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Rikand

When is the team news out ?

I want to make transfers!

Mr.Prodston

Rikand wrote: »

When is the team news out ?

I want to make transfers!

Thursday before we'll have a clear picture anyway. Some might announce tomorrow though.

Rikand

Ahem, lineups if you please

airmech

Where do we go to make new transfers?

AdMMM

airmech wrote: »

Where do we go to make new transfers?

I think they call it something like "Team Changes" when you login.

Mr.Prodston

Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Paul O'Connell (c), 4 Devin Toner, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Jack McGrath

Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Isaac Boss, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Felix Jones
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France: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Teddy Thomas, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Bernard Le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Eddy Ben Arous

Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Uini Atonio, 18 Vincent Debaty, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Loann Goujon, 21 Morgan Parra, 22 Rémi Talès, 23 Rémi Lamerat
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England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 James Haskell, 5 George Kruis, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.

Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Nick Easter, 20 Tom Croft, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Billy Twelvetrees.
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Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Andrea Masi, 11 Giovambattista Venditti, 10 Kelly Haimona, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Francesco Minto, 6 Mauro Bergamasco, 5 Marco Bortolami, 4 George Fabio Biagi, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Alberto De Marchi.

Replacements: 16 Andrea Manici, 17 Matias Aguero, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Joshua Furno, 20 Samuela Vunisa, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Giulio Bisegni.
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Scotland: 5 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Blair Cowan, 6 Rob Harley, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson.

Replacements: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Jim Hamilton, 20 Alasdair Strokosch, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Peter Horne, 23 Dougie Fife.

See correct team below
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Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (c), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Jake Ball, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Gethin Jenkins

Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Paul James, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Luke Charteris, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Mike Phillips, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Scott Williams

Planet Rugby is a good site for team news

http://www.planetrugby.com/rugby-union-competitions/six-nations

Gits_bone

I think Watson of England will be a popular transfer this week.

Dietsquirt

I'm thinking of going overkill with English backs; I'll overlook Sexton for Ford, with M Brown & A Watson. I think England will put 50+ pts on the board this weekend. To be honest any of England's numbers 10-15 are seriously good shouts.

Anyone else got some must-haves?

L.S.F

just joined the Irish Times one there, didn't do an ESPN one this time around

Mr.Prodston

I think I may have posted the wrong/last weeks Scottish team apologies

Here's the correct one I hope

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Lamont, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Blair Cowan, 6 Rob Harley, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson

Replacements: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Jon Welsh, 19 Jim Hamilton, 20 Alasdair Strokosch, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Greig Tonks, 23 Matt Scott

Also Samson Lee is ruled out for Wales with Aaron Jarvis replacing the tighthead

Rikand

I cant pick just 5 changes. I want to make like 10!

qwabercd

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

I think I may have posted the wrong/last weeks Scottish team apologies

Here's the correct one I hope

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Lamont, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Blair Cowan, 6 Rob Harley, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson

Replacements: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Jon Welsh, 19 Jim Hamilton, 20 Alasdair Strokosch, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Greig Tonks, 23 Matt Scott

Also Samson Lee is ruled out for Wales with Aaron Jarvis replacing the tighthead

I transferred in Seymour on foot of that! Now I'll have to make sure you get knocked outta our fsa champions league group!

Mr.Prodston

qwabercd wrote: »

I transferred in Seymour on foot of that! Now I'll have to make sure you get knocked outta our fsa champions league group!

Sorry obviously I didn't do it on purpose I was just trying to do it a quickly as possible yesterday

Gits_bone

All aboard the Watson train!

iroced

Right.

Irish Times team updated :cool:. I didn't pay (enough) attention last week but with (only) 3 players maximum from the same team, it's actually (a bit) tricky to make transfers.

Ditto ESPN team. Not happy of parting ways with captain Agüero :P :pac:...


Good luck to you all guys and come on... Ireland ! PSA's fate could be/is in your hands :P :pac:...

iroced

... And that's why ya shall all have PArisse in your team :cool:.


Sergio is really the firstname of legends .

Gits_bone

Everyone has Parisse so kinda doesn't gain you anything really.

Gits_bone

YES! Vunipola. A must have for me, absolute tank.

airmech

who got the assists for the 3 try s?

iroced

Gits_bone wrote: »

Everyone has Parisse so kinda doesn't gain you anything really.

True (though maybe not in the ESPN game) but outside fantasy I always liked this player. If he was not Italian he would be a true legend (though he's already one in Italy).

airmech wrote: »

who got the assists for the 3 try s?

Is it not Ford who gave the ball to Joseph?

thewools

Where can we get info on assists?

Joseph MOTM anyways... (dont have him :-( )

thewools

http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/england/match_centre.php?section=playstatshome&fixid=183801

Looks like I got a few assists anyways..

Gits_bone

thewools wrote: »

http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/england/match_centre.php?section=playstatshome&fixid=183801

Looks like I got a few assists anyways..

ATTWOOD! Yes!

He should have had a try last week too :mad:

thewools

Gits_bone wrote: »

ATTWOOD! Yes!

He should have had a try last week too :mad:

Had him last week - he got the chop this week for Ford and May...

Rikand

Vunipola ? ffs! I took him out to bring in more England backs!

Rikand

Though at least I had Parisse. Tbh, he was the very first name on my team sheet from week1

Gits_bone

49 gw score with 6 to play inc my kicker.

iroced

Rikand wrote: »

Vunipola ? ffs! I took him out to bring in more England backs!

Did the same ...

Gits_bone wrote: »

I think Watson of England will be a popular transfer this week.

It is all my fault but somehow I'm "angry" at you :pac:. I wanted to get in the English back who passed 4 Welsh player last week before scoring his try and you "made" me think it was Watson :mad: :pac:. Again all my fault for not having checked. Lost 15 pts here ...

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Overall not a great day for both my teams. Not very fortunate too with Brown, Thomas & Best (even Fofana who even if he went back in did not look 100%). Only saving grace is my late decision to go for Ben Youngs in my ESPN team.

Mr.Prodston

Joseph in the ESPN game worked a treat anyway. Mike Brown going off injured after a few minutes was not part of the plan in either game. He's Englands best back by a mile and scored a hatful of points the last few years.

Dropping Fofana in the centre for Lamont is my other big play in the ESPN game.

Hard luck yesterday Iroced, it was nervous times for the last 5-10 minutes.

iroced

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Hard luck yesterday Iroced, it was nervous times for the last 5-10 minutes.

Nah. We are crap. I was surprised how Ireland lowered down its level (or maybe I see you better than you are). Or... We really must have hurt you in history for your psychological blocking with us to be that big :eek:. Because on the back of the last 3 years unbeaten results you had against us and how poor we currently are in general, I still believe you should have crushed us yesterday. You made a hash of at least 2 great try opportunities that would have sealed the game for you and fully freed you from this mental thing.

As for us, we're just useless under PSA. We obviously worked a lot on the basics all week and were strong enough on them yesterday, particularly in defence but when it comes to building up attacking phases we turn into "disabled running puppets". The amount of knocks-ons, handling errors, passes into touch/behind the player/too short/too long/etc...:rolleyes::( was just desperating and is a disgrace to French rugby. Ah well 8 more months of suffering and hopefully we turn the FFR upside down and change things for once after the WC which, based on current form, could be a fiasco.

Gits_bone

RTE player died on my as usual just as richie gray had the ball. Was gray the one with the last pass?

hots

Any starting teams out yet? Need to get to the top of my work league this weekend I think!

Mr.Prodston

France: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Rémi Lamerat, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Sofiane Guitoune, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Bernard Le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Romain Taofifenua, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Eddy Ben Arous.

Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Uini Atonio, 18 Vincent Debaty, 19 Jocelino Suta, 20 Loann Goujon, 21 Sebastien Tillous-Borde, 22 Rémi Talès, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud.

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Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (c), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Gethin Jenkins.

Replacements: 16 Richard Hibbard, 17 Paul James, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Bradley Davies, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Mike Phillips, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Scott Williams.

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Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Peter Horne, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Blair Cowan, 6 Rob Harley, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Tim Swinson, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson.

Replacements: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Ben Toolis, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Greig Tonks, 23 Matt Scott.

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Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Michele Visentin, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Enrico Bacchin, 11 Giovambattista Venditti, 10 Kelly Haimona, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Joshua Furno, 4 George Fabio Biagi, 3 Dario Chistolini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Matias Aguero.

Replacements: 16 Andrea Manici, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Marco Fuser, 20 Samuela Vunisa, 21 Guglielmo Palazzini, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Giulio Bisegni.

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England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 James Haskell, 5 George Kruis, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.

Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Nick Easter, 20 Tom Croft, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Billy Twelvetrees.

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Ireland announced later today.


Teams taken from Planet Rugby previews of the 6 Nations games so presumably they're correct and I didn't screw them up like I did with Scotland the last time.

http://www.planetrugby.com/rugby-union-competitions/six-nations

Rikand

Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jordi Murphy, 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Paul O'Connell (c), 4 Devin Toner, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Jack McGrath

patmac

Bump any teams?

Rikand

i forgot all about this. probably related to how awful I'm doing.

iroced

WALES - IRELAND

Date: Saturday, March 14
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 14:30 GMT
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant Referees: Pascal Gauzère (France), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Graham Hughes

Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (c), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Gethin Jenkins

Replacements: 16 Richard Hibbard, 17 Rob Evans, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Mike Phillips, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Scott Williams.


Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 5 Paul O'Connell (c), 4 Devin Toner, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Jack McGrath

Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Felix Jones.



ENGLAND - SCOTLAND

Date: Saturday, March 14
Venue: Twickenham
Kick-off: 17:00 GMT
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant Referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Marius Mitrea (Italy)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 James Haskell, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.

Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Geoff Parling, 20 Tom Wood, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Billy Twelvetrees.


Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tommy Seymour, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 David Denton, 7 Blair Cowan, 6 Rob Harley, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Jim Hamilton, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson.

Replacements: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Johnnie Beattie, 21 Adam Ashe, 22 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 23 Greig Tonks.



ITALY - FRANCE

Date: Sunday, March 15
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 16:00 local (15:00 GMT)
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Andrea Masi, 11 Giovambattista Venditti, 10 Kelly Haimona, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Samuela Vunisa, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Joshua Furno, 4 George Fabio Biagi, 3 Dario Chistolini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Matias Aguero.

Replacements: 16 Andrea Manici, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Marco Barbini, 20 Guglielmo Palazzini, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Enrico Bacchin.


France: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Gaël Fickou, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Sébastian Tillous-Borde, 8 Loann Goujon, 7 Bernard le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Alexandre Flanquart, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Eddy Ben Arous.

Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Vincent Debaty, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Rory Kockott, 22 Jules Plisson, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud.

iroced

Decent scores so far for me in this round. Only 4 players to go in both games though. Can't believe I'm going into an Italy-France game with 2 Italians & 2 French and only 1 French back (shows how down we've gone ...).


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410th for the Round 4 and just outside 5k overall in the Irish Times game .

But only around 30k in the ESPN game (the "real" one since it respects the proper player positions and a much better balance of your squad) though I'd say there's a lot more players in this one.



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Oh and you won't believe it but... France won :eek: . Yes yes we did :rolleyes: ...

AdMMM

I've been using First Tryscorer odds as my deciding factor in choosing my players and it's been horrific. Rooted to the bottom of the table in all my leagues!

patmac

Well I'm winning the Boards ESPN comp after a good week but forgot the Irish Times one so not doing too well there.

Mr.Prodston

patmac wrote: »

Well I'm winning the Boards ESPN comp after a good week but forgot the Irish Times one so not doing too well there.

I'm 2nd in that but in general I'm not doing as well as I'd like in either. The IT is a write off though, much prefer having to pick specific positions in ESPN than the basically free for all in IT.

Rikand

I elected not to make 1 single change this week and jumped from mid-table obscurity up to 5th in the Irish Times league

patmac

Bump any teams?

iroced

http://www.planetrugby.com/
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AdMMM

Provisional Line-Ups - Italy v Wales (Saturday, 12:30)

Italy: McLean, Sarto, Morisi, Masi, Venditti, Haimona, Gori, Rizzo, Ghiraldini, Castrogiovanni, Biagi, Furno, Minto, Bergamasco, Vunisa.

Replacements: Manici, De Marchi, Chistolini, Geldenhuys, Barbieri, Palazzani, Orquera, Bacchin.

Wales: Halfpenny, North, J Davies, J Roberts, L Williams, Biggar, Webb, Evans, Baldwin, Jarvis, Charteris, A-W Jones, Lydiate, Warburton, Faletau.

Replacements: Owens, Gill, Andrews, Ball, Tipuric, G Davies, Priestland, S Williams.

Provisional Line-Ups - Scotland v Ireland (Saturday, 14:30)

Scotland: Hogg, Fife, Bennett, Scott, Seymour, Russell, Laidlaw, Grant, Ford, Murray, Hamilton, J Gray, Ashe, Cowan, Denton.

Replacements: Brown, Dickinson, Cross, Swinson, Harley, Hidalgo-Clyne, Tonks, Visser.

Ireland: Kearney, Bowe, Payne, Henshaw, Fitzgerald, Sexton, Murray, Healy, Best, Ross, Toner, O'Connell, O'Mahony, O'Brien, Heaslip.

Replacements: S Cronin, McGrath, Moore, Henderson, Murphy, Reddan, Madigan, F Jones.

Provisional Line-Ups - England v France (Saturday, 17:00)

England: Brown, Watson, Joseph, Burrell, Nowell, Ford, B Youngs, Marler, Hartley, Cole, Parling, Lawes, Haskell, Robshaw, B Vunipola.

Replacements: T Youngs, M Vunipola, Brookes, Easter, Wood, Wigglesworth, Cipriani, Twelvetrees.

France: Spedding, Huget, Fickou, Mermoz, Nakaitaci, Plisson, Tillous-Borde, Debaty, Guirado, Mas, Flanquart, Maestri, Dusautoir, le Roux, Goujon.

Replacements: Kayser, Slimani, Atonio, Taofifenua, Chouly, Kockott, Tales, Bastareaud.

Rikand

No Parisse for Italy is a serious problem

iroced

Had a great day yesterday in both games (despite no North, I was "that" close to get him in) for what was a thrilling 6N finale :eek: . Wales put up the tempo, Ireland kept it rolling and the best enemies offered us a fantastic game to wrap it up. One of the best day of rugby I ever witnessed. There was everything. The (general) quality of play, the attacking will and the thrilling suspense to decide this year winner. Congrats to Ireland in the end (with acknowledgements due to Sarto and Les Bleus :P).

So. Made a huge climb to claim the second spot in the ESPN comp and entered the top10 (7th) or dare I say a "finalist" position in "Olympic standard" for the first time in the Irish Times one :cool:.

Final positions. Inside top 15k in ESPN and inside top 3k in the Irish Times. Happy enough with that.

qwabercd

Finished 1k in the irishtimes, not great really there wouldn't be a huge amount of participants. There's really not much to fantasy rugby, should be more ways to score points.

iroced

qwabercd wrote: »

Finished 1k in the irishtimes, not great really there wouldn't be a huge amount of participants. There's really not much to fantasy rugby, should be more ways to score points.

I'd say there's at least 50k in the Irish Times and 100k in ESPN. So 1k in the former is not bad at all.

About the game itself, it's deliberately kept simple since the 6N appeals to everyone, rugby fans or not.
I know there's a fantasy game for the Top 14 and the game and scoring are much more complicated and you can't perform if you have no idea about the sport and its players.

qwabercd

iroced wrote: »

I'd say there's at least 50k in the Irish Times and 100k in ESPN. So 1k in the former is not bad at all.

About the game itself, it's deliberately kept simple since the 6N appeals to everyone, rugby fans or not.
I know there's a fantasy game for the Top 14 and the game and scoring are much more complicated and you can't perform if you have no idea about the sport and its players.

There's a team in my league whose players didn't even all start the first week and he made no transfers, finished 27k overall so there can't be much more than 35k teams. There's another team that finished 12k which only made transfers in GW1. Realistically probably not that much more than 6-8k active teams (i.e. made transfers each week).