Welcome to your weekly guide for fantasy rugby for the Champions Cup! Whether you’re a seasoned fantasy rugby veteran or a newcomer looking to make a mark, this week’s insights are built to help you fly up your league. Dive in and get ready to take your fantasy rugby team to the next level!
A reminder that this season we have just the one game for the Champions Cup, the official game on Superbru, which has had some big updates for 2025/26 which you can found out more on in the FRG Review here.
Potential mismatches
Here are the match predictions courtesy of Rugby4Cast’s predictor algorithm…
Expected to go well on Superbru
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
PROPS
- Thomas du Toit (Bath)
- Trevor Davison (Northampton)
- Ellis Genge (Bristol)
- Beno Obano (Bath)
- Ox Nche (Sharks)
HOOKERS
- Julian Marchand (Toulouse)
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster) – off the bench
- Gabriel Oghre (Bristol)
LOCKS
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)*
- RG Snyman (Leinster)
- Thibaud Flament (Toulouse)
- JJ Van Der Mescht (Northampton)
- Emmanuel Meafou (Toulouse)
- Joe Batley (Bristol)
- Artur Itturia (Bayonne)*
BACK ROW
- Henry Pollock (Northampton)
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
- Paul Boudehent (La Rochelle)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
- Emmanuel Tshituka (Sharks)
- Oscar Jegou (La Rochelle)
- Alfie Barbeary (Bath)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Jack Willis (Toulouse)
- Josh Kemeny (Northampton)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
- Craig Casey (Munster)
FLY HALF
- Anthony Belleau (Northampton)
- Jack Crowley (Munster)
- Matthieu Jalibert (Bordeaux)
CENTRES
- Kalaveti Ravouvou (Bristol)*
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)*
- Dimitri Delibes (Toulouse)*
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
- Kalvin Gourgues (Toulouse)
- Ollie Lawrence (Bath)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Tommy Freeman (Northampton)*
- Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)
- Matthis Lebel (Toulouse)
- Edoardo Todaro (Northampton)
- Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux)
- Davit Niniashvili (La Rochelle)
- Josh Kenny (Leinster)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (Bristol)
- Henry Arundell (Bath)
- Damian Penaud (Bordeaux)
- Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton)
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Tommy Freeman (Northampton)*
- Henry Pollock (Northampton)
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
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