Andrew's Team: Round Three

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*New buys in italics

FR Keven Mealamu (NZL) $1,177,500

FR Sakaria Taulafo (SAM) $512,500

LK Danie Rossouw (SAF) $1,140,000

LK Leone Nakarawa (FIJ) $587,500

LF Schalk Burger (SAF) $1,167,500

LF Toby Faletau (WAL) $585,000

HV Morne Steyn (SAF) $1,210,000

HV Quade Cooper (AUS) $1,225,000

CT Ma'a Nonu (NZL) $1,225,000

CT Richard Kahui (NZL) $1,162,500

OB Kurtley Beale (AUS) $1,200,000

OB George North (WAL) $880,000

Team Value: $12,072,500

Cash in Bank: $259,595

If it weren't for my poor decision to load my team with Australians last week, I'd be sitting in a much better place right now. Horwill, Cooper, Moore and O'Connor gave me a combined total of less than 400! And three of those four aren't on the field this week either. That, and a couple of other forced replacements, led to me using another seven precious trades.

A new front row. Mealamu, who is always a favourite, and Samoan prop Taulafo, whose point scoring thus far belies his cheap price.

Rossouw replaces Horwill in the locks, and I'll be hoping he gives another powerful performance against Namibia. I think he'll be a good bet to start against Samoa next round too.

With the money I saved in the front row, I traded O'Brien for Burger. I'm already thinking this was probably a mistake. Schalk Burger's one of those notorious hot and cold TR point scoring players. He's had a great couple of opening games, which probably means he's due for a dip. Hopefully not.

Anticipating a Bok landslide, I picked Morne Steyn - though livewire Hougaard might have been a more unconventional and, potentially, more profitable choice. I'll stick with Cooper and hope to see the Wallabies deliver a high scoring victory over what looks like a second string USA.

I couldn't break up my All Blacks centre partnership of Nonu and Kahui, though I can't see them getting as many tries this week, but you never know.

All new backs. With Clerc unlikely to be as dominant against the All Blacks, I reluctantly swapped him for Beale, and traded the injured O'Connor for the underpriced George North, who'll hopefully get a try or two against poor Namibia.

Well played to SCM, who put in one of the best round scores of the whole competition to take first place in the league. I'm still hanging on in second but the way my trades are going I'm feeling less confident about the business end of the competition. I think the fourth round is going to be crucial as it'll see the last mismatched games before the minnows bow out, but will any of us have the trades left to exploit it?

Good luck everyone!