That’s right, the game’s live, and now you can choose your teams. Download and save the above file before filling in the details and following the instructions contained within the file. When you’re done, send it back to [email protected] and Jack, Matt, Emma, Cal, Colm, and Billy will take care of the rest.
You have until kick-off in the early hours of September 9th 2011 to get your teams in, and you can make as many changes as you want until that date. To do so, simply resubmit your form to the same address, including details of your changes.
We’ll update the UT Facebook and Twitter accounts daily to keep you up to date with your progress, as well as publishing the full leaderboard on the website and continuing our coverage into the broadsheet newspaper.
If you have any questions, send them to [email protected] and we’ll do our best to address them.
Just to recap, the rules and scoring systems are as follows:
RULES
- Max. two teams per person
- Participants will have to assemble their team with a budget of €100m.
- No Fantasy Team may contain more than four players from any one nation.
- Players will be categorised by position and participants will have to choose players from within their assigned positions (e.g. no designated wingers may be selected at full-back unless the national side itself makes that choice)
- In the event of a tie, participants will be separated on the basis of 1. Highest-scoring round 2. Largest number of teams from which the scoring players have been obtained 3. Tie declared.
- Each participant can designate a team captain who shall receive double points.
- By virtue of having a Trinity College degree, Scott Lavalla (USA) is automatically awarded triple points.
- Starting appearance: +5 points
- Substitute appearance: +2 points
- Try: +5 points
- Drop-goal: +3 points for a back, +6 for a forward.
- Penalty goal: +3 points for a back, +10 points for a forward.
- Winning try (try must be last try scored for winning team in a winning margin of less than or equal to 7 points): +8 points
- >3 scrums taken against the head: +/- 5 points for front-row players
- >3 line-outs taken against the throw: +5 points for second-row players, -3 for hookers.
- Yellow card: -5 points
- Red Card: Player awarded 0 points for tournament
- Bonus for scoring 80%+ of winning team’s points: +7 points
- Bonus for hat-trick of tries: +6 points
- Recognised kicker off-day penalty (>3 missed efforts): -3 points
- Fumble costing side a try: -3 points
- 100% kicking bonus (3+ kicks): +6 points
- Cross-field kick bonus: +3 for kicker and scorer
- Solo try bonus (run from inside own half): +3 points
- Top points-scorer bonus: +10 points
- Top try-scorer bonus: +10 points
- Winning captain bonus: +1 points
- Losing captain penalty: -1 point
