2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 6

Not understanding the sudden Taupau love, he was so underwhelming the back end of the year. I guess he has the potential but he is frustrating to watch.

mulvy wrote:SHARKS 
1 Valentine Holmes
2 Sosaia Feki
3 Josh Dugan  
4 Ricky Leutele
5 Sione Katoa 
6 Matt Moylan 
7 Chad Townsend 
8 Andrew Fifita 
9 Jayden Brailey 
10 Matt Prior 
11 Luke Lewis 
12 Wade Graham 
13 Jayson Bukuya  
14 James Segeyaro  
15 Trent Hodkinson  
16 Ava Seumanufagai 
17 Braden Uele 
18 Kurt Dillion 
19 Kurt Capewell  
20 Joseph Paulo
21 Edrick Lee
22  Billy Magoulias
23 Aaron Gray

Is Gal busy boxing that night or something?

wolfking wrote:Not understanding the sudden Taupau love, he was so underwhelming the back end of the year.  I guess he has the potential but he is frustrating to watch.

I am taking credit for the Taupau love by pointing out that last year his scores increased by 33% when Lussick didn't play.

Milchcow wrote:

I am taking credit for the Taupau love by pointing out that last year his scores increased by 33% when Lussick didn't play.

I'm thinking AFB can really excel in his absence, maybe even keep the starting role.

Stop being so cheap. Taupau is the real deal

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Stop being so cheap. Taupau is the real deal

That's what we all said when every man and his dog traded him in for the last bye. We know how he went after that.

So what trails are being televised or streamed this week and is there a place to find them easily?

I too was guilty of that.

Would you turn Taupau into AFB, and Teddy into Dufty to get Smith in for Watson?

Or TIT? (Trust In Taupau)

wolfking wrote:

Fifita will be hard to ignore if round one team lists have a hooker and a half on the bench.  Maybe Prior is looking for an increased workload too.

Bench will be

James Segeyaro
Ava Seumanugai (averaged 42 minutes as starting prop last year
Jayson Bukuya (Must be missing the trial due to something) - averaged 47 mins off the interchange last year
Kurt Capewell (talk that he will come on to Grahams edge and Graham could spell Gallen at lock either side of halftime). Will also get some minutes on Lewis's edge you would think.

EDIT: Scratch that - didn't see Bukuya in the 13.

Random wrote:So what trails are being televised or streamed this week and is there a  place to find them easily?

NRL is streaming some of them
https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/02/21/nrl-trials-2018-all-the-games-covered/

We will also be hosting livestreams from four Saturday matches – the Gold Coast Titans v Auckland Warriors (6pm AEDT kick-off), Penrith Panthers v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6.30pm AEDT), Cronulla Sharks v Wests Tigers (7pm AEDT) and Parramatta Eels v Newcastle Knights (7pm AEDT)


Fox is showing the wankfest/cap rort tonight, and Charity Shield tomorrow night

Warriors wrote:

Bench will be

James Segeyaro
Ava Seumanugai (averaged 42 minutes as starting prop last year
Jayson Bukuya (Must be missing the trial due to something) - averaged 47 mins off the interchange last year
Kurt Capewell (talk that he will come on to Grahams edge and Graham could spell Gallen at lock either side of halftime). Will also get some minutes on Lewis's edge you would think.

EDIT: Scratch that - didn't see Bukuya in the 13.

I didn't see that Gal was missing from that so yeah, you're bench there would be spot on for round 1.

Milchcow wrote:
Fox is showing the wankfest/cap rort tonight, and Charity Shield tomorrow night

A few of the guys from work going to this and I can't understand why. Absolute joke of a game and it's absolutely pouring up here today. The only thing I'm interested in watching it for is fantasy obviously.

On Taupau, the reason I am getting him is because without Lussick and Lawrence he should get 60 minutes, plays round 13 after which I will reassess, and has a reasonable draw against Knights, Eels, Rabbitohs, Raiders, Titans, Tigers to start the year. At least three of those teams will be bottom four this year I feel.

mulvy wrote:Besides lack of FRF cover how does this look?

Cook
Fifita Lodge
Brown Merrin RFM
Croft Watson
Maubbs Taka
Ted Ponga Katoa

Lichaa
Murray
Cartwright
Nicholls Kikau Leilua Croker Kennar  6k

Anyone?

Milchcow wrote:

NRL is streaming some of them
https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/02/21/nrl-trials-2018-all-the-games-covered/

We will also be hosting livestreams from four Saturday matches – the Gold Coast Titans v Auckland Warriors (6pm AEDT kick-off), Penrith Panthers v Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6.30pm AEDT), Cronulla Sharks v Wests Tigers (7pm AEDT) and Parramatta Eels v Newcastle Knights (7pm AEDT)


Fox is showing the wankfest/cap rort tonight, and Charity Shield tomorrow night

Didn't know Roosters V Dogs was on tonight

Joey Superior wrote:

Just when I thought I was ok with leaving Taupau out of my team... damn you.

Isn't Lussick coming back after not too long anyway. All seems a bit irrelevant for a few weeks at the start of the season

Chewie wrote:

Yeah, I'm happy to spend a fair bit of coin on the WFB/CTR positions this year. I'll only have one wfb/ctr on my reserves bench for cover like most of us here.
Trying to go with a set and forget approach not taking massive risks.
My current backline looks like this.
Teddy, Ponga, GI
Hayne, Takairangi
With Hiku as cover.

I reckon Teddy may not live up to fantasy expectations at the Roosters. There wont be so much of the give it the Teddy thing!

mulvy wrote:

Anyone?

Like it but reckon Smith(c) will end up burning you. Don't like the Maubbs pick as pretty much full value (but could pay off).

Buramada wrote:

I reckon Teddy may not live up to fantasy expectations at the Roosters. There wont be so much of the give it the Teddy thing!

Can't wait to see Teddy average 60 in the first 4 weeks and the thought of how others must be feeling whilst watching Roosters games. He only scored 5 tries last year whilst Gordon managed 7. Roosters have the easiest draw by far this year.

Opening draw is Tigers, Bulldogs, Knights, Warriors. Not bad.

Interested to watch Jbrom and NAS again tonight. If I was to start with 1 I think it would be NAS.