AND THE OFFICIAL UNDISPUTED No1 BLOGGER ON SARU.COM ON ALL MATTERS SPXV IS,,,,,,,,,????

will be decided after the winner of the foxsport fantasy superXV sarugby.com league.

heres a quickrun down for all those unfamiliar with fantasy rugby, u select a team with players from the various clubs in spXV.

each round the players u selected are allocated points based on perfromance, eg. tackles made, trys scored and many other various rugby plays.

each week due to the unpredictability of rugby, u are given a set number of transfers per round to change players which might be injured or not preforming, or even if their team has a bye.
ur mangment skills will be crucial as u ur team of spXV champions plays against others.

any queries feel free to post them below, but here is the link to the foxsport fantasy site,,,
superrugbyfantasy.foxsports.com.au/

follow the instructions and register and then build ur team which takes no more than 10-15mins. then join the league with the following code,,,
3671-4183 (sarugby.com league)

and u are well on ur way to officially earning sarugby.com bragging rights as the most knowledgable spXV guru around.

so come on mikey and sharkbok, we all got the know how and judging by our posts at leats 15 mins to spare the first week and 10 mins from there on in.

and come on saffex, mozart, jalapeno, boklogic and beeno. take that world famous sa rugby wide rivalry wide to the next level and get the ultimate bragging rights.

cmon hakwa, brycy, poi-e, All Blackn Blue, nukefreekiwi and other kiwis, lets show the saffa whose boss.

and cmon chippo, flashdakota, ek and other saffas who i might have missed, u dont want the NZers to beat u in another rugby related event, surely u must be sick of it by now.

and also to our other guests like becs and canrugby who is a Bokke anyways, lolz, join up for ur chance to be the undisputed spXV guru of 2013. :o)
 

Sasue

I am as dumb as they come.   I opened the site as givenn - but as I do not have an account I cannot proceed.  How do I become a member - sice there is no allowance for registering as such on the site.  I pressed one too - but still no registration facility.  Please help - I rally have only a very basic knowledge of computers - so excuse my stupifity.

@mikey,

on the right hand side there is a login access tap and underneath that a tab to send forgotten passwords and login names to email adrress and underneath that there is a get bstarted tab in blue.

click on the get started tab.
this will take u to a screen where u can pick ur fantasy team.
then u type in the name of ur fantasy team.
then it should take u to a register screen.
then ur away laughing, :o)

glad to have u on broad mikey, hope u are one of many more to come, :o)
 

That is the most useless and user-unfriendly registration process I've ever seen.

I have now twice been through the process of picking a team, submitting it, then entering my user name, a password and my e-mail address. On both occasions, once I've done everything I get asked to log in and I've typed in the exact user name and password I entered during the registration process only to be told the user name and/or password is incorrect. If I ask for an e-mail telling me what those details are, then it doesn't recognise the e-mail address I just typed in.

I'll give it another bash tomorrow but if that Fantasy Comp ends up with no new members this year, it's because their registration process sucks.

I have unfortunately agree with you Rooinek - could not get anywhere thu far myself.  Any further help possible.  If you succeed can you post step by step what you did to get through and also howyou actually get yourteam selected.

Okay, I see what I did wrong and it was my own fault . . . although it's still a very user-unfriendly process. Ou Maaik, once you've selected your team and submitted it then you'll get a screen where you get asked to enter your team name and a password. The mistake I made was to enter my team name and password there. There is actually another button on the right where it says something about if you are a first timer, they require more details. Click on that button and you get to enter your password, e-mail etc.

One more thing, if you join Sasuke's pool, don't try and copy and paste his pool code, you have to type it in yourself for some reason.

Anyway, I am in and I've joined the pool. My team is the "Lightbringers".

Who runs the site? A nz mong?

Anyhow if you oaks want any rugby advice you know where to come.

Enjoy the game boys. Lightbringers - hahahahahahaha

Jalap

I have now gone through the process and in getting it done I selected the computer to automatically create a team for me.

I now whnt to change the team by transefring players who are in the teams playing in the first week.  But I have no clue how to do it.  Can you help out again, please

just wanted to say that the top point scorer every week gets 1000 rand, while the overall winner will get 1000,000 rand, so hope that gets a few more people on board.

beeno, why dont u build a team and enlighten us on ur rugby prowess, or is it a case of talking the talk but not walking the walk??? o_O
the site is run by the australian foxsport division, not a kiw, so i hope u join up, cos im sure more posters would join for ac chance to outwit u, :o)

@mikey,

after u login to ur account, take a look at the toolbar directly underneath the foxsport fantasy superrugby logo.
u will see the options fnatasy home, my team, transfers and a few others.

click onto ur transfers to pick the players u want for in ur team for the first round.

a few tips, stock ur bench full of players that u will want to put in for rnd 2, as u will only be given 6 transfers for rnd 2. that way u can swap them easily for players that u want to bring in next round.

because ur new to the game, maybe using ur wild card is not the dumbest idea, that way a few rounds into it u can get a better feel for how to roll.
though generally its wise to save the wildcard for when u need it.
BTW the wildcard lets u have unlimited transfers for that round.

Sasue

I let the computer insert my team for me to shorten the process and now I try and change tthe players to my own selections.   At 1 I have at th moment  Jannir Du Plessis - I want to change that one to Ben Alexander.  When I click on Ben Alexander I get a message I already have three props and cannot proceed.   How do I get Du Plessis out of my selection as 1 to create the vacancy for Alexander?

Secondly there is a problem and that is in the first week there wll only be 2 Aussie matches.  Am I overstocking  by putting in players from only those four teams or do you advise that I forget the two games and concentrate on longer term selection putting in only those players I might keep for the longer term.   From Australia it is likely that there would in the longer term probably on 3 orly  4 players I may be interested in and the Waratahs is also not playing in the first week?

@mikey,

ahh i see, ok then. if u want ben alexander (who BTW is also in my team) u need to pick the prop u want to replace, do this by selecting the blackcircle with what looks like the play button a white triangle.
u should then notice that the jersey of that players team will disappear, but the name of the player still remains.

then select the player u want to bring in ben alexander and that will swap them around.

after u a re happy with ur swaps, u need to confirm by pressing make transfer in the blue tab located just above and beneath ur team.
this will take u to page where it shows a summary of the selections u wish to make. so u need to confirm once more by pressing confirm changes.



no mike i wouldnt forego the first week, but the all OZ first round has given some big complications to people who have done fantasy rugby regularly.
ur players on the bench most of the time are used to cover any last minute injuries or last minute personal changes to the teams, but this time round most folks are using the bench in preperation for the following week, as they normally wouldnt make a fantasy team filled with aussies.
if i were u i would pick the best team possible from rnd 1, then if worst comes to worst, u can always use the wild card for round two to pick the team u really want.
 

Ou Maaik, I'm going to pick a starting XV using only the four Aussie teams playing and then gradually transfer them out. Not sure if that strategy will work but there are enough decent Rebels, Brumbies and Reds players that I don't mind keeping for a few weeks. 

I seem to remember I had to click on "transfers" rather than "manage team" to swap players.

tthats spot on jalapeno, thats the very tactic i will be using too and like u said there are a few decent players in the OZ conference worth having in the team.

hmmmm, it seems u are more than familiar with the ways of the fantasy rugby??? o_O

Thanks for the link. Registration worked fine for me.

Lots of scoring options and things to consider when selecting a side.

Should be fun.

Everyone on this board needs to join - put up or shut up !! 

 Look, it sounds like a bit of work but I will try something over the weekend. Are you guys familiar with Superbru? It is a simple prediction game and also quite fun. There are also prizes, but you would stand a better chance winning the Lotto. Would you lot be interested in joining a pool if I start one?

 I'd be up for that as well

 Is a copy and paste job can be done from those other sites, I will be able to edit my fantasy team. 

I need to cut down my time online as I work from home, and I am sometimes spending too much time on rugby blogs. May create an account just too see what it is like. ...

Sasuke, yes, I have been playing Fantasy Rugby for some years now. This was a post of mine from last week regarding Fantasy Rugby.

Your site has a good scoring system and quite an accurate market I think . . . although there are some real bargains to be had if you look around . . . especially some of the Sharks players!

Thanks for all the help.  I at lats got it right.   Pick as many players from the four teams playing in Round 1 - with due regard to the allowable budget and then pick for the bench some players I think will do well in the next week - mostly from other fanchises not playing in the first week.   Hope that strategy work out.

Just as a joke  -in my original selection I was more than $1 000 000 over th mximum - then I ended up with too many players from the Reds and the Brumbies - so I am learning.   the latter problem should vanish by th second round - when you have the opportunity to select from more than enough franchises - but I still think the limit is too small.

Lucky enough - some players I would never put in are extremely expensive.- so you can have a real opportunity to pick performers and not hyped-up playes.  

This is more like it, people talking some rugby.

Have never done the fantasy rugby thing, always worry i might miss out on something.

anyone have any pointers ?. Its something i would like to try.

@dbdraad,

intially it takes a whiel to get into it, twenty miutes at the most if starting from scratch and provided u follow the instructions. there have been some queries raised here on the thread, if u do get stuck on something, but i will be here every day to check up on any questions so feel free to ask.
after u have done the whole registration policy, it really is a matter of 5mins a week after that to transfer the players u want into the team. but it does get a little addictive or at least it did for me and i would spend more time than necessary as i treid to stratigize of optimum efficency.

Goodman

It is obvoious that I am trying o get involved for the first time.  I think it is worthwhile - since you will have to pay closer attention to games and try and determine improvement in choices.   Could be a serious challenge and hope you enjoy it.

 @goodman,

i hop u do sign up bro, im trying to get as many people onboard as possible, LMAO, :oP

i know firsthand how fun it is, especially amongst rugby fanatics such as ourselves.

first why dont u register in the link above and see for urself the little ins and outs and i will gladly help give u any pointers or answer any questions.

over the weekend, i will post a dos and donts of fantasy rugby that i found the hard way, plus the team ive picked (subject to team announcments) with the reserves and my line of thinking with them.

@jalapeno,

ahhh i see, i will make sure my sharingan is focused on ur fantasy teams, u sound like a potential threat, :o)

i read that thread u started and i will sign up for ur comp on the weekend.

there are many similarties with those complaints of sorts with foxsports, mainly that some of the ratings were subjective, or inaccurate, and i agreed some times, but its hard to ignore the correlation between peoples gripes with players in their team not getting more points than they should, lolz.

the data system that foxsport uses isnt accurate as i proved one particularly bad weeked for me, but its not grossly inaccurte, so que sera sera.

Jallap

I joined Saue's league - but do you mind if I join yours as well?..  My knowledge may just help with getting the key points higher.  LOL

Join up on Superbru!

Go to register here: http://www.superbru.com    

Register, go to the Rugby tab and pick Super Rugby.

Use the Poolcode " penttube " to locate the "Ruckers Forum" pool and join!

Jalap

Thank you - sorry I thought you were on the same site - joined and players selected for Round 1;  Will obviously have to adjust the selections on Thursday - once I know which players will in fact be playing

Jalap

Thank you - sorry I thought you were on the same site - joined and players selected for Round 1;  Will obviously have to adjust the selections on Thursday - once I know which players will in fact be playing

 Mike, I see you have joined, now you must just remember to do your weekly picks, and you are away. At the moment its only me and Mike, please guys, join us!

@dbdraad,
ive joined the superrbu and i like the way they do the points scoring system, i hope more players join too, it really dosent take as much time as people would think.

i was surprised to see i already had a superbru account when i was trying to register, even under my sasuke name, but then i remembered i tried to join a superbru lague that one of the guys here ages ago set up, but they wouldnt let me play with them, o_O i think i must of had cyber fleas or something, bunch of sad guys, LMAO, :oP are u joining the fantasy league bro???

dbdraad

I did make a forecast as to which team will win - but want to ask you something else - is there a facility on the site to pick a "dream" team?   I must admit I did not go into the subject sites - but can you please advise - if there is such a requirement - how do I fer in to choose players. 

Sasue

In the Foxsport list of players I could not find amongst the centers or full backs the name of Jaco Taute.  Neither could I find the name o Damina De Allende (center)

On the list of names is the name of Danie Poolman (wing),  he is not playing for the Stpormers this year - he left SA and is plying rugby ibn Europe.

How can we get the list of Foxsport up to date.

@mikey,

most fo the times foxsport has these problems, it is usually rectified when the teams make their match day team announcments, so it will prob be updated around the time the team is announced if not sooner.

it can be a problem though if ur trying to select him for ur bench inpreperation for rnd2, but there are plenty of other options for that spot, so u can uce taute as one of transfers come the rnd2 pick times.

 Join up on Superbru!

Go to register here: http://www.superbru.com    

Register, go to the Rugby tab and pick Super Rugby.

Use the Poolcode " penttube " to locate the "Ruckers Forum" pool and join!

Please guys, come and join. We are only 4 in the pool ATM. Lets try and get it up to at least 20. It does not take much time, you only need to remember to pick your games weekly. Easy stuff!

DB Draad

@mikey,