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
- Ellis Genge (Bristol)
- Rhys Carre (Saracens)
- Andrew Porter (Leinster)
- Jean-Baptiste Gros (Toulon)
- Thomas du Toit (Bath) – Off the bench…
HOOKERS
- Peato Mauvaka (Toulouse)
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster)
- Gabriel Oghre (Bristol)
LOCKS
- Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
- Thibaud Flament (Toulouse)
- JJ Van Der Mescht (Northampton)
- Emmanuel Meafou (Toulouse)
- Guido Petti (Harlequins)*
- Dave Ribbans (Toulon)
BACK ROW
- Henry Pollock (Northampton)
- Jack Conan (Leinster)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
- Tom Willis (Saracens)
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
- Alfie Barbeary (Bath)
- Jack Dempsey (Glasgow)
- Jack Willis (Toulouse)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- George Horne (Glasgow)
- Maxime Lucu (Bordeaux)
FLY HALF
- Matthieu Jalibert (Bordeaux)
- Anthony Belleau (Northampton)
- Harry Byrne (Leinster)
CENTRES
- Paolo Uberti (Bordeaux)*
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)*
- Kalvin Gourgues (Toulouse)
- Ollie Lawrence (Bath)
- Kalaveti Ravouvou (Bristol)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)
- Matthis Lebel (Toulouse)
- Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux)
- Tommy Freeman (Northampton)
- Tommy O’Brien (Leinster)
- Henry Arundell (Bath)
- Gael Drean (Toulon)
- Kyle Steyn (Glasgow)
- Salesi Rayasi (Bordeaux)
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux)
- Matthieu Jalibert (Bourdeaux)
- Matthis Lebel (Toulouse)
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