Welcome to 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.
Make sure you come back every weekend before finalising your lineups!
Potential mismatches
As things stand, a full set of matches again. Here are the projected lines…
- Exeter to beat Worcester by 24 points
- Sale to beat Leicester by 14 points
- Northampton to beat Gloucester by 9 points
- Bristol to beat Bath by 9 points
- Harlequins to beat Wasps by 9 points
- London Irish to beat Newcastle 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
- Alec Hepburn (Exeter)
- Val Rapava Ruskin (Northampton)
- Kyle Sinckler (Bristol)
- Wilco Louw (Harlequins)
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter)
- Akker Van Der Merwe (Sale)
- Sam Matavesi (Northampton)
LOCKS
- Sam Skinner (Exeter)
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (Sale)*
- Dave Ribbans (Northampton)
- Jonny Gray (Exeter)
BACK ROW
- Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
- Daniel Du Preez (Sale)
- Lewis Ludlam (Northampton)
- Ben Earl (Bristol)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Nathan Hughes (Bristol)
- Jacques Vermeulen (Exeter)
SCRUM-HALF
- Andy Uren (Bristol)
- Danny Care (Harlequins)
- Dan Robson (Wasps)
FLY HALF
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- AJ McGinty (Sale)
- Callum Sheedy (Bristol)
CENTRES
- Matt Proctor (Northampton)*
- Semi Radradra (Bristol)
- Henry Slade (Exeter)
- Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester)*
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Stuart Hogg (Exeter)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
- Tom O’Flaherty (Exeter)
- Byron McGuigan (Sale)
- Max Malins (Bristol)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
- Tyrone Green (Harlequins)
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!
- Tommy Freeman – OB – Northampton
- Ruan Ackermann – LF – Gloucester
- Adam Radwan – OB – Newcastle
- Orlando Bailey – FH – Bath
- Fin Smith – FH – Worcester
- Brett Connon – FH – Newcastle
- Siale Piutau – M – Bristol
- Luther Burrell – M – Newcastle
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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