Fantasy Rugby results . . .

If you didn't have Rosko Specman, Marnus Schoeman, Jack Maddocks, Tyrel Lomax or Akker van der Merwe in your team then you're in a bit of trouble. If you didn't have those guys and you picked Richie Mou'unga or Damian Willemse then you're in a lot of trouble. If you had Sio Tomkinson or Wharenui Hawera then you're in deep shit!

I can't find a good way to paste the various leaderboards without screwing up the formatting and I'm buggered if I'm going to type it all out but here are the top three in the Sportsdeck comp:

1. Sleeping Giants     377

2. Black Power          372

3. Hotsteppers          371

And here are the top three in the Rugby Magazine comp:

1. Black Power          508

2. Sleeping Giants     457

3. The Lightbringers  439

Well done to Klown and ABasque who are in the top 2 in both comps.

Super Rugby Fantasy leaderboard top 3:

1. Black Power           190

2. The Lightbringers   165

3. DbDraad's Elks       121.5

Thanks Redneck ... the first round is pretty much a thumbsuck ... now that we know a little more, we'll start to see the one with the better strategy emerge.

Goooooooooooooo Giiiaaaaaantssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!

I made a mess of the Sportsdesk selections and will have to make some serious changes.   This particularly pertain to selections like Pocock, Willemse Rob Thompson and Matt Procter - selected based on last years form will have to go.   

Redneck ... please let me have the Ruckers Forum pool code for the Rugby Magazine Fantasy version.

not to worry ... I have it ... thanks ...

the first round is always very tricky,.... aim is not to lose too much distance with the head,... and from here, as CC said, to apply each one's strategy and see who's the best this season

I can see there are almost 40.000 players at SuperBru,.... wow, that's some people playing ,.... and without having any salary retsriction squads are very similar,.... this is going to be quite difficult

RM and Sportsdeck have 3.600 and 2.100 respectively,.... these are going to be nice to play

... so you're the defending champ. huh? Impressive stuff, ABasquefan ... seems you have a knack for this.

Well ... game on ... you certainly have set the bar pretty high.

Seems I need to get you drunk and talk a little Fantasy strategy with you.

What you doing Saturday??

oh-oh ... Them Crazy BaldHeads has joined us ... and they've pushed me down to 3rd.  

Not nice ... !!

Redneck ... a mate of mine has joined the RM version but reflects as a n "inactive user" ... does he need your nod of approval?

Yes ... that's him ... he says he has a full team ... I'll tell him to make sure ...

Full being 28 players, not just a starting XV and a bench.

yes ... his entire squad of 28 ... thanks ...

"Super Rugby Fantasy leaderboard top 3:

1. Black Power           190

2. The Lightbringers   165

3. DbDraad's Elks       121.5"

Top three is confusing. There are only 5 people in our pool and 2 did not make any picks. I'm actually dead last. I did not look at any stats and only picked players I liked. Funny how a significant portion of  my, Rooi and Basq's teams are the same. So we do actually agree on some things. I made a couple of sentimental pics that backfired, but I'm new to this.

This isn't my kinda thing, because I can't put enough time into it to do it properly. In the past, I started off picking a team and then lost interest or got too busy and I just stopped playing. Ill try and stick till the end...Super comp is a bit long, so I should probably have picked a different comp to start up with, but it's done and dusted now, so I'll try and tough it out till the end.

Rugby Magazine's version in my opinion reigns supreme.

Not only does it have a salary cap but one can grow your depth through careful selection and spending.

A squad of 28 players can become substantial by season's end.

It however requires time to analyze players properly and so Draad, not really being much of a rugby man, won't like this either. He should rather just stick to the SuperBru predictor types of online games.

That way he can attend to Moffie's needs a lot sooner. 

Why are there so many pussies on this board?

I honestly think that Ed should have all new recruits answer a simple question before accepting their applications.

"Are you a pussy"?

Their membership to this site depends entirely on how they answer that question.

CC, and you should stick to being a d!ckhead and walking you dogs. Rather a pussy than a poe...phol nè? 

I'll play whatever I feel like playing and stop when I want to....and yes, I know you are baiting me, but what the hell, you are a master baiter after all?

Draad ... if you're going to quit half way through then why bother at all?

You are wasting your time and ours.

Rather go stand on the side lines with Moffie and point fingers at us.

There's cows in New Zealand ... and you milk them?

Wow!!

I thought you were a city girl.

CC, I said I will give it a try and I will. And I have never complained about fantasy players or threads. For one or othe reason you've been on my case for a while now...fck knows why, but carry on.

Moz, us Afrikaans lads slip up with grammer at times. I post from my phone without a spell check, so make lots of errors, never mind the thick fingers and aging eyes. I've delayed getting the new glasses for 3 years now. 

Danish dad with an Afrikaans mom...probably a BS story.

PS, not only a typo fiend....seems to be angry at all but a few....I'll be called out as one of your gimps again, just for speaking to you. It really gets tiresome at times, but such is life here.

I've finally figured Rooi out. A family photo puts everything into perspective: 

"Okay? Does that clear things up for you?"

No, that did nothing...nothing needs clearing up. I know exactly how much of a vindictive little cretin you are. Your hate is consuming you. Good luc k with that.

I thought you were a city girl.

Your attempts to think is where the problem starts.

Stick to your knifing skills.

It sure is interesting to see how differently people think.

A prop dominated the score last week ... and this week it seems he's tripped up ... offering those who signed him ... and have him in their run on side ... a big fat zero.

Some in search of doubling their points risked making him their captain. That's going to hurt.

Some have made as few a changes to last weeks side as they could ... while others took a risk and went all out, costing them a lot of valuable points.

Some even have a few players in their match 23 that aren't featuring at all this weekend. Can't really see that as tactical ... oops.

We sure are different ... this is going to be a very interesting competition.

Go Giantsssssssss!!!!

No thanks ... you are worse than I am ... your spelling needs a lot of work ... I guess Alzheimer's has muddled you up a bit ... but hey, thanks for the offer, man!!