Fantasy Super Rugby: Team of the Week - Round 5; NZ Herald

Fantasy Super Rugby: Team of the Week - Round 5

By Dr Stats

4:48 PM Monday Mar 16, 2015

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Aaron Cruden was one of a number of Chiefs players that featured with huge fantasy scores in Round 5. Photo / Getty Images

Round 5 of Dream Team Fantasy Super Rugby has come to a close - check out what the perfect fantasy starting XV looked like.

Front Row:
Ben Alexander, Brumbies, $68,400 - 44 points
Armand van der Merwe, Lions, $56,700 - 46 points
Stephen Moore, Brumbies, $59,400 - 28 points

Second Row:
Sam Whitelock, Crusaders, $90,o00 - 32 points
Thomas Franklin, Highlanders, $61,900 - 30 points

Back row:
Kieran Read, Crusaders, $105,200 - 46 points
Sean McMahon, Rebels, $89,000 - 42 points
Sam Cane, Chiefs, $101,100 - 42 points

Halfback:
Nick Phipps, Waratahs, $50,800 - 40 points

First five:
Aaron Cruden, Chiefs, $176,300 - 70 points

Centre/Wing:
Julian Savea, Hurricanes, $170,900 - 84 points (Round MVP)
Lolagi Visinia, Blues, $142,400 - 78 points
Tim Nanai-Williams, Chiefs, $107,600 - 78 points
James Lowe, Chiefs, $148,100 - 68 points

Fullback:
Nehe Milner-Skudder, Hurricanes, $53,500 - 56 points

- NZ Herald

 Some food for thought - if we have the cash & trades to upgrade our team.

 JW  
It wont help much in this case.  You can enter Nehe Milner Skudder into th scenario - but if you want to play him you will ahve to drop Folau - something i would not do based on one match.  
As to the center-wing situation - I dropped Williams - who has consistently been weak in point-scoring and replace him with Lowe - a much better and more consistent point scorer already - the advantage being a substantial cost saving being effected.   This I did so as to be able to bring Stephen Moore and Handre Pollard into the equation.  it also enabled me to bring Sam Whitelock in as a lock.
It is an off-set situation - but the chances are that a combination of Lowe, Pollard, Moore and Whitelock would be way ahead of the four players - Williams included - I have at present.              

 Sounds like smart choices. I will think about my changes later in the week.