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:
