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Travelbag Fantasy Rugby World Cup 2003

Ably run by Silent Manager team, Fantasy Rugby World Cup 2003 promises to be an excellent way to follow the fortunes of the rugby teams vying for the World Cup. Just £10 to play for the chance to win a once in a lifetime VIP trip to Australia for 2 (the trip includes tickets to a Super-12s game and travel and accommodation to Sydney, Great Barrier Reef and Ayers Rock). Features include:
- Users can pick their ultimate World XV from over 300 players from the
20 nations in the World Cup
- Profiles on each country and player to help with the selection process
- Optional 'Lucky Dip' facility to pick your team for you
- Private leagues
- Optional Fantasy news alerts to mobile phones
- Guide to Rugby to help the 'armchair fan' make the most of the 2003
Rugby World Cup.

SuperOdds Fantasy Rugby World Challenge 2003 - GAME CANCELLED 9 OCTOBER 2003

DreamLeague (who first ran fantasy games in the UK in the very early

1990s) are running a Fantasy Rugby World Cup 2003 game for

SuperOdds, the official betting agency for Rugby World Cup 2003.

It's just £5 to play or 5 teams for £20.

SuperOdds have put up £50,000 worth of Prizes for the SuperOdds

World Rugby Challenge.

You don't have to be a rugby expert to play as you only have to

select 5 players and 5 countries to follow. Choose your 5 players

from a list of 80 and choose 1 country from each of the 5 groups.

There are no player/country values, no budgets and no transfers -

hence seems quite simple to play.

The array of prizes include £25,000 cash in total for the top 5

winners: 1st: £15,000, 2nd: £5,000, 3rd: £3,000, 4th £1,500 and 5th:

£500.

SuperOdds are also giving away a once-in-a-lifetime trip to

Australia including top tickets to witness the spectacle of Rugby

World Cup 2003 Grand Final in Sydney on November 22. Plus there is

VIP hospitality and signed Rugby merchandise to give away.

There are also numerous weekly prizes on offer including massive

£1,000, £500 and £250 free bets with SuperOdds.

The World Cup takes place in Australia between October 10th and

November 22nd. To score points from the start of the Game entries

must be received by Friday 10 October at 10.00 UK time. Entrants

must be aged 18 years or over at the time of registration.

The Game is the same one advertised in The Mirror newspapers and

website and on scrum.com.

Sun DreamTeam:

The Sun DreamTeam are back again with another huge prize fund

(£50,000) and their usual £5 entry fee (or 5 teams for £20). All you

have to do is pick 15 stars from their list of 200 players, broken

down into eight groups of 25. A mid-tournament transfer window is

available. Entry closing deadline is midnight GMT on Thursday

October 9 2003. 

Mail On Sunday:

The Mail On Sunday are using the long established Fantasy League

Limited to run their Fantasy World Cup Rugby game. Entry is just £5

and the deadline to start scoring at the start of Phase 1 is 10:00

BST on Friday, October 10, 2003. A maximum of five transfers per

'Game Phase' are permitted during the World Cup and transfers must

be made at least 30 minutes prior to the start of the next phase.

The game phases are split as follows: Phase 1 includes all first and

second games played by each country in the Rugby World Cup group

stages, Phase 2 covers all third and fourth matches played by each

country in the group stages and Phase 3 contains all matches from

the quarter-finals through to the finals (including the third/fourth

place play-off). Game features include:

- £20,000 in Cash Prizes

- Trip to Finals & Semi Finals

- Daily Points Updates

- Player Changes

- Private Leagues

Telegraph Online:

Telegraph Online ask you to choose your 15-man team - 6 backs, 8

forwards and a kicker and use your 12 transfers to get to the top of

the pile. For a £5 entry fee there is a top prize of a two-week,

three-centre holiday in Australia for two people with stays in

Sydney, Palm Cove and Ayers Rock plus eight days' car hire. There

are also a host of runners-up prizes to give you plenty of

opportunities to win, including replica shirts and tickets to

England v Wales at Twickenham in next year's Rugby Six Nations

tournament.

The first game kicks-off off at 10:00am on Friday 10th October and

there is a transfer amnesty available until noon on Wednesday 8th

October.

Foxtel Fantasy League (open to Australian residents only):

A free competition run by Fantasy League Limited. The main prize is

a prize draw. Australian residents only.

Click here to access our Fantasy Rugby forum

http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_forum.asp?forumid=8

Fantasy Rugby League 

Click4Rugby

The click4rugby competition is an excellent annual fantasy rugby super league competition and allows you to see the early season form before the main game gets underway. You can play for free or pay to join the prize league. Updated  reviewed 21 Feb 2004.

FantasyRugbyLeague

Each team must consist of a coach and seventeen players. You can only select two personnel from each Super League club and the total value of your selections must not exceed the £3 million limit. All players must be selected in their correct positions, with the substitute backs coming from any of the full backs, wing/centre threequarters, stand off halves or scrum halves categories.

Fantasy 6 Nations Rugby:

Game Name: Fantasy Six Nations

Provider: The Telegraph

Format:

Select a team of 15 using a budget of ‘100 stars’.

Each player has a STAR RATING (1 – 10, where 10 is best) based on

their ability and the country they represent. The stats section of

the game will give you an idea of the most popular players and most

successful in terms of fantasy points scoring in the various

positions.

The fifteen must comprise:

THREE Front Row Forwards, TWO Second Row Forwards,

THREE Third Row Forwards (Flankers and No.8), ONE Scrum Half,

ONE Fly Half and FIVE Backs (Centres, Wings and Full-Backs)

You can also use the Lucky Dip option, where the computer picks a

team for you.

Scoring:

A differential fantasy points system is used for tries, drop goals

and conversions/penalty kicks, depending on whether the real life

scorer is a forward, scrum half, fly half or back. Points can also

be gained or lost for full or part appearances, being sent off or

sin-binned and the final match result.

Transfers:

Each manager will have up to 30 TRANSFERS during the tournament.

These can be made at any point before kick-off.

Cost: £6 (sterling)

Deadline: Sat 15 Feb

Prizes:

The winner will receive two tickets to Australia to watch England v

South Africa in the World Cup on 18 October 2003, plus flights and

accommodation.

There will also be Team of the Week Prizes, which will change each

week. Details of the 'Team of the Week Prize' will be available from

the home page each week.

Mini-League?

You can set up your own Private League for friends and colleagues.

You will also be automatically entered into the World League, where

all teams are represented.

Game website 

FISO forum link

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2) Game Name: Travelbag Fantasy Six Nations Challenge

Provider: Silentworld

Format: Exactly as Telegraph game above, in all respects.

The game is produced by Silentworld Ltd, and is licensed to the

Telegraph.

The Travelbag Challenge is Silentworld’s own brand of the game.

Game website

FISO forum link

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3) Game Name: Sporting Life

Provider: Sporting Life, with Tetley’s

Format:

To take part, simply select a squad of 15 players.

Your selection must comprise eight forwards and seven backs,

including a designated kicker.

Choose no more than three players from each nation and no fewer than

two Italian players.

Points will be awarded for a try (five), penalty (two), conversion

(two) and drop goal (two).

Points will be deducted for a send off (minus five) and yellow card

(minus two).

Only your designated kicker will score points for penalties and

conversion.

You will be able to chart your team’s progress on an online

leaderboard.

Tiebreak Question: How many tries will be scored in the whole

tournament?

Deadline: Get your teams in by Sat, 15 Feb.

Cost: FREE

Prizes:

Overall winner: Widescreen TV, a mini-fridge stocked with Tetley's

Smoothflow and an England shirt signed by Martin Johnson.

2nd Overall: A case of beer and an England shirt signed by Martin

Johnson.

3rd place: A case of beer and a Tetley's Rugby shirt signed by

Martin Johnson.

Five weekly top-scorers each receive a rugby ball signed by Martin

Johnson and a case of beer.

Mini-League? No

Game website 

FISO forum link

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4) Game Name: Six Nations Challenge 2003

Provider: Fantasy Factory

Format: The challenge to entrants is to predict how well each of

the nations will perform.

It is easy to play. Simply click each team into their final

finishing positions and collect points as each of them wins matches,

score tries, conversions, drop kicks or penalties

Throughout the 7-week competition, you can gain bonus points,

interactively, by predicting the answers to simple topical rugby

bonus questions.

Cost: £5, with 40% going to charity.

Deadline: Sat 15 Feb

Prizes:

Winner takes all!

a rugby shirt of choice in the colours of your favourite club or

national team

plus a digital camera

plus 100 FF credits

And the winner chooses which worthy cause benefits from the proceeds

of this game.

Mini-League? A FISO mini-league has been set up for ANY game on the

Fantasy Factory site.

If you enter the Six Nations contest, all you have to do is add the

league details below.

Team Name: www.fiso.co.uk

Team Pass: cking

Game website 

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Other Fantasy Rugby Games

Times Online Fantasy Rugby

The Times' Fantasy Rugby game is based on the Zurich Premiership season and has an entry deadline of midnight on Thursday, September 19, 2002 (to start scoring straight away). Pick 15 players not exceeding a total rating of 45. Each player is rated between 1 and 5 (1 is best) and you have a quota of 30 transfers for the season. All transfers made between Friday midnight and Thursday midnight will become active from the next scoring weekend. All game weeks will then run from Friday midnight to the following Thursday midnight until May 10, 2003. Your team must consist of EIGHT forwards, ONE kicker and SIX backs.

The cost of entry into Times Online Fantasy Rugby is £5 per team. Prizes on offer include a Land Rover New 2003 Discovery (season winner), six all-expenses-paid trips for two to the World Cup in Australia (Monthly Winners), PCs and iPAQs, team memorabilia and lots more (Weekly winners).

The 6 game months:

  1. 00:00 September 20 to 23:59 on October 10.
  2. 00:00 October 11 to 23:59 on November 14.
  3. 00:00 November 15 to 23:59 on December 5.
  4. 00:00 December 6 to 23:59 on February 6.
  5. 00:00 February 7 to 23:59 on April 10.
  6. 00:00 April 11 to 23:59 on May 15.

Your players will score points based on Zurich Premiership games in the following ways:

Full Appearance  +4 points 
Part Appearance (play any of the game)  +2 points 
Try scored  +10 points 
Drop Goal scored  +6 points 
Penalty scored  +6 points 
Try conversion  +4 points 

Forwards will be awarded double points for scoring a try, drop goal, penalty or a try conversion.

ikissrugby
 
The site provides an interactive fantasy rugby union game based on the English Rugby Premiership with scoring starting from 30 August. Pick your favourite players and see how they perform over the course of the season and if necessary make a replacement. With stats provided by opta index in 10 categories it'll be easy to see who's not pulling their weight. With prizes like a trip to the World Cup in Australia. Enter for free before 4 September - entry costs £5.99 during the following month until entries close on 4 October. Reviewed 29 August 2002.

FantasyRugby.com

Do you follow Southern Hemisphere Rugby Union? Then you may enjoy FantasyRugby.com's free to play game focussed on New Zealand rugby. Reviewed 16 September 2002.

North Shields SuperSevens Fantasy Rugby

North Shields SuperSevens Fantasy Rugby is based on the English Zurich Premiership. Pick 7 players (3 forwards, 3 backs and a kicker) to score points based on game events in the Zurich Premiership. You can now also create your own game based on your own club and players.

International Interactive Rugby League

The International Interactive Rugby League is continually looking for new coaches. The competition is simulated and operated using in-house RLSim software.

Fantasy Rugbee

A pay-to-play fantasy rugby game based on the Super League VI 2001 competition.  Select a team of 17 with a budget of £1.5m, selecting a captain who scores double. Up to 10 transfers are allowed costing £1 each. Winner's prize for 2001 is VIP ticket. Over 100 teams entered. Again one to watch out for next season. Reviewed 8 October 2001.

WorldFantasyRugby - simulated fantasy rugby competitions

Ultimate Rugby - South African based simulated PBEM fantasy rugby game 

The Daily Telegraph are running a Zurich Premiership fantasy Rugby Union competition based on team results from 30 September 2000. Total prize money on offer is £25,000. Use their website for changes to selections.

Fantasy Six Nations Rugby Union Games

  • SkySports' 6 Nations Fantasia - a £3 entry fee gives you the chance to win the £5,000 top prize. Pick 15 players with no more than 4 from any country. There are unlimited transfers but they need to be registered by 1pm on the Saturday.
  • DreamLeague - Another excellent free to enter fantasy games from DreamLeague. Pick 15 players and 1 team with no more than 4 players from each country participating in the rugby six nations. Up to 20 transfers available. 
  • 6nations - A simple free to enter results prediction game for the six nations competition. Gain 3 points for each correct result with bonus points available for correct score margins. Entry deadline 2 February 2001.
 

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