The latest in a series of game overviews to give you the ins and outs of the available games in place for this season’s competitions. If any new games pop up, please let us know at fantasyrugbygeek@gmail.com or @frugbygeek on Twitter.
Next under the microscope is the Offical Gallagher PREM and URC games on Superbru. You can check it out here.
THE PREMISE
While Superbru is well known to many Fantasy Rugby fans, the game has undergone some continual enhancements in recent years. At its heart the Superbru Fantasy Rugby game is a salary cap style game in which you have a budget of £100m (for PREM – for URC it’s $100m) to build a squad of a 23 players, with one in each field position plus one reserve for each grouping (So your squad is four outside backs, three centres, two fly-halves, two scrum-halves, four loose forwards, three locks, two hookers, three props). Unlike some other fantasy rugby games, you do not get any points for the players on your bench (although if one of your starters isn’t playing then your bench players will come on), so choose your starting XV wisely.
You are limited to four players per team, and once the tournament gets underway, you can make four transfers each round (any extra transfers incur a 6 point hit).
Full scoring info is available in-game and looks to be largely the same this season compared to last season.
A reminder that last season, Superbru introduced two excellent new changes in dynamic player pricing and in-season player wildcards. Digging into these changes in more detail…
Dynamic player pricing. Player values will now fluctuate throughout the season, reflecting both on-field performances and the transfer market. Emerging stars who hit form will quickly become more expensive, while out-of-favour or injured players could drop in value, creating new opportunities for shrewd managers to buy low and sell high.
Wildcard Rounds. After each international break – in Rounds 6 and 11 for PREM and Rounds 6 and 13 for URC – fantasy coaches will have the chance to completely reshape their squads with unlimited transfers. These windows will be crucial moments in the season, allowing managers to refresh their teams, adapt to player form, or recover from early-season gambles that didn’t pay off.
These are both really positive moves that will really enhance the user experience. You are also highly recommended to download the Superbru Rugby mobile app so you can access all their Rugby fantasy and predictor games on the go. You can check it out here for iOS and here for Android.
THE KEY POINTS
- Squad Size: 23
- Team size: 15
- Double scoring captain?: Yes
- Designated Kicker?: Yes (Can’t be the same player as your captain)
- Transfers: 4 free transfers per round for PREM and 6 for URC.
- Max players from one team: 4
THE EDGE
Take care of your bench
Unlike some other games, once the gameweek lock has passed, you cannot change your team, and with team announcements for the later matches occurring after the gameweek lock, make sure that you stack your bench well (potentially with guaranteed starters). If a player in your starting line-up doesn’t play in the round at all, but you have a player on the bench in the same positional group who did play, then that player will be subbed in for you. So, for example, an outside back can only be auto subbed in for an outside back etc.
Dodge the internationals
Although the wildcard will definitely help, and also it is very it is very tempting to load up with big names, your limited transfers will be better used on guaranteed starters each week of the season so that you don’t find yourself having to make costly multiple transfers when it comes to the stars that will miss big chunks of the season for Internationals.
Don’t miss the deadline!
Less of an issue now for the URC which this season will see all teams announced on Thursday’s at midday UK Time. But for PREM, you have a small window of time between the Saturday and Sunday squads being announced at midday and the Friday night game kicking off (with the exception of Round 1, which starts on a Thursday), so make sure you log on in this time to make sure your proposed 23 is actually playing. Keep an eye on the team announcements on the Fantasy Rugby Geek Premiership X List to catch the team announcements as they come in.
Catch the price rises
With the dynamic pricing now in place, it provides a great opportunity to increase your team value over the course of the season. In order to target these opportunities, it is well worth identifying the up and coming value talents who are likely to get plenty of opportunities for the season start, whether through injury to established first teamers or players away on international duty. There are plenty of bargains to be found in the game, so identify those value options and enjoy the price rises!
Out of position players
Players who are categorised in certain positions, but mostly play in others can be great value. Outside backs who generally have a high probability of scoring tries, beating players, breaking the line and carrying for metres are traditionally the highest scorers, so if you can find an Outside Back categorised as a Centre, then load up! Likewise this works well if you can find a Loose Forward categorised as a lock.
Players who like to run with the ball have the potential to score big
With 0.5 points on offer for each 5m covered, you will be well rewarded with players who run the ball in from deep and can take on and beat players, so load your team up with fullbacks and wings who like to run with the ball.
A reminder to join my Superbru leagues!
PREM: https://superbru.com/premrugbyfantasy/pool.php?p=13345126
League code: THSD7020
URC: https://superbru.com/urc_fantasy/pool.php?p=13345139
League code: okaylieu
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