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Sorry but unless I've got the count wrong you'll need to make 9 changes and they only allow 6 changes next week. That's three dead players unless the ARU step in and allow Folau or Lilo to play. Given the Tahs loss tonight I think you've got no chance on Folau.

I have a strange feeling that 9 and 10 did not get changed; I thought I saw McKibben and Horne come off - that's 9 and 12 in my book. So that wasn't the reason we lost. It came down to a period just after half time when the Crusaders were dominant for ten to fifteen minutes. I would argue we...

This year the Lions tour has made the Fantasy comp the hardest ever. I feel for anyone like myself who had to use their wildcard early - to do well as distinct from surviving, you had to keep the wildcard for round 18. I also feel for guys like Bullrush, who will only have a few counting...

Referee this week is Glen "anything goes at the breakdown" Jackson. Unless he has had a giant pillaging by the assessors and changes his ways, this will play right into the Crusaders hands. Despite the rev-up Cheika has given the forwards I expect us to get monstered at the breakdown and the...

The depth of the problem of round 17 is now apparent to anyone who has planned out the next three weeks. The Tahs are the worst hit - for instance - who is going to be the reserve prop? Chapman's injured so we will have someone on the bench (Atkins? Holloway?) who has never played Super rugby...

Never mind the crowd favorite! I want him to become the next Dan Vickerman. The lineout and the breakdown have been poor this year despite the supposed class of our pack. These are the two key components that need to improve 100% if we are not to finish mid-table next year. Skelton has looked...

The link doesn't work for me, so I can't see what Bray has said. But I don't understand why Joubers is getting shit on him. He referred both the grounding and the obstruction upstairs and the TMO made the decision. In other decisions I thought he was quite OK.

As distinct from now when its bloody hard to get a penalty, particularly on kick-chase, despite all the "accidental" blocking that goes on. Anyone recall how Mitchell got his ankle smashed?

The Fox mods have taken pity on me and revised the figures on my opponent. I have just squeaked through - amazing!

I've always hated the Bulls as a team - all brute strength and brain dead kick-and-chase. So it was with some trepidation that I selected Steyne and Serfontain for my team this week, but there wasn't a lot of good choice available. So I gritted my teeth and gave it a go. Steyne missed four...

I agree with this. Its almost a replay of the Stu Dickenson situation, who the Kiwi's hated with a passion, where he was the go-to referee for a match that was likely to get out of hand. The Blues/Crusaders match might have been a lot closer had he been reffing that one instead of this. In a...

Except for his goalkicking. And in a close derby game that will be crucial. I think that unless he plays up to his best, goalkicking included, then we are starting behind the eight-ball.

Think it through. If the Brumbies win they are another 4/5 points towards the top of the conference. That's where the Reds want to be if they want to win the title - you don't win it from the last three places. For the Reds, knowing they've got the Stormers at home to come, they need the...

It's no doubt just dumb luck, but the Brumbies have had a week off to freshen up before both NSW games this year. Most teams coming back from the bye this year seem to have gone pretty well, so I think this will be to the Brumbies advantage. Foley appears to be suffering some fatigue - given...

Given Slade missed about seven kicks at goal, I think you probably need to consider some form of personal protection against rabid fantasy players! Anscombes demise hurt me badly, I was flying when the news came through so I only found out several hours too late. With Lilo on the bench I was...

Trying Adriaan Strauss myself. Cheetahs have easier opponents. I'm not sure that making Fourie captain is the best bet. If you've got Folau on your team, he's been over 30 every week since round 6 and he is likely to get plenty of kicks from the oppo this week. The huge upside is that if he gets...

Poor bastard. :)

I may have it wrong, but I thought the embargo was two weeks with the exceptions. Are you going to fill up on Force and Brumbies players only on week 17?

416 points is miserable? I've only exceeded that twice in the whole comp.

I have read the excellent strategy prepared for the problems in rounds 16-20 by Shak and I think I have my head around it, though I'll probably choose some different players. But the Pulveriser has said that the ARU will not allow players in the Lions squad to play those weeks, subject to some...