Here we go with the Semi-Final edition of the Women’s Rugby World Cup FRG Picks! This is the latest instalment of our pre-match updates where we analyse the upcoming lineups and crunch the stats to help you optimise your lineups for peak performance this week!
Keep an eye out for the Final and 3rd/4th place play-off tips which will go live on Thursday 25th September.
A reminder that the Offical Women’s Rugby World Cup fantasy game can be found here.
Expected to go well
These are the FRG weekly tips, I typically try to offer 2-3 good options for each positional slot, also taking into account players who may be playing favourably out of position (i.e. Players categorised as Centre playing in the back 3).
Please note that for the Semi-Finals you can now pick 5 players per nation and you can now spend 115 credits.
PROP
- Maud Muir (England)
- Daleaka Menin (Canada)
- McKinley Hunt (Canada)
HOOKER
- Amy Cokayne (England)
- Emily Tuttosi (Canada)
LOCKS
- Sophie de Goede (Canada)
- Madoussou Fall Raclot (France)
- Alana Bremner (New Zealand)
BACK ROW
- Sadia Kabeya (England)
- Charlotte Escudero (France)
- Kaipo Olsen-Baker (New Zealand)
- Lia Mikaele-Tu’u (New Zealand)
SCRUM-HALF
- Pauline Bourdon-Sansus (France)
- Justine Pelletier (Canada)
FLY HALF
- Zoe Harrison (England)
- Taylor Perry (Canada)
CENTRES
- Meg Jones (England)
- Stacey Waaka (New Zealand)
- Marine Menager (France)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Braxton Sorensen-McGee (New Zealand)
- Abby Dow (England)
- Ellie Kildunne (England)
- Renee Holmes (New Zealand)
* Players who are categorised in a different position in some games but are starting in a potentially more favourable position to accumulate fantasy points (i.e. A centre on the wing)
Booster Options
Each round I’ll provide 3 options for the Boosters…
Triple Captain – Sophie De Goede (Canada), Braxton Sorensen-McGee (New Zealand), Ellie Kildunne (England)
Super Kicker – Zoe Harrison (England), Renee Holmes (New Zealand), Sophie De Goede (Canada)
Defensive Pro – Charlotte Escudero (France), Sadia Kabeya (England), Madoussou Fall Raclot (France)
Each booster can be used once for the pool stage and once for the knockout stage of the tournament giving you the opportunity to play with boosters 6 times. So you can use a booster in every round.
Value Picks
Below are a list of good value options to allow you to spend big elsewhere in your team…
- Chryss Viliko (New Zealand) – Prop: 4.5
- Hannah Botterman (England) – Prop: 5.0
- Agathe Gerin (France) – Hooker: 5.0
- Emily Tuttosi (Canada) – Hooker: 5.0
- Charlotte Escudero (France) – Back Row: 6.0
- Risi Pouri-Lane (New Zealand) – Scrum Half: 5.5
- Taylor Perry (Canada) – Fly Half: 6.0
- Florence Symonds (Canada) – Centre: 6.0
- Julia Schell (Canada) – Outside Back: 6.5
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