FINAL chiefs v brumbies, teams, officals,,,:o)

chiefs
Gareth Anscombe, Lelia Masaga/Robbie Robinson, Charlie Ngatai, Andrew Horrell, Asaeli Tikoirotuma, Aaron Cruden, Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Matt Vant Leven, Tanerau Latimer, Liam Messam, Brodie Retallick, Craig Clarke (C), Ben Tameifuna, Hika Elliot, Toby Smith.
Reserves: Rhys Marshall, Ben Afeaki, Michael Fitzgerald, Sam Cane, Augustine Pulu, Bundee Aki, Robbie Robinson/Patrick Osborne.
vs
brumbies
1. Scott Sio, 2. Stephen Moore, 3. Ben Alexander, 4. Scott Fardy, 5. Sam Carter, 6. Peter Kimlin, 7. George Smith, 8. Ben Mowen, 9. Nic White, 10. Matt Toomua, 11. Clyde Rathbone, 12. Christian Lealiifano, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 14. Henry Speight, 15. Jesse Mogg.
Reserves: 16. Siliva Siliva, 17. Ruan Smith, 18. Fotu Auelua, 19. Colby Faingaa, 20. Ian Prior, 21. Andrew Smith 22. Joseph Tomane

Match No.125 : Chiefs v Brumbies
Date : Saturday 3 August, 2013
Venue : Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand
Kick Off : 1935 local, 1735 NSW/ACT, 0935 SAT, 0735 GMT
Referee: Craig Joubert
Assistant Ref 1:Chris Pollock
Assistant Ref 2:Garratt Williamson
TMO : Vinny Munro

ok thats much better, lolz.

heads up for just win whose a fantasy rugby practitioner himself, but this is a thread used as a one stop shop for when all teams are named during the week.
folks here will usually posta comment as teams are named, obviously with it being the finals, two teams makes thos thread seem redundant, but its been a useful tool during the year when there were more teams named.

anyway masaga is still to pass a fitness test and if hes not playing, then robinson will take over with osbourne to go on the bench, so look out there.

latimer has also been battaling injuries, not aprticipating in any training runs, so be wary of him, as last minute change to team lineups have been common in 2013.

not expecting too much of a changer from the brumbies, infact im expecting the exact same team too, hopefully it is, cos i would rather rathbone start over tomane.

good luck to ur fantrasy teams folks, and,,,

GO THE CHIEFS!!!

@mikey,

with the chiefs team being named, i quickly went to testrugby and recruited some players in my testrugby team, i was very fortunate cos the with the chiefs and brumbies win, i had the perfect number of transfers left for the number of positions i needed to change.

i took a quick spy mode at some of the other peeps teams, and when i came across urs i first LMAO, but now feel bad, as ur currently 3rd have no brumbies or chiefs players and zero transfer, o_O

feel bad for u bro, as oimatey and stooges looks set to pounce on ur misforutnes after all the hard wprk u did throughout the season. u are in good position to keep both me and rooy at bay though, as long as i score less then 2280 and rooy scores less then 2725.

but at least this is a nice learning curve, next year u and i will both make sure we have enough transfers heading into the finals.

Brumbies: 1. Scott Sio, 2. Stephen Moore, 3. Ben Alexander, 4. Scott Fardy, 5. Sam Carter, 6. Peter Kimlin, 7. George Smith, 8. Ben Mowen, 9. Nic White, 10. Matt Toomua, 11. Clyde Rathbone, 12. Christian Lealiifano, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 14. Henry Speight, 15. Jesse Mogg.

Reserves: 16. Siliva Siliva, 17. Ruan Smith, 18. Fotu Auelua, 19. Colby Faingaa, 20. Ian Prior, 21. Andrew Smith 22. Joseph Tomane

 CM - Rennie rates Masaga's chances at better than 50-50. Hopefully we hear something after the training run today.

Have to consider whether he is worth the risk as he'll be less than 100%. Played well last week though .....

*update* 

brumbies have been updated, :o)

@mikey,
will keep u posted regarding latimer and masaga ASAP, but latimers looking all good, juest a bruise to his thigh. dont agree about cane over latimer though, i think latimers had the better season in 2013, but what a super sub to get of the bench, in fact the chiefs whole bench is outstanding, even if masaga wasnt to play, they would then call in patrick osbourne, that mean depth right there.

i agree with oimatey about not playing him if hes not 100%, hope emotions didnt play a role with it being masagas last game for the chiefs and hes been a loyal bugger to the mooloo men. on the bright side, masaga at 2% is still better then rathbone at 100%.

 Thanks for the top Sasuke San :)

This one was over as a contest when the Chiefs defeated the Saders and ensured a home final. Flying feast covering 10 time zones with less than 7 days in between. No hope in hell. Again and uneven contest yet again for the Chiefs and it really takes some of the awesome out of the back tto back titles thing. 

 Can't disagree Spoony. As with the Super Bowl in American Football the final is usually not the best game. But it is what it is until they change the format,

Hope we get to see some good forward battles and some spectacular back play, Its good for us fans and good for the game. Go CHIEFS!