:14:02
Speaker
Now we can do. He's been really disappointing for me after I played a little lunch. He started the year hot. Obviously we had the COVID lockdown. I think he's come out of the COVID lockdown a little cold. He was going cold going into it. Maybe that's what it is. I had him in one of my, I think on my TRM team and I was not impressed. Yeah, fair enough. All right. Quince and Bath at the stoop. Bath are a little soft here and there. They're just on the outside of that bottom four and points against their eight.
01:14:31
Speaker
So they do surrender some points. They do have some spots where they're tough. They'll fly half as one of them. Backs in general and TRM as well. Other side of the coin, you know, you're looking at front rows and locks, loose forwards as guys. And then OBs and FRD are going to be somebody that you can maybe take advantage of in this game. We'll find out.
01:14:52
Speaker
Start sit for Quinn's Scott Baldwin's a yes Marker Smith is number two in both formats. So I'm gonna go ahead and say yep Louis has done really well. He's top 50 in both as well as Simmons Don Brandt Chisholm Danny care. They're all top 50 in TRM So you're gonna play them as well as Don Brandt Chisholm are top 50 in FRD. So yes care is a definitive. Yes in your FRD as well Linda who even might be okay. So if he's out there, yeah, why not?
01:15:20
Speaker
Ashy, yep. Laseke, Brown, Earl are gonna be FRD only at best. I'm gonna say no to the Quinn's front row on this one. I don't care which one, the bath's rolling out there, it's not gonna be a good one. Marlor's a no, too expensive for what he produces. Rob Shaw's a no on either side. Quinn's on the other side. You can't be more middling than the Quinn's. They're sixth in both formats, right in the middle.
01:15:50
Speaker
Back three is a tough group against them in both formats, halfbacks and FRD. Fly-offs are a little leaky though. So this might make things a little bit easy for those in FRD and recent owners.
01:16:06
Speaker
Stewart Dunn, Obano, Dunn and Obano are top 50 in TRM, so you're playing on the bathroom rows, the top 50 play in FRD, so you're gonna do that. Stuke and McNally are actually top 50 in TRM as well, so go ahead and you can play them in FRD if you feel like it. Jules, I'm gonna say yes, because the second rows have seemed to do well for Bath lately, so I'm gonna go ahead and say yes to...
01:16:31
Speaker
Him and both, Mercer's top 50 and both, Priestlin's top 50 and both, so you're going to play both of them. Spencer's a yes. Metabasi or Redpath might be okay if they're playing 10, actually. So if you're in a pinch, it might be a spot to find it. We talked about him before, Makhani, he knows what the try line is. Yeah, at this point, find him, put him on your team. This is a guy who I've been saying is to sit and I am reversing that. Reversing course.
01:16:57
Speaker
So if I'm saying if I'm saying if I'm stepping in here at this point to say starting Yeah, probably JJ is a yes in John Joseph is a yes in frd only oh Man, this might be the week Rocco breaks out. He's a top 50 play in frd But man, this it's really hard to say yes on him
01:17:16
Speaker
If you're riding, if you have nobody else, then just do it because you don't want to go seeking some schmuck over him in case he blows up. But if you have other options on your team already, sub them out. Watson's a no and Falatado's a no.
01:17:34
Speaker
critics everywhere are saying is going to be the match of the week. It's been circled on your calendar for months. It's Lester versus sale sale. As we've been saying, no fly zone. Um, for many reasons, many, many reasons. Um, they, they choke the life out of the other, the opponent promos literally, um, on the, at least took the energy out of them. Um,
01:18:01
Speaker
And this is not a Lester team that is going to have too much energy on their own anyway. So really, on the Lester side, I'm kind of spitballing based on what do I think they're going to start. I would look at the six and seven. I think they're going to be Leibenberg and Rafael. I think those are guys really the only ones you might want to be looking at in TRM.
01:18:24
Speaker
or FRD at this point. Um, really the, for effort only, you're going to maybe look at youngs and Ford, although again, sale will kill them, but still the guys who score points are going to score points. Um, it's just going to be less than you'd expect from them. Um, those guys are point scores, uh, go for them and then sit pretty much everybody else. Certainly the front row, certainly the eight and the 12 and 13 in the back three, those, they're just not going to get points, but, um, sale will not allow them to, to really get good ball.
01:18:52
Speaker
Nope. And you get much go forward on the other side. Too bad against, um, sale and since the restart at least. Yeah. So maybe you just keep that an eye out. Not youngs, not youngs.
01:19:05
Speaker
On the other side, for sale, start their front row. That goes for both formats. Props, hookers, go for it. The four, five, six, sevens, yes. Whoever they put there, put them on your team. Whoever's at nine and 10, absolutely.
01:19:22
Speaker
Both formats and FRD only I go for their 8 they're 12 they're 13 or they're back 3 keep away from that because they don't they don't really do much with them They may score. I'm not saying that they're not gonna score, but I'm saying that they're unlikely to based on Basically what sailor will have to do to win this game, you know, they can win this game without a 12 and 13 and a back 3 Aside from just being being in position and defensively um
01:19:49
Speaker
I'd back Tui in this game for sure. This will be a revenge game. Right. If Tui's in, he's an automatic start in any format. Yeah. If he plays, he's going to tear this team apart. If he plays, he's going to be the man of the match. Probably. Sail will make it their mission to make him man of the match. If Steve Diamond is half the asshole, I think he is. He might just be. I think he's twice.
01:20:19
Speaker
Oh, that's it. That wouldn't save anybody on sale for this match. There's an option. Yeah. Most options right there. Yeah. Salomon and McGuigan both kind of interchangeable and done well on FRD for me.
01:20:30
Speaker
Yeah. And that's, that's the problem is he kind of, you don't want to spend too much, have too much invested in either of them because you know, if they're not in and they're not on, they're not going to give you much, but it's for that, that, you know, four or five matches a season. Yup. Slot them in there. This might be one of them. All right. Gloucester and Irish. Um,
01:20:52
Speaker
points against for the exiles. The exiles just pour buckets of points everywhere. The only thing that they don't give up bottom three points in TRM2 is second row and in FRD locks and fly-offs. And they have nothing in the top four. So really, a lot of things are in play here.
01:21:14
Speaker
For Gloucester, Moray, Gleivore, Singleton, it doesn't matter, play him. The front row, go ahead. Ed Slater is probably the only locker I'd roll out there. The rest of them are not that good. Yeah, it depends on who, you know, Freddie Clark, if they put him there, would be... Possibly, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Lewis Lovelow is a top 50 play, believe it or not. So go ahead and play him in both formats. Paul Edrie's top 50 in FRD.
01:21:42
Speaker
Yeah, let's say Ludlow's top 50 in just
Predictions and Expectations
01:21:44
Speaker
here. I'm sorry. Ackerman's top 50 in both. Go ahead. Is Ben Morgan alive? Like, if he's alive, play him. But I don't know. I want to see him. I haven't seen. We haven't seen live salmon for a little bit, so. No. I'm not banking on it. Simpson's a yes. Varney's a yes.
01:22:00
Speaker
Um, Lloyd Evans, if you're in a pinch, a Willie Hines sighting ever. Yeah. I don't know his back. I guess he has a back injury. I don't know. Okay. Has it. He's captain. Um, I just haven't seen, uh, haven't seen hide nor hair or injury news. So yeah. Yeah. I haven't seen it either.
01:22:17
Speaker
Um, yeah, at Lloyd Evans Sips, this is probably the week he fixes, you know, yourself, especially in TRM. Yeah. It's not showing up on the, on the points. Yeah. Uh, Harris, Reese, damn it. Thorley, Woodward, 12 trees, all top 50 plays in FRD. Yeah.
01:22:34
Speaker
Sorry, Sam, it didn't play their last match. So I'm going to go ahead and guess that he's going to be in the lineup. He's probably in there. Yeah. I would stay away from 12 trees in TRM. Although he does score, right? But he's awesome in FRD because he kicks. And then Atkinson's an FRD only guy because it's the IR ship. He's out there. Fucking try it, man.
01:22:56
Speaker
You know, I've lost her on the other side just outside the top four and points against sitting at number five. So they have some, some good, some bad, some places to be had. I did not mean for that to rhyme, God damn it. I was going to go with it. I wasn't going to say shit. Hoskins is a top 50 play in TRM. So you're playing them. If Coleman's alive, play him other than that, no other locks.
01:23:20
Speaker
2-2 is a yes, especially in FRD because he's listed a lock and he's playing eight. So that's a go. Me and her Phipps, fine. Me and his actually top 50 in Tahirah, believe it or not. You know, and it's disappointing, as disappointing as he's been, you got to ride it on Hassel Collins, keep riding him. It'll crack. He's top 50 in both formats. So, you know, something's there still at least, you know.
01:23:44
Speaker
I like cook and I like Rogerston as well. And that's here. I'm only as well as Blair Cowan who's top 50 in that format loaders top 15 FRD. So if you're a pinch and you need a, you need a back guy, go ahead. Uh, this is not the week for Gus creepy or the Irish front row. Um, you know, like I said, um,
01:24:02
Speaker
No second row. So not is not, um, he'll, should not be named as a no. Um, if you're in a pension, you really need him in FRD. Godspeed. You are so screwed. Um, sorry. Rona's a no. Tom Homer's a no. All right. Um, start of the week, uh, age before beauty. Oh shit. I didn't prepare a start of the week. I did. I did. Ha ha.
01:24:27
Speaker
Well, actually, I did, but I didn't actually write it out. So I'm ready. So my start of the week will be, Worcester got awful against wings and OBs. Yes, he's been deployed as an outside center. No, I do not care. Assuming anyone on Bristol has any sense whatsoever in terms of getting him the ball or a support line to him, it's going to be a big day for the Fijian. That would be Sammy Rodrodra.
01:24:54
Speaker
And that's hard, hard to argue with that. Um, and oddly enough, I'm sticking with that same, same match. Um, but I'm, I'm going with, uh, someone with a different stature, but, but similar lightning, quickness and, and, and ball playing ability. And that's Harry Thacker. I think he is in prime position to go off. Yeah. This could be, this could be the one we've been waiting on for him for sure.
01:25:19
Speaker
So the week, it's too easy. It's long hanging fruit. And I really tried to go somewhere else for this one. I said to say Jacob, when Michael last week, he only got 17 against sale. I'm saying again, they've shut down 10s and good 10s at that. Sit. So the week's George Ford from Lester.
01:25:41
Speaker
And that's fair. Yeah. You know, I have him as a start in FRD only because, uh, fuck, you might've all run him. You might be. Yeah. Unless if, but if you have a better option, yeah, he's absolutely definitely somebody you would not want to be relying on this week. Correct. Um,
01:26:01
Speaker
And in that vein, I'm actually going to stick with my, uh, I can't cause, well, yeah, I'm going to stick with my, my original, the same, same match we were talking about before. Uh, Worcester versus Bristol. Uh, and I'm going to go on the other side. And in this case, I am going to go with the Worcester front row. Um, so I'll say basically you're probably only going to have, um,
01:26:23
Speaker
and that Ethan Waller. I'll put it on Ethan Waller. Let's put it that way. Um, so front row for FRD, but Ethan Waller for, uh, for TRM. Yeah. Yeah. It's probably, it's probably not a bad call. It's a tough group to go against. Yeah. All right. Uh-huh. All right. Let's pick these suckers and then we can get out of here. Uh, Worcester and Bristol.
01:26:46
Speaker
Bristol? Bristol, easy, yeah. It's not even a question, really. Exeter, Northampton. I got to see it on Northampton first, so I'm going on Exeter. Yeah, obviously. You can't pick them right now, the way their form is just puke. And if Exeter continue to play that same style, that's really going to embarrass the fuck out of the scenes. Yeah, I agree. Series wasp. I'm going to take wasps.
01:27:15
Speaker
they're being dicks lately let's put it this way like they're winning by being like they're dicking their way to wins and not i'm not saying that with with disrespect like they're not being assholes about it they're just like gritting their way through matches um and i think i don't know what i think saris are not going to put out a uh
01:27:33
Speaker
a full bore lineup. Exactly. Yeah. I don't think so either. So I'll go cause they're going to, they're going to have an eye towards that sale game. They want to beat sale, right? But they need to get themselves back into the top four. So they really need to win. Yeah. So wasps will probably go for full noise here. You're probably right. Um, yeah. So I'll go watch. Um, Clint's bath. Oh boy. I want to pick bath.
01:27:58
Speaker
I'm going to pick Quinn's. Yeah. Palm team's not usually a bad idea. Yeah. Um, same kind of idea as before. Quinn's are, are kind of winning games that they, they, they don't deserve to put it that way. Um, so, uh, you know, and maybe except for that, that Worcester mesh, that's a, that's a, that's a kind of a side story at this point. They're gonna, I think they're going to rock up. I think they realized the error of their ways there.
01:28:26
Speaker
Perhaps, perhaps. Lesser sale, that's a sale. I'm not even going to question that. I mean, depending on what sale, if round away to put wins together, no matter what team gets thrown out there. So I'm going to give that to them.
01:28:41
Speaker
Yeah, this doesn't matter. I mean, Lester could put it out there, all their full bore team and sale could, you know, put out a split squad essentially and still walk away with this one. Figure it out. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, Gloucester Irish. I'm definitely going to go with the Gloucester man. Yeah. The cherry and white are going to take it. Yeah. For sure. Final, final week of regular season, super rugby, AU rebels force, um, the rebels.
01:29:10
Speaker
It's close. Hard, hard, hard, hard pick, but yeah, I'll go with, I'll go with rebels. Yeah. And then, um, reds, Brumby's, I'm going to take those teams going to show up. I'm going to take the reds only because the Brumby's are everything clinched and they might arrest some people. Fair enough. Um, I'm going to take the Brumby's in this one. No. Yeah. I'm going to take the Brumby's just to see if we can,
01:29:37
Speaker
Maybe I can, I can, uh, again, distance. You have some distance right now. So the insurance runs or, you know, this is no time for, uh,
01:29:48
Speaker
for unwritten rules here. Yeah, for sure.
Closing Thoughts and Wrap-up
01:29:52
Speaker
All right. So we got, we got through all that. Look at that. We didn't spend too much time. Um, but other than that, we had, uh, 14 matches, trying to cram it all into one. Fuck you. No, fuck COVID. Sorry. All you Gary's and Karen's fix yourselves out there. Um,
01:30:14
Speaker
So yeah, we'll be back next week and we will have a shitload of starts to do. So we'll try and burn and turn through as much of the early stuff as possible. So we're not running too far over. Um, yeah. Ask TFR, TFR Y for this weekend. Um, check out George, TRN upgrades, uh,
01:30:37
Speaker
That's the one and follow Ben and I on Twitter. Other than that, we are going to say peace and thanks a lot. Later.