all teams named for round 10 *fantasy rugby participants*

rnd 9

hurricanes
Beauden Barrett, Alapati Leiua, Conrad Smith (c), Tim Bateman, Julian Savea, Tusi Pisi, Chris Smylie, Faifili Levave, Jack Lam, Brad Shields, Mark Reddish, Jeremy Thrush, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Motu Matu’u, Ben Franks
Reserves: Ash Dixon, Reggie Goodes, James Broadhurst, Karl Lowe, TJ Perenara, Rey Lee-Lo, Andre Taylor
v
force
15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Patrick Dellit, 13 Winston Stanley, 12 Junior Rasolea, 11 Ed Stubbs, 10 Sam Norton-Knight, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Richard Brown, 7 Matt Hodgson (c), 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Toby Lynn, 3 Tetera Faulkner, 2 Heath Tessmann, 1 Pek Cowan
Replacements: 16 James Hilterbrand, 17 Kieran Longbottom, 18 Rory Walton, 19 Chris Alcock, 20 Mick Snowden, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Alfie Mafi.

waratahs
Israel Folau, Cam Crawford, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Rob Horne, Drew Mitchell, Bernard Foley, Brendan McKibbin, Wycliff Palu, Michael Hooper, Dave Dennis (capt), Kane Douglas, Sitaleki Timani, Sekope Kepu, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Benn Robinson.
Reserves: John Ulugia, Paddy Ryan, Mitchell Chapman, Will Skelton, Pat McCutcheon, Matt Lucas, Ben Volavola, Peter Betham
v
cheifs
Andrew Horrell, Lelia Masaga, Charlie Ngatai, Richard Kahui, Asaeli Tikoirotuma, Aaron Cruden, Brendon Leonard, Fritz Lee, Sam Cane, Liam Messam (c), Brodie Retallick, Mike Fitzgerald, Ben Tameifuna, Hika Elliot, Pauliasi Manu
Reserves: Rhys Marshall, Mike Kainga, Nick Crosswell, Tanerau Latimer, August Pulu, Gareth Anscombe, Tim Nanai-Williams.

crusaders
Israel Dagg, Tom Marshall, Robbie Fruean, Ryan Crotty, Zac Guildford, Tyler Bleyendaal, Andy Ellis, Luke Whitelock, Matt Todd, George Whitelock (c), Sam Whitelock, Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Corey Flynn, Wyatt Crockett
Reserves: Ben Funnell, Joe Moody, Dominic Bird, Jordan Taufua, Willi Heinz, Tom Taylor, Adam Whitelock.
v
highlanders
Ben Smith, Tony Ensor, Jason Emery, Ma'a Nonu, Hosea Gear, Hayden Parker, Aaron Smith, TJ Ioane, John Hardie, Jarrad Hoeata, Josh Bekhuis, Brad Thorn, Chris King, Andrew Hore (captain), Tony Woodcock.
Reserves: Liam Coltman, Ma'afu Fia, Jamie Mackintosh, Elliot Dixon, Fumiaka Tanaka, Colin Slade, Jake Paringatai.

reds
1  Greg Holmes, 2 James Hanson, 3 James Slipper, 4  Rob Simmons, 5 James Horwill (c), 6  Eddie Quirk,  7  Liam Gill, 8  Jake Schatz, 9  Will Genia. 10  Quade Cooper, 11  Digby Ioane, 12  Ben Tapuai, 13  Anthony Faingaa, 14 Rod Davies, 15  Jono Lance
Replacements: 16  Saia Faingaa, 17  Ben Daley, 18  Ed O'Donoghue, 19  Jarrad Butler, 20  Ben Lucas, 21  Chris Feauai-Sautia, 22  Dom Shipperley
v
brumbies
Jesse Mogg, Henry Speight, Tevita Kuridrani, Christian Lealiifano, Joe Tomane, Matt Toomua, Nic White; Fotu Auelea, George Smith, Ben Mowen (capt), Sam Carter, Peter Kimlin, Dan Palmer, Stephen Moore, Ben Alexander
Reserves: Siliva Siliva, Scott Sio, Jordan Smiler, Colby Faingaa, Ian Prior, Pat McCabe, Clyde Rathbone

sharks
1. Tendai Mtawarira, 2. Kyle Cooper, 3. Wiehahn Herbst, 4. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 6. Marcell Coetzee, 7. Jean Deysel, 8. Keegan Daniel (Captain), 9. Cobus Reinach, 10. Patrick Lambie, 11. Sean Robinson, 12. Meyer Bosman, 13. Paul Jordaan, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 15. Riaan Viljoen
Replacements: 16. Craig Burden, 17. Jannie du Plessis, 18. Anton Bresler, 19. Lubabalo Mtembu, 20. Charl McLeod, 21. Francois Steyn, 22. Andries Coetzee
v
cheetahs
1 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2  Adriaan Strauss, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 5  Francois Uys, 6  Heinrich Brussow, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 8  Philip van der Walt, 9  Piet van Zyl, 10 Francis Burton, 11 Raymond Rhule, 12 Robin Ebersohn, 13 Johann Sadie, 14 willie le Roux, 15 Hennie Daniller
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Ligtoring Landman, 19 Frans Viljoen, 20 Tewis de Bruin, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Ryno Benjamin

kings
George Whitehead, Ronnie Cooke, Waylon Murray, Andries Strauss, Sergeal Petersen, Demetri Catrakilis, Shaun Venter, Schalk Ferreira, Bandise Maku, Kevin Buys, Cornell du Preez, Steven Sykes, David Bulbring, Wimpie van der Walt, Luke Watson (captain).
Replacements: Hannes Franklin, Grant Kemp, Rynier Barnardo, Jacques Engelbrecht, Nicolas Vergallo, Marcello Sampson, Siviwe Soyizwapi.
v
bulls
15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Lionel Mapoe, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Pierre Spies (captain), 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Frik Kirsten, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Morne Mellett
Substitutes: 16 Callie Visagie, 17 Werner Kruger, 18 Paul Willemse, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Bjorn Basson

howdy all, :o)

mighty good of the kings to name their team already which sees the return of SAs greatest player luke watson return, im sure EPs favourite son couldnt wait to announce his return.

rnd 10 is a special round for all fantasy foxsport participants as the cup round now begins, for more info just look for the related thread.

as always, good luck to ur teams both fanatsy & in the spXV.

Canes: No Ardie Savea, Barrett at 15 again, Ben Franks starting without a bracketed player.

Hurricanes: Beauden Barrett, Alapati Leiua, Conrad Smith (c), Tim Bateman, Julian Savea, Tusi Pisi, Chris Smylie, Faifili Levave, Jack Lam, Brad Shields, Mark Reddish, Jeremy Thrush, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Dane Coles, Ben Franks
Reserves: Motu Matu’u, Reggie Goodes, James Broadhurst, Karl Lowe, TJ Perenara, Rey Lee-Lo, Andre Taylor

Chiefs: Andrew Horrell, Lelia Masaga, Charlie Ngatai, Richard Kahui, Asaeli Tikoirotuma, Aaron Cruden, Brendon Leonard, Fritz Lee, Sam Cane, Liam Messam (c), Brodie Retallick, Mike Fitzgerald, Ben Tameifuna, Hika Elliot, Pauliasi Manu. 

Reserves: Rhys Marshall, Mike Kainga, Nick Crosswell, Tanerau Latimer, August Pulu, Gareth Anscombe, Tim Nanai-Williams.

Brendon Leonard starts, there's no Gareth Anscombe, no Ben Afeaki, no Tim Nanai-Williams and Richard Kahui moves to #12.

NSW Waratahs: Israel Folau, Cam Crawford, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Rob Horne, Drew Mitchell, Bernard Foley, Brendan McKibbin, Wycliff Palu, Michael Hooper, Dave Dennis (capt), Kane Douglas, Sitaleki Timani, Sekope Kepu, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Benn Robinson.

Reserves: John Ulugia, Paddy Ryan, Mitchell Chapman, Will Skelton, Pat McCutcheon, Matt Lucas, Ben Volavola, Peter Betham (one to be omitted).

*updates*

hurricanes, cheifs & waratahs have been updated, courtesy oimatey and rooinel, thanks boys, :o)

transfers copped a hiding in testrugby fanatsy this week, due to byes and named teams, ive had 8 forced on  me this week, o_O
 

Sorry - wrong posting

Sasue

I see shit written all over me - the New Zealand teams are slaughtering me on Foxsport - and if there are changes in the Sharks and Cheetahs teams I am going to be a dead duck this coming weekend.   Must now really start working on the teams again and see what can be salvaged.

Had to make two changes already - so as to have three backrow players, namely Cane for Todd and put Savea on the bench.   The other change I made, namely Kahui and Jordaan was a voluntary change - so my centr ombination is in order.

I will have to wait for the Brumbies and the two treams mentioned above to finalize the other two selections.    

Rooinek

I found the team on the Crusaders website and did not read the report properly.  Sorry about that one.  Remain in deep shit though.  

Bulls . . .

Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Lionel Mapoe, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Jano Vermaak, 8 Pierre Spies (captain), 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Frik Kirsten, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Morne Mellett

Substitutes: 16 Callie Visagie, 17 Werner Kruger, 18 Paul Willemse, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Bjorn Basson

No changes to the starting XV and only one change on the bench where fit-again Bjorn Basson replaces Ulrich Beyers.

Cheetahs

1  Coenie Oosthuizen, 2  Adriaan Strauss, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 5  Francois Uys, 6  Heinrich Brussow, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 8  Philip van der Walt, 9  Piet van Zyl, 10 Francis Burton, 11 Raymond Rhule, 12 Robin Ebersohn, 13 Johann Sadie, 14 willie le Roux, 15 Hennie Daniller

Replacements

16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Ligtoring Landman, 19 Frans Viljoen, 20 Tewis de Bruin, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Ryno Benjamin 

The outstanding teams to be announced are the following:-

 *    Highlanders - Joseph is still considering the ten changes he wants to make this week?????

The piss-pot crown has finally been won by the Highlanders  - congrats Joseph.

Anscombe on the bench? Wtf?

And am I reading that right? Beauden Barrett is playing 15?

*update*

cheetahs & bulls have been updated, thanks boys, :o)

@canrugby,
horrel was one of the star findings in the cheifs last year, but injury plus well performing players has seen it very hard for the likes of him & robinson to crack the chiefs starting lineup,
given that its only the waratahs, im sure we will see the chiefs usual stars back in their normal positions when the thougher opponents come along, icluding anscombe to 15.

barret played 15 last week, pisi is better for the hurricanes, especially on defnece which has been an area of weakness for the canes the last 6 weeks. i would rate pisi the best tackler in the No10 jersey and coupled with andre taylor who has already used up his outstanding season pass last year, slotting barret at 15 here he had played for the ABs as well, is not that bad, :o)

*update*

cheetahs & bulls have been updated, thanks boys, :o)

@canrugby,
horrel was one of the star findings in the cheifs last year, but injury plus well performing players has seen it very hard for the likes of him & robinson to crack the chiefs starting lineup,
given that its only the waratahs, im sure we will see the chiefs usual stars back in their normal positions when the thougher opponents come along, icluding anscombe to 15.

barret played 15 last week, pisi is better for the hurricanes, especially on defnece which has been an area of weakness for the canes the last 6 weeks. i would rate pisi the best tackler in the No10 jersey and coupled with andre taylor who has already used up his outstanding season pass last year, slotting barret at 15 here he had played for the ABs as well, is not that bad, :o)

 Sasu - you reckon Pisi had nothing to do with the Canes inability to score last weekend?

Also, I am assuming Cruden will take over goal-kicking from Anscombe which should help his value at least for this week ........

@oimatey,
in my opinon and my opinon only, no. i think the blues were just hungrier then the hurricanes in nearly every facet of the games, especially upfront and at the breakdown where the hurricanes got pwned.
pisi did fail to make any real impact on attack though & he also missed a couple of tackles, but it could be a case of bad first game??? maybe now thats under his belt hes good to go & the hurricanes will kill it now, fingers croseed, :o)

horrel is a pretty good goal kicker too, but it would be safe to assume that cruden will take up the kicking.

I think it's safe to say that once Aaron Cruden resumes the goalkicking duties that he ceded to Gareth Anscombe while he had a groin injury, he'll keep them. If Anscombe isn't required for his goal-kicking then Andrew Horrell and Tim Nanai-Williams both become better and more attacking options at fullback. Bit harsh on Anscombe who's been steady if unspectacular so far, but that's the reality.

 Interesting observation Rooi. 

Crusaders named . . .

Crusaders: Israel Dagg, Tom Marshall, Robbie Fruean, Ryan Crotty, Zac Guildford, Tyler Bleyendaal, Andy Ellis, Luke Whitelock, Matt Todd, George Whitelock (c), Sam Whitelock, Luke Romano, Owen Franks, Corey Flynn, Wyatt Crockett.

Reserves: Ben Funnell, Joe Moody, Dominic Bird, Jordan Taufua, Willi Heinz, Tom Taylor, Adam Whitelock. 

Reds

 1  Greg Holmes, 2 James Hanson, 3 James Slipper, 4  Rob Simmons, 5 James Horwill (c), 6  Eddie Quirk,  7  Liam Gill, 8  Jake Schatz, 9  Will Genia. 10  Quade Cooper, 11  Digby Ioane, 12  Ben Tapuai, 13  Anthony Faingaa, 14 Rod Davies, 15  Jono Lance

Replacements

16  Saia Faingaa, 17  Ben Daley, 18  Ed O'Donoghue, 19  Jarrad Butler, 20  Ben Lucas, 21  Chris Feauai-Sautia, 22  Dom Shipperley

*update*

crusaders and reds have been updated, :o)

Sasue

There is a separte thread on the issue of the Sharks team that makes inerestubg reading,  Plumtree is as a result of injuries in a real problemin selecting side against the Cheetahs and a squad to go on tour with

I gained the impression that Steyn is unconcerned and therefor not co-operating with the recovery treatment programme to get back to physical requirements laid down by Plumtree.   I think they may be looking for support players for the Sharks and they may delay the selection process  to even Friday SA tiime - meaning that te team will only be announced after the fantasy selections closing time.   Hope Plumtree can sort out the mess asap,

*update*

brumbies have been updated, :o)

Just an update to the Hurricanes team for this weekend; hooker Dane Coles has fractured his eye socket in training and will be out of rugby for 6 weeks.

Motu Matu'u will take Coles' position in the starting XV this weekend with Ash Dixon coming onto the bench.

Force . . .

Western Force: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Patrick Dellit, 13 Winston Stanley, 12 Junior Rasolea, 11 Ed Stubbs, 10 Sam Norton-Knight, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Richard Brown, 7 Matt Hodgson (c), 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Toby Lynn, 3 Tetera Faulkner, 2 Heath Tessmann, 1 Pek Cowan.

Replacements: 16 James Hilterbrand, 17 Kieran Longbottom, 18 Rory Walton, 19 Chris Alcock, 20 Mick Snowden, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Alfie Mafi.

*update*

hurricnaes have been revised & force have been updated, thanks rooinek, :o)

Sharks announced . . .

Sharks: 1. Tendai Mtawarira, 2. Kyle Cooper, 3. Wiehahn Herbst, 4. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 6. Marcell Coetzee, 7. Jean Deysel, 8. Keegan Daniel (Captain), 9. Cobus Reinach, 10. Patrick Lambie, 11. Sean Robinson, 12. Meyer Bosman, 13. Paul Jordaan, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 15. Riaan Viljoen

Replacements: 16. Craig Burden, 17. Jannie du Plessis, 18. Anton Bresler, 19. Lubabalo Mtembu, 20. Charl McLeod, 21. Francois Steyn, 22. Andries Coetzee

Sharks

15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Sean Robinson, 10 Patrick Lambie, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Keegan Daniel (capt), 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Kyle Cooper, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.

Replacements

16 Craig Burden, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Anton Bresler, 19 Tera Mtembu, 20 Charl McLeod, 21 Francois Steyn, 22 Andries Coetzee.

I am a bit surprised by the retention of Bosman at 12 after the mess he made last week.   That shows that something has gone awry in Steyn;'s reconditioning programme.  

What like to see what Plumtree comes up as to his toruing squad.

*updates*

sharks have been updated, :o)

as of right now we are only waiting on the highlanders so nice work boys, :o)

@rooinek,
when the hurricanes released their team earlier in the week, i had motu matuu who i sold but did not replace as i was biding my time with team announcements.
now that motu is back in, if i were to put motu matuu back in the team, would i get that transfer back, or is it a non refundable policy???
i havent replaced matuu since i sold him, if that helps mys dwindliling transfer cause at all.

Sasuke, yes, you will get that transfer back.

The only thing you lose when you do a transfer reset is the profit (or loss) you made on the players you transferred.

For example, let's say you sold player A at 100k and bought player B at 120k, then you find out that player B isn't playing so you reset your transfers and get player A back. If player A's value has gone up by 10k between you seeling him and doing your transfer reset, you don't get that 10k profit. The values are reset to what they were when you first did the transfer.

The other thing to note with the transfer reset is that you reset all transfers that you made that week, you can't reset a transfer for a single player. If you've made 3 transfers and you only want to cancel one of them, you have to reset and then redo the two transfers you want to keep, losing any profits you would have made otherwise.

Hope that makes sense. I generally do any transfers early in the week (especially when selling players who are injured or have a bye the next week) and then hope that my replacement players get selected, meaning I make a nice profit. However, also remember that you can only do a reset once every week so once you've reset your transfers, don't try any more gambles because you'll be losing transfers.

Sasuke, reading your question again I see you weren't specifically referring to the transfer reset, you're saying you removed Matu'u but didn't replace him? I didn't know you could do that, I always sell and buy at the same time and I thought you had to always save a full team but my advice to you is the same, use the transfer reset, your team will be reset to what it was and you'll definitely get your transfer back.

 Rooi - I believe he is referring to Testrugby

Thanks Oimatey, that would explain why he was able to sell without replacing. I should have twigged he was referring to Testrugby.

Sasuke, you will lose that transfer. In the Testrugby comp, transfers are deducted at the moment you sell the player so even if you put the same player back, you will have used up a transfer. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

 Lowlanders need to hurry up and announce.

Oimatey.

Getting a little close, eh?

I had enough and picked my team. Not really anyone I wanted from them anyway. Highlanders also have a bye next weekend.

I had to use 8 transfers for this round in testrugby. A lot of players on the bench, and 3 teams with a bye hurt me. Good thing I had 21 transfers.

Highlanders

1  Tony Woodcock, 2  Andrew Hore (captain), 3  Chris King, 4  Brad Thorn, 5  Josh Bekhuis, 6  Jarrad Hoeata, 7 John Hardie, 8  TJ Ioane. 9  Aaron Smith, 10  Hayden Parker, 11 Hosea Gear (vice-captain), 12  Ma’a Nonu, 13  Jason Emery, 14  Tony Ensor, 15 Ben Smith

Replacements:

16  Liam Coltman, 17  Ma’afu Fia, 18  Jamie Mackintosh, 19  Elliot Dixon. 20  Fumiaka Tanaka, 21  Colin Slade,  
22  Jake Paringatai

*update*

highlanders have finally been updated, :o)

 Sweet ! Thanks fellas

Yes Can, I was sweating it, didn't want to have to make more transfers. Already down to 8 left in Testrugby with 2 weeks still to go before they are replenished