Sep 9, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 18 segments
The Top 14 returned and there were plenty of nail biters, not least in a Sunday night blockbuster where La Rochelle squeaked past Toulouse at a raucous, and er, 'smoky' Stade Marcel Deflandre. There…
Talking of teams and team selections and things, we have, well, whether it's a good idea or not, dipped our toe into a world that, I'll be honest, it's never really been my bag.
And I think the results of week one might confirm that.
But we have created a Rosbiff Rugby League for Le Grand Melee, which is the one of the...
I think it's the,
I don't know if there are any others.
Yeah.
There might be some sort of underground pro-evo version, but as far as I'm aware, Le Grand Melee, big sort of rugby-rama, top 14 fantasy competition.
As I say, I've always had a bit of an issue with fantasy football.
I don't know why people love it.
I know you're a quite big fan of the Fantasy County Championship cricket.
Is that...
So I don't play any fantasy football.
I feel it distorts me.
I don't love football enough so that when I want to watch Match of the Day, I'm watching it because I'm intrigued by the storylines, not by whether my left back got an assist.
But I am an absolute addict for fantasy cricket.
I have to say, I do all of them.
I'm an absolute addict for fantasy cricket.
And I generally don't like the
kind of Six Nations rugby fantasy because you kind of, yeah, similar thing.
Like you're watching a game in case your prop scores or something like that.
Whereas I feel like this one I could be sucked in.
I actually got quite into the fantasy Tour de France game, which was a little bit confusing for my limited cycling knowledge.
And I feel like...
Oh, it's like, cause there's just so many different ways.
Talking of teams and team selections and things, we have, well, whether it's a good idea or not, dipped our toe into a world that, I'll be honest, it's never really been my bag.
And I think the results of week one might confirm that.
But we have created a Rosbiff Rugby League for Le Grand Melee, which is the one of the...
I think it's the,
I don't know if there are any others.
Yeah.
There might be some sort of underground pro-evo version, but as far as I'm aware, Le Grand Melee, big sort of rugby-rama, top 14 fantasy competition.
As I say, I've always had a bit of an issue with fantasy football.
I don't know why people love it.
I know you're a quite big fan of the Fantasy County Championship cricket.
Is that...
So I don't play any fantasy football.
I feel it distorts me.
I don't love football enough so that when I want to watch Match of the Day, I'm watching it because I'm intrigued by the storylines, not by whether my left back got an assist.
But I am an absolute addict for fantasy cricket.
I have to say, I do all of them.
I'm an absolute addict for fantasy cricket.
And I generally don't like the
kind of Six Nations rugby fantasy because you kind of, yeah, similar thing.
Like you're watching a game in case your prop scores or something like that.
Whereas I feel like this one I could be sucked in.
I actually got quite into the fantasy Tour de France game, which was a little bit confusing for my limited cycling knowledge.
And I feel like...
Oh, it's like, cause there's just so many different ways.
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