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Yeah the Fox stats are a shambles. I am hoping the reason they haven't ended the lockout yet is because they're reviewing them. I compared them to the SMH and NZH stats and they are ridiculous. A few examples from my own team: - Creevy no tackles vs SMH 6 - Faf no runs and no tackles vs SMH...

A player can play at a high level and score few points in Fantasy And vice versa, as shown by Frisby's haul of 28. One of the top scoring scrum halves of the round.

Yeah, I had McKenzie, Bin Smuth and Hooper and they got 29 points between them. My first ever time playing, and three of my team got yellow cards - Hunt, Kepu and Faf. On top of that I'm discovering the frustration that comes when your bench players score 30-40 while your starters score bugger...

Considering how poorly the Brumbies played for long stretches of that match it's impressive that they were in it right until the end. The Crusaders looked pretty good and the Brumbies somehow kept up. The match could easily have resulted the other way. I think Brumbies fans can be pretty happy...

Why the hell was the Sunwolves player penalised for that last breakdown penalty after the siren?! Looked like a textbook breakdown pilfer to me and the Canes hung onto it for ages. Not the tackler, no ruck formed, on his feet and supporting his bodyweight. Pretty poor reffing overall IMO. No...

Poor old Sunwolves aren't even playing that badly, the Hurricanes are just untouchable. Not helped by some shocking refereeing.

Had the same thought. Seriously thought he was! Decent performance by the Reds overall I thought. Sharks played well and it could have gone either way. Lots of high shots missed and for Hunt to get carded when he did was pretty bad luck. I thought it was clearly accidental and started low...

17 fantasy points on Fox for a 9 in 40 minutes is actually bloody good from what I can tell (or at least from the averages of last season). Somehow he got 16 fantasy points from that break down field. Must have been a line break, a couple of defenders beaten and some metres. Pity he undid it all...

Some promising signs in that half. Once those late passes start sticking the Reds are breaking the line at will. Will forgive them the handling errors this early in the season and with this humidity but some really stupid decisions that are inexcusable. Not threatening for the title just yet...

Gee the Highlanders look poor tonight. Shocking handling and decision making. Chiefs look much better, barring the expected early season fumbles.

BTW, jokes aside - Aether will be packed this afternoon due to being booked for a function. Scratch or Caxton St better bets for pre-Reds beers.

Stay clear of Aether though. Cause that's where I'm going and I don't need no competition for a seat. ;)

I'll give JGB a bit of a pass for nerves but that was pretty poor overall. Deb looked like he deserved the 10 next start IMO. Placid looks gone for a while, poor bugger. Bad luck to survive such a dangerous contact and then get injured in the next tackle.

Impressive side. Not super keen on Sef as the bench THP but there aren't a lot of other options. Interesting that Stiles has stuck with McIntyre at 22. Doesn't seem to have agreed with some of the speculation here that Duncan P or Hunt (or even Frisby) could cover 10 and allow another inside back!

Milner-Skudder injured again for the Canes. Should upset a few Fantasy lineups, mine included. :/

I was seriously considering buying in to that (and officially making the Force my second team) but was put off by the uncertainty around Super Rugby. I would hate to buy in and then the Force get punted from the comp.

And the wings swapped around too, if he's right.

Yeah Shipperley is out too. According to Fairfax, the toll is Naivalu, Koroibete, Shipperley, McMahon, Smith and Hanson.

Well, that is interesting. Naivalu and Koroibete both out. Both sides starting the season beset by injuries. Smith, Hanson and of course McMahon out as well. This could go either way. Hoping home ground advantage and the Blues' notoriously poor away form will prove the difference.

Rebels are underdogs with the bookies and have been all along. Never did understand why, the Blues are notoriously bad travellers and missing so many starters including SBW, they look thoroughly beatable by this Rebels team if they want the win badly enough.