Join My Fantasy Rugby League
The Rugby World Cup begins in 10 days. My travel request to go cover this live in England and France was turned down. But from now until the RWC's end, or at least until I run out of material, I will be attempting at least one rugby post per day. Also, let me know if you can guest-write an interesting post, or if you can invite me to an embassy watch party or a non-embassy watch party, or if you or your friends are going to the RWC and can provide eyewitness accounts, or if you know a particularly interesting player worth profiling, or if you see a tremendous rugby link from the world at large, or if you have any other ideas. Bear in mind that, if you're still reading this, you know more about the actual game than I do. And yes, I know about the two guys with links to The Exiles, and will be providing extensive Exiles-related verbiage in the near future.
Sadly, I was not able to make my RWC wager in Vegas, so instead I will be attempting to form a Fantasy Rugby League through the RWC site. Lemme know if you want to join. I can tell you that, after four fantasy football drafts, and with a fifth on the horizon, it was very mind-clearingly therapeutive to choose my first fantasy rugby team.
The first thing that's great about registering for a RWC fantasy team is that you have to put your birth date in front of your birth month. The second great thing is that one of the security questions is "What is your favourite hobby." (Another question: "Which make was your first bike?" Since when did having a RWC fantasy team require so much personal history? Certain things should be left private.) The third great, and greatest, thing is that you get to design your team's kits, which is amazingly enjoyable and took me much of the day. The worst thing is that you have 85 "Visa Credits" with which to purchase your team. Not sure what the financing rates are, but I plan to default.
Anyhow, choosing your fantasy team will be a bafflingly complex endeavor; you can only wind up with two players from any country, and the budget is ruthless, and I kept having seven or eight Fijians, which was tough to fix. The winner of the league will possibly get a free t-shirt from me, so you should e-mail me immediately so I can invite you to join.
By Dan Steinberg |
August 28, 2007; 3:18 PM ET
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Posted by: odessa steps magazine | August 28, 2007 03:46 PM
On another RWC note, can you find out which bars in the DC/ Northern VA area will be showing the matches (live or otherwise)?
Posted by: ALX, VA | August 28, 2007 04:25 PM
To find venues check the Setanta Sports website. They have the TV rights for the US and a tool to find local bars.
Also if anyone knows any bars up around Baltimore that are good for watching Rugby, please pass them on.
Posted by: B'more | August 28, 2007 05:43 PM
For those of you who get the Versus channel (Tour de France channel, used to be OLN) they appear to be showing seven first round games on tape delay.
The schedule of games is on www.versus.com
Posted by: More Rugby | August 28, 2007 08:33 PM
if you get invited to a party (embassy or non-embassy) to watch rugby world cup matches, please tell me ... sounds like the next episode of BogTV (time permitting of course)
Posted by: littles (from LA) | August 29, 2007 12:04 AM
does anyone know what area bars will be showing the games? or what station/ package its on/ bought with?
Posted by: CreditZard | August 29, 2007 03:10 AM
A great player to profile, though he's already pretty famous, is Sebastian Chabal of France, aka Sea Bass. He looks like something out of Braveheart, and plays about like that, too. Check him out.
Posted by: Grotus | August 29, 2007 09:09 AM
Bar/Venue Fado (DC)
Address 808 7th St
City Washington, DC 20001
Phone 202-789-0066
Website www.fadoirishpub.com
Bar/Venue Summers Bar and Restaurant
Address 1520 North Courthouse Road
City Arlington, VA 22201
Phone 1-703-528-8278
Website www.summers-restaurant.com
Bar/Venue O'Connell's Restaurant
Address 112 King St
City Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone 703-739-1124
Website www.danieloconnells.com
Bar/Venue Flanagan's Harp & Fiddle (Bethesda)
Address 4844 Cordell Ave.
City Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone 301-951-0115
Website www.flanagansharpandfiddle.com
Bar/Venue Auld Shebeen (VA)
Address 3971 Chainbridge Rd
City Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone 703-293-9600
Website www.theauldshebeenva.com
Bar/Venue Slainte Irish Bar and Restaurant
Address 1700 Thames St.
City Baltimore, MD 21231
Phone 410-563-6600
Website www.slaintepub.com
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that sounds a lot like the EPL fantasy league, where you also get to design your own kit.
they need to do that for ffl leagues here and not just the helmets.