This is  relatively SHORT NOTICE but Ashley, our friend and fellow blogger has set up a Pool for us on testrugby.com for the Tri-Nations.

We have just more than a week to get registrations in and get raring to go, so please, all Rugby-Talkers, join up… and all Non-Rugby-Talkers, join up as a registered Rugby-Talker and then join up for this Competition as well.

This works diferently from SuperBru, here you have to select your players, do transfers of players and score according to your player performances. It still seems easy enough, nothing too fancy… and it did not take long for me to understand the Interface.

Come on, give it a go!

Go to www.testrugby.com and join!

Team name: rugbytalk

Password: blerriestormers

How it works:

Select Your Team

Once registered you’re ready to buy your starting lineup of 12 rugby players
with the $12,000,000 that was allocated to you.

2 x Front Row

2 x Locks

2 x Loose Forwards

2 x Halves

2 x Centres

2 x Outside Backs

The site provides many ways to search for rugby players, and when located owning them is a simple click away. You must fill all positions to have a valid team and score points in a given round. Incomplete squads are disqualified and earn no points for that round.

During the period leading up to the lock for Round 1 you can buy and sell rugby players as often as you like and it won’t affect your stock of trades. Player prices are also fixed during this period, but from then on prices are recalculated on a daily basis.

After Round 1 closes, each time you SELL a player 1 trade from your stockpile is used up. BUYING players does not use up trades, so you can always buy a player if you have enough cash.

You must have your selection made before each Round is locked, which is normally set to occur at about 30 minutes prior to  the kick off of the first game in the Round, but this may vary depending on the series. Any selections after the lock will count toward the next Round. You can see the amount of time left to make your selections at the top of each page.

Ongoing Management of Your Team

Trades:

You will receive a bulk allotment of Trades at the beginning of a series, and depending on the series type, further Trade installments along the way. Details of which are displayed on your ‘Situation’ page.

As a virtual franchise manager you can use these trades to ensure your mix of players is optimised throughout the series. Sell injured players, buy on-form players, trade out players if they have a bye round, etc.