This week we help you with your building of your squad in The Rugby Magazine by looking at some of the fantasy rugby value picks in this year’s game.
You have a salary cap in this game of just £7m, so every bit of your budget counts. So to help you eke out as much value as possible we have crunched the stats and identified a number of players, who will provide you the most bang for your buck (as well as a few who we consider great value despite their premium price tags, make sure you read on to the end!).
So first up, here are the players who look to be incredible value for £210k or less and are well worth including as the foundation of your team…
Absolute bargains currently valued at £210k or less…
- Akker van Der Merwe – Sale – HK – £207k
- Tom Willis – Wasps – FL, N8 – £150k
- Lewis Boyce – Bath – P – £180k
- Chris Vui – Bristol – LK, FL – £205k
- Louis Rees-Zammit – Gloucester – WG, FB – £210k
- Jacques Vermeulen – Exeter – LK, FL – £206k
- Luke James – Sale – CE, WG, FB – £201k
- Kobus Van Wyk – Leicester – CE, WG – £196k
- Tyrone Green – Harlequins – WG, FB – £160k
- Ben Donnell – London Irish – LK, FL – £123k
- Alfie Barbeary – Wasps – HK, FL – £166k
- Gabriel Oghre – Wasps – HK, FL – £180k
- Jack Maunder – Exeter – SH – £203k
- Ioan Lloyd – Bristol – FH, WG, FB – £173k
- Andy Uren – Bristol – SH – £182k
Still great value in the <£250k->210k price bracket…
- Matias Alemanno – Gloucester – LK – £229k
- Harry Randall – SH – Bristol – £223k
- Oli Hoskins – London Irish – P – £216k
- Sephan Lewies – Harlequins – LK – £223k
- Ben Spencer – Bath – SH – £226k
- Duncan Weir – Worcester – FH – £245k
- Jannes Kirsten – Exeter – LK, FL – £211k
- Callum Sheedy – Bristol – FH – £238k
- Jacob Umaga – Wasps – FH, CE, FB – £219k
- Ollie Hassell-Collins – London Irish – WG – £221k
- Tom O’Flaherty – Exeter – WG – £212k
- Ollie Thorley – Gloucester – WG – 235k
- Ollie Lawrence – Worcester – CE – £242k
- Luke Morahan – Bristol – WG, FB – £235k
- Melani Nanai – Worcester – WG, FB – £233k
- Harry Thacker – Bristol – HK, FL – £267k
- Sam Simmonds – Exeter – FL, N8 – £327k
- Charles Piutau – Bristol – CE, WG, FB – £386k
- Dan Robson – Wasps – SH – £321k
- Semi Radradra – Bristol – CE, WG – £328k
- Marcus Smith – Harlequins – FH – £304k
- Jonny Hill – Exeter – L – £287k
- Francois Hougaard – Worcester – SH – £335k
- Jack Willis – Wasps – FL, N8 – £302k
- Ben Earl – Bristol – FL, N8 – £265k
- Alex Dombrandt – Harlequins – LK, FL, N8 – £265k
In other The Rugby Magazine news…
Don’t miss our interview with the 2019/20 overall Premiership TRM champion, Alasdair Haines. In it he provides some excellent insights as to how he fought off the challenge of thousands of other players to end the season at the top of the pack!
Also, if you are new to The Rugby Magazine, don’t forget to check out our guide to the game for the 2020/21 season.
This season, The Rugby Magazine have also announced an excellent initiative to support the RPA’s charity, Restart Rugby
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— The Rugby Magazine (@therugbymag) November 13, 2020
🚨 We’re delighted to announce we’ve teamed up with @RestartRugby, the official charity of the Rugby Players’ Association, and will donate 50% of every upgrade within our Premiership fantasy game.
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This season, the Rugby Magazine have teamed up with Restart, the official charity of the Rugby Players’ Association, and will donate 50% of every upgrade within their Premiership fantasy game. They are aiming to raise enough money to pay for their confidential counselling service for six months, but with the players of the Rugby Magazine’s help, the aim is to cover it for the full year. In this, we as Fantasy Rugby players have the chance to give back to those who give so much to us.
Finally, in an exciting new launch ahead of the 2020/21 season, The Rugby Magazine has now launched an iPhone app. The App is free to download in the App Store with Android coming soon…
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