Our latest instalment of our weekly pre-match updates 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.
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Potential mismatches
As things stand, all 6 matches set to go ahead for the first time in a few weeks. Here are the projected lines…
- Bristol to beat Leicester by 10 points
- Gloucester to beat Worcester by 8 points
- Harlequins to beat Newcastle by 6 points
- Wasps to beat London Irish by 5 points
- Northampton to beat Bath by 5 points
- Exeter to beat Sale by 1 point
Expected to go well on Fantasy Rugby Draft and The Rugby Magazine
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
FRONT ROW
- Harry Williams (Exeter)
- John Afoa (Bristol)
- Wilco Louw (Harlequins)
- Oli Hoskins (London Irish)
- Tom Cruse (Wasps)
- Cameron Neild (Sale)*
- Jack Singleton (Gloucester)
LOCKS
- Chris Vui (Bristol)
- Sam Skinner (Exeter)
- Matias Alemanno (Gloucester)
- Stephan Lewies (Harlequins)*
- Ben Donnell (London Irish)*
BACK ROW
- Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
- Steven Luatua (Bristol)
- Tom Willis (Wasps)
- Zach Mercer (Bath)
- Jacques Vermeulen (Exeter)
- Lewis Ludlam (Northampton)
- Dan Du Preez (Sale)
SCRUM-HALF
- Andy Uren (Bristol)
- Martin Landajo (Harlequins)
- Faf De Klerk (Sale)
FLY HALF
- Joe Simmonds (Exeter)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- Rhys Priestland (Bath)
CENTRES
- Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester)*
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)*
- Rory Hutchison (Northampton)
- Jonathan Joseph (Bath)
- Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
- Facundo Cordero (Exeter)
- Ollie Thorley (Gloucester)
- Siva Naulago (Bristol)
- Adam Radwan (Newcastle)
- Ioan Lloyd (Bristol)*
- Tom O’Flaherty (Exeter)
Value Fantasy Rugby Draft Free Agent Pick-ups
Please note that not all of these players may be available as free agents in your leagues, but if they are, then move quickly!
- Lood De Jager – L – Sale
- Jacques Vermeulen – LF – Exeter
- Tyrone Green – OB – Harlequins
- Tian Schoeman – FH – Bath
- Tommy Freeman – OB – Northampton
- Martin Landajo – HB – Harlequins
- Will Porter – HB – Wasps
- Francois Venter – M – Worcester
- Joaquin Diaz Bonilla – FH – Leicester
- Chris Pennell – OB – Worcester
- Oli Morris – M – Worcester
Premiership Rugby Injury News
Gaining reliable Injury news for the Premiership is extremely difficult, and while we don’t have a database of the latest injuries at Fantasy Rugby Geek, we would highly recommend The Rugby Magazine’s injuries page which remains the most exhaustive source of Premiership injury news that can be found. Details of this and many other useful Fantasy Rugby resources can be found at our Resources page.
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FRG on the Fantasy Rugby Yanks podcast
ICYMI FRG had the honour of joining Jarrod and Ben, the Fantasy Rugby Yanks, on Episode 100 of #TRFY. We sank some beers and chatted All Time XV’s and the TFRY back story, give it a watch below or download it on all the usual Podcast spots…
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