Fantasy Six Nations

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Think Tank

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Two rounds of matches done.  All to play for.  Don"t forget you can make transfers to your squad in between each match weekend.



It only fits 20 teams on a page, and as we have 21 in our league here"s a special mention to the person currently in "Wooden Spoon" territory

21    fandangofandango    (England) Carl Pilgrim   Weekly Pts 41   Total Pts 75   

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Leigh, are you putting up starting line-ups?

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Don"t forget that the first game of this weekend is tonight, so transfers need to be sorted before the kickoff.


Wales: Liam Williams, Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, George North, Dan Biggar, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Scott Baldwin, Samson Lee, Bradley Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Lydiate, Sam Warburton (capt), Taulupe Faletau.

Replacements: Ken Owens, Gethin Jenkins, Tomas Francis, Jake Ball, Justin Tipuric, Lloyd Williams, Rhys Priestland, Gareth Anscombe.

France: Maxime Medard, Vrimi Vakatawa, Maxime Mermoz, Jonathan Danty, Djbril Camara, Jules Plisson, Maxime Machenaud; Jefferson Poirot, Guilhem Guirado (capt), Rabah Slimani, Paul Jedrasiak, Alexandre Flanquart, Wencelsas Lauret, Antoine Burban, Damien Chouly.

Replacements: Camille Chat, Uini Atonio, Vincent Pelo, Yoann Maestri, Loann Goujon, Sebastien Bezy, Francois Trinh-Duc, Gael Fickou.



Italy: David Odiete, Leonardo Sarto, Michele Campagnaro, Gonzalo Garcia, Mattia Bellini, Kelly Haimona, Edoardo Gori, Sergio Parisse, Alessandro Zanni, Francesco Minto, Joshua Furno, Marco Fuser, Lorenzo Citttadini, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Andrea Lovotti

Replacements: Davide Giazzon, Matteo Zanusso, Martin Castrogiovanni, Valerio Bernabo, Andries Van Schalkwyk, Guglielmo Palazzani, Edoardo Padovani, Andrea Pratichetti

Scotland: Stuart Hogg, Tommy Seymour, Mark Bennett, Duncan Taylor, Tim Visser, Finn Russell, Grieg Laidlaw; Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford, Willem Nel, Richie Gray, Jonny Gray; John Barclay, John Hardie, David Denton.

Replacements: Stuart McInally, Rory Sutherland, Moray Low, Tim Swinson, Ryan Wilson, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Peter Horne, Sean Lamont.



England: Mike Brown, Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell, Jack Nowell, George Ford, Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, Dylan Hartley (captain), Dan Cole, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Chris Robshaw, James Haskell, Billy Vunipola.

Replacements: Jamie George, Mako Vunipola, Paul Hill, Courtney Lawes, Jack Clifford, Danny Care, Elliot Daly, Alex Goode.

Ireland: Rob Kearney, Andrew Trimble, Robbie Henshaw, Stuart McCloskey, Keith Earls, Jonathan Sexton, Conor Murray; Jack McGrath, Rory Best, Mike Ross, Donnacha Ryan, Devin Toner, CJ Stander, Josh van der Flier, Jamie Heaslip (captain).

Replacements: Richardt Strauss, Cian Healy, Nathan White, Ultan Dillane, Rhys Ruddock, Eoin Reddan, Ian Madigan, Simon Zebo.

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Ian has made a charge at the top of the table, but after 33 points from 5 players so far this week, I could be on for a decent week.

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1    Nosey Pickers    England wayne parker   87   234
2    Barmy Yarmy   England Stuart Ward   81   229
3    Saint Misbehavin"   England John-Paul Round   77   228
4    Convict Coach   England Don Logan   82   225
5    Chipaccrual"s XV   Wales Leigh Wiltshire   82   221
5    I pressed autocomplete   England Phil TC   76   221
7    Think Tank   England James Edwards   74   220
7    PenguinPower   Ireland Mark Lassman   71   220
9    There Or Thereabouts    England Ian Szerlowski   60   216
10    Curly"s Cavaliers   England Richard Baker   59   205
11    BearBones   Wales Gary Phillips   77   201
12    Donkfesterquins   Ireland Ian Thompson   77   200
13    Boltsan Wanderers   Ireland Des Duffy   68   188
13    My GF is XV   England Dann Williams   66   188
15    Rudders Ruckers    Wales Richard Rudling-Smith   81   186
16    Sleeves XV   England stuart greenan   70   183
17    BigClubs Bigboys   England Simon Brooke   60   173
18    I can"t believe Baby Spice has turned fo   Ireland John Murray   52   167
19    Could only have 4 from Wales   Wales Graham Wills   58   163
20    Not a Kalou   England Chris Hiam   53   162
21    fandangofandango    England Carl Pilgrim   49   124

Thats the league table ahead of this weeks matches, still VERY tight in the top half, so is anyones game, but as expected, the England fans are proving the most knowledgeable!

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Teams for the weekend

Ireland: Zebo, Trimble, Payne, Henshaw, Earls, Sexton, Murray; McGrath, Best (capt), Ross; Ryan, Toner; Stander, Van der Flier, Heaslip.

Replacements: Cronin, Healy, White, Dillane, Ruddock, Marmion, Madigan, McFadden.

Italy: Odiete, Sarto, Campagnaro, Garcia, Bellini, Padovani, Palazzani; Lovotti, Giazzon, Cittadini, Biagi, Fuser, Minto, Zanni, Parisse.

Replacements: Fabiani, Zanusso, Chistolini, Geldenhuys, Steyn, Lucchese, Haimona, McLean.



England: Brown, Watson, Joseph, Farrell, Nowell, Ford, Youngs; Marler, Hartley (capt), Cole, Itoje, Kruis, Robshaw, Haskell, Vunipola

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Vunipola, Brookes, Launchbury, Clifford, Care, Tuilagi, Daly

Wales: Williams, Cuthbert, Davies, Roberts, North, Biggar, Davies; Evans, Baldwin, Lee, Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Lydiate, Warburton (capt), Faletau

Replacements: Owens, James, Francis, Charteris, Tipuric, Webb, Priestland, Anscombe



Scotland team: Stuart Hogg; Tommy Seymour (both Glasgow), Duncan Taylor (Saracens), Alex Dunbar (Glasgow), Tim Visser (Harlequins); Finn Russell (Glasgow), Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester, capt); Al Dickinson, Ross Ford, Willem Nel (all Edinburgh); Richie Gray (Castres); Jonny Gray (Glasgow); John Barclay (Scarlets), John Hardie (Edinburgh), Josh Strauss (Glasgow).

Replacements: Stuart McInally, Rory Sutherland (both Edinburgh), Moray Low (Exeter), Tim Swinson, Ryan Wilson (both Glasgow), Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh), Peter Horne, Sean Lamont (both Glasgow).

France: S Spedding (Clermont Auvergne); W Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), M Mermoz (Toulon), G Fickou (Toulouse), V Vakatawa (French Rugby Federation); F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), M Machenaud (Racing 92); J Poirot (Bordeaux-Begles), G Guirado (Toulon, capt), R Slimani (Stade Francais), Y Maestri (Toulouse), A Flanquart (Stade Francais), W Lauret (Racing 92), Y Camara (Toulouse), D Chouly (Clermont Auvergne).

Replacements: C Chat (Racing 92), V Pelo (Montpellier), U Atonio (La Rochelle), S Vahaamahina (Clermont Auvergne), L Goujon (La Rochelle), S Bezy (Toulouse), J Plisson (Stade Francais), M Medard (Toulouse).

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1    Barmy Yarmy    England Stuart Ward   96   325
2    Nosey Pickers   England wayne parker   78   312
2    Saint Misbehavin"   England John-Paul Round   84   312
4    Think Tank   England James Edwards   90   310
5    PenguinPower   Ireland Mark Lassman   85   305
6    I pressed autocomplete   England Phil TC   75   296
7    Chipaccrual"s XV   Wales Leigh Wiltshire   74   295
8    Convict Coach    England Don Logan   69   294
9    There Or Thereabouts   England Ian Szerlowski   73   289
10    Curly"s Cavaliers   England Richard Baker   78   283
11    Donkfesterquins   Ireland Ian Thompson   78   278
12    BearBones   Wales Gary Phillips   72   273
13    Sleeves XV   England stuart greenan   87   270
14    Boltsan Wanderers   Ireland Des Duffy   76   264
15    My GF is XV   England Dann Williams   69   257
16    Rudders Ruckers   Wales Richard Rudling-Smith   68   254
17    I can"t believe Baby Spice has turned fo   Ireland John Murray   80   247
18    Not a Kalou    England Chris Hiam   81   243
19    BigClubs Bigboys   England Simon Brooke   53   226
20    Could only have 4 from Wales   Wales Graham Wills   53   216
21    fandangofandango    England Carl Pilgrim   49   173

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Teams for the weekend


Wales: 15-Liam Williams, 14-George North, 13-Jonathan Davies, 12-Jamie Roberts, 11-Hallam Amos; 10-Dan Biggar, 9-Rhys Webb; 1-Rob Evans, 2-Scott Baldwin, 3-Samson Lee, 4-Bradley Davies, 5-Luke Charteris, 6-Dan Lydiate (captain), 7-Justin Tipuric, 8-Taulupe Faletau

Replacements: 16-Ken Owens, 17-Gethin Jenkins, 18-Aaron Jarvis, 19-Jake Ball, 20-Ross Moriarty, 21-Gareth Davies, 22-Rhys Priestland, 23-Gareth Anscombe

Italy: 15-David Odiete, 14-Leonardo Sarto, 13-Andrea Pratichetti, 12-Gonzalo Garcia, 11-Mattia Bellini, 10-Tommaso Allan, 9-Guglielmo Palazzani; 1-Andrea Lovotti, 2-Davide Giazzon, 3-Martin Castrogiovanni, 4-Quintin Geldenhuys, 5-Valerio Bernabo, 6-Francesco Minto, 7-Alessandro Zanni, 8-Sergio Parisse (captain),

Replacements: 16-Oliviero Fabiani, 17-Matteo Zanusso, 18-Dario Chistolini, 19-Jacopo Sarto, 20-Abraham Steyn, 21-Alberto Lucchese, 22-Kelly Haimona, 23-Luke McLean.



Ireland: 15-Simon Zebo, 14-Andrew Trimble, 13-Jared Payne, 12-Robbie Henshaw, 11-Keith Earls, 10-Jonathan Sexton, 9-Conor Murray; 1-Jack McGrath, 2-Rory Best (c), 3-Mike Ross, 4-Donnacha Ryan, 5-Devin Toner, 6-CJ Stander, 7-Tommy O"Donnell, 8-Jamie Heaslip.

Replacements: 16-Richardt Strauss, 17-Cian Healy, 18-Nathan White, 19-Ultan Dillane, 20-Rhys Ruddock, 21-Eoin Reddan, 22-Ian Madigan, 23-Fergus McFadden.

Scotland: 15-Stuart Hogg, 14-Tommy Seymour, 13-Duncan Taylor, 12-Alex Dunbar, 11-Tim Visser, 10-Duncan Weir, 9-Greig Laidlaw (c); 1-Alasdair Dickinson, 2-Ross Ford, 3-Willem Nel, 4-Richie Gray, 5-Tim Swinson, 6-John Barclay, 7-John Hardie, 8-Ryan Wilson.

Replacements: 16-Stuart McInally, 17-Rory Sutherland, 18- Moray Low, 19-Rob Harley, 20-Josh Strauss, 21-Henry Pyrgos, 22-Peter Horne, 23-Sean Lamont.



France: 15-Scott Spedding, 14-Wesley Fofana, 13-Gael Fickou, 12-Maxime Mermoz, 11-Virimi Vakatawa, 10-Francois Trinh-Duc, 9-Maxime Machenaud; 1-Jefferson Poirot, 2-Guilhem Guirado (captain), 3-Rabah Slimani, 4-Alexandre Flanquart, 5-Yoann Maestri, 6-Damien Chouly, 7-Bernard Le Roux, 8-Loann Goujon

Replacements: 16-Camille Chat, 17-Uini Atonio, 18-Xavier Chiocci, 19-Paul Jedrasiak, 20-Wenceslas Lauret, 21-Sebastien Bezy, 22-Jules Plisson, 23-Maxime Medard

England: 15-Mike Brown, 14-Anthony Watson, 13-Jonathan Joseph, 12-Owen Farrell, 11-Jack Nowell,10-George Ford, 9-Danny Care; 1-Mako Vunipola, 2-Dylan Hartley (captain), 3-Dan Cole, 4-Maro Itoje, 5-George Kruis, 6-Chris Robshaw, 7-James Haskell, 8-Billy Vunipola

Replacements: 16-Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17-Joe Marler, 18-Kieran Brookes, 19-Joe Launchbury, 20-Jack Clifford, 21-Ben Youngs, 22-Manu Tuilagi, 23-Elliot Daly.



Can anyone catch Stu Ward ?

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Final Standings

[ian.ski309]

Well played Wayne  

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Thanks Ian, all guess work  

[AceOnTheRiver]

Only just checked the final score, although I was all over it Saturday in between beers. Well done Wayne.

[Fatcatstu]

I should have checked my team for the last week!! 2 players not playing have cost me there! Well done Wayne