Welcome to our next instalment of our weekly pre-match updates for the inaugural Autumn Nations Cup. This is where we analyse the weekend’s lineups, crunch the stats and see what the bookies are thinking to help you optimise your lineups for peak performance this weekend!
By the time you finish this article you should have all the insight you need to score big fantasy points this weekend.
Just a reminder that the only game in place for the Autumn Nations Cup is on SuperBru, so head on over there and get your teams sorted. There is also an FRG league in place there, no prizes, just for fun and honour amongst your Fantasy Rugby brothers and sisters! Go here to join…
Potential mismatches
Into the Final week and we finally welcome Fiji to proceedings. Here are the expected results from the bookies this week…
- Fiji to beat Georgia by 35 points
- Wales to beat Italy by 17 points
- England to beat France by 17 points
- Ireland to beat Scotland by 9 points
Expected to go well
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
HOOKERS
- Jamie George (England)
- Sam Parry (Wales)
PROPS
- Andrew Porter (Ireland)
- Kyle Sinckler (England)
- Mako Vunipola (England)
LOCKS
- Will Rowlands (Wales)
- Maro Itoje (England)
- Joe Launchbury (England)
BACK ROW
- Taulupe Faletau (Wales)
- Billy Vunipola (England)
- Johnny Dyer (Fiji)
- Justin Tipuric (Wales)
SCRUM-HALF
- Kieran Hardy (Wales)
- Frank Lomani (Fiji)
FLY HALF
- Ben Volavola (Fiji)
- Owen Farrell (England)*
CENTRES
- Semi Radrada (Fiji)
- Johnny Williams (Wales)
- Henry Slade (England)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Josh Adams (Wales)
- Jonny May (England)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales)
- Nemani Nadolo (Fiji)
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