all teams named for round 2.,,,*recommended reading for fantasy rugby participants*

highlanders
15 Ben Smith, 14 Kade Poki, 13 Phil Burleigh, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Hosea Gear (c), 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Nasi Manu, 7 John Hardie, 6 Joe Wheeler, 5 Josh Bekuis, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 3 Ma'afu Fia, 2 Brayden Mitchell, 1 Tony Woodock.
Reserves: 16 Liam Coltman, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Elliot Dixon, 19 Tim Boys, 20 Fumiaki Tanaka, 21 Hayden Parker, 22 Buxton Popoali'i.
vs
chiefs
1. Pauliasi Manu, 2. Hika Elliot, 3. Ben Afeaki, 4. Craig Clarke (c) , 5. Brodie Retallick, 6. Liam Messam, 7. Sam Cane, 8. Fritz Lee, 9. Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 10. Aaron Cruden, 11. Asaeli Tikoirotuma, 12. Bundee Aki, 13. Tim Nanai-Williams, 14. Patrick Osborne , 15. Gareth Anscombe
Replacements: 16. Rhys Marshall, 17. Ben Tameifuna, 18. Michael Fitzgerald, 19. Tanerau Latimer, 20. Augustine Pulu, 21. Charlie Ngatai, 22. Lelia Masaga

rebels
15. James O'Connor , 14. Lachlan Mitchell , 13. Mitch Inman , 12. Rory Sidey , 11. Richard Kingi , 10. Kurtley Beale , 9. Nick Phipps , 8. Gareth Delve (c) , 7. Scott Fuglistaller , 6. Scott Higginbotham , 5. Luke Jones , 4. Hugh Pyle , 3. Laurie Weeks , 2. Ged Robinson , 1. Nic Henderson
Replacements : 16. Shota Horie , 17. Paul Alo-Emile , 18. Cadeyrn Neville , 19. Jarrod Saffy , 20. Nic Stirzaker , 21. Alex Rokobaro , 22. Tom English
vs
brumbies
1. Ben Alexander , 2. Stephen Moore , 3. Dan Palmer , 4. Scott Fardy , 5. Sam Carter , 6. Peter Kimlin , 7. David Pocock , 8. Ben Mowen (c) , 9. Nic White , 10. Matt Toomua , 11. Clyde Rathbone , 12. Christian Lealiifano , 13. Andrew Smith , 14. Joe Tomane , 15. Jesse Mogg
Replacements , 16. Siliva Siliva , 17. Scott Sio , 18. Fotu Auelua , 19. Colby Faingaa , 20. Ian Prior , 21. Robbie Coleman , 22. Tevita Kuridrani

bulls
Zane Kirchner, Lionel Mapoe, JJ Engelbrecht, Wynand Olivier, Bjorn Basson , Morne Steyn, Francois Hougaard, Pierre Spies (c), Dewald Potgieter, Deon Stegmann, Juandre Kruger, Flip van der Merwe,Werner Kruger, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Morne Mellett.
Replacements: Willie Wepener Frik Kirsten, Grant Hattingh, Arno Both, Jano Vermaak, Louis Fouche, Francois Venter.
vs
stormers
15. Jaco Taute , 14. Gio Aplon , 13. Jean de Villiers (captain) , 12. Damian de Allende , 11. Bryan Habana , 10. Elton Jantjies , 9. Nic Groom , 8. Duane Vermeulen , 7. Rynhardt Elstadt , 6. Siya Kolisi , 5. Andries Bekker , 4. De Kock Steenkamp , 3. Pat Cilliers , 2. Deon Fourie , 1. Steven Kitshoff
Replacements: 16. Martin Bezuidenhout , 17. Frans Malherbe , 18. Don Armand , 19. Nizaam Carr , 20. Dewaldt Duvenage , 21. Gerhard van den Heever , 22. Joe Pietersen

hurricanes1. Ben Franks,2. Dane Coles,3. Ben May,4. Jeremy Thrush,5. Jason Eaton,6. Victor Vito,7. Karl Lowe,8. Brad Shields,9. TJ Perenara,10. Beauden Barrett,11. Julian Savea,12. Tim Bateman,13. Conrad Smith (c),14. Alapati Leiua,15. Andre Taylor
Replacements : 16. Ash Dixon,17. Reggie Goodes,18. Mark Reddish,19. Faifili Levave,20. Chris Smylie,21. James Marshall,22. Reynold Lee-Lo
vs
blues
15 Charles Piutau, 14 Frank Halai, 13 Rene Ranger, 12 Francis Saili, 11 George Moala, 10 Chris Noakes, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Peter Saili, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Steven Luatua, 5 Ali Williams (c), 4 Culum Retallick, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 James Parsons, 1 Tom McCartney.
Reserves: 22 Jackson Willison, 21 Baden Kerr, 20 Bryn Hall, 19 Brendon O'Connor, 18 Liaki Moli, 17 Angus Ta'avao, 16 Quentin MacDonald.

reds
1. Greg Holmes,2. Saia Faingaa,3. James Slipper (c),4. Ed O'Donoghue,5. Rob Simmons,6. Eddie Quirk ,7. Liam Gill,8. Jake Schatz,9. Ben Lucas,10. Quade Cooper,11. Digby Ioane,12. Ben Tapuai (vc),13. Chris Feauai-Sautia,14. Dom Shipperley,15. Mike Harris
Replacements : 16. James Hanson,17. Albert Anae,18. Adam Wallace-Harrison,19. Jarrad Butler,20. Nick Frisby,21. Jono Lance,22. Luke Morahan
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waratahs
1 Jeremey Tisle, 2 Tatafu Polotu-nau, 3 Sekope Kepu, 4 Sitaleki Timani, 5 Kane Douglas, 6 Dave Dennis (captain), 7 Micheal Hooper, 8 Wycliff Palu, 9 Brendan McKibbin, 10 Bernard Foley, 11 Tom Kingston, 12 Tom Carter, 13 Adam Ashley Cooper, 14 Drew Mitchell, 15 Israel Folau
Replacements: 16 John Ulugia, 17 Ben Robinson, 18 Paddy Ryan, 19 Mitchell Chapman, 20 Lopeti Timani, 21 Matt Lucas, 22 Ben Volavola

cheetahs
Hennie Daniller, Willie le Roux, Johann Sadie, Robert Ebersohn, Raymond Rhule, Johan Goosen, Piet van Zyl, Philip van der Walt, Lappies Labuschagne, Frans Viljoen, Francois Uys, Lood de Jager, Lourens Adriaanse, Adriaan Strauss (captain), Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: Ryno Barnes, Coenie Oosthuizen, Waltie Vermeulen, Boom Prinsloo, Sarel Pretorius, Elgar Watts, Ryno Benjamin.
vs
sharks
Louis Ludik, JP Pietersen, Paul Jordaan, Francois Steyn (captain), Lwazi Mvovo, Patrick Lambie, Cobus Reinach, Ryan Kankowski, Marcell Coetzee, Jacques Botes, Franco van der Merwe, Anton Bresler, Jannie du Plessis, Craig Burden, Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: Kyle Cooper, Wiehahn Herbst, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Jean Deysel, Charl McLeod, Meyer Bosman, Odwa Ndungane.

kings
15 SP Marais, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ronnie Cooke, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Marcello Sampson, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Shaun Venter, 8. Luke Watson (c), 7. Wimpie van der Walt, 6. Cornell du Preez, 5. Steven Sykes, 4 David Bulbring, 3 Kevin Buys, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 Schalk Ferreira
Replacements : 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Jaco Engels, 18 Daniel Adongo, 19 Jacques Engelbrecht, 20 Johan Herbst, 21 George Whitehead, 22 Hadleigh Parkes
vs
force
TBA

howdy all,

here is a one stop shop for everyone to look over the teams named in round 2.

while not all teams have been named, i will update the lists as the teams are named.

every time i make an update, i will post a comment with the teams that have been named.
note i wont be posting the actual team in the reply post, instead it will show u the team/s which have been updated as an indication for u to look at the original thread. this will also bump the thread ontop of the archives list.

i will make this an ongoing thing for the sake of convenience, but obviously with new threads for every round.

:o)

Sasue

Thank you very much.   You will see that I elsewhere made some result forecasts - but that I have avoided the New Zealand teams and did not make a forecast.  What do you think will the results be like?

Hey sasue. I have a question about testrugby.com

It may sound like a really dumb question, but I gotta ask it.

Do I get $12,000,000 every week to spend? I've looked everywhere for the answer to this...

 Cheers for this thread Sasuke

@canrugby,
no, but u will still have 12,000,000 worth of players in ur team which u manage via transfers etc.

every week though the prices of some players will increase or decrease depedning on how they performed.
 

*UPDATE*

sharks and hurricanes teams have been updated, :o)

Thanks Sasuke. And thanks for this thread as well.

I gotta be honest. This is harder then I thought it was going to be.

 Canrugby - were you able to get into the StupidZone pool after Round 1

Yup. I'm picking my team now.

I'm canrugby. I know. Super original.

Anybody got a link to stats from last year? Would really help me. Last year was the first year I've ever watched Super Rugby, and I didn't watch any Aussie games except when the played SA teams.

*UPDATE*

the reds have been updated, :o)

*UPDATE*

highlanders and blues have been updated, :o)

I thought the Stormers will have a potent backline but wow just look at the Sharks backline!

Good of you, Sasuke!!

Sasue

You really are a gentleman and a sholar - once we have the full team sheets as to your item - I am going to print it out - to help me whilst watching the actual games.   I think that this is the format to have the teams posted in every round - and even Mozart cannot complain about it.

Wonder about the delay in announcement of the Brumbies, Waratahs and Force teams - though.   I do not have any Waratahs players in my selections - but definitely some Brumbies and Force players.   And then I have Retallick - must really be going dilly in my old age - but then there is no Etzebeth - a real lock - available. 

*UPDATE*

brumbies and waratahs have been updated, :o)

and to all, the thanks is much appreciated but not necessary, a cruisy job and no life makes this all pretty easy, lolz, :oP
also big ups to jalapeno who did this for round 1, its where i actually got the idea from to post this thread, :o)

Sasue

Thanks again - now we are only waiting for the Force to come up.  Hope it happens sometime today though. I have only Godwin in the Testrugby starting line-up - so I am still worried.

I have another question.

Do you get 20 "trades" every week, or just 20 "trades" for the whole year? Because I traded a couple players to get under $12,000,000 and it used up 2.

Canrufby

You get 10 trades in respect of rounds 1 to 4 after which you get 20 trades each for similar number of rounds.

I had to waste most of my trades after round 1 - because of the fact that there were only four teams playing in round 1 and from now on 12 to 14 teams per round.  I will probably suffer by the time we get to Round 4.

Good luck to you.

Incidentally my Testrugby squad is as follows:

*    Adriaan Strauss

*    Stephen Moore

*    Andries Bekker

*    Brodie Retallick

*    Marcel Coetzee

*    Rynhard Elstadt

*    Patrick Lambie

*    Kyle Godwin

*    Paul Jordaan

*    Damian De Allende

*    James O'Connor

*    Jesse Mogg

Hope the above is of some help.   Please note that I think that it is better to select 2 hookers ahead of props - the hookers score points more easily.

I also similarly support 2 flyhalfs since the flyhalfs also gain points with kicks at goal.  It is also wise to take goalkicking into account if you select players.  

That does help. Thanks Mike.

I really want to get rid of Kitschoff, but can't find a hooker to get under 12 million.

Canrugby

Nice squad - you will probably beat me hands down on that one.   Mafi is good very good - but I ran out of funds and had to pick a few cheap players - so I could not afford them.   Cruden and Barrett are also good choices.

I had Pocock in - but he gave away too many penalties last week and he worries me a lot.  You will have too change ghim next week - since the Brumbies will have a bye in Round 3 - so I took a gamble and left him out already.  

Must admit I do not like De Kock Steenkamp and prefer Strauss to Burden. 

Good luck with your selections.    

I don't like Steenkamp either. I had money issues so I went with a somewhat safe bet. Stormers rely on their forwards, and their lineouts are usually top notch. If he makes his tackles he should get me points as well. As long as he doesn't do anything stupid I should be okay.

I thought the exact same thing with Pocock. I'm going on the go-big-or-go-home with him.

I actually can work A. Strauss in as my hooker but it would cost me two more trades. Only have 15 left. I'm contemplating it though.

Canrugby

After the Round 1 having only Aussie teams playing I am now sitting with a problem that I only have 9 transfers left.    You probably are correct in cutting costs on locks.   However. I am still going for Retallick  and Bekker - until Etzebeth gets back.

Insofasr as Coetzee is concerned - he was the highest point scoring loosie last year and it may be clever to replace Pocock with him.   If you have some funds left - rather do it this week - Pocock wil fall in value badly next week  - partly because of his performance in Round 1 and partly because of the upcoming bye - and you may end up with a substantial loss if you change him only then.   That is why I ran for cover this week insofar as Pocok is concerned.    

However, Coetzee is bloody expensive.  By the way the prices are apparently based on performances last year.

bloody helll, the force still havent named their team yet the pricks, o_O

ive got pek cowan in my team who came off injured and im looking to include godwin in both fantasy leagues, but i wont do it unless its been confirmed.

every round theres always one team who wnats to take home the a-hole of the round and this week its the force, lolz, :o(

but thanks to mikeys selection of retallick, its hard to be sad or annoyed, especially if u have seen our many debates on the greatest lock in modern day rugby, LMAO, :oP
 

@ brodie retallick,
dont make me look bad brother, lets show mikey what ive been talking about this whole time, lolz, ;o)

Sasue

Retallick - I decided against my better judgement to give him a chance - and for that purpose had to leave out Hugh Pyle.    Hope he gives as many points s Pyle - and properly used his only chance I am going to give him properly.   LOL

He will obviouly be out when Etzebeth returns and I needed another over-priced bugger to cater for that

Sasue

I said that I put Retallick in against my better judgement and should never have done it.   Next week he is OUT - cannot afford him as a poor pointscorer in fantasy rugby selectionns.   The best in the world - my ass. LOL

Fortunately enough I did not use him in my Foxsport selection - he was a big enough disaster in Test Ruby election though.