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Season 4- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Champions Cup Quarterfinal & Super Rugby Round 12 Preview)
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Hey we got it done, look at that. It's time for the Fantasy Corner from TFRY. On this episode of the FC we wrap up the official 6 Nations game look at our top performers, including some loser that won the pod league. We look back on a big week for many of us in CYL, especially in the TRM Prem League. We then look ahead to the coming week's quarterfinals in Champions Cup with a little this or that. Of course, we always have good old Start or Sit for Super Rugby (a big round too). Grab the notepads and crack one with us!
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Transcript
Podcast Return and Listener Engagement
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey, everybody. Welcome back. It is the face. I'm Ben. Let's get to the fancy stuff that we missed last week. And we had one of our patrons, Kevin was like, you guys alive? Yes, we're alive. We are barely alive. Just, you know, actually let the real life thing take over for once. Yeah, just actually, it's nice to have people reach out and be like, you guys are right, because he wasn't the only one. So no, he was. Yeah.
00:00:38
Speaker
We're out here. We're just trying to actually survive as a real person sometimes.
Women's Six Nations Final Weekend
00:00:46
Speaker
So let's go to Women's Six Nations final weekend. Our results are in. George won our podcast league. Yeah.
00:01:00
Speaker
Lame. I still want to know who this we are dough 68 like me. Yeah. No idea. And Wolfhound. I don't know who that is either. Right. So if you're listening to this, and you're either one of those people on the official fantasy game on Six Nations, please reach out. We'd love to have friends with you. Yes. Or at least, you know,
00:01:20
Speaker
Make fun of you if we already know you. Yeah, also that. If you're somebody you already know. Not on the pod, just in general. We can't talk shit if we don't know who you are. That's all I know.
Fantasy League Standings Update
00:01:35
Speaker
Yeah, you were third, and then I was fifth. So, not too bad. Out of 11. Okay, I got a little bit of that. Yeah. Your wife didn't even come last. No, she didn't. So, yeah. Hooray! I don't know. Rugby Bay is... Oh, rugby. Okay. Wow. Okay. I think rugby may have stopped playing. Yeah, I think they stopped caring after a while. Happens. How much are the best of us out here, man?
00:02:00
Speaker
So yeah, but thank you, everybody that played with us and followed along and all that good stuff. That was that was a lot of fun, as usual. Yeah. And great to see all the engagement for the fantasy. Totally. Rugby's. I love that. Love that. Love that. All right. OK, to. The perorship. See, I know the word of the word I'm looking for, the perorship, TRM. We didn't talk about it last week, obviously,
Champions Cup Analysis
00:02:27
Speaker
but it doesn't mean we didn't play it and we did.
00:02:30
Speaker
And there was some big numbers put up. Yes. And I was super happy about it. Cause I put up a lot of them where I had a lot of those players myself. So I'm, I'm, I'm definitely enjoying the, uh, the roster that I've put together. Cause you know, especially this weekend, having LRZ and Maylands and Hassell Collins and I added Freeman and I had stashed him on the bench. I had a Tompkins stashed him on the bench, but I mean,
00:02:56
Speaker
Yeah. There's a lot of points out there now and you don't have to have, you don't have to have a huge, um, uh, like pocketbook to have it. Cause like, I have guys on my bench, like, you know, I have Maro Toji who's not playable right now cause he's hurt, but I'm not going to cut him. Um, like, you know, so even the Toji less that's, you know, 400 K. You know, even if you haven't managed your team, well, you should have about my team on minus 100 minus 400 K or so. So points are available. Um,
00:03:26
Speaker
Make sure you're making your investments now, especially as we get closer to the knockout stages, because then it's just about which guys you can afford. Yeah, it is. You want to be able to afford the best because you get what, like seven or eight per team? Right. And you really don't have to eight because you have to have 28. I think so. Oh, wait, I don't know.
00:03:55
Speaker
So whatever, whatever it is, but like, even then you can buy shag. So there's not really, you know, there's not too much of a, you know, if you have to have 28, so that means you need five players, you know, you get like an Andrew Davidson or something like that, right? You don't play him, but that helps you afford, you know,
Champions League Personal Results
00:04:13
Speaker
some of the bigger players. Absolutely. Agreed.
00:04:18
Speaker
So the, let's see, we did have movement. I jumped ahead of Anton said, wait, we have any movement? Yes, we did. Yeah, that seems to be the only battle right now. Other than that, everything else is all but settled. Right. Although down at the bottom is still some fight, fight left to be done. There's some scrapping down there. Yeah.
00:04:35
Speaker
But yeah, so rankings right now are Ben, Duncan, myself, Anton, Mark, Carrick, George, and Justin holding up the bottom for the rest of us. In FRD,
00:04:50
Speaker
Champions League. Fuck yeah, this was the weekend you and I played and you got me by nine. I did. The last I checked, you had me by .2 points and then I refreshed it a day later and was quite happy. A couple of hard luck ones just didn't quite go my way. Vaihu did nothing. Gilbert did nothing.
00:05:11
Speaker
or no Gilbert didn't do nothing but he ended up getting a yellow card on top of his fucking try I think so that was unhelpful right it more than um cancels it out yeah definitely not a good thing um and then elsewhere uh Duncan beat George that was that was quite a fight as well um
00:05:34
Speaker
Carrick B. Justin and, uh, Mark went down to Anton. Anton put a pretty good number up there as well. Yeah. So it leaves still a lot to be played for coming in this weekend. I might avoid the SACO. I'm just like.
00:05:52
Speaker
Yeah, you're Justin, go easy on me. You're good. So Carrick and I both are could be in this thing. Like, yeah, there's so there. So Justin safe. Justin safe. Yeah. Yeah, Justin safe. Everybody else is fighting. Yeah, right. Be in there. So we'll see how it shakes out would be very interesting.
00:06:17
Speaker
But you love to have that at the end of these things, too.
Team Changes and Player Impact
00:06:22
Speaker
Let's see. Actually, yeah, let's go. Damn it. I did not mean to hit that page. Let's go. I'm going to dig into who's playing who because that's going to be fun. Oh, yeah, I'm playing Justin, I think so. Yeah, I know. I'm pretty sure I'm playing Carrick, but let's see the others just for shits and giggles here.
00:06:38
Speaker
There we go. Yep. So it is Mark and George. It's you and Justin and Anton and Duncan and myself and Carrick. Yep. So there you go. That's that's where that's at. Yikes. Good luck. Like I don't even know if you can't I'm not bothering to do the whole like I need to win and so and so whatever. I just need to win. That's just win and then see what happens honestly. And roll the dice. Right? Yeah. That's really all it is at this point. That's where it goes. And hope you score a lot of points.
00:07:08
Speaker
Yeah, I've got, I'm in this, I've got a shot, I've got a shot in the pod league, and Z Double Team actually has a shot too, so. Wow. Z Double Team has caught fire somehow. Would never have guessed that in a million years. Right. That's really sad. We get a couple of players here and there, like I've, you know, Teddy Tella was a turnaround point for us, I think, so. Yeah, and now we have a little CO.
00:07:35
Speaker
Oh, that's fuck. Yeah. That's so what I've noticed this in our leagues. Otherwise, is that at this point of the season, people drop somehow that valuable people get dropped. Like someone someone got tired of waiting around for Reese Hodge. So I snaffled him right up. And that's what's, you know, turning the corner for me because he's scoring again. Like the guys who are just crazily just sitting there on the waiver wire because people have to make some hardest like some of the better teams have to make some hard decisions here and there. So
00:08:05
Speaker
This is where, you know, teams like mine, where I'm just like one, you know, I don't have a fly half. I'm fucked. Suddenly I have a fly half. Hey, like, yeah. Because I picked up Teddy Tella in the pod league. And so it's like the one hole that I had, because that's where I had James O'Connor. Yes. He's going to be out for the future here. So it's like, fuck. Well, that ended my team. And then, whoop.
00:08:30
Speaker
Thank you, Teddy. Tell them I'll take you back in it. Back to it. We're obviously diving back into Champions Cup this weekend as well. So it's back to our old friends at Superbrew. I'll do a little this or that here. There's some. Here's the thing. Some people are going to be making a lot of changes. I've got one, two, three, four, five, eight for this round.
00:08:59
Speaker
So I've got, yeah, I've got five, I have to change because they're no longer, uh, in this round, they're no longer in the comp. So yeah, that's going to be less than ideal. Um, yeah. Cause Marcus is out, uh, right before it is in, I could use it. Yeah. Like there's, there's a couple that I definitely need, need to do something about. Yeah.
00:09:21
Speaker
No, no,
Quarterfinal Match Expectations
00:09:22
Speaker
I personally don't. I'm not stuck at any one position. I have at least two. So, you know, at least enough to cover a lineup in, in the comp, but I'd prefer to obviously upgrade when I can. Right. And that exactly, I have the same thing. Like I have like witcherly and, and skeleton in the locks. I'm good. And I have to launch. So Dom Brant being out, I can, I can tell like, yeah, I have coverage almost everywhere.
00:09:46
Speaker
Always good to fit. I think center I'm kind of fucked because Marchant and Brad Radra are out. Yeah, good luck with that. You're gonna need to make one of those. But then I have fucking I have low Keenan, Zebo and Ramos. So it's like, I'm good in the backs. Good to go. Yeah, so there's only a couple of things I need to really work with. Yep. All right. So props.
00:10:11
Speaker
So I think also the team limit goes up to, yeah, team limits up to six now. Okay. So you got, you got a little bit more with the room with that as well. So you can obviously grab a few more players. So with that, for the prop, are you grabbing either Porter or for long? They are playing Lester, which won't be fun. Which won't be fun.
00:10:34
Speaker
Yeah, I think I could pick up for a lot. Like, I don't have him. I have Rod and Gens, so... Same. I might just stick with them. But, you know, if I didn't, if I had to pick someone, I would have no problem going with either of those two, really. Okay. Bevan Rod or Dave Kilcoyne from Munster? Bevan Rod. He just sneaky scores points.
00:11:05
Speaker
Like, yeah, same thing with TRM. It's like, you know, I don't quite notice him. And all of a sudden it's like, dude had like 30 points. Okay. Yeah. Where it comes from, but he makes it, he gets points. So I'm not, I'm not going to question it. Agreed. Um, if Ashman starts this week at hook, are you playing them?
00:11:32
Speaker
I mean, I wouldn't shy away from it. So that's, I mean, am I playing him? I'd have to see what else is available. I'd probably stick with Montoya, but if I was like really fucked there and like I would have no problem playing him. I just, I'm not sure I would want to cause I'm not sure. I wouldn't add him. Let's put it that way. Cause I think it's, I think he'd be a rental. If I had him, I'd play him.
00:12:00
Speaker
Same thing for, well, you wouldn't have Acre going into this, so. Ashman or one of the Toulouse guys? Avaka or Marsha? I go with Toulouse. Against Munster, yeah. I don't know that...
00:12:24
Speaker
Yeah. I think Rossing is going to be a problem. Yep. Um, okay. Locks. The lump sir, or, um, does he? Yeah. What does that happen? Uh, just recently. Like I just saw the news today. I think. Damn it. Well, that's what happens when I'm, when I go into a hole for a fucking weekend, um, the hole that was buffing. Let me confirm that.
00:12:50
Speaker
Eight weeks. Yeah. Balls. Well, I'll show about that.
Player Injuries and Strategies
00:12:55
Speaker
Um, okay. That makes things fun. So really, I think it's going to be, I think it comes down to at this point, we're going to see a lot of people with burn and skeleton. Yeah. Really. Cause as far as the points go, although literally didn't he score, but he scored seven for me against Exeter Exeter. That's different. Yeah.
00:13:18
Speaker
It's not bad, but they inflate those type five numbers because they just make tackles. Maybe you see like a Miafu or a Flamont or a Maloney from Leinster, but if you have those two guys, do you really want to burn one of those Toulouse slash Leinster spots? Right.
00:13:36
Speaker
So not really, I mean, wouldn't blame somebody if they want six. So you have, if you have six per team, that's, that's significant. That'd be hard to, cause there's some, like, there's probably at least two on, you know, either Leinster or to lose back three guys that you want. Right. And you might start two of them as well. So just as there is that possibility as well. Now you wouldn't normally do that when we had all the, when we had all those other teams, but now you, you might,
00:14:05
Speaker
you might rabbit you might back growers. Obviously, everybody's getting rid of a very popular guy with Dom brand. So now it's down to 40 replacement, but is it as easy as going to, you know, low? I don't know if Laurier is really going to do it. But do you go to maybe one of the other Leinster back rowers like Conan?
00:14:31
Speaker
I mean, I'd go Vanderflair. I have Vanderflair. I have it too. Like I said, I have Jelanche, Aldrit, Vanderflair. I am fine with that. I have to get rid of Dombrandt. I'll sort out who I'm going to add. But I think those are my starters. Although Aldrit, I might not. His points, he's not actually like, no, he's doing okay. But not like, he's not.
00:14:57
Speaker
blowing up. Let's put it that way. He's scoring decent points. But yeah. Um, how about this? I'll make you kind of pull teeth a little bit here. Jack O'Donohue from Munster or Jack Conan from Munster? Conan. Tigers will gather their, um,
00:15:23
Speaker
they're tough defensively, but they can be had. And, and it just takes you a little bit of a, you know, hitting the right, the right spot, getting the right guy to fend off and boom, it can happen. You know, they might not give up like the try, but yeah, you can get that line break from, from any of these power runners from, from Leinster too. Right. Um, if he starts again, could be another injury that I didn't miss, uh, that I missed, um, Mercer or Jean
00:15:56
Speaker
I mean, Mercer might be who I pick up from for Dom rent. Maybe I play him. Like, yeah, I've had him in my brain. You just read that. Yeah, I've had him in my brain since since he got through. Yeah. Well, we'll see how that goes. Maybe hopefully you start. That's the normal thing. You don't want to pick him up off off the bench. I can't imagine that Montpellier don't go for it, though. At this point, you're in it. You might as well win it like you can't you can't just
00:16:27
Speaker
give up in the court. You can't just say my quarter finals. I can't ever know, man. That would be kind of scandalous. I would think at this point. So I'd be annoyed if I was a Montpellier fan. That's for sure. Yeah. Or, you know, or basically anybody but her flower shelf. Right. Um, is there anybody else to pick at Scrum half that's not named Dupont or Gibson park?
00:16:57
Speaker
Like is, if they're playing, is Rynak or Kerbalo in the mix? Rynak is not, he's hurt. Oh, that's right. He's done for the year, isn't he? Yeah. I did see that. Okay. So nevermind. So he's not in. No. Murray's not going to do it. Young's. Nope. You're not picking Murray. Yeah. So, you know, just bing, bing, bing, bing.
00:17:23
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I think her bottle is the only other one in the mix and that's it for, for nine. So yeah, I'm sure we'll see a lot of the Gibson bar coupon combination for a lot of people. Um, crazy that to lose and Leinster are on the road. Yeah. Well, that's just, that was the circumstances of COVID and everything. That's really what played it out. Really did it man. That sucks. Yeah. Um,
Selecting Fly-halves: Who's the Best?
00:17:55
Speaker
George Ford or Joey Carberry? Oh, fuck you. Yeah. Carberry. I got to say, yeah, because they'll, he'll, he'll have opportunities. He'll have opportunities that Ford, I don't think we'll have possibility. Um, Johnny Sexton or E. Hi, West Johnny Sexton. Okay.
00:18:24
Speaker
Like, yeah, I mean, I don't mind either one of those. I honestly, I'll find out there. I don't mind any of them. Like, can you really count on a high West maintaining? I don't know. Honestly, like he's such a wild card and that's the thing. Like everybody knows it too. So it's like,
00:18:39
Speaker
I guess that depends on your circumstances. Do you want to do you want to roll the fucking dice? Then yeah, go west. It could be. Yeah, totally. If you need if you want to, you know, no guts, no glory, there's not. Don't let me hold your back. But that's what it is. If you go in that direction. Should you go in that direction? Um, oh, here we go. Johnson Dante or Peter hockey from Toulouse.
00:19:10
Speaker
Donte, I like Donte better. Yeah, I think his game will translate well to against the Irish. He is, let's see. Yeah, he's got, they're very similar in terms of scoring, very similar in terms of scoring. So we'll see how that works out.
00:19:36
Speaker
Who is your favorite Leinster center? Ringrose or Henshaw? I'm not counting Jimmy O'Brien because he had a real stinker last time. Right. And I would expect that again. Yeah. I like them both. I'm going to go Henshaw. Okay.
00:20:00
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, the one that's not a bad pick. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's hard not to say ring rose. Like I think I didn't know which name I was going to say until I started saying it right there. Cause I just don't, it is pretty much a coin flip, but I got to pick one. So yeah. All right. Um, do you deploy both low and Keenan in the same back three? No.
00:20:26
Speaker
I did that and I'm not going to do it again because Keenan is the guy who you're like, oh, he scores, he scores decent points until you put low and you're like, okay, nevermind. I'm not making the stake. Ramos is going in there for Keenan. I think he's a little bit of, I mean, between low and O'Brien, Keenan's been kind of,
00:20:52
Speaker
he's not keeping up. So he's scoring points, but it's not just not at that clip. So fine. Fine. I'm looking somewhere else. So yeah, he's just not going to get to have more than like, what's, what's he maxed out at?
00:21:04
Speaker
He had 20 and 28 and 27. Yeah. Bath, which was bad, but then the, the opening round of the car at the, um, the sports ground out in Galway. That was different story. Yeah. Um, yeah. And then not, not creating that last one, which I'm not sure anybody had that on the bill, the way that Lancer dominated that game, but never know. That's how it works out sometimes. Um, which Ross and guy you take an email for Tomah.
00:21:34
Speaker
I'm off. And I love Teddy Tomah. Probably more than I should, but.
00:21:44
Speaker
Yeah, you never know. He, he could have, he just has that game where he doesn't like, you know, he does care. You know, he's, he's, he is trying. He's just so good. It looks effortless. It's more often. Right. But like sometimes it just, he's not, he's not on, it's not working. So I'm going to email off because he, he's more like his, his floor is, I feel like a little bit lower or a little bit higher. Yep.
00:22:12
Speaker
Who is at the top of your brain for captain's pick this week? Um, it's, it's hard to stay with, uh, with, uh, Jonah low, um, James low, the other one, um, the other low, because just cause of the matchup left left one, um, Lester make it really difficult. But at the same time, what did Lester have out wide? Like.
00:22:39
Speaker
Nadolo, who won't be able to keep up with him, or Potter, who I think Lo will just fucking skin every single time. Potter's good, but he's not. I don't he can't. Lo is
00:22:56
Speaker
You know, like at the end of The Matrix when Neo is just using the one arm of Agent Smith. That. So, yeah, I guess I'm talking myself into Jonah Lowe again. I think that's maybe Lester's only weak spot. Certainly isn't through the forwards. And obviously- I'd take James Lowe. Yeah. You said Jonah again. I said fucking A.
00:23:27
Speaker
I was on it not too long ago. It happened to me a couple of times. What are you going to do, right? I don't. That wasn't it. There was something else that I was just like, wait. Yeah. I remember that too. I was like, oh, this is not good.
00:23:43
Speaker
I would honestly, I would honestly with Rossing play at La Defense, I think I might look at somebody there. It's hard to figure out which one it is, but if you can put your finger on someone there, that might be a good play as well. But the way sale play will just kill that. If sale play their way, they'll kill the game. And I don't think Rossing is going to let them. That's the thing. I don't think Rossing is going to let them. I hope not. Especially on that fast track. Right. Yeah.
00:24:12
Speaker
It'd be different if it was at like the AJ Bell, like that's way different. So I think that's that's a thought as well. Like, I mean, I have Fiku. He's a he's a consideration because this this the centers are kind of where they're where sale can be had. If you get around our JVR, there's not much else. Right. Because, you know, Sam James, it depends on who's in, but like they don't, you know,
00:24:40
Speaker
their centers are not strong. They might have the physicality, but you get around them and poof, goodbye. Yep. All right.
Fantasy Rugby Picks Debate
00:24:51
Speaker
Let's do the start sit thing. Yeah. I think I'm up first. Yeah, blues rebels. All right, blues and rebels. So blues get to be back at home, always good for the blues.
00:25:06
Speaker
Steven Parafetta, do not bat an eye. If you have him, put him right. He's at 10 and he's performed well there. So go ahead. Akira Uwani is another name that's out there for me. Rebels especially, leaving on at six is like kind of one of their weak spots, which is not really something that you think about when it comes to FRD. But Akira Uwani had a good week last week and I'd give him another whirl as well.
00:25:29
Speaker
On the other side of the coin, Finley Christie is a bubble for me. Rebels actually are okay defending the nine, and he's not been amazing in terms of scoring points. So if you need to, okay, but if you have other options, go find him.
00:25:45
Speaker
For the Rebels, Matt Phillip continues to be on a tear, even when, like, that's not a position I usually would recommend. And honestly, the Blues don't necessarily defend it well, so give it a go. You know, if you're a walk person, Matt Phillips your guy, and I hope you have him. Also, let's talk about nines, Joe Powell.
00:26:05
Speaker
could be an option. Blues aren't particularly strong against the nines at the moment. So that's another option. It would be a coin toss for me between Finley Christie and Joe Powell, honestly, because I know what both are capable of. The matchup is just really what makes it difficult. So that's what I'll say. Rebels front row, they've actually performed
00:26:28
Speaker
pretty well for the most part, um, in the season, despite all the, how bad they've been. This is not a good week for them now. Blues are now risen to the top of front row rankings. And that's not somewhere or near the top. And that's not somewhere I want to hang out if I'm a, if I'm playing a front row. So steer them.
00:26:45
Speaker
All right, off to Reds versus Highlanders. For the Reds, that whole back row, Uru, McRate, Wilson. Go, run them. Tate McDermott is running again, so don't shy away. Fluke back at the 13 instead of on the wing. I find that to be incredibly intriguing, and I think he'll do well. He scored on the weekend, too.
00:27:08
Speaker
and may do so again, because the Highlanders are significantly worse defensively than the Chiefs, which is saying a lot. Pattaya and Campbell are also options there, but the Highlanders really this week, you're looking at Hunt and maybe Thomas and their lineup is not looking points full. This is the way I would put it.
00:27:31
Speaker
So that's it. I do like the other Umaga Jensen as well. Yeah. Thomas. Right. Good to see him back. Yeah. Tuj and Puj. All right. Moana and Wartas.
00:27:44
Speaker
So for Moana Pacifica, the study at ease are kind of the ones you're looking at. So for me, the two names I got to point out right now are lately, a final, um, who's been pretty steady the whole year long and tiles aren't particularly great. It's depending on the 10 either, not to say that they're bad, but they're just not like top. Um, and talking about now why has been, uh, another one that's been up there, the, for the majority of the year. So I would not shy away from either one of those. Um, a guy that they're.
00:28:11
Speaker
that they lean on a lot is Timmy Stowers, but the back row is actually a really difficult spot in terms of what's going on against the ties. And so I'm going to point him out as a bubble, if not a set. There are a lot of back rows out there usually. So you can go out there and find a possible replacement that might do you just a tiny bit better.
00:28:32
Speaker
for the Waratahs. So if you haven't noticed, Moana Pacifica give up a ton of points to front rows. So anytime you can get your hands on one of the front row that's playing against them, do it. In this case, the Waratahs front row, which is also fairly good for the most part when one of them is not.
00:28:47
Speaker
getting red charted. So yeah, war toss front row is a thumbs up for me. Another real, real like highlight spot that I want to give to the ward for the war toss that because of who they're playing is the 13, which lands into Isaiah Breezy's lap. And actually, funny enough, like the 12 is not a position that gives up a time, but the 13 seems to just lap up the rest of it. Yeah, yeah. So it's funny how that works. Um,
00:29:16
Speaker
the other side of the coin. Unfortunately, again, another loose forward that I'm kind of kind of put a thumb down to. Will Harris playing six kind of concerns me and Moana aren't awful against sixes. So those two things kind of add up to my eyebrow going up and going, I'm going to look for another option if I have it. Because that might be that that could be a tough day. I'm not saying it's going to be but the we're talking about odds and probabilities here right now. And I don't like either one of them for Will Harris this weekend. No,
00:29:47
Speaker
I'm with you there. Back over to Chief Sprumby.
00:29:57
Speaker
This could be points full as well. Both these teams are pretty attacking and potentially give up points defensively to the opposition because Chiefs can be kind of shit on defense and Chiefs can score at will. And Brumbies are the guys you can run. And with the toms both back, as you can attest, they're pretty dangerous. So for the Chiefs, the front row, still an option, obviously.
00:30:27
Speaker
They got try scorers and ball handlers out there, so don't shy away there. Vai, yep, Peter Gus and Radama, Bryn Gatlin has been fantastic. And plus, with the kicking points that he'll get, because they'll score. Definitely worth a shot over some of the other tens out there this week. Tupaya,
00:30:52
Speaker
it's hard to say go with him but go with him because you know roll the dice you drafted him high. I know I did so you kind of have to because maybe he'll do well. Nankaville probably didn't draft nearly as high but you're fucking rolling him out there. James Lowe oh wait no I'm sorry Jonah Lowe. Stay away from Caleb Trask. He might score if you have to like if you have to roll Caleb Trask out there I
00:31:19
Speaker
The Lord be with you. You're in trouble, especially this week, this week of all weeks. On the other side, this guy with hair, Valentini, have you heard of him?
00:31:33
Speaker
Um, he's rather good. Yeah. Uh, the stardom little SEO stardom you're ahead. I'm kind of on the fence. Like you're kind of, if you start him, um, you're hoping he comes to your company pops one. Cause if he doesn't, it's, he doesn't do much. Um, it could tell should do all right. And as I mentioned that the two Tom's, um, with the problem he's playing well, they're out there and that as a cheese fan, I'm pooping a little bit. So start them. Definitely.
00:32:04
Speaker
All right. Force and Crusaders. I do not want to be the force. No. Bad news. But anyway, we're going to see if we can find some silver lining for you Western Force fans for the force.
Crusaders' Defense Analysis
00:32:19
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So reach down and pass to Zoa.
00:32:21
Speaker
Crusaders do give up points to 10s and he runs and he actually had a decent game last week as well. So, and that was despite the fact that he didn't have the tee for the majority of the match. So I'd give him a thumbs up this week. Kyle Godwin, who I don't love, but again, midfield has been kind of a, not soft spot, just like, you know, slight, slightly tender spot for the Crusaders and third, I'd rather a 13 than a 12. So Godwin is my pick there.
00:32:48
Speaker
on the other side of the coin. As much as we crap on the Crusaders for their nines and not being super high quality, they defend like assholes. So, Isaac finds a lot of their wass is on a thumbs down for me this week because Crusaders do not give up points to nines, period. So, that's bad news for everyone. So, like I said, as much as we crap on Drummond and Hall, that's one thing they seem to have down is they're defending, make life miserable for opposing nines.
00:33:17
Speaker
For the Crusaders, there's a lot of names that you're obviously just going to give thumbs up to. I'm going to highlight a couple of them. Todd Blacketer gives a thumbs up for me. The seven is actually one of the biggest soft spots in the forest defense. And that's where he's positioned himself. He's actually done a decent fantasy season as well so far. He's the one of their loose forwards that I would be okay with using. I like him and Grace right now, mostly.
00:33:45
Speaker
uh, Lester Feinga and Nuku again, another spot that's really, really been one of the, what was one of those numbers that caught my eye when I was looking over the numbers for forest defense. And that's the shirt that buying a Nuku is going to occupy this week. So he's obviously a go, um, should be a consideration for people's like start of the week. It's like, we're, we're going to talk about it in a minute. Um,
00:34:06
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On the other side of the coin, David have really, I love him as a player. I don't think he's going to be a great fan. Yes. In this game, especially, especially since one, the forest are actually pretty strong up the middle and two Braden or no, probably going to gather up most of the points, um, of the two of them. So I'm going to say he's a bubble to a set. Not great.
00:34:28
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off to hurricanes versus Drua. I think you can rest a little bit easier this week, just a little bit. Should be so fun. Yeah, it should be a hell of a match. This could be another just slugfest too, but spoilers, I think games will take it, but points are quite available. Unfortunately, the Drua lineup is not out yet, at least.
00:34:51
Speaker
last I checked. Let me just do it one more check. The final check check. No, not out. They have tweeted just not the lineup.
00:35:03
Speaker
So, for the Hurricanes, their front row should be a go. I'm going with their, basically, Gibson and Kharifi, not their number eight, who is a debutante, who are probably not even available in the game. But I think Blake Gibson and two-plus-two Kharifi will get you the points this week, because they'll be doing a lot of work to wipe his bum for him.
00:35:27
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TJ Parinara, obviously a go. Ryasi, Morgan, Proctor. Oh, I have two Ryasis. Who did I want? Sorry, I have to go back. This is good. Yeah. I probably meant to say Aidan Morgan at that point, because I think, again, like I said about the kicking points earlier, if anything, if nothing with,
00:35:56
Speaker
Brian Gatlin, if nothing else, Morgan should be kicking for points quite a bit. So he'll get you some score in there. It might be a good scramble type signing. And Houston, take a gamble on Sullivan and Morby anyway, if you need to. Don't hesitate, because it's a roll of the dice that will probably do better than Sullivan. Yeah, I like him a lot.
00:36:23
Speaker
On the other side for the Drua, Frank Lomani, I don't care that it's TJ. It's going to be, these two are going to be looking, it's going to be like one upmanship. It's going to be like, you know, anything you can do, I can do better kind of thing. And, you know, both these guys react well to that. So I'm looking forward to this, to watching those two.
00:36:43
Speaker
talk shit at each other while they try to run past each other. I mentioned Teddy Tella in the other pod, I guess, or maybe earlier, this one too. Definitely worth a get and a start here. Habosi and Rafouvou in the backs, the chart goes, and whoever's at seven and eight. So I'm assuming they'll have a seven and eight, but the other four, I'm making a gamble there, but I'm guessing they'll be playing. Ooh, I just got to look at the King's Land. She was on the bench.
00:37:14
Speaker
Well, I saw, yeah. Owen Franks is on the bench. Nope. Not that guy. The other one. Also bearded. Not Dane Coles. He's been on the bench. He's on the bench. Oh, has he not been playing? No, he has not been playing at all. Good to see that guy back. Oh, that's right. It was, I'm thinking of, fuck, who isn't on the blues? Riccatelli. Riccatelli. The other, you know, the other, well, he was former Kane, right? Yeah, former Kane. What the fuck with you and Hookers.
00:37:47
Speaker
All right. Of the weeks. So start of the week. Love this guy. Love his matchup. I haven't named him yet this year as a start of the week, I don't think. And I think this is a perfect time for it. As I said, matchup season, everything's added up. So my start of the week for around 12 of Super Rugby is Blues and all black swinger Caleb Clark. That's a good call. Yep.
00:38:13
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My start of the week, I'm trying to go with some guys here who you may be considering. They may be available on the waiver wire. You may have them on your team and you've been, you know, if you have, yeah, because at first it was going to be, you know, Mwunga. And then I realized that if you didn't pick first, you don't have Mwunga anyway. And if you had, you have him, you're fucking starting him. And then I realized that that's true of every single Crusader anyway. For the most part, like,
00:38:41
Speaker
If you have George Bridge, of course, you're fucking playing. Yeah, you don't have to tell you to start them. They don't start of the week. So my real start of the week is like the entire Crusaders team. But failing that my start of the week this week is a guy who was certainly probably not on your roster when the season started or maybe not even on your radar.
Fantasy Rugby Start/Sit Recommendations
00:39:01
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Charlie Gamble, he of the the stunning
00:39:06
Speaker
Hair and mustache combo. Yeah. She's gorgeous. He should do well against Moana Pacifica. Yep. I will not argue with that.
00:39:19
Speaker
Um, I sit, um, you're going to be mad at me. My, so my, so the week, um, it's a tough matchup. He's not been amazing in terms of fantasy numbers and, you know, great player, just again, not putting it up in the scoreboard where it counts, which is what we're talking about here. So my city of the week for round 12 of super rugby is all black and chiefs flanker, Luke Jacobson.
00:39:44
Speaker
Yeah, I think that's fair. He's that's a good call because like he is somebody you might want to pick up. Peter Gus is the only chief's back back row worth having. So I fully fully support that. No, no, no question there. My sin of the week is a guy who actually was, you know, had him named at first as a someone to to
00:40:08
Speaker
consider. And then I looked at I remembered the opposition that he's playing against. Oh, it's always fun. I hate that moment. And and this guy is not he's a decent player, but he's only he's going to you know, he's not if you don't he's not scoring tries. He's not really getting your fantasy points. And he might be a guy who you want to take a gamble on this week, but I would not gamble on Scott Gregory against the Reds this week. That's not don't fuck around with the Reds. And he's not the kind of guy who
00:40:38
Speaker
He's not going to run by you. He'll dance a little bit. And I think the Reds shut those guys down better than, you know, than they get. They're just the pure runners, you know, guys who can just hit a gap. And that's not Scott Gregory's game. Nope. It hasn't been for a while. Right. All right. We got the pick of him.
00:40:57
Speaker
All right.
Champions Cup Predictions
00:40:58
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So champions cup quarterfinal. Here we go. Um, monster and to lose, to lose. Yeah. The defending champion, they approved the other week. They can still do it no matter where they are. So, uh, I'll give it to them. Yeah. I don't think monster can hang with them. Yeah. Like the passes that's that stick for to lose are going to be killers for, right? For a monster, I think. And it's tough to say that. Um,
00:41:26
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La Rochelle and Montpellier. I'm going to go with the former finalists. La Rochelle. Yeah. Yeah, especially since they're at home. And I don't know what Montpellier is going to bring. This is a matchup that could go either way, honestly, because it's, you know, it's French on French. It is. There is a damn good chance that Montpellier find a way to figure this out. They could. And I mean,
00:41:53
Speaker
You know, Jack Mercer could win this game in 20 minutes if you, you know, so, but I'm going to bet that it doesn't happen. Right. Uh, probably the match of the weekend, Lester and Leinster old friends reunited at well for road. So that's the only thing that's kept me considering anything else other than yeah, I'm going to go with the tigers.
00:42:19
Speaker
Okay. I'm going to go with Leinster, see if I can make up a match here. I think the winner of this comp comes from this match. I don't disagree. These two teams are playing ridiculous rugby and they're just head and shoulders above. And yeah, even Rossing is kind of, they're not looking unbeatable and Toulouse aren't looking unbeatable, but
00:42:49
Speaker
Yeah. These two teams are looking unbeatable. Right. Right. Making huge problems for teams. So, right. Yeah. I think the winner of this comp comes with this match. Rossing and sale. Rossing. Rossing. Sorry, sale. Sorry, AJ. Love you and all, but nope. Not your day. If you get to a semi-final, I will eat my hat. I mean, I will like...
00:43:11
Speaker
Toast your name. Absolutely. Just stay healthy. I mean, they're so much better with him. So you never know, but I don't think they're going to be good enough.
Super Rugby Match Predictions
00:43:23
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Super rugby. Blues Rebels. Blues.
00:43:29
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Reds and hounders, Reds. And pretty clear about Reds. Yep. Yep. That was not a mystery. Pacifica and Waratahs. And there'll be Pacifica will be back at home, but still. Chiefs, Brumbees. I'm going to give it to your guys because they're at home. I kind of am in the same boat. Yeah. So this was a good fucking luck, but they're back home, so I'll give it to them.
00:43:57
Speaker
Force Crusaders. There's no fucking way. Razor Roberts. No chance. You will fucking be killing people if that happens. Yeah. And the line that he put out is... Oh, it's full noise. It's totally full noise. Bridge, Vainganukyu and Jordan in the back three. Right. Yeah. Nope. It's bad news for everybody around. They're going to be angry and they're going to be taking it out on.
00:44:23
Speaker
Yeah, sorry. Sorry, guys. Go get a ticket if you're in Western Australia, because it's gonna be a show. Right. And hurricanes in Drua. God, I hope the hurricanes don't do this again. I'll take them. God damn. Shit. All right, cool. There we go. All right, do that. So we are, we finally did it. We're back. Hooray.
00:44:49
Speaker
Yeah. Holy shit. Fucking life getting in the way. Damn life. Love those kids, but yep, sometimes it just happens. Cool. Some of them are in fact. Can't confirm. So yeah, we're happy to be back. We're happy to be rolling again.
00:45:07
Speaker
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00:45:31
Speaker
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