A slightly different week format as we start to finally welcome fans back into grounds! This week we have one game on Friday, two on Saturday, two on Monday and one on Tuesday.
In case you missed it, there will be no Fantasy Rugby Draft coverage for this round, so if you are here for FRD tips, you can stand down and get preparing for Round 20 and the first leg of the playoffs. If you are playing in The Rugby Magazine, then read on!
For those new to FRG, the weekly pre-match tips are 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!
Expected to go well on The Rugby Magazine
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
Players in italics are not confirmed as playing as yet, so please double check starting XV’s before locking in your teams…
FRONT ROW
- Ethan Waller (Worcester)
- Tom West (Wasps)
- Wilco Louw (Harlequins)
- John Afoa (Bristol) – TBC
- Scott Baldwin (Harlequins)
- George McGuigan (Newcastle)- TBC
- Akker Van Der Merwe (Sale)
LOCKS
- Will Rowlands (Wasps)
- Sam Skinner (Exeter) – TBC
- Callum Green (Leicester)
- James Gaskell (Wasps)
- Dave Ribbans (Northampton) – TBC
BACK ROW
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Sam Simmonds (Exeter) – TBC
- Zach Mercer (Bath)
- Lewis Ludlow (Gloucester) – TBC
- Thomas Young (Wasps)
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (Sale)
SCRUM-HALF
- Danny Care (Harlequins)
- Dan Robson (Wasps)
- Francois Hougaard (Worcester)
FLY HALF
- Callum Sheedy (Bristol) – TBC
- AJ MacGinty (Sale)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
CENTRES
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
- Semi Radradra (Bristol) – TBC
- Francois Venter (Worcester)
- Piers O’Connor (Bristol) – TBC
- Jacob Umaga (Wasps)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Paolo Odogwu (Wasps)
- Stuart Hogg (Exeter) – TBC
- Josh Bassett (Wasps)
- Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish) – TBC
- Will Muir (Bath)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol) – TBC
- Tyrone Green (Harlequins)
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.
Come and join the FRG league!
If you back your Fantasy Rugby skills to lead you to Fantasy Premiership glory and win you some stash while you are at it, then join our public fantasy league on The Rugby Magazine fantasy game, where a Fantasy Rugby Geek Trucker Hat, and a signed paperback copy of the Fantasy Rugby Handbook will be on offer for the winner of the league. To join, Sign up to the game here & go to Leaderboards > Public Leagues and jo