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Season 3- Episode 2- Real Men Cry
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It's the latest banterings of those American Rugby knuckleheads. On this episode we chat about the comments of a certain former broadcaster from the southern hemisphere, and how it's probably more a bad thing if you don't cry, no matter the gender. We do a whip around the international matches including THOSE looks from a certain Argentine flanker.
And yes we dig into our first Start or Sit of the season, with a slight improvement (we think) on it, along with putting the hex on some Starts and Sits OTW. We also give a quick outlook on this week's CYL action in FRD Prem. Crack one and have a laugh everyone!
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. This Friday will resume #AskTFRY on twitter for all your fantasy questions with both TRM and FRD.
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Transcript
Introduction and Remote Recording Setup
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey everybody, welcome back. It is the Fancy Rigby. My name's Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glaser. Hey, here we are. False start. We're not doing in person again, but it's just not, it's not because we're, although who knows something might be coming down the pipeline, but it's not because of anything necessarily. It's just convenience for the day. That's all. Yeah. Schedules are what they are. Yeah. You know, that's how it is. That's how it goes. But we had a fun weekend, just the same.
In-Person Fantasy Football Draft Experiences
00:00:35
Speaker
Excellent weekend. Yeah. We got the, yeah, we had the in-person, uh, live draft episode. Yeah. Yeah. That was, that was a whole lot of fun. I, uh, I always, I always enjoy drafting with more people that I can talk to, um, the not, you know, that's why like, you know, NFL fantasy live drafts are obviously so much more fun. Right. Um,
00:00:57
Speaker
Yeah, well, you remember last year when me and that crew of other morons that we draft football with usually, we're all together and then we just got on a hangout or one of these or whatever it was and all picked together. I thought that was wicked fun. That was fun, yeah.
00:01:16
Speaker
I think there was only one or two people that ended up auto picking that draft. So yeah, not
Podcast Promotion and Listener Engagement
00:01:21
Speaker
bad. It's nice to actually interact with people that you're drafting against and hear their pain when you, uh, you screw them over. And yeah, especially when one of you is not paying attention. Yeah. So that was, um, a good, nice way to, to spend a day. Um, let's drink some beer today. Oh hell yeah. Check us out on your favorite podcast apps.
00:01:47
Speaker
Great review. Um, I think we have some new listeners. Um, welcome. We are, we are in fact, as weird as you probably think. So, um, just hang on for the ride for a little bit here and promise it gets better sometimes. Yeah. You know, we have our moments, make it worth it. So we, um, obviously you want to check out, you know, we, we pump them up all the time and we had them on on Saturday.
Fantasy Rugby Geek Recommendation
00:02:11
Speaker
Um, fancy rugby geek, especially for your lineup decisions this weekend. Um,
00:02:16
Speaker
There's some news that broke today with Eddie naming the squad. So we'll talk about that when we get to start setting all that shit. Start setting all that shit. But yeah, buy him a coffee, check him out. Make sure you pump him up because he deserves it. Great stuff. Great stuff for both formats, especially this week leading up to the start of the prem.
00:02:41
Speaker
He's got a great eye on sleepers in both formats and guys who you can get at a cheap price who are going to outperform. So a must stop if you have a team in either format. I agree, especially if you're new to either one of those. If you're new, welcome. Welcome to the fantasy rugby land. We're a bunch of weirdos. It's okay.
TRM and Restart Rugby Collaboration
00:03:04
Speaker
TRM has launched a huge thing. We talked about it last week, but half of their upgrades are going towards a restart rugby. Fucking awesome on those guys. And you see the names that are starting to get involved with them. Ugo, Nick Mullins. This is awesome. That's all I know. So good on the guys at TRM and Ed, especially. I know he was big on this when it happened. He was really excited. So I'm glad.
00:03:30
Speaker
But they did this, this is a huge thing and like I said on Twitter, the boys need looking after when they're done and hopefully eventually we can get the women involved as well when they're done. So yeah, but either way, players need looking after when they're done. So big ups to the boys at TRM.
00:03:51
Speaker
And then we have our own TRM league, if you didn't know. So make sure that you joined Ben and I, if you didn't get in one of the FRD league, sorry, we are full up. But yeah, grab a hold and let's go. We're the mayor.
Join the TRM League
00:04:05
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, especially in that. Absolutely. You know, I don't want, I don't know, George won it one year. I don't remember who went last year, but yeah, no, we don't want the same one winning every year. We want somebody new. Exactly.
00:04:18
Speaker
Malcolm might have been up there last year, actually. Oh, I think so. He was definitely up there. He was doing pretty well. Yeah, he was top 50 last year or no, year before, beats me. But anyway, either way. Yeah, he's on somebody to mess with. So join up and we'll have some fun.
NFL's All-Black Officiating Crew
00:04:39
Speaker
Black Lives Matter, as always, this is a big thing. I did see, and Ben knows I'm not following NFL football for shit, but I did see there's gonna be an all black officiating crew next Monday. Oh, interesting. I hadn't seen that. Yeah, so that's pretty cool. I think that's great. So things like that. And people will say, oh, why is that gonna be so special? Because they've been fucking pushed back for years. That's why you jackass.
00:05:06
Speaker
And it's people like you that don't understand this that need to learn. Come on.
00:05:11
Speaker
So yeah, right. It wasn't that long ago, really wasn't that long ago that people were questioning whether it was right, it was whether it was right to have a black quarterback. So let's, you know, like what the fuck? Like, yeah, what the fuck? Within this very recent memory, as in like the eighties and nineties, it was still Randall Cunningham, Warren Moon were all people that were people were weird about. It's like, they're a person, they're a quarterback.
00:05:37
Speaker
I mean, even Donald McDabb, it was this century that we had these problems. So yeah, this shit matters. Yes, it does. Absolutely.
100th Episode Plans
00:05:50
Speaker
Um, episode 100 coming up, we're going to try and get, get ourselves, um, planning for it once we get through the holiday here. Um, but those of you that aren't in the U S we do have a holiday coming up next week. Um, but yeah, once, once we get through the holiday here, we're going to start putting together some ideas, some thoughts, um, for our, our.
00:06:11
Speaker
100th episode. George is already in. Our friend James is going to come back and have a chat with us. So this is going to be hopefully a good time. And who knows, maybe we can throw it up on YouTube live and have some fun with it. We'll be kind of fun.
00:06:27
Speaker
So I participated in something yesterday really cool. Hats off to Rachel Burford and Alice Koper. I think that's how she pronounces it. Anyway, she's a laugh, by the way. She is a barrel of laughs.
Girls Rugby Club EGM Incident
00:06:41
Speaker
Doing the Girls Rugby Club EGM yesterday. It got Zoom bombed. That was the weirdest thing. And it wasn't like,
00:06:49
Speaker
Zoom bomb and you see somebody's dick. It was just like a bunch of random videos and a bunch of like techno slash rap music that people were playing. I was like, well, this is a, this is just, it's a nuisance. It wasn't anything bad. It was just a nuisance. Yeah. Well, it could have been worse, but still what the fuck? Yeah. But there was, it was a really cool initiative. Um,
00:07:10
Speaker
Women are taking over, man. And it's not a bad thing. It's not a bad thing. What the hell was it?
Kim Ng's Historic MLB Appointment
00:07:17
Speaker
The Miami Marlins and their GM assignment there.
00:07:22
Speaker
Kim came in. She is it's amazing that this is the first woman hired to be a general manager in baseball or any any North American major sport. So huge deal. And she's completely overqualified. So you look at so I've heard
00:07:42
Speaker
He has a 30 year career in Major League Baseball, you know, in and out of front offices, like starting from the bottom. She was she was like an unpaid intern and just wanted to be a part of the game. And she stayed in it for 30 years. And this is, you know, more than than do.
00:07:58
Speaker
And you can't say, oh, she hasn't paid her dues. She more than has. So just an excellent hire. And I wish her the best. And even as a Phillies fan, even as a Phillies fan, I'm going to have a, you know, fuck, you're going to make me like the Marlins. Way to go. Good on you. Yeah. What the fuck were you, Grady? Come on, man. Yeah, right. Come on, man. What are you doing? The Phillies in front office is a fucking mess.
00:08:27
Speaker
Maybe, you know, for anything, maybe you probably should have hired her. Hey, there you go. You made your team better. Someday. Someday, you hope, right? Yeah, so that's really cool. So, and good on these women for doing this.
USA Rugby's 'All In' Campaign
00:08:41
Speaker
And speaking of the women's rugby, USA launched their all in campaign.
00:08:47
Speaker
Basically, they're just trying to put out every possible way to get some funding for these women because they were dumb and they spent it all on the men going to Japan. And now and obviously, we're in the middle of a fucking pandemic. So, you know, they need every bit they can. I am going to do my part.
00:09:08
Speaker
through my company for every, um, every sale I make 15% of it's going to go to this fund from December to March or till, uh, till the end of February. Excuse me. So December, January, February, any program that I sell, um, any, any bit of merchandise that I sell, whatever 15% of it's going to these girls because they need every dime that they can get. So they can go down into Zealand and maybe bring home some silverware, which would be pretty fucking awesome unless I checked. So, um, hopefully they get done.
Keith Quinn's Comments on Masculinity
00:09:39
Speaker
And then, all right, so we got our rundown of that completed. Nothing there is important, but we're going to talk at length a lot more about other things, like a former broadcaster who I wish would just retire from life in general and go leave Twitter, Keith Quinn, like you fucking idiot. Yeah. Like, dude.
00:10:01
Speaker
This is the same problem as Colin Coward had. And God, I would love to smack that guy right in the face. That would be so great. For multiple reasons. It's not just the, you know, what he said the other week or the other month, whatever the fuck it was. It was probably something, you know, I've probably said something today too. He probably did. He probably says it. Yeah, Colin Coward and fucking Skip A-list. Like the two of them just, they're right for Fox Sports. That's all I know. They're perfect for Fox Sports. That's what I know.
Pumas Defeat All Blacks
00:10:29
Speaker
Keith Quinn representing on the other side, representing their type of takes on the planet. Yeah, come on. These guys have, this is no small feat for the Pumas, like no small feat by any stretch. And not only that, but like, okay. I think I asked you this as soon as we both had finished the match. When was the last time
00:10:57
Speaker
that New Zealand lost two matches in a row. It's usually been a while. They usually bounce back pretty quick. I think they lost two in 11. Two in a row. Right in the run up to the World Cup. That sounds right. So they were trying to do shit. This was them like, no, they were playing to win this. They weren't backing down. So...
00:11:23
Speaker
and Argentina hadn't played. Like this is their, them just stepping, just stepping on, like doing what they can in training and then not having any, you know, any real run up to it. And, and like, yeah. Of course, it was going to be emotional. Like God, everyone. Yeah. You know, you saw it on, I think it
Nicholas Sanchez's Performance
00:11:43
Speaker
was Montoya that you saw it like,
00:11:45
Speaker
Dude, let's get past this whole bullshit of it's not, it's wrong for men to cry. Fuck you. Yeah. Like, if you can't cry, you probably had a fucking poor childhood somewhere in there. And that's not necessarily your fault.
00:12:00
Speaker
But, you know, to ignore it forever, that's your fault. Right. So get your head out of your ass like and his apology was fucking so halfhearted. The words I'm sorry didn't exist in his apology. And it was supposedly a joke, which is bullshit. Like that's that's the same shit people do all the time. Like they they throw out a really nasty comment or a really, you know, a really dark, you know, something really dark. And it's like, oh, hey, just like, no, I'm just kidding. Fuck you. No, you're not.
00:12:30
Speaker
Yeah. You did that to hurt. You did that because you want to be the cool kid on the block that picks on everybody. Or, you know, it's like a sour grapes thing. Like, oh, well, you're like, you know, the kid in who would like trip the other kids in line when they were shaking hands in the after like the little league game. It's that it's that it's that mentality of, oh, yeah, I'm gonna or like, you know, smacks a kid or something like it's the shitty things that you that some people would do because just because they lost.
00:12:55
Speaker
And it's like, you know, let them have their, like, they're not crying because they're sad. They're crying because of the emotion and what they put into this game. I mean, fuck. You think Mattara wanted this? Like, do you think he's offed for what, for his effort? Like, fuck, let them, you know, let the men cry. They did a man's day of work.
00:13:20
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, and you know, he went after Dustin Johnson, Dustin Johnson put together a hell of a week of golf to add a place that you know, everybody knows, everybody knows Augusta, Georgia and the Masters and to win that green jacket. And that's been something that's been eluding him for a long time. You know, and there's others that it's eluded for longer, but he's been a world number one forever. But he just has that
00:13:44
Speaker
There's that thing where you have a world number one ranking, but you have the hex over you over the majors. And nobody wants that, you know? If you're gonna be world number one, do you wanna win a major? Well, he went wire to wire. He put up the, I think, the best score ever at the Masters. Let the man fucking cry. Like that dude deserves to cry. That's a fucking weekend right there. That's a weekend of work. And yeah, we can make
Emotions in Sports
00:14:09
Speaker
fun of golf. It's still not, it's, you know, walk, especially they have to walk.
00:14:13
Speaker
It's not an easy day for them, although they have the caddy, but still four days in a row. It's hot in Georgia. It's not terribly comfortable.
00:14:25
Speaker
So there's a lot that can get, goes into it and the mental pressure like, yeah, fuck that it's a mental and physical day. And, uh, do that a couple of days in a row. It, it, yeah, it, it wears on you. So fuck he did his, he did a man's work weekend to work. Yeah. You get to cry if you win a trophy and if you, especially if you win that, that green jacket.
00:14:47
Speaker
Yeah. And even think back to, you know, I follow fairly closely, especially when it comes to the majors. I think it was three years ago where he had to drop out of the Masters because he had slipped and fallen at the house he was running and like really did a number on his tailbone. Like his back was fucked. And I think he had just got the world number one ranking too. So, you know, to have to do that, you know, he walked out to the T and he withdrew. And that was like, you could see the pain on his face. He's like, this sucks.
00:15:16
Speaker
So yeah, good on DJ, you know, everybody's not a big DJ fan. But you got to tip your cap to a guy that fucking puts up a score in a weekend like that. So all these guys that do that do these things that come out with emotion, like, you know, listen, I can tell you the emotions that I felt and just
00:15:34
Speaker
So much joy in, you know, playing our sport, especially, you know, every time, every time we win Nerfu, which has been what, like three times right now, you know, I am fucking the happiest guy on the field, probably, because it's just so much fun to win. And, you know, Nerfu is a weekend of attrition, too. We know, and you and I both know that, you know, it's one of those tournaments. Yeah, sometimes you are.
00:15:58
Speaker
But even still, just the two matches to get to the final are usually tough. Right. Especially when you're hungover. Hey, I don't drink Friday nights. I don't know about you. No, that's true. Yeah. So, yeah. Keith Quinn, check yourself. Please log off Twitter. Nobody likes you. Be gone.
00:16:17
Speaker
But yeah, let's go into the international roundup. So as we were talking about, obviously, the Argentinians, the Pumas, they get it done. My goodness, I couldn't believe what I saw. I was like, I think. Are they doing this? Are they really doing this? They kicked their ass like that wasn't that wasn't like they beat the shit out of them. Right. They really did. They came out super physical. I was like, these guys did not come to fuck around. My goodness. And they attacked like they were they were they were they were what you needed. That's that's the performance you need to beat the all blacks of just
00:16:47
Speaker
you need to be super physical with them. Yeah. Right. You really do hit them and don't take their shit. Like they established that early, you know, um, as much as, uh, the, the, the, who, who's for, whoever this one Angus Gardner. Yeah. He kind of, he, he got that one wrong. He was talking to the wrong team. And I think he, he sorted that one out fairly, fairly quickly after that.
00:17:09
Speaker
He was just trying to calm down and not get too many people super redheaded there. Then he pinged Dane though. I don't know how much longer it was later. He kind of realized that the Kiwis were, oh, they're starting shit after the whistle. Oh, that's why he's, okay, now I see it. Now I see what's going on here.
00:17:28
Speaker
Oh, you just slapped the guy. That was the dumbest thing Dan Coles could have done to it. He realized he fucked up good, too. He's like, shit, why did I do that? He didn't mean for it to be a slap. And I think the guy turned at the like, I think he just meant to pat him on the head. And yeah, I turned this and it just hit his face. Like, yeah, a little too hard. Wrong. Little too hard. He's like, fuck. Yeah, I did that. All right. Next time, just pat him in the belly or something. Like, don't don't you don't need to go to his head. Give him the congratulatory bump slap and be on your way.
00:17:56
Speaker
Yeah, and we'll talk about Nick Sanchez in a second here, but I think Pablo Matera is my favorite new player. Like the look after he won that crucial penalty and then the look before the Haka. Yeah. I was looking at it before you sent me that tweet. I was like, I was like, Matera looks like he wants to eat the Haka. Yeah.
00:18:20
Speaker
Like he was so, he was like, I'm experiencing today. Like in the moment, the whole day. And, and especially that, oh yeah. The way he held onto that ball after the, after the penalty, dude. I mean. Everybody's going to do that look now too. Oh, captain, my captain. Yeah. Oh, I mean, talk about captain you run through a wall for. Yeah. Right. I'm following him. I'm with him. Absolutely. Not standing against him. That's for sure. So yeah, he might be my new favorite number six.
00:18:48
Speaker
Right?
Coaches' Contributions to Argentina's Success
00:18:49
Speaker
Yeah. And he, yeah, I mean, really that, that back row were, were definitely the two leaders in terms of the physicality of that game. Um, but obviously Nick Sanchez, I mean, I forget how I forget that he's actually older than he, than he is. And he's been around for so long, but how good is he?
00:19:07
Speaker
Like he, he played so fucking well, this game, obviously. Um, I don't know who his co what team he's contracted with, but they're really lucky to have him. They are. That's all I know. Um, there is a, I'll tell you what I, what I texted to Jared. Cause it's worth it. Um,
00:19:23
Speaker
This guy, there's a there's a player in the NFL, who played for the Eagles and ended up beating Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. And after that he was a backup at the time and and he just said you know fuck it I'm playing quarterback, like, and I'm just going to do it, you know, and he got this nickname.
00:19:44
Speaker
He got it the same way. Nicolas Sanchez deserves it by earning it is big dick, Nick. And and Nicolas Sanchez making the kicks that he made and the plays that he made just especially the last one. Yeah, every point, every point. I was points everybody against the all blacks. He has that. Yeah, I've scored. I beat the all blacks. My points by myself, my not by yourself, obviously. Well, yeah, that's still something to say. That try was something else, too.
00:20:14
Speaker
Um, not quite as graceful of finish as say, you know, Zandra Fagerson's, but still, uh, quite, you know, so majestic. And then you still, you know, clinical, you know, each kid's pick it up, you know, backwards, make sure you're actually getting it up off the, off the deck and place it over the line. Like good, you know, the, the footwork might not have been great, but the fundamentals, uh, kids that's, you know,
00:20:41
Speaker
That's good. Try score. That's how you do it, kids. All those that are paying attention to him. And then, yeah, but the kicks just putting them away. Yeah, absolutely. The confidence in himself to do it. Yeah, he's got it, man. Hey, you saw last week that just because you have them on the ropes doesn't mean they're on the mat. All blacks do not go away.
00:21:06
Speaker
I mean, they obviously they scored that late one and made it squeaky. Yeah. So yeah, it was, um, it's not somebody that it's a team you have to put away aggressively. Right. You know, you have to just, you can't coast, you cannot coast against this team. And they did not, they, they put a huge one in and, you know, Ledesma played for so many teams, um, I get for the Pumas and, um, in so many Pumas teams, that's the word I was looking for.
00:21:34
Speaker
obviously never came up with the goods, but for him to get as a coach, well-deserved. Well-deserved. And go ahead, have a tear. Have a moment yourself. Absolutely. He loves that team. That's why he's coaching it. He loves that team. And there was somebody in the second chair that was noteworthy for Argentina. I didn't know this, that this happened. And this was either something that went under the radar. I just wasn't paying attention.
00:22:03
Speaker
Or I think we just forgot if it sounds familiar, but whatever. Um, I don't remember seeing this, but yeah, Michael Cheka, um, a man who has, he's beaten, um, the all blacks, hasn't he once or twice? Yeah. So like, at least he would give that experience and, and, and, you know, how I'm sure he was vital, um, in the preparations for the match.
00:22:24
Speaker
Yeah, that's a that's a good role for him. It's still a very good team. He's still a very good coach. He just needs to have that that top job taken off of him for a little bit because yeah, pretty sure his blood pressure. Exactly. This is exactly the kind of job you want after the job he had.
00:22:42
Speaker
Mm. Correct. I wholeheartedly agree, you know, to have a guy like that as your as your right hand man is invaluable. Right. For sure. So good on the pumas. That's a fantastic win. We'll see if they can back it up this weekend. That'll be interesting. And that's going to be yeah, that will be a job. So hopefully they bring the same intensity because that's what they'll they'll need. Yeah. Let's go to our nation's Cup and the few matches that were played.
00:23:12
Speaker
Which one, which one, which one would you like to point out to? It'll be was fantastic up until Peledry got hurt. And they were even when they had to start bringing on subs. That was that I just saw that injury is bad. Yeah, I haven't seen. I haven't seen the replay of it. I don't really need to know, but I saw the report. OK. Eight to nine months. I think. Yeah. Yeah. It's probably an ACL. Yes, it is.
00:23:41
Speaker
That's and that's a shame. And that really that was their their spark. Yeah, he was the one who was was making them go. No doubt.
00:23:50
Speaker
So real unfortunate for Italy and him and Gloucester obviously. It's hard to replace a guy like that. And he was a guy who wasn't getting enough time in Gloucester either. So it's like, it's a shame. It's really because I think he was about to. I think he was on the cusp of finally getting that. He played quite a bit at the restart. Yeah, he did. So I think their best team had him at eight. Right. So I think he was finally going to get his due. And it's just a shame because it was a good match.
00:24:20
Speaker
Again, the Zender figures and try was, uh, yeah, I saw him. Oh, what are you doing? What are you all doing? Like jump on the ball. Come on. Um, tackle him at least. Right. And nobody, I just kind of, they really just stood around. So that was silliness. Um, and then England just classing Georgia all over the pitch, just mauling them to death early and then deciding, okay, now we'll just play with it open. Um,
00:24:50
Speaker
Yeah. What are you going to do that? There was, uh, and all saris and wasps on the scoreboard. Yeah. As I heard. Yup. So yeah, it was at a jinx had three all from the mall. Um, Jack Willis had had one. And then obviously as one does gets dropped from the team. Yeah. Um, doesn't make sense. And then, uh, daily, you know, a little bit of a wasp and saris there. Yep. And Rob Robson, Robson finished it up.
00:25:19
Speaker
Yeah. I'm, I mean, all the kicks except for one, cause he can never be that perfect. Yeah. But he's, yeah, I know that that hair seems like impeccable. Just like, like cement. And then, yeah. And yeah. And you said the Irish Welsh match was more Zilla. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not even, no. Yeah. So that's unfortunate to hear. Yeah. Unfortunate, but still RV. Um,
00:25:48
Speaker
You ready? You ready to start this one again? I am. I'm looking forward to it. It's interesting.
New Rugby Season Anticipation
00:25:54
Speaker
Cause like, I feel like at the restart, we had a clean slate kind of thing. So it was, there was, there's a lot of new, new beginnings and new endings for teams. And so it's going to be interesting to see which ones turn it around because again, it's, it's a clean slate, but how are they, where are they mentally?
00:26:11
Speaker
I'm saying some looking at you and Gloucester too. So I'm fascinated to see where things line up at the beginning of the season and how it goes. Some teams are going to be able to keep some momentum. It's the same kind of thing for sale. They kind of peaked and then started falling off at the end. So where are they? Do they believe in themselves as where they had been?
00:26:41
Speaker
or are they going to, um, still remain a little overconfident? Yeah. We'll find out. Um, I do know Lou Diager is probably out for a little bit longer. I saw that the other day. I was like, Oh, that's less than great for them. Yeah. So, uh, more time for JLDP at, at, uh, second row. It's good for him. He plays well there. Yeah. We'll see. We'll see how that goes. Um,
00:27:11
Speaker
Yeah, and for those of you that did not catch the weeb in the news that dropped, I think it was this morning, Sonati Sonati's left Newcastle.
Fantasy Rugby Strategy
00:27:21
Speaker
Uh, for personal reasons, effective immediately. So if you picked him in your FRD draft, I was worried. I might've grabbed him in one of the three, we did dispatch weekend. Um, I did not. So I'm good. Yeah, I was worried. I bet. Cause I was one team. I was really trying to just pile on the outside back depth. And I think I was thinking about it for him, but, um, I decided not.
00:27:44
Speaker
Um, so yeah, the, just that little bit of news. And then, um, the other bit of news is, um, the England squad players that were released to go back to the clubs. Jack Willis was amongst them, uh, for bank coca, um, Umaga, Alex Mitchell's bet. Gonna be back. Ted Hill, ribbons, yields, Harry Williams, Obano singles, all going back to the clubs. So, um, keep your eyes peeled on the lineups come, uh, Thursday and Friday. Right. FRD is, is.
00:28:13
Speaker
Um, I'm sorry. TRM is going to be a, a bit of a scramble to reclaim the, you know, those inner, some of those internationals. Um, yeah, those are some good guys to, to fill your team with. Yeah. I still have Jack Willis and my team. So I'm going to look forward and I had single, I had, I was thinking singles was going to end up being, um, back at Gloucester anyway. So, so Don is staying up, but Obama is coming back. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yep. And Sturt and Sturt.
00:28:41
Speaker
Yeah. Um, so we'll see how that goes. Oh yeah. It's going to be, it's gonna be a fun year. I'm already in, I'm in four leagues. Yeah. I'm in four leagues this year and that's not including the champions cup, um, league, which will be coming up soon. Right. Um, yeah, I'm in four leagues as of right now and we're drafting the last one tomorrow. Tomorrow night. So we'll see how this goes. Um,
00:29:07
Speaker
Guaranteed to be a shit show. Um, but yeah, uh, so it was, it was a fun weekend this past weekend, obviously, but, um, we'll talk about that in a little bit, but let's do some start set.
Harlequins vs Exeter Chiefs Preview
00:29:20
Speaker
Um, I think I, yeah, I lead the way. Yes, you do. Uh, Quinn's and chief's Friday night. We got two games Friday night. This is one of them. Um, need the club was especially tough against fancy last year. Um, but by the end, um, many bodies will be missing between both, um,
00:29:38
Speaker
Although, but, you know, and this will be an indication of what kind of depth we have from both teams. I think really we're going to find out what Quinn's has without like some Marshawn Lang and then the departed Chris Rapshaw. So week one, you're not going to get cute. If you pay top dollar and TM or burned early picks in FRD, you're playing them. Don't get cute.
00:29:59
Speaker
So for the quins, and we're gonna do this a little differently, we're gonna save our breath. Three notables to start and three notables to either bench or have a thought about at least. Andre Esterhazen, I would definitely start. Boyle's gonna start right up the middle and he's gonna be, nothing else, he's gonna be making a lot of tackles.
00:30:20
Speaker
Um, he played, he converted well from, uh, FRD in super. I know that because I had him. So he was pretty good. Um, so I can vouch for that. Um, the new club captain for the Queen, Stefan Luis is somebody to throw in your lineup for sure on in both formats. Obviously any, maybe a lock with a pulse in both formats is legitimate. So he's also, he's also fairly cheap in, uh,
00:30:41
Speaker
Um, TRM, which is amazing because he had one of the best years as a lock. Yeah. And he's, I'm really surprised. And he's captain. So he's going to play a little bit. Yeah. Just a few times. Um, and another name that is going to be on everybody's tongue that I would definitely, uh, green light to start. Cause I think he might, he's got to play somewhere in the outside backs. Tyrone green.
00:31:02
Speaker
Um, I think this guy's going to, he, he, he transferred well from, again, from FRD from the lions. I had him for one of the, the last season they played fully for the lions and he did quite well for me and nearly got me the playoffs after having a really rough start. Um, for the, for the questionables of the sits, um, Scott Baldwin, there's too many options in the extra lineup to
00:31:26
Speaker
for him to get those points for throwing. So I'd have a pine for him. Danny care is widely owned. Something about the secondary defense just doesn't sit well with me and him. So I'd pine him maybe FRD if you need to, you know, you probably burned a decent, somewhat early pick on Danny care for your halfback. So okay, but TRM you have other options. So
00:31:46
Speaker
Uh, get somebody else. And then James Chisholm is super popular and I don't quite see it. So, uh, I'm going to go a no on that. Um, for the Exeter chiefs, the defending double champions. Um, there's going to be a theme to the first couple of picks here. Uh, Jacques Vermeulen definitely play him. Um,
00:32:05
Speaker
If he's in, he's always a beast. When he's in, now he obviously gets rotated out, but with guys away, I would foresee him being in this lineup somewhere, at least. As you and I both talked about before, Dave Ewers needs to not be a thing for Exeter anymore. He ruins fancy lineups, man, I'm telling you. Doesn't produce for his own right, but somehow it still just fucking blows everything else up. Janis Kirsten's the other guy, the other South African that I want to talk about.
00:32:32
Speaker
He's listed as a lock in FRD. And I don't know why, because he didn't play that much long last year. No, he's mostly six. He's mostly a six. And that's to your advantage. So if you have him, play him. And TRM is usually fairly well, especially for his price. And then LCD is out. So Jack Yandell, step on up and come on down because I would play him all day long, even before LCD was a thing. So
00:32:57
Speaker
Um, definitely play him. Um, on the other side of the coin, Jack Monder, great player, terrible fans. Yes. He doesn't score shit. Yeah. He's, he's your, your emergence, like break glass in case of emergency. Yeah, pretty much.
00:33:14
Speaker
Uh, yeah, not pretty. Um, Ali Devoto is a no for me this week. Um, I'm anticipating Liseke and Esther Hazen up the middle. That is going to be a no fly zone. In that case, he's not going to have any space whatsoever to get through. Um, Liseke has definitely got to play 12 and Esther Hazen at 13. I would anticipate. Um, and then Dave Gewers, if you're stuck in FRD, shit, what the hell were you doing with your draft? Um, no way.
00:33:40
Speaker
I guess, but here are options to know. Yeah, definitely not. So those are those. That's what I have for that. Okay, on to sale for Saints. So this is going to be again that I kind of inadvertently previewed it earlier. But yeah, I will do the Saints.
Northampton Saints vs Sale Discussion
00:34:00
Speaker
You know, there's a
00:34:02
Speaker
There's a coach in football in the NFL in the 2000 season who coach of the New York Giants who the team was like middling. They were they were almost there and it just wasn't happening. And there were rumors that he was going to get fired. Guys named Jim Fossil and.
00:34:19
Speaker
after a few weeks of them you know winning and losing and it's just the the press is getting you know asking them like you're scared for your job and he said you know what i'm putting my chips to the the center of the table going all in we're going to the super bowl um and they end up going to the super bowl um and they lost they lost to the ravens who were just an all-timer team yeah that defense was ridiculous but that was his like you know i know i'm getting fired if i fuck this up so fuck it what else do i have to what do i have to lose he threw a lock shot for sure yeah i i
00:34:48
Speaker
I kind of think we're there with the Saints and Boyd because it's not, you know, that was a, that was an ugly way and way to end the season. So the question is, you know, is he at that level? And like, I think we'll find out on Friday with the fire that the saints come out with, if they come out with a, okay, it's the, it's a, it's our first season, our first, first match of the season. Let's get our, our shit together. Um,
00:35:13
Speaker
Then he's comfortable, but if if he wants to set out and prove a point, then they're going to come out and and and put sale under some pressure early and really try to take it to him. So it'll be interesting to see how the Saints respond to the way the end of the season.
00:35:29
Speaker
And then sale same thing like they they kind of missed out on points. They fucked themselves out of a chance at the at the final four. So yeah, that bath loss to the day. I mean, forgetting the COVID thing, because it sounds like things might turn out in their favor. But the bath loss itself was a huge setback for them. So that itself you can just zero in on that game right there. Never mind anything else. Right.
00:35:56
Speaker
So they have a little bit of soul searching to do it, but they also have, you know, diamonds not going to go anywhere likely. So we'll see how they, you know, they can keep up their, their defense though. So for them, for sale, you're looking at Acre Van Der Mer for TRM, the sale front row and FRD.
00:36:16
Speaker
And then JLPD, as you mentioned, Jean-Luc Dupriya. And then whoever's a 10, whether it's AJ or Rob Dupriya, they're going to score because the Saints gave up a lot of points to 10s towards the end of the season. And then outside of that, don't touch Marlon Yard in any format ever. He's just a ball of suck and fantasy. And he's not much better on the field. And then the James brothers,
00:36:45
Speaker
I know they're somewhat decent fantasy wise, but I just wouldn't touch them because they're just. Well, not that one's been moved to outside back, which was a midfielder before that makes them a little less valuable to me. That was the one guy I liked to throw in there when I could.
00:37:00
Speaker
Um, but yeah, yeah, for now, I mean, they're still decent for, for, uh, FRD. Um, but the, um, no, don't go in the way. Um, and for the saints, uh, also Heywood, uh, their, their, their hookers should have a decent, um, cause sale like to just. Dig around with the ball, um, slow everything down. So he'll have enough chances at line outs. Um, and then the good to go along with that Dave ribbons and Alex moon. Um.
00:37:25
Speaker
They'll never been supposed to hit. He had 31 against sale in September and late September. So that was a bad game for them, too. So, you know, ribbons can score. And then Alex Moon, he had a fantastic end of the season, too. On the other end, Taimana Harrison.
00:37:43
Speaker
TRM, no. He's way too expensive for what you get. Yeah, he's a lot of money. But an FRD, yes. I'd give him a go. And same thing for Matt Proctor. I'm not a big fan of his in TRM, but for FRD, yeah, go right ahead. Especially since he's been switched to midfielder like he's supposed to be. Yeah, exactly. And as for the last bits, sit James Grayson in any format because sale is just going to make him fucking miserable.
00:38:11
Speaker
Yeah, as they tend to sit for a lot of players these days. Yeah. All right. Um, Beth and Newcastle, um, the new boys.
Bath vs Newcastle Analysis
00:38:22
Speaker
Um, so bathroom missing a lot of bodies, but in the internationals, but they still have preschool and Spencer last day checks and their defense should be fine. So this should be okay. Although it sounds like Obama's on his way back as well, as well as yields. Um,
00:38:34
Speaker
So they should be okay, just fine. Newcastle, I would anticipate them being a wee leaky to start the year. So bank on that for at least the first few weeks until they sort themselves out. With that, Scurry McConaughey, Rudy McConaughey, Red Hot last year, we talked about him a lot. You know, like I said, I think you heard you're talking shit about him, Ben. I'll take full credit for it. I have no problem with that.
00:39:01
Speaker
So he worked on it pretty well.
00:39:07
Speaker
Yeah. So it was a, it was a good job. It was, he just knows what the trial line is. That's that. Um, Zach Mercer's likely to be in the back row somewhere. I would give him a big old world. He sounds like he's got some motivation, um, some, some sort of motivation that's kicking him on. So I would anticipate a decent game forward to it. Yeah. And then Cameron red path, I would anticipate him playing somewhere in the centers without JJ, um, probably somewhere outside, uh, I'm out of AC. So this will be.
00:39:36
Speaker
I think this will be an interesting year for Redpath to say the least. He's got himself in a slightly more expansive offense. A lot of good scoring going on with this club. He showed really good flashes last year. So I hope he's progressed. I know it's only been a few weeks. I hope as the season goes on, he progresses. He's listed as a midfielder in FRD.
00:39:59
Speaker
pretty good spot for him as a 13. And he's going to slip out to 10. Yeah. And he's got some speed. He's just in speed. So be, uh, be very, be very happy about having camera red path and just maybe, you know, hopefully you don't have to play them, but if you do, I think you'll be okay. I really do.
00:40:17
Speaker
On the other end, Matt of AC's and a no in TRM, he's a yes in FRD because he's a midfielder now. So that's good. He's no longer an outside back. Okay, that's tough. Yeah, that's definitely helpful. Tom the land bill, I would actually give it just to make sure that he's in the lineup. But as an outside back, I think you'd be okay. I think you might start a fullback. Sands Watson because I don't think...
00:40:38
Speaker
I think Watson's still with England, if I'm not mistaken, maybe I'm crazy. But anyway, if he's in, play him. And then Mike Williams is an inner pinch option in FRD, only if he's in your team in TRM, he's kind of, he's not the price that you want for a guy like him. It's about that way. So there's that.
00:40:55
Speaker
And then the other side, Newcastle had some good scores before they went down in TRM, especially, I can tell you that much right now. The first name I'm going to throw out, I think he's in my team and he's in my team. I think he's in Ben's too. George Maguigan, their hooker. He's a little, he's almost jinx-esque in his shape and he does pretty well. So he does know where the try line is and he also is a pretty good line-out thrower. So give him a shot. Adam Radwin was scoring like
00:41:25
Speaker
crazy for them quite a bit. Definitely making things happen for them last year in the championship. I anticipate him being able to carry over somewhat to the point this year, this isn't like a lights out defense that he's going against either. So I would look at him and then Callum check if there was a forward that was probably scoring more tries than the Megan, it was him, especially last year.
00:41:48
Speaker
I get it. We're in the championship. It doesn't matter. You still got to try his help. At least I checked. And if he knows how to muscles way over for the trial line, he wasn't quite developed when they were last in the, uh, premiership. I think he's kind of figured himself out now. So I would, uh, I'd give him a whirl. If I were, um, I were a betting man, uh,
00:42:07
Speaker
Other side of it. Flood is a yes and an FRD only because he is probably going to be the starting fly-off and he is going to probably have the T. So an FRD yes and TRM no. Mickey Young, no. Just no. I think Louis Schurter is eventually going to take the 9-shirt from him. Yeah, he's been pretty consistent in that.
00:42:28
Speaker
Yeah. Last time they were in the premiership in FRD, Mickey Young was not good. So, no. And then Luther Burrell is a no. He's probably going to be a 12. He's a big ball. He's a big busting carrier, but he's not going to get what you think he's going to get. Right. It's not going to translate to points. Nope.
00:42:49
Speaker
On to the Battle of the Stirs, Lester Gloucester.
Lester vs Gloucester Preview
00:42:54
Speaker
This one is going to be, I'm fascinated to see what both of these stairs bring to the table because just like we said with the Saints in sale, Lester, I think they're lucky stars that there was a slight money keeping issue, bookkeeping issue with another club that
00:43:12
Speaker
Screwed things up. That's not there right now. Because other than that, Lester's done. They're down in the championship and in troublesome ways. So now they stay up and they got to kick some ass. And I like some of the moves they've made. So it'll be interesting to see what they bring to the table. Change in DOR ship formally.
00:43:38
Speaker
Yeah, so it's Steve Wethwick's team to run now at this point. And I think that's very much a positive for them. So I'm interested to see how he does. Yeah, I love Wethwick. But he brought in some guys that I'll talk about now as far as people you want on your team, whether it's TRM or FRD, but especially FRD, I think Joaquin Diaz-Binea will be your 10 for a while.
00:44:01
Speaker
I think, well, I think he's going to be away. So there'll be, he's still going to be away. Unfortunately, he's not with the Pumas. If he's not anymore. Okay. I don't know what their team is, but just be wary of that. Keep an eye on that. Well, then fuck. Don't listen to me on that one, but we'll, we'll check that. Um, it might be Zach Henry. If it's not in that case, yeah, I don't, don't touch that. That would be problem problematic for a lot of these, but, uh, Cobas then Dick, um,
00:44:27
Speaker
Give him a shout, especially in FRD if you have some players who are away, if you're looking for cover. And he could end up being a starter, starting worthy, but he's good to give a shout to. Yeah, Kova's fan, Vic should score. And Hanrow Liebenberg, he put up some points. He was red hot in the last year.
00:44:51
Speaker
Tommy Rafal and of course, Richard Wrigglesworth, who will be starting in this match, should put up some points. But those guys I would save for FRD. I wouldn't touch them in TRM. Fair enough. On to the other star, Gloucester.
00:45:08
Speaker
Fraser Balmain, excellent start worthy prop in this matchup for TRM. And then the Gloucester Front Row for FRD. They should be putting up some points. Joe Simpson should be a start.
00:45:30
Speaker
Another guy who, especially in FRD, as I was saying with Van Vic, somebody who you might want for cover, especially if he's healthy, I know he hasn't quite been ready yet, but I think maybe he will be, is Charlie Sharples, who seems to be kind of overlooked in terms, while Thorli and
00:45:51
Speaker
um resam and are gone resam and are gone he's he's gonna be playing um when he's healthy so uh should be a guy to think of it for for frd especially as uh as cover for guys are away um and then billy 12 trees and and danny cipriani are are good to go in frd not so much trm give them a sound true um and i would say it's sad to say ed slater might be like my sit of the year um i think it's time to
00:46:18
Speaker
to kind of give him a pine in both formats until he starts playing a little bit better. He was not terribly good this past year. No, after the restart, he was not good. Yeah. Yeah. And so I'm just kind of ready to, he's no longer a must have on your team. It's kind of where I'm going with that. He's on your team and now not so much. Yeah. No, no argument on me. He didn't, he didn't end well. I agree.
00:46:44
Speaker
Yeah, Worcester and London Irish, this was not a great matchup last year in terms of like fantasy assets, but this year it's turned out to be an okay one, especially because of, you know, certain absentees and so on and so forth.
Worcester vs London Irish Anticipation
00:47:00
Speaker
what's her fairly unaffected by the international call ups except one notable head of hair. Cabbage. Super cabbage. And then. Yeah, I know. That's just some hair. I'd rather have fucking I
00:47:18
Speaker
Why are we subjected to the Will Steerts and the Jack Goodhues of the world? Oh my goodness. When we could be having the Duncan Weirs. I mean, please. And Ashley Johnson's, yes. That's what we need in rugby.
00:47:34
Speaker
just as long as you're playing by the rules, Ashley. Yeah, do that first. Work on that part first. Exiles are not to be a pushover this year by any means whatsoever, and I believe they have quality 1 through 15, except for maybe 10.
00:47:56
Speaker
So there, but yeah, they're not going to be just anybody's bitch this year. I would, I would look out for them. Um, for Worcester, Ethan Waller is a prop that I will be on, have on my team sheet for most of the year. I would be willing to bet. Um, we talked about him last week in the TRM preview. Yep. This is a perfectly fine time to roll them out there right now. He's, um, he usually knows how, he usually knows how to get done in terms of props and TRM. Um,
00:48:23
Speaker
Yeah, we talked about Ted Hill or Sam Lewis. Honestly, I'm fine with both, especially now Ted Hill's coming back. Um, they'll be fine. I wouldn't anticipate both of them starting honestly, no Cornell to Priya. Um, and GJ is kind of getting old. So, um, so is Mark Obama. So I would definitely roll him out there. He'll double double score fine, but definitely Hill, um, Francois who God should be in every lineup. Like if he's not in every FRD lineup at the very least, like,
00:48:51
Speaker
He was the first Scrum have to go and in every draft we've been in. So sounds about right. He's got the skills and he doesn't miss games because he's not he's not on any of these teams. Yeah, I actually I think I stole him. I think he was like late second round in our last one. I was like, yes, please. I need that.
00:49:08
Speaker
And TRM is usually quality because he does get a lot of those passes in and he just add, they add up so fast. They add up so fast. And he goes for a dart. He's been known to run with ball in hand pretty well. Yeah, he scored a double last year against somebody. I don't remember who it was, maybe Saracens. But yeah, so he doesn't know how to go. So he definitely needs to be in your team. Billy Cerro.
00:49:32
Speaker
Nah, nah, I know he's gonna be there 10, but nah. Big old pile of nah. Avoid it. Avoid it. Like the plague. Callum Black or Richard Paul from probably the other two prominent props on Worcester. I wouldn't touch them. Even if they're semi cheap, don't play them. They're not gonna produce. Milani Nai Nai is a no in TRM and
00:49:59
Speaker
If you can wait and see an FRD, then okay. But other than that, you know, he's still kind of a dumb red card away from being a complete disaster in your lineup. So just keep, I think he's going to come good this year. He's a wait and see. So TRM, no, you definitely have better options. FRD, if you can help it, wait and see. Okay. That's my advice on that one. For the year exiles,
00:50:27
Speaker
Adam Coleman has been a great asset for the Irish since he's come over and also a fancy asset. So throw him in there. He's one of the better scoring locks in FRD if that means anything to you. But he's still a pretty good option TRM as well. Gus Creevy has been a beast for these guys since he's come over. TRM, yes. FRD, roll that front row out there. Do it.
00:50:51
Speaker
You won't be right. And now that Curtis Rohn has been moved to midfield in FRD, he's a green light in both formats to me. He's got the speed. He's gonna get the ball and potentially with Billy Meeks in the middle next to him. This could be fun. This could be really fun, especially as it's all one of his former Australian teammates. So it'll be interesting. Speaking of Australians, Ben Meehan.
00:51:16
Speaker
No, he's not been, he, he, he's, he's an FRD if he had needed in a pinch, but hopefully have a better option. Um, and you know, outside backs on this team actually have a bunch of good ones. Obviously loader, uh, Hassel Collins, even Tom Homer's pretty good. Wait and see on why sake in the hole. I don't know what's going to come at him in the season. He had a, he had a injury that kind of kept him out of most last year. And he obviously had the little, uh,
00:51:44
Speaker
bit where he went away as well. That didn't help him at all. So we'll see what happens to him this year. So he's awake and wait and see on me. So I would bench him in both formats and then, um, Voldemort, just no, no, no. I don't think you picked any of our drafts this year. No, I don't think so. Yeah. He's not worth it. He's not worth it. And he's kind of a terrible person. So just saying, just saying.
00:52:08
Speaker
And I'm not certain that the people we draft with would care about that because, I mean, it's fantasy and I think it's just that he sucks that much. He's just not that good. And as a fantasy player, he's not worth it. So even if, you know, he wasn't a piece of shit.
00:52:28
Speaker
Finally, Wasp versus Bears, another intriguing matchup of this time of teams that came good last season in a big way.
Wasp vs Bears Match Preview
00:52:38
Speaker
And so it's interesting to see how they'll start matching up this year and how they want to start jockeying for position early. I think it's going to be tough for the Bears on this one. And we'll talk about exactly why.
00:52:55
Speaker
So the players I'd like to highlight for the wasps anyway would be James Gaskell would be a sneaky start here in either format. He ended the year pretty hot this past year, and I think he's going to just roll right through it because the team should be playing fairly similar.
00:53:15
Speaker
Yeah, no reason not to think that yeah, right. And so for that matter, like Tom Willis, and Tom is younger guys who, Tom, you know, especially in FRD, he just seems to have been there. I think I was able to pick him up pretty late. And I'm like, he's gonna be a
00:53:30
Speaker
Fantastic point scorers. So he's going to be a decent, decent list forward for the teams for sure. Yeah. And Tom Willis too, for, especially for the, for the, the value in, in TRM, um, just tell him on your bench. Cause whenever he's in the lineup, just throw him in there and, and like set it and forget it. So he's a guy you can, you can kind of just hold onto, um, especially for his cost.
00:53:49
Speaker
And someone I'd like to also think about maybe for this match, because we know about the Bears, Alfie Barbary, someone to look out for. And if he sees the pitch, he needs to be in your lineup in any format. Find him, get him, own him. Well, he's in the wasp front row.
00:54:10
Speaker
for FRD. So unless you're playing the 15 player variation, then yes, you should have your Watts front row in there. This could be one of the front rows that actually comes to fruition unlike the last couple of years. Yeah, with two guys potentially playing back row listed as hookers according to FRD. Oh, yeah.
00:54:32
Speaker
It's a potentially awesome combination, which is why they went so fucking early. Third overall in our draft. Stupid in time. Everybody's like, can we really not get that much? Because shit. Yeah, that's going to be a major point score. That's going to be another weapon.
00:54:56
Speaker
definitely some people. And Jimmy Goparth, who I think I picked in with my, because on the turn, I had the last pick first round. So Goparth was my second round pick, just because the value that he has in FRD, maybe not so much now in TRM with the Amaga coming back, because Goparth's value was going to be possibly playing 10 while Amaga was away. But with Amaga released,
00:55:24
Speaker
I'd kind of hold off on the start if he's at 12 in TRM. For the Bears, Harry Thacker I think is going to be playing a huge role this particular match because they're going to need the
00:55:40
Speaker
the runs of the guys who aren't there. And he's going to have to fill in people like him. So with him, Vui was going to obviously need to be physical, make his tackles, win the line outs. That's his job. And it racks up points for him in both formats. So he's got to be on your team. Pierce O'Connor, another guy who exploded with Rod Rogers joining the team.
00:56:06
Speaker
But also show that he could he could start scoring points on his own. I think that they're the Rod Rogers showed a lot to Bristol and unlocked a lot of things for the guys who maybe weren't quite getting it. And Piers O'Connor is finally like, yes, now you get it.
00:56:21
Speaker
do this with me. And they're like, oh, okay, I get it now. That's how we do it. Yeah. So, so Peerser Cutter has, has flourished fantasy wise with Rod Rodger coming, whether or not Rod Rodger plays. So I would, I would look for him to, to play a major role. But then we get to something called a Tiff Eden, who's likely to play 10. Um,
00:56:47
Speaker
Yeah, that's what makes this match kind of fucky. So I would I would still hold off on him. I wouldn't I don't know how wouldn't count on him for points. Not a sneaky spot start trying to be clever. I just don't bother until we know. And then Pia Tao. Hopefully he can return to form his his restart was was
00:57:11
Speaker
pretty shit. And that not just, you know, in fantasy wise, his form was off too. So he's extremely, extremely expensive in TRM. So I'm kind of not not sold on him. So he's not he's not on my team.
00:57:27
Speaker
But unless he's a replacement for somebody, I can't remember. He might be somebody who's away. I'm just going to use him for cover and hope he scores points. But FRD, go ahead. And then Henry Purdy, same kind of idea. I don't get the appeal yet. I know he's still young, but I'm not seeing anything that he does that's kind of setting him apart. And I'm not seeing on the fantasy sheet either. So he's a guy who, even though he's starting, I wouldn't use him in place of anybody. I'd look elsewhere.
00:57:57
Speaker
Yeah, he wasn't a bad asset as a midfielder. Was he a midfielder last year? I remember. Anyway, he had some games. He had some games, but he wasn't consistent by the means whatsoever. Whatsoever.
Fantasy Rugby Top Picks
00:58:11
Speaker
Oh yes, the illustrious start of the week from one of us where we put the kibosh on somebody. Yeah. Um, so one of them all, one of them might hit one of them. Um, so my solo week, um, I wasn't getting super complicated with this one. Okay.
00:58:31
Speaker
a player that should be in, should be in the angle squad, but it's, to its clubs benefit. I suspect he'll be one of the most captained in TRM and he's going to be in every FRD lineup this weekend that has him. My style of the week for week one is Beth Scrum half Ben Spencer. That's a good one. And he has every opportunity to, to earn a shit ton of points. So good one for mine.
00:59:02
Speaker
going to go with, oh, shoot, where did I go? I lost it. Just going back to the basics and guys who are going to score you a lot of points that you know and you can rely on. So this is where you're looking for
00:59:16
Speaker
your doubles or triples. You're not swinging for the fences just yet. So going with Stride and True, Harry Thacker. You cannot go wrong with captaining and starting, certainly. A good ball carrying and good line-out throwing hooker, yeah. This is not wrong. This is not wrong at all.
00:59:37
Speaker
Uh, so the week, this is the, this is the, this is the tough part, especially for me this week. Um, I hate naming the guy here. I really do like him, but based on last year's numbers, he's in for a really tough day at the office. My city of the week for week one is the saints. Number 10, likely number 10, James Grayson.
00:59:57
Speaker
Well, then we agree on that, because he's going to be a sit in both formats for me, too. Not sit of the week, exactly, for me yet. But yeah, definitely on that. So at least we don't have to share. But we don't have to disagree. We won't confuse anybody. Yeah, that's true. We don't always agree, but that's what I think when we can agree on there. And so this one, again, I'm going to go out on the wall. I think it's going to be a pretty easy one.
01:00:27
Speaker
We'll see. He could prove me wrong and I'll shut up about him. Um, and maybe I'm doing this on purpose, but Ed Slater, I made it the year I did see what he does, but I don't, I don't think you're going to see much in this match. Yeah. It's fantasy wise fantasy wise. Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's, that's unfortunate. Cause I do like to got a guy as a player and as a person. So yeah. Um, it's too bad.
01:00:52
Speaker
Oh, we got, um, we got some, some more fun plan for this weekend. Um, champion inks league, FRD permission round one. It's going to be a blast. Um, so those that haven't picked up on it, it's an 18 format. Um, and we're going to just go standard FRD scoring, standard FRD lineup, uh,
01:01:12
Speaker
If you didn't listen to the episode this past weekend, it was chaos for me because I was in the middle of two different shafts along with George was as well. It was, it was interesting to say the least. Um, I think somebody said that they had a draft tonight on Twitter.
01:01:28
Speaker
And they had two, I was just like, well, you need some, if you need any advice on how to not do with it, then you can go listen to this podcast. The two of us had a little, a few slip ups here and there, but say lovey. Yeah. George still was able to snipe my pick because he was paying enough attention to me. Yeah. You listened to what you said. You didn't even have to pay attention to what your eyes were doing. Dummy.
01:01:50
Speaker
So yeah, this week's match ups are Mark against Duncan, Justin against Anton. I am going against George and Carrick has drawn Ben. So we'll see how this starts out. Yeah, this will be very interesting. And then we are.
01:02:10
Speaker
We're not, we're going to have to redo this whole damn thing again that we just did this past weekend with the drawing of the draft line up. Oh, not too far away. Yeah. Um, the, the one's the line. The first game is December 11th. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. We're getting there, man. That's like next week that we have to probably, uh, get on that. I think the job too.
01:02:37
Speaker
Well, at least not the draft, but at least the, uh, the drawing will have to, um, I think the fifth will draft that league four. And then, um, so the previous week's pod, which it will be now next week, the week after we'll draw, um, lineups again.
01:02:55
Speaker
or draft order again. Excuse me. Um, so we'll be, it'll be interesting. Um, yeah, damn it. It'll be, it'll be a very interesting once again. Um, yeah, it'll be fun. Uh, points are on the line kids right from the get go. So we'll see how it goes.
Rugby Match Predictions
01:03:14
Speaker
Um, but don't, don't get off to a bad start. That's the number one thing. Don't get off to a rough start. Cause then you're, then you're scrambling from the word go. Don't fuck it up.
01:03:24
Speaker
Yeah, do your best natural impression and don't fuck it up. All right, let's go to pick them. So we're one and one so far on the years. I won the first year, you won last year by that one fucking game. Stupid island. Stupid Anton DuPont really. I blame him.
01:03:47
Speaker
Love him. Yeah. Uh-huh. Yeah. Believe me, you and all France. Yes, sir. He did get named for the tournament player of the year, which was awesome. He totally deserved it. He totally deserved it. Yeah. He was, I mean, he's a spectacular player. He's, I don't know if there's a better number nine right now. I really don't. No, I, I, I, I just believe that there is. Same. We'll start with Friday night.
01:04:17
Speaker
Quinn's an Exeter. I don't see how the champs don't get off to a good start here. I know they're at the stoop, but.
01:04:26
Speaker
I, and they, they remember this was the match where Kristoff really aware that penalty try. Yes. And well, I was just, I was just about to mention that I fucking loved that. I've watched that three times. I don't think I've watched like, I don't think I watched England, New Zealand that many times. I watched, I watched, I watched Quinn's exit. So watch the ending. Oh, it was fantastic. I hope to see a repeat of it. So I'm going with Quinn's. Do I got to go with Quinn's? Okay. Yeah. I think Exeter played like poop with that matching.
01:04:56
Speaker
Yeah, Quinn's are usually better at home. I will say that. Over to the AJ Bell, assuming that there's no COVID problems. We have sale in Northampton. I don't, I need to see it from Northampton. I hope I do, but I need to see it first. Yeah. And I don't love sale, but I know how they play and I know what they do. So yeah, sale.
01:05:21
Speaker
And then Saturday, bath, Newcastle bath. Sorry. I mean, Newcastle, you're gonna have to prove something to me first, but maybe you get off to a hot start, but it'll be a wash. Um, yeah, I know you did there. Shut up. Lester and Gloucester enough beer that that's amusing. Um,
01:05:46
Speaker
Lester Gloucester. Gloucester. Yeah, same. Good warm up match. You know, it's a, I think it's what Peter Griffin would call a practice girl. So sorry, guys. Gloucester need to get their shit together. Yeah. Well, hopefully good sips shows up. Yeah. Worcester Irish.
01:06:11
Speaker
So this is going to be the battle of whichever team has the better 10 and I can't pick. Um, neither. I'm going to go with Worcester. I mean, they're, they're at home if no, for no other reason than, than they're at home Irish. I know I remember started last season very strong, but I feel like they,
01:06:35
Speaker
you know, they might, you know, let's see if they can repeat that. I don't know that they're going to go one to know two years in a row. Yeah. Well, I'm going to go with the Irish because I think we see Billy Meeks make his debut for them. And I think he's going to give them a shot in the arm. Fair enough. And I do like what they have in their pack as well. So Sunday, Wasp Bristol. Is Jack Wells playing this weekend?
01:07:06
Speaker
If he's playing this weekend, sorry Bristol. I know, I'm sorry Bristol. No, no, no, you don't understand. I am sorry. They won't have... Oh, it's gonna be bad. Yeah, well, they won't have Sheedy, they won't have Earl, they won't have Melons. And they won't have Jack fucking Willis who might be a touch emotional.
01:07:32
Speaker
He's going to be giving Eddie a big fuck you on this one, I think.
01:07:36
Speaker
And yeah, and Pat Lamb's squad will face the consequences. And even if he's not on the squad, even if they give him a little cooling off period, his brother is probably going to avenge him. Yeah. Anyway, it'll be Thomas Young and Tom Willis in the back row at the very least. So look out. Right. And Bristol, they're underpowered for this. Just a little bit, yeah.
01:08:02
Speaker
I don't know, unfortunate, but yeah, especially with Umaga coming back likely to play because, um, you know, he's ready. He didn't get really anytime. So no, he'll be fresh as a daisy. Yeah. There's no reason not to play him. Nope. And then let's go to the international scene. Um, Australia, Argentina.
Expectations on Australia
01:08:22
Speaker
early Saturday morning. Are you going to back this up or are Australia going to do you back this up? How do you back that up? I don't know. I mean, I don't get for them if they can. But right. I just don't think it's it's like I'm not going to put those kind of expectations on them.
Rugby Match Analysis
01:08:43
Speaker
But that was a hell of a, the thing is that was a hell of a rugby match. Like on the other side, it wasn't that they didn't, they didn't look into it. They didn't win by pure emotion. They won because they, they played a rugby game. They said, we're going to, you know, the, the, exactly what I say about the all blacks, what they do is they say, we're just going to play rugby better than you play rugby. And so be it. And remind me again, remind me again.
South Africa's Tournament Decision
01:09:08
Speaker
Why was it South Africa didn't want to participate in this tournament? Oh, because they needed what, 40 to 400 to 500 international minutes before being prepared to play.
01:09:22
Speaker
get the fuck out of here. You know, they're ready. They're rugby players. Sorry, Razi. You swung and whiffed on that one big time, buddy. Yeah, sorry. That's that's a bad look on them. Yeah, it doesn't look good. But so either way, I don't know how you back that up emotionally, like just
01:09:41
Speaker
Although they could do it because it was clinical rugby. They didn't, they won by playing just some good old fashioned fucking, well, new fashioned fucking rugby. So that, it's still a possibility.
Upcoming Australia Match Significance
01:09:55
Speaker
But at the same time, I think Australia are going to look at that and be like, okay.
01:09:59
Speaker
Fuck. You know, we, we got to back it up too. They both of them are coming off of W's to New Zealand. Yeah, it was true. I'm going to say, uh, I'm going to take the wall. Is this the first time, is this the first time that two teams have played each other after both beating New Zealand, their last match? Uh, potentially at least in a while. Yeah.
01:10:19
Speaker
Yeah. So I'm going to, I'm going to take the wall. Sorry to international people, but, but when you're American and you grew up on baseball, um, first thing, first time things ever happened is pretty cool. Cause for no good reason. Yeah. Yeah. Billion stats. Yeah. Clicked up in that for sure.
England vs Ireland Preview
01:10:41
Speaker
Um, to back to Europe, uh, England, Ireland, England, Johnny Texans out this match.
01:10:47
Speaker
Yeah, hang on. Even if Johnny Sexton was playing, yeah. Wales. Wales. Georgia's not ready to compete at this level of international play. Although this would be the team to probably get it done against because Wales are faltering. Because Wales are just up their own ass. Scotland, France, back at Maryfield, I'm taking France because they're going to be
France's Redemption at Maryfield
01:11:10
Speaker
pissed. The last time they went to Maryfield, it was bad. France all day. Oh, yeah, that was the red card.
01:11:16
Speaker
Yeah. And, and Intimac was, was, uh, injured, taking off. Yeah. No good. So I would, I will, I will back them to, to win the sucker. Me too. Okay.
Support for Women's Eagles Rugby
01:11:29
Speaker
This is fun. Um,
01:11:33
Speaker
Yeah, so with the I was just looking at it well. And while you're in the middle of one of your rambles, women's Eagles all in you can do a subscription for them for the next 10 months if you want as well. $5 for 10 months $15 for 10 months $25 for 10 months, whatever.
01:11:52
Speaker
your cup of tea. I very much encourage people to go go to this, they got to the semi final four years ago, there's no reason to think that they can't get to the final this year. And then we'll see what happens after that. So we'll see. They deserve support. Yeah, they're gonna be they're gonna be a great squad. They have some women playing in the premiere 15 now as well. And we know what that's starting to kind of do for the England squad. So I'm sure it's gonna only help them. Have you tweeted out the link?
01:12:22
Speaker
Uh, no, I'll get onto that with, um, with things that I want to do with, uh, with this. So, uh, you'll see me, uh, knocking down doors with this one probably for sure. So, uh, but yeah, so there's that, um, thanks a lot for hanging out with us. Um, you're free. Yeah. It's so crazy. Yeah. We're here, man. I don't know what to tell you. Um,
Listener Feedback and Excitement for Rugby Weekend
01:12:47
Speaker
email the podcast, fancy rugby podcast at gmail.com with any questions, any feedback. If you just want to tell us to go fuck ourselves, whatever your cup of tea is, especially as we release our starts and sits. Look for those on Fridays. We'll do that Fridays. Ask T F R Y will return. Um, use that hashtag. If you don't want to tweet at us, but you want to get your fancy questions in and you think that somehow, some way our advice will be valuable to you. Um,
01:13:16
Speaker
But other than that, it's going to be a wild weekend one. And I'm here for it. That's all I know. I am fully prepared for it. Absolutely. Yeah. It's going to be a great weekend. I can't wait to sit my bum down on Friday afternoon and watch some goddamn rugby. It's going to be fun. So other than that, we'll be back next week with more of the same BS. Until then, enjoy all the records this weekend and we'll catch you guys soon. Have a good one. Later.