@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
still think they need to fix it by allowing you to pick some reserves who only come in, in the event of a last minute injury, such as last week, I had Toole in my side, but he didnt end up playing.
To be fair, the announcement on Toole not playing was made about 24 hours prior to kick-off, and then the match was also delayed by nearly 2 hours, so you had plenty of time in that regard. 
@Canes4life not if I dont follow headlines about non-NZ teams and then on the NZ teams it would only be if the weather is shite I might be in checking.
@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life not if I dont follow headlines about non-NZ teams and then on the NZ teams it would only be if the weather is shite I might be in checking.
Yeah fair call, hopefully they bring in the replacement option next year. They should have done a survey to all Fantasy players last year to improve the experience.
@Canes4life or it could just be as simple as giving you the average of all starting players in that position (if your guy was a starter) or if a bench, average of all the bench players in that position.
But hey, it is what it is, I aint coming last, presently....
@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life or it could just be as simple as giving you the average of all starting players in that position (if your guy was a starter) or if a bench, average of all the bench players in that position.
But hey, it is what it is, I aint coming last, presently....
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@booboo said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life or it could just be as simple as giving you the average of all starting players in that position (if your guy was a starter) or if a bench, average of all the bench players in that position.
But hey, it is what it is, I aint coming last, presently....
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Holy shit - how are you doing worse than me? I've forgotten to select my team twice - including the first week, so zero points....
(although it looks like it's giving me my average for subsequent weeks, in lieu of zero points? That's nice of them.)
@Kruse said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@booboo said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life or it could just be as simple as giving you the average of all starting players in that position (if your guy was a starter) or if a bench, average of all the bench players in that position.
But hey, it is what it is, I aint coming last, presently....
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Holy shit - how are you doing worse than me? I've forgotten to select my team twice
At least once ...
- including the first week, so zero points....
(although it looks like it's giving me my average for subsequent weeks, in lieu of zero points? That's nice of them.)
And picking early in the week and not updating when the team is actually named ... fuck you Will Jordan and Corey Toole and Jared Proffitt
Plus not realising Dmac was back
And having a nightmare with player values fluctuating ...
And I'm not hovering over the phone awaiting line up changes before kick off ...
And general uselessness ...
Below is how the Ferner's Fantasy league sits after round 5. @bobily takes a slim lead after a solid round of 555 points. @jamesb was the big mover for the week with 635 points and that moves him up to second.
Some good match-ups this week so will be interesting to see who people select in their teams. I'm expecting quite a bit of a shuffle on the table by the time Sunday comes around.
@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
Slim pickings at 10 this week...
Sure is, Dmac is spendy, Love is a fullback so you can't select him as a 10. Beaudy could be it as Blues are playing Tahs.
@Canes4life I've gone for Pellegrini, although cold do the unlimited $$$ on DMac if you dont have enough....
@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life I've gone for Pellegrini, although cold do the unlimited $$$ on DMac if you dont have enough....
Already used my boosters, so I'll likely slowly stumble down the table for the remainder of the season.
Having quite the turnaround in fortune this week, no boosters yet either.
Anyone understand how the limitless one actually works?
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
Having quite the turnaround in fortune this week, no boosters yet either.
Anyone understand how the limitless one actually works?
I'll post a weekly update shortly. Yeah, the limitless booster just means you have an unlimited budget to spend so can select anyone you want for a week.
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
Having quite the turnaround in fortune this week, no boosters yet either.
Anyone understand how the limitless one actually works?
I'll post a weekly update shortly. Yeah, the limitless booster just means you have an unlimited budget to spend so can select anyone you want for a week.
I've obviously been too lazy to read the rules properly - is it only the same set budget every week?
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
Having quite the turnaround in fortune this week, no boosters yet either.
Anyone understand how the limitless one actually works?
I'll post a weekly update shortly. Yeah, the limitless booster just means you have an unlimited budget to spend so can select anyone you want for a week.
I've obviously been too lazy to read the rules properly - is it only the same set budget every week?
Yep, 100M budget every week. When you use that limitless booster, you have an infininate number of $$ to spend.
After the completion of round 6, @antipodean and @bones had very strong weeks with 730 and 713 points respectively. @antipodean's big players were Fehi Fenanganofo and captain Jordie Barrett, while @bones big movers were Fehi and DMac (captain).
@bobily2 remained in poll position and currently holds an 8 points lead over @jamesb.
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
Having quite the turnaround in fortune this week, no boosters yet either.
Anyone understand how the limitless one actually works?
I'll post a weekly update shortly. Yeah, the limitless booster just means you have an unlimited budget to spend so can select anyone you want for a week.
I've obviously been too lazy to read the rules properly - is it only the same set budget every week?
Yep, 100M budget every week. When you use that limitless booster, you have an infininate number of $$ to spend.
Hah, I was under the disillusion I could build my budget across the season with savvy trading. What a moran.
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
Having quite the turnaround in fortune this week, no boosters yet either.
Anyone understand how the limitless one actually works?
I'll post a weekly update shortly. Yeah, the limitless booster just means you have an unlimited budget to spend so can select anyone you want for a week.
I've obviously been too lazy to read the rules properly - is it only the same set budget every week?
Yep, 100M budget every week. When you use that limitless booster, you have an infininate number of $$ to spend.
Hah, I was under the disillusion I could build my budget across the season with savvy trading. What a moran.
I too thought that was the point
7 days later
After the completion of round 7, @dmoney and @taniwharugby had very strong weeks with 631 and 621 points respectively. They picked the try scoring machine Fehi Fineanganofo.
@bobily remained in poll position and currently holds an 16 point lead over myself in 2nd, with @jamesb in close pursuit 8 points behind in third.
I toyed with the idea of making him captain, but didnt....
Team gutted for this weekend though!!
@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
I toyed with the idea of making him captain, but didnt....
Team gutted for this weekend though!!
It's slim pickings this weekend with so many byes in play. I'm sure most Fantasy teams will be filled up largely with Chiefs, Crusaders and Reds players.
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
poll position
Just no. I let it slide last week, but two weeks in a row is hurty, especially since you actually follow F1.
Or did we all vote for him?
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
poll position
Just no. I let it slide last week, but two weeks in a row is hurty, especially since you actually follow F1.
Or did we all vote for him?
This is why we don't copy and paste from the previous week. Pole it is. 
@mikedogz said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
Hotham out
Yeah fuck. Caught that as they were walking on, but was already locked and couldn't seap him out. Boo.
Round 8 in the books and I'm stoked to announce that I've managed to sneak back up to the top of the Ferner's Fantasy league standings after chipping away at both @bobily and @jamesb in the last two weeks.
I managed to get some good pay by picking Ben Donaldson, whereas many picked Carter Gordon at 10. That was pretty much the difference this week.
Quite a few players were caught out by the last minute Hotham injury, despite Chapman not scoring too many in the end.
@mikey_woa had the biggest shift this week scoring a very impressive 753 points. Captaining Fihaki was definitely a selection that paid dividends and has also meant he's now putting the heat on @bones for 8th position.
A really competitive round of games coming up which will likely spell yet more position changes prior to the next update. Goodluck everyone.
@Canes4life my co captains of Hotham and Jordan were going to do the business until that fucking last minute change. Boosters would've been a good difference maker this round.
@Bones said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life my co captains of Hotham and Jordan were going to do the business until that fucking last minute change. Boosters would've been a good difference maker this round.
Could have been onto something there, I originally had Hotham as my halfback as well. Felt like he was due a big game.
Another round of Super in the books and it's a fairly similar order to last week, @jamesb slipping down slightly to 4th, while @bobily and @kiwipie rise into positions 2 and 3 respectively.
@bobily went with an interesting but profitable strategy this week stacking his team with Fijian Drua and Force players which resulted in some good pay.
@kiwipie saw massive gains by picking the Chiefs triple threat of Tyrone Thompson, Dmac (captain) and arguably the most inform player in Super right now, Quinn Tupaea.
Updated Ferner's Fantasy League standings as follows:
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@kiwipie saw massive gains by picking the Chiefs triple threat of Tyrone Thompson, Dmac (captain) and arguably the most inform player in Super right now, Quinn Tupaea.
If only I'd gone for Taumoefolau instead of Carter for my 4th Chiefs player ....
@KiwiPie said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
@kiwipie saw massive gains by picking the Chiefs triple threat of Tyrone Thompson, Dmac (captain) and arguably the most inform player in Super right now, Quinn Tupaea.
If only I'd gone for Taumoefolau instead of Carter for my 4th Chiefs player ....
Good call on Thompson, I had him in my side originally before I swapped him out last minute for George Bell. Lucky Bell ended in the points as well and the last Chief I added (Taumoefolau) scored plenty.
It's definitely a game of fine margins and decisions.
I started the week off poorly by picking three Brumbies players with a combined score of 30 points, lucky the rest of my weekend panned out okay.
@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:
Was out and missed most of the Blues/ Highlanders game, how did Lam get -1?
All the blond guys look the same so he got lumped with BB's points
Fuck sake.
I've got to keep a closer eye on team selections...
5 players with zero points, and one with -1.
Round 10 in the books and there were some absolute howlers this week, with many player picks scoring in the single digits, and some scoring in the negatives. If you scored over 500 points this week, I think you should pat yourselves on the back.
@jamesb had the best round out of all Ferner's this week with 607 points. A superb effort. Sid Harvey and McKenzie brining home solid points for him. A good week sees @jamesb move up to 2nd position.
Overall, I'm still holding a slight lead at the top, but one bad selection can ruin that so the pressure is on.
An intriguing round ahead with the opening of Chch's new roofed stadium and Super round taking place in the Garden city. Make sure to keep close tabs on last minute changes and expect plenty of points on offer. It's going to be a doozy.
Updated ladder below:
15 days later
After the completion of round 12 and with only a handful of rounds remaining, the Ferner's Fantasy League Championship is coming down to the wire.
Round 12 was one of the more low scoring rounds we've had so far with HuttLander top scoring with 546 points. Captaining Cam Roigard proved to be a good option this week.
In the race for the 2026 FFL title, I'm managing to hold off JamesB and Kiwi Pie but there's still plenty to play for and that lead can be turned on its head fairly quickly.
The standings after round 12:
