Captain America Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Yup Fantasy World Cup!Website is http://espnscrum.fantasyleague.com/League Pin: 14208Be quick though as the first game is 9:30am on Friday.Also general World cup discussion. NZ should of course win it but will they bottle it as usual, Aussies look strong now as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Entered. My team is probably shit as I don't know most of the players.NZ got spanked by South Africa in the Tri Nations. Don't think it'll be the walkover for them that it should be. Scotland will do well to escape the group but I don't see a northern hemisphere side winning it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted September 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Entered. My team is probably shit as I don't know most of the players.NZ got spanked by South Africa in the Tri Nations. Don't think it'll be the walkover for them that it should be. Scotland will do well to escape the group but I don't see a northern hemisphere side winning it.18 - 5 isn't really a spanking. The All Blacks beat them in the first game 40 - 7...It's the All Blacks to lose. Australia will be a close second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Taking part couldn't be easier. Simply select a 15-man team from the player list, making sure you have maximum four players from each nation and the right number of players in each position (three front-row forwards, two second-row forwards, three back-row forwards, one scrum-half, one fly-half, two centres and three outside backs). That really could be easier.Anyway, fuck it, I'm in. I know absolutely dick all about rugby, I don't even know any of the Scottish players, so I'm just picking names at random.Yeah, go these guys!J Slipper (AUS)M Stevens (ENG)B Franks (NZ)P O'Connell (IRE)V Matfield (SA)K Brown (SCO)P Spies (SA)W Palu (AUS)J Simpson (ENG)Q Cooper (AUS)SB Williams (NZ)B O'Driscoll (IRE)L Halfpenny (WAL)C Paterson (SCO)M Medard (FRA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Matt Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 For knowing dick all about rugby that's a fair team. You've got a hell of alot of experienced heads in that line up, plus a coke head with Matt Stevens!As much as it pains me to say it England may have a good tournament. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Haha. I generally just went narrowed it down to countries that I know are good at rugby, then picked names that amused me, like Slipper and Halfpenny. The only one I've heard of is Brian O'Driscoll, and I have no fucking idea how I've heard of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 signed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Matt Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Winning Team!FR D Hartley ENGFR C Flynn NZFR T Woodcock NZSR J Horwill AUSSR R Gray SCOBR R McCaw NZBR R Elsom AUSBR I Harinordoquy FRASH L Burgess AUSFH D Carter NZC J de Villiers SAC M Tindall ENGOB D Armitage ENGOB M Medard FRAOB B Habana SA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 That should be you all in now.Only 17 hours left for other people to join!I'm pretty pleased with my team my front row worries me though. It's an injury/yellow card waiting to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 tbh i just picked names at random. I've been working heaps and not had a chance to get caught up with the rugby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Someone's not joined the league. There's 5 people in this thread made teams and only 4 applied to the league. Use the pin in the first post whoever it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Matt Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Sorry I'm a dumbass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 And we're off! New Zealand, who have never lost in the group stages of the world cup, are unsurprisingly thrashing Tonga at the moment 34-3 with 10 minutes left.I'm not sure how the rules for this leagues work. Do we get points for conversions and penalties or is it only if you've nominated that player as your kicker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Poor Tonga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Just caught the last half hour of this. Easy for the all blacks as expected.Good RWC joy of six in the gaurdian today http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2011/sep/09/rugby-world-cup-joy-six Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 And we're off! New Zealand, who have never lost in the group stages of the world cup, are unsurprisingly thrashing Tonga at the moment 34-3 with 10 minutes left.I'm not sure how the rules for this leagues work. Do we get points for conversions and penalties or is it only if you've nominated that player as your kicker?Penalties and conversions are only for your designated but anyone gets drop goal points.Full rules on scoring are here (there's not many). http://espnscrum.fantasyleague.com/Article.aspx?id=155Slightly annoyed at myself for picking Corey Jane over Nonu at the last minute but I reckon he'll come through in the other group games with more points.I thought Sonny Bill had a really good game today and gave himself a good shout at starting instead of Conrad Smith. Sonny Bill's offloads are just so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Here's my team. Wish I'd picked more kiwis (and made Carter my kicker) now.FR B du Plessis SA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0FR A Jacobsen SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0FR N Mas FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0SR N Sharpe AUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0SR R Gray SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0BR K Brown SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0BR Ma Bergamasco ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0BR R McCaw NZ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3SH D Yachvili FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0FH D Carter NZ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2C A Rougerie FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0C G Tiesi ARG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0OB B Habana SA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0OB C Paterson SCO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0OB M Rodriguez ARG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 I hae zero points FML Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted September 10, 2011 Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 If Argerntina could kick they'd be beating England by about a million points right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 I can only imagine how mental it is in O'neils right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 It pleases me that despite just picking people with funny names, I'm beating Chris at this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 It pleases me that despite just picking people with funny names, I'm beating Chris at this. Doesn't help that I keep forgetting to change my team. Also, update the F1 spreadsheet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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