6 Nations Fantasy Rugby

CouchSmart

Guinness have a fantasy rugby game this year, the winner of which wins a trip to NZ - not too shabby.

I set up a mini-league for here, there's only 10 allowed in each mini-league so get in fast!

http://fantasyrugby.guinness.com/default.aspx

Mini-league name: Boards.ie
Password: rugby

Could be a bit of a laugh, though there seems to be fair few players missing for now and it seems a bit poorly made, ah well, enjoy.

jolley123

Yeh, they have a few players missing plus the costs are pretty strange. I was looking for Hook for a good bit and then found him at ten and then there's no Ben Youngs.

molloyjh

It's a bit of a wierd league. Looks like we don't have to pick positions really. Technically you don't have to pick, say, a Hooker. You could have your forwards almost exclusively back rows if you want. I had started filling mine out 1-15 as though I was selecting an actual team, but we don't have to do we????

EDIT: No scratch that, I got to FB and had the option to select any back so assumed it was the same all over. Just tried it and it's not. Back rows, Second rows and Front rows all seperate....

CouchSmart

molloyjh wrote: »

It's a bit of a wierd league. Looks like we don't have to pick positions really. Technically you don't have to pick, say, a Hooker. You could have your forwards almost exclusively back rows if you want. I had started filling mine out 1-15 as though I was selecting an actual team, but we don't have to do we????

Nope. Pretty much pick who's most likely to score tries/points.

Also, 9 in so far, only 1 spot left.

molloyjh

I'm going predominantly Irish and French and just bloody well hope the coaches have a bit of bloody sense.

6 Irish, 5 French, 2 English and 2 Scots with Bowe as captain.

CouchSmart

One of the points rules is +3 for all players who win and -3 for losing. Makes having any italians pointless. I'm starting to think this game isn't very well thought out!

molloyjh

CouchSmart wrote: »

One of the points rules is +3 for all players who win and -3 for losing. Makes having any italians pointless. I'm starting to think this game isn't very well thought out!

Well the prize sounds like a random trip to NZ for 1 person based on how it's phrased - there's no mention of the RWC or the fact that you might be able to bring someone else. And then there's this:

Early Registration Prize:

All teams that are registered before the transfer window closes on Thursday 3rd February 2011 at 23.59 UK Time, will have the chance to win tickets to the Ireland home match in the 2011 6 Nations.

It's not perfect but sure it'll do for a laugh.

LuckyGent88

i applied there if ya let me in. why is there no ben youngs?? its not as if he hasnt been playin. Also no POC or was i just blind.

some_dose

Registered too and set up a team

6 Irish
4 English
2 Scottish
2 Welsh (Damn you Adam Jones)
1 French

Also applied to the Boards league....so.....eh.... hurry up and let me in!!!

theboss80

requested to join there aswell,

Should be good for a laugh , i set it up last year and we had 50 teams in the end i think

Iron Hide

Registered an built a killer team (hopefully)
15: Marc Andreu
14: Tommy Bowe
13: BOD
12: Chris Czekaj
11: Max Evans
10: ROG
9: Rory Lawson
8: Jamie Heaslip(c)
7: John Barclay (if squads are updated will prob swap him out for Johnnie Beattie)
6: Stephen Ferris
5: Alan-Wyn Jones
4: Courtney Lawes
3: Gethin Jenkins
2: Carlo Festuccia
1: Thomas Domingo

Applied to the mini-league aswell my team name is iron men.

boredatwork82

Any good fantasy sites where you can have a league with as many teams as possible?

spear thrower

I am going to wait until all squads are announced before making my selections.. Surely it makes more sense to put you out half as captain for point scoring reasons..

CouchSmart

boredatwork82 wrote: »

Any good fantasy sites where you can have a league with as many teams as possible?

Irish Times usually do one that's quite good, think you can have as many in your private league.

That first one's full now, I've set up another one for anyone interested.

Name: Boards.ie2
Password: rugby

thomond2006

http://www.sportguru.co.uk/sixnations/pool.asp?p=10006747

Pool name: boards.ie
Pool code: girdprow

Anyone willing to donate a prize?

They have updated their site, it's very user-friendly now. An invitation has also been sent to members of the ML Pool.

murphym7

thomond2006 wrote: »

http://www.sportguru.co.uk/sixnations/pool.asp?p=10006747

Pool name: boards.ie
Pool code: girdprow

Anyone willing to donate a prize?

They have updated their site, it's very user-friendly now. An invitation has also been sent to members of the ML Pool.

Just signed up - I like the extra challenge points feature on half time leader and most try's scored.

You should take a screenshot of the leader board Thomond - you are top of the group!!:D

thomond2006

murphym7 wrote: »

You should take a screenshot of the leader board Thomond - you are top of the group!!:D

*No comment*

Otacon

Is there a fantasy Six Nations website that will work for ex-pats?

The Guinness one above keeps diverting to the English site.

SomeFool

I've set up a private league on scrum.com if anyone's interested.

League name is Boards.ie and the pin is 1692

Badgermonkey

Otacon wrote: »

Is there a fantasy Six Nations website that will work for ex-pats?

The Guinness one above keeps diverting to the English site.

Irish Times

Brenireland

Hi hows a going their lads.

I would love to hear what you think of my team from scrum/fantasy league.com

here goes so:

Jauzion/B.O'D/S.Williams/T.Bowe/L.Halfpenny

T.Flood
M.Phillips

D.Wallace/Harinordoquy/S.Parrise

A.Kellock/AW.Jones

C.Healy/M/Cas'giovanni/Hartley

Cheers.

Ciaran-Irl

Can't be bothered this year I reckon. The products they product are dreadful.

As I recall from last year, the best teams looked nothing like a real team. You need to make sure to get the placekickers that don't play 10 - Bergemasco, Halfpenny & Parra.

jolley123

Brenireland wrote: »

Hi hows a going their lads.

I would love to hear what you think of my team from scrum/fantasy league.com

here goes so:

Jauzion/B.O'D/S.Williams/T.Bowe/L.Halfpenny

T.Flood
M.Phillips

D.Wallace/Harinordoquy/S.Parrise

A.Kellock/AW.Jones

C.Healy/M/Cas'giovanni/Hartley

Cheers.

Tis good.

SomeFool

Brenireland wrote: »

Hi hows a going their lads.

I would love to hear what you think of my team from scrum/fantasy league.com

Tommy Bowe is probably going to miss the first game si I'd stick in someone else in for the moment. Looks good otherwise.

Brenireland

SomeFool wrote: »

Tommy Bowe is probably going to miss the first game si I'd stick in someone else in for the moment. Looks good otherwise.

Thanks lads,appreciate that!,so tommy goes for now!

Ciaran-Irl

Brenireland wrote: »

Thanks lads,appreciate that!,so tommy goes for now!

As far as I know, they let you make a ton of subs after each game, so you're better off selecting lots of players from the teams you think will win that week.

Ireland will beat Italy, so Irish players will get the win bonus, and if you select the players that are likely to get tries, you're in the money. France will beat Scotland, so same there.

England / Wales is harder to call, so I'd focus on French and Irish players for the first week, and then sub out a chunk of them before the next week, as France / Ireland is more difficult to predict.

Brenireland

Ciaran-Irl wrote: »

As far as I know, they let you make a ton of subs after each game, so you're better off selecting lots of players from the teams you think will win that week.

Ireland will beat Italy, so Irish players will get the win bonus, and if you select the players that are likely to get tries, you're in the money. France will beat Scotland, so same there.

England / Wales is harder to call, so I'd focus on French and Irish players for the first week, and then sub out a chunk of them before the next week, as France / Ireland is more difficult to predict.

oh really!,I will do that so.
I reckon England will beat Wales,England have really come on big time & should be one of the favourites for the WC to,more so than Ireland.

Jack Sheehan

Anyone doing the Irish Times one? It limits you to three from each nation. I have more selection woes than Kidney at this point...

SomeFool

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

Anyone doing the Irish Times one? It limits you to three from each nation. I have more selection woes than Kidney at this point...

Being able to pick 8 backrows as a pack makes it a bit strange i think!

SomeFool

SomeFool wrote: »

I've set up a private league on scrum.com if anyone's interested.

League name is Boards.ie and the pin is 1692

Bumpety bump, any takers for the 6Nations league???

SomeFool

^^ bump ^^
Surely a few takers here?? :P

twinytwo

Marconnet
Hartley
Healy
POC
AWJ
Leamy
SOB
Parrise
PArra
sexton
marty
drico
ashton
bergamasco
foden

Gaffs89

SomeFool wrote: »

Bumpety bump, any takers for the 6Nations league???

Just joined

athtrasna

Anyone else having trouble joining the league on the Irish Times? I can't see the list of league names anywhere..though I am jetlagged zzzzzz

Is there actually an IT league?

SomeFool

athtrasna wrote: »

..though I am jetlagged zzzzzz

You've put Halfpenny in your scrum.com team, he's out injured!!

athtrasna

SomeFool wrote: »

You've put Halfpenny in your scrum.com team, he's out injured!!

Thanks for the heads up. Totally shattered and out of it, was just in from physio on my own knee injury as well - must check my other teams to make sure I didn't do other stupid things in my panic at not having selected them yet

trackguy

B Foden
M Medard
BOD
K Earls
C Ashton
J Sexton (C)
B Youngs
SOB
I Harinordoquy
D Wallace
POC
T Palmer
M Castrogiovanni
D Hartley
T Domingo

roverjoyce

Dylan Hartley
Dan Cole
Martin Castrogiovanni
Tom Palmer
Paul O'Connell
Sam Warburton
Sergio Parisse
Imanol Harinordoquy
Morgan Parra (C)
Dan Parks
Chris Ashton
Mirco Bergamasco
Ben Foden
Brian O'Driscoll
Maxime Mermoz

CyaL8r

athtrasna wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble joining the league on the Irish Times? I can't see the list of league names anywhere..though I am jetlagged zzzzzz

Is there actually an IT league?

Just created Irish Times one:
Name: boards.ie
PIN: 9491

molloyjh

Castrogiovanni
Servat
Healy

AW Jones
Pierre

A Powell
Warburton
O'Brien

Parra
Sexton (c)

Darcy
O'Driscoll

Ashton
Foden
Williams


The plan is to replace Warburton with Heaslip next week (assuming he's back from injury). I can also switch Bowe for Darcy if he's back.

Brenireland

Lads I just realised you can have up to 5 teams for the Guinness Game and all 5 are entered in!,so that gives us a chance!lol

ForeverYoung90

Looking forward to this now!!My team for the weekend >>>

K Earls

M Mermoz

A Rougerie

S Williams

M Medard

J Sexton

R Lawson

A Powell

J Barclay

N Easter

T Wood

S Warburton

N Hines

S O'Brien

S Parisse

I entered the Irish Times one dont know why everyones entering the loreal version considering omiting the first prize the rest are s:@te!!

Brenireland

I wonder could McFadden get some points on the board,Had Ashton great game last night and flood.

trackguy

CouchSmart wrote: »

Guinness have a fantasy rugby game this year, the winner of which wins a trip to NZ - not too shabby.

I set up a mini-league for here, there's only 10 allowed in each mini-league so get in fast!

http://fantasyrugby.guinness.com/default.aspx

Mini-league name: Boards.ie
Password: rugby

Could be a bit of a laugh, though there seems to be fair few players missing for now and it seems a bit poorly made, ah well, enjoy.

Is there really only 10 teams allowed in each league?

ormond lad

trackguy wrote: »

Is there really only 10 teams allowed in each league?

You can have as many teams as you like in the league as long as the league administrator admits your team into the league

trackguy

ormond lad wrote: »

You can have as many teams as you like in the league as long as the league administrator admits your team into the league

I must check back over my posts - maybe I annoyed him

athtrasna

Irish Times & RTE scores in, Guinness not up yet, sportguru also in.

I'm a pretty solid middle of the road, better than expected given my jetlag at the time of selections. All I need, like Ireland, is a good front row!

Morf

Middle of the pack in the IT boards league.

I made about 4 or 5 **** choices that i can't wait to fix. James Haskell, what was i thinking?

athtrasna

Weird points/ranking system on Guinness - in the mini leagues it still seems to rank you as your overall position. The boards.ie league has 30-something teams and my ranking is still 1767 - but on the list of teams I'm 7th highest on points so far. Not too bad Must use that team as a base and change my other ones!

ormond lad

League table on guinness league after round 2
Rank Team Pts.
954 Twomint Pork 203
1151 The Shake N Bakers 199
1167 Limerick giants 198
1465 pk_grand_slam 193
1521 AGB 192
1519 icon 192
1640 theboss80 190
2097 Brent Pope's Square Head 183
2196 Euro 15 181
2433 green fists of fury 178
2496 Hugs Heros 177
2929 Bullhounds 171
3084 Beef on the hoof 169
3223 Rogeys Ruggers 167
3272 Limerick United 166
3256 Dorce Outside 166
3319 Team Smart 165
3657 Young Ireland 160
4314 Suretolose 152
4388 No SOB story this year! 151
5289 5Bellies 139
5513 Athtrasna Abu 136
6069 Niallys Warriors 128
6972 TippTops 116
7061 Claix[4] RFC 115
8377 Bulmers! 96
8583 Loadabollicks 92
9345 Onion Terror 82
11399 aido 47
11656 Iron Men 41
99999 Heave Ho 0
99999 The Spoons 0
99999 MuckSavages 0
99999 The Spear Throwers 0
99999 justsomerugbyteam 0
99999 Guerbox RFC 0
99999 The Mavricks 0

athtrasna

7th to 22nd