Welcome to the 2011 Tri-Nations Fantasy League brought to you by Ultimate Dream Teams and Sports Illustrated.

Read through the detailed information provided here for full instructions on how to play the game and score points.

• Team Selection
• Substitutes Bench
• Scoring Points
• Transfers
• Leagues
• Rounds
• Prizes
• Support

Team Selection

Once you have registered you will need to select your Tri-Nations Fantasy Team.

All team management decisions such as player transfers and choosing your captain occur on the Manage My Team page. Team management is not available once the round locks out and for the initial stages of the round.

Follow our simple on-screen instructions to select your team which can then be freely modified right up until the tournament starts.

The following rules apply to team selection:

• You must select a full team of 15 starting players with 7 players on the substitutes bench.
• You must nominate a captain and a kicker before you can save your team (cannot be the same player).
• Your captain scores double points and only your designated kicker scores points for penalties and conversions. Any player in your team will earn points for drop goals.
• Make sure to select the correct number of players per position.

Team restrictions per round:

• Maximum of 15 players per country throughout the tournament.

Substitutes Bench

In addition to your 15 starting players, you'll need to select 7 substitutes, with 1 substitute available per position.

Your substitutes on the bench will score half points.

Your substitutes will come into play if any of your main 15 players don't take to the field. So for any given position the substitute will be swapped with the missing starting player and you score the full points for the sub.

This only applies to the current round and your team returns to the original setting going into the next round.

Captains and kickers will be swapped with the incoming players on the bench.

During a transfer window, you may freely swap starting players with substitutes without these changes counting towards your round transfer allocation.

Once a round locks out, your substitutes cannot be changed, in the same way your captain and kicker cannot be changed.

Scoring Points

Your fantasy team is awarded points based on the actual performance of the players in your team during each match. Scores are updated at the end of each round.

The selected players in your team score points as follows:

Notes about scoring:

• Your nominated captain scores double points.
• Only your nominated kicker scores points for penalties and conversions.
• Any player in your team can earn points for drop goals.
• Substitutes score half points.
• The 'Tight Five' includes the Front Row and Locks.
• The 'Backs' include the Scrum-half, Fly-half, Centre and Outside Back positions.
• The Player Info panel always shows total player points including kicks.
• The judges' decision on scoring is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Transfers

You have a limited allocation of 50 transfers for the whole tournament.

You can make unlimited transfers to your team before the tournament starts.

Transfers allowed per round:

• Up to 15 transfers before each round, depending on how many you have left from your total allocation.

Each time you transfer players in and out and press the Save Changes button your total transfer allocation will be reduced. So be sure to choose carefully as all changes are final and cannot be reversed.

Transfers are carried out on the Manage My Team page. Team management is not available once the round locks out and for the initial stages of the round.

The Dashboard shows your current team that is active for the current round.

You can make transfers on the Manage My Team page for an upcoming round while a current round is in progress. These changes will only be reflected on the Dashboard once the new round starts.

Note that the lockout for the start of a new round is 1 hour before the start of the new round. So you must finalise your team before then.

Changing your captain, kicker and making substitutes within your existing team does not count towards your available transfers.

See the Fixtures page for the full schedule of the Tri-Nations Fantasy League.

Leagues

In addition to the overall competition, you can set up one or many Private Leagues where you can invite your friends, family and colleagues to compete against you. The option to set up a Private League can be accessed from the My Leagues page, once you are logged in. You can choose to send an automatic email to your friends by entering their email addresses online, or alternatively you can forward your Private League code to them.

An additional feature in the Leagues area is a message board which you can use to communicate with other team managers in your League by posting comments. You can also upload your own personalised team photo or icon as well as a logo for your league. The League Administrator has the functionality to delete uninvited teams or inappropriate comments.

• You are automatically entered in the Global League which includes all the registered teams playing in the overall competition.
• The Global League lists the Top 500 teams.
• The Round League lists the Top 500 teams for the current round.

Team Supported Leagues
You will be automatically entered into a league with other fans of the team you support when you fill in the Team Supported field on the My Profile page.

Rounds

See the Fixtures page for the full tournament schedule.

Prizes

Win Great Prizes!
Our top 2 fantasy managers will be rewarded for their skill with some great prizes. First place claims a Fujifilm camera and second place wins a six month subscription to Sports Illustrated.

Support

You can contact us at rugbysupport@ultimatedreamteams.com if you have any further questions and feedback.

Or use our online helpdesk: www.ultimatedreamteams.co.za/support

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