Virtual NRL 2004

[Glenn]

My squad (25 players)

Daniel Abraham
Braith Anasta
Chris Armit
Chris Beattie
Danny Buderus
Todd Byrne
Aaron Cannings
Tonie Carroll
Nathan Cayless
Petro Civoniceva
Joel Clinton
Jason Croker
Luke Davico
Adam Dykes
Shane Elford
Brett Firman
Craig Fitzgibbon
Daniel Heckenberg
Glen Hughes
Andrew McFadden
Anthony Minichiello
Adam Mogg
Jason Moodie
Matthew Peterson
Brad Watts

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

I have no problem with Johnsy getting the two players he dropped back.

 

[tdcockers]

The team to take on the Sharks at Fisherman's road in Round 1.

1. Luke Patten
2. Luke Rooney
3. Stuart Kelly
4. Nigel Vagana
5. Joel Monaghan
6. Craig Wing
7. Brett Kimmorley (c)
8. Terry Martin
9. Brad Meyers
10. Awen Guttenbeil
11. Jaiman Lowe
12. Brad Drew
13. Jason Cayless
14. Craig Hall
15. Paul Bowman
16. Michael Luck
17. Frank Pritchard

The remaining team members are, in no particular order:
Alex Chan
Matt Geyer
Scott Hill
Rodney Howe
Karmichael Hunt
Rod Jensen
Billy Slater
Lincoln Withers

 

[Glenn]

I have no problem with Johnsy getting the two players he dropped back.

same here, np with him getting the players back 8)

 

[tdcockers]

i'm impressed, the sharks have got quite a good team, despite playing no part in the bidding war. i guess it just shows how much depth there really is in the NRL

 

[tdcockers]

i just thought of something else - twice a season, we arent going to have a frontline kicker in the team (because of byes). i hope i get to play the chemical ali cup equivalent (not yet decided) of souths those weeks....

 

[Glenn]

either that or pray one of your back ups is kicking :lol:

 

[Pigskin]

well i missed the boat due to not knowing the comp was back up and running .... which was probly enough for me to miss a few quality players - have 25 players and $580,000 left haha .... even bought a couple of injured players on spec

:? :? - grrrrrrr

but i think i'm still competitive .... and count your blessings if you don't cop the 3 pronged hooker attack from me like Round 1 when Melb have the bye

see next post ;-)


Team to take on the Gold Coast Giants - Round 1

1. Matt Bowen (2gk)
2. Ben Creagh
3. Albert Torrens
4. Matt Sing
5. Lee Hookey
6. Shaun Berrigan
7. Andrew Johns (gk)
8. Mitchell Sargent
9. Luke Priddis
10. Anthony Laffranchi
11. Gordon Tallis (c)
12. Lee Hopkins
13. Luke Ricketson

14. Chad Randall
15. Adam Woolnough
16. Shane Marteene
17. Thomas Leuluai

leftovers

18. Cameron Smith
19. Kirk Reynoldson
20. Ashley Harrison
21. Brent Tate
22. Robert Miles
23. Ashton Sims
24. Steve Turner
25. Tony Grimaldi

Oink !

 

[Pigskin]

No. The game works as such, say you have Anasta and he scored 3 tries tries against parramatta in round 1 then you get 12 points for the 3 tries. And if you play him in the forwards and he gets 25 tackles and 15 hitups (total 40) then you get a forward try as well (4 points). Thus anasta would have scored 16 points for you. If they are not named then don't put them in your starting side (unless of course you have to, and believe me you will have to)

hope nobody believed the above, but since recruiting is now done :lol:

this is very wrong ..... forwards do not score tries (ie put the ball over the line) - forwards score "forward tries" only .... see FAQ in the help section if you don't believe me

let the Luke Priddis, Cameron Smith, Luke Ricketson, Chad Randall, Anthony Laffranchi tackling machine begin :!:

Oink !

 

[Petey]

If only Richard Swain was still playing .

You'd be getting forward tries every week .

 

[Dogs Of War]

Is that right? didn't play it really last year except for the Champions League (I had the Newtown Jets) which I was invited to and missed the initial draft which meant I had a lot of fringe players, my sole goal was to avoid the wooden spoon! Oh well, I will now know for other comps I am in what I must draft in the way of forwards. Anyway considering this here's a spreadsheet one of my mates at work made, 900 is the cutoff for an average of 40 per game, this spreadsheet was averaged out as if all players played 24 games.

Player Trys Tackles + Hitups Cost Positions
Danny Nutley 2 1274 297,000 Front Rower
Lance Thompson 3 1245 216,000 Back Rower
Luke Bailey 0 1194 250,000 Front Rower
Scott Sattler 2 1140 187,000 Back Rower
Robbie Kearns 2 1123 283,000 Front Rower
Craig Fitzgibbon 3 1113 500,000 Back Rower, Front Line Kicker
Nathan Hindmarsh 4 1099 222,000 Back Rower
Jason Ryles 2 1082 100,000 Front Rower
Steve Price 1 1077 200,000 Front Rower
Glen Morrison 7 1062 297,000 Back Rower, Second String Kicker
Shane Webke 1 1020 208,000 Front Rower
Anthony Laffranci 4 1002 208,000 Back Rower, Front Rower
Cameron Smith 4 998 325,000 Hooker, Second String Kicker
Mark O'meley 5 993 175,000 Front Rower
Kevin Campion 0 991 183,000 Back Rower
Ashley Harrison 1 979 183,000 Back Rower, Five-eight
Luke Stuart 1 979 175,000 Back Rower
Mark O'Neill 3 978 183,000 Back Rower
Chad Randall 3 958 216,000 Hooker
Bryan Fletcher 7 945 137,000 Back Rower
Luke Ricketson 0 944 166,000 Back Rower
Steve Simpson 3 943 125,000 Back Rower
Leigh Mcwilliams 2 934 91,000 Back Rower, Hooker
Ruben Wiki 6 921 200,000 Back Rower, Front Rower
Awen Gutenbeil 1 916 116,000 Back Rower
Chris Beattie 2 915 125,000 Front Rower
Nathan Cayless 2 912 75,000 Front Rower
Corey Pearson 1 908 183,000 Front Rower
Kirk Reynoldson 3 907 183,000 Front Rower
Brad Meyers 0 905 150,000 Back Rower, Front Rower
Matt Parsons 1 903 91,000 Front Rower
John Morris 3 899 177,000 Five-eight, Hooker
Paul Gallen 5 892 137,000 Back Rower
Craig Wing 10 891 225,000 Five-eight, Halfback, Hooker
Josh Perry 6 891 191,000 Front Rower
Stephen Kearney 2 889 156,000 Back Rower
Monty Betham 2 889 147,000 Hooker
Jason Crocker 6 881 175,000 Back Rower, Center, Five-eight
Petero Civoneceva 3 880 164,000 Front Rower
Daniel Heckenberg 1 876 158,000 Front Rower
Chris Flannery 11 874 116,000 Back Rower, Center, Five-eight, Fullback, Hooker, Winger
Matt Hilder 9 874 225,000 Back Rower, Hooker
Jason Cayless 1 874 158,000 Front Rower
Adrian Morley 1 872 166,000 Back Rower, Front Rower
Michael Croker 4 871 358,000 Back Rower, Hooker, Second String Kicker
Nick Graham 0 870 58,000 Back Rower
Ben Kennedy 3 864 91,000 Back Rower
Dane Carlaw 5 860 200,000 Back Rower
Ian Hindmarsh 1 858 141,000 Back Rower
Daniel Abraham 3 855 329,000 Back Rower, Center, Hooker, Second String Kicker
Paul Rauhihi 2 852 154,000 Front Rower
Luke Williamson 1 852 245,000 Back Rower, Second String Kicker
Lee Hopkins 8 832 216,000 Back Rower
Justin Smith 9 819 500,000 Back Rower, Front Line Kicker
Sion Faumuina 5 817 175,000 Back Rower, Center
Peter Robinson 2 817 158,000 Back Rower, Front Rower
Steve Menzies 7 808 197,000 Back Rower, Center
Danny Buderus 10 807 208,000 Hooker
Phil Bailey 13 793 250,000 Back Rower, Center
Anthony Watmough 10 791 233,000 Back Rower, Center
Greg Bird 9 722 258,000 Back Rower, Five-eight, Second String Kicker
Willie Mason 11 713 225,000 Back Rower, Front Rower

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Pigskin, far be for me to assist the opposition but you should bench Laffranchi for round 1. He'll be out until about round 4.

I played this a bit last season and found that having 3 or 4 players that regularly score forward tries helped a lot.

Petey, Swain was crap in VirtualNRL last year. He didn't play too many full games. And if I recall correctly he was the subject of very fierce bidding in the bidding wars. Whoever got him got no value for money.

This was the easy part by the way. Keeping a full and competitive side on the field every week is the hard part.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

I went for the forward try players mainly and tried to back that up with a good rather than brilliant backline.

I also made sure of Brett Hodgson because he may be the Tigers kicker, giving me two frontline kickers this season.

 

[tdcockers]

i really wanted cam smith from piggy, but i kept coming up against:
a) the 2 second string kicker limit
b) the max 5 players from each team

i decided to take geyer and slater instead :lol:

 

[Dogs Of War]

Brett Hogson I got in all other comps, thought I'd try Luke Burt out as I feel he'll have the kicking duties at parramatta, but only time will tell.

 

[ForestDragon]

Bidding ended at 10 am uk time and no way that i could get in late for work so i had to put my final bids in with 3 hours bidding left.Managed to keep about 80% of my squad so pretty happy with that.Lost Lolesi and Tahu and maybe would have done some serious bidding for them if able to be online.Way it goes but the"Bushies" are looking forward to the comp.Playing Piston Broke first i think. ;-)

 

[Kingytek]

Pigskin, far be for me to assist the opposition but you should bench Laffranchi for round 1. He'll be out until about round 4.

I played this a bit last season and found that having 3 or 4 players that regularly score forward tries helped a lot.

Petey, Swain was crap in VirtualNRL last year. He didn't play too many full games. And if I recall correctly he was the subject of very fierce bidding in the bidding wars. Whoever got him got no value for money.

This was the easy part by the way. Keeping a full and competitive side on the field every week is the hard part.

I thought Sheensy said he wouldnt be back until round 8

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Could be, I've heard a few different times.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

I dunno where the argument is about forward tries.

If a forward scores a real try, you get 4 points. If he gets a forward try, you get 4 points.

 

[Dogs Of War]

Playing the Games

You do nothing! All you do is sit back and watch the weekend's NRL action and see if the players you chose are performing. Throughout the weekend your score will be updated and if, after all 7 (in some cases 6) games on that weekend are complete and you have more points than your opponent, you receive 2 competition points (or however many are set to be awarded in the case of a private competition) towards the league!

Points are allocated largely the same as in the NRL itself:
Tries: 4 points
Goals: 2 points (only if by your nominated first choice goalkicker, or if they do not score a single goal, your second choice kicker)
Field goals: 1 point
Sin Bin: -1 point
Send Off: -6 points
Forward Try: 4 points
Sin bins and Send offs are punished as they affect their team in real life, and should affect your team in Virtual NRL as well. However, this year you can not end up with a negative score. If you have someone sent off and you score no points, you still get 0. You won't be beaten by a team that doesn't score!

Rather than employ a complex formula based on the myriad of stats available through the NRL, only the forwards (front rowers, back rowers, hookers and interchange forwards) have an additional means of scoring. The only forward try method in 2004 is:

All round Workhorse: combined total of 40 tackles and hit ups.
Only players who are selected to play in the forwards in your team are able to score forward tries. If you choose, for instance, a player who can play back row and centre in the centres, you can not receive a forward try even if they play back row in the NRL that weekend. Conversely, if you choose a player in the back row who plays centre during that weekend's NRL action, you are still eligible for a forward try.


Each player can only score one forward try per round.

This is what it says on the web site, I can't see why forwards wouldn't be awarded tries they scored normally, their is nothing their that suggests otherwise, they only introduced it as most forwards would be lucky to get 2-3 per season, why pay $250K for that, that's why I went after players like Wiki who could possibly do both.