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INFORMATION
Old Site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A84388378
Head Coach: Bathite
Forwards Coach: Danny Grewcock
Backs Coach: Mike Catt

FIXTURES

Heineken: Finished 2nd in Group
1. Ospreys (A) 25-18 (L)
2. Clermont (H) 29-20 (W)
2nd in Group - Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup: Winner
Semi-Final: Leinster (N) 30-31 (W)
Final: Stade Francais (N) 21-30 (W)

Knockout Cup: 1st Round Loss
1st Round. Highlanders (A) 25-22 (L)

League: 4th
Record: P22 W13 D3 L6
1. Leinster (A) 26-19 (L)
2. Northampton (H) 23-22 (W)
3. Ospreys (A) 32-19 (L)
4. Toulouse (A) 30-16 (L)
5. Highlanders (H) 22-24 (L) LBP
6. Stade (A) 22-22 (D)
7. Toulon (H) 28-17 (W)
8. Bath (A) 28-26 (W)
9. Biarritz (H) 31-23 (W) WBP
10. Clermont (A) 19-31 (W) WBP
11. Leicester (H) 27-20 (W)
12. Leinster (H) 30-22 (W) WBP
13. Northampton (A) 33-20 (W) WBP
14. Ospreys (H) 29-29 (D)
15. Toulouse (H) 25-28 (L) LBP
16. Highlanders (A) 27-25 (L) LBP
17. Stade (H) 31-22 (W) WBP
18. Toulon (A) 19-33 (W) WBP
19. Bath (H) 32-22 (W) WBP
20. Biarritz (A) 21-27 (W)
21. Clermont (H) 20-0 (W)
22. Leicester (A) 23-23 (D)



MATCHDAY

Position	Strongest Squad
1	S.Tonga'uia
2	B.Du Plessis
3	O.Franks
4	L.Nallet
5	P.Albacete
6	R.Elsom
7	S.Burger
8	S.Parisse
9	J.Cowan
10	N.Evans
11	H.Gear
12	M.Nonu
13	J.Fourie
14	D.Mitchell
15	I.Toeava
16	R.Roncero
17	P.Dixon
18	R.M-Chluski
19	M.Bergamasco
20	R.Wigglesworth
21	B.James
22	C.Heymans

FIRST TEAM SQUAD

Hookers: 2
Props: 5
Lock: 4
Back Row: 7
Half Backs: 4
Centres: 3
Back Three: 5
Squad Size: 29 (29 Available)

Forwards

Name	Position	Nationality	Squad Status	Value
Soane Tonga'uia	LH	Tonga	Key Player
Rodrigo Roncero	LH	Arg	First Team
Wyatt Crockett	LH	NZ	First Team
Owen Franks	TH/LH	NZ	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Matt Stevens	TH/LH	Eng	First Team	INJ
Bismarck Du Plessis	HK	SA	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Pieter Dixon	HK	Zimb	Back Up	£10m
Lionel Nallet	LK	France	Key Player
Patricio Albacete	LK	Argentina	Key Player
Romain Millo-Chluski	LK	France	First Team
Julien Pierre	LK	France	Rotation
Rocky Elsom	BS/N8	Australia	Invaluable
Schalk Burger	OS/BS/N8	SA	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Sergio Parisse	N8	Italy	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Mirco Bergamasco	OS/BS	Italy	First Team
Wycliff Palu	N8/BS	Australia	First Team
Thomas Waldrom	N8/BS	NZ	Rotation	£18m
Matt Todd	OS/BS	NZ	Rotation

Backs

Name	Position	Nationality	Squad Status	Value
Jimmy Cowan	SH	NZ	Key Player
Richard Wigglesworth	SH	England	First Team	£14m
Nick Evans	FH	NZ	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Butch James	FH/IC	SA	Rotation
Ma'a Nonu	IC/OC/WG	NZ	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Jacque Fourie	OC/IC/WG	SA	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Brad Barritt	IC	England	Rotation
Hosea Gear	WG	NZ	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Drew Mitchell	WG/FB	Aus	Invaluable	Not For Sale
Isaia Toeava	FB/WG/OC	NZ	Key Player
Cedric Heymans	WG/FB	France	First Team
Ben Smith	FB/WG	NZ	First Team

INJURIES
Ma'a Nonu HEALED
Rocky Elsom HEALED
Matt Stevens

FINANCES
Budget: £5m

You made your mind up?!?!?

You're like my missus man!!! lol

Need to know soon as I can't change my team and it gets on my nerves!

I think I'll just leave it mate, dragging on a bit. I like to get deals done and dusted

I just like to get in and do a deal, when it starts getting dragged out I get bored.

I know man....2 offers anyway if you want to make some kind of decision

Beast + Nalaga

Bekker + Maitland

or

Beast + Nalaga + Messem + Servat

Bekker + Maitland + Palu + BdP

Swap the £10m for Hape? And deal

I'd have Easter. And you're offer has ten mil mate. Swap that for Hape is what I meant

Yupp

£15m + Maitland = Guildford

Money or no money I want Maitland and Guildford on each wing, not Clerc with Maitland.

I have McCalman would of played McCalman at 6 and then Johnson at 8, but of course Johnson is cropped.

Burger & Bekker & Maitland
4
Warburton & Boric & Guildford

?

Wicked didn't notice well done.

Now onto your winger but you will have to look elsewhere, Guildford won't be coming your way unless one of your big players is involved doubt you want to do that.

You heal Warburton I need the money Bathite, because im bottom you have a strong enough team which can be improved via domestic transfers. I need to buy and keep my money.

Give me a decent offer for Domingo and your side will be set - no weaknesses anymore. Could include Sivi for Maitland also if I get another gain.

Well I will work out it somehow.

Probably won't even look to buy a winger, I need props and a 12 so will get one of them with the money I have.

Franks + Haskell

for

Guthro + Elsom

I'd consider:

Roko + Mermoz + £5 mil
=
Maitland + Nonu

Sorry but that's good offer for you Bathite.

Mermoz is the best centre in Europe.

OK,

Sivi + Mermoz
=
Nonu + Maitland

enq.

Did you want to do a Nonu/Mermoz deal?

Beast + Cencus Johnstone for Franks

Kubs is no improvement in what I have....Medard needs Gear

You are totally obsessed with these top 10's lol

CJ can hold his own, suffers due to playing for a minor nation but he's a good prop playing for the best side in the NH.

Didn't see Crockett in many top 10's but he's still a good prop

McCaw + Williams + Afoa + Easter + Jenkins
=
Burger + Naller/Alba + Franks + Parisse + Steen

Enq

Crockett is a long way short of ant top 5, needs to prove it on the Int stage as the last time he played a decent scrum Castro made him cry.

Front row is front row, as long as you can set a platform I'd have Carter in any team and I'm happy with the deal.

Williams and Jenkins under the others? Contraversial.

I love pack dominance but Servat is the scrummaging master and CJ is great prop. Can't turn down Carter, boy's the greatest 10 to walk the earth.

WC wins are overated, fantastic player, has it all.

Any players of mine you'd be interested in?

Franks, Nallet, Toeava and or any other big names.
An maybe Steen

Bekker + Kubriashvili

Tonga'uia + Chulski

Enq

^^?

Could do you Poux on top for either Crockett or Steenkamp? Poux plays both LH and TH

In fact make that Matt Stevens for Saunders, forgot I had him!

Bekker + Kubriashvili + Stevens

Tonga'uia + Chulski + Saunders

You happy with that then? Gives you you're TH cover and improvement at LH (personally rate Tiny best LH in the world). If so stick on confirms

My team for this week mate , not sure i'll be on much for next few weeks with new Job starting monday.

1.Ben Franks
2.Schalk Brits
3.Nicolas Mas
4.Richie Grey
5.James Gaskell
6.James Haskell
7.David Pocock
8.Keegan Daniel

9.Ben Youngs
10.Franscois Trinh-Duc
11.Peter Hynes
12.Matt Giteau
13.Adam Ashley-Cooper
14.Chris Ashton
15.Ben Foden

16.Martin Rodrigez
17.Olly Barkley
18.Mark Mcmillen
19.Ryan Kankowski
20.Simon Taylor
21.Dave Wilson
22.Richard Hibberd

Not keen on losing Guildford for Heymans.

Seems strange that you wouldn't want the toulouse and french back three and a top top prop

Prefer Guildford, combo or no combo still prefer Guildford to Heymans or whoever, need a sutible replacement not keen on Cedric.

Could you do anything for Tonga'uhia?

Tonga'uhia & Maitland
4
Ayerza & Clerc

?

Tonga'uhia & Barritt & Maitland
4
Ayerza & Davies & Clerc

?

There will be, for sure. I don't know why you need to worry - playoffs are for the top four!

You're right about the partnership but still rate Cowan higher. I don't really like Care - his 'crabbing' is too damaging to the back line.

Have I got Pape/Pierre for week 18?

Jaque Fourie + Albacete or Nallet

for

Robbie Freaun + Mike Blair and Ali Williams

You wouldn't start Ali Williams ahead of either Pierre or Millo Chuski?? I'd have Williams ahead of your locks as its the only area your even slightly weak at the moment.

Bowe could go but it would need to involve Fourie. JOC isn't for sale.

Let me have a look at who is availible it terms of wingers in the foreigns before I get back to you with another offer

Fourie and Toeava

for

Fruean and Bowe

Elsom + Heymans
4
Warburton + Guildford

Who would I play at 7 decent though

Would be interested in Nallet or Albacete 4 Rossouw or Fourie 4 Marty plus Heymans 4 Guildford?

Alberts + ?
=
Elsom + ?

what would you be after?

Elsom + Heymans
4
Vito + Guildford

Nope tbh no word of a lie apart from my little New Zealand team plan when I joined which was never going to happen

I wanted Vito, Warburton and McCalman as my back row as they are the best talents in that position for their countrys. They will be stars in five years time, and even at the minute they are incredible players.

Nallet or Albacete or Fourie 4 Marty plus Heymans 4 Guildford you was willing to lose Elsom who on paper is along with Smith and maybe another is the best blindside in Rugby. So surely you can lose Nallet, Albacete or Fourie.

Elsom + Heymans
4
Vito + Guildford

Alright do that then?

Wasn't keen on playing Johnson or Vito at 7 unless you do Burger 4 Warburton straight swap.