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Episode 26: Premiership Round 18 & Super Rugby Round 8
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Ben returns to TFRY and his rightful place at the mic to help discuss a great weekend of rugby with some crazy things happening. We recap all things Premiership including the battle for relegation, top 4 and top 6. Who is the best team in the South Africa conference? Your guess is as good as ours at this point. Who deserves to recall into the Wallabies squad, and why we are loving on Joe Marler oh so much. Be sure you've subscribed to the podcast to get the episodes as soon as they are available.
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Availability
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey everybody, how's it going? It is the Fantasy Rugby Inc. podcast. My name's Jared Dike. I'm Ben Glauser. We are broadcasting, recording, whatever from just outside Boston, Massachusetts. As always, it's Wednesday and it was a fun weekend yet again for those of us that are fans of rugby.
00:00:22
Speaker
Right, and I'm glad to be back to enjoy talking about it and drinking about it. Yeah, let's do that first. Everybody make sure you check us out on Google Play, Spotify, iTunes, all that stuff. Leave us a review, rate us. Hopefully the advice we've been giving or I've been giving or whatever has been somewhat valuable to you because I'm doing my best over here.
00:00:43
Speaker
Tell you what and i'm not just plugging this because i'm on the pod with you but but it really helped me out and we'll get to it but in super rugby uh oh yeah we make some key decisions this week that led me to a pretty fucking huge score so thank you oh that's right oh yeah jeez yeah you did have a fucking score didn't you i did even people in our group were just like dude what the fuck
00:01:06
Speaker
Big one. I think I like outscored the rest of my weeks combined. You
Fantasy Rugby Insights and Advice
00:01:10
Speaker
might have. So seriously, Jared's a great follow for fantasy rugby advice on Twitter. Yeah, so if you need a little help, I'll, and if you have a question, just email the show. We're happy to throw it out there and give many aspects, obviously, fantasy being one of them, but there's more to it than that, as always. And if that doesn't just go for fantasy rugby, that goes for life. If you have questions, please reach out to us.
00:01:35
Speaker
Good job. This is not one of those. I'm listening to your show. We're here to help. Oh, my. Yeah, I'm sore. I have to say I'm sore. Yeah. And I didn't even do that much. That was that was a. So we've played our first match as a club. Jared played. I did the heavy looking on, as I call it. Yeah.
00:02:02
Speaker
So I saw the video where I gave the pass back inside. I didn't realize I had taken a hit. Didn't even realize I had taken a hit until I saw that video. I was like, wait, I got hit on that play? I don't know if that's me getting old and forgetful or if that's the rugby that's catching up for me. It's just the rugby. You get in there, you get out there and things happen and you're like, oh. I mean, how many times do you wake up the next day or the next week throughout the week and think,
00:02:28
Speaker
This hurts and I don't remember ever taking a hit here. Yeah, that's the video the video sometimes tells the tells a different story
00:02:35
Speaker
And I want to get this out there for the record. Jared had an excellent tactical fall out there on the pitch. So there was a loose ball. I'm good at that. And it bounced. And you know how the rugby ball bounces? It doesn't always go the direction you think it's going to go. Well, he dove one direction. It didn't quite go that way. That ball did not want to come back to me. But he shielded off the ball from a defender. And one of our guys picked it up. So it worked out really well.
00:03:05
Speaker
I just made myself as big as I am. Big old target, right? Yeah. All right. All right. Let's get into, let's go to the permission first.
Premiership and NFL Comparisons
00:03:16
Speaker
You know, obviously big week, especially with as many teams in action, especially at the bottom.
00:03:20
Speaker
You know, bottom team's not so hot this week. To be at the bottom was not a good thing this week, that's for sure. It didn't result in good things. It's at least fun to watch. Yes. I've been thinking about these last couple of weeks. I'm thinking about, still again, the difference between the NFL and the premiership where you see the two shit teams in the NFL playing and it really means nothing.
00:03:44
Speaker
Yeah, and half those teams are tanking anyway to get a better draft pick so they're not even really trying Yeah, but here now they have to play hard for for every match just to stay up I think that's valuable for the product especially especially as they continue to have more contracts tv contracts come through bigger deals
00:04:02
Speaker
You know, I think it was like three or four years ago, three or four years ago, probably four. The Premier League got a huge contract and all of a sudden all teams had a budget that was seemingly bottomless. I was like damn. So one of those days it'll happen in the Premiership and until that happens then you just gotta do your best to not lose a ton of money and not go down.
00:04:26
Speaker
Friday night sale Quinn's this was Shall we say the Kyle Sinclair we know and love and
00:04:40
Speaker
in every single way. Yeah. Well, for me, it was getting hosed in the scrum because he's he's not a good scrumager. No, not so much. If people don't understand that, he's not. He's a very bad. He's not that bad scrumager. He's an international prop. He can't be a terrible scrumager, but against international quality players, he's a bad scrumager.
00:05:02
Speaker
Yeah, that's just how it is Um, especially because he's a tight head, right? You gotta be a really you have to be a good scrubber You have to be a strong scavenger there and he's just not that good. So I don't know if The thought ever occurred to switch him to loose or what but that that might be an interesting, uh prospect
00:05:19
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know not not for me to decide I'm not I'm not I'm not the one making those stars damn decisions But yeah, so sale They I mean they jumped out to kind of into it and then obviously the McGuigan try kind of just kept things rolling when he intercepted You you had some thoughts on that one there.
Quinn's Drop Goal Decision
00:05:40
Speaker
Yes. I had some major thoughts on that. I'm watching and it's right before halftime and
00:05:44
Speaker
Right there's a scrum uh for the quins In and it's inside. I think it's either inside or just at the 22 I think it was inside because I think whoever the I think their 10 was was um was lined up a little deeper than the 22, right? And i'm sitting there thinking okay, you have a two-point lead Wouldn't it be better to to go into halftime with a five-point lead and just just leave it at that?
00:06:10
Speaker
Sometimes it is sometimes it is and Instead so i'm thinking drop goal right off the strum. Yeah, fuck it You have you have that distance you can even you know, obviously take a little bit more distance to get yourself set And and just just put a drop you through and if you miss it you miss it you go into the the halftime of the two point lead instead of a five point lead big deal
00:06:32
Speaker
Instead, they've run it out and there's the pick going back the other way. Now, I might also say, go back to what we were talking about just a minute ago, in our match this past weekend, our 12 actually,
00:06:49
Speaker
hit a drop goal right off of a scrum he's got that he's got that french flair man right um so it's it's not uh it's not unheard of so i felt a little vindicated that it actually does work right um but yeah what why would you bother to i mean i get why you might bother to run it but
00:07:06
Speaker
A five-point lead at half at that point. Yeah, it's probably pretty enough. Especially away. Right. Especially away from home. That might be invaluable. And the Quinn's never recovered. Nope. So fun stat. I thought, assuming this is accurate, but I saw there's actually only been one successful drop goal this year in the premiership. Do you know who hit it? No.
Opinions on Steve Diamond
00:07:27
Speaker
Freddie Burns.
00:07:29
Speaker
I love Freddie Burns. Guys, the man. Yes, we are Freddie Burns fans on this show. Yeah, so sale, finish the job, 2817. AJ McGinty drives the bus and drives the bus to the W, as you know. And like I said, as much as I dislike Steve Diamond, I love AJ, so I'm about to see that. I love a lot of the sharks. I just have no love whatsoever for the coach. Same.
00:07:56
Speaker
No, I feel that. Yeah, and I mean, you can see Danny Care obviously had a big day fantasy wise, but it's like, it's all for naught. I'm just always, always frustrating to see that as a, somebody that might own somebody else on the team. And it's like, why couldn't, why couldn't like some of that just translate because it beats the hell out of me.
00:08:17
Speaker
Yeah, so not it not a great game for cleanse. They're gonna have to go back to the drawing board They might be endangered or slipping out of that top four here. Yeah, they haven't yet. I don't think they have yet No, I don't think they have but yeah, they are they're they're getting close and So that Joe Marla tattoo might be on hold a little bit longer. I hope not. Yeah, they're still in fourth Yeah, just hanging on. Yeah, they're five points ahead of sale
00:08:40
Speaker
Okay, so sale was chasing them down. Yeah, sale was chasing them down. And then the clash, and I said last week it was at the Rec. No, no, no, this was at Twickenham. And it was a Twickenham worthy game. It was a very, very entertaining game. I mean, it chucked the ball around a little bit.
00:09:01
Speaker
Uh, so they said it on the broadcast. I guess friends follow has done his calf in or his achilles. So he's done for the year Um Then I guess I think it happened in training. I don't think it happened in the game So that's really unfortunate when it happens in training. It's like right
00:09:16
Speaker
that's the worst um but Jonathan at the same time Jonathan Joseph puts his hand up and says hey guys remember I used to wear a white shirt too yeah uh so him and then coconut singer might be a little bit uh-oh his shoulder looked like he was no he was he was going doing this little shrug and shake for half the match and they finally pulled him I was like that's not a good thing uh
00:09:42
Speaker
No, for a gentleman of his size? No. You want to be able to use that? Well, I use it in big shoulders. But yeah, I mean, believe me, Bristol contributed to this thing just as much. So great, great rugby knowledge from
00:10:00
Speaker
Was it James or Jordan like one of the two and just Johnny on the spot. He so little known fact when you take a drop goal or I think even a penalty kick and it glances off the post and comes back into the field of play you can call for a mark.
00:10:20
Speaker
Okay. And he knew it. And it was, you know, he's a big old prop. So he's like, I'm not about to run this out, but I can call Mark and maybe give my friends, friends a chance to run this out. It was James Lay. Um, there's two, there's two of them. They're twins. Um, so James Lay was Johnny on the spot, got called Mark when the ball was falling off the post and caught it. And the mark was given.
00:10:46
Speaker
Yeah, that's see that's that's two impressive things right there first that he knew enough to call the mark. Yep, or was dumb enough to try And to that the referee was smart enough to know that no that's actually okay. Yeah, you can do that right and give the mark
00:11:03
Speaker
No, I mean so was it I don't remember which one it was Anyway, I had a thought the other day and it was talking that was just in my brain about the referees and in the premiere ship and Which ones are very good? Which ones probably can be and which ones
Referee Performances in Premiership
00:11:18
Speaker
probably need to get thrown by the wayside or at least maybe need a little bit more chance to grow and
00:11:22
Speaker
So Barnes, Pierce, and Doyle are the top three, no doubt. They should all get the semifinal and final between the three of them. What order it is, I don't know, or if you will decide that. That's not, that is what, or the premiership, whatever, whoever makes those decisions. I still don't like Doyle very much. Yeah, he's better, trust me, he's better than the other ones. That's true.
00:11:42
Speaker
I don't. I don't mind Dixon, except when he has games like he did. He did this weekend. I thought he made a couple of really bad decisions. I don't like Matt Carley. Craig Maxwell Keys is there. I like Ian Tempest. Christophe Ridley is young and still kind of working on it. And then I think it's Foley. Oh, man, man, whole, whole, whole lot of man on that one. So, yeah, those I've just I digress. All I know is I those are my thoughts.
00:12:12
Speaker
I still don't know there's few they're very you know, I don't know every ref Their name by by looking at their face, but looking at their face. I'm like, oh it's this asshole Like the referees I know like by name are the ones I like yeah The really bad ones yeah
00:12:36
Speaker
But other than that, I'm willing to give some of them a shot, especially some of the younger ones who are just coming up.
00:12:43
Speaker
Right, so yeah, just another thought about referees while we were on it. So back to it. Bath, take care of business, 26-19. Scootch themselves away from the bottom and probably give themselves a safety blanket enough that they won't have to worry about going down with whatever few matches are running. I mean, we're only at one of them, week 19 coming up here, yeah? So yeah.
00:13:07
Speaker
Probably good to go Bristol on the other hand get to kind of hang out down there and worry a bit a little bit more for another week So they got some big matches. Yeah, that was uh That's one that they they couldn't quite afford to let slip away The bath is was you know, yeah, they're above them in the standings obviously, but That's one that they're not they're not at the top. So no, that's that's a match that Bristol could have uh jumped up and won
00:13:31
Speaker
Um, yeah, agreed. Um, just, uh, just another note. Fancy wise, Chris Vuey is tearing it up. He is. He's got like 40 and 50 points the last three or four weeks easily. I've been, yeah, I've been, I've been looking for a way to get him on my team. 35 plus since week 13. And
00:13:53
Speaker
Uh, since week 11, he only had one back week. Wow. That was less than that. So he has been tearing it up and I can, uh, he's pretty cheap, isn't he? Yeah, he is. 406? Yeah, uh, like 206. Uh, no. Uh, I read things wrong. 203. I mean, I have 203 on my sheet, but it might be different on the program. So yeah, he's in the 200 range. So pretty darn cheap. If you need a lock and you need a guy that's playing most weeks, that's probably not a bad option right there. And I ate 20 this week, but
00:14:27
Speaker
to the Rico, which we're gonna be playing at next weekend. And then I looked at, I used this match to kind of gauge, all right, is this pitch actually gonna be good? Or it wasn't a pretty looking pitch. They're gonna play a Champions Cup semi-final at this place. I'm not thrilled that this is where this, I don't know why they didn't do it at Twickenham, I don't understand.
00:14:47
Speaker
that was very productive and we'll get to that later.
00:14:54
Speaker
I know they just had the clash there, but that's this week. This is past week. They have two weeks to fix it. I'm sure they would have been fine. They should have played this at token. Whoever made this decision to absolute idiot needs to be fired. That's just my opinion.
00:15:09
Speaker
But yeah, Marcus Watson continues to turn it on, get a pair and a big day for him. He's making everybody forget about a certain person that left, that's for sure. Speaking of which, that certain person signed with an NFL team. Oh yeah, he thinks it's bad weather in Coventry. Wait until he gets to upstate New York in December. Well, assuming he even makes the squad. Yeah, he still has to make the 56, whatever it is.
00:15:40
Speaker
And maybe even he'll catch on with the professional football team if he shows something good in the preseason. But yeah, so for those who don't know, Christian Wade, formerly of WASPs, has received a trial NFL contract with the Buffalo Bills.
00:15:58
Speaker
And somebody else signed with, I don't remember who it was with the Jets. I couldn't remember. But either way, the big one is Wade. We'll see. I'm surprised though because I would think that a wing in rugby would translate better to a wide receiver.
00:16:18
Speaker
But it looks like they're going to use him as a running back. The bills. Yeah, I'm not scat back type of things. I guess he's going to have to block. Good luck with that. Like I could see I could honestly see Wade doing well as like a slot receiver. Yeah. And just get him into a little little open space and let him run. Yeah. I don't know about the running back, but then the bills. So who the fuck knows? Yeah, it is the bills. That's true. Also, too.
00:16:43
Speaker
Um, so was take care of it 28 16. Uh, it wasn't an awful day for, for Worcester. They just kind of let it go at the end. This was competitive. It is where they're, that's true. You know, they, they're, they're putting stuff together, but not quite finishing. Yep. This is, it is true fact. Um, yeah. Uh, panel nailed a fricking penalty from just about halfway. I think it was, uh, right. I mean dead center, but Hey, it's good to know that you have that threat, but gonna need to get any little more juice than that.
00:17:13
Speaker
Yeah, and I made my my one mistake this week on my team was I I I kept a weir in my starting lineup Not good. Not good. He only got me seven. Yeah, yo. Yeah. Yeah, I sure played cheetie. I sat Mills I'm on my bench, but he got he got 10 points on my bench. So I would have gotten 20 Yeah, so it would have been better than fucking weir. Yeah, I suppose so. Yeah, I sure played cheetie I played Yeah, Owen Farrell speak of the devil. Yeah, sir, sir since take care of business 2612 bit of a
00:17:44
Speaker
This was, and this is going to sound extra arrogant, so I apologize. This was a match that, you know, it looked like Newcastle had had a glimmer of hope, but I'm sitting there thinking, yeah, but the Saracens haven't had the ball for a lot yet. And just wait until they have the ball for longer than five seconds and we'll see what happens.
00:18:02
Speaker
Well, jeez, they had it for five seconds even and they did that magical little Fijian try where they were all offloading and snatching it out of the air and Maitland finally got over and I mean if if that very little possession is producing tries for the Saracens You you probably should be a little terrified if they have more ball. Yeah, I think I said so. Where was I? I'm trying to look through the Through the timeline here, but it was like
00:18:31
Speaker
30 minutes or so into the match and I'm like the the Saracens have had possession for about 30 seconds. Yeah, and they're winning. Yeah Yeah, because they put up two tries so Yeah, like that was a that was a kind of a frustrating match to watch except for those 30 Little little glimpses of of good things going on for the Saracens, but those glimpses
00:18:57
Speaker
Look at their dnps. Look at the the saris who didn't even suit up and it's so funny story I was trying so i'm entering it into my data and i'm entering and game played And trying to figure out who's who's played games. I go to alex good and just automatically enter in
00:19:15
Speaker
18 I'm like wait a minute no no no this is his first game sitting for the whole season so I mean if same if anybody deserved a seat it was him right so I'm glad they were able to give him a rest and obviously Farrell coming in didn't help didn't hurt rather doesn't hurt at all so
00:19:30
Speaker
But it would have been it would have been that much more beautiful to see him and good Farall and good on the right pitch together because it's been a while since we've seen well I I get the sense that Bristol's gonna get a bit of the mic this weekend because They need to kind of just tune up for the big challenge. Yeah that weekend after so they need to focus Get themselves get themselves right and start getting on the same page Yeah, and if you're gonna if you're gonna rest so many of your stars, you're gonna do it against a team of
Young Talent in Saracens
00:20:00
Speaker
like new castle who's at the bottom of the table well and while we're while they're at home too you know if they were this was at kingston park it might have been a different story you know but it was at home it was at home it was at allianz yeah and max malance is looking better he's another young kid that looks better and better the more he plays and you know when he first
00:20:19
Speaker
When he had his little run in the team with the international window in the fall, I wasn't overly impressed, to be honest. But then he started getting games in the prime cup, and then this last window with the Six Nations came in, and he did some good things. He's got magical feet, and he's got some pretty damn good speed. He can scoot a little bit. Just a bit. Just a little bit. I feel good about that.
00:20:41
Speaker
I saw the list of guys that were on that were also coming in. I mean Gallagher was on the bench and he's another obviously a very good talent. That's also very young for the Saracens. So I like that Speaking of young and talented for the Saracens. We have a new player And that's gonna be yeah
00:21:03
Speaker
Yeah, so it's gonna that'll be cool You know, I hope for this kid's hope is that this boost has his profile for their with the Welsh team certainly whoever comes in I knew who's coming in but I can't remember does off that man after gallon but
00:21:19
Speaker
Not important. Boost his profile, and then he'll probably end up going back to Wales if he doesn't have enough caps after the contract's up. That's fine. He's 20? Yeah, he's a kid. He's a kiddo. Yeah, he's got some time. He could spend a couple years with Saris. And then hopefully, yeah.
00:21:35
Speaker
I mean, look what they've done for, for Christian judge, right? Yeah. And that was playing for breath half a season. Yeah. Now he's going to pay for play for bath next season. Well, cause, um, who does, I think it's, I think it was, was it Adam's hail or Thompson strangle? One of them is, is leaving the club. So, you know, that's part of the reason that they've, they've signed him.
00:21:54
Speaker
Yeah, the question I have is are they going to keep him at I mean, I guess they would um, they would keep him at uh At loose head but I mean, I mean i'm just wondering because he's got he's got mako and and barrington to kind of back him up barrington's obviously Just one of those well-established Pro's he's not a he's not somebody's gonna light the world on fire But he's a well-established pro that knows what to do every weekend and how to how to get it done if you're starting barrington
00:22:24
Speaker
As a as a you know as a club, you're You could do a lot worse. Yes, so it's like Yeah So he's not a bad option so i'm looking i'm just i'm looking at this kid Rees car and thinking
00:22:44
Speaker
Okay, there's a little bit of a log jam in front of him. More so with the loose head than at the tight head as it really works. But look what happens every frickin' fall. And every spring, you know? He's gonna start next year, probably with at least a bench spot because assuming, Mako's gonna be one of two things. He'll be either out or he'll be in the England team. So he's gonna have time to start next year. That's true. Which will be good. Go drive my race car.
00:23:12
Speaker
And then another rumor that was picked up by me that was on, I think it was on Rugby Pass, Jack Singleton could be making a move to Allianz Park from Worcester, the young hooker. And I mean, considering we have a void that's about to leave, thank God, in a Chris Tullifua shape, I would rather change that shape into a Jack Singleton, personally.
00:23:40
Speaker
That was the other thing. Yeah, that was the other thing from the match. They this fucking saris have a line out and they bring in total for it for a line or that it's like, oh, that's only going poorly. And of course he botches it. Yeah. And then the second second line up botches it. Mm hmm. I think I think the third one he might have got. No, the third one he bought. I think the fourth one he finally got right. And that was his only good one. And to be fair, Willie, Willie did not have a good match either.
00:24:08
Speaker
It was not a good day in the lineup for the Saracens overall. It's clear that Jamie George is still number one, far and away. There's no question about it. When we don't have him, we do miss him. It's not a new thing. Missed looking at him too. What's up? Missed looking at him too. Yeah, human ice cream cone. Saracens take care of business, 2612.
00:24:31
Speaker
They clinch a spot in the semi-final, not at home semi-final yet, but they clinch a spot in the semi-final, so we will be playing in that extra weekend in May. Is it May? Yeah, it's May. I think so. I could be losing my mind. Oh yeah, here we go, here we go, here we go. Lester and Exeter.
00:24:50
Speaker
So Mike Ford is the new defense coach in Lester and Mike Ford probably needs to go find himself a new job because They put 50 on him and the last time Exeter Lester had 50 put on him. I'm pretty sure their coach got fired. So Maybe things need to be well, why is my fire so many coaches? Why is Mike Ford their defensive coach though? I don't understand that he's not is he a defensive coach? Did I miss something like I know I
00:25:15
Speaker
I was pretty sure he was like a backs coach. Maybe I'm losing my complete shit here, but like, yeah, no, I don't know why you do that for your defense coach. If that's your defense coach answer, you are probably in some deep shit.
00:25:28
Speaker
No, I mean you can only do so much as a coach with with players who are more interested in And in smashing people as they're rolling away from a tackled and then they are and actually, you know playing real defense frickin youngs I mean that's This was you know bad day in the young family So as we talked about with sale where I like several of the of the sharks, but I don't like their coach. Mm-hmm
00:25:52
Speaker
For lester, it's the exact opposite. I have no problem with their coach for any reason um, I know he's anyway, their head at least their head coach was put in a tough spot because Well, they fired their head coach after I couldn't believe that that was just the dumbest thing ever but their players are just such fucking Juiced up meat heads hammerheads and and there was there's young's uh showing it yet again. Yep and
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00:26:46
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I mean geez scintillating left and right everything to see everything they tried seemed to come off Yeah for the better, you know, I just it was it was fun That was fun rugby to watch if you're not a luster fan that match was fun to watch just from that perspective Because even luster did add a little bit to the entertainment despite their best efforts. Um
00:27:08
Speaker
Yeah, Ford was a lot of fun to watch. Yeah.
Successful Fantasy Picks and Strategy
00:27:12
Speaker
He is an attacking 10. It's not a new thing. But the problem is he's not a good game manager. That's always been the knack on him. But he is a very good attacking 10. Yeah. So yeah, it's always good to watch him.
00:27:23
Speaker
I'm just happy for why I was watching this match that um a I I didn't I was thinking about with my with my team um getting rid of kavesek because he's had a couple of of down weeks he's had yes or he had probably three or four down weeks in a row yeah but I looked on a certain uh twitter feed for some advice and it's and and uh kavesek was one of his uh was one of Jared's uh big green lights uh in this matchup
00:27:50
Speaker
Oh, my big green light worked this week. It was for the permission. It was Mercer. Okay. Um, I, I still, I stuck with confessing. I made, so like I said, I made two switches. So I ate 20 points. So I wasn't about to pick up Mercer. Um, but I did pick up Cordero. He was, Oh yeah. He told me you were picking them up. I'm like, that's probably not a bad way to spend 20 points.
00:28:09
Speaker
Worked out. Okay. Yep. 23. I captained him. So I ended up Oh, there you go. So I doubled it. Yeah. Yeah, that'll work. That'll work. So between the two and we'll get to him later, but my other ad was Hutchinson. Yeah, me too. I'll eat 20 points to pick up 129, which is so big time. Thank you guys. Yeah.
00:28:29
Speaker
And if you, and those that were curious last week, my, my stop sign in the premier ship was kind of a, he had five. So, okay. That's the one thing I usually get, it can figure out is players to not play players to play. I'm a little bit, a little bit less accurate with, but Hey, you know what? I'll take the, I'll take the percentage percentages like that. Get you in the baseball hall of fame, man. So yeah, Exeter 52 Lester 20, an absolute talking of the Tigers and they are,
00:28:58
Speaker
They are reeling and they got a big one coming this week, so we'll see what happens and we'll see what kind of response
Gloucester and Northampton Saints Prospects
00:29:03
Speaker
they get. They have the players, we'll see, we'll talk about it. And then the Sunday game, wild, wild, entertaining, and so much batshit crazy stuff like Jake Piledry playing on the wing.
00:29:20
Speaker
Holy, what universe are we in? Jared had to leave the match at half time. And I'm like, I'm not gonna spoil this for you, but all I'm gonna tell you is that Jake Peledry's in. And Jared's like, okay? And I'm like, he's in it wing. Jared's like, what the fuck?
00:29:36
Speaker
Yeah, that's not a great sign although apparently they trained him there this week because they were so down so many back three players Well, I was like, okay, that's odd. They did it. I thought it was was well done because If you're gonna if you're gonna use a player like poetry at the wing, uh-huh
00:29:54
Speaker
Silly enough as it is. That would be it's almost as silly as using jack noel as a flanker, but not against nairavoro So yes, if you put a peledry in and you say you know what your only job is to tackle nairavoro, man
00:30:09
Speaker
That's not a bad idea. With a flanker, with a good flanker at that. He's not going to run away from the ledger. No. So it's like, all right. He's going to try and run him over him. So he's OK with that. He's like, all right, shoot. Try to run me over. I can do that. Right. So this game and the last game have two things in common. A lot of points.
00:30:28
Speaker
that also um good players with absolutely garbage lids absolutely shit lids yes tom francis and ten kelly and i overall belong to the fantastic players with terrible terrible lids club because oh my god ten kelly and i overall what in the holy hell you have you got going on and then francis has this
00:30:51
Speaker
buzzed but then oh yeah I'm gonna have a rat tail on the back going on like what is that oh god it's so ugly I want to shoot it I want to get really long clippers and just from home good god yeah avert your eyes kids avert your eyes there are children watching this
00:31:13
Speaker
But yeah, I mean tell the game. Holy crap. This was wild. This had a lot of stuff going on. Supriyani had to come off. Yeah. Lewis Love them comes on then comes back. I don't know. There was something weird going on with that whether or not he could come play or not. He was he was ready to rest and sit on his butt because his shoulder was screwed. But he had to come on because they were like we need a we need you. Yeah. Why? My shoulders completely fucked. He's just like they brought him back on and then he came back off eventually. Anyway, it's like Jesus.
00:31:43
Speaker
No, it was a bro came in it came into Technically in a flanker I think but I was like but and you know this oh that wasn't matched to Brazil had to leave the game. Unfortunately, that was a little bit terrifying. I'm glad he's okay. But man He said he's already had his shoes. So yeah, that didn't look good. No
00:32:06
Speaker
And then, you know, the centers, the centers were the star of this match on both sides between Atkinson and Hutch and Francis on the other side. That was that shoe. We have. Yeah, I mean, it was crazy to play making tens. Yep. Some some excellent skill at wing. So it's really about that's going to get balanced out by who who has the centers that are going to really make put their mark on the game and
00:32:36
Speaker
Atkinson Atkinson three hutch and Francis two so yeah, I can some wins Yes, exactly And that's that was kind of that was mostly the difference. Yeah in the match really was but I mean it was entertaining as hell I was Catherine was getting into it for God's sake
00:32:56
Speaker
And can I just say once again, because I just, I love seeing it as much as I appreciate the, the, this position with the Saracens and as much love as I've given to the, the Gloucester backs.
00:33:11
Speaker
Mostert and Slater. That's a great second row. Most people would trade their life for that second row. Slater, how many caps he's probably deserved is whatever that's up for debate. But in Mostert, who's obviously Springboks, one of their top choices at second row, I'd sign up for that second row all day long if he still was.
00:33:39
Speaker
If you're starting a team and this is your second row, sign me up, let's go. No big deal. Without even looking at the backs, but then you look at the backs and you're like, oh wait, zips and all these other guys. So Gloucester are slowly, slowly marching their way towards a semi-final spot. Not quite clenched there, but they are inching and inching ever so close. They have to be
00:34:02
Speaker
I'd say probably a bonus point win and maybe another one but probably at least about I think Yeah, bonus point one and a little help will probably clinch it for them And that'll be great to see Gloucester back into the semi-final again as a club. Yeah, so that's something the permission needs Gloucester 40 Saints 31 I would I would you know, I've shown my love for the Saints and I
00:34:23
Speaker
Chris Boyd and bigger and love them and Hutch and all those guys. I would love to see them back in Champions Cup rugby That's that's a place they belong. They they've gotten to a couple finals. They've won one I believe you know, it'd be it'd be good to see them back there So I really hope that they can finish in the top six at least so they can get back into this and you know Make a mark on Europe again as as people believe in there in that in that In that area that they can do it. They really can
00:34:53
Speaker
Alright, let's go to the folks down under. This one started off with a crazy one at Forsyth Bar.
00:35:07
Speaker
for the Highland, with the Highlanders and the Hurricanes, just absolute nuts match.
Hurricanes' Risky Play Analysis
00:35:13
Speaker
Back and forth, you know, R.D. Servia running all over the place, scoring a pair, Bowden Barrett tearing it up, Lomape, I'll tell you this much, the Highlanders and Aaron Major are gonna see Nana Lomape in their sleep. You get a hat trick against them in the first match, and he scored what was eventually the winner in this one, like,
00:35:34
Speaker
Most people who play against Lamapi come away with that. That's probably true. That's probably true. So I want to get to one point in the match and it freaking maybe go just a little bit. And it was the end of the match and they were in the hurricanes were in their own end. And I'm thinking, oh, no, we are and they're trying to play it out. The score is as you see it now.
00:35:58
Speaker
And I'm like, Oh, and they're playing it out. They're trying to play in their own like near their own 22. I'm like, No, no, no, no. No, stop this. Stop this. Get it the hell away from this line. I don't care if they get a chance to counter it and whatever. You know, let them let them have the ball like 20 meters downfield, please.
00:36:17
Speaker
Yeah, nope. So eventually TJ gives gives away a penalty. I think it was TJ or turns the ball over whatever it was So the the hounders opt not for the kick because they're not confident in the kick Marty Banks is a decent kicker But again, it's not the he's not a super accomplished goal kicker. So they go for the corner Get penalized once in the corner and I'm like, oh
00:36:38
Speaker
Oh shit, we are so screwed. And I think they eventually either knocked it or whatever after the line out, frickin', I think it was Christie that just snapped up the ball and booed it away. It was already red clock time. I was like, thank you, God. I was about to frickin' lose my mind. I was like.
00:36:55
Speaker
oh shoot as soon as that penalty came though i was like uh-oh we are in deep trouble this is not going to end well but hurricanes escaped um hopefully they'll learn a lesson and won't screw around in their own end with the score that close even if the clock is low yeah please please no more right whoo
00:37:14
Speaker
Oh yeah, so yeah, the hurricane's 31, highlanders 28. So yeah, the highlanders weren't opting for the tie either. That's part of the other thing. Right. Reds and Stormers. This was actually zero, zero and a half time.
00:37:29
Speaker
And then turn. Which is odd for a super rugby. Right. I think the last time it was, I think the last time, they said last time it was zero zero on a super rugby match was 11. Maybe even beyond that. Wow. So yeah, something like that. So somewhere in that neighborhood. I don't doubt it. Somewhere in that neighborhood. That's what it sounds about, right? Yeah. I was like, wow. Wasn't the prettiest match to watch, honestly. Reds did get it done. Bryce Hagerty, Sam O'Caribbi.
00:37:57
Speaker
Yeah, you're a guy. Hagerty. Hagerty, big time for Ben over here. One of my big time. Yeah, one of your big ones. Starts. Yeah, I didn't. I think it was Khaleesi that had to eat a yellow card in the first half, so that definitely takes the wind out of your sails. If you're the Stormers, that's your captain, that's your leader, that's your inspiration. And he's good at all three of those. And when he has to leave the field, that's an oh no moment. Yes, it is.
00:38:27
Speaker
Reds get it done. 24 to 12, double them up. Tate McDermott definitely has the ownership of that nine shirt, by the way. It's his to lose at this point. And he looked good.
Sharks vs. Lions Game Recap
00:38:43
Speaker
Oh man, this one, lions and sharks. I watched it and it was utter domination by the sharks. It was a little wet and they scored some points before it really got bad in terms of the weather.
00:39:00
Speaker
And they just never let go. They just strangled the life out of the lions. There was nothing they could do. There was nothing they could do. Everything that the sharks were doing was to just keep them in that end and they did not mess around. I was extremely impressed with the amount of possession. This could have been 60. This could have easily been 60. They lost the ball a couple times. It was, oh man, I am,
00:39:27
Speaker
So what is going on with the Lions then? Yeah. And so that does beg the question, you know, who is the best team in South Africa? Because we had another problem go on in South Africa, too, with the Bulls. So it looked like maybe not, but maybe it is the Sharks.
00:39:43
Speaker
Yeah, Stormers are having a tough time. Obviously, they've been on a tough road trip. Right. You know, haven't haven't had a lot of success. It's hard to I mean, and I like the pieces they have between Bosch, Mpimpi, Esther Hazen, look on your arm, both Duprias, and they still have one more that's hurt. So we'll see what happens when he gets healthy. Acromonder, Venom, every when he comes back from suspension, the beast, Mathur, you know,
00:40:10
Speaker
There's a lot to like about the Sharks. If they can play this style of rugby, because some of the stuff I've seen before was not pretty. If they play this, that's a lot better. That's much, much better.
00:40:22
Speaker
So sharks take care of business 42 to five of the lines. Lions are a bit of a shell of their former self. They've lost some players to, you know, transfers and stuff like that. But they've, they did that in previous years and they still found ways to get better. So now I'm wondering what's going on there. And I know that they lost also, so that does not help either.
00:40:42
Speaker
They've also done They've played a lot of rugby, I mean they've they've been to the the finals a couple years in a row, right? Yeah, maybe they're getting worn out. Yeah, there's only so much they can Yeah, plus they a lot of the lines have been picked from lines a lot of the spring box have been picked from the Lions Yeah, so and if they were on those tours this last fall, that's a lot of rugby for them as well So right, you know that that could I would affect on them as well. I have a feeling
00:41:13
Speaker
Crusaders and Brumbies, it was a wonderful day to be a Crusader, that's for sure. Yeah, I mean, so something that was done on the broadcast, and you look at the score, for the Brumbies, you play some fantastic stuff, you don't play that poorly necessarily, and you look up, and you're getting hosed on the scoreboard, the 14's probably a little bit misleading, they got one at the end, or near the end. So you're getting hosed by 20 points,
00:41:42
Speaker
And you're like, shit, have we played this badly? And they hadn't. They really hadn't. But the Crusaders, as always, have a knack for just taking the opportunities and slamming the door shut on you. And it's just like, wow, it's amazing. Karate had an amazing game in this one. He looked like the old guy himself.
00:42:04
Speaker
Very honest in one in one aspect. He knocked the ball on and I think he was in a tackle and the referee was gonna play on but he said I knocked it. I knocked it. I knocked it. Mwanga, you know, they let him loose. Whoops. Don't let it. Wrong guy to let loose. Severiz was loose a couple times. Yeah, I would assume. 48.
00:42:23
Speaker
Yeah, 48 points, big time. Talfua had a nice one where he found the... It was a good pass, I think it was from Crotty, found the line with the gap and off you go. Brumby's were very ill-disciplined, that was one bugaboo, two yellow cards, almost in succession too. So when you're playing 20 plus minutes down 14,
00:42:46
Speaker
That's a lot of breathing right there man. It is a lot of heavy breathing. Yeah, and especially against a team like Crusaders Well, there's your problem right there. You cannot play 14. No, they're hard to beat with 15 on field at a time Let alone when you're a man down so piece of advice to everybody that's about to play the Crusaders don't get a yellow card Will Jordan played pretty well he probably
00:43:09
Speaker
He had one try taken away from him, I think. I thought there was one that should have been a penalty try. Had a high tackle on him and wasn't awarded, but you know, it is where it is. It was, he did get one over, so he still had a good day. The kid, more youth than the Crusaders, I don't understand it. More youth, him and Bridge and Ennore, like it's a little terrifying. Those good programs, always they're producing. They seem to. You know, you just kind of, you almost grow them on trees, but there's kind of a reason why that happens.
00:43:38
Speaker
Mm-hmm indeed indeed and the Crusaders that's you know, that's they almost lull you to sleep because they're like they're not like you said They're not doing anything
00:43:48
Speaker
They're not doing a lot of other worldy stuff. Right. They're not. They're not. There's not a little like razzle dazzle. It's just no. We're just going to line up and win our one on one match ups. That's basically they find ways to make a mismatch and then done. Yeah. That's what it does. They just create mismatches. And that's the end. It's purely clinical rugby. Yeah. And so if you keep your discipline, you can maybe match up against them.
00:44:09
Speaker
Right. And you've seen some of the yeah, some teams do it. But you know, and clinical rugby, that's pretty much their captain read to a tee. So yep. That's the personality. It does. Crusaders 36, Brumby 14 crusaders stay on top of the entire super rugby is but especially this the New Zealand conference with with guys trying to chase them down.
00:44:32
Speaker
Blues and Waratahs. This was a decent match. We have more on the Waratahs in a second.
Blues' Winning Streak Highlight
00:44:40
Speaker
I screwed the score up. Whoopsie! I know the Blues won, so it was late. Oh yeah, there it is.
00:44:47
Speaker
But anyway Mahananyu putting his hand up again again So good for him. Yeah, he had two try assists in this game. Plus he got one on his own It's it's all it's a resurgence for him Blues 32 one by three
00:45:12
Speaker
They worked the ball for three and a half minutes to red clock, midfield-ish. That's hard work, that's hard work, and the Waratahs were very frustrated by it. I thought they played, I didn't think the Waratahs played that badly, and they were
00:45:28
Speaker
But the Blues jumped out to a start for sure. They were high energy. They seemed to be all over the place. The Wartos seemed to be kind of in their sleep a little bit. Wartos obviously got back into it. Lost by three. Had some good stuff going for them. Bernard Foley finally got the team moving in the right direction. But in the end,
00:45:49
Speaker
a Terry Black monon and you know, and the rest of the team, get them over the line. Tom Robinson had a decent day. He's looking like maybe one day, he could be wearing a black shirt. So good for him. And he looks at it. I look at Tom Robinson. He is very, he's not somebody I sit there and say, all black. You don't look at him and say he's a rugby player. And I'm like,
00:46:11
Speaker
I can't take you seriously, but he's actually a very good player. So it's just not somebody I look at and say, yeah, you know, he's he's a threat. No, he's he's he doesn't look at it, but damn, he's actually very good. He's actually very, very good. Very versatile. You play sexy, you play lock, you know. So once this World Cup cycle goes through, I'd say you could see him in a black shirt.
00:46:34
Speaker
Right, at least getting a trial run every so often. Absolutely, yeah. I think teams would be silly to ignore that. So yeah, Bluesgate, take care of business, 32-29 over the Wartas. That is four on the bounce for them, I think.
00:46:48
Speaker
something like that four or five. So these guys, these guys, this might be this might be the blues of old. It'd be great to see. I think I think I didn't get to see that last year. So hopefully they're they're bouncing back. Right. A good blues team is a good thing for New Zealand rugby. That's for sure. Especially where they're playing at Eden Park in Auckland.
00:47:07
Speaker
Yeah, so that's important. Yep. And Rebel Sun Wolves. Well, Rebels saw what happened last week and said, no, no, no, you are not doing that to us. We're going to be prepared because the Sun Wolves can sneak up and bite you in the ass if you let them. Right. Oh, yes. Very, very much so. They played very well at the Sun Wolves. But, you know, the score line didn't say it, 42 to 15 for the Rebels. Rebels just have so much firepower.
00:47:35
Speaker
so much firepower, so much firepower. And Quaid Cooper just he continues to say, I need a gold shirt. I need a gold shirt.
00:47:45
Speaker
And I think this season is, I mean, I don't think you can deny it to him. Certainly not the way he's playing. It'd be ridiculous to deny it to him. Right. And I really think that he's finally finding his true form after being away, you know, switching codes. And then he played like club rugby last year or something like that. So he needed to get back to it. And now,
00:48:12
Speaker
as long as he's committed to Union. Which he seems to be. So if he's gonna play like this, there's no way you can deny him that get gold. Just because he, okay, so you start Bernard Foley because that's the guy that started for you for the most of the year, or whoever. Put him on the bench because he has so much in the locker that can change a game for the better. And if you're losing,
00:48:41
Speaker
why are you gonna leave him on the bench? You know, he can pull it out, he can pull that rabbit out of the hat that you probably need if you're in a really sticky situation with, you know, being behind, being behind, I'm hopefully not being behind by too much, but you know. Or even a game changer when you're maybe have a little bit of a lead and you're like, you know what, we need to, we need just a little bit of energy boost to put it away. A little bit of breathing room there.
00:49:03
Speaker
But I would I I think he's he's putting his hand up for uh, for the starting position He's good. He he's got to be a wallaby end story. He's got to be all that. Yeah Um, but yeah, they and so as much firepower and we see the firepower these are all backs that are on the the rebel score sheet here
00:49:20
Speaker
Hodge, Gennia, Meeks, Cooper, Maddox, English. They still have Matt Tamu awaiting to come over from Leicester when the season's done. So, Australian rugby. I think we can't wait to get the fuck out of there. Yeah, probably not. No, not in that situation. That's a big difference in situations right now, for sure. So yeah, Australian rugby, if you thought you could, you know, maybe catch the Rebels, just wait. They still have more firepower coming. Right. Good luck.
00:49:47
Speaker
And, and the Sun Wolves, I don't want to, to, to leave them hanging in a way because they, they played a good match. So, so the Sun Wolves remind me a lot of, of Worcester in the, in the premiership where they, they do a bunch of good things. They just, they don't finish or they make one little mental mistake and, and the balls in their try zone. Bad news. Yeah. Well, case in point, the last Hodge try.
00:50:12
Speaker
Yeah, um and and uh They they get the firepower out wide especially with master wayra, which who i'm really happy. I played him Yeah, he's he's on fire, but they and they have the likes of him. Um, I look hayden park hayden parker They're talking about him coming home to new zealand and possibly playing for the kiwis again. I was like damn That's that'd be a job right there, right?
00:50:36
Speaker
He missed his first kick in however many times in this match. And I was like, ah, damn. What the hell? How did that happen? Like, you missed? Oh, he's human. All right. If it bleeds, we can kill it. Yeah. So I mean, I do like Hayden Parker. I think he's I said before, I think he's an underrated, undervalued piece in this in this league, let alone on the Sunwells. Just because he plays the Sunwells is why he probably doesn't get as much attention and respect.
00:51:05
Speaker
which is unfortunate. It was a good team. So yeah, Rebels 42, Sunwills 15, Rebels stay atop the Aussie conference and continue to show the rest of the league, look out, we are here and we are going anywhere.
00:51:18
Speaker
Good. I'm happy to see the Rebels doing well. Yeah, they're playing some good rugby. And then the last one of the weekend, another bit of a shocker. Jaguars 22, Bulls 20 in South Africa. And we talked about before, off the pod, it was surprising to see how the many names, at least the names that I knew off the top of my head,
00:51:45
Speaker
for the Bulls that were resting, no Pollard, no Creel, no Speckman. They really didn't take this Jaguars team seriously. I don't understand. I can't believe that. This is a team that made the playoff last year, and I know they're missing a couple guys. I understand that. But still, it's just a couple guys, and they are two guys that are notable, obviously, Creepy and what the hell's the frickin' Nick Sanchez. But it's...
00:52:14
Speaker
It doesn't mean that you just sit on it. Teams in this competition, the way the Sun Bulls are playing, Jaguars obviously have shown the capability of nipping you and you're not looking, and you're going to have to find ways to rest. Kiwi teams need rest at certain times because Steve Hanson says so. That's an unfortunate policy, but it is what it is in a World Cup year. If you don't have Steve Hanson telling you to sit your guys,
00:52:41
Speaker
which the South African teams. Rotate strategically. Don't be dumb. You know, don't don't sit three of your best players in your most, you know, productive and especially in terms of your offense players and shot. That's yeah. That's like that's asking for a loss. Right. Like you can and and rest some of them but not, you know.
00:52:59
Speaker
Rest Pollard and then some, especially in the midfield, don't rest Pollard and Creel. Or at least have one of them on the bench. Maybe that's who, yeah. Also a possibility. It doesn't make sense. I didn't get to watch it, but it doesn't mean I don't understand what happened.
00:53:16
Speaker
Jaguars stayed in it stayed in it stayed in it and then and then we're able to finish the job and I know they arrested a couple guys too, but still they They have just as much depth as anybody else because most of these guys are playing on this team to play for the Pumas, right?
Juan Figallo's Departure from Saracens
00:53:31
Speaker
So with the exception of the few and far between that are out there including our former Puma from the Saracens Bosch who's gonna call it good and
00:53:39
Speaker
Really is leaving at the end of the year. Have you seen have you seen the tribute videos? Yeah. Oh, it's there. I love him alone. So apparently he's Yeah, so as the sound of it sounds like he's the one of the nicest guys in the universe He's also one of the most handsome guys in the in the league. So I thought that was funny. It's like it's a handsome Yeah, he's not a bad-looking guy. Although he's gotten older, but you know, he is apparently one of the nicest guys We had some rugby players do exist
00:54:03
Speaker
Um, one of the nicest guys that you could ever meet and also a very true professional in terms of guiding young players along. So it's, it'll be, he'll be, he'll be a missed asset at, uh, at Elliance, but I digress. Uh, Jaguar's 20 22 bulls, 20, uh, bulls I thought were the best team in this conference and now they've proved me wrong. So, um,
00:54:26
Speaker
Honestly, this conference is anybody's at this point. Yeah, I wouldn't say they've proved you wrong. Sure, she didn't prove me right. That's for sure. So your guess is as good as mine in terms of who's winning the sucker. That's all I know. I'm not making any predictions on that. No, it's one week it's the Sharks, one week it's the Lions, one week it's the Bulls. I just hope it's not the Lions. Even the Stormers will put their hands. Same.
00:54:47
Speaker
I don't need to see the Lions losing again in the in the final. Let's let somebody else. Yeah, right. Let's let somebody else have a shot at that. Yeah, the big L. Yeah. One thing we didn't get into yet, looking back at the war ties match, is he fall out and he's opened his Twitter feed and his social media back up again.
Israel Folau Social Media Controversy
00:55:08
Speaker
He probably shouldn't have done it because it's gotten him in trouble to the point where he might get the boot from rugby Australia. And I think it's time.
00:55:16
Speaker
He's a fantastic player, but if you can't... So here's the thing, and people are just like, oh, he has an opinion. Yes, he has an opinion. And you're able to write to an opinion, but to respectfully express your opinion and being a jackass about it are two different things. He's gotta be in the latter.
00:55:34
Speaker
And he's been the latter. That's the other thing. And that's why they put it in his contract. Like, you have to stop this. Your opinion is your opinion. That's fine. You keep your opinion and that's fine. Nobody's going to change it. But you have to be more respectful. And then he posts that thing on Instagram and the thing on Twitter. And of course, rugby players being rugby players, I'll troll the shit out of them. Say, thank you, Joe Marlar. Yeah, Joe Marlar is awesome. Joe Marlar, you're a great person. You're an awesome human. Thank you for doing what everybody else wanted to do. Right.
00:56:02
Speaker
and that's that's honestly what you need is like look you can't you can't deal with it oh here now deal with it i'm gonna post a bunch of shit of guys making out yeah right and it's like good i like
00:56:15
Speaker
Again, yeah, that's your opinion. If you don't like it, it's not okay, but it's okay. Just don't be a dick about it. Don't post it out for the world to see. If you want to just have your Bible study and talk about it amongst your friends away from the rest of the world, especially when there's a gold jersey on the line for you,
00:56:37
Speaker
Yeah. If it's in your contract, you need to probably rethink what the hell you're about to do. Right. I don't know if you did that, you know, just like out of his skull at two in the morning or whatever. It's one thing when you have like an Antonio Brown or a Leveon Bell. Leveon's sitting out the year because he wanted to get paid more.
00:56:57
Speaker
Right. But this isn't about payment. This isn't about money. This isn't about money. This is about your representing your country. And if you want to represent your country, especially in a sport like rugby, you can't just be a dick. Yeah. And we here at
00:57:15
Speaker
the Rugby Yanks Express inclusivity for all in this sport. And we support it and we are certainly 100% behind itself. If you're ever curious, that's our opinion, you don't like it, you don't have to listen to us. It's okay. We literally love everyone except for people who have hate in their hearts. Yeah, that's the only rule, no hate.
00:57:37
Speaker
Well, maybe a little hater. Maybe a little hater-aid, but not hate to that point. Right. Yeah, I have my issues with Lester, but I don't actually hate any, like really any of the people. No. I just don't, I don't favor them. No, and that's fine. You're okay. You're allowed to not favor them. I have my opinions on other people too, like Die Young. Right. That's based more on the content of their character than anything that they... Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're not out to get any of them, that's for sure. No, no, no, no.
00:58:05
Speaker
We'd rather have them than sport than not. Let's put it that way. I'd rather them be better than they are. OK, fair enough. All right. Let's go to Pickham. Probably should have done Pickham from the premiership before. Whatever. Who cares? It's not perfect. Big one on Friday night. I mean, I'm happy I'm going to be coaching a game, but I'm also sad because I mean, I'm going to miss live and hopefully I can keep myself away from Twitter and Facebook so I don't see the dick. I'll text you.
00:58:33
Speaker
Kingston Park hosts Newcastle and Leicester for a big one at the bottom. This could be for relegation. This could be. God, can I pick a giant meteor? No, that's not true. I really don't have any ill will towards Newcastle, so I'll be picking them. Yeah, okay. I hope, and especially if they have a chance to knock Leicester down, I really hope they take advantage of that.
00:59:05
Speaker
Both teams are gonna be reeling. Newcastle's at home. I like to think that Kingston's Park's gonna be bouncing on a Friday night with all the fans a little bit under the influence. So I am gonna go with the Falcons.
00:59:20
Speaker
I might I might be wrong, but I'm gonna go with the fact that at least we'll be wrong together. Yeah I did pick up another game on you by the way Quinn Saints Quinn's home after a couple losses in a row at this point. They're reeling Saints Saints visiting they just they just got bounced by Gloucester and
00:59:42
Speaker
Right, but they showed good form. And so I'm gonna pick the team that is playing better rugby right now. And that's the Saints. Oh, and the Saints. Yeah.
00:59:55
Speaker
Yeah, I mean they can't be my side piece and I don't pick them especially against the twins who I'm programmed to dislike as a Saracen supporters, so Northampton it is right. Come on boys and green laws is back. So yep Is he ever yeah? He's all right. He's I'm kind of okay. Yeah, he's pretty good. What's your sale? Oh This is actually not a pretty one. No, this is another ugly one
01:00:18
Speaker
Um, let me go back to the table just so I have an accurate view of what I'm looking at sale, trying to chase down a playoff spot. Worcester is obviously trying to avoid relegation. Right. Um, to me, the question here is as always can Worcester finish because they're going to get opportunities in the loose, uh, to, to put some points up. Right. And are they going to convert those? Are they ever going to put those in the tri zone? Hmm.
01:00:48
Speaker
And right now I I'm not gonna I'm not gonna predict it until I see it. Fair enough. So I'm gonna go with sale. Okay. Yeah, I'm having a hard time picking Worcester just based on
01:01:06
Speaker
What I saw against Wasp wasn't super pretty, it wasn't bad, and they had some good stuff going. And they're missing a few guys. I don't know, is he out for the year? Oh, I don't know. I hope not. He hasn't played the last couple of years. No, he hasn't played in a little bit. That would be good to know. That would be unfortunate if that's the case. But anyway, yeah, I have to pick sail on the fact that they've won a few in a row, at least, or won three out of four, whatever it is.
01:01:36
Speaker
Uh Gloucester back home at King's home against bath. Yeah, we know where i'm going with that. Yeah picking my side piece Yeah, and i'm gonna have a hard time picking picking against them too because bath is is Has found enough in the tank where they're going to get over the line They'll be they won't need to worry about relegation or anything like that They're probably not going to get in top six and unless somehow they win this match Right, you know, basically that's what yeah, they could show up super motivated. Obviously they better because
01:02:05
Speaker
Yeah, they don't show up motivated they're gonna lose. Yeah, we'll see we'll see what comes at Gloucester whether it's Cipriani I think Cipriani just had a bang I don't think yeah, I don't think I remember them saying on broadcast did sound like anything too bad, so Bristol and Saracens Bristol hosts the series one week before they play and play their semi-final for Europe and I think the the saris so this is
01:02:32
Speaker
This is a potential trap game. It's a potential trap game and it's really a question of who the sarees play and what direction do they go do they go? Similar to what they just did like do they rest Farrell? This week I don't think this week like do they do they rest some of their like do they flip so last last week they rested guys like George and and Billy Villanapola and
01:02:54
Speaker
and Good and Liam Williams, which I'm not sure. He should be fine. He should be okay. So it's like, do they go the other way? And this time they'll play their guys who they sat and maybe sit like a Tojay and Farrell.
01:03:13
Speaker
I and Maitland. So I know let's rewind to a few years ago where they were potentially going to get a home semifinal. They sat I think a bunch of guys. I think it was at Quinn's. I could be wrong. It was an away match. They should have won. They sat a bunch of guys because they were worried about Champions Cup, which they eventually won. But then they ended up giving away a home semifinal to exit. They go to Exeter and they lose in the last play. Great, great kick by Henry Slade that sets him up.
01:03:42
Speaker
you know, they drive it over, exit or go on to win the premiere ship. So I wonder if McCall's got that playing in the back of his brain where he won't beat, he put out the bin juice. Let's be real about this. He put out the bin juice in that game. He didn't put out anybody worth a damn. He put out the shags for sure. And the question is, even if they put out, you know, two or three of their England players instead of seven or eight.
01:04:07
Speaker
I think they'll I think they'll put out like three or four and they'll probably get over the line. And I still think that's enough. So I still think Saris win. So all this talk for for really me just picking the Saris anyway. Yeah. I mean, and then we're not discount. This will be close. Right. That Ashton gate. Yeah. They're going to they're going to put up a good they're going to put up a fight. I'm not expecting a blowout here because especially the way they played last week was not.
01:04:29
Speaker
Yeah, they they've played they've played some very expansive entertaining rugby and you can't sleep on it by any means they have some great pieces Um pia tao still won't be back on them. Thanks. So that's the one. Thank god That's the one thing i'm okay with Right, but yeah, they have some good stuff. Dan thomas has been on fire lately who was their player of the year last year Uh, you know, he's they have some good stuff. So yeah, this will be a fight. Yeah, um, especially especially with them at ashton gate
01:04:55
Speaker
Exeter and wasp, I can pretty much tell you exactly where I think this is going with them at Sandy Park. Exeter, don't lose at Sandy Park. And they won't lose. No, they definitely won't. I mean, come on, you wasps and all, but. Yeah, you know, I just want to I just keep lost away from us for just long enough so we can get a home semifinal. Yeah, we'll deal with it then. All right. Yeah, I want the wasps to win. I just don't see it actually happening.
01:05:23
Speaker
Yeah, uh crusaders in highlanders down under this will be this should be a fairly entertaining one But I I don't see the crusaders falling here. No, um again, I think it's going to be a very fun one to watch Um, I think I I don't think they've played this reverse yet. So I don't think they've played up Oh, no, they were supposed to play at four side bar, but they canceled it shit
01:05:45
Speaker
That's too bad. We had to have that get spoiled but you know for good reason that it got cancelled so I'm not and Crusaders could be changing their emblem name Yeah, all the other all their imagery and you know, they'll do it. It'll be done right so much. So so be it
01:06:03
Speaker
I mean, i'm i'm glad that they're even just just considering it. Not that they're trying to be sensitive to You know people especially in the area, right? You know fair enough. I I totally commend them for at least considering this a lot of people wouldn't know um, rebel stormers Stormers on the road again. This is what their fourth or fifth match fourth, I think on the road They put two in new zealand. They've played two here. I hope they have a bike coming up because they're gonna be tired
01:06:29
Speaker
They're gonna be tired. Yeah, um, and they've rotated some guys I understand like that's about didn't play last game, but still I Yeah, they gotta probably rotate some more guys. So I'm still we're still I think we're gonna maintain our Our same as these picks here. Yeah, I I don't have a reason to not pick the rebels especially the way they've been playing me neither
01:06:48
Speaker
Here we go. This could be it. Because I know who you're picking. Chiefs Blues. Chiefs coming off the bye. Blues four on the spin. Although to say that the Chiefs aren't hot is probably also incorrect because they are also very much in the mood after their last few games. Yeah, they've been picking it up.
01:07:04
Speaker
You know, they obviously honked the Bulls. Yes, they did. So, yeah, this is a hard one to call, honestly. Well, the way I'm just looking at things, yeah, they had the bye week. And I think that the Chiefs are a better team overall than the Taws.
01:07:22
Speaker
And the tie still gave the Blues a run, right? No, you're probably right about that. So I'm gonna go with the Chiefs here. Yeah, I'm not I Love me some not an Anu. I love me some Sunnyville. Yeah, you know, I love me some Yawani brothers I still think gave me a Mac and company get done. Yeah
01:07:38
Speaker
Yeah. Here we go. This might be a fun one to pick. Brumby's at home against the Lions. Now this is probably going to be one of the less entertaining matches, but it also will probably be one of the closer ones. Yeah, it's gonna be a bit of garbage. But yeah. So flip a coin and I'm coming up with the home team again.
01:07:55
Speaker
Yeah, Brumbies. Yeah. I'll give you a chance to catch up. I'm going to take the lines. Hopefully Cloggis Smith or Warren Whiteley or somebody is back for the frickin' lines to give them a little bit much, you know, it was very evident that Cloggis Smith was gone in that last match because they got no ball. They got no ball from the Sharks. All right, so there we go. Now we have something different to maybe give you a chance. Sharks, Guades.
01:08:23
Speaker
In this case, I'm going with the Sharks. Yeah. Well, they are the hot team and I am going to. They're hot. They're at home. Yes. And again, they they they will know. I feel like they'll know not to take the headquarters lightly. Yes. And that's the thing. The Jags bit somebody in the butt already. Right. And caught them napping. I don't think they're going to be able to do it a second time. No. And I think the Sharks are talented enough and good enough as a team to to prevent that from happening if they show up. Right.
01:08:53
Speaker
Bulls Reds Bulls at home Reds on their first one of their first road trips for a while I think the last one they played two games away from home now that I think this won't be a little bit longer I think this one's gonna be about three or four gamer for the Reds starting that off Reds just beat the Stormers and have been in decent form they absolutely torch the Brumbies
01:09:16
Speaker
right um and i'm gonna go with the reds here okay surprisingly because i think uh like you said they've they've they've been playing reasonably well uh the bulls are kind of to me hit and miss they can be yeah and so i and if the reds are going on a on a road trip you want to to start off that road trip with uh
01:09:37
Speaker
Yeah, they want a shot at the playoff. They need to win this thing. They need to have a successful road trip. Let's put it that way. Right. And then if you want to have a successful road trip, you need to start it off with a good performance. So I feel like they're going to rock up and throw their best effort. And I think that'll be enough. OK. Well.
01:09:55
Speaker
And I'm gonna take the Bulls because, um, Andre Pollard and company is going to be something that probably is going to be a little pissed after not playing last week, watching a team lose to a team they probably shouldn't have lost to. So I think him and Creole and everybody else that's on that team, Scott, assuming sculpt Brits is back from his red card.
Gentlemanly Conduct Reflection
01:10:15
Speaker
I don't, I don't think it was more than one because especially since they were both probably just like,
01:10:20
Speaker
Yes, I punched that dickhead in the face. What of it? Okay, one week. And there were also gentlemen about it afterwards. It's going to be an excellent match either way. This shouldn't be a bad one by any means whatsoever.
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01:11:06
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01:11:06
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01:12:22
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