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Season 2- Episode 24- Be Nice (Premiership Round 10 & Super Rugby Round 3)
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Apologies for the length of this one, but when there's a ton of stuff to talk about, you can't help yourselves. On this episode we talk about all the rugby goings on. Firstly, hats off to Harlequins leading from the front by having the first ever rugby pride match. Elsewhere, we touch briefly on MLR (and their little foul up with our beloved Free Jacks), hit on the major talking points in this weekend's Premiership action (including some naughty boys) and we head to the lands of Super Rugby to talk about their still early season happenings. We go through all 3 fantasy competitions (6 Nations, Premiership and Super) in this week's start or sit, scan for your favorite competition and see what we have to say. Buckles up, relax and get ready for some entertainment hitting your ears.
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Interaction
00:00:07
Speaker
Hey everybody, how's it going? It is the fancy rugby ace. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glaser. Recording from just outside Boston, Massachusetts. We are back. We are ready. It's going to be, we got a rugby to turn through between this week and the next couple of weeks. I don't need a beer for this one. Yeah. Let's do that right away, shall we? Make sure you're checking us out on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, tune in.
00:00:26
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TRM Upgrades and Fantasy Rugby Tips
00:00:42
Speaker
First on the docket TRM upgrades. Make sure that you're checking those out We got a couple of big weeks both in premiership and six nations coming up So get ahead of your buddies, you know, get on those man. Trust me. It'll it'll help you pay off especially when you're Scrambling through five different lineups this weekend like this weekend's gonna be
00:01:00
Speaker
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00:01:15
Speaker
And obviously with a lot of the rugby coming up and those of you that are listening to us are likely to play a fantasy rugby, make sure you check out our friend the Fancy Rugby Geek. He's going to be able to help you put your mind at ease and he'll make your life just a little bit less chaotic. Oh yeah, he'll absolutely nudge you in the right direction. Yeah. So check him out as well on his site and if you find his advice useful, buy him a coffee.
00:01:39
Speaker
Even if you don't. But I'm coughing anyway. Jerk. It's good karma. Yeah, there you go. Perfect. We're 3 and 0 against him. Because I beat him in Super. Oh, did you? Yes. Did you play him this week? I played him this week last week. I played him one last week. I know you played him last week in one of our things. That was in Super. Yep, that was it. OK. I think one of us is playing him this week in Prem. Oh, crap.
00:02:01
Speaker
My prem team well, no that league I think my prime team is actually good. Yeah, that's our first one that i'm Yeah,
Inclusivity in Sports: Harlequins' Pride Match
00:02:08
Speaker
i'm garbage. Not so good for sure Um, uh, I think I think the one thing we shouldn't um, we shouldn't not isolate it and we should definitely uh give special recognition too is
00:02:18
Speaker
Harlequin's rugby for their the first ever pride match and you know, this is a sport for everybody If you don't believe in it number one fucking on unsubscribe to it We you're not we're not well now go away Number two. Yeah, it's an all-inclusive sport. It's for all shapes and sizes and whatever you are. We welcome you Let's let's let's let's pick up a ball and play
00:02:40
Speaker
Yeah, it's great. I like that part of it, the inclusivity and, you know, it doesn't matter who you are outside of, you know, once you're off the pitch, as long as you're a good person. You don't hurt others. But yeah, it doesn't, you know, I've played with a whole bunch of players who
00:03:01
Speaker
Maybe they don't share the same political views. Maybe they don't share the same backgrounds or this or that. It doesn't matter. Like we're all here for one goal. And that's the part that we should be celebrating. Yes, absolutely. I agree. So yeah, good on Quinn's for doing that. Yes, very good on Quinn's. I hope more teams will take the lead from them. They're leading from the front on that stuff. So typically captain them for sure.
00:03:22
Speaker
Although there was also the same in the Blues Crusaders match. There was a lot. I believe that was also true. That's true. Yeah, there's a lot of rainbows being worn there, which was great. Yeah, you'd love to see it. Yeah, I like it. So I'm going to give you a pair of rainbow laces. I'll strap those up all day.
Major League Rugby Weekend Recap
00:03:39
Speaker
Let's do a quick rip around of the locals. MLR. We had a pretty crazy weekend. I asked some questions last week about certain teams and they got tipped on their freaking head this week. Utah 39, Freejax 33, we'll get to that in a second.
00:03:57
Speaker
New York 49, Austin 31, Toronto 27, Houston 22, that's a big one for Toronto, that's two in a row for them. DC Toppling, Seattle 28, 22. The champs, taking down the champs. With the beast in the lineup at home. San Diego crushing Colorado 49, 22. And then Atlanta, another new boy, surprise, 22, Nola 10, Atlanta 22, Atlanta played pretty well in that match. It was Nola, couldn't get out of their own way of screwing up.
00:04:26
Speaker
Only one comment on New England bending the sword to get to see the match, and really, it wasn't necessarily worth seeing because the stream, the live stream was terrible. And that's completely 100% MLR's fault. Yeah, I certainly heard that one. You know, and the freejacks are trying to do the right thing and get out in front of it.
00:04:43
Speaker
and say we're sorry and that is commendable by them. New England free jacks, this is not your fucking problem. It's the league's problem. Right. Yeah. MLRS do a better job. They have, you know. That was the only match that wasn't on either CBS or ESPN or even Fox. Like that was the one match and then it was on Ness and delayed and that was, that was until the next day. Nobody's going to wait that long to wait.
00:05:02
Speaker
No to see a game and and the same thing, you know the same same way in the the first round Uh, there was there were a couple matches that weren't available on on the streaming services So I don't know what contract these guys are signing with With
Media and Player Relations: Cipriani's Case
00:05:14
Speaker
these one more fucking match. Damn it bullshit streaming services like come on. We go with espn plus like everybody you know, pretty much everybody's got it
00:05:24
Speaker
Yeah, go with it. It's really it's really hard to find somebody that doesn't have it now. And again, it's huge for American sports that it's on ESPN, because that that tag leader kicked that. What's the Mahalo put down? Hemipo. Hemipo. Sorry. That's right. Right.
00:05:41
Speaker
Yeah him and put put down like That was that was a highlight on ESPN. Yeah in America people saw that kids saw that like it was like Make don't put matches on some other like I don't even know what like TFT. I don't know what the hell it was a twitch stream and for the fans which their their missions commendable, but
00:06:01
Speaker
Their stream was fucking garbage. So that's that I put on mlr because they're the ones that have to approve all this shit and say yeah That's good. No, it was not good. So Yeah, freejax played their bum their bums off. They kind of let themselves down a little bit in the end, but that's all right They I like it. They were you know, I'm missing a few guys, right? Ty did not play last week
00:06:23
Speaker
Bodhi and Waka didn't play this match either. So there was some bodies missing. They'll get back. Yeah. So it's still looking good for the free jacks as a team. They look real strong still. They are coming to play. San Diego, who look like they're going to be unstoppable. But we'll see. Hopefully they'll have some bodies returning after that one.
00:06:42
Speaker
Alright, let's go let's go the the stuff on the other side sides of the pond premiership Where shall we start with this it was uh Interesting weather this weekend.
Match Analysis: Gloucester vs Exeter
00:06:54
Speaker
Yeah, the storm did not want to make things very easy storm Dennis made it interesting You want to talk about gloss or Exeter? Yeah, I mean It was a good batch
00:07:06
Speaker
You made a comment Gloucester should have probably played the way they did the last 20 the whole game. Yeah, they they played some somewhat strong They played a little Too much of a feel-out game against Exeter that's not a team to do that No, it's not and at some point like when they they just decided the last 20 minutes. Fuck it. Drop it Let's just attack the way we did and like Champions Cup stuff like that sure done that a lot and yeah and and made it a Closer match then certainly it had been
00:07:35
Speaker
Cipriani, his boot was great early. He had good distance, so obviously his calf is okay. Great distance and good accuracy, so he was in control of where he was putting it, no matter what type of kick he was employing. But at some point, they really needed to just attack, like Gloucester can.
00:07:58
Speaker
Love the way that they play when they're just on their game when they just open it up. I mean, there's a reason they're my side piece. Yeah But they still have that premiership mentality of okay, we gotta you know, baby people phases here then box kick Let's you know the I feel like the premiership is starting to get it as far as playing a little bit more open and
00:08:21
Speaker
Right. And then play defense on top of it, which is what you can do. It makes for good rep. Yeah. And that can be done, which we'll get to a little bit to later with when we talked about the Six Nations. Yeah, it's possible. So, yeah, I glossed her kind of they left a lot on the table and Exeter played very nothing, not taking anything away from extra. They played very well. They're still working on opening up their game to
00:08:47
Speaker
Um, and so they took that game 26 15. Yeah hog made sure he didn't drop that truck. No, he didn't run it in with two hands What was the name? What was the woman's name zara? She she was having a she had a great interview with him in steenson afterwards like just Yeah, pouring on the shit and I was like, I I love this woman right now Just for that. I love this woman. She was I was like, thank you for just like asking the questions Everybody wanted to ask or say make the comments that everybody wanted to make
00:09:13
Speaker
Right, that's that's I think what what uh, some of you know, some of the rugby media and sports media should be like is yeah, you know Everybody knew what hog was doing when he put that ball in both, you know Like cradling it in his arms as he's touching it down. Everybody knows why he's doing that um and and good on him for having being the old man, right and good on him for having the the Wherewithal to not care about the the the image of it and poke a little fun on himself. Just make sure uh, you don't drop it. Yeah
00:09:41
Speaker
Yeah steenson now second all-time to charlie hodson on perot ship points good for him past goody and He played a he played a very good game. Yeah, I was incredibly impressed in steenson this weekend There's one more player who'd I forget? Wilkinson
00:09:58
Speaker
Yeah, that guy I think that doesn't doesn't ring a bell pretty sure it's the only best Anyway, um good on them. I do want to make one comment media. We talked about it Fucking a in general be nice people You know, we had a there was an unfortunate incident over the weekend concerning danger Briani and oh, yeah, right That was be fucking nice people. Don't don't
00:10:22
Speaker
Don't pile on yeah, like the guy if somebody feels like shit already, you're not gonna help by piling on right and and like respect the Feelings and the emotions that are going into it and and also respect that the media had a part to play in the whole thing anyway So it's like
00:10:38
Speaker
you know i've been again we don't see this as much over here that by we i mean myself and jared right so all i saw all i saw from this my whole intro into this whole situation was that knob of a reporter yep
00:10:53
Speaker
Calling out Cipriani, and I'm like what the? Yeah, and then I dig into it. I'm like what now this is even worse No, and he wasn't the only one tweeting about no he wasn't even saying it so he had to be on to something you know I right and I don't strike Cipriani doesn't strike me as a stupid person and this was somebody that was very close to him as well, so Yeah, sorry to stay Cipriani and the bullshit that he had to catch right? Yeah, just be fucking nice people come on damn it
00:11:26
Speaker
Let's go to the, we'll go to the Saracens match. Saracens sale, Saracens 36, sale 22. This is kind of the stinker that sale are kind of susceptible to laying every once in a while. And, you know, those that saying that Saracens don't have anything to play for, they're sure enough, go to Backbone, just to step up and play like this this weekend. Right. And it shows you that the strength of a club that has a good academy system.
00:11:44
Speaker
So, there's that.
00:11:52
Speaker
Mm-hmm, and you know a lot of these guys and there'll be a few that don't but a lot of guys that were on this pitch this past weekend will be the guys that go the championship so That's that speaks volumes about this and there's a couple players that have Committed their future to post championship Saracen's assuming that they do bounce back You know, there's a lot that has to happen. But well we had a
00:12:16
Speaker
Shit who is a jinxy say he's staying even through the championship Probably he'll likely go on go out on loan. He might but he's not. Yeah, he's not signing anywhere No, he's not. Elliot Daly is also proclaimed as much. Yeah, that's no surprise. He's a mercenary Yeah, he's gonna stay he's gonna stick around, you know Good for a daily for all the people that said oh, he's moving to Saracen's for the money He's obviously not moving just for the money right at the very least. So there's that
00:12:46
Speaker
Couple a couple of notes. I got I love this guy and I gotta give him props fantastic effort fantastic try Nick a sequel He is so underrated there's a
00:13:00
Speaker
unfortunate short list of players that are on Eddie Jones' shit list that got yanked before halftime in their first match. I don't think that's ever the right move to go with. Judging somebody on less than 40 minutes is like, oh, come on, man. Similar to Ezekiel. If you judge Manu Wunapola,
00:13:21
Speaker
by his first 40 minutes with Saracens this year in the prem. Wasn't good. Wasn't good. Wasn't bad, but it was not good. But you look at him this past week, and the balls, the clangers that he had with some of those kicks. Yep. And just, I mean, not so much the first one, but the wind killed that. Yeah, that happens. And that happens. It was not helpful. It was a bad spot for it. But
00:13:48
Speaker
just put a wall up on that one. But after that, he was he was money. He took everything. He took the wind into account and and was drilling everything afterwards. Yeah. And the Saracens were taking the wind into account and figuring out who needs to kick like Lozowski had the stronger boot on the one that was almost dead center. Granted, it was only 40 out. But man, into that wind, you got to figure at least 50 out. Right. So they they played it as such. And it worked. Yeah. You know, good on the Saracens for taking them down and sale or kind of they they
00:14:16
Speaker
The 22 is probably a little bit of a skew. Saracen's definitely took their foot off the gas for a little bit. Rob Dupree and Dave Dupree get over in the last 10 minutes. Really, when the game was decided, they put up a little bit more so. So it was 36.10 at the 70 minute mark. Yeah. Okay. Say I'll make it look less ugly. It's still a bad loss for them. They'll have that wood shed moment, I'm sure, especially since it's dimes.
00:14:42
Speaker
Well, yeah, he's going to take him to the woodshed. I don't know if he's going to make him better rugby players, but he'll take him to the woodshed. Any other any other notes on the Saturday games that you want to go through before we jump into Sunday? Saturday? Oh, let me make sure I'm looking at Mr. Was, Mr. Beth.
00:14:58
Speaker
Can we talk about Zack Mercer and how nice it was to see him thankfully? So yeah, those those are my actually those are my two notes were we're really about the eight men taking over with Mercer bullying his way over like right away and Dom Brandt just being a beast to bully these guys who Should be playing next weekend But are yeah, yeah beats the beats the holy shit out of me. I
00:15:23
Speaker
Yeah, um, I do want to unfortunately, that's the one that's like the one match I didn't watch this weekend, which was what uh, the wister bath match apparently was a It was a humdinger. Um, yeah, well I watched it. It was I did watch clinton. I did watch quinn's irish I watched I watched lester waster just wanted to see what the hell happened there
00:15:41
Speaker
Um, yeah, Irish are playing their asses off. They, uh, the Quinn, the Quinn's opened the door for them. They, they should have taken a lot more advantage of this match and kind of similarly with the lost and luster loss where we get being given a lot in the first half and really didn't take a whole lot of advantage of it.
00:15:59
Speaker
But yeah, they both played brilliantly. Curtis Rona was exceptional in the Irish match as well as Ollie Hasselkallen still looking pretty good. Ben Loader looks pretty good in return. That was a tough match to come back into. So I'll give him boatloads of credit on that one. Yeah, Quinn's looked a little bit a wee bit lost without a few guys.
00:16:18
Speaker
They they didn't stick to the games that they that they probably should have no don't do any care which kind of baffled me Joe Gray started because Ellie Ellie is hurt and they're just been decimated by injury there So Quinn's are having a tough time with that right now. Yeah, and even if it my signing of between
00:16:37
Speaker
Thought you said you did and he fucked me. So thanks. Yeah, thanks quids Bad week to sign him a toy I did want to note also from the the Worcester bath match Again, we just talked about not piling on so i'm not going to pile on as much as i'm just going to point out that Worcester again are uh, that kind of were killed by their lack of clutch
00:17:02
Speaker
Um, yeah, there's there are a couple teams that had that happen this weekend. Uh, Duncan we're uh, i'm, not sure how many kicks he missed Um, let me see if I can find the stats on it. Not good. Um, missed a whole bunch of especially penalty kicks late Um, okay sealed the deal and then uh with with at at the death
00:17:21
Speaker
because Weir had missed so many. They had a penalty kick, they lined up Chris Pennell for it. And it went left. He had the distance on it, he had everything he needed, just went by the post. And I felt bad because the emotion on his face was clear heartbreak, but not his fault. He should never have been in that position. Weir should have been better off is what you're saying. That's exactly what I'm saying. Weir should have had, Weir should have carried them home.
00:17:52
Speaker
I do want to note your favorite team Lester Tom Young's was a lucky boy Yes, he was in the game got it got away with a punch should have been red-carded Did not get away with it with the deciding board. He's been paying for weeks
00:18:05
Speaker
Oh, nice. That's good to see. Fuck that guy. They caught it on camera, Tom, just FYI. You didn't get away with it completely. It might be a good time to test him for some vitamins. Some vitamins and minerals that shouldn't be in there. Yeah.
00:18:23
Speaker
Lavonine, he got sent off for a sin bin for a very early push against what was going to be a wasp mall, but he was way too early. He and Coles both drove in under Nizimkar's feet, basically. Luckily, he landed on his back and not somewhere else like his head or his neck. That would have been terrible. The two of them are extremely lucky. That was
00:18:49
Speaker
That was either an asshole or a bonehead move. You, you be the determinant factor. I thought, I thought Bolshiro left. They said Lavernini was the culprit. I thought they both did it. So Coles is another one that's very lucky to still be on the field for that long. And was definitely let's drop the hook. And then Lester were able to take over, including a Viano, uh, intercept try from, was that.
00:19:12
Speaker
Garbage bathroom. Umaga. I don't know how much umaga is gonna see that field for Eddie Jones after this weekend That was a bad day from him So Sunday Northampton in Bristol Wow The Bears are back
Bristol Bears' Comeback and Saints' Struggles
00:19:27
Speaker
That was a little bit more like it. It took them a little while to get going and get out of their own fucking way, but eventually they got themselves on fire. That's my question. Are the bears back or are the saints just falling apart?
00:19:43
Speaker
Because this is now their second straight home loss in the prem after five years of not losing at home Can't believe it and these are matches that they should win. What was it the last week? It was not five years since they lost at home I know that I know we beat I think we beat them last time We beat them. We beat them one of the last couple times we went to But anyway, they it is a fortress right nonetheless
00:20:04
Speaker
nonetheless, and to lose back-to-back home matches, either way, back-to-back home matches. That's not great either way. It doesn't matter who you are. Right, to the Irish and out of the Bears. This is a team that should be top of the table right now. I mean, they're five points out. If they won those last two matches, they'd be top of the table. Right. And there's no reason that they shouldn't have won those. Agreed.
00:20:30
Speaker
You know when you when you hold Nathan Hughes when you completely contain Nathan Hughes And I realized he's still new to the to the to the Bears But that's that's such a big piece of what they want to do a big ball carrier for them, right? That you know, you should be able to hold hold out the rest but that was not to be
00:20:50
Speaker
No, no, no. I mean, all the numbers, the numbers say possession territory for bears, which was, you know, you know, that's how it played out. But yeah, it's, it feels like there's still something missing from those numbers. I agree that
00:21:06
Speaker
the Saints let this one kind of go. Um, you pointed out Harry Malander as we were conversing this weekend, made a couple of hammer headed choices. Um, did you, he was getting over, he got over once, but then I think the, the excitement I'm getting over a little bit. That's the problem. A young player like that gets over and then loses his head for the rest of the match. And, and unfortunately, you know, it's one of that brief success. You think, all right, I can do no wrong. Well, no, you
00:21:35
Speaker
If you really want to know the breaks on that one, yeah Yeah, he's been with this club for a little while now and he's still only 23. Yeah, that's I mean, there's still a ways to go but that's that's part of the being a Professional rather than an amateur, you know when you score that doesn't end your match No, no, it doesn't it does not
00:21:56
Speaker
Yeah, keep your ham and head decisions in your pocket still um, especially like you said cutting off nyra ball member nyra voro reaching up for the ball That's it was clearly not passed to you and you've got to kelly nyra voro out there on uh, fuck I can't remember it might have been more hand Um at that or a party at that point. It might have been yeah, um
00:22:15
Speaker
Yeah, I'm taking Nairavoro all day. You know, there were like, there were like three guys that Nairavoro could have trucked because none of them were in good position. He would have been like, truck, truck, truck, try. Cause he was doing that. He was doing like, did you see him just shrug off Jonofoa early in the match? And then Sheedy. Well, yeah, I mean.
00:22:40
Speaker
That's like well a foe I didn't get him I guess I got to throw myself Yeah Hughes did absolutely just shove somebody off early I was like who was that that just got the worse and I think it was tomorrow Yeah, it was Yeah, I was like, uh Wow, he just noped him. Yeah, that was big time.
00:23:02
Speaker
big time step on despite him not necessarily having the best match still still
Crowd Dynamics: Chiefs vs Sunwolves
00:23:07
Speaker
still has it yeah oh yeah when called upon uh and the uh the purdy try was purdy exactly precisely yeah don't tell me you guys weren't thinking about shut up um yeah just i mean turn the wheels on turn those fucking jets on man
00:23:07
Speaker
I
00:23:25
Speaker
And great, great, just great awareness of knowing where to go with it, especially on the, it was a, it was a break from Morgan, I think it was, or whoever it was. I can't recall. Um, it was one, it was one of them, maybe Sheedy, um, did well just to, just to get, just to recycle quick, the, the bears did and he said, this is my gap and this is where I'm going. Um, so it was a, it was a, it was a well-taken try for sure.
00:23:50
Speaker
Yeah, I feel like the bears have also sorted out their nine combination there. Uh, Harry Randall had a, uh, a pretty, pretty much a cracker of, of 60 minutes, um, enough to put them in position to obviously take home the win. And then, um, Andy yearn comes on and closes it out. Um, and he, he played well himself. Like there was definitely a spark. Like I feel certainly that, that, uh, um,
00:24:16
Speaker
That randall can can provide that That kick start to jump in the match. Um that that urine kind of has struggled with he's he's been kicking it directly to touch too much Um as a starter man, and uh, yeah, I definitely like I I really like the way they've they've sorted that out. I
00:24:33
Speaker
I'm an unabashed harry ramble fan. So yeah, so take that for what it's worth. I really I think that's been a big key to the bear's resurgence is Is really sorting out who should be there starting nine versus their their? Energy off the bench nine. Yeah. Yep Hey, they they figured it out. They are they're creeping off the table again once more So everybody will be looking behind them and worrying that the bears might be starting to figure this thing out again Only three points away from top four. Yeah
00:25:04
Speaker
And I don't think bath are gonna stick around there too much so too much. Yeah, probably not Despite there. Yeah, they're being able to hang on for your life for a win Let's go. Let's go to the southern hemisphere for the most part
00:25:20
Speaker
They do it a little time. I checked your pants the rest of the rest of it is Let's start. We'll start with Friday blues and Crusaders a Little bit more likely from from the Crusaders. This is kind of the unfortunate the blues team. We kind of knew Last year, which was unfortunate after they started the first two games. So well, yeah, they lost one of them But you know, they played very well in both games. So it's unfortunate to see that this is what they were able to put out and
00:25:49
Speaker
This is where, uh, this is where the, the, the, the holes in, in the blues lineup really show. Um, Jonathan Ruru, Sam Nock. Yeah. Neither of them are starting caliber or nines. You know, it, look, if Ruru was, you're off the bench guy for your last 20 minutes, you're in good, good space. If Nock is your emergency guy, you know, fill in or whatever, you're, you're doing okay. But the fact that, that those are the only two options,
00:26:19
Speaker
Right that's gonna hurt long term and it's gonna hurt in a game like this where you're playing against the You know the champs I think and I think when people are thinking of the of these nines in particular people are thinking that the Blues need a TJ or an Aaron Smith and
00:26:40
Speaker
Look at the Crusaders. They have two nines. Nothing flashy about either one of them. But they get the job done. They do everything that they're supposed to do. Well, that is all you need.
00:26:53
Speaker
to be a serviceable nine, and that is not what these two are, unfortunately. So really, if they wanted to go on the cheap and pick up a nine that they could probably pick up without anybody really thinking about it, they could probably go pick up Drummond and Bryn Hall, or Bryn Hall from the Crusaders, and nobody would even bat an eye, and they'd be better. That's just the thing about it. If you watch the Blues, and again, I followed them closely two years ago now. Something like that.
00:27:22
Speaker
Uh, they were my team. Uh, cause I was still getting into super rugby. Still just, I saw I was picking teams. I've stuck with the chiefs. I liked what I saw last year aside from the defense. Um, the, the blues, if you watch there, the players that are getting the service from the nine, they're all stagnant because the nines aren't given, aren't leading them anywhere. You're throwing it to them and have a step.
00:27:45
Speaker
Right. And so they're they're catching it flat and not having anywhere to go. And that's really slowing down the attack. Obviously, you're getting hit behind the game line. So and really, you can't take that ball and pass it out effectively because the defense is right up on you by the time you catch it. So these are guys that need to either improve their game or be replaced.
00:28:06
Speaker
Uh, and if, if the blues want to compete at, for, for, for, for hardware at the end of the season, they're fine. They're perfectly good, but not a championship level.
00:28:18
Speaker
No, not quite there yet so it was um It was pretty much a dominant performance from the crusaders. Uh, david habili looks like he's getting getting himself suited for a particular To get a black jersey that might be coming his way soon. Um, if you play for Saracen's No, no, you can't play for Saracen's and play for those guys, too unfortunately
Player Highlights: Havili and Goodhue's Performances
00:28:42
Speaker
Um, but it's uh, he he is looking very good and very much the part of and all black So and what about uh that that good hue try? Yeah with you know, it really killed the match with uh, yeah effort the the chip through mawanga
00:28:58
Speaker
tips it to himself and suddenly nobody uh somehow no blue touched it i remember who was who uh was challenging him for it right and then pops it off to good hue again um and you know that was it that was the end end scene yeah it was um rich mawanga still pretty damn good even though he's got kind of a bum leg at the moment he's still pretty good just the same so uh the guy's somebody just not to go to sleep on by any means whatsoever um who uh
00:29:29
Speaker
Yeah, it's it's I don't know what this blue team is gonna do if they if this is the type of performance I put out without bud and bear They're gonna really be hoping and praying that they get him I available soon. Yeah, I mean, I think they'll be okay I think that I mean The Chiefs and the Crusaders I think are clearly the class of the New Zealand conference the hurricanes only because they still have so much turnover and they're trying to
00:29:55
Speaker
They might they may they can make some noise. Yeah, but basically the blues Have a chance to attack the the hurricanes and challenge them for third place there Might get them into the playoff, but yeah exactly like, you know winging a prayer kind of thing but that's their only chance and they're gonna have to they're gonna have to Play better than they have well play better than they did this week, but they still have any option I mean, they're not gonna play the Chiefs and Crusaders every week. So no I
00:30:20
Speaker
That's the good news for the Blues. Yeah. Well, when they played a lesser team and we'll get to them in a second, they did pretty well. Right. So they have it. They just have to find a way to get it done against their conference rivals. Otherwise, they won't go far. Speaking of which, Rebels and Muartaz, Rebels 24, Muartaz 10, watch it.
00:30:40
Speaker
Uh, I don't believe I did. No. Okay. Uh, it was wet. Very wet. Um, Rebels obviously showed a lot more bite. Um, they had the right guys pulling the strings. Um, they, they had had a last minute lineup change because they had too many, um, Australia, uh, right. We decided that they.
00:31:01
Speaker
Had too many foreigners on their on their bench. I was like, oh, that's good Lawrence might be there scum half for for a while. Nothing against I'm spacing on his name now, but the guy that played the last couple weeks for them Lamani. Yes that one So he might be there But and it was wet it was a really nasty night They figured it out I think our boy
00:31:30
Speaker
They they call him mark you mark so we can go with that for a little while That works no, I could send a was here. I'm sorry. I'm gonna I probably butchered that and I'm sorry Anyway, he probably should have been on it from the from the get-go, but he's a young player So you don't want to burn him out too much sometimes and I understand that as well But but rebels played much better. They didn't play From behind the most part so the that that helped
00:31:55
Speaker
Right, it also helps that they're playing uh, that they they were playing somewhat lesser competition than they I'd say probably yes. Um, they've they've gotten sought I mean the sonials kind of jumped out of nowhere and we're like, hey, we're good. What the fuck And then I don't remember who they played uh After that who they play they play i'm spacing on this so hard right now
00:32:18
Speaker
Not the point yeah, uh, no the brumbees they went out they went to the brumbees brumbees are actually probably still the best team in australia So something we said about that. Yeah, anyway, yeah rebels play play a little better But they gotta pull their heads out of their asses because they they had points where they definitely look like shit. So still good
00:32:34
Speaker
Um, your boys, Sun Wolves 17, Chiefs 43, Sun Wolves just missed so many opportunities. Yeah, you think? So many opportunities. Just missed, and this could have been a completely different game if they had been able to capitalize on a few more. Uh-huh. Just, uh, just ifs and buts, candy and nuts, but shit.
00:32:54
Speaker
And the crowd was great. I love that crowd. They have to keep that team in there. What pisses me off is you look at some of the South African matches that are in South Africa. There's nobody there. Yeah, big stadiums that are empty. And then here's a stadium, a fairly sizable stadium. Maybe not as big as the ones that are in South Africa, but still pretty big.
00:33:17
Speaker
And the sunwolves are selling out and that's you know, they're selling out their their uh, I can't remember what their top Uh, yeah, their top league. Um, they're selling out there like so this was this was japanese top league, right? This is a match that was played within like
00:33:33
Speaker
Shouting distance of like three other rugby matches rugby matches Yeah, they were they were saying that it's talked to the top two teams and all of them were sold out Yeah, so this is the they really have to super rugby's really got a to some of that Cuz oh sans are known for making some boneheads. Yeah, so there's that Lachlan Bashir
00:33:54
Speaker
Again, is there another guy that might be getting an all-black jersey? I gotta ask is there a more clutch flanker playing in the world right now? He's won some gigantic penalty. So then you got to give him every week. He's winning penalties. Yeah, and he's winning like important ones Inside the 22 or late in the match, right
00:34:11
Speaker
closing out match-ending penalties. Wasn't an issue this week, but as far as the match-ending, they kind of had this one in hand. But he was still just, when it was big, when they needed penalties, I mean, the cool thing is you see some other guys, like, you watch the game and you say, oh, okay, the Chiefs aren't a penalty in the Rock. They got the turnover.
00:34:35
Speaker
There are some that are like, yeah, that's a pretty standard turnover penalty, no big deal. It's the ones that you're like, how the fuck did that person do, whoever that was. No, no, no, it wasn't whoever that was. That's Lachlan Baschi right there, because no one else is going to be doing that. He's doing some good stuff, man. And then I love the class. Usually from six. Yeah, but they put him at seven this week. He deserved it. Yep, he earned it, and he certainly did the work there. I love Solomon Alamalo. I love the class he shows. Yeah.
00:35:05
Speaker
uh you're costing me fantasy points oh yeah i forgot about that did you lose by five no no no i lost by more than that but at the time at the time i was only down by like two and i was like damn it i could have done like yeah my opponent they had some jaguars or whatever that that went off and that oops yeah it was not as much of a match as i thought it was going to be nope
00:35:26
Speaker
However, yes, that that could have cost me the game. And yeah, I mean, Mackenzie just he deserved to try. What are you going to do? He made so many guys look silly on that. And then just that that huge pass out to out to Alamalo and yeah, OK, give it back to him. I get it. That's that's class. That's rugby. I love it. I love everything about it except the fantasy points.
00:35:53
Speaker
Yeah, well done to him. Chiefs look like they're figuring out how to hit this thing into high gear. So their defense like that. Drask looked a little bit better than he did in the first game. He definitely didn't look like he was lost like he was in his first game. Right. Fortunately, unfortunately. So I like what I'm seeing. I think Gatlin's doing a fantastic job, especially around the defense. That's that's really what they needed to not just let guys run through them. Generally helpful.
00:36:18
Speaker
Yes, and they're showing some excellent defense. So I'm yeah, there's a lot to like about the there's a lot to like about both these teams Sunwolves again, like you said, they played great had a great match Had just missed on a couple But the Chiefs were just just overpowered them I really like what I'm seeing there. Yeah, I do want to talk a little bit in depth about the hurricane sharks anything that you really want to know from the other three and
00:36:45
Speaker
I did watch the Jags and Reds a little bit looked like the Reds just kind of let it get away from them Jaguar started to Kind of figure out. Oh wait, we're playing rugby. I forgot about that. Yeah, it's till they woke up That's all that's basically what that came down to and the Reds discipline just disappeared. Mm-hmm. So that's what that that's what that one went I didn't catch that one
00:37:04
Speaker
Uh, good ending. Uh, Aaron Smith is the most, if he got paid per word, he'd probably be the highest paid scrum half in the universe. Um, talk a little talkative, but intense little bugger. Um, just, you know, Brumby's like, Oh, like they just too many ill discipline decisions, uh, from them. And that cost him, cost him big time. Uh, Josh, you want, he looked much better, even though he's still playing at 12, but at the very least his boots better than Mitch hunts. So that, that helped.
00:37:32
Speaker
Um wine stormers you and I both talked about a little bit. Um, what an ending from the stormers Great. Oh, yeah, right now. I mean that there were um two uh, Scorcher lead changing tries in the last three minutes. Yep, um scorcher baby and the lions you have you have two minutes left on the clock I don't care that you're in your own end
00:37:55
Speaker
Just run out the clock. You boot that ball away and and you don't know what's going to happen. And next thing you know, Ronell is putting that ball down and dancing on the tri zone. So he was he was excited. Good job, I guess. I don't know. I don't like a job. Yeah, not quite. Willem Alberts is a gigantic human being, and I've almost forgotten him since he's since he left this team. But damn, he's still a fucking giant. He could put he used to play back row, believe it or not.
00:38:26
Speaker
I mean, he looks like he's eaten a prop since then, but you know, he's still a giant human. Yeah, Lions looked a little bit better. Elton Yeti's ran a beautiful line to get his try. That was the best hard line I've seen him run in a long time. So more of that, and you might actually be a better player and worthy of a spring box jersey in the starting lineup. Agreed. Just a thought. Just a thought.
00:38:51
Speaker
Um, all right, let's get to hurricane sharks. Um, I was definitely nervous about this game, but, um, the danger of the six, two split rear as it's ugly head. Again, extremely early. Yeah. Oh yes. I know. Um, what was his name? Chamberlain Chamberlain Lee, very early. Well, not very, but yeah. And Mac McPippy left really early. He left extreme five minutes in. Right. And Chamberlain was like five minutes behind him. So right there, your back subs are in and it's 70 minutes to go. And yeah.
00:39:20
Speaker
Nahamba played very well for having to step into a role. He's probably not loving and or used to playing. So I will give him boatloads of credit. Boatloads of credit. But there's one thing that he can't defend and that's Ben Lamb.
00:39:39
Speaker
Can anybody really- There were a lot of guys that defend Ben Lam in this one. He looked really good. There was the, he was his first try. He just decided, give it to me and I'm going to bring it to the house. He's like, he's like, yep, give, give. Give me me me. I'm going. He did. He made everybody look silly on the way through. Yeah. You just forget how big he is because he moves so fast. He's still a giant human. You know, I was like, dude, this guy's big for a wing, isn't he? Yeah, he is.
00:40:06
Speaker
Yeah, it's good to see uh, dane cole's get over again. Welcome back Welcome back cole's always great to see him. He's a he's a Spark he's a spunky little shit. Yes, he is and that that that basically put it put it put it away Yeah, even if it was still close at that point I mean really the the what the the big try from the sharks was when um picked off the pass Yep, and and took it like 60 meters most of the way
00:40:34
Speaker
Right, before putting tomboy through. Yeah. Yeah, but then the Sharks were just ill-disciplined the whole match, whether it was penalties or just not being connected on defense. And that'll kill you against the New Zealand team. A team that's got Houston, Lomape, Jordy Barrett, and Ben Lamb in the back line. Jackson, but Garden Bashup has probably laid claim to that 10 jersey.
00:40:57
Speaker
He's played well in the last two matches, so I'll give him that. So I think that's his to lose at this point. So good on him. Yeah, Lamape's try. He just bullied a couple of guys out of the way to get over. I was like, oh, he's looking every bit the part that he was once upon a time. So I think he's a force to be reckoned with once again.
00:41:18
Speaker
Don't mess around with that. I will say under Esther Hazen. He is a frickin brick. No, yes, you cannot move that man No, he is not somebody that you're gonna get around either. He's uh, that's a great sign for I believe he's gone his way to cleanse after after this year Yeah, huh. I think so. That's a great signing for them. Damn. What a frickin monster So just just just note that one. I would anticipate that you'll see Kerwin Bosch back in line after this one cuz
00:41:45
Speaker
I'm sure, I'm sure the sharks are kicking themselves after this one without just to not have them in. So yeah, hurricanes 38 and sharks 22 hurricanes are trying to say they're back at least they're off this week. So remains to be seen, but they at least did not disappoint the home crowd. All right. On to the fun stuff.
00:42:07
Speaker
We got we got lots to get through here. Yeah, we do. Yes, we do. All right. So we'll go competition by competition. If you don't have any interest in the competition, just keep going. We're going to do six nations first. We're going to do six nations first. We're going to do prem second. We'll do super rugby third.
00:42:23
Speaker
So if you only have interest in one of those, just fast forward on through until the end. If you're super premiership, you can stick to the middle if you want to hear us all. Yeah, we're just, you know, we'll just listen to us babble a little bit on something. Maybe you're not too interested in and maybe learn something. Maybe we'll get changed if we're lucky. If we're lucky. If we have anything to teach. Do we? Remains to be seen. OK, let's go Six Nations.
00:42:51
Speaker
And I am looking very much forward to all of these matches Yeah, right. These are yeah, these are all interesting. These are all going to be very great matches. I agree. I agree. I'm Yeah, Ireland going into Twickenham France. Yeah, this is gonna be fun. Okay, let's uh, let's but let's look at the fancy side of it Sure, italy scotland. You got you get that one. Yes. Uh, so this this match I I think um
00:43:15
Speaker
I think Italy has a good chance to take this. This will be for the wooden spoon, essentially. And if you're looking for some fantasy players, again, I'm riding my boy Canone. Because I like what I'm seeing from him. And then Braumstein, Peledry, Braley, assuming he plays, which I can't imagine why he wouldn't. He just played a shit ton this past weekend, though. A bit more than he wanted to. Oh, I don't think.
00:43:42
Speaker
Tommaso Allen should have a good day Minotzi and Hayward I like those two in the back three if they're planning against Scotland who will kick a lot So they'll be good opportunities for them to return and get points that way agreed with with Scotland gotta remember Johnny Gray is out for the rest of the tournament, which is That's gonna be tough to replace for them. Yep. Good luck. I'm things wasn't bad So if you need a Scottish law can go like for like that might be the one
00:44:08
Speaker
Spoilers, dude. Sorry. So with Scotland, you look at Sutherland and Fagerson. Both of them have been scoring big points out of the proposition. I grabbed Sutherland. I grabbed Sutherland out of nowhere. Good job with you. Cummings, Hamish Watson, Richie, Hastings, and I'd say Hogg in this case, because I think he'll get some opportunities to break through the line.
00:44:33
Speaker
I'm not sold on the rest of the Scotland backs though. So it's good I think for Scotland will be a forward-dominated game for Italy. I think look at their their Back row and then their back line. Here's a flow chart for you is his name Hutchinson move on Why yeah, he's not gonna be playing I know stupid for some reason
00:44:59
Speaker
No, whatever. I'm not going to need it. That's a long, that's a long rant about town right there. That's that's boiling later because I just love fucking keep that. Keep that cooking. Gregor and fucking knob. Keep that. Keep that one cooking for next week. Let it let it let it get to that simmer. Yeah. All right. Italy. I did Italy. Oh, you did. God damn. We talked about. Yeah. I space out things.
00:45:25
Speaker
You told them to space out, not you. Yeah, sorry. Freaking my own words. All right. So, Wales, France. This will be interesting. Wales are actually the second best in Six Nations fantasy in terms of giving up points. Super stingy against back rows, props, and centers. Wales are actually the second worst. So they're getting leaky. And remember, they played Italy.
00:45:49
Speaker
Yeah, so that says a lot Italy's got paledry and they do have some good players and stay as well Yeah, so not to take a lot away from him But it was usually not somebody that scores a ton of points on you and they both have played each middle as well So just keep that in mind anyway Whales are leaky against props scrum halves and wings in particular. I
00:46:09
Speaker
Let's get to it. Whales, automatic starts. These guys are top 50, top 35 players. You're not even gonna bat an eye. Tipperick, Allen Wynn, Bigger, Thomas Williams, Ken Owens. Don't even bat an eye. Just put them in there. If you have them, don't even question it. Done. Toby Falatow's absolutely worth a shot.
00:46:27
Speaker
Tompkins is a borderline shot. France are a little stingy against the centers, so just yeet. George North, again, borderline, only if he plays at center. He did not play well against, as, as weighing against Ireland, so probably a reason. Again, like I said, um, centers against, uh, France aren't necessarily friendly, so Hadley Parks probably needs to have a seat. Um, Anne Wainwright, the back row's gonna, it's gonna, the points are gonna not go somewhere.
00:46:52
Speaker
unless the back row turns it on completely. I've already said Tipperick, I've already said Falatow. Lee's Wayne Wright out, so sorry. Wynn Jones, Pineham, he's a very picked up prop, but Pineham, and then whoever plays the fullback, whether it's half-penny or Sanjay.
00:47:08
Speaker
Just toss it. You're done. You are done. France. There's a lot of names that you can put on from Les Bleux. The big ones that are right up there in automatic start territory are Dupont, Olivier, Intimac, Alderit, Marchand, Evenville and so.
00:47:24
Speaker
Uh a prop that you probably should be considering is show by um, also the uh, the forgotten member of the back row in front swap cross Um, the other lock bernard. LaRue is worth thrown in there if tampa funa fonua is in there as well He's actually played pretty well since he's once he gets in there this weekend Or the weekends to pull out penno and tomah if you haven't pulled him out yet put him in there
00:47:48
Speaker
The Senators are probably the only guys that I would be a little scared of. Fiku and Vakatawa neither one have performed super well so far, and Wales do play the middle okay, so. On to Ireland, Scotland. I mean England. I'm sorry, I just kind of went with the playing style rather than the country. I'm sorry.
00:48:11
Speaker
England I don't know what the fuck is going on with England. Nobody's okay. No, he's not So I'm assuming that they're going with their their normal stupidity of the Ford Feral axis For no real good reason cuz it doesn't really they don't play well when they do that Anymore anyway, you know that works for a little bit work for a little bit but not working anymore
00:48:33
Speaker
So this is gonna be for on England side a very forwards dominant team. I think as far as fantasy is concerned So you're looking to start Jamie George Kyle Sinclair Maroue Toge Under Hill and Curry are gonna be making tackles left and right. So those are great additions this week Farrell with the boot will should still be a pretty good kicker because they'll still get the penalties in the PKs, right? I
00:48:55
Speaker
And then Johnny May because you never know he'll all he takes all takes his one decent pass and a little bit of space if I'm in Other than that, I'm not sure you really want I mean, you know Who the fuck knows so those are those are your guys who you really want to start from England the rest are really iffy and I'd I'd be hesitant on any of them, right? I
00:49:18
Speaker
uh for ireland fucking start everybody uh harring is a guy you should be looking at it at the hooker position he'll he'll he'll do very well uh tie furlong because the guy you know we talk about johnny may and he knows what the trial line is right but furlong knows exactly what the trial line is um he won't take it too far but he'll get it over he rolls up he rolls over it quite well
00:49:39
Speaker
right ian henderson and ryan stardom uh cj stander i think is going to be huge this week okay actually my start of the week in the six nations um and peter amani uh rounding out the and josh fander fleer sorry okay forget him thanks um rounding out the forwards basically all the forwards i think i'm now except for a loose end prop i named all of them um uh connor murray johnny sexton jordan larmer these are guys yes should be on team should be starting and yeah
00:50:08
Speaker
Nice. Six Nations star of the week for me is Adam Hastings from Scotland. That's a good one. I like that. He's probably not. Here's the other thing. He's probably a, he's probably a little bit of a contrarian pick because he's probably not on a lot of teams necessarily. No, he's not. So to kick her and captain him if he plays, you might see yourself shoot up that leaderboard just a little bit. You really might. That's a very good pick. And then my state of the week is Owen Farrell.
00:50:34
Speaker
Oh, interesting. Assuming he plays 12. If he plays 10, I might change that. I might change that. All right. My sit of the week, sticking with that theme, is Ben Young's. Yeah, he should be the sit of the season at this point. Right. Look, I'm not here to baffle people with some amazing insight. I'm here to give you good advice. Don't start Ben Young's. Yeah, please don't.
00:50:57
Speaker
Please don't. If you weren't aware of that, you're aware now. Now you know. You have no fucking excuse now. Now you know. Okay, moving on. Let's go to the prem. Friday night, Was and our beloved Saracens, so let's go with the Was first. Saracens, last year they were tough and they're still tough and fancy, so now that Was are missing some of their guys, it's gonna make it even harder. So for Was, the guys that you're gonna probably just
00:51:25
Speaker
Don't not even bat an eye at and start our Robson Willis and Goparth right now because Goparth actually is going really well in FRD Despite the fact that he's playing 12, which is kind of amazing Zach Kiberige is a Start in FRD only I don't feel comfortable starting him this week in TRM just because of who he's playing
00:51:44
Speaker
The rest of the crew that you're probably looking at and wondering, should I start this guy from the WOS? Vailanu Carr, Marcus Watson, Tommy Taylor, the front row, and Brad Shields can all have a seat. Saracen's on the other side. Well, their usual top scorers are out, but they still have some pretty good ones.
00:52:02
Speaker
guy we talked about before, Nick Asiqui. Plug and play. He's playing flanker. He's a lock in FRD. Start him. Don't even don't even bat an eye. It works. Trust me. Okay. That's another loose forward that's playing lock. Right. It's like two a series. You don't you don't question it. You just do it. Okay. Saracen's front row did overcome the toughest matchup in FRD last week. So guess what? Now you're playing. Now you're playing without even questioning it.
00:52:26
Speaker
Okay. Roddy second. Alex, good. Return. Bloomington, play him. Hopefully the weather's back this week. Although the two of them got pretty good games. Good. Not quite as much. I will take Woost and Groff as a start if it's Singleton.
00:52:43
Speaker
Yeah, he's actually not that he actually hasn't done that. Well, Wilson Crock has I don't understand great. Yeah, but yeah, he's done well Guys that are kind of on the line for one or the other Manu, Vernapola and Alex Lozowski's I would start in FRD only and then guys that are probably picked highly but not worth starting Brad Barrett and will skeleton pine them in both and
00:53:05
Speaker
Onto all this is going to be a fantastic matchup sale versus last year. Favorites, your favorites. So a team that, that plays excellent fantasy defense versus a team that doesn't do shit off. So, uh, this is going to be pretty straight forward, um, for sale, uh, start their front row, um, in, in FRD for, for TRM star Harrison and acronym era. Um, assuming he's not broken.
00:53:31
Speaker
assuming he's not broken. If he is, then the backup, Weber, Weber's not bad. He's not bad. He's not as good as his brother, as we talked about. No, they're actually, they're actually not related. I did some research. I know they're not. I think they spell it differently. I think one spells it with one beat. Details.
00:53:50
Speaker
It's a southern hemisphere spelling of it. That's your problem. But yes, fantasy-wise, Weber is a fine pick too if he's the starter. Jana Ross and Dandupriya, for TRM only, start Ashton and McGuigan.
00:54:08
Speaker
Um, for, for FRD don't start either of them bench them. Um, also sit will cliff and rent. Yeah. Yeah, fair enough. There you go. Yeah. He shouldn't be on your team anyway. At this point, if you haven't noticed, he doesn't score. He's definitely pettered out. Um, slightly disappointed for a lot of people that probably picked him high. Yeah. Uh, that he has been pooping the bed pretty consistently. Quite.
00:54:33
Speaker
On the other side, Lester start Will Spencer, Leibenberg, Veyanu, Ben White, who actually I thought he played pretty well. Yeah, no, he's a pain in the ass, but he did. Yeah. And then he's not bad. Sit, call him a phony because he's really their only threat sale. We'll eat him up. Kyle Eastman and Jonah Holmes, they're I don't think Lester are going to move the ball any better than they did last week. Yeah. Outside of the 10.
00:55:00
Speaker
And that's it. Anybody else on Lester that I did not mention, just fucking sit him. Probably why I should just sit him. Byron McGriggan is a top 50 in both formats, just FYI. I'm riding that. Yeah, I would. I don't think he's going to be valid. I don't think he's going to do well this week in FYI.
00:55:20
Speaker
On trm. Okay. I think he's gonna be fine for frd. Yeah, just started But I don't think he's gonna get your points in the rugby magazine. All right To the majeski. Hopefully we don't have to say that too many more times We won't actually because they're moving to brentford afterwards after the season Irish and and Gloucester won the two teams one kind of on the opposite end of the spectrum in terms of fantasy and
00:55:44
Speaker
One very leaky, one not so leaky. So we're gonna have a lot of starts for one and lost it's for another one, surprise, surprise. Automatic starts that you guys shouldn't even be batting an eye at for Irish are the only ones that I would start comfortably. Cowan, Olly Hoskins, if he's not broken, Tui Tui and Hassel Callens. Loader's an okay starting FRD, otherwise I wouldn't spend the money on him if you don't already have him. And even if you do, I probably wouldn't start him this week.
00:56:10
Speaker
Nahalo, Stevenson, Parecki is a great, very tempting grab, but Gloucester are very good against front rows and hookers, so stave it off for one more week and you'll be all right. Adam Coleman's done very well, but set him again. Kepu, sit. London Irish have had a good run for their front row lately, but this is where it comes to an end. Have a seat.
00:56:31
Speaker
On the other side, the cherry and whites, Gloucester, lots of starts. There's actually only one set on my list. Marie Ackerman, Marshall, Ludlow, Ben Morgan, plug and play, don't even question it. Jason Woodward and Atkinson are definitely good ones in FRD, assuming Woodward's not broken. He didn't look good last week or a couple weeks ago when he came off.
00:56:53
Speaker
Atkinson is probably okay for TRM as well this week. FRD, Gloucester Front Row, yes, yes, yes. Tweltery, Seprieani Simpson, if Simpson's not broken. Those are probably guys that you can all start comfortably, especially in FRD, but even in TRM, if you already have them on your team, why not? Just don't go chasing them. Mustard's the only guy that I would play in either one because
00:57:17
Speaker
That's actually the one place that Irish do really well, second rows and locks. Oops, don't know, I can't explain it, but that's just the numbers. All right, on to Bath versus Quins, another Battle of the Titans. For Bath. Quins? Yeah, the Quins are good, yeah. Well. Some good names on there. Right. That's for sure. For Bath, this is going to be Battle of the Eight-Man 2. True.
00:57:47
Speaker
So again the bitter eight man, this will be this will be one I watch for sure right in that case Start the bath front row in frd for trm obano As a definite start i'm not sure what they're gonna have for hooker. Yeah, i'll say or the other tight-head prop So but obano is a guy you want playing for you definitely want that at least. Um
00:58:09
Speaker
McAnally again got over last week. I think he's a good start to I'm not sure he'll get over again, but he'll still be be solid even outside of that Francois low and I Mentioned him but kind of in passing Zach Mercer. Yeah
00:58:24
Speaker
He's okay. I have all the stock in him, so I'm playing him in everything. Yeah, I cut him a couple weeks ago in the prem and I have him and I started him last week. Yeah, I didn't hate that idea. Okay, fine then. I still scored more points in you. I think you did.
00:58:40
Speaker
Uh, for FRD only, uh, look at Chudley, Priestland, McConaughey, and Rocco da Gooney. I'm not sure the four of them are gonna give you too many points in TRM. So I'm not gonna recommend them, but for FRD, uh, if you got them, flip a coin and hope it comes up heads for you. And then for sit, no matter the competition, Mattavacie and Homer, I'm very much against Homer if you can't tell over the weeks. You are not a Homer. I am not a Homer, Homer.
00:59:09
Speaker
for the Quinn's. Start their front row. Also start Will Evans, somebody named Alex Dombrandt. He doesn't know who that is. Danny Care, Marcus Smith, Paul Asike, the American who's been carrying it up, and Ibetoye, and have a seat, Aaron Morris and Simmons.
00:59:31
Speaker
Yeah, I tried Aaron Morris last week. It didn't work. No, I he was a guy if for an FRD or TRM Okay for TRM. He was one of those guys who I could not get rid of last year I had him Oh really because he was only like 150 K or something like that something stupid that like you couldn't justify cutting him because he was so damn cheap so damn cheap Because it's like it's not gonna get you anything So cutting him is gonna cost you 20 points and I didn't want to do that So this year I was smart unless you had a freebie that you weren't that you didn't really need to cut anybody for which is
01:00:01
Speaker
Not that often. And so, yeah, I decided to be smart and just not even pick him up, not touch him this year. Fair enough. Bristol and Worcester, this will be actually probably a fantasy gold mine more or less. Bristol are tough against a lot of positions, but
01:00:19
Speaker
Worcester have some good players in certain spots. So they do just don't ask him to finish Yeah, right. That's all right. Hey, as long as you're getting points who gives a shit Yeah, this is not something that you care about if you're not a Worcester fan, right? You just want the points that go with it Let's start with Bristol They'll be back home and they'll be their tails will be very very high and probably have some red rockets going on in their shorts anyway
01:00:43
Speaker
For Bristol, guys that you don't even bet an eye at, especially in certain formats, Callum, Shidi, Harry Thacker, Chris Vue, especially in TRM, Steven Lutua, again, especially in TRM, Nathan Hughes, yeah, not even, Charles Piatow, definitely.
01:00:56
Speaker
Piers O'Connor is probably okay this week. Other weeks I would be a little bit cautious for him in TRM. Morahan, both are fine. Leo, both are fine. Bristol Front Row, rock and roll. Jonofo is one of the top scoring props in TRM, so you're not gonna sit him. Dan Thomas and Harry Randall are both worthy of starts in TRM, but not FRD.
01:01:19
Speaker
Wooster, and yeah, there's no outright sits on my list. That's what kind of matches probably could be. Yeah. Wooster, a couple guys that are just plug and play, don't even question it. Huguard and Bresler, both are good, especially since you're probably looking for some sort of decent lock in FRD. Bresler's probably not a bad guy if you haven't picked them up yet. Go look, go look, go look down now.
01:01:42
Speaker
Perry Humphries is actually probably worth a roll out there, especially in FRD, but TRM this week too. Either Hooker, don't mind it. Matt Moulds or Annette, both good. Mama's good this week. Ethan Waller is probably a prop worth your time, as well as the Worcester Front Rose, probably okay. Venter, this is a good week to start them.
01:02:00
Speaker
brusolo leaky in the middle as far as centers go and then louis uh assuming that ted especially assuming ted hill is away with england um frd especially if he's away with england you can probably roll him out there in trm although i don't love it and somebody's got a place where general ants and frd is probably a good play i just wouldn't bother adding them on on uh trm just because he's only gonna be like a one or two week fill-in so
01:02:25
Speaker
Onto the Chiefs versus Saints. Can Northhampton- Top of the table battle. Here we go. Can Northhampton get off the Schneider away? Tough ask. That's not the easiest place to play. Yeah, they're going to be missing a lot of bodies. That's a tough day.
01:02:44
Speaker
So for Exeter, start their front row. And Moon, Tioni, or whoever is hooking, and Williams, who I think Moon and Williams are going to be a little... First off, they both played all 80 last week.
01:03:01
Speaker
Uh, so they might not be getting 60 this week, right? So, so be careful about that, but I think they'll still get you some good points. Okay. Um, uh, Janice Kirsten, Johnny Hill, uh, stardom, uh, vermulan Simmons, stardom Simmons again, looking at eight men who might be a little pissed off. Angry, angry eight men. Uh, yes. Um, Nick white and Steenson or Joe Simmons, whoever is, is playing a 10. Uh, they're both actually doing pretty well recently.
01:03:30
Speaker
For Exeter, I would sit in Witten, Ollie Woodburn, and Tom of Flaherty. I don't think you can get much out of any of those three against the Saints. Certainly, I would be looking at Broken Tackles as a problem for those wings, with T'Kelley and Iaravoro looking up across the plate. Small problem there.
01:03:49
Speaker
For the Saints, start their front row. So it's battle the front rows. I think they'll both score some decent points, which means Waller and Heywood are starts for TRM. Alex Coles, Michidi, Wood, Harrison. Yeah, start them all. Reineck is, of course.
01:04:10
Speaker
Yeah, Grayson that's been playing really well And I think he's not I don't think he's gonna skip too many beats with this and Ira Voro as I mentioned earlier and Harry Malander will be playing And even if he does some defensive fuck-ups that cost him the game. I think he's still gonna score some points
01:04:25
Speaker
for for frd only look at tom collins and the only sit i have for for the saints the outright sit no matter what format you're looking at is is proctor because fuck that guy hasn't done shit this year yeah he doesn't do a lot and he's listed as an outside back isn't he
01:04:41
Speaker
Uh, possibly I don't remember. I know he's a midfielder in super rugby last year, but I think you got switched on outside back, which is really, that makes it even worse. So yeah, for sure. Boo. No, like, um, yeah. So my, my, uh, so we got prime start since this of the week. My prime start is going to be Tom Marshall from Gloucester.
01:05:03
Speaker
That's not a bad pick. Similar position, but very different team. Talisa Vayano from Luster. Yeah. And my, uh, Oh, okay. Yeah. That's my set. My start of the week. Oh, she went from Luster. Let's sit in the week. All right. This is going to sound familiar. My start of the week is going to be Daniel Dupree from, from sale. Okay. Uh, if I need to explain myself, uh, you haven't been paying attention. Right. The guy, I think he's going to go off a little bit.
01:05:33
Speaker
And sticking with that theme, my sit-of-the-week, so I'm going with Lester and with the eight-man theme, Cioni Calamifoni. If he recovers from his knock, we'll see what happens. Well, either way, if he hasn't, then definitely sit him. So that may change when we publish our final starts and sits. That's why you pay attention to the Friday and Thursday stuff. That's where it all comes out. Speaking of Thursday stuff, let's go to the Super Staff. Almost done here, kids, I promise.
01:06:00
Speaker
Crusaders and Highlanders. Highlanders kind of woke up last week, which is good. They're technically a tough team on average right now, but that's only because they play two games. Most other teams have played three. So, you know, it's kind of skewed still. Wait for a few more games to roll out there, then we can really say.
01:06:18
Speaker
whether or not. Anyway, Crusaders have a couple of guys that you're not going to bat an eye at starting. Havili, Anor, Reese, Goodhue, even Will Jordan if he's starting, George Bridge, or if I can get a Naku, a Nuku, excuse me, Richie Mwanga, yeah, uh-huh, uh-huh, keep rolling them out there. Cody Taylor is scoring very well for if you have the individuals, yeah, there you go. This guy. For Hooker, obviously that translates into, you can go ahead and start the Crusaders front row. Either Tom Christie or Tom Sanders are also startable,
01:06:46
Speaker
Um, you know you guys I would avoid this week would be either scrum half or scott barrett highlanders are actually Are legitimately good against the second row? So that's the one spot that you probably don't want to get bit which is not a big deal But still if you have another second row And you can get and you can look in that pine scott barrett do it other than that. You might be stuck. It's okay Um, brother highland does
01:07:09
Speaker
Jonah Nurecki still keeps finding ways over the line. So keep playing him. Uh, don't question it. Uh, Michael Collins and, uh, Marino to to play them. They will, they will have scored really well in their first two weeks. Uh, Josh Iwani is back. Play him. Um, unfortunately the two teams, the two positions that people probably want to play the most, the Highlanders front row and Aaron Smith. Uh, my recommendation is to have a seat. Hmm.
01:07:35
Speaker
Okay, Rebel Sharks round two. First off, I...
01:07:41
Speaker
It's pissing me off, so I have to air my grievances here. Reese Hodge. What's wrong with him? What's wrong? I think he's outside back, but he's listed as midfielder and I just want the outside back points. Dude has 3.6 points on the season. Yikes. Yeah, that's not great. So I need some help there, Reese. But for now, I'm looking at ways I can sit him. For now.
01:08:08
Speaker
which is tough because now I'm looking at two guys on my bench would be Reese Hodge and Rico Ioani until he's healthy. So it's kind of tough to hold on to that. Yeah, you can't cut either one of them. Anyway, so the players you actually want to start for the Rebels, Kellaway, Dane Hill at Petty, Nasirani, whoever's at nine, whether it's Lorenz or Lamani, Korobetti and Timua. Timua is kind of shaky, but he'll get you the solid points. He'll get you over the line if you need to, but he ain't going to be pretty.
01:08:37
Speaker
No. And he's not going to get you 20 points, but he's probably not going to get you three. He'll get you 10. Yeah. So it's a good solid start. I haven't been, I have to move in. I'm not complaining about him. Right. For the sharks, start their front row.
01:08:53
Speaker
Uh, yep, the ox james venter fossey my pimpy if he's healthy And uh, I think we talked about him ester hoozen Yeah, yeah, he's pretty good start him. Yep Yeah, uh, I I did nap james venter in one of our leagues He has he was available and I was like, how is this guy available? I literally just picked up the shark's front row. There you go. That's a good. That's a good one That's a good snack right there
01:09:17
Speaker
All right, your boys, Chiefs and Brumbies. There's a lot of names.
Fantasy Rugby Player Recommendations
01:09:23
Speaker
So the Chiefs are still a little leaky fantasy wise. So there's actually going to be a lot of names that you can play for the Brumbies. So despite their decent defense, they still can be a little leaky fantasy wise.
01:09:33
Speaker
Anyway, none of these names should surprise you that you're going to play for the Chiefs. Alemalo, Cruden, Mackenzie, Bossier, Tobias had a great start to his season. Dylan Nell has actually done really well and when he's had to, if he starts, don't, if he's coming off the bench, don't start him. It's not a good idea. He's not quite producing that much.
01:09:51
Speaker
Takeo is still doing well as a hooker. So if you have him play him, I know he didn't I know he didn't start last week Doesn't matter just play him. Trust me. Either scrum half is fine So Kula assuming he starts get in there. He'll be there. No, no shit Cheese front row is a good one. But the premise front row is not surrendering a whole lot to opposition So if you can get away from get away from him
01:10:15
Speaker
Sean Stevenson, the back three are, they're not gonna go somewhere. So either Stevenson or Wainui, Pineham. Sam Kane's not doing it for me anymore either, so Pineham. Yeah, Kane's not really scoring many points. Nope. He's doing, he's playing fine, but it's not translating into points. No, and that happens sometimes.
01:10:33
Speaker
Brumby's, Tom Wright in the air, Simone, yeah Simone, especially, go ahead. Lecio had a stinker last week, but he'll be fine. Just let him, he's young, pick him up again and keep going. Brumby's front row has been amazing. Also translating to that, Falafel Inga and Alan Alatoa both starts.
01:10:51
Speaker
Um, the back row is pretty good with q sec and sam will go ahead, uh to be the current johnny I know he's not been amazing, but he needs to be the current johnny. You can't sit him yet It's only three or four for that one. Uh, so yes rolling out there. Uh tom banks Yeah This is a tough team to play an outside back against and i've already named one. So Unfortunately, my guy tom banks has a sit
01:11:16
Speaker
Onto Red's Sun Wolves. This one's going to be a little bit tough. Well, it's going to be interesting because the Sun Wolves now are going to go on the road. First time this year, yeah. First time this year. Red's struggling mightily. A lot of youth in this team. Right.
01:11:33
Speaker
But from the Reds, Harry Wilson and Harry Spate are playing well. James O'Connor, as we talked about, did the live draft, has actually been filling in at 10, so I feel pretty... Yeah, feel okay with that. Yeah. And Tate McDermott. Yeah, I like him. I'm kind of...
01:11:50
Speaker
uncomfortable with let's put it on at best um for the sunwolves um again they've just been uh putting up points fantasy points all over the place so so they're they're pretty strong but but the the top performers that i'd be looking at uh are the the front row um uh dogaville obviously has been huge uh stolberg
01:12:11
Speaker
Out of the lock who I also just picked up Huzzah is somebody you want to be looking at he's going he's going about ten points a game out of lock there's those value that you found your kids fafita and The there's just the the storming Garth April. I have him which is that's
01:12:30
Speaker
I see I actually have a problem. So somebody wants to somebody wants to propose this to me that might listen to this in our league. I have one, two, I have at least four fly offs. I have three fly offs in one of our leagues. I have two more April and Yanci's. So if somebody wants to, you know, propose a trade for a position I'm in desperate need of, which I think is this is this our our full 15 one. Oh, man. Yeah. So if anybody's missing, if anybody needs help with fly off in that league, please.
01:12:58
Speaker
Please well, maybe we maybe we should be talking. Yeah, maybe we should Because I mean I have Bowdoin bear. I'm more nice dying. I'll be alright. You'll be okay. Unless you have something you're willing to part with No Not where I need to help not where I need to help right now, I don't think he'd be much of a help I should have taken that trade
01:13:22
Speaker
Ah, future me is laughing at you now. There you go. Stormer's Jaguars. And this will be interesting. Stormers have a few guys that you should be playing without a doubt. Vilimsa, their front row, Peterson. Also, Cuzia is worth it as long as he's not broken.
01:13:40
Speaker
Herschel Yanchies when he's in there, Ronnell, Jono Augustus. This is an okay week to play now or Roberts. I think Jaguar's a little bit leaky in the middle. Intubeni who's done great for Bongi and then Steven Kits off as a prop that's scoring
01:13:55
Speaker
five, six points at a whack, you have got to be excited about that, so play him. The back three are the problem for their, against the Jaguars especially, and you know, Peterson's gonna collect basically everything that Lades and Sonatla can't, so sit them.
01:14:11
Speaker
Jaguars, plenty of names to throw out there. Bofelli, Miyati, Carreras, Moroni, very good plays this week. Jaguars front row has been amazing, especially the, you know, their two hookers. You can play either one of them if they start. Guido Petty from Locks has been pretty good. Last week wasn't great, but he'll make up for it. It's okay.
01:14:31
Speaker
Cubelli, and then Gorissin, the new guy for the back row there. And then Juan Cruz Marlilla and Batista Delgi are the sits that I have for the jogs. And last but not least, Bulls versus Blues.
Super Rugby Predictions and Analyses
01:14:47
Speaker
Bulls can't seem to buy a win or play very well in general. But the players you're looking at, you know, Odendall, Stane, Hendrix,
01:15:01
Speaker
I keep saying to start Specman one of these weeks, it's going to be... He'll light fire. Right. And I'll be like, yay. See, I was right. So I'm going to ride the Specman train for now. I know he's more of a sevens player, but eventually he's going to get loose and really show his quality. I'm not certain it's going to be this week because I think the Blues are going to dominate him.
01:15:22
Speaker
Yeah, it does. It depends on who they're bringing, assuming they go full noise over the pond. Marchant, Perafetta, Fianny, Hoskins, Satutu. Yeah. And I would be remiss if I didn't mention
01:15:40
Speaker
Tony Lambourne. Tony Lambourne. Yeah, he's played really well even in spots when he had to come on. Yeah. Last week he subbed and I think he still got like five points. Right. From a fans perspective, from a rugby perspective, he came in and really gave a lift and played really well. He's a good player.
01:15:57
Speaker
Although I think he was involved in the little handbags action. He definitely was. Dukes and dukes. He was definitely good. Start of the week. Super rugby start of the week. I'm assuming that they're not going to sit him again this week. Kerwin Bosch. Yeah, that's a good look. And your sit? Sit would be Bautista Delgi from the Jack Stormers are really, really stingy on defense. Going through that middle between Nell and Roberts, it's not going to be a party. Good luck.
01:16:25
Speaker
So for my start of the week is a guy who is, he started a little slow in his first match this year, especially as he's transferring to a whole new hemisphere and a whole new style of play. But he's come on really strong and he's playing against a pretty weak team, especially through the centers. And so that's Joe Marchant. I think he's gonna have a good opportunity to put one over and really make an impact fantasy-wise. Sit of the week, Tivi DeKurajrani.
01:16:53
Speaker
Oops! Well, I have. I'm sorry, I might be stuck playing him. I have him in that full team league, so that's where I really almost boned. It's like, eww. No, that's funny. If you get like two or three points out of him, it's not the end of the world. No. Look, somebody's gonna- No negatives, please. Somebody's gonna take the shit, so yeah. Yeah, no negatives. No negatives, please. That's all I asked for. All right.
01:17:14
Speaker
Lots of pick them to go through. Maybe I can close down that lead that you have somehow magically built up. Woo. The fuck universe we living in. All right. Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria. All right. Let's start with the Six Nations. Italy and Scotland. Oh, this is not a straightforward thought.
01:17:37
Speaker
Yeah, uh, it's in Rome. It's their home opener Does vern does evern? Um, gregor townson finally find a way to freaking shit the bed completely. Yes, he does
01:17:53
Speaker
Yeah, I'll take Italy. This is not a pretty Scotland team. I mean, it's not just that Scotland's playing bad. It's that Italy is actually playing very well. Again, they're showing some real good flashes.
01:18:10
Speaker
We're going to challenge you to play good rugby, not we're going to try to play field position and this and that. No, no, it's going to attack you. And again, I think they're going to do to, you know, to Scotland. Yeah, what Japan did just the same style of play. Right. All right. To the principality. Wales back home. France on the road for the first time this year. Are they going to be able to pull it off?
01:18:38
Speaker
that is the question so have they had their one france game or are they like because they've played well if what well in both matches is the thing sound like they've had that
01:18:49
Speaker
Outstand they've had it. Let's be real. They played very well against England. Don't don't right away from them I feel like for them if they're gonna get over the hump their one France game needs to come someplace that's not in France. I agreed so Against against whales who just kind of laid an egg. Yeah, he did this island. Oh man
01:19:12
Speaker
I mean, the, you know, whales are now, to me, whales are now moving, they're, they're moving away from Gatlin. And I think that that influences, I think there's, there's a, a step down in the coaching. So, and I think France is stepping up. Yeah.
01:19:35
Speaker
Okay, and then to Twickenham on Sunday, England and Ireland. I don't think Eddie's that okay, but I don't think Ireland's that okay either, but they played a lot better last week, so maybe Andy Farrell gets his revenge here and gets to put up Eddie Jones' ass and take the win.
01:19:55
Speaker
I go on green. I fully expect that just because Ireland are moving away from that that crash ball the you know, if you've been listening to the pod You know, I have not had flattering things to say about Ireland. Mm-hmm That's changing. They're they're playing much more open game and much more creative with with the ball and attack and to me that's England are shrinking
01:20:23
Speaker
So Ireland's putting expensive game England's Not so much. Not so much. Um, and Ireland's defense is just going to swallow fucking George Ford and his, and, and, and, you know, Ben Young's throws some shit passes. This is not going to go well for England. Um, Ireland, I think, you know, again, we don't know the lineups. We don't know if Eddie is okay. Uh, but I'm going to assume that he's continuing to not be okay. And Ireland are going to snot them. Yeah.
01:20:51
Speaker
All right. Um, to, to more local action to the prem, uh, sale and Lester Friday night. Uh, you will take the sharks. I will too. Don't think this question that was Sarah's was home first home game since that young has been officially let go completely or, or left the club completely. We'll see if this brings any sort of spark. Uh, man, if the services team that played last week shows up, I don't know how was they're going to win, especially the way they played.
01:21:16
Speaker
Yeah, no, I think there's no there's no doubt wasps are reeling a little bit. This is what happens when you have a young team Uh, you know all the quality players have left the last two or three years Um before die young unfortunately, they reversed the way they should have gone. Uh, but But yeah, I I don't know that wasp I think wasps are gonna reel the rest of the year I think it's they're gonna be in a little bit of a lester situation from last year where their coach got fired but
01:21:43
Speaker
Lester has actually hired a good coach. I don't know what wasps are going to do the rest of this year, but I don't imagine it's going to be very good. Right. Fine done, I suppose. Saturday, bath at the bog against the Quinn's. I'm going to go with the guy that's the best ball carrier on the park, and that's Alex Dombre. Yep. So there's that. You just look up and down the line up and outside of that front row for Beth.
01:22:12
Speaker
Not really liking what I'm seeing from a from a actual rugby respective not just the fantasy rugby. Yeah, so yeah, I'm gonna go with the Quinn's. Yeah Irish at home against Gloucester Irish gonna be able to make it three wins in a row or Gloucester gonna crash the party I think Gloucester's gonna be a little bit miffed at the way they played last week This is actually a tough team. I think I'm gonna take the Irish just because I
01:22:37
Speaker
Michael, you're welcome, buddy. And yes, I'm going to agree with that sentiment, but I'm going to disagree with the results, if only to give you a shot at reclaiming this lead. Or to extend yours. All right. If that's what you want to do, that's fine with me. Crazy. Exeter and Northampton. Northampton did not play well last week. And like, get away, Exeter are still Exeter and haven't lost a whole lot outside of a few guys. So I'm going to go with the Chiefs. Me too.
01:23:08
Speaker
As much as I want Northampton to win because their team I really like and really like to see the way they play when they play at their best That was not good last week man Bristol and Worcester and I'm gonna go with Bristol at home. Yep, because Worcester can't finish We'll have to find an acronym for that somewhere All right down to this down to super rugby
01:23:31
Speaker
Uh, super, super rugby Crusaders and Highlanders. Um, well, sorry, Highlanders. This is not going to be two wins in a row. Not with the Crusaders at home. Unless they're playing at a neutral site that I'm not sure of. But yeah, either way, we're going to go with the Crusaders. Yeah. I'd crusader anywhere, anywhere other than at the Highlanders.
01:23:50
Speaker
and even then i'm still taking crusaders right now um rebels and sharks uh rebels have not been that good sharks were still decent despite the fact that they had so many bad things happen to them uh against the hurricanes and caravan boss should be back in the life i'm gonna go with the sharks
01:24:06
Speaker
Yeah, I think the rebels are are in a vulnerable situation and anything that starts going wrong for them I think at this point might get in their heads um, and Again, we don't know what team the sharks are bringing over but i'm still going to go with sharks. Yep, same Okay
01:24:23
Speaker
Next day, your guys back to New Zealand hosting possibly the best team in Australia. That's not saying that much. I don't know what that said. Yeah, that's the thing that somebody talked about the other day, like rugby Australia teams need to be able to beat other teams that aren't rugby Australia teams. And they've had a hard time doing that.
01:24:42
Speaker
And and maybe they could on on when if uh, well, you know when the cheese visit but on the road in new zealand Yeah, I am not liking the uh, there goes back into the lineup Plug to play on that one done. Uh red sun wolves
01:24:57
Speaker
I love the way the tunnels have played. Here's the problem. They're on the road for the first time this year, and I don't know how they're going to respond to that. So I will give the young and still kind of shaky Reds team the nod at home. James O'Connor leads them home.
01:25:13
Speaker
So if any of you out there in Pod Listening Land have seen the movie Major League, you'll know what a team of miscreants can do just to say fuck you to everyone else. Big old shit burger as it's called. Exactly.
01:25:32
Speaker
I think the Sun Wolves are the Cleveland Indians from that movie. Okay, so I'm gonna go with them Plus they're just playing they're playing balls out rugby, which you gotta love to see everything else to lose right fuck and I think the Reds are playing very
01:25:47
Speaker
Tight butthole rugby and I don't you don't you don't know both your buttholes tight. No, you don't you don't want that for 80 minutes You know, but at least yeah, so I'm gonna go with with the Sun Wolves. Okay stormers Jaguars Yeah, yeah. Yeah a couple teams that have played fairly well over the first three weeks granted Jaguars let one get away Right, but this is Jaguars on the road for the first time, right? That's the other thing that's got me worried So I think with the stormers still in South Africa and not really doing a ton of travel Jaguar is doing their first bit of travel this year I'm gonna go with the stormers
01:26:15
Speaker
I am, too. I think the Stormers ride their last second victory. Yeah, to a bit of a hot streak there. Yeah. All right. Bulls and Blues. Last one. This is going to be easy. Blues. Blues. Yeah. Bulls are shite. Yeah. They, I don't know, more understanding is going to be enough to get them over the line this year, unfortunately for them. And they lost so much. Yeah. To other talent and such.
Choosing Matches to Watch
01:26:40
Speaker
Okay, that's quite a bit. So yeah, we'll try and keep it to a similar format next week when we have so fucking much rugby to talk about. Yeah, but we have to cut off a couple of games that maybe it's not as good. Or we don't watch it. Right.
01:26:59
Speaker
I might be looking at results and then choosing which games I watch. That's a fair point. I don't think that's the wrong thing to go about. Certainly with Super Rugby. I mean, look, we're going to watch all the Six Nations matches live because those are awesome. It'll just be a question of what we watch other than that. Yeah, probably Friday night. I have make no bones about it. I don't normally do it. But this weekend is definitely, I'll check the results and then which games to watch. I'm not watching a fucking 13-0 game again this week. Yeah. Don't do that again.
Closing Remarks and Listener Engagement
01:27:27
Speaker
Well, in the meantime, keep an eye out for our Twitter feeds and the start-set sheet that comes out on Thursdays and Fridays. Thursdays, if you have a question about Super Rugby and ask TFR why, try and get it in before we put the sheet out on Thursday, because we're usually asleep when everything else happens. That's at like 8 o'clock, 7 o'clock here, and I'm on my way to bed by like 9, 9.30, so sorry.
01:27:52
Speaker
So that's how that goes. So just FYI. But other than that, thank you so much for listening. Thank you for bearing with us. You guys are awesome. Download us, subscribe, rate, review. Tell your friends, be nice to people. Other than that, we will catch you guys next week and have a good one. Later. Cheers.