Scrum Fantasy Rugby - World Cup

[juckster]

Wow, Gills been knocked off the top and you're upto 3rd and only 11 behind the new leader - who has only got 2 NZ starters (not Dagg) and only 1 French starter (Hardiniquay).

If your Kahui and Smith gel, who knows....

Good Luck.

[Chuck Taylor]

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Good luck for the final nabby!! as juckster said we're all routing for you!

[Spencer4]

Agreed, terrific effort regardless of where you finish. A top 3 certainly possible. GL.

[grob]

I don't think I can catch you now Nabby,so I'll be cheering you on too ! nothing more you can do now except keep your fingers and legs crossed.

[Nabby]

Cheers guys.
Last transfer Barnes proved inspired and has perhaps given me a slight chance although still a long shot.
The leader still has 1 transfer but has 4 ABs already. Problem is he has SBW and Hore who are both replacements. Is it worth him bringing in a French back for this one...perhaps Clerc to cover Mr Gills main threat? or switch SBW for Kahui to cover both 2nd and 3rd teams. Problem is you can see SBW coming off the bench and doing some damage late on so that would be a risk. I can see him bringing in Clerc.
That would give him a max 15 points from appearances only.
Mr Gill in 2nd can hope for a max 19 points from appearances.
Of course chances all players stay on for the full 3 points is unlikely, but just looking at the maximums with no tries scored.
So 4 points diff with a 3 point gap at the top. Will be very close. Not sure if Parra is kicking on Sunday, if he is you have to make Mr Gill a slight favourite.
Me - I'm hoping Conrad Smith or Ritchie McCaw do a Berrick Barnes and steal in with a try and a motm. That could just make it interesting for me.

[Nabby]

Not to be.
Needed a big score from the All Blacks...very frustrating watching them play I must admit. Mr Gill will take back the lead with Dusautoir scoring a try and getting motm. Congrats to him - it must have been nerve racking over the past few weeks watching your lead get eaten away, but he held on.
For me it came down to the selection of McCaw i/o Kaino at the outset. Kaino outscored McCaw by over 30 points and all the leaders had him. Never mind I think/hope I have clung on to 3rd.

[Chuck Taylor]

Unlucky nabby

[Nabby]

Cheers Chuck.
I see the Gill family are flying high in the Footie Daily Mail Mini Leagues too. Perhaps we can gain revenge in that.

[Chuck Taylor]

FINAL FISO STANDINGS

1 Nabby Phil Dines Lily 41 27 609 (3rd overall)
2 topspur paul branigan Odd shaped ball boys 34 23 543
3 bossdrum Oscar Deacy Time for Trumpton 31 31 530
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4 Zoolander Paul Stringer Mogwai 34 22 525
5 Chuck Taylor Russell Cane Mother Hakas 39 18 519
6 Mr Green Matt Sims Read It And Weepu 31 21 519
7 juckster Justin Johnson Here For Beer 29 21 505
8 Alchemist andy harvey Edgar Mobbs a true boy's own hero 29 18 502
9 Doogal Mike Maguire Is this really necessary? 26 22 500
10 Takeshi Kovacs Chris Richards JOCI Club 31 17 494

Congratulations to Nabby for winning the FISO League and also claiming 3rd overall, well played sir.
Also well done to topspur and bossdrum for their podium finishes.

[Spencer4]

A great performance Nabby, enjoy your prize !

[Nabby]

Cheers Spencer4.
Must say I'm going to miss looking at the ESPN Scrum site checking for the latest team news. I think ITV missed a trick there - surely with their coverage an accompany comp would have made sense.
Back to football now. TFF monthly is now top of my priorities list

[grob]

Perhaps ItV will do so when Wales win the next World Cup in 4 years time Nabby. Well played indeed,not only in the points you scored,but the sporting manner in which you earned them.

I doubt the overall winner will derive half as much satisfaction as you would have done,and probably won't even know what to do with his prize.

[juckster]

Does anyone know if there's a fantasy game for the Rugby League 4 Nations ?

[grob]

Unlikely I would think juckster. It's a minority interest game,unlikely to attract sufficient players on a country-wide basis,which is what the sponsors usually seek.

[juckster]

Had a quick google and there isn't, but there was one 2 yrs ago - obviously not popular enough.

[banana]

bad luck, phil. still, 3rd is a fine effort...agonising about the mccaw over kaino selection...

[Nabby]

Cheers Nick.
I'm sure we all made decisions which cost us a shot at the title, but the Kaino one just stood out on the basis everyone else had him.
I don't actually know that much about Rugby so my Back Row of McCaw, Elsom and Burger were put in without too much analysis purely based on my memory of the last world cup. Burger did ok but the other 2 were disappointing.

[juckster]

Nabby,

What prize did you get ?

[Nabby]

Sorry Juckster - only just seen this.
Nothing yet!
Sent a note this week but no response.

The prize does not involve cash and I would have thought it would be sitting there ready to go once the comp was over. With cash prizes I appreciate there is an element of getting sign off etc which can hold things up. It does frustrate me - a competition with over 80,000 entrants with relatively minor prizes and they can't be bothered to send them off within a reasonable timeframe.

[nahiean.sa]

I do not know what is the FISO league ? And I can not hear what you hear. Can anyone tell me clearly ...?