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Season 7- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Champions Cup Quarterfinals & Super Rugby Round 9)
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It's a new Fantasy Corner, finally. One Yank, flying solo with this, with the other's notes...This time someone did look at the other's homework. Straight and simple here, it's Start or Sit only so get your notepads ready quick friends and enjoy.
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Setup
00:00:29
Jarrod Dyke
Hey everybody, welcome back to the Fancy Rugby Gangs Podcast. and My name is Jared Dyke. There will be no Ben today. Ben had to bail on this one, and unfortunately. and the The joys of parenting.
00:00:40
Jarrod Dyke
So it'll just be me, but I do have all his good stuff. So we're going to go with that. But in any case...
Champions Cup Overview
00:00:47
Jarrod Dyke
um
00:00:50
Jarrod Dyke
So we're going to go jump into... Champions Cup here in a second. um Yeah, there's so much to catch you guys up on in terms of and stuff we haven't covered yet.
00:01:05
Jarrod Dyke
PWR standings, all that stuff. One day we'll get our act together and be able to do everything in one show, one show in one sitting without and having these breaks of either no fancy corner because things get away from us or...
00:01:18
Jarrod Dyke
ah
00:01:21
Jarrod Dyke
or, you know, just me running this, this, this little shit show for lack of a better term. um But anyway, uh, yeah. So let's just jump into champions cup stuff since we got, I mean, it's going to be chuckp but interesting choices to say the least, but let's start with, uh, Friday night.
Player Selections: Props and Second Rowers
00:01:41
Jarrod Dyke
Um, as I'm recording this, the lives have just come out. Um, So in terms of props, um, for whatever reason, Glasgow have not named Ferguson. I wonder if he got hurt in that. So, uh, actually not. and So I'm not going look at props for either team.
00:01:59
Jarrod Dyke
Uh, now that I think about it, but, uh, it's Kelleher for Sheehan. they're They're like for like. So if you want, you're going it's the slightly cheaper option for that. But really of the two hookers I want in this match, it's Johnny Matthews.
00:02:13
Jarrod Dyke
For back rowers, or second rowers, excuse me. Yes, Snaman, you can pay for him. It's fine. McCarthy is also an option. That's certainly fine. I don't think I want either of the think I don't want either of the Glasgow locks in this.
00:02:30
Jarrod Dyke
Samuels or... It's not Williamson. Actually, i think they didn't just need a back rower into the into the second row. Yeah, in which case I want nothing to do with it.
00:02:43
Jarrod Dyke
Yeah, it's I think Gregor Browns technically solicits a back rower in the Super Brew game. So not really interested in that. Four back rowers. Yep, Vander Vleer.
Back Rowers and Scrum Halves
00:02:55
Jarrod Dyke
Go ahead. Conan, yeah, go ahead. um And then after that, Darge is probably the only other one I really want. Deegan will probably have an okay day, but I just don't... I see him being like third third to fourth banana in terms of the back rowers in this game, so not sure I want that.
00:03:15
Jarrod Dyke
Scrum half, you're actually kind of spoiled for choice between the between the two of them, plus you have Dobie on the wing, so that's a sneaky play out there. you know The Scrum half... Position has been blown open since DuPont did his knee. So ah Horn and Gibson Parker, both viable options for sure.
00:03:31
Jarrod Dyke
ah Fly half. I want Pendergast and I don't want anything to do with it um either Hastings or Jordan really. Although as Jordan's Jordan's listed as a center, isn't he? Nevermind.
00:03:42
Jarrod Dyke
I stand corrected. If you want to go and pay the big money for Barrett, yep, go for it.
00:03:49
Jarrod Dyke
But really, that's maybe Ringrose. But Stafford McDowell's not played poorly in the last two games. So that is a sneaky that could be a sneaky play, depending on um whether or not you think he's goingnna be able to get shut down by the Lundgren midfield.
00:04:08
Jarrod Dyke
Oh, Brian's on the wing as well. And that's ah that's ah another sneaky one in there. That's a center playing on the wing there. So that's a possibility as well. Should you want to get cute and or counter, you make a counter play.
00:04:23
Jarrod Dyke
Low and Roe, yes. Stain if you really want to. Keenan, yes. And that's probably, think that's everything anyway. So there you go for that game.
Bordeaux vs. Munster Analysis
00:04:35
Jarrod Dyke
Moving on to Bordeaux Munster. Ben's got here for Bordeaux. Petty, Samu, Luku, Jelly Bear, BLBR, if he's healthy. I don't know.
00:04:46
Jarrod Dyke
He didn't play last game. think he's banged up for whatever reason. Penault for Munster, Byrne, Coombs, maybe Nash. um I'd also look at, you know, my personal opinion is I would look at um Abrams as well.
00:04:59
Jarrod Dyke
Dubas lights out last round for them, despite them kind of a tough going over there. um And then that moves us to Northampton and Cast.
Northampton and Cast Player Review
00:05:10
Jarrod Dyke
So Cast are kind of, you know, a little Jekyll and Hyde in terms of the way they go with their selections.
00:05:17
Jarrod Dyke
Of late, I would go... I picked... Who's the guy I picked last week? um what wa Wackler, Wackler, whatever it was.
00:05:29
Jarrod Dyke
wasn't bad Wasn't a bad play for prop, honestly, considering i want to probably use my... my resources elsewhere for that.
00:05:38
Jarrod Dyke
Barlow again in the as a hooker, maybe, maybe not. Yeah, that's probably not where I want to go spending the money where you have better options elsewhere. um
00:05:49
Jarrod Dyke
It's tempting to pick Nakarawa. but he's also 4 million and there's other locks that are better at 4 million. So I don't know. I don't love that in terms of that, um, for cast.
00:06:02
Jarrod Dyke
And then let's see back row. kind of liked the way Abram properly was going, but again, you're going to have bigger selections or better selections for the back row elsewhere. So the,
00:06:20
Jarrod Dyke
sorry. Um,
00:06:24
Jarrod Dyke
we talked about how the halfback position has kind of been blown open. Um, Fernandez could be a sneaky play. He scored 16 off the bench last week. Grand one of those part of that was for a try, but it could be, it could be a sneaky play. and And another contrarian play could be LeBrun.
00:06:42
Jarrod Dyke
Um, also, you know, I, I still like the other options that are available right now at, at, um, I'd fly half over him. But again, if you want to be contrarian, maybe pick up some sneaky points where other people aren't, that's a possibility as well.
00:06:56
Jarrod Dyke
Um, I think the only, yeah, the only guy I really wanted, I think is hurt in the midfield for cast. You know, you could maybe say good here, but yeah, it's a tough position to play. So I wouldn't, I wouldn't dismiss you if you went with that.
00:07:14
Jarrod Dyke
Um, back three, Remy Bajay was electric as well Shabuni. So, yeah, I would look at those options as well.
00:07:28
Jarrod Dyke
And as much as I didn't like what happened, Aubameyang is a possibility as well. Again, sneaky plays. there All those guys I think are $4 million. So keep eyes peeled on that for the Saints. So,
00:07:45
Jarrod Dyke
spend your, your position wise saints elsewhere. If you can, besides the type five, maybe Langdon and that's it. Um, back row, you're going to start going with basically anybody they plug in there.
00:07:57
Jarrod Dyke
Pollock truck, Chemney, Pearson. They're all options. Alex Mitchell, you know, the way he's playing, the way he played for England and the way he plays for saints are two very different things. Uh, so I would definitely consider that highly same with Finn Smith.
00:08:11
Jarrod Dyke
Uh, centers centers is probably the one place that they kind they kind of lack ish um i like things hutch and and odendahl as players in general but not for fancy assets um Yeah, neither one of them, just despite the dismantling they put last week, none of them scored greatly, even in recent weeks.
00:08:35
Jarrod Dyke
Back three, you're going to be spoiled for choice. Freeman, Ram, Seabrook. I think Slayholm's still banged up, so you might not be able to get them. But um they're getting Furbank back, but it might be off the bench. We'll see how that goes.
00:08:49
Jarrod Dyke
But all things to consider, and all of which I would look strongly
Toulon vs. Toulouse Insights
00:08:54
Jarrod Dyke
at. um Toulon-Toulouse, big clash over there for the last game of the weekend. Ben has got delivered his verdict for Toulon-Sinclair, Abadou, Issa,
00:09:06
Jarrod Dyke
uh, Fanganukyu, Vidya, and Manicolo. And then for Toulouse, Marshawn Flamont, Meafu, Willis, Intimac, um, if you have another kicker like Ramos, excuse me, uh, Kinghorn, and then Ramos, obviously. And there's probably some, a few other options that you can throw in there as well.
00:09:24
Jarrod Dyke
For our starts of the week, he's gone with, uh, Pete Samu. I'm going to go with, um, Tommy Freeman. he we We flipped it around a little bit. He picked Freeman last week. I'm going to pick Freeman this week.
00:09:39
Jarrod Dyke
um i reserve the right to change that though, especially if he's not picked. um ah Since of the week, he's gone with Abraham Papali. i So obviously, contrary, contradictory opinions over here.
00:09:51
Jarrod Dyke
um I think he's a perfectly fine option, but that is, know, that's up to everyone else out there. But so he's gone with that. ah For me,
00:10:03
Jarrod Dyke
i I look at some of the more popular names in the back three, and i think it's going to be little tough for...
00:10:18
Jarrod Dyke
Sorry, I'm having a hard time with this. I think um if you look at... the Munster back three. It'll be a tough day for them. And I think Ben said maybe Nash, but im i think Calvin Nash is probably one guy you want to avoid.
00:10:36
Jarrod Dyke
i guess he's not that popular, but he's been he's been playing for them a lot. So maybe maybe that's something I have to change, but that's right. I'm going to go with that for now.
Super Rugby Games Breakdown
00:10:45
Jarrod Dyke
Okay, over to Super. So we got big things going on. So I have the leadoff game in that one. So we got Hurricanes and Crusaders.
00:10:54
Jarrod Dyke
ah For the Hurricanes, big list here. Amuwa Lomax, which obviously means you're going for the front row. Yosei Lakai-Karifi, yes.
00:11:05
Jarrod Dyke
Ray Gard, yes. As much as I trashed him before. Hoheba in FRD only. Baylen Sullivan's playing really well of late, so I would give him a go. And then the back three are all our viable options. Nahalopunivai-Love.
00:11:18
Jarrod Dyke
um I'd look to sit Numia, Delaney, and Peter Amaga-Jensen. Four Crusaders. Again, another front row that's very viable with Tamati Williams, even Newell. Then that's me saying that. So that says a lot.
00:11:32
Jarrod Dyke
Moana Nunu, Moana Nanu, excuse me, um which obviously means the front row is viable. Blacketer somehow is viable. um Leo Willie has been playing really well this year, and I'd give him a thumbs up.
00:11:43
Jarrod Dyke
Hotham, especially in FRD. Kamara, FRD only. I wouldn't bother to even sniff sniff him in Super Brew. ah David Havila, yes. Reese, Fiocchi, Jordan, yes.
00:11:54
Jarrod Dyke
ah so Sitt, Barrett, and Amua might be an FRD option only, but I'm just going to call. I'll write Sitt for now. might This might be his week to bust loose, and I might might regret saying that.
00:12:06
Jarrod Dyke
four So Super for Ben has the Wartaz and the Chiefs. For the Taz, he's got Bell, Gleason, Sueli as starts for them. Chiefs, he's got the front row, Tonkiahou, Vahey, Rottama, Quintupaya, Leroy Carter, Sean Stevenson, DMACC, wherever he's going to end up playing with her.
00:12:26
Jarrod Dyke
like you Did he get stuck at fullback this week? Double check.
00:12:33
Jarrod Dyke
He did. So there you go. So even more room to run for Damian McKenzie. All right, and then that leads us to um Blues and Moana for the
Blues vs. Moana Player Recommendations
00:12:47
Jarrod Dyke
Blues. Their front row along with Ricky Ricitelli, yes.
00:12:50
Jarrod Dyke
um Josh Perry is actually scoring really well for the second row, so especially in Super Rouge. So I would give that a look for the back row. Segnar, Papali, and Satutu are all okay with me, especially in FRD.
00:13:02
Jarrod Dyke
um Bowden, Barrett, Lamb, Talaya, Evans are the backs I would keep my eyes on. Tupelo 2 is popular, but I wouldn't start him. and Clark and Rico have been so hot and cold, I'm not sure I can trust them. You know ah you might not have an option otherwise in FRD, but certainly not in Super Brew. I would not be trusting them um just because I haven't really proven it.
00:13:26
Jarrod Dyke
For Moana, Abram Pole is an option for those of you playing in Super Brew version as a prop. um The front row is actually scoring pretty well, so I would give that a look, especially after getting hat week. And then back Miracle, Artie, try bottle Tupotototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototototot
00:13:59
Jarrod Dyke
And then William Havili also going going with them as well. And then for Highlanders and Druah, Ben has got, for the Highlanders, DeGroote, Renton, Tabataba, Noway, Nareki.
00:14:13
Jarrod Dyke
um it was good It's good to see him. I thought I saw Rotomai Tavuki-Ninkins back. Did I make that up? Nope, I did.
00:14:23
Jarrod Dyke
I didn't. All right, good. Yeah, good. It sounds like he had a pretty scary neck injury, so glad to see him back in the lineup. um But the joy, he's also he's got Tamani, Ravula, Masi, Logana Masi, and then Ritamanda.
00:14:39
Jarrod Dyke
For Sits, Sits of the Week, we have... Oh, wait, no, we're not there yet.
Reds vs. Brumbies Fantasy Strategies
00:14:45
Jarrod Dyke
Sorry. Jumping the gun, we got one more game. ah Reds and Brumbies. For the Reds.
00:14:51
Jarrod Dyke
We're to with Fessler. Nongor is a nice option in Superbrew, which means fr ah front row is good for FRD. Kanem in Superbrew, not in FRD. Uru, McWright, Bryall, yes. Tate in FRD is best option, but if you want to gamble on them in Superbrew, go ahead.
00:15:10
Jarrod Dyke
Lina and Haramaya Murray and um in either format. And then Paisami and Anderson I would bench um until they approve otherwise. For the Brumbies, pollard a alatoa which obviously makes front row viable hooper and frost both in super bro only hooper only because right now he's playing in the um he's ah in the second row this week he's listed as a loose forward in frd and that's why i'm really leaning towards super boo only in this if he was in if he was in the back row i'd say both but for this week i'm going to say super only for him frost just just because
00:15:47
Jarrod Dyke
um Back row, Rory Scott and Bobby V, yes. ah Luliceo, Iquitao, Tool, right, and even Mirrorhead, which is like...
00:15:58
Jarrod Dyke
I'm saying that and it should just be, everyone should just be like, huh? But yes. um Ryan Lonergan is not an option I would go with in either format. And I know he's kind of on everyone's minds here and there.
00:16:10
Jarrod Dyke
ah For of the weeks, ah for the start of the week, Ben's gone with Artie Civella from Moana. And I've gone with Fakatava from El Highlanders. And for the sits, Ben has gone with Caleb once from Dura. And I've actually gone same position, but different, different team.
00:16:28
Jarrod Dyke
Jackson garden bash up is, he meets that threshold of of percentage owned and um he doesn't have the T I don't think, and has shown that he can be viable without it, but not.
00:16:39
Jarrod Dyke
on a weekly basis. And while the blues can't score ah goddamn thing, ah they can stop a lot of things. So that's my concern for that. Okay.
Closing Remarks and Listener Appreciation
00:16:48
Jarrod Dyke
So that's that. um We appreciate you all for bearing with us as we get through the clunks and the, and the bumps of our lives during this really busy season for us. But um we, we do appreciate you all for hanging out for us to Patriot, all those patron payers. We love you.
00:17:03
Jarrod Dyke
um We'll catch you guys next week and hope everyone enjoys the rugby this weekend. Have a good one.