Fantasy Super Rugby

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.

Was out and missed most of the Blues/ Highlanders game, how did Lam get -1?

@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

My FR centre pairing right now...

Same here, along with Love and Fine struggling to even make double digits. Fucking hell

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:

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:

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

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.

I've still got the unlimited money and co-captains boosters to play and should really be planning when I do that!

@KiwiPie said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

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.

I've still got the unlimited money and co-captains boosters to play and should really be planning when I do that!

If you play them right, you could easily end up 100 points ahead.

With two weeks to go it's still very close atop the Ferner's Fantasy League standings. @kiwipie has closed up the gap big time over the last couple of weeks and I'm only managing to keep him at bay knowing he still might have a couple of cards to play yet.

@no-quarter was on fire this week with 663 points, comfortably the highest scorer for round 14. Joe Brial and Xavier Roe were out of the box picks that paid dividends.

With two weeks remaining of Fantasy Rugby, there's plenty to play for so don't forget to select your team and also watch out for last minute replacements.

Standings after round 14:

I got 678 this round, it didn't move me much. Moananu and Fehi did well for me.

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

With two weeks to go it's still very close atop the Ferner's Fantasy League standings. @kiwipie has closed up the gap big time over the last couple of weeks and I'm only managing to keep him at bay knowing he still might have a couple of cards to play yet.

It's perfectly set up for me to really cock up my selections this weekend. I'm going to the Crusaders v Chiefs game to check out the new stadium, which players should I choose from those 2 teams?

@mikedogz said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

I got 678 this round, it didn't move me much. Moananu and Fehi did well for me.

My apologies @mikedogz, you were indeed the highest scorer of the week, well played.

Moananu was a solid pick. I wonder why the Tahs haven't used him more this year. He'll be a great addition to the Highlanders next season.

@KiwiPie said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

With two weeks to go it's still very close atop the Ferner's Fantasy League standings. @kiwipie has closed up the gap big time over the last couple of weeks and I'm only managing to keep him at bay knowing he still might have a couple of cards to play yet.

It's perfectly set up for me to really cock up my selections this weekend. I'm going to the Crusaders v Chiefs game to check out the new stadium, which players should I choose from those 2 teams?

Well you're getting very little response from me but a certain someone could be making a return.

I've made a bit of a late charge the past few weeks, but don't have any trump cards left to play so I don't think I am close enough to take it out. Some left field selections have helped me a bit lately, will need a few more of those I think.

Sucky game

@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Sucky game

What are you complaining about?

After the penultimate round fixtures completed on Saturday night there is only one week to go in the Ferner's Fantasy League for 2026.

@oneshadeofblack was the best player of the week, scoring 711 points. His back three selections of Jorgenson, J Campbell and Naholo brought home the goods and helped him move up in the overall standings.

Overall, I was able to thankfully pull away from @kiwipie at the top of the table. I'm hoping to not completely botch it in the last week of play and hopefully take out the crown for 2026.

Best of luck to all players in the final week.

Updated standings:

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Overall, I was able to thankfully pull away from @kiwipie at the top of the table. I'm hoping to not completely botch it in the last week of play and hopefully take out the crown for 2026.

Made some terrible selections, I'm lucky to still be in 2nd.

@KiwiPie said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Overall, I was able to thankfully pull away from @kiwipie at the top of the table. I'm hoping to not completely botch it in the last week of play and hopefully take out the crown for 2026.

Made some terrible selections, I'm lucky to still be in 2nd.

I thought you were going to run me down selecting double captains. I'm lucky players like Moorby and Naholo were able to bump me up.

@KiwiPie same here, vakatawa really let me down with -1

@canes4life you fluffybunny, Reece captain was a masterstroke. I had ST captain last week and accidentally left Codie captain this week, and he unfortunately did not score 4 tries again.

@No-Quarter said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@canes4life you fluffybunny, Reece captain was a masterstroke. I had ST captain last week and accidentally left Codie captain this week, and he unfortunately did not score 4 tries again.

You know what’s funny, I had Moorby but decided to swap him out for Reece and captain him last minute noting that it was his 100th. Happy to have had my top point scorer when it mattered most.

I’m now 116th overall because of it.

I made the big play of having Paisami as my captain...boy did that pay off!

@taniwharugby said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

I made the big play of having Paisami as my captain...boy did that pay off!

Yeah I had him, but captained Roigard. The fuck was I thinking? Most of my players barely played even 50 minutes

How the fuck did Feluai score like three times as many points as STT in the final 30?

Fuck fantasy rugby. Absolutely flying high in my mates group only to have disgusting scores the last couple of rounds. Slipped from first to third and was relying on Donaldson and Jorg to outscore Moananu and Tizzano in this last game and they've completely shat the bed while the forwards carve up.

Am convinced the Fantasy rugby bears absolutely no resemblance to one's knowledge of rugby.

@booboo finally, someone had to say it.

@Canes4life said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@No-Quarter said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

@canes4life you fluffybunny, Reece captain was a masterstroke. I had ST captain last week and accidentally left Codie captain this week, and he unfortunately did not score 4 tries again.

You know what’s funny, I had Moorby but decided to swap him out for Reece and captain him last minute noting that it was his 100th. Happy to have had my top point scorer when it mattered most.

I’m now 116th overall because of it.

That killed any chance of last round heroics for me! Also picked Reece but not as captain but that helped keep me clear in 2nd.

Had an atrocious last couple of rounds, in the end got fucking annihilated by the other half who didn't even realise it was the last round so left a booster or two on the table.

Still undecided whether this leads to a great summer or an off season from hell.

@Bones yep, I agree.

Well that's a wrap folks, thanks to all for playing the second year of Ferner's Fantasy Rugby. Will make sure to do it all again next year.

Shoutout to @kiwipie and @jamsb for their podium finishes. Bring on 2027.

Final standings below:

Thanks to @canes4life for the updates and congratulations on your victory.

@KiwiPie said in Fantasy Super Rugby:

Thanks to @canes4life for the updates and congratulations on your victory.

Cheers mate, looking forward to the challenge next year. You kept me honest for sure.

@Canes4life Thanks for the weekly updates, you had a fantastic season!

Thank goodness that's over.

Thanks @canes4life . Mostly.