Newcastle Falcons Fantasy Rugby

NEWCASTLE FALCONS

WELCOME TO THE CHAMPIONS

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS 2011, 2012

HEINEKEN CUP WINNERS 2010


Main site: https://www.606v2.com/f41-fantasy-aviva-premiership-season-4


Current Budget: 5.5m

Head Coach:PoolyPunk
Assistant Coach: John Bentley
Director of rugby: Declan Kidney
Forwards Coach: Fran Cotton
Backs Coach's: Johnathan Edwards
Attacking Coach: Jason Robinson
Kicking Coach: Neil Jenkins
Defense Coach: Mike Ford
Conditioning Coach:Craig White
Newcastle A Coach: Tony Underwood

Retired(Not released): Richard Blaze, William Servat

FORWARDS: 23

HK Rory Best (Ireland)
HK Lee Mears (England) - Available Dec 17th
HK Agustín Creevy (Argentina)

TH Paul Doran-Jones (England)
TH Owen Franks (New Zealand)
TH Clement Ric (France)

LH Fabien Barcella (France)
LH Soane Tonga'uiha (Tonga)
LH Alex Waller (England)

LK Paul O'Connell (Ireland)
LK Juandre Kruger (South Africa)
LK Brad Thorn (New Zealand)
LK Yoann Maestri (France)
LK Ed Slater (England)

BS Juan Smith (South Africa)
BS Tom Croft (England)
BS Kelly Brown (Scotland)

OS Richie McCaw(c) (New Zealand)
OS Heinrich Brussow (South Africa)
OS Chris Robshaw (England)

N8 Kieran Read (New Zealand)
N8 Toby Faletau (Wales) (12/11/90)
N8 Chris Masoe (New Zealand)

BACKS: 17

SH Ben Youngs (England)
SH Jimmy Cowan (New Zealand)
SH Luke Burgess (Austrailia)
SH Jean-Marc Doussain (France) (12/02/91)

FH Toby Flood (England)
FH Aaron Cruden (New Zealand)
FH Colin Slade (New Zealand)

IC Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
IC James O'Connor (Austrailia)
IC Scott Wiliiams (Wales) (10/10/1990)
IC Ben Williams (England)

OC Jaque Fourie (South Afica)
OC Adam Ashley-Cooper (Austrailia)
OC George Lowe (England)

WG Drew Mitchell (Austrailia)
WG Alex Cuthbert (Wales)
WG Miles Benjamin (England)
WG Tommy Bowe (Ireland)

FB Alex Goode (England)
FB Jared Payne (New Zealand)


Academy: (01/09/90)

PR Luke Cowen-Dickie (England) (20/6/1993)
LK Jonny Gray (Scotland)
LK Will Carrick Smith (England)
BR Josh Beaumont (England)
BR Joel Conlon (England)
BR Hugh Blake (New Zealand)
BR Euan Dods (England)
FH Joel Hodgson (England) (1/8/1992)
FH Grant Connon (England)
FH Henry Slade (England) (19/3/1993)
CE Luke Marshall (Ireland)
CE Andrew Forsyth (England)
CE Chris Harris (England)
CE Sam Jones (England)
CE Francis Saili (New Zealand) (2/2/1991)
WG Raymond Rhule (South Africa)

Junior Academy

HK Nathan Morris (England) (3/3/1993) - season loan at Wasps
HK George McGuigan (England) (30/3/1993)
PR James Halam
PR Scott Wilson (England)
BR Joe Robinson (England) (6/3/1993)
WG Zach Kibirige (England)

Injuries:(Available week in brackets)

AP R12 - Will Carrick-Smith
AP R13 - Scott Williams
HC/AC R5 - Toby Flood
HC/AC R6 - James O'Connor
AWC R3 - Rory Best

I will lock the other thread buddy so that everyone posts on this.

Cheers mate, got all confused there!

I think the other thread has autocreated off your original thread as it got too long.

Still shopping for a TH

Interested in:

Franks
Kruger
Read
Evans

Anything there?

Faletau + Brussow + Kruger
For
Joubert + Pocock + Hines

Little enq.

Any negotiations?

See Tincu is set to retire and take over as Romania's forwards coach?

Tincu and Servat both hanging up their boots does you no favour there Pooly

Scott Lawson is available mate. Have already sold Gary Botha to Worcester for next season.

What EQ could you include in return?

Szarze available. I wish I could play Strauss more guy is top class and best hooker in s15 on form

Looking at players of vermaulens level for szarzedki Its a tough one really. Maybe pdj make an offer

Strauss nfs

Creevy is available mate. Who you looking to get in a deal for him?

Sorry mate rate Creevy alot more then Hipkiss these days. Give us a list of who you have available and I'll see what I can do

Yeah sorry mate we wont get a deal there so. Rate Creevy alot more then Hipkiss these days. Only going to go up with the 4 nations now as well.

Your having a nasty time with retirements. See Roncero is going as well?

Hipkiss 2nd/3rd choice at Bath, Creevy Argentinas 1st choice having a good year for Montpeiller

Yeah its always better to look at the positives. Not exactly fecked at hooker are you anyway with Best in fantastic form the last 18 months

Ah but the 4 nations will hit others just as hard be interesting again next season. Better start my planning really!

PDJ and Goode interest mate could involve him in something bigger for Steyn as well

Rumours that barcella thinking of retiring also pooly. If he can't come
Back properly this time he is considering insurance pay out. to be fair
Sheridan was offered
One and has come
Back ok

It said barcella has
Played less than 50
Games since 2006

We are trying to buy a house in San Sebastian Spain in basque country about hr 30 minutes from biarritz and my mrs came back with the paper this week.

I don't speak the lingo but the paper is basically a Biarritz love in with about 20 pages on them.

That performance against SA a few years was best performance by a prop have seen. I doubt whether
He has played less than 50 games in 5 odd years and would need to check. He is
Probably the most injury prone prop ever with domingo rivalling him

He's played alot more than 50 times since 2006, Wiki isn't best source of info.

The .50 games was in the paper I thought it was wrong myself

It is wrong, has 20 French caps alone. Can never believe press or Wiki!

Jeez it's pretty true http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-1658.html

The story was saying less than 50 club games

I'm really not sure of your point, he's played pretty much all club games since 2006 bar his full season out last year and stop/start this season.

It says he's made 90 appearences since 06/07 and he has 20 Int caps on top?!??

You're obviously having a dig at him but not quite sure what at???

All players have time out injured, just part of the life and this game. Have I picked on one of your players in predo's for time out or something?!?

Whoa was just relaying some info I got from a paper. I thought 50 was wrong as I said. Was basically having a conversation with you not having a go in anyway.

Have a word with yourself it was merely rugby chat.

I love front row and am
Barcella fan. He was a late bloomer like lots of props just could not believe his injury record

Ok, no probs. Next time I read some useless facts I'll give you a shout?!?! Lol

Thought you would want to know that he was potentially retiring if it did not work out. Doubt you would want stanks and Waller as your loosehead options next year??

I need another tight head as a priority also fancy Denton and etzbeth in foreigns.

The chiefs loosehead looks tidy and the young brive is a tremendous prospect.

Kitschoff looks mustard and will be challenging coonie soon

I've not seen anything about him retiring or heard anything tbh so take it with a pinch of salt.

Blues TH is best I've seen this year, Charlie something.

Kitschoff is best young prop I've seen in a while, gutted to lose him but needed English back 3 option.

After Mas you're pretty bare, wouldn't fancy starting JJ or Harden at this level although Harden looks like he could develop into a good player.

Jj has impressed
Me
Most.
He is
Ministering people now but at start of
Season was dire. Chiefs 3 good as well Charlie famonia or
Similar spelling is blues prop.

I have 3 great looseheads but do need th cover. Think jj will go
Further than harden. Glos need depth or harden will struggle he plays almost every minute as does wood

Not seen anything of JJ to impress me tbh, think he's pretty useless for his size. I like Harden though, got good technique.

LH is solid for you, big fan of Connie and Wood had a great 2/3's of the season until injury. Don't think he's Int class but def top draw AP.

Hard to judge if somebody would make the grade sometimes, Corbs doesn't really look great for Irish but fits in nicely with more quality besides him.

I guess it's harder to get into the setup than to lose your place once in.

Speculating people
Were saying ferris
Was
Finished and now he is best 6 in world so always take injury news with pinch of
Salt. Hape was
Meant to be finished yet has passed medical to sign for Montpellier.

Heard the goosen injury today could be serious he was having another stormer
And has been in the boks training camp which to
Be fair meant little as
It was cheetahs and lions boks camp.

Tipped to be capped this year by most. Hope
It's not a bad injury.
I loaned Donald and he was
Mom in last game. I have too many tens

There was big talk of Ferris retiring last year, came from Ulster fans on main board. Still rate Kaino higher personally on last year form although with him off if Ferris can perform in the SH he'll possibly be ahead of pack.

Goosen, Jantes and Kitschoff were in U20 squad, not sure Meyer is keen to bring in that many changes from what I've read. Seems keen to stick with what he knows over summer.

Never heard anything on Hape apart from what the lads said on here

Jj has slaughtered bath and
A few others recently. He was
Good vs tigers apparently.

He is so big and heavy he people struggle with him
And he goes
Down and
Gives pens. He is most
Penalised player in prem. recently he has stopped giving pens
Away and concentrated
On the hit and driving. With his size he is adding technique.

When you are his size life
Is easy until the top level then technique important. Look at
Nieto he is tiny up close but technically superb

I think taute is class he is playing 13 this year but is a better fb. Plays in a shocking lions side but is future bok

Juan smith better than them all but again a
Fibre glass warrior.

You are a Jonah to world class players lol

It's part of the fun, makes you think of shaping your side more. I've nearly had Chris's luck with injuries. Still gutted about Blaze, thought he was right unit.

With 40 a wc player injured for a while will really hurt. Will injuries be as many when we have 40??.

Lucky glos academy so good

Yea just rub it in lol

You have Sam jones and conlon who look proper.

Mine will all be backs. Hope Charlie walker kicks on he has been great I'm
Championship since quins loaned him out

I meant in real life, only really Robinson, Wilson & Kibridge coming through at Falcons. Call Robinson the Ferris of the NE, huge lad, massive carrier.

Walker looks a good runner, only small though but runs clever lines. Like Robson too

We have a few wingers and billy burns who is Freddie's brother looks good.

Watch out for Evans in backrow really tidy.

We have loads of wings coming through.

For me mills most likely to make it.
Has looked so at ease in Heino vs Toulouse and in ap. a British berrick Barnes in
Style. Really clever.

Robson also a likely top level player don't think Dave Lewis will kick on as expected very up
And down.

To be fair playing behind our pack does
Not help.
Look at genia this year he has had to
Deal with terrible
Back
Foot ball.
Friday against blues
He was sublime
Because he got decent ball. Sh need
Ball
To
Play

Would probably need a hooker coming my way mate.

took me a while to find your new page! Webber could be available but I'd need a hooker in return and all of yours would be unavailable during hte 6Nations, so not a great deal in it for me, as might as well have another English on the bench during the rest of the season - not a fan of Tincu.

Fair enough mate, come back in a few days after a few deals have gone through. Looking to massively alter my squad.

didnt know he was retiring - great player over the years.

am trying to get a good balance of youth in my squad now, as seems like the physicality is getting too much with some of the older players!

Who you got on offer?