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Season 4- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Premiership Round 23 & Super Rugby Round 10 Preview)
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It's another fun filled episode of talking about pretend rugby. On this version of FC, we are getting back into 6 Nations (yes for real this time) and of course our old friends TRM & the Premiership. Also, we have a look at the stellar job the Champi-Yanks League has been doing in Champions Cup Super Bru (and beyond really). Of course, we get into that silly thing we love to do, Start or Sit. Grab your notebooks and have a chuckle with us.
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Transcript
Introduction and Hosts
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey everybody, welcome back. It is the Fancy Rookie Inc. My name is Jared Doug. I'm Ben Glover. Let's dig in at Fancy Time. Yee-haw. I'm looking at another one. I'm also in a very celebratory mood because...
00:00:20
Speaker
of the 40s and yesterday. I'm going to light one up for them. So you're celebrating the holiday. So everybody celebrate.
Fantasy Rugby Strategy Discussion
00:00:34
Speaker
Yeah, back to back to our old friends in TRM this week. Nice. We got to come up with a plan for this week because I got nothing I've I've so much though I just wait and see who's playing but
00:00:50
Speaker
I am, I have the plan to be dropping who is it? Um, Creevy and probably Radwin, which I'm going to be up over 600 K of free space. And I'm like, I don't know. I have to be a kid in candy store this weekend. Yep. Yeah. I have a little bit of spare change from last time. And I have some guys I can release. Um, although it's, it's, I'm kind of shocked at some of the, um, price changes that have happened.
00:01:21
Speaker
over this period with, who was it went down? Freddie Clark went down now. He's down to, he's lower than when I signed him way back when, which kind of freaks me out. I'm not happy about that. Yeah, you see, I got him early. I got him really early. I got him at 170. Okay. So I was able to, I'm still in good shape.
00:01:46
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I've had it got him at 193. But still, I'm like, wait, he's down to 192. He was well over 200 for a bit there. I don't know why he would have come down. Yeah, weird. Yeah, like I could get... There's guys I have every intention of getting rid of. It's whether or not I can do it. But with some spare change, I think I'll be okay.
00:02:08
Speaker
I think it'll be just fine.
Women's Six Nations Teams
00:02:12
Speaker
So I was an idiot and forgot that the women's Six Nations was skipping a week and we were talking about the fantasy last week. Well, we'll talk about it again anyway. Don't die over there. We do have a Friday match. I think the Wales and the France squads have already been announced as well. I'd be wrong. Uncertain.
00:02:37
Speaker
I thought I saw it. So again, I could be making shit up. I'm very good at that. So there's that. Again, it's probably not going to be the same type of result for France against Wales in Wales as opposed to Wales, you know, they got beat up on by England back in England. So that was always going to be a tough ask for them.
00:03:04
Speaker
I'm kind of worried for the Irish because, as Ben will note, that we had some new call-ups for the Irish women.
00:03:13
Speaker
It's not so much that the we you're going to play those women that were called up, although some of them were definitely would have definitely been worth a shot. But now you're looking at one, they're playing England, obviously, that's not never good. That's just gonna be tough right now. Right. And but then you have also now have, you know, you lose the talent around some of the players that you're picking. And that's really effing annoying. So right.
00:03:35
Speaker
Like all all of my like all of my French players, I know Jugang is will still be there. She'll still be available. Yeah. But Parsons is gone. Higgins is gone. Monaghan's hurt. Yeah. Like this is this is not good for for Ireland. No.
Player Performance Changes
00:03:52
Speaker
And not not really a good look either that that this is how they you know that first off, these players, you know, have to have to leave because they're not they have to go get paid.
00:04:02
Speaker
Yeah, like, what the fuck? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Here, I got the one of the one of the lineups right here, Wales.
00:04:13
Speaker
So if you scroll down the side of the, uh, fancy page, then you will, you could possibly notice some out there. There's the whales. Uh, I can't get to the French, the French team is down there is also there, but if you click through to the Twitter, it'll take you there. Um, so yeah, there you go. That's there. Um, butchers is still in little craps back at eight.
00:04:34
Speaker
I like butchers a lot actually. So I might keep her. She scored pretty well over the whole thing. And I can't, I can't not pick a team with jazz joys, even when I want another wing. Cause it's like, you only get so many picks obviously. So it's like, and she's still a fairly quality option, but you just have to weigh out, you know, is the, is the wing you're picking one, the correct one and two, you know, do you want to risk that? So.
00:05:06
Speaker
Here's a hack that I found that that Kelly Powell is she's she's a 10 in the in the game in the fantasy game. But I mean, she's there 15. OK, so she gets a lot of those, you know, that that kick return meters and and and missed, you know, tackle bust stuff like that. So she gets she gets decent point, decent 10 points from 15. She's not their kicker. But so you don't get really the kicking points there. But
00:05:36
Speaker
You do get like, you know, another, um, outside back player type
Fantasy Rugby Player Analysis
00:05:41
Speaker
points. Yeah. And sometimes that can be a good thing. Sometimes that can be a great thing. She got me, she had me 37.7. My bad. In a 58 to five loss.
00:05:52
Speaker
Yeah, it's a shit house. Let me see. I had from from from your tens. That's not bad. I had Roland and she had 45. So that's an eight point difference. But really, you know, you can use that elsewhere. I can use that. Right. Right. Exactly. Right. Because then you have the likes of Molly Packer and Sarah Byrne and all the speedsters that England has to possibly grab instead.
00:06:15
Speaker
Exactly. It was just, you know, and you give up eight points there and you can make it up with by, you know, over 30 or so. Oh, easily, easily, easily agreed. Agreed. Um, let's have a look, see at, look at, um, super because super brew is being a dick right now.
League Standings and Matchups
00:06:36
Speaker
Um, Oh, is it? Oh yeah. Just wants to update like during this pod, I swear.
00:06:44
Speaker
Um, let's see. So last week's results were, um, I beat George. Yay. I never did not expect that. And I didn't, it wasn't a pillow fight either. I put, I put a hundred up. So I'm proud of myself for that one. My last good game. Let's be real. Um, and then we have Justin and Justin and Duncan for a frigging fight in one 38 to one 25. That's, that's tough. Well, the, the, the, the shame of, of head to head fancy matchup. Um,
00:07:14
Speaker
Carrick fell to Anton and then Ben was able to topple Mark. So that leaves us in interesting positions to say the least going into the, we only got like three weeks left, I think of regular comp. Yeah. So it's Justin in front in the, in one division and one conference and then Anton in front for the other and then
00:07:40
Speaker
Um, George, the only one guarantee right now, he's definitely in, he's in. I don't think anybody would doubt that at this point. Right. Um, Georgia has one of the wild cards because he's actually equal to the best record in our conference, the one that I'm in. Um, and then it's,
00:07:58
Speaker
three people with four and five. Right now, Duncan's the other person in and then yeah, three and six for Mark and Ben. So this is not over yet. Now, we have lots to determine here. So strap strap them in and hang on.
00:08:15
Speaker
Let's see, what's the match-ups this week? We have doo-doo-doo-doo. 11. Yep. All right. So yeah, two weeks left.
League Playoff Strategies
00:08:24
Speaker
So hang on. Hang on to your boots, kids. Right. Oh, it's you and me. That'll be interesting. Wait. I have me playing Justin. Are you looking at the wrong week? Nope.
00:08:35
Speaker
week. Oh, I just jumped in a week. You're right. My bad. My fault. Hey, look at that. I haven't done that before. Alright, so three weeks left. Three weeks left. Yeah, so it's Carrick and Duncan, George and Anton, Mark and myself and then Ben and Justin. All right. Yeah, you and your nine next week and
00:08:54
Speaker
Justin, go easy on me. You're in. Just be nice. He is in. I don't think there's any doubt about that at this point. No, I think he's guaranteed at this point, because if only three weeks left, and he's got like a... Yeah, he has at least a three game lead on... There's only two people in the league who could tie him. So... Yeah, one of the leader in the other group. So yeah, he's good to go. I just think you would like to
00:09:21
Speaker
Yeah, I'm sure he wants the better. Sure. I think he would just like, you know, obviously it would benefit him if I'm in. Yeah. In what way is that chief? It would be an easy, easy first round victory. Just saying.
Fantasy Rugby Lineup Decisions
00:09:35
Speaker
Might be, might be a good, good week to, you know, lay low. Save the points for another week.
00:09:44
Speaker
All right, our Superbrew is not updating us. Last I knew, though, we were... Champions League was doing quite well. Hold on, I think it's working for me. So I can say, oh, no, I see what you're saying. Yeah, everything else was working for me. Now it's fine. Not today. Nope.
00:10:05
Speaker
Um, but that's okay. That happens. Um, it was literally just working. I had to go open my mouth. Yeah. Um, I can, and I can't even give you the team around. So that sucks. Uh, hopefully it'll, hopefully it'll come back to when we, when we get to it or when we get to through, um, some of our start, sit stuff. Um, but would that be the case? It's time to start it. It's time to go start sit.
00:10:36
Speaker
All right. I think it's me. Yeah. Yeah. Bristol and Gloucester. All right. So this will be fine. Gloucester are the opposition for Bristol this week. So you know what that means. It's a good week for the opposition halfback. A good one here, obviously, with Harry Randall about. So he's a thumbs up for me. Harry Thacker has been in good form as well. And eight straight hookers have gotten 25 plus against Gloucester. So he's a thumbs up if you have him.
00:11:05
Speaker
Yeah. Pine the likes of Morahan and company Gloucester are number one versus wings. Just yeah, kind of be very fearful of that one.
00:11:15
Speaker
Gloucester Bristol bottom three versus fly half. So Adam Hastings comes back into play this week. Don't recommend buying him, but if you have him, he's a good, this is a good week to play him. Bristol are also a bottom three versus number eight. So that puts Ackerman in play maybe worth the buy this week, depending on where you're at. But again, more for those that already have him as this recommendation here.
00:11:38
Speaker
Sigelton and or Sesino go to the bench this week. Bristol are strong versus Rutgers. I think they're either two or three. So I would skip that as well. Even though I do like them. That's a good knowledge because those guys have been on fire. Yeah, just bench. Not completely kick. Just bench. Right. Right. Because you never know. Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
In-depth Matchup Analysis
00:11:59
Speaker
Off to Newcastle hosting the Irish. Newcastle are pretty shit in attack. They're decent in defense. Irish are great in attack and quite terrible in defense, fantasy-wise, obviously. For the Newcastle Falcons, Maguigan is a must-start at this point.
00:12:21
Speaker
You just can't take him out. Peterson and Robinson, the exiles are 10th versus Locks. So or at least towards the bottom. I am dealing with a little older stats for reasons. But Peterson Robinson still obviously a good start. Phil Van Der Waal may get a start. And if he plays, he's worth having in your lineup because I would like to see them give him a run towards the end of the year.
00:12:49
Speaker
I think they might. Radwin is a good bench option, but he's not really scoring all that well. And as I was saying, I think on a previous pod, at this point, you're really looking to have value on your team. And I don't think that Radwin is going to increase in his value. So it might be time to move on and prepare for the next round. And maybe if you could drop him and pick up
00:13:20
Speaker
like, you know, fuck, what's it, you know, any of the Saints backs, really, but Freeman in particular, he's like 155 that you gain 100k right there. And then on top of that, Freeman will will increase in in his value to like, so something like that. Started looking for I yeah, started looking to cut.
00:13:44
Speaker
of Raglan. I'm definitely going to this year, this week. And speaking of which, Creevy is still a go. I'm cutting him, but he's still a go. That's just because I have him a Wigan now. And then obviously the props for the Irish have been excellent. Otherwise in the forwards, Pearson, if he plays, would be a great option.
00:14:04
Speaker
Either Phipps or White are fine. White has been my bench nine all year and has filled that role really well. So he's worth having on your bench as a cheap option just to score points. He won't increase in value, though. That's your only problem. Yeah, probably the only issue. BGA VR and Rona should score really well. Luke Kessler at the bottom versus Sanders. Ollie Hassell Collins, again, a great start as our whoever plays at the other back three positions.
00:14:35
Speaker
Yeah, like that. Like that a lot. Yeah. OK. And the other dude should score OK, but don't know. We don't have him on our teams. No, we don't. We don't. We don't find something we do.
00:14:53
Speaker
Quinn's and Lester. This would be interesting. For the Quinn's, DC isn't okay play this week if you're stuck. A lot of us have him, obviously. Lester give up about 20 on average, so it won't be the end of your week if he's your play.
00:15:08
Speaker
hopefully eclipse it just a little bit but so just don't certainly don't captain them that's for sure. Likewise same advice for Alex Dombrandt about the same average plus he's just a different player as well in terms of what Lester usually play. So we'll see how that goes again how he goes against the strong defense but again probably okay to play if you're
00:15:30
Speaker
in that position. But again, definitely don't captain him. Lester are very strong up the middle. So Andre might be okay. But that 13 shirt is a huge hole against this defense. Nine points on average. Yeah. So the guy that usually plays it is Joe Martian. So terrifying Northmore as well to have a seat.
00:15:53
Speaker
For the Tigers, Montoya Montosha should be back and rested. So roll them out there. Probably a front runner for number one hooker this week, especially with said rest. Port is another strong play this week. Queens are fourth from bottom in average versus fly half. So thumbs up to him.
00:16:12
Speaker
Not that I love him, but you know, I respect the fact that he's a damn good fancy asset. Fetchers have not done well over the season versus Quinn. So that puts Tommy Rafal on the pine and anyone that's playing seven that's not him is definitely not good either. So just keep your eyes peeled on that lineup.
00:16:30
Speaker
Yeah, that's the thing. I'm wondering what what Lester do this week, because kind of as I was saying with Justin there, they're they're guaranteed a spot and they kind of they beat the shit out of themselves and they have, you know, Leinster in two weeks. They might just say, you know what, guys? Why don't we like they could. Why don't we take it easy for for this week? They don't you know, they don't have anything to prove against the twins.
00:16:58
Speaker
right now. So then the other thing is then the twins don't see your best ahead of potential knockouts. So just just as a thought. We'll have to see what what what Lester roll with. I guess we'll learn Friday. Not tomorrow. Damn. I want to know now.
Team Strategies and Predictions
00:17:18
Speaker
I want to know now off to the wreck for Bath versus the Saints.
00:17:23
Speaker
Uh, bath's attack and their defenses are top three and attacking kind of in the middle of the pack and defense. I mean, we knew we kind of know which way this, this match is going to go already. Um, for bath, I'm hesitant to start anyone really. Cause the, the guys that they have that score are super expensive and that you don't really want them on your team right now. Um,
00:17:48
Speaker
Orlando Bailey at 10 could do OK. Muir could score if he's playing. But other than that, I look elsewhere. As much as I like the players for Beth, I just don't want to pay the money for the ones that score points. Right. On the other side, Matt of AC, ribbons, Ludlam and maybe truck in the forwards. But then the back michelon out is a full go. Is that are pretty decent against backs, but
00:18:17
Speaker
The Saints are a backspace team in a lot of ways, as far as how they want to run their attack. So the backs are the ones that are going to just score up and down. And they have some angry players who just like scoring for just to take it out on the other team. I don't even think they score for fun as much as they just did for spite. Oh, now we're going to do it again. Fuck you. Stop us. Hutchinson, in particular, has been
00:18:48
Speaker
through angry in attack. Yes, he runs he runs angry right now. I agree.
00:18:53
Speaker
All right. Wasp and Worcester. Ooh. For the Wasp. Did you hear that Duhan is out? He's he broke a rib. Oh, did he crack one week? He's not on this list for me today anyway, so it's OK. There you go. For the Wasp. We saw the return of Dan Frost as he reentered the mix recently. He was on a tear before he got hurt. So if he's wearing that two shirt, he's a go.
00:19:20
Speaker
I expect a big week for Tom Willis as well. Number eight is one of the most vulnerable positions in this whole Worcester defense. Um, and he's kind of a good one too. So, um, I think Robson could get back on track here, but I'm not going to tell you to pie him, but also consider that he hasn't scored above 25 in a minute. Like round 14 was the last time he scored above 25. So just keep that in mind for everybody out there looking for that.
00:19:48
Speaker
Um, for Worcester, uh, the opposite hook is also in play. Um, was give up plenty of points. Third, third worst on average. Um, so nylon net becomes a, becomes a possibility. Uh, if you have him or if you're just in that type of need, um, badly as ago, both locked position score fine against was on average bench is a perfectly fine spot for him too. Um, especially if you have the likes of Freddie Clark, you're probably not going to start him over him. Um,
00:20:15
Speaker
Waller is still in prove it territory for me. This isn't a bad matchup, but they're all also better options out there. There are better options out there as well. So that's why I'm still kind of on that one. Plus, like Ben said, we want to start shifting towards teams. They're going to at least have a shot to get to the playoff, you know, get to the semifinal here. And last for me, and I guess for us off the stone X series and
00:20:46
Speaker
an Exeter. I'm just hoping the right Saris team shows up to this. So going by that, in case that happens, this is how it will go down. Saris are at the top in attack and they're like, you know, top two, I think, in both attack and defense. Exeter towards the bottom in both. So let that get, you know, whatever you think is going to happen on the pitch, the points are
00:21:15
Speaker
there'll be there for Sarries. Let's put it that way in Exeter. You never know, it's going to be a crap sheet. For the Sarries, whoever's at hook, whether it's Jenks or Woolley, they'll score fine. Vincent Koch will score excellently. Exeter just give up, you know, because that's what they do. They do the pick and goes. They do the one-off hits right off the breakdown. So it's easy tackles for the props and locks. So Morrow,
00:21:41
Speaker
Ben Earl should have a day fantasy-wise, even if he doesn't do much in attack, he'll have a day. Farrell and Max Malins should score fairly well themselves. On the Exeter side, I didn't mention Ezekiel because... Ezekiel has had all his points sucked away by Maro. Yeah, it's just kind of the way it works. And, you know, if Theo's playing, you know, any of those guys play him, but if they're playing, but...
00:22:12
Speaker
Expectations. Beware. Right. It's it's going to go to Etoge and Earl and stuff like that. But they're all going to score well. So there's their points this week, probably. Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:21
Speaker
Um, on the Exeter side, shickering at this point, I think you kind of have to, it's time to bend the knee. All right. He scores points. Get it. All right. I get it. Um, any other forwards not named Simmons are going to be a crapshoot in this one because Ewers might Ewers over a try, but like.
00:22:43
Speaker
He also might yours himself into a card. Right. And we're otherwise just not do anything, which is normally what happens. Monder is startable if you're into that kind of thing. If you want to start him. So he's somehow been a very good scoring nine and Sarries are actually really terrible against nines. They are. The rest of the backs may be hog.
00:23:09
Speaker
But I am actually, you know, I said I was going to cut Radwin, but I'm kind of torn between him and Ollie Woodburn as to who I'm actually going to drop. OK, yeah, that's also that's a tough one. Yeah, it's a tough one. Not easy. No, I agree. All right. We on the week for prom. We are.
Super Rugby Matchups
00:23:29
Speaker
We are. OK, so.
00:23:31
Speaker
My start of the week, I mentioned him already, and he's got a very, very mouthwatering matchup. He's on fire. He's probably gonna be a little pissed. And yeah, he's also one of my favorite players out there. So my start of the week for around 23, holy shit, of the prem is Bristol and England halfback, Harry Randall. Nice. Yeah, that is a tasty matchup for him.
00:23:58
Speaker
Um, I, because I mentioned mine, uh, my start of the week, not that I quite meant to, but I'm sure it was, it was right there. Um, just on the tip of the tongue. Right. But, uh, Rory Hutchinson, who is, could have a serious day against that bath back line. Yeah. The hodge. Yeah. He's, he's, he's one to, to hit your wagon too. Um, now he's got that classic center fullback.
00:24:28
Speaker
designation. He's played in a full battle. Yeah. It's nice. It's nice. Nice possibility in there.
00:24:35
Speaker
Yeah. Um, sits. Um, so again, uh, I mentioned this guy, he's also one of my favorite players out there, but his matchup is just absolutely a big old bucket of note for me. Um, not to say that he can't, he can't possibly bust this, but the odds are just as the opposite of the Hunger Games, the odds are not in his favor. Um, so my, my city of the week for around 23 of the prem is England and Quinn center, Joe Martian.
00:25:05
Speaker
Hmm. Ouch. Yeah. Yeah. I hope I'm wrong. I really hope I'm wrong. My city of the week is also from that same match. And he's somebody that you did not mention as you went through. And he's kind of an under the radar fantasy player, not so much. And you notice him when he's playing fantasy wise. He's kind of hit not so much hit and miss, but like he's kind of solid too great, but
00:25:32
Speaker
in a position where a lot of players score really well. This is not the week to start Hanra Leibenberg. Carla Quinn's are like number two or something like that against flankers. Yep, they're up there. And he's kind of rough, you know, when they go and get stuff there against those. He's just not.
00:25:50
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, he's going to be at six probably and that's not likely not against this team. I agree. All right. Let's jump. Let's jump down to the to the southern area there. Super Rugby Chiefs and ties. Ben's team for the Chiefs. This is this. Remember, these are all being played in Melbourne. There's no actual home team unless you're the rebels. That's about it.
00:26:16
Speaker
For the Chiefs, Chiefs front row, despite the war task, strong ranking, I'm going to say they're an okay play this week, especially with. Tonky, I'll go back to vowels in there as well. So I think they're okay. And you might not get 15 plus, but you're not going to, you'll be okay. I'm the highest average in starting 15 versus the war tosses 11 shirt in terms. So that's the one that you want. Ben's favorite player is to go for me this week. Couldn't do pie. He's wearing it. So he's a, he's a go for me. Yes. I actually agree with that.
00:26:45
Speaker
Yeah. Halfbacks have struggled against Huerta, so that means it's the wrong week to get cute and start Cortez. Ratima. Sorry, guys. I think I started him in the league last week, but I'm definitely going to be ditching him. Yeah, no. That was like a one-week. Totally. One-week rental. I'm like, yep. Thank you and goodbye.
00:27:02
Speaker
for the ties. Either mid is actually a go with me this week. So more so Parisรฉ than Roberts, but if you're absolutely desperate, she's give up a bit more than nine to each center spot. So that could do you worse. Both Moana Pacifica centers broke 10 last week. Okay, there you go. So case in point. Major loss like they both. Yeah, they got housed. That's big.
00:27:28
Speaker
Agreed. Speaking of halfbacks, Jake Gordon is a go. Chief's ranked ninth versus halfbacks and no Brad Weber. So it could be a much easier day for him than was originally planned probably. Marky Mark could have a tough week though. Chiefs are generally tough on those wearing the number 14 shirt less than six points on average. So I love the guy but seek alternatives and if you don't have it, then hope and pray. Yeah.
00:27:56
Speaker
All right. Blues versus Fijian Drua. There's no lineup yet for the Blues. Dicks. But start their front row, their entire back row and the entire back line. You'll be fine. Fijian Drua do have their lineup out. Their front row. Get me in bubble, I'd say. If you have no other option, go for it. Or if you have one of the teams that's on by now.
00:28:23
Speaker
don't feel too bad about picking up, you'll get some positivity, I believe. Matawalu and Rotave are decent, but I'm not sure on anyone else from that Fiji lineup. Would not want to be bad gambling on that. Same. Not where you want to put your money. Right. For the hurricanes and the reds,
00:28:51
Speaker
Hurricane's front row is another front row in play. Reds are middling versus front-nose, and they've shown that they can be even soft sometimes. So they're okay for me. Bailin Sullivan is a play every time he's in. This week is no different. Again, middling at best for Reds, despite the type of power that they have at the centers. Avoid Aiden Morgan. Don't be cute with that. Reds are a top against fly-haves. So even if you're desperate, that is not the place to go.
00:29:18
Speaker
For the Reds, front row could have a bit of a relief this week. Hurricanes have been surrendering points by the bucket full of the front rows that they face. Close your eyes and hope. Hurricanes are also very vulnerable to those in the outside back position. So, John Campbell, come on down. He's definitely won my picks for this week. That's a big one right there.
00:29:38
Speaker
Without knowing who has the T this week, it makes it tough to know whether or not Creighton, I guess that Creighton is worth the gamble. If you're desperate.
00:29:50
Speaker
sure why not just hope that he has the tea because it could be Stewart as well. Um, Hamish Stewart has kicked in the past. So maybe they want to give it to him and see, you know, what, and see what he has. But I know Stewart has kicked in the past, so they might give it to him as well. Um, but yeah, if you have inside information on that, please let us know. Pretty pleased with sugar on top.
00:30:12
Speaker
So for the Highlanders versus the Brumbies, Highlanders haven't put out a lineup yet. Thanks. They didn't put out a teaser that had no lineup, but the teaser tweet saying, here's your letter, you know, what a lineup and then it didn't have a
Super Rugby Team Evaluations
00:30:25
Speaker
lineup. Where is that? Yeah, thank you. But their front row should be fine. Shannon Frizzell scoring Mitch Hunt, Thomas Umaga Jensen, DeWine, Gregory is a bubble or other, you know,
00:30:40
Speaker
But other than Gregory, I'd say those are guys are all good, but he's kind of on the bubble for the Brumby's their front row, Valentini, L'Olessio, Muirhead, Clark, Wright, all could go off. Iqatao is on the bubble. Mm hmm. Because you'll see your back again. Yeah, that'll that'll be nice. That'll help them, too. Yeah. And they have a shot. This is a.
00:31:05
Speaker
You know, we did talk about it on the other pod. The Highlanders will give teams opportunities, especially early. And this Brumbies team could run it up early. That doesn't necessarily mean they'll win, but they could throw up some good fantasy points. So you know who their scorers are. So as the guys lean on this week, you'll be fine. Totally. Crusaders and Rebels.
00:31:34
Speaker
The only one's really playing the true away game here. They'll be fine. Yeah, I think I'll be right. For the Crusaders, Colin Grace has actually been in pretty good form. Rebels are learning plenty of loose forward points as well. So he's a thumbs up for me. Jack is back. Good. Hugh has returned. He's a play this week. Rebels are kind of soft at the middle, even though he's probably going to be unlimited pitch count here.
00:31:58
Speaker
So, but still, I'd play him especially if you're really in need. That's a fantastic option. Despite what I said about the loose forwards and Colin Grace, I'd still sit Matera, bubble at best. He's playing six and he hasn't scored that well so far, so.
00:32:14
Speaker
Yeah, keep that in mind. For the Rebels, Robliotta is another one that has returned. He's playing six. Again, there's a difference between playing a loose forward that's playing six and playing a guy that's designated as lock as a six. Right. He's a player for me, because I believe he's designated as a lock. Thumbs up. If I'm wrong about that, I will retract that.
00:32:35
Speaker
And Kelway, Kelway 13 again, um, Crusaders are actually also soft up the middle. So he's a thumbs up for me. Um, didn't do too terribly last week. And I think he'll get more comfortable in that 13 shirt as he goes. So he's ago. Um, Matt Phillip goes back to the pine for me. Unfortunately this week, because there's a strong against those that actually play in the true lock position second overall. So back to back, he goes, don't expect that. He got like 15 last week. That was damn good from a lock. Anyway, that grabbed him. You're welcome.
Fantasy Rugby Results Review
00:33:06
Speaker
OK, two of the weeks. I mentioned him and you did, too. He's back. He's got a tasty matchup against a team that just will give up points, especially when somebody has the tea, like no molestio. My start of the week. Yeah, nice. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. If you got him, you'll be happy with yourself. Right.
00:33:32
Speaker
For me, I did not mention this guy even though I mentioned the opposition and his position in particular. He has his partner in crime returning to play next to him and he is, the dude is just lights out when he's on form. Got a good matchup. So my start of the week for round 10 of Super Rugby is Crusaders and Kiwi Center, Braden and more.
00:34:03
Speaker
Should do well. Yeah, my set of the week. I don't recall if you mentioned him, but this is a guy who is near and dear to our hearts in a lot of ways. And you're going to, you know, we can see that first for sentimental reasons, wanting to pick him up, just just avoid him this week. He's finally starting, but don't.
00:34:25
Speaker
You know, just enjoy him on the field. You don't have to put him on your fantasy team. So have a sit on Jamie Roberts. Yeah. Yep. Um, not a great matchup. The chiefs are actually pretty decent against centers and he's not going to break one.
00:34:41
Speaker
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Um, so my, my city of the week comes from, uh, a team that I have absolutely been supporting the whole time, uh, despite them not being my team. Uh, but the matchup is just not awesome for them and especially his position. So, um, my city of the week for this week in round 10 of super OB is Calavity Revovo center. I'm just not, uh, just.
00:35:10
Speaker
He's been good. But again, I think if it was even bought, I probably still said him. Yeah, that's not gonna be fun for them. I don't disagree. I think checks gonna be back to like starting so that's gonna be a nightmare as well. So yeah, good luck. It's more of a they're not going to get enough opportunity to put up that might be true. Yeah, that might be what it is. Exactly. Yeah.
00:35:37
Speaker
Okay, here we go. So before we get to pick them, we have results up for SuperBroom. So Duncan still leads the way. Mark, George, George had the best week of all of us last week. Myself, Ben right up there on my heels. Anton, Carrick, and Justin. Justin is on the struggle bus with that one.
00:35:59
Speaker
But overall, I mean, I'm 60 second overall, right? We have we've got like five, six. Yeah, we have five or six guys in the top 100. Let's see. I'm in there. Would you say you're 60 seconds on? Where's I'm 60 seconds? Yeah, I think Anton still out of the top 100. If he is, he's not out by much. No.
00:36:29
Speaker
because he's got, hold on, he's got 11, 20. Okay. Yeah. So yeah, he's, he is. Yeah. He's going to be, he's one 86, one 86. Okay. So, but still there's five. Yeah. There's still five of us in the top 100. Like as the league goes, that's like,
00:36:50
Speaker
That's got to be up there. Yeah, I think we are. We are in the top 10 of leagues, I think. Yeah, in terms of average points, especially. I think George had, yeah, had something on it. Right.
00:37:02
Speaker
And also, also, if you didn't see, I don't remember which of us were in it, but, um, lead two from six nations was one of the top leagues. I was like, I think that was yours. I think that was your side. Is that my side? That last week that I had with Kapotso did it. I played him and Yohani. I will take partial credit for that.
00:37:26
Speaker
But in terms of the US, Ben and I are two and three. Right. It's kind of cool because you look at the
00:37:35
Speaker
If you look at the standings, it's TFRY right next to each other. Yep. Like we have a clue every once in a while, you know? Cool. Awesome. All right. Glad we got to that. And then the one thing I wanted to look at was, yes, that's what I want. I want player stats because I want to know what the team of the week was.
00:37:56
Speaker
team of the round was, excuse me, there we go. That's what I want. Round stats. Team of the round, let's see, was Furlong, Vamalina, Malvaca. I almost fricking played Malvaca too. God damn it. I think I have him.
00:38:12
Speaker
Lude, didn't see that one coming. The King, Joe Joyce. Loray kind of backing up that one performance he had in Northampton with another decent one, so good for him. Fritz Lee, I like Fritz Lee, but he was not going to be worth it for me because you only get eight transfers now.
00:38:29
Speaker
in this coming round and you need to keep that in mind. So, yep. Fritz Lee Aldrich, shocker of the day. Gibson Park, another good one. Intimac actually scored without the tee, so good for him. Henshaw and Fikku in the centers. Yeah, Henshaw had a great day. And then Lo Ramos and Vayano, Lo obviously being your captain. Yeah. I had Ramos on the bench.
00:38:59
Speaker
So I had Zebo, I started Zebo and Keenan other than- Yeah, I had Zebo. Low and damn, I left massive points right there for the second week in a row. I don't think I'm going to do that again. I think I'm going to start Ramos next week. You're going to give him the K though? I don't know. Yeah, that's the ultimate quick. Well, none of us are playing Marcus, so.
00:39:24
Speaker
Right. Oh, so only would have been 20. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. Mike, give him the, Mike, give him the tea. Yeah. Now you got, now you got, now you got thoughts to have there. I thought, yeah, there's a, you have to actually think about this deal with it. All right. All right. Here we go. Let's do pick them. Um, yeah.
Premiership and Super Rugby Predictions
00:39:47
Speaker
Bristol and Gloucester at Gloucester, the gate. Yeah. Gloucester. Bristol, I think they're going to be, they're going to be rehealing. Oh, totally. Yeah. After last week. Bad. And, and Rod, Roger is now out. He's having surgery. So he's out for the year.
00:40:03
Speaker
OK, yeah, I mean, nothing left to play for by the fuck. Yeah, I think that was it. I think that that I'm guessing he'd been hurt and they were just trying to, you know, see if they could do make some noise and champions cup. And now it's like, all right, we're just done this year. We're this year is pretty much over for us. You can go have your surgery without without issue. Yeah. Newcastle and London Irish, you know, it's up to Kingston. Yeah, I'm going to take the exercise. Quinn's Lester at the stoop.
00:40:33
Speaker
Right, Quinn's for the reasons I was saying earlier that right? I think Lester. Eat this one because they're they're in and they and I realized that saris could still catch him, so maybe that's that they might not, but just want to home summit final. Really? That's all you want, right? And and you you've earned that already, so it's kind of like yeah. Just maybe.
00:40:59
Speaker
go easy, go light, and don't let them see what you got because you're going to, in case you run into them, you see what they got because they need, they still need to win. So take that advantage. That's my, that's how I would approach it anyway. And even if you win, you win. Great. But they don't see what you, your full noise team has. Yeah. So close to, I'm going to take the win. They're going to be angry.
00:41:22
Speaker
Mm-hmm. That too. They'll be angry. That too. Bath, Northampton. I will take Northampton. Saints. Yeah. Wasp, Worcester. Duh. Wasp. Wasp. Series and Exeter. They owe them this one. They really do. Even if they play frickin' hideous rugby, they should still get it done. As long as they have their head out of their ass. And I don't know that I trust them to have their head out of their ass. But I'm still taking the series. Yeah, hopefully they do.
00:41:52
Speaker
Traveling south, Chiefs and Toz. I'm taking the water, Toz. I'm taking the Chiefs. Okay. I mean, I have to. You're obligated. But again, a match like this where it's a little bit of a toss up. I'm going to pick the Chiefs. Yeah. I like the way the Toz are playing.
00:42:18
Speaker
So I do too, but, um, and I'm not too happy with the way the chief's playing, but I think the chiefs are potentially still better. I know. Um, yeah. Blues and Drua. Blues. Blues. They are riding high. Kings and Reds. I'm not that stupid. I'm taking the Reds.
00:42:35
Speaker
I'm taking the reds as well. After last week's display. No, no, no, no, no, no. I do not believe in this team right now. I hope they do it, but I will still be ready for them. But the reds are... My brain says reds, so. Yeah. Your heart says the hurricanes, but my brain is a little bit ahead of that, thankfully, so we're going to go reds. Highlanders and Brumbies. Brumbies. Brumbies. One percent. And Crusaders and Rebels. Crusaders. Yep. Agreed.
00:43:05
Speaker
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00:43:30
Speaker
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