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Oh, and with buying Dan Carter a week early I am stuck with Julian Savea. :( I could buy, say, Ioane for this week, then swap to Dan Carter next week, but if I get an unfortunate injury then I can't buy Carter. Bit of a risk...

I'd sell Alexander and free up a huge amount of capital better spent elsewhere, namely SBW or the like. I'm holding onto my three Blues (Myth, Payne, Kaino) this week v the Cheetahs, but am fully prepared to sub them next week. Be warned buying Blues! Having both Phipps and Genia, I am torn...

Seriously, one suspects that they drew 10, 12 and 15 out of a hat, or actually sat down and considered the worse way they could arrange To'omua, Gits and Lealii into 10, 12 and 15. Not a good looking ponies team at all.

Didn't think that Douglas had necessarily been the worse of the second rows for the Tahs so far, but then he is not the vice-captain/captain when Waugh is out either.

They seem to have Gits, To'omua and Lealiifano all in the wrong positions, though. Consider that Gits used to be considered a world class 12, Lealiifano played fullback mainly in the ITM cup, and To'omua is a flyhalf and has played there in most of his senior and rep matches.

Even Subbies clubs in Sydney have set backline plays that they run that they expect the whole team to do. Mostly they consist of variations and combinations of: - overs lines - unders lines - switches / suck - switch / scissors - suck - pops - inside pops - blocker plays - cuts - cut 1, cut 2...

I actually tend to agree with what they are trying to achieve, but remain a bit confused and really need to see the details. For starters, having extra ARU top-ups separate from the salary cap for Wallabies just adds confusion and makes managing squads harder. If the ARU is spending, say, an...

So Shifcofske went well in Ireland? He was a handy player for the Reds during years where they really struggled, and was a bit of a shame they lost him as he was consistent and well-liked. Good goal kicker. Incidentally, Shifcofske had a most unfortunate League career, only getting a few SOO...

This is a slight digression, but I think it's relevant. I hate Mundine as much as the next guy (and that's A LOT), but a lot of his personality was a put-on for media. I've heard quite a few reports that he's completely different in person (although still arrogant), as opposed to his...

Lee - I watched Douglas vs the Cheetahs and he could be a bit guilty of ruck watching at times, but he didn't keep it up as long as many other forwards who shirk the hard work. Could just be still developing a feeling of when to hit rucks and when not to - it's something that a lot of forwards...

Yeah, Tapuai has been fine in defence, but he's struggled in a backline who've done plenty of attacking in the last few games. Ioane in a roving role got a lot more involved. Which is why I like Diggers on the wing - letting him rove around, looking for work seems to generally work well for him.

How Louw can be huge when he scored me -5 in my fantasy team I'll never know! Sigh.

Fullback, I guess, will either be Harris or Morahan. Morahan is probably more likely as he replaced Lucas this week, but Harris for Lucas is more of a like-for-like replacement. Wondering if Chambers will replace Tapuai at 13 this week? At the very least, I guess Chambers will move onto the...

229 with BdP and Sykes to come. Awful week. That being said so far Genia, Beiber, Sanchez and Schmoo has saved my week.

The guy who missed 5 tackles, dropped some ball and score a frigging impressive -4 points for my fantasy rugby team.

Apologies for the Savea call. Preliminary stats has him making one tackle and missing five! Praying I am dragged up to 300 but with a fee players hovering near negatives it might be a stretch.

Well doesn't my Savea call look like total crap now. Now i bet that Uys will have a blinder now and score 17 million tries. Incidentally it is fun to see that when the Rebels win Saffy scores crap all. Not the most solid start for my team of wannabe wannabes.

Delve has been close to their best player, if not the best. He has been fantastic. The Rebels struggled in recruitment, but they did pick up some gems in he three you mentioned. The international I would add to that list would be Yoda as well despite his dropsies last week. Plus Ged Robinson...

Any bold predictions? I am going for Tahs by plenty. But more likely it'll be a dour low scoring affair.

Knew I should've bought Phipps. Bloody glad I am getting this recorded by someone as it sounds like a bad one to miss. Go the Rebels!!! TSF will be blowing up over this result.