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Team selection

Each game player may enter one Fantasy Rugby World Cup team. Each team must consist of 15 players, made up of:

3 Front rows
2 Second rows
3 Back rows
1 Scrum half
1 Fly half
5 Backs

Backs include centres, wingers and full backs.

Each player has been given a Visa credit value which is fixed for the duration of the Rugby World Cup. The Visa credits you have to spend and the maximum number of players you can select from one team are limited and varies during the game rounds as follows:

Round	Budget	Players per team limit
Pool stage 1	85	2
Pool stage 2	85	2
Quarter finals	110	4
Semi finals	110	8
Bronze / Final	110	8

Fantasy rounds

Fantasy Rugby World Cup is divided into 5 rounds. Any changes to your team must be made before the specified deadline to be active for that round.

Round	Deadline (French time)
Pool stage 1	7 Sep 20:45
Pool stage 2	19 Sep 19:45
Quarter finals	6 Oct 14:45
Semi finals	13 Oct 20:45
Bronze / Final	19 Oct 20:45

Captains

You must nominate a member of your team to be captain. This player will score double the number of points he would usually have been awarded that round.

You can change your captain at the bottom of the My Team page. Any changes you make to your captain will become active at the next deadline.

Transfers

You can make unlimited changes to your team by using transfers.

Any transfers you make will become active at the next deadline.

Scoring

During the Rugby World Cup, each player will be allocated a point score after each game, based on their performances in the matches.

All points are doubled from the quarter finals onwards.

Action	Points
For playing 1-50 minutes in a game	2
For playing 51+ minutes in a game	4
For scoring a try (Forwards)	8
For scoring a try (Backs)	5
For scoring a penalty	2
For missing a penalty	-1
For scoring a conversion	1
For missing a conversion	-1
For scoring a drop goal	3
For each clean line break (Scrum half) *	4
For each clean line break (Other positions) *	3
For each scrum won against the feed (Front row forwards only)	3
For each lineout steal	3
For being awarded Man of the match	5
For each handling error	-1
For a yellow card	-2
For a red card	-5

* A 'clean line break' is any clear breach of the defensive line by a single attacking player. The 'defensive line' is defined by a cordon of defensive tacklers and if an attacking player breaks and proceeds through this line without getting tackled the action represents a line break. If a player breaches the line but is tackled in the action of doing so, this does not constitute a line break. For action out wide, if an attacker is tackled by the widest defensive player at any stage this does not constitute a line break.

Leagues

Your fantasy team doesn't play matches against other fantasy teams. Instead, each fantasy team scores points based on action in Rugby World Cup matches and competes against other fantasy teams in a number of leagues.