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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

Robshaw?

Would want a decent lineout leader in return mate.

Jj for juan smith ? Top player for a legend who is injured and not played a while.?

Who were you thinking if not

Yeah he's playing 6, will stick at lock mostly though. Not sure yet. But he is my lineout leader. I need to at least match that loss first.

Didn't think he was lol.

Fair enough offer but I really don't rate AAC that much as a centre and its a 13 I want If Kahui goes

As I put em down I thought I bet Pooly comes in for them. Kitch needs EQ back and Romano just needs quality as i have the AB second row pairing so not sure about selling.

Interested in AAC + Falateu?

No chance with AAC. Roug + Romano are quality wouldn't go near adding anything else

PDJ/Croft/Robshaw/Youngs/Flood/Goode

Kitch is closer than PDJ to England squad

Last summer is different to now. He's behind Dave Wilson

I wouldn't either. Shane Geraghty has six. Plenty of uncapped players I wouldn't swap him for.

I wouldn't add anything to Romano + Rougerie 4 AAC + ? cos thats already enough easily

You seemed to state that was unacceptable earlier so I was more questioning it?

So Geraghty a quality player then?

As in from your locks? Kruger?

Same tbh

I'd consider Romano >

This is what I think the lack of deals can be attributed to, I have players that I like/rate highly and same for you with your own players. So we all have different ratings. Guess he has a bit more value to me as well as it make the All Blacks combo. Thorn/POC aren't long term viable options for me

Maestri, brussow, Flood, Mitchell and Waller all have my interest

What for Kelly Brown?

Waller, PDJ, Maestri, AAC, Bowe
What you looking at?

This was only a fleeting visit I'll be back in a few days hopefully with a concrete offer

You after those players or wanting one of them added to Jj/smith deal?

Jj for Brussow?

No worries Jj one of top th around. Surprised you were in for him did not think you rated him.

Jj coming in to his peak in next few years

The risk for me is that Brussow had one world class season and has been injured or anonymous since then. Undoubted performer but huge risk

Welcome to the game mate, EQ is vital on here with the 5 starters needed and 5 in bench.

I'd be interested in Garvey, Steffon, Kennedy, Pienaar, Conrad, JP

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Hi mate. Erm, decent side you've got here.

Unlikely to see Pienaar or JP, but others could go in the right deal.

Be looking at Kruger for Garvey to give me an SA engine room, but then some as I'm losing an EQ. For Steffon - Robshaw. Also interested in Croft - anything there?

Smith can go - need AAC + a little.

AAC + Croft + Slater

Smith + Armitage + Garvey

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Not really keen on that.

Smith > AAC
Garvey > Slater

Wasn't looking for a Croft/Armitage swap - completely different players so leaves me short at openside. Was looking for Croft AND Robshaw.

Flood, PDJ, Brussow, Waller, Maestri and Bowe interest me mate

Sure?

Not even something like;

Flood + PDJ + Mitchell
=
Priestland + Slipper + Ojo

?

Any deals for Kruger, Smith, Brussow, Cowan, Fourie or Payne?

Tameifuna and Rennie can both go so that could be close to a deal, but I'm not interested in Ric really. Can we get Payne in the deal at all?

Don't know about loans mate, think I need to sort out my squad properly really. If I was going to do a straight swap for Tameifuna would prefer Brussow to Cowan.

Brussow and Kruger for Tameifuna and Rennie?

I can chuck in Nallet or Ali Williams to run your lineout. Don't you have POC and Croft running the lineout anyway?

Never sure about Biggar - sometimes I really like him, but am not sure about his attacking game. Got my eye on another one.

I need Bleyendaal to come through, saw him a few times last year and he looks good but no chance of getting ahead of Carter! Went for Botica as a bit of a long-term no10, really rate him and he's looked good in every game he's played for at Quins. Annoyingly Ford has had a dip in form, seems to mess up his kicking early on from the floor, lose his confidence and then comes back strong in the second half.

You not looking to improve your options at no7 then?

If you watch his overall play he's actually doing ok - his kicking from hand is up there with the best in the AP. It's just that he loses it with his place kicking and then tries to force the game, but if he isnt playing week in week out he wont iron that out, but with Flood there he wont get that chance.

Reckon he will end up at Saints - they are going to have an awful lot of salary cap available next year with Tiny and Mujati leaving - sounds like they;ve definitely got Corbs.

AAC + Croft

Smith + Garvey

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Can't quite do this. Decent enough offer, but it then leaves me short at lock. Chuck in Kruger for Fourie or Faletau for Spies?

He'll come good - only aspect of his game that is dire is his kicking at the moment. Rugby is such a confidence game and his has gone at the moment. Hopefully he's learning each game though.

Would take him at Wasps though - Nicky Robinson's kicking could actually be worse than his!

I'm looking mate. What about Barcella?

For Nonu I need one of McCaw or Read in the deal.

Wouldn't do Mullan for Barcella as want them both so I'm strong on the loosehead starting and off the bench.

Haven't we had a go at Kitch before?

Lobbe for Falateu with a gain my way elsewhere.

No idea where even to start in a Deacon deal but its a possibility

Not a fan of Slade at all mate, we could talk about Flood or Cruden though.

Any way to prise one or two of PDJ, Kruger, Brussow or Faletau of your hands?

Juan Smith at his best is streets ahead of any other blindside out there, but he's not played since early 2011 so getting him worries me a bit as there's no telling how he would come back. I'd be happier with Brussow if I am honest.

Rennie and Ben T for Brussow and PDJ

That's going to be a stumbling block for me I think, as I don't have many English and half the ones I do have are pretty Poopie.

That deal's not really floating my boat mate, Rennie and Brussow are about even but Waller is a massive step down from Mullan.

We'll have to leave it for now then, as I wuldn't add anything to Rennie for Brussow.

Anything doing for A Jones, Garvey??

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Yeah, still interested in Best, Croft, Faletau,

Krugar + Croft
=
Garvey + Kaino?

Cuthbert, kruger, Lowe and Brussow?

Start with;

Cuthbert + Lowe
=
Ojo + Pisi

?

Couldn't do either of the English guys without England internationals coming back, and Nonu or JdV would need O'Connor as part of the deal.