The JustRugby.net 2011 Super Rugby competitions are open for entries.
Those of you who have played in our JustRugby.net competitions before will be familiar with the formats but we will give you a quick recap highlighting any changes that have been made.
Fantasy League
We have stuck with the tried and tested format here with no changes having been made.
The objective is pretty simple select a team of 30 players to score you as many Fantasy League points as you can during the Super Rugby season. You will have to select a Captain and Starting XV from your squad of 30 each week. The Captain will earn double points for that match and the starting XV will earn 1,5 times more points than the non-starting XV players.
During the season you will only be given 10 trades to replace any players you see fit so choose wisely early on. At the end of the season the winner will be the player with the highest score.
Our scoring system is simple and does not use any disputable statistics or achievements such as meters gained or balls carried etc. Our scores are calculated from solid undisputable achievements such as being in the match 22, actually making it onto the field, scoring points, getting carded etc.
I have it on very good authority that some guys were already working on team selections early in January. The competition is going to be tough with our resident Kiwi giving us all a run for our money.
Last Man Standing.
Again the objective is very simple. Select one winning team each week to stay alive and in the competition. If you choose a non-winning team you die. Once you have chosen a team once you will not be able to choose them again. The Last Man Standing is the winner.
Due to the mismatch of Super Rugby rounds (18) and the number of teams (15) we have decided to award (3) selectable byes to each player. All you have to do is select a bye when you wish and you will stay alive for that round.
The training wheels have come off this season and if you don’t keep your wits about you, you will be eliminated chop-chop. There are no longer any lifelines or default picks. If you forget to make a pick or pick a non-winning team you die.
NOTE THAT THE ROUNDS WILL CLOSE AT 6AM SOUTH AFRICAN TIME ON THE FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE EACH ROUND. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED AND WILL BE WARNED A FEW MORE TIMES.
In an effort to make the tie break at the end of the competition less biased towards Sharksworld posters we have implemented a new tie break system. A time stamp will be assigned to each pick made, recording the elapsed time from the round being opened to the selection being made. This elapsed time will be totalized each week and at the end of the tournament the smallest elapsed time will be used as the tie break to determine the winner. The opening of the round will NOT be at a fixed time and could be anytime between the completion of the last match and Monday morning. All we can guarantee is that it WILL be open by Monday morning 8am SA time.
Get on over to JustRugby.net and get your teams registered. Your Sharksworld login details can be used to login to Justrugby.net.
Bring it ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) : Super
Is Roboito around?
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 2) : been communicating on mobile phone with him. but haven’t seen him on here or on Skype.
Great stuff! I’m in as always!
I don’t know why I’m mentioning this as a comment because I KNOW you guys DO read the articles………
New tie-break system
selections close 6am Friday mornings
no more life lines and defualts
Cannot wait.. will be good fun!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 3) : Shotto, the old chap must be working for once.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 5) : I’m pretty sure we will be warned a couple more times
Great stuff! Can I have my silver trophy now?
I’m here… I was sleeping for once
just a note – squads for the Fantasy List aren’t quite done yet – a few teams haven’t announced theirs
@robdylan (Comment 10) : @robdylan (Comment 9) : So who’s sleeping really?
@robdylan (Comment 9) : I’m having crippling issues with our latest twitter account
By the way, I really like the new pics
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 12) : I’l look at it a bit later
@robdylan (Comment 14) : Shweet like a lemon
@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) :
I shouldn’t take this so serious !
Still finalising a few spots….but it’s slowly coming together !
Hi KSA. Can we still trade as much as we like prior to the start of the competition?
@Pokkel (Comment 17) : you can, yup!
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 15) : I’ve made some changes… not sure what your master plan was
@robdylan (Comment 18) :
Are Marshall’s on board this year Rob ?
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 13) :
new pics? As in the Logo for each comp?
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 20) :
We are busy finalising sponsorship of the competitions.
Much like the Cheetahs.
And don’t forget about the Superbru SuperRugby Pool that Richard has opened for us
The pool name is obviously Sharksworld.
The pool code is GAFFBRED
Join in the fun!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 22) : Nice
@KSA Shark © (Comment 23) :
That is a seriously large pool.
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 25) :
Bonus points are going to be like hensteeth.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 26) :
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 25) :
1 to go and we are at 100.
It looks like there will be no varsity cup Superbru competition this year.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 28) :
Shall we run our own in-house?
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 29) : sucker for punishment
@KSA Shark © (Comment 21) : Yip!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 29) :
Not a Pain I would want to live with thanks.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 31) :
Kette is the one to thank.
“I’ll” thank her tonight……….
@KSA Shark © (Comment 33) : Varsity Cup is now open on SB.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 33) :
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 34) :
Flip it wasn’t even listed as an upcoming tournament!?!?!?!??!
They must read SW.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 34) :
Okay the invitation email will be in the mail in a few minutes.
Rich is opening an official SW pool for us
@KSA Shark © (Comment 36) : Ofcourse they are, everybody does
@KSA Shark © (Comment 37) : Applying………
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 38) :
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 39) : Done!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 36) : I pestered them on Twitter
@robdylan (Comment 42) :
I saw that.
and THESE tweets took me to twitter?
sharksworld: @TankLanning more a case of respect when it’s due, dude. Easy to sit on the sidelines and chirp
.Continue Reading…|12:18pm Feb 8.
sharksworld: @TankLanning how many first class caps did you end up with, Tank? When you get a tenth of the way to 299, then start talking
.Continue Reading…|11:18am Feb 8.
WHAT were they about?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 28) :
looking at the bright side – I get to be a champion for the next year
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 34) :
@KSA Shark © (Comment 36) : and what about 6N – is it still not open
@KSA Shark © (Comment 43) : jeez, that’s going back. Tank was having a proper go at someone… can’t remember who it was. I decided to step in.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 43) : where did you find those anyway?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 43) : YU!Dude where the hell did you pull that out?
@robdylan (Comment 47) : It was Albert VD Bergs retirement.
@rekinek (Comment 46) :
Nope not open yet.
I think it starts this coming weekend.
@robdylan (Comment 48) :
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 49) :
Sharksworld Facebook page under the boxes tab.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 50) :
@rekinek (Comment 46) :
These guys keep upstaging me.
YES the 6N is NOW open
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 49) : that’s right…
done my SB registration – Bring it on
still need to pick the team and register for LMS. Does it mean no more lifeline in LMS
@rekinek (Comment 54) :
Yip.
We are the MAFIA!!!!!! You screw up just ONE time and you DIE!!!!!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 55) :
i had my suspicions all along 
in other words one cannot experiment with cheetahs and lions
@rekinek (Comment 56) :
Pick a bye when they play each other. You can pick 3 byes.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 52) :
@KSA Shark © (Comment 55) : 
Can I have a golden cup for perseverence? I’m close to becoming a team captain and I have nothing to show for it
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 59) : i have been advocating for some time the introduction of more icons. Fallen on death ear (or eye woukd be more appropriate in bloggong context) though …
@KSA Shark © (Comment 57) : is teh bye linked with a specific team ? or will I still need to pick them later (if nothing kills in the meantime)?
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 59) :
I’m a coach without a trophy.
Call me Gary Gold.
@rekinek (Comment 61) :
Consider the bye as a team which you can pick 3 times. it will not influence the teams that are available to you in any way.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 59) :
You DO have something to show for it. You have FIVE stars.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 64) : and the honourable mention in ” Users statistics”
@rekinek (Comment 65) :
Hehehehe
@KSA Shark © (Comment 62) :
@rekinek (Comment 65) : @KSA Shark © (Comment 64) :
I want more! (read addicted)
How Blackberry friendly is that site if anybody knows?
Have selected my squads with a minor tweak here and there pending possible starting line-ups. Currie Cup Fantasy League is much easier
Rob, mind checking my team for inconcistancies?
SI magazine lists Kurtley Beale as fullback for the Waratahs, not halfback for the Brumbies
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 71) : what sort of inconsistencies?
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 72) : I don’t understand your point… Beale does play for the Waratahs
@robdylan (Comment 73) : Like previous times when I had an extra player in my squad, happened 3 times before
@robdylan (Comment 74) : You told me otherwise, cant remember which thread though
@robdylan (Comment 74) : Bumped the thread
i once managed to pick Jannie Dup twice
@rekinek (Comment 78) : pretty sure I’ve fixed that sort of issue now
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 77) : you must have caught me on a bad day. At that stage, Beale was listed as a flyhalf on the Waratahs site, not the Brumbies. Not sure why I said Brumbies, cos I never had him down as a brumby in the database.
The flyhalf/fullback thing is neither here nor there. We have him as a halfback, so that’s where he’s gonna stay.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 72) :
I know this is Fantasy league.. but i reckon you have some other fantasy for Beale…
@robdylan (Comment 80) :
I wouldnt put it past the Waratahs to try Beale at flyhalf anyway..
Beale started out as a Flyhalf.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 83) :
And he can easily be the next Quade Cooper type flyhalf, running the game..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 81) : Yeah, I do, I fantasize about Alberts, Deysel, Bizzie tackling his sense of direction out of him
Wanted him in my FL but I dont have space for him as a halfback.
This is taking longer than anticipated !
I see there is a very wide selection of teams already picked for the LMS.
7 different selctions already.
Interestingly there isn’t one match that has both teams in it selected.
Gonna be fun.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 87) : I love a good massacre but not when I’m involved
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 88) : I find it strange that each match has only one side picked so far.
Going to be very interesting indeed.
Could be a massacre could be a peace demonstration with no lives lost.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 89) : Could be, things might change in the next week or two.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 89) :
Just let me know when the rules change !
Maybe I should rethink my squad and strategy
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 92) :
McCaw out for the first 6 Rounds with a stress fraction of the foot !
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 93) : He wouldnt have played for the 1st few games anyways if I’m not mistaken.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 94) :
2
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 95) : Interested in playing the NRL game on SB? It’s a long competition but I’m gonna give it another go.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 96) :
Your a sucker for punishment !
I’m really struggling with the English Premier League at the minute still 17 rounds to go have a good mind doing them all now !
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 97) : I’m not doing any soccer games again, F1 is alro longterm. Super rugby is getting longer aswell.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 98) :
I may in the Super 15 play more than 1 pool have never done that before
Question….if say you join 3 pools in the same comp. can you only do your picks once
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 99) : You can play in 5 pools max, but your picks stay the same across the board, i.o.w you pick only once.
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 99) : @Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 100) : I play in 5 pools everytime, different players mean different results.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 101) :
Cheers for that may do that for Super Rugby always feel bad when i don’t play in someones pool after being requested !
@Hertford Highlander (Comment 102) : I know, I get invited more than I can oblige to, but I try to vary the pools so that everyone gets a chance at me
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 103) :
