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Deleted User wrote: »

Actually not UPC's fault, wasn't it ITV launched an Irish version of their primary channel and that's what we have now instead?

The current UTV Ireland (load of balls) is apparently unconnected to the previous UTV and ITV. I read up on it and it makes absolutely no sense at all. But yes, not UPC's fault. I wonder now that UPC is Virgin Media might we be able to tune ITV in the way Sky can?

b.gud

Deleted User wrote: »

Actually not UPC's fault, wasn't it ITV launched an Irish version of their primary channel and that's what we have now instead?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

The current UTV Ireland (load of balls) is apparently unconnected to the previous UTV and ITV. I read up on it and it makes absolutely no sense at all. But yes, not UPC's fault. I wonder now that UPC is Virgin Media might we be able to tune ITV in the way Sky can?

Ya sorry not really blaming UPC more a case of annoyed that it's the only option I have so I can't tune in channels like ITV or BBC Wales for the pro12 games

Johnny Farango

Hiya, Anyone know the best means of getting SOME selection information before the games kick off today?

Johnny Farango

Johnny Farango wrote: »

Hiya, Anyone know the best means of getting SOME selection information before the games kick off today?

Canada v Romania

Fiji v Uruguay

South Africa vs USA

Namibia v Georgia

Links for other games below, none updated at time of posting though

NZ v Tonga

Samoa v Scotland

Aus v Wales

England v Uruguay

Argentina v Namibia

Italy v Romania

France v Ireland

USA v Japan

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USA, Namibia & Romania have two games this Gameweek

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I've gone all in on England players this week. Will either be an in credible league winning move or a massive disaster. We shall see.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I've gone all in on England players this week. Will either be an in credible league winning move or a massive disaster. We shall see.

What's the national animal of Uruguay and I'll post a picture of it burning down Twickenham!!!

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Deleted User wrote: »

What's the national animal of Uruguay and I'll post a picture of it burning down Twickenham!!!

Their emblem is a Southern Lapwing.

aimee1

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What's the national animal of Uruguay and I'll post a picture of it burning down Twickenham!!!

Match is in manchester

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aimee1 wrote: »

Match is in manchester

The Super League Grand Final is on in Manchester that day too. Police will have their work cut out for them.

CurryFlavoured

b.gud wrote: »

Might be worth hanging onto an english wing given that they're playing Uruguay

I got Jack Nowell - reckon he should play seeing its meaningless and he hasn't played yet. Also May is injured, a bit risky but if he plays he should do well.

iroced

CurryFlavoured wrote: »

I got Jack Nowell - reckon he should play seeing its meaningless and he hasn't played yet. Also May is injured, a bit risky but if he plays he should do well.

Good shout . Though definitely better than Watson?


England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 George Ford, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 James Haskell, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Mako Vunipola.

Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Joe Marler, 18 David Wilson, 19 George Kruis, 20 Tom Wood, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Jonathan Joseph, 23 Mike Brown.


source: http://www.planetrugby.com/news/farrell-and-slade-at-centre-for-england/

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CurryFlavoured wrote: »

I got Jack Nowell - reckon he should play seeing its meaningless and he hasn't played yet. Also May is injured, a bit risky but if he plays he should do well.

I brought in Nowell and Slade on the same logic. Tried to get Goode too but couldn't make the sums work.

iroced

Argh... My last min move from Murray to Laidlaw does not look like it worked despite telling me the transfer did successfully happen since I can still see Murray in my starting team. Ah well... Hopefully he's not as useless as against Italy :rolleyes:.

iroced

iroced wrote: »

Argh... My last min move from Murray to Laidlaw does not look like it worked despite telling me the transfer did successfully happen since I can still see Murray in my starting team. Ah well... Hopefully he's not as useless as against Italy :rolleyes:.

I took a chance and put Farrell in as my kicker.

And for my sins I gave Picamoles my captaincy...

Macovei is the captain choice of the smart player. :pac: (Second time!)

iroced

Deleted User wrote: »

I took a chance and put Farrell in as my kicker.

And for my sins I gave Picamoles my captaincy...

Risky. Who does usually kick for England when both Farrell & Ford start?


Picamoles could work out well in this game. I took a chance on Nakarawa for captaincy for his "easy" fixture and got Goode, Watson & Sanchez in for respectively May, Brown & Sexton. The fact we knew the English starting line-up made me go for them. Ideally I'd have liked to get a Springbok and/or Kiwi (for SH, flanker and/or lock - not sure R. Gray will play & Matfield is out -) even for 1/2 hit(s) but without being sure of the team line-ups I figured it was not worth it.

My other "key" decisions were Turashvilli on the bench (Moore on the field) despite his 2 games since his stats are awful, POM on the bench for Wilson and well Murray out for Laidlaw which didn't go through.

The Irish perf against Italy put me off your players . Can't believe I'm actually fielding more French (Slimani & Picamoles) than Irish for this GW.

Scythica

Missed the deadline, so I still have Brown starting etc, damit.

iroced

iroced wrote: »

Risky. Who does usually kick for England when both Farrell & Ford start?


Picamoles could work out well in this game. I took a chance on Nakarawa for captaincy for his "easy" fixture and got Goode, Watson & Sanchez in for respectively May, Brown & Sexton. The fact we knew the English starting line-up made me go for them. Ideally I'd have liked to get a Springbok and/or Kiwi (for SH, flanker and/or lock - not sure R. Gray will play & Matfield is out -) even for 1/2 hit(s) but without being sure of the team line-ups I figured it was not worth it.

My other "key" decisions were Turashvilli on the bench (Moore on the field) despite his 2 games since his stats are awful, POM on the bench for Wilson and well Murray out for Laidlaw which didn't go through.

The Irish perf against Italy put me off your players . Can't believe I'm actually fielding more French (Slimani & Picamoles) than Irish for this GW.

To my knowledge Farrell is considered the better kicker so I'd imagine he will kick. Then again, they should steamrole the game so they might give Ford some practice.

Either way, who the hell knows what England are doing, they've 3 fly halves in their back line. Lancaster has waited until the RWC to turn into Pierre Saint-Andre.

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Scythica wrote: »

Missed the deadline, so I still have Brown starting etc, damit.

Who is your sub FB? Brown is on the bench so he might get some points for you.

Scythica

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Who is your sub FB? Brown is on the bench so he might get some points for you.

Nanai Williams but doesn't make a difference cos if Brown comes on it's negated right?

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Scythica wrote: »

Nanai Williams but doesn't make a difference cos if Brown comes on it's negated right?

Yeah. I don't see any reason Brown should come on though, unless Goode gets injured. It seems only fair that the 4 guys who haven't featured until now get the full 80.

CurryFlavoured

iroced wrote: »

Good shout . Though definitely better than Watson?


England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 George Ford, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 James Haskell, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Mako Vunipola.

Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Joe Marler, 18 David Wilson, 19 George Kruis, 20 Tom Wood, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Jonathan Joseph, 23 Mike Brown.


source: http://www.planetrugby.com/news/farrell-and-slade-at-centre-for-england/

Damn, didn't think Watson would play. I ditched Farrel for Biggar too, of course he'll go and score a try now.

CurryFlavoured

Any news on NZ team? I have NMS as captain, thinking he should play since he was rested v Georgia and Saves has played all games.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Macovei is the captain choice of the smart player. :pac: (Second time!)

What a player.

What a champion.

What a captain.

Still has another game to play too!

2 tries, 10 tackles

iroced

Deleted User wrote: »

Macovei is the captain choice of the smart player. :pac: (Second time!)

How the fcuk did you manage that ???!!! :eek: !!!??? Are you a Colomiers fan ?

Anyway fantastic call on your side and with another game in his hands you're on for a glorious GW !

Deleted User wrote: »

[...] Pierre Saint-Andre.

Philippe .

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

What a player.

What a champion.

What a captain.

Still has another game to play too!

2 tries, 10 tackles

You've used up ALL your round 4 luck. You are going to have 4 non starters this week...

iroced wrote: »

Philippe .

Yes, je suis un idiot

ha! I typed in "I am an idiot" and googles first choice prediction to complete the sentence was "in french" ...

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Wonder if anyone had the Uruguay SH in their team? Two tries, onto a winner, red card!

aimee1

took a punt on a few players. good few already selected but got rid of brown and robshaw

iroced

iroced wrote: »

How the fcuk did you manage that ???!!! :eek: !!!??? Are you a Colomiers fan ?

Anyway fantastic call on your side and with another game in his hands you're on for a glorious GW !
Philippe .

Deleted User wrote: »

You've used up ALL your round 4 luck. You are going to have 4 non starters this week...
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No luck here. I've had him as captain twice. Romania have had two double game weeks!

18 points last time round. Should beat that this time.

iroced

Deleted User wrote: »

No luck here. I've had him as captain twice. Romania have had two double game weeks!

18 points last time round. Should beat that this time.

Admittedly but why him? How did you know/rate him?


Well done anyway.

iroced

iroced wrote: »

Admittedly but why him? How did you know/rate him?


Well done anyway.

Decision process was

Need Romanian player for DGW
Tackles made are overvalued
Back Rows make lots of tackles
Which Back Row will play both
Macovei is the captain, pick him! (also means you can still have Pocock & Gorgodze)

done

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Decision process was

Need Romanian player for DGW
Tackles made are overvalued
Back Rows make lots of tackles
Which Back Row will play both
Macovei is the captain, pick him! (also means you can still have Pocock & Gorgodze)

done

blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah, luck.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah, luck.

actually you told me!

Deleted User wrote: »

Who are the must-haves for this 'Gameweek'? NZ players obviously but outside of them?
Aus have double gameweek so loads of points if you manage to pick someone who plays both games...
Also, looks like Locks and back rows are worth plenty of points compared to cost, so worth having good options there!

Deleted User wrote: »

Romanian backrow's are likely to do two things this week:

1. Play twice
2. Tackle LOADS

Just saying.

:pac:

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

actually you told me!





:pac:

You owe me 1,2,3,4,5....... 20 points please.

Stheno

I forgot to change my team on time

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

NMS and Naholo both in the NZ starting 15. Fingers crossed NMS gets a few tries.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

NMS and Naholo both in the NZ starting 15. Fingers crossed NMS gets a few tries.

Is Savea on the bench?

I was hoping he would start or not be in the team. I have Drew Mitchell on my bench to come in if Savea isn't available, neither a certainty though.

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Deleted User wrote: »

Is Savea on the bench?

I was hoping he would start or not be in the team. I have Drew Mitchell on my bench to come in if Savea isn't available, neither a certainty though.

Nope. He's not in the team at all.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Nope. He's not in the team at all.

Yeah, don't know why I asked, just had a poke online myself but thanks all the same. Drew Mitchell better get picked, I figured he was next in line after their winger that got injured whose name escapes me.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

2 tries for Louw, not too shabby.

aimee1

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

2 tries for Louw, not too shabby.

1 for kriel

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aimee1 wrote: »

1 for kriel

I benched him for Slade

aimee1

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I benched him for Slade

mamuka assist. was shouting for him to barrel over himself


edit - or maybe not

aimee1

mamuka in my team.

CurryFlavoured

NMS captain, guessing I'm not the only one.

Stheno

I have SBW

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CurryFlavoured wrote: »

NMS captain, guessing I'm not the only one.

I have him but not as captain :eek:

I've taken a punt on Nowell, hoping I won't regret it now...

CurryFlavoured

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I have him but not as captain :eek:

I've taken a punt on Nowell, hoping I won't regret it now...

I have Nowell on the other wing. He'll need to beat 2 tries, one assist + many offloads and clean breaks. NMS should get at least 20.

iroced

Argentina: 15 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino, 14 Matias Moroni, 13 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Juan Martin Hernandez, 9 Martin Landajo (c), 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Julian Montoya, 1. Lucas Noguera.

Replacements: 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Ramiro Herrera, 19. Leonardo Senatore, 20 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Marcelo Bosch, 23 Juan Imhoff.

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Mega ouch :mad: .

Got N. Sanchez in and put him kicker for this round :rolleyes: ...
Ah well, I think my sub FH (Malaghuradze) did well. Don't remember/know if he'll get back the kicker points or if I'm doomed for them ...

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

^ I forgot to take Creevy out, I had a feeling he'd be rested. Hopefully he comes off the bench for a good amount of time otherwise I'm hookerless this week.