Fantasy Rugby managers: Weekend teams . . .

Sasuke isn't around so I'll have to do his job for him (bloody useless Kiwis!) . . .

FRIDAY, APRIL 5

Blues v Highlanders, Auckland - 08:35

Blues: 15. Charles Piutau, 14. Frank Halai, 13. Rene Ranger, 12. Jackson Willison, 11. George Moala, 10. Chris Noakes, 9. Piri Weepu, 8. Peter Saili, 7. Luke Braid, 6. Steven Luatua, 5. Ali Williams (captain), 4. Culum Retallick, 3. Angus Ta'avao, 2. James Parsons, 1. Tim Perry
Substitutes: 16. Keven Mealamu, 17. Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 18. Anthony Boric, 19. Brendon O'Connor, 20. Jamison Gibson-Park, 21. Baden Kerr, 22. Francis Saili
 

Highlanders: 1  Jamie Mackintosh,  Andrew Hore (c),  3  Chris King,  4  Brad Thorn,  5  Josh Bekhuis,  6  Jarrad Hoeata,  
7  John Hardie,  8  Mose Tuiali’i,  9   Aaron Smith,  10  Colin Slade,  11  Hosea Gear,  12   Ma’a Nonu, 13  Jason Emery, 14  Buxton Popoalii,  15  Ben Smith

Replacements : 16  Liam Coltman,  17  Ma’afu Fia,  18   TJ Ioane,  19   Elliot Dixon,  20  Fumiaki Tanaka,  21  Lima Sopoaga,  
22  Phil Burleigh

Brumbies v Kings, Canberra - 10:40

Brumbies: 1. Ben Alexander, 2. Siliva Siliva, 3. Dan Palmer, 4. Peter Kimlin, 5. Etienne Oosthuizen, 6. Ben Mowen, 7. George Smith, 8. Fotu Auelua, 9. Nic White, 10. Christian Lealiifano, 11. Joseph Tomane, 12. Pat McCabe, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 14. Henry Speight, 15. Robbie Coleman.

Reserves: 16. Stephen Moore, 17. Scott Sio, 18. Sam Carter, 19. Colby Faingaa, 20. Ian Prior, 21. Andrew Smith, 22. Zack Holmes.

Substitutes: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Kevin Buys, 18 David Bulbring, 19 Jacques Engelbrecht, 20 Shaun Venter, 21 Marcello Sampson, 22 Elric van Vuuren

Sharks v Crusaders, Durban - 19:10

Sharks: 15. Francois Steyn, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Paul Jordaan, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. JP Pietersen, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Cobus Reinach, 8. Keegan Daniel (captain), 7. Marcell Coetzee, 6. Jacques Botes, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 4. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Kyle Cooper, 1. Tendai Mtawarira
Substitutes: 16. Craig Burden, 17. Wiehahn Herbst, 18. Anton Bresler, 19. Ryan Kankowski, 20. Charl McLeod, 21. Riaan Viljoen, 22. Louis Ludik / S’Bura Sithole
 

Crusaders (revised): 1. Wyatt Crockett 2. Ben Funnell 3. Owen Franks 4. Luke Romano 5. Samuel Whitelock 6. George Whitelock (c) 7. Matt Todd 8. Luke Whitelock 9. Andy Ellis 10. Tyler Bleyendaal 11. Zac Guildford 12. Ryan Crotty 13. Robbie Fruean 14. Adam Whitelock 15. Tom Marshall

Replacements: 16. Codie Taylor 17. Joe Moody 18. Dominic Bird 19. Jordan Taufua 20. Willi Heinz 21. Telusa Veainu 22. Israel Dagg

SATURDAY, APRIL 6

Hurricanes v Waratahs, Wellington - 08:35

Hurricanes: 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Alapati Leiua , 13 Conrad Smith (c), 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara , 8 Victor Vito / Faifili Levave, 7 Ardie Savea, 6 Brad Shields, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Mark Reddish, 3 Ben May, 2 Motu Matu'u, 1 Ben Franks.

Replacements: 16 Ash Dixon / Reggie Goodes, 17 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen / Reggie Goodes, 18 James Broadhurst, 19 Faifili Levave / Jack Lam, 20 Chris Smylie, 21 Tusi Pisi, 22 Reynold Lee-Lo.
 

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

Replacements
16  Luke Holmes,  17  Paddy Ryan,  18  Mitchell Chapman,  19  Wycliff Palu,  20  Matt Lucas,   21  Ben Volavola,  22 Tom Kingston

Force v Rebels, Perth - 10:40

Western Force: 15 Will Tupou, 14 Patrick Dellit, 13 Winston Stanley, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 Alfie Mafi, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Ben McCalman , 7 Matt Hodgson (c), 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Hugh McMeniman, 4 Toby Lynn , 3 Salesi Ma'afu, 2 Heath Tessmann, 1 Kieran Longbottom.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Tetera Faulkner, 18 Sam Wykes, 19 Chris Alcock, 20 Mick Snowden, 21 Sam Christie, 22 Sam Norton-Knight.

Rebels:  James O'Connor, Jason Woodward, Mitch Inman, Rory Sidey, Richard Kingi, Angus Roberts, Nick Phipps, Scott Higginbotham (capt), Scott Fuglistaller, Luke Jones, Cadeyrn Neville, Hugh Pyle, Paul Alo-Emile, Ged Robinson, Nic Henderson.

Reserves: Shota Horie, Laurie Weeks, Jarrod Saffy, Jordy Reid, Nic Stirzaker, Tom English, Cooper Vuna.

Cheetahs v Stormers, Bloemfontein - 17:05

Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Willie le Roux, 13 Johan Sadie, 2 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Burton Francis, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Phillip van der Walt, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Trevor Nyakane.

Substitutes: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Coenie Oosthuisen, 18 Rynhard Landman, 19 Boom Prinsloo, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Ryno Benjamin.

Stormers: 15. Jaco Taute, 14. Joe Pietersen, 13. Juan de Jongh, 12. Jean de Villiers (captain), 11. Gio Aplon, 10. Elton Jantjies 9. Nic Groom, 8. Duane Vermeulen (vice-captain), 7. Michael Rhodes, 6. Siya Kolisi, 5. Andries Bekker, 4. De Kock Steenkamp, 3. Frans Malherbe, 2. Deon Fourie, 1. Steven Kitshoff
Substitutes: 16. Martin Bezuidenhout, 17. Pat Cilliers, 18. Gerbrandt Grobler, 19. Nizaam Carr, 20. Louis Schreuder, 21. Gary van Aswegen, 22. Damian de Allende

@rooinek,

LMAO, sarugby.com has stood me down for a week disciplinary reasons, :oD

thanks for picking up the slack & good luck to everyones teams, :o)

and i will take a page out of beeno1 aka stormingeds book and congratulate myself for getting my 2nd yellow cap in superbru last week, lolz :oP

Rooinek

Here is the Crusader Team for the weekend:-

Crusaders

1. Wyatt Crockett 2. Corey Flynn 3. Owen Franks 4. Luke Romano 5. Samuel Whitelock 6. George Whitelock (c) 7. Matt Todd 8. Luke Whitelock 9. Andy Ellis 10. Tyler Bleyendaal 11. Zac Guildford 12. Ryan Crotty 13. Robbie Fruean 14. Adam Whitelock 15. Tom Marshall

Replacements : 16. Ben Funnell 17. Joe Moody 18. Dominic Bird 19. Jordan Taufua 20. Willi Heinz 21. Telusa Veainu 22. Israel Dagg

Thanks ou Maaik, the Crusaders have been updated.

Bit surprised to see Israel Dagg only named on the bench. There goes another transfer for the Lightbringers.

Rooinek

The Hurricanes Team:-

Hurricanes

1. Ben Franks,2. Motu Matu'u ,3. Ben May,4. Mark Reddish,5. Jason Eaton,6. Brad Shields,7. Ardie Savea,8. Victor Vito / Faifili Levave,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 / Reggie Goodes,17. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen / Reggie Goodes ,18. James Broadhurst,19. Faifili Levave / Jack Lam,20. Chris Smylie ,21. Tusi Pisi,22. Reynold Lee-Lo

After him winning the ARSEHOLE OF THE WEEK crown by 20 lengths last week - His Arselike Majesty Jake White is in strong ruunning to be crwoned whilst sttting on his piss-pot again this week.

The compeition is not that strong this week - since there are ni Sunday matches at all.

At this stage the following coaches are in the running:-

1    Brumbies - strong chance of walking away with the pisspot again

2   Rebels

3   Force

From a selection perspective the key teams for me are the Waratahs and the Highlanders.   The most important one is the Waratahs.   I need to know whether Benn Robinson is playing - if he is I have to use one change for props as both Slipper and Afeaki are on byes.   Otherwise I must make two changes and forget about my team-building programme for another weak on Foxsport.   Am buggered badly on Test Rugby and two of my players will not be playing - have no more transfers there to cater for that.   

Rooinek

Sorry = I realized too late I posted last weeks team

woohooo, we finally get to see ardie savea in action, hope he has a big one, i might even make him a surprise bolter for the uzumaki clan, but that couyld be too big a gamble, logic says he will need some time to adjust, but still,,,,,,,,,,,,,,o_O

GO ARIDE & GO THE MIGHTY MIGHTY HURRICANES!!!

@rooinek,
am i right when i say that next week we will have a fresh batch of 20 transfers to play with???

@mikey,
u got a few dramas there, im on a team building mission too but i have a few probs of my own, afeakis got a bye, but faumuina is injured, so need to remedy that quick smart.

my problem is my other prop is ben alexander, nhe was meant to last last week, but he got his period & eneded up on the bench. white really is an inconsderate prick, dosent he know theres some important life and death fantasy rugby decisions that need to be made, o_O he really does need to name his team earlier, :oP

Hurricanes updated, thanks ou Maaik. I did double check and the team is as you posted.

Sasuke, yes, you get 20 new transfers in the Testrugby competition after the lock on Friday.

Anyone here anything on Mogg? Or should I just move on....Which I think I'm going to do.

 Article I read yesterday said they were still unsure of his status. Also sounds like they are considering quite a few changes - wouldn't assume anyones selection is a sure thing for the Brumbies this week.

http://www.sport24.co.za/Rugby/Super15/No-rest-for-battered-Brumbies-20130402

Here is the Waratahs team:- 

Waratahs

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

Replacements
16  Luke Holmes,  17  Paddy Ryan,  18  Mitchell Chapman,  19  Wycliff Palu,  20  Matt Lucas,   21  Ben Volavola,  22 Tom Kingston

Highlanders

1  Jamie Mackintosh,  Andrew Hore (c),  3  Chris King,  4  Brad Thorn,  5  Josh Bekhuis,  6  Jarrad Hoeata,  
7  John Hardie,  8  Mose Tuiali’i,  9   Aaron Smith,  10  Colin Slade,  11  Hosea Gear,  12   Ma’a Nonu, 13  Jason Emery, 14  Buxton Popoalii,  15  Ben Smith

Replacements 
16  Liam Coltman,  17  Ma’afu Fia,  18   TJ Ioane,  19   Elliot Dixon,  20  Fumiaki Tanaka,  21  Lima Sopoaga,  
22  Phil Burleigh

after reading the brumbies article provided by oimatey with that link & considering jake whites lack of consideration of us fantasy peeps, it might not be a bad move to stay away from the brumby players if u transfer issues, especially of the quantity variety.
i wouldnt mind selecting mogg, especially against the kings.

Waratahs and Highlanders updated. Thanks guys!

Brumbies and Rebels updated.

There is only one team outstanding - namely the force.   Will likely be named well before closing time of the fantsy selections and there is therefoe no Arseholes of the Week this week - White retains that distinction for another week and the pisspot remains in his possession..

Was much surprised by the fact that Kirwan was the first coach to announce his team this week.

Coetzee is still dithering about Jantjies - but anybody selecting that one for any fantasy team must be suicidal from a selection perspective - so no problem from that perspective.

Crusaders team has been revised.

Hooker Corey Flynn is out with an eye injury he picked up in training and he has been replaced in the starting XV by Ben Funnell. Codie Taylor is flying up to take Funnell's place on the bench.

@rooinek,
force team, :o)
 

Western Force
1. Pek Cowan,2. Heath Tessmann,3. Salesi Ma'afu,4. Toby Lynn ,5. Hugh McMeniman,6. Ben McCalman,7. Matt Hodgson (c),8. Richard Brown ,9. Alby Mathewson,10. Sias Ebersohn,11. Junior Rasolea,12. Kyle Godwin,13. Winston Stanley ,14. Patrick Dellit,15. Alfie Mafi
Replacements: 16. Ben Whittaker,17. Kieran Longbottom,18. Sam Wykes,19. Chris Alcock,20. Chris Eaton,21. Sam Christie,22. Sam Norton-Knight

nice to see al teams named at a  reAasonable time. :o)

Force updated, thanks Sasuke.

All teams are now named. Good luck everyone. Goooo Shaaaaaarks!!!

Thanks Rooinek - good job.

GO SHARKS

 Pek Cowan - article on main page says he is sitting this game out. Not even on the bench.

Just double-checked and Oimatey is right, there are quite a few differences to the Force team playing tomorrow and the team that Sasuke put up.

I can only think Sasuke posted last week's team (or else he's a cheating Kiwi trying to put us all on the wrong track) but either way, I have updated the Force side and it's correct as per the team listed on Planet Rugby.

Thanks Oimatey . . . although it's too late for anyone to do anything about it!

Rooinek

I think that Sasue made a genuine mistake.  I made the same one - found out about it and posted a correction saying the team I posted was last weeks team.   You will remember it from a posting above.   Sasue probably got caught out by the same problem - since he probably looked for the team on the Force website and the official Super 26 site.  That is how I normally pick up teams fairly early.

Ou Maaik, I am 100% certain that Sasuke made a genuine mistake. I was only pulling his leg when I suggested he might be a Kiwi cheat.

Sorry, I don't do the little smiley-face thingy when I'm being sarcastic or facetious but I'm pretty sure Sasuke knew I was just ribbing him.

 No worries - this is a great thread and service every week. Really appreciate it.

Oimatey, Sasuke can take the credit for these Team of the Week threads, I just filled in for him this week.

I'll say this much though, there are quite a few rugby websites that have these "Team Trackers" and "Weekend Teams" (among others, Planet Rugby, Sport24, Superrugby and even this website's home page) but I can say from experience that between Sasuke, ou Maaik and myself, we keep the Team Tracker on this message board the most up to date of the lot!

 Does anyone know if jantjies passed his fitness test today?