all teams named for round 16,,,

crusaders
15 Israel Dagg, 14 Tom Marshall, 13  Ryan Crotty, 12 Tom Taylor, 11 Zac Guildford, 10  Dan Carter, 9 Willi Heinz, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Dominic Bird, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Nepo Laulala,  2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett
Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Joe Moody, 18 Jimmy Tupou, 19 Luke Whitelock, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Robbie Fruean, 22 Adam Whitelock
v
waratahs
15 Israel Folau, 14 Cam Crawford, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Rob Horne, 11 Peter Betham, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Brendan McKibbin, 8 Dave Dennis, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Pat McCutcheon, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Sitaleki Timani, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 John Ulugia, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Luke Holmes, 17 Paddy Ryan, 18 Will Skelton, 19 Jed Holloway, 20 Matt Lucas, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Drew Mitchell

brumbies
1  Scott Sio,  2  Stephen Moore, 3  Ben Alexander,  4  Scott Fardy, 5  Sam Carter,  6  Peter Kimlin, 7  Colby Faingaa, 8  Ben Mowen (c), 9  Nic White, 10  Matt Toomua, 11  Joe Tomane, 12  Christian Lealiifano, 13  Tevita Kuridrani, 14  Henry Speight,  15  Jesse Mogg
Replacements: 16  Siliva Siliva, 17  Ruan Smith, 18  Fotu Auelua, 19  Jordan Smiler, 20  Ian Prior, 21  Robbie Coleman,  22  Clyde Rathbone
v
hurricanes
1. Ben Franks ,2. Dane Coles,3. Ben May,4. Jeremy Thrush,5. James Broadhurst,6. Brad Shields,7. Jack Lam ,8. Victor Vito ,9. TJ Perenara,10. Beauden Barrett,11. Julian Savea,12. Reynold Lee-Lo,13. Conrad Smith,14. Alapati Leiua ,15. Andre Taylor
Replacements : 16. Ash Dixon,17. Reggie Goodes,18. Mark Reddish,19. Faifili Levave,20. Chris Smylie,21. Tusi Pisi,22. James Marshal

highlanders
1. Jamie Mackintosh 2. Andrew Hore (c) 3. Ma’afu Fia 4. Brad Thorn 5. Josh Bekhuis 6. Jarrad Hoeata 7. John Hardie 8. Mose Tuiali’i 9. Fumiaki Tanaka 10. Colin Slade 11. Hosea Gear (vice-captain) 12. Shaun Treeby 13. Tamati Ellison 14. Trent Renata 15. Ben Smith
Reserves 16. Liam Coltman 17. Bronson Murray 18. Elliot Dixon 19. TJ Ioane 20. Aaron Smith 21. Hayden Parker 22. Ma’a Nonu
v
blues
Charles Piutau, Frank Halai, Rene Ranger, Francis Saili, Waisake Naholo, Baden Kerr, Piri Weepu; Peter Saili, Luke Braid/ Brendon O'Connor, Steven Luatua, Ali Williams (c), Anthony Boric, Angus Ta'avao, James Parsons, Tim Perry.
Reserves: Keven Mealamu, Sam Prattley, Culum Retallick, O'Connor/Kane Barrett, Jamison Gibson-Park, Marty McKenzie, Jackson Willison

reds
1 Greg Holmes,  2 James Hanson, 3  James Slipper, 4  Rob Simmons, 5 James Horwill (c), 6  Eddie Quirk,   7  Beau Robinson, 8  Jake Schatz,  9  Will Genia, 10   Quade Cooper, 11  Luke Morahan, 12  Anthony Faingaa, 13  Ben Tapuai, 14   Rod Davies,  15  Ben Lucas
Replacements : 16  Saia Faingaa, 17  Ben Daley, 18  Ed O'Donoghue, 19  Radike Samo, 20  Liam Gill, 21  Nick Frisby, 22  Mike Harris
v
rebels
1 Nic Henderson, 2 Ged Robinson, 3 Laurie Weeks, 4 Hugh Pyle, 5 Luke Jones, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 7 Scott Fuglistaller, 8 Scott Higginbotham (C), 9  Nick Phipps, 10 James O'Connor, 11 Lachlan Mitchell, 12  Rory Sidey, 13 Mitch Inman, 14 Tom English, 15 Jason Woodward
Replacements: 16  Shota Horie, 17  Paul Alo-Emile, 18  Cadeyrn Neville, 19  Gareth Delve, 20 Nic Stirzaker, 21  Bryce Hegarty,  22  Kimami Sitauti

stormers
15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jean de Villiers (captain), 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Deon Fourie, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Substitutes: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Chris Heiberg, 18 Gerbrandt Grobler, 19 Don Armand, 20 Dewaldt Duvenage, 21 Gary van Aswegen, 22 Gerhard van den Heever.
v
kings
15 SP Marais, 14 Siviwe Soyizwapi, 13 Ronnie Cooke, 12 Andries Strauss (c), 11 Marcello Sampson, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nicolas Vergallo, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Wimpie van der Walt, 6 Cornell du Preez, 5 David Bulbring, 4 Darron Nell, 3 Kevin Buys, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 Schalk Ferreira
Replacements: 16 Hannes Franklin, 17 Grant Kemp, 18 Rynier Bernado, 19 Devin Oosthuizen, 20 Shaun Venter, 21 Shane Gates, 22 George Whitehead.

cheetahs
15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Raymond Rhule, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Willie le Roux, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Ligtoring Landman, 19 Boom Prinsloo, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Riaan Smit, 22 Rayno Benjamin
v
bulls
15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies (c), 7 Arno Botha, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling
Replacements: 16 Callie Visagie , 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Grant Hattingh, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Zane Kirchner

howdy all,

special congrats to oimatey for getting into the next round of the cup challengewho continues to power through the cup challenge like a spartan warrior. good luck this week, the sarugby peeps are in ur corner big time, :o)

the canes are first of the block this time round and the fantasy friendly kings. apparently the kings have a few injuries and are hoping some of their players might recover so they will be naming their team on thrusday.

this weeks byes are the chiefs, sharks and force, this will cement the chiefs ontop of the ladder for another week.

here is a  link for the match officials in round 16,,,
www.sarugby.com/forum.cfm

and as always, good luck to ur teams both in the spXV and on the fantasy circuts, :o)

Waratahs: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Cam Crawford, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Rob Horne, 11 Peter Betham, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Brendan McKibbin, 8 Dave Dennis, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Pat McCutcheon, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Sitaleki Timani, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 John Ulugia, 1 Benn Robinson.

Replacements: 16 Luke Holmes, 17 Paddy Ryan, 18 Will Skelton, 19 Jed Holloway, 20 Matt Lucas, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Drew Mitchell.

Palu out with injury, Dennis moves to #8, McCutcheon comes in at blindside flank, Crawford replaces Mitchell, McKibbin replaces Lucas and Horne replaces Barnes.

Rooinek

Help - Heer Koning - I don't lnow where to find the Wallaby squad - do you know where we can find them - because my changes this week will depend upon which players  will be missing next week from the Aussie sides.

Ou Maaik, here is the 25 man Wallaby squad:

Wallabies squad: Ben Alexander, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Berrick Barnes, Nick Cummins, Dave Dennis, Saia Faingaa, Israel Folau, Will Genia, Liam Gill, Scott Higginbotham, Michael Hooper, Rob Horne, James Horwill, Digby Ioane, Sekope Kepu, Christian Lealiifano, Stephen Moore, Ben Mowen, James O'Connor, Wycliff Palu, Benn Robinson, Rob Simmons, James Slipper, Sitaleki Timani, Joe Tomane.

Please note, there will be a further 6 names added to this squad, I think on June 10. I'm pretty sure you can bank on one of Kurtley Beale or Jesse Mogg being one of those names and he'll definitely name a second scrumhalf.

Also note that it's never been a definite that these Wallabies will miss the S15 round 17 games and it's possible that some Rebels, Force, Waratah and Brumbies players in that squad might still be released to play in round 17, especially if the teams playoff chances are in the balance.

Perhaps not the right thread to mention this however I hope that you guys currently playing fantasy rugby will also partake in the Lions Tour to Oz which is now available on testrugby .com.

Rooinek

If the rest of the squad is only announced on 11 June 2013 then that would mean the 6 unnamed players will be available in Round 17.   I can see the Aussie Franchises screaming murder if at least some of the other frontline players are not going to being available for Round 17.   If they are it is going to be a great help for me in Round 18 when I would have 8 top bench players available to replace the missing Aussie teams and can then replace 6 of the Aussies and put most on the bench for future replacement if needed.

CleanCut

I am definitely in on that one.   Will be a nightmare though with the Lions playing some of the weaker Aussie teams and I am sure the teams - other than in the tests will be rotated against the weaker franchises - making Transfers problematic.  Have Fun

Great!!

The difference this time round, Mike, is that you will have picked up some experience and will no doubt present a good challenege to those seasoned players.

Should make for an interesting contest.

I am also expecting a big challenge from oimatey and canrugby.

Hope they join in the fun.

Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Lionel Mapoe, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies (c), 7 Arno Botha, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.

Replacements: 16 Callie Visagie , 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Grant Hattingh, 19 Dewald Potgieter, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Zane Kirchner.

Lionel Mapoe, Jan Serfontein, Arno Botha and Werner Kruger replace Akona Ndungane, Wynand Olivier, Dewald Potgieter and Frik Kirsten respectively.

Also, rather ominously for all Springbok supporters, Zane Kirchner is included on the bench.

Hapless Stompies: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jean de Villiers (captain), 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Deon Fourie, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Steven Kitshoff.

Substitutes: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Chris Heiberg, 18 Gerbrandt Grobler, 19 Don Armand, 20 Dewaldt Duvenage, 21 Gary van Aswegen, 22 Gerhard van den Heever.

De Kock Steenkamp and Deon Fourie replace Gerbrandt Grobler and Don Armand in the starting XV.

Come on Kings!

Rooinek

Interesting team selection - Meyer must have a huge hand in selection of the Bulls team - since he would insist on inclusion of Kirchner, Serfonterin, Hougaard and Botha in the Springbok squad.  I think Kirchner - the worest full back by a mile in Super Rugby this year - will have 20 minutes playing time and that would be enough for Meyer's purpose.   Hougaard was poor all year round and after the disaster on Saturday - Meyer would hope for something to base his selection on.

Intersting match-ups in the game as well.   I would like to see how Van Zyl compares with Hougaard and Labuschagne with Botha.   However, even if Labuschagne outplayed Botha and Van Zyl outplayed Hougaard -  comprehensively neither of the two will make the squad against Meyer's favourites.

Would also like to see how De Allende shapes up for the Stormers.     

Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Raymond Rhule, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Willie le Roux, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.

Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Ligtoring Landman, 19 Boom Prinsloo, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Riaan Smit, 22 Rayno Benjamin.

Raymond Rhule returns to the starting XV in place of Rayno Benjamin in the only change.

*update*

cheetahs, bulls, stormers and waratahs have been updated, :o)

bulls have named a very strong team and while im expecting the cheetahs to be the only attacking team, mornes boot will no doubt make it a close one.

barnes is starting on the bench for the waratahs, could be hes still not 100% after last weeks match maybe, but will be interesting to see how the waratahs go against a fired up saders team.

nice of fourie to be back in the stormes team, might bring him back into my team for the stormers match against the kings.

Just confirming. But in Round 17, all the Wallabie players aren't going to be playing in super rugby? 

Canrugby

Oi-matey and Sasue seem to believe that they are not going to be in Round 17 - because of a statement made a while ago by Deans.   However, in a later statement Deans said that the squad as announced will be strengthened by th selection oof 6 further players on 11 June 2013.   If the 6 can play in Round 17 and the others cannot than ther is going to be one hell of a moan by the franchise coaches - especially those that can potentitally make it into the top six positions of the comptition - eg the Brumbies, Reds and Waratahs.   So I am not sure that it will happen - it can - but also may be dountful.

I lost both flyhalves I had in Test Rugby - Lambie is on a by and Barness is on the bench,   Cruden and Anscombe are out - so where to now?  I was thinking of Cooper and Leafiitano - what do you think?   Money is no problem so I can go for the more expensive players in any event. 

 Can - the plan to hold out the current 25 man Wallaby squad for Round 17 and then name a further 6 players after they had participated in Round 17 is something that Deans and the ARU has had in the works before the Super Rugby season started  - you can read here .

It doesn't appear anything has changed yet, despite Jake Whites efforts - you can read about him meeting with the ARU here . I am not aware of  results of the decision that article references. 

It would be a mistake I think to count on any of the players in the current 25 man squad playing in Round 17 however I could see certain players being released to play if they are desperately needed by their club (front rower) or in need of game time due to recent injury (O'Connor / Barnes) although there would be a massive outcry by the teams who they played against if their own Wallabies were not allowed to play.

Thanks Guys... This is going to be interesting.

Mike, I have Cooper already. Just dumped Cruden and will probably go with Leafilano. Problem is, is he might not play in round 17 though. Might take Foley???

Crusaders

15 Israel Dagg, 14 Tom Marshall, 13  Ryan Crotty, 12 Tom Taylor, 11 Zac Guildford, 10  Dan Carter, 9 Willi Heinz, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Dominic Bird, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Nepo Laulala,      2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.

Replacements : 16  Ben Funnell,  17 Joe Moody, 18 Jimmy Tupou, 19 Luke Whitelock, 20 Andy Ellis, 21 Robbie Fruean, 22 Adam White

I copied this team from am article in the New Zealand Herald.   Luckily I decided to add the numbers of the players to the names and then found that the team as published only had 14 names - the one wing was missing.   I then added the name of Zac Guildford to the team as no 11 - not that he was any good this year in games he played.  I hope I was right in doing so.  Bad journalism  

The following teams are still outstanding with basically 30 hours to go before closing times for fantasy sport:-

*    The Highlanders

*    The Kings

I checked the  official teams websites and local Newspapers - but there was no team selections anounced as yet.    The only article I found in the Eastern Province Herald indicated that they intended to announce the team on Wednesday - but the decision was delayed  because of the fitness problem they have with Catrakillis.

Jake White apparently does not like Fantasy Sport.   It is not uncommon for him to announce teams very late and  even after the closing times of the fantasy teams and one has to wonder why he thinks announcing teams give away secrets to the opposition.      His team is in the second encounter on Friday - and frankly I hope the Hurricanes beat the shit out of them.  

*update*

crusaders have been updated, :o)

"Jake White apparently does not like Fantasy Sport.   It is not uncommon for him to announce teams very late and  even after the closing times of the fantasy teams and one has to wonder why he thinks announcing teams give away secrets to the opposition. His team is in the second encounter on Friday - and frankly I hope the Hurricanes beat the shit out of them."

LMFAO, :oD

thanks for the info and the laughs mikey, :o)
and yes, zac will be playing on the wing, confirmed it with another source, :o)

Blues: Charles Piutau, Frank Halai, Rene Ranger, Francis Saili, Waisake Naholo, Baden Kerr, Piri Weepu; Peter Saili, Luke Braid/ Brendon O'Connor, Steven Luatua, Ali Williams (c), Anthony Boric, Angus Ta'avao, James Parsons, Tim Perry.

Reserves: Keven Mealamu, Sam Prattley, Culum Retallick, O'Connor/Kane Barrett, Jamison Gibson-Park, Marty McKenzie, Jackson Willison.

That's not exactly the side named on the Stuff website because they had an error. They listed Jackson Willison at inside centre and also on the bench so I'm guessing #12 should be Francis Saili otherwise it would be listed as a change from last week. Hopefully they'll fix the error soon.

Otherwise, Waisake Naholo replaces George Moala, Baden Kerr replaces Chris Noakes, Stephen Luatua returns from injury and replaces Brendon O'Connor, Anthony Boric replaces Culum Retallick and James Parsons replaces Keven Mealamu. Luke Braid is bracketed with O'Connor.

Reds

1  Greg Holmes,  2 James Hanson, 3  James Slipper, 4  Rob Simmons, 5 James Horwill (c), 6  Eddie Quirk,   7  Beau Robinson, 8  Jake Schatz,  9  Will Genia, 10   Quade Cooper, 11  Luke Morahan, 12  Anthony Faingaa, 13  Ben Tapuai, 14   Rod Davies,  15  Ben Lucas

Replacements : 16  Saia Faingaa, 17  Ben Daley, 18  Ed O'Donoghue, 19  Radike Samo, 20  Liam Gill, 21  Nick Frisby, 22  Mike Harris

Blues

1 Tim Perry, 2  James Parsons, 3  Angus Ta'avao, 4  Anthony Boric, 5  Ali Williams, 6  Steven Luatua, 7  Luke Braid, 8  Peter Saili, 9  Piri Weepu, 10  Baden Kerr, 11  Waisake Naholo,  12  Francis Saili, 13  Rene Ranger, 14  Frank Halai, 15  Charles Piutau

Replacements : 16  Keven Mealamu, 17  Sam Prattley, 18  Culum Retallick, 19  Brendon O'Connor, 20  Jamison Gibson-Park, 21  Marty McKenzie,  22  Jackson Willison

Why do they always add the mug shots to the team on their website?   It means I have to type out the names - since you cannot read it into this format.          

Rebels

1  Nic Henderson, 2  Ged Robinson, 3  Laurie Weeks,  4  Hugh Pyle, 5  Luke Jones, 6  Jarrod Saffy,
7  Scott Fuglistaller, 8  Scott Higginbotham (C), 9  Nick Phipps, 10  James O'Connor, 11  Lachlan Mitchell, 12  Rory Sidey, 13  Mitch Inman, 14  Tom English, 15 Jason Woodward

Replacements :  16  Shota Horie, 17  Paul Alo-Emile, 18  Cadeyrn Neville, 19  Gareth Delve, 20 Nic Stirzaker, 21  Bryce Hegarty,  22  Kimami Sitauti

Brumbies

1  Scott Sio,  2  Stephen Moore, 3  Ben Alexander,  4  Scott Fardy, 5  Sam Carter,  6  Peter Kimlin, 7  Colby Faingaa, 8  Ben Mowen (c), 9  Nic White, 10  Matt Toomua, 11  Joe Tomane, 12  Christian Lealiifano, 13  Tevita Kuridrani, 14  Henry Speight,  15  Jesse Mogg

Replacements : 16  Siliva Siliva, 17  Ruan Smith, 18  Fotu Auelua, 19  Jordan Smiler, 20  Ian Prior, 21  Robbie Coleman,  22  Clyde Rathbone

*update*
rebels, blues, brumbies and reds updated, :o)

moalas been stood down for missing a training on sunday after the loss, hope the blues maintain their high standards and get rid of him next season, would have been better of giving his positioin in the squad to serwin stowers or ben lam, but their exclusion did help out the NZ 7s team.

rebels team is looking stong and should give the travel weary reds a run for their money.

and i cant see my hurricanes beating that brumbies team, will depend on who shows up on the day which is a coin toss, but im not hodling my breath.

My selections have been finalized - since I normaly do not include player from the Highlanders and Kings in my selections - when I did they cost me points.   However, Round 17 is bothering me badly - especially since the Western Force has a by this round.   I consequently ended up with too many players of the Waratahs in the game against the Crusaders - and none of the Crusaders in my squads.   The same applies to the Rebels.   I would have put in two players from the Force this week to cater for Round 17 - but the byes for the Chiefs and Force put pay to that one.

I hope at least some players from the Aussie squad will be released for Round 17 - otherwise I am going to have only 12 players in that round.   Bad news - that one.   I was hoping to have 14 in both rounds 17 and 18- leaving outonly the scrummie in both rounds - but I am sick when looking at it - without the Assie squad players.   If they are released - or it least some of them - I could end up with a full squad in Round 17 and 14 players in Round 18.

Lets hold thumbs on that one. 

@mikey,

while it may screw up ur team big time in rnd17, i do hope those players arent available, as i have since round 10 been making selctions with rnd17 in mind and not choosing teams i would prefer.

as it stands, after this weeks transfers i will have 10 players plus 6 transfers for rnd 17, i will keep one extra in case any of the players i already have are injured.

@rooy,
next week on test rugby we will have another fresh batch of 20 transfers to play with, is this correct??? i hope so, cos im down to one right now, o_O

Sasuke, yes, you will get 20 new transfers on Friday morning . . . sorry, on Friday evening your time . . . basically as soon as the first game kicks off this weekend.

Kings: 15 SP Marais, 14 Siviwe Soyizwapi, 13 Ronnie Cooke, 12 Andries Strauss (c), 11 Marcello Sampson, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nicolas Vergallo, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Wimpie van der Walt, 6 Cornell du Preez, 5 David Bulbring, 4 Darron Nell, 3 Kevin Buys, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 Schalk Ferreira.

Replacements: 16 Hannes Franklin, 17 Grant Kemp, 18 Rynier Bernado, 19 Devin Oosthuizen, 20 Shaun Venter, 21 Shane Gates, 22 George Whitehead.

Down to the Highlanders, again. Maybe they shoudl try something different with their team announcements and at least try to be the first to announce...... win something. 

*update*

kings have been updated, :o)

good work boys and yes oimatey highlanders might want to actually try coming first at something, LMAO, :oD

cheers for that rooy, might even save my transfer for next week to help lighten the transfer load, o_o

 I think we need to hang onto those Testrugby transfers as they are going to get very scarce towards the end of the compo. 

A lot of switching and changing going on next two rounds and you only have 25 more transfers coming in Round 19 to last you through the rest of the league play as well as playoffs.

I think I've done my math right. On testrugby If I make all 12 transfers next weekend, and then do all 12 again the next weekend, I'll still have 5 trades left for round 18. Then get 25 for round 19.

Hopefully won't have to make all 12 transfers though.

This is tough. LOL

So how long do you guys think Foley will be on the field for before Barnes comes on?

right now my team is
FR: ged robinson
LK: hugh pyle, brad thorn
LF: jarrod saffey, lappies labuschange
HV: morne steyn, dan carter
CT: rene ranger,
OB: israel folau, charles piutau

i have two spots to still fill and one extra transfer at my disposal. it lloks like i will definately be filling in the last two spots with players for rnd 17 and also save my transfer for the just in cae or for later on come finals time.
would love to bring on serfontein this week,e specially against the cheetahs, but will rpob go with kruidani.

@canrugby,

not sure, but he could easily come on for rob horne as well who was benched last week so that barnes could start.

thanks Sasuke.

Testrugby is;

A. Strauss

Ged Robinson

Hugh Pyle

Luatua

Lappies

Kolisi

Quade Cooper

???????  Want Foley as he will play this week and next week. But also want to try and win every weekend.

Rene Ranger

Mitch Inman

Israel Folau

Charles Piutau

Hey Sasuke. How about Matt Toomua?? I don't know much about him.

@canrugby,

matt toomua is a very good player, but im not sure how testrugby sees him, some of the ratings from test rugby is a little odd.

IMO he will be playing every game though, normally i would prob go with foley over toomua, but with brumbies taking on hurricanes and waratahs taking on the crusaders, toomua would be a great choice, if flyhalves was one of the positions in question for me this week, i would bring in toomua.

im considering bringing in inman into my center where hes guranteed to play and given that its against the reds who are returning from SA where they left zero impression, he might have big one.

Sasue

I saw in article in the Otago Times - where they say inter alia - that the team announcement will only be made after all injuries has been assessed.   Looks like Tamati Ekllison is the probem case - because the article refer to another player as the alternative outside center.   Hope you have got rid of him.

My Test Rugby side is as follows:-

FR  :   Adriaan Strauss, Ged Robinson

LO  :   Steven Luatua, Eben Etzebeth

LF  :   Lappies Labuschagne, Scott Higgenbotham

HB :   Christian Lealiifona, Quade Cooper

CE :   Rene Ranger, Jean de Villiers

OB :   Israel Folau, James O'Connor

I expect 4500 points from that lot.   LOL

By the way - I saw in the Otago times that Labuschagne is the best buy in Fantasy Rugby - he is in the team of 85% of all participants - and I was the one to advise you to go for him.  Hell,  should have kept my advice to myself - but you would have found out anyway.  According to the relevant report Labuschagne is the highest pointscorer in their competition and scored 50 more points than Morne Steyn - while costing less than half what Steyn cost.