Fantasy club XV

[TRF_stormer2010]

Okay. So while we wait for the rugby how about we put forward some fantasy XVs. I'm not talking about a world XV or whatever but rather, for whatever reasons what would be your current dream club XV.

You can enter any league (and make changes to league policies) and either start from scratch or take your favorite existing team and fill her out. Are you picking players for combinations you'd like to see, individual ability, 'tribal' reasons, just your favrite player or just plain good looks?

Let me kick it off with mine which is my WP dream XV playing in Super Rugby as Western Province (lets ditch the silly Stormers tag and play old-school WP methode Cap classique rugby!!). So my team uses a WP base for 'tribal' reasons and fills gaps with players that I see as fitting in with the 'style' of rugby I want to see.

1 Steven Kitshoff - a ginger giant? Yes, please, gib back!
2 Schalk Brits - ex WP player and we miss him (now). 3rd center.
3 Vincent Koch
4 Eben Etzebeth
5 Pieter-Steph du Toit - on his way home so one step closer even if we are losing a number of others next year
6 Schalk Burger (c)
7 Francois Louw
8 Duane Vermeulen
9 Aaron Smith - plays the type of rugby I want to see and here behind a dominant pack
10 Handre Pollard - come home, beloved of the Boland!
11 Nemani Nadolo - we lack size in the back three, lets overcompensate!
12 Damian de Allende
13 Jesse Kriel - born in Cape Town even if not 'made'. I'm claiming him
14 Willie le Roux - another Bolandse klong to come home
15 Ben Smith - because a man can dream!

16 WP Nel - because he can play hooker, is a dynamic fatty and his name is WP FFS (also from here)
17 Frans Malherbe - I love that overweight boys can play pro sports still
18 Lood de Jager - I have to include extended family and the guy looks cuddly
19 Nizaam Carr - a bit of finesse off of the bench
20 Francois Hougaard - another Boland boy returning home here - utility
21 Beauden Barret - because of impact off the bench and versatility
22 SBW - because we have enough cover for 15 in the run on XV and Sonny could bring the Cape Crusaders over to WP if anyone could
23 Uini Antonio - because he is very fat and named weenie


So lets see them..

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Okay for me:

Leicester Tigers

1) Ayerza (Best Loosehead in the world)
2) Youngs (hardest working Hooker outside of Amsterdam)
3) Cole (Best Tighthead in the world)
4) Slater (Captain and Leicester type lock)
5) Kitchener (IMO a huge talent)
6) Croft (Speed demon lineout master)
7) Pocock (who wouldn't want him)
8) Fonua (If he is fitter Pearce otherwise)
9) Youngs
10) Pollard
11) Nadolo
12) SBW
13) Manu
14) Betham
15) Tait

16) Ghilandini
17) Mulipola
18) Balmain
19) Fitzgerald
20) Pearce/Williams
21) Harrison
22) Williams
23) Goneva

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Leinster

1. Healy (The real best loosehead in the world)
2. Cronin (The Usain Bolt of the hooker world)
3. Moore (Girthier than Tigs Man's second girlfriend)
4. Retallick (Leinster need a **** ugly imported lock, Kane was too ruggedly handsome)
5. Toner (He winked at me in a club once)
6. O'Brien (He's touched more hearts than that lad from Indianna Jones)
7. Hooper (Boss eyed ****er throws a punch)
8. Heaslip (c)
9. Smith (That lads a D4 ****** and doesn't know it)
10. Sexton (I imagine he has substantially less sex than his name implies)
11. Ferg (The man, the myth, the guy who through injury has lost for at an alarming rate but is still my favourite human apart from Mila Kunis)
12. Madigan (Has substantial more sex than his name implies)
13. Kuidrani (Has been known as the best 13 since Rob Henderson)
14. Fitzgerald (He's hot)
15. Kearney (He cockblocked me in a club once)

16. BDP (not good enough to start but hey)
17. McGrath (More stamps than the post office)
18. Ross (has hair, surprisingly)
19. Williams (Leinster need an old **** as a sub lock)
20. Jordi Murphy (Fist bumped me in a club once)
21. Reddan (He needs a place to get old)
22. Cruden (Puts the prick in his ****ing place)
23. (One cannot have Rob without) Dave

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Nice of you to think I have had 1 girlfriend let alone 2.

 

[Duck a l'Orange]

Newcastle Falcons:
1.Ayerza (God our front row's crap)
2. Ghiraldini (Loved him in the 6Ns, God our front row's crap)
3. Cole (God our front row's crap- and Brookes has just left, so)
4. Brodie Retallick (he's a cutie)
5. Josh Furno (Love this kid, great hair, hope he never leaves)
6. Kaino (always feel like we're lacking effective carriers)
7. Will Welch (he's played for England don'cha know? Uncapped vs. the BaaBaas, but still...)
8. Kieran Read (just because)
9. Greg Laidlaw (to show Mike Blair that we don't miss him at all)
10. Sexton (we've got developing fly-halves, but they can wait a while)
11. Alesana Tuilagi (Wouldn't swap him for the world I like it when he bounces people, then falls on top of them)
12. Juan Pablo Socino (Tiny lil' Argentinian bowling ball, I'm keeping him)
13. Jonathon Joseph (nice foil to Socino)
14. Sinoti Sinoti (Our wings are surprisingly good, actually)
15. Matt Tait (I want to reunite him with his bro, who is awkwardly not starting in this team)

Had fun with that, ta OP.

 

[michaelbolton]

Okay for me:

Leicester Tigers

1) Ayerza (Best Loosehead in the world)
2) Youngs (hardest working Hooker outside of Amsterdam)
3) Cole (Best Tighthead in the world)
4) Slater (Captain and Leicester type lock)
5) Kitchener (IMO a huge talent)
6) Croft (Speed demon lineout master)/Mafi (contentious but I preferred him to Croft before he left)
7) Pocock (who wouldn't want him)
8) Manoa
9) Youngs
10) Ford
11) Goneva
12) Giteau
13) Manu
14) Sinoti
15) Tait

16) Ghiraldini
17) Mulipola
18) Balmain
19) Attwood (would rather Thorn again but he is closest English player I could think of off top of my head)
20) Pearce
21) Harrison
22) Williams
23) Morris

Also my team so I will hijack this one... Bolds are currently not in squad

Edit: Forgot Barrow for 19 shirt, having seen him at U20 and for Falcons I think he will do just fine

 

[TobesHodges]

The Mighty Reds (Sarcasm )

1. James Slipper (Decent Prop)
2. Dylan Hartley (We need a bully)
3. James Hansen
4. James Horwill (Leader)
5. Joe Launchbury (Great Athleticism)
6. Shaun McMahon (Enjoyed watching him last year, great prospect)
7. Liam Gill (Decent young specialist)
8. Shatz/Quirk (Think Quirk could make a decent 8, already very good 6, missed him last year big time..)
9. Nick Frisby (Good distributer, sharp 9)
10. Hendre Pollard (Intelligent 10, runs a great game, mature head on young shoulders)
11. Christopher Feauai-Sautia (Big, fast)
12. Matt Toomua (Great 12)
13. Sami Kerevi (Will definitely be a Wallabie at some point)
14. Rene Ranger (The Bosh!!)
15. Nehe Milner Scudder (Favourite player at the moment)


Think I've done it right

 

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[TRF_stormer2010]

Leinster

1. Healy (The real best loosehead in the world)
2. Cronin (The Usain Bolt of the hooker world)
3. Moore (Girthier than Tigs Man's second girlfriend)
4. Retallick (Leinster need a **** ugly imported lock, Kane was too ruggedly handsome)
5. Toner (He winked at me in a club once)
6. O'Brien (He's touched more hearts than that lad from Indianna Jones)
7. Hooper (Boss eyed ****er throws a punch)
8. Heaslip (c)
9. Smith (That lads a D4 ****** and doesn't know it)
10. Sexton (I imagine he has substantially less sex than his name implies)
11. Ferg (The man, the myth, the guy who through injury has lost for at an alarming rate but is still my favourite human apart from Mila Kunis)
12. Madigan (Has substantial more sex than his name implies)
13. Kuidrani (Has been known as the best 13 since Rob Henderson)
14. Fitzgerald (He's hot)
15. Kearney (He cockblocked me in a club once)

16. BDP (not good enough to start but hey)
17. McGrath (More stamps than the post office)
18. Ross (has hair, surprisingly)
19. Williams (Leinster need an old **** as a sub lock)
20. Jordi Murphy (Fist bumped me in a club once)
21. Reddan (He needs a place to get old)
22. Cruden (Puts the prick in his ****ing place)
23. (One cannot have Rob without) Dave

Newcastle Falcons:
1.Ayerza (God our front row's crap)
2. Ghiraldini (Loved him in the 6Ns, God our front row's crap)
3. Cole (God our front row's crap- and Brookes has just left, so)
4. Brodie Retallick (he's a cutie)
5. Josh Furno (Love this kid, great hair, hope he never leaves)
6. Kaino (always feel like we're lacking effective carriers)
7. Will Welch (he's played for England don'cha know? Uncapped vs. the BaaBaas, but still...)
8. Kieran Read (just because)
9. Greg Laidlaw (to show Mike Blair that we don't miss him at all)
10. Sexton (we've got developing fly-halves, but they can wait a while)
11. Alesana Tuilagi (Wouldn't swap him for the world I like it when he bounces people, then falls on top of them)
12. Juan Pablo Socino (Tiny lil' Argentinian bowling ball, I'm keeping him)
13. Jonathon Joseph (nice foil to Socino)
14. Sinoti Sinoti (Our wings are surprisingly good, actually)
15. Matt Tait (I want to reunite him with his bro, who is awkwardly not starting in this team)

Had fun with that, ta OP.

Nice XVs there! I had a few good laughs to boot and @Orange you are very welcome. I've just been a bit bored and tired of the hair splitting that has been going on in a number of threads and thought some fantasy XVs might cheer me up which it has done.

I suppose its no wonder we all went with adding to the existing teams we support. I see tribalism is alive and well and one does tend to get attached to the players in ones team.

If I had a team from scrtach..

The Jagerstad Jagers:

1 Steven Kitshoff
2 Bismarck du Plessis
3 Uini Antonio
4 Will Skelton
5 Lood de Jager
6 David Pocock
7 Schalk Burger (c)
8 Duane Vermeulen
That 1 ton scrum!

9 Faf de Klerk
10 Handre Pollard

11 Nemai Nadolo
12 Damian de Allende
13 Israel Folau
14 Waisake Naholo
15 Nehe Milner-Skudder

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This is probably why you have all those specific medals you do because I don't get it!?

 

[TobesHodges]

This is probably why you have all those specific medals you do because I don't get it!?

69 Ur mum..

 

[TRF_stormer2010]

Ah. I read 6 Ur 9 mum. thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[yaboyjj]

1. Vunipola (Make up for Francis' lack of workrate in front row)
2. LCD
3. Francis
4. Launchbury (One more world class player would make it a formidable pack)
5. Parling
6. Ewers
7. Salvi
8. Waldrom
9. Chudley
10. Slade
11. Nowell
12. Hill
13. Campagnaro
14. Piutau
15. Ben Smith

Only 4 additions, but would make it a near champion team imo

 

[TheSaffycen]

Saracens, If we got in the guys I believe we need to give us a better chance against the French teams in Europe.
1.Mako Vunipola- Wouldn't change him at all
2.Brits- Again world class
3.A fully fit Figallo
4.Kruis
5.Itoje-Future Captain
6.Vunisa- New signing, big carrier is what we needed to help Billy
7.Louw- Good over the ball and carrying
8.Vunipola-Most of the pack I'm very happy with.
Backs have loads of changes
9.Smith-Pretty simple the pace and passing to get the team moving.
10.Farrell-Good kicker and hopefully will come along in the next few years.
11.Savea- We need a carrying presence in the backs
12.Toomua-Take pressure off Farrell playing wise, hard runner too.
13.Tuilagi-Strong carrier and when fit is unstoppable.
14.Naholo- Incredible finisher
15.Le Roux-Another creative player.

 

[TobesHodges]

Ah. I read 6 Ur 9 mum. thanks for clearing that up for me.

He's probably been saving that up for a while, I didn't want him to waste it