Fantasy Rugby 6Nations 2016

iroced

It's starting tomorrow !!!!!!


Like for the RWC, 3 available games:

1. ESPN ==> FSA mini-league: Boards.ie FSA 6N league ; password: 1219496-33294
2. Irish Times ==> FSA mini-league: Boards.ie FSA 6N league ; password: AguerodefaultC
3. Fantasy Rugger ==> FSA mini-league: Boards.ie FSA 6N league ; don't think password is needed.

FRANCE - ITALY

Date: Saturday, February 6
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 15:25 local (14:25 GMT)
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant Referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Hugo Bonneval, 13 Gaël Fickou, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Virimi Vakatawa, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Sébastien Bezy, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Damien Chouly, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Paul Jedrasiak, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado (c), 1 Eddy Ben Arous
Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Uini Atonio, 18 Jefferson Poirot, 19 Alexandre Flanquart, 20 Yacouba Camara, 21 Maxime Machenaud, 22 Jean-Marc Doussain, 23 Maxime Mermoz

Italy: 15 David Odiete, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Marco Fuser, 4 George Fabio Biagi, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Ornel Gega, 1 Andrea Lovotti
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Matteo Zanusso, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Valerio Bernabo, 20 Andries van Schalkwyk, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Kelly Haimona, 23 Luke McLean



SCOTLAND - ENGLAND

Date: Saturday, February 6
Venue: Murrayfield
Kick-off: 16:50 GMT
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Romain Poite (France), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tommy Seymour, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 David Denton, 7 John Hardie, 6 John Barclay, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Willem Nel, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Blair Cowan, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Duncan Taylor

England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 George Ford, 9 Danny Care, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 James Haskell, 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 George Kruis, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley (c), 1 Joe Marler
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Courtney Lawes, 20 Jack Clifford, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Alex Goode, 23 Ollie Devoto



IRELAND - WALES

Date: Sunday, February 7
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

Ireland: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Tommy O’Donnell, 6 CJ Stander, 5 Devin Toner, 4 Mike McCarthy, 3 Nathan White, 2 Rory Best (c), 1 Jack McGrath
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jerry Cronin, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Donnacha Ryan, 20 Rhys Ruddock, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Dave Kearney

Wales: 15 Gareth Anscombe, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Tom James, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Sam Warburton (c), 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Rob Evans
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Gethin Jenkins, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Bradley Davies, 20 Dan Lydiate, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Alex Cuthbert


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After 4 years of anti-French nightmare nonsense internal conspiracistic utter shoite, Guy Novès is bringing a new hope for us. Hopefully France will strike back and we'll see the return of the Flair. Yes, I feel it, our Force awakens !

Hopefully, the everlasting clashes between FFR & Top14 won't be a phantom menace for Les Bleus and the repeated attacks of the clubs over the national side will eventually stop such that all the country focuses on its superior (rugby) interest: Les Bleus. They owe it to us, the fans. The revenge of the Six Nations that we HAVE to win in this favourable fiixtures year! That's it, I've made them all :pac:, let's now just shout a huge

Allez les Bleus !

Mr.Prodston

Good man Iroced on setting things up. I didn't have the motivation before but if a thread is made I might make some teams in the next 23 hours

Lights On

It usually ends with me picking a team and never checking it again, but this will be the year I see it through...or at least I'll try my best

iroced

Have to admit it's been a loooooong time since I've been that excited by a French team. And Novès starting a "baby" team is exactly what we wanted/expected/shouted for!

There are all the ingredients to start building future success too. Favourable 6N year (3 home games, 2 away ; 2 of the big 3 teams at home), a start with 2 home games, the easiest game first, then a team we used to like beating (:p). Everything is there for our players to start building their confidence and go to the Millenium Stadium already for the title!

But. All this excitement apart, I shall not forget our players didn't turn into geniuses in the last 4 months, Novès last couple of years at ST were meh and that the needed revolution in French rugby did not occur!

lunarhog

Jefferson Poirot - what an excellent name!

Closely followed by Camille Chat!

lunarhog

Jefferson Poirot - what an excellent name!

Closely followed by Camille Chat!

iroced

Just created FSA mini-leagues for each game (see OP). Tell me if you've got any problem joining.

L.S.F

Joined the Irish Times league above

There is also one on the official site, but is quite weird in the scoring and you select proper positions (wingers, centers and not just "backs")

iroced wrote: »

Just created FSA mini-leagues for each game (see OP). Tell me if you've got any problem joining.

Seems ok from a copy and past of league and password, just says admin has to approve team

Mr.Prodston

The Irish Times have modernised, bloody hell there's prices and everything :pac:

Mr.Prodston

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

The Irish Times have modernised, bloody hell there's prices and everything :pac:

It's essentially Rugger now. Captains and everything :eek:

Although the pricing has me very confused. How is Parisse 4.5 while 3 other Italian back rows are 6?!

wingnut

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

It's essentially Rugger now. Captains and everything :eek:

Although the pricing has me very confused. How is Parisse 4.5 while 3 other Italian back rows are 6?!

Bargain

28064212

Irish Times question: According to the rules, you get 5 transfers allocated to you at 11 o'clock today. You then get another 5 allocated on Monday morning, but transfers don't accumulate, so you will have 5 on Monday regardless of how many you use before then.

"All transfers must be made before the published kick-off time of any match for the player(s) to be able to score points in that match. Players will only score points from the time/date that they are transferred into your team."

Does that mean you can start, say Wesley Fofana for the first game, then transfer him out for Mike Brown for the second game, then transfer him out for Keith Earls for the third game, and all of those players will score you points?

It's bizarre if that's the case, but it seems to be what the rules are saying

Swiper the fox

I'm sticking with the ESPN as I can't be bothered starting anything new, 5 players only in the FSA league so far, any more takers??

thewools

28064212 wrote:

Does that mean you can start, say Wesley Fofana for the first game, then transfer him out for Mike Brown for the second game, then transfer him out for Keith Earls for the third game, and all of those players will score you points?

28064212 wrote:

It's bizarre if that's the case, but it seems to be what the rules are saying

Mmmm yes it certainly reads that way... I think I'll play loads of France players today and try transfer them later so

iroced

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I'm sticking with the ESPN as I can't be bothered starting anything new, 5 players only in the FSA league so far, any more takers??

Well that's grand. I'm alone in the Rugger one :pac:...

thewools

thewools wrote:

Mmmm yes it certainly reads that way... I think I'll play loads of France players today and try transfer them later so

Can I transfer players between games?

Yes, all transfers must be made by the published start time of any match, but you can transfer players out after each match has started to get your line-up ready for the next match. 
You do not have to wait until the match finishes to swap players between games, as long as the players are in your team by the match deadline, they will score points for your team. Time of transfers will be recorded as per the server clock (displayed in the footer section of the web site).

iroced

How come we're that many in the Irish Times game and so few in the ESPN one ? Being 2 in Rugger is somehow a success thanks to Lightning Bolts :cool:.

Think I should have read the rules about the IT scoring. They changed it all. Would have selected my captain differently. Though am not too sure how it'll go. I had it on Sexton befor ethe original deadline. Changed it to Ford whom I brought in for Sexton before the second game when I realised that we have an extra transfer window in this first round. But the game rules state that the original captain is the one that counts (that would suit me since Ford got a misery score, forgot Farrell was played at 12).
Nice to be top of our league though after this first day. Like Les Bleus I might as well cheer it up while it's real, it may not last long :pac:...

Also, realised I forgot to change SOB in my ESPN team. So 14 men first round it goes...

And, in Rugger, I'm playing it Busts way (at least for the first part of the following point) . Strong 25-men team and more pts on the bench than on the pitch :pac:...

iroced

Hmmm. Late decisions/non decisions killed me in this first round.

In the IT game, changed captain from Sexton to Ford (though after the first deadline, think I'll ask them why they did not let it on Sexton, maybe 'cause he wasn't in my team anymore but that'd be bizarre since you could readjust your captain after the first played game ). Anyway 52 pts deficit :eek: :mad:. That hurts.

In the ESPN game forgot to change SOB. My candidates were either Vunipola or Faletau :rolleyes:. Would have been top of our league...

And in Rugger woohoo I'm first out of 2 :pac:. It's a shame that they don't show an overall ranking...

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Oh and to come back to real life rugby, my excitement about our new padawan French team got quickly let down...

28064212

iroced wrote: »

In the IT game, changed captain from Sexton to Ford (though after the first deadline, think I'll ask them why they did not let it on Sexton, maybe 'cause he wasn't in my team anymore but that'd be bizarre since you could readjust your captain after the first played game ). Anyway 52 pts deficit :eek: :mad:. That hurts.

Are you sure? I transferred my captain out of the team on Saturday night and switched it to a Sunday player (but not wanting him to be my captain for Gameweek 1), and my original captain was the one who got doubled points. If you go here: http://fantasyrugby.irishtimes.com/team.aspx?page=teamProfile does it show Sexton as having doubled points?

L.S.F

So in Irish Times you can sub before the sunday match? This mean you can have 20 players scoring or does just the 15 you finished with count??

28064212

L.S.F wrote: »

So in Irish Times you can sub before the sunday match? This mean you can have 20 players scoring or does just the 15 you finished with count??

You can sub between the Saturday games if you want. And yes, you can have up to 20 players scoring

iroced

It's France - Ireland !!! 5 unbeaten games in a row against us you dare having. That can't continue. It just can't... (but you're soooooo mcuh favourite it's frightening :rolleyes:...).



FRANCE - IRELAND

Date: Saturday, February 13
Venue: Stade de France, Paris
Kick-off: 15:25 local (14:25 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant Referees: Nigel Owens (Wales), Stuart Berry (South Africa)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)

France: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Teddy Thomas, 13 Maxime Mermoz, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Virimi Vakatawa, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Sébastien Bézy, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Yacouba Camara, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Alexandre Flanquart, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Guilhem Guirado (c), 1 Jefferson Poirot.
Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Eddy Ben Arous, 19 Paul Jedrasiak, 20 Loann Goujon, 21 Maxime Machenaud, 22 Jean-Marc Doussain, 23 Hugo Bonneval

Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 CJ Stander, 5 Devin Toner, 4 Mike McCarthy, 3 Nathan White, 2 Rory Best (c), 1 Jack McGrath
Replacements: 16 Richard Strauss, 17 James Cronin, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Donnacha Ryan, 20 Tommy O'Donnell, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Fergus McFadden



WALES - SCOTLAND

Date: Saturday, February 13
Venue: Millennium Stadium
Kick-off: 16:50 GMT
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: John Lacey (Ireland), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

Wales: 15 Liam Williams, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Tom James, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Sam Warburton (c), 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Rob Evans
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Gethin Jenkins, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Bradley Davies, 20 Dan Lydiate, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Gareth Anscombe

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Duncan Taylor, 11 Tommy Seymour, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 David Denton, 7 John Hardie, 6 John Barclay, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Willem Nel, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Alasdair Dickinson.
Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Gordon Reid, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Blair Cowan, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Sean Lamont



ITALY - ENGLAND

Date: Sunday, February 14
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Kick-off: 15:00 local (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)

Italy: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Marco Fuser, 4 George Fabio Biagi, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Ornel Gega, 1 Andrea Lovotti
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Matteo Zanusso, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Valerio Bernabo, 20 Andries van Schalkwyk, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Edoardo Padovani, 23 Andrea Pratichetti

England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 James Haskell, 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 George Kruis, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley (c), 1 Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Maro Itoje, 21 Jack Clifford, 22 Danny Care, 23 Alex Goode

28064212

Goddamn Novés! Fickou out of the squad and Jedrasiak on the bench?! Earls being injured I can accept as bad luck, but those two are a waste of transfers!

qwabercd

28064212 wrote: »

You can sub between the Saturday games if you want. And yes, you can have up to 20 players scoring

Is this definitely correct?

breffni bogballer

yes it is, u have 5 transfers to use b4 weekend is over

iroced

breffni bogballer wrote: »

qwabercd wrote: »

Is this definitely correct?

yes it is, u have 5 transfers to use b4 weekend is over

Not sure at all this applies to the follwoing rounds.

The below table is a direct quote from the game rules page
Round | Time & Date | Number of transfers
1 | 11:01 GMT on Saturday, 6th February 2016 | 5
2 | 00:01 GMT on Monday, 8th February 2016 | 5
3 | 00:01 GMT on Monday, 15th February 2016 | 5
4 | 00:01 GMT on Monday, 29th February 2016 | 5
5 | 00:01 GMT on Monday, 14th March 2016 | 5

I don't know why they "messed up" the first round but it doesn't look like we can have 20 players for this coming one and the remaining ones to come.

thewools

iroced wrote:

I don't know why they "messed up" the first round but it doesn't look like we can have 20 players for this coming one and the remaining ones to come.

If you don't use your transfers before the france Ireland game you can still use the 5 transfers fir the other two matches

iroced

thewools wrote: »

If you don't use your transfers before the france Ireland game you can still use the 5 transfers fir the other two matches

Jeez... I had not thought about that . Thanls a million .

qwabercd

thewools wrote: »

If you don't use your transfers before the france Ireland game you can still use the 5 transfers fir the other two matches

Missed a trick there. Stupid rule imo.

iroced

Tried to be clever in the IT with Nowell instead of Joseph. Should have stuck with my guns and the Joseph-Watson-Brown balance). Paid the price...

Missus continues taunting me with unbelievable returns! She's 6th (:eek: !!!!!!) in the World! She was 3rd Saturday eve!


Claimed top spot in our ESPN league despite SOB failling me. .
Stayed 1613th overall. Not bad out of 100k+ entrants :cool:.



Feel I got a decent rugger round (at least my points are on the field, not on the bench :pac:). Hard to really know though since the rankings are not yet user-friendly.
Same with IT one. They "stole" a lot of ideas from Rugger, which, in my opinion, is good for us the players but can't get why both find it so complicated to have ESPN-like rankings...

qwabercd

Wonder what % of people have picked up that for the IT you can have up to 20 players a week count for points? None in my ML anyway.