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 £6m (reduced from £7m last season, 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!).
Please note, given that those involved with the Lions in the summer will be rested for a significant portion of the season start, we will be giving these players (including TRM staples Sam Simmonds and Marcus Smith), a wide berth initially and then look to bring them in when the time is right…
#Harlequins New Quins boss Tabai Matson has revealed that Smith will not be available for the champions until the R4 clash with Bristol on October 8https://t.co/WcVUacdJeg
— Friends Of The stoop (@QuinsFOTS) September 2, 2021
So first up, here are the players who look to be incredible value for £200k or less and are well worth including as the foundation of your team…
Absolute bargains currently valued at £200k or less…
- Oli Hoskins – PR – London Irish – £178k
- Jack Kenningham – FL – Harlequins – £164k
- Tyrone Green – WG, FB – Harelequins – £193k
- Huw Jones – C, FB – Harlequins – £191k
- Ioan Lloyd – FH, WG, FB – Bristol – £172k
- Jack Walker – H – Harlequins – £166k
- Ed Slater – L – Gloucester – £188k
- Eli Snyman – LK – Leicester – £94k
- Bernhard Janse Van Rensburg – FH, CE, FB – London Irish – £98k
- Jordy Reid – FL – Gloucester – £170k
- Alastair Crossdale – WG – Wasps – £112k
- Dominic Morris – CE, WG – Saracens – £127k
- Hosea Saumaki – WG – Leicester – £140k
- Alex Craig – L, FL, N8 – Gloucester – £156k
- Alex Lewington – WG – Saracens – £189K
- Facundo Cordero – WG, FB – Exeter – £174k
- Louis Lynagh – WG, FB – Harlequins – £187k
- Lovejoy Chawatama – PR – London Irish – £136k
- Ben Donnell – L, LF – London Irish – £167k
- Bryce Hegarty – FH, FB – Leicester – £151k
- Luke Northmore – CE, WG – Harlequins – £167k
- Jack Clement – FL, N8 – Gloucester – £128k
Still great value in the <£250k->200k price bracket…
- Ollie Hassell-Collins – WG – London Irish – £223k
- Joe Marchant – CE, WG – Harlequins – £223k
- Harry Randall – SH – Bristol – £233k
- Akker Van Der Merwe – HK – Sale – £226k
- Chris Vui – LK, FL – Bristol – £241k
- Alfie Barbeary – HK, FL, N8 – Wasps – £213k
- Piers O’Connor – CE, WG, FB – Bristol – £217k
- Harry Thacker – HK – Bristol – £220K
- Ben Earl – FL, N8 – Saracens – £220k
- AJ McGinty – FH – Sale – £223k
- Nemani Nadolo – CE, WG – Leicester – £234k
- Sam Skinner – LK, FL – Exeter – £230k
- Max Malins – WG, FB – Saracens – £226k
- Tom O’Flaherty – WG – Exeter – £225k
- Semi Radradra – CE, WG – Bristol – £270k
- Ellis Genge – PR – Leicester – £273k
- Alex Dombrandt – N8 – Harlequins – £275k
- Lood De Jager – LK – Sale – 306k
- Charles Piutau – WG, FB – Bristol – £323k
- Joe Simmonds – FH, FB – Exeter – £319k
- Jean-Luc Du Preez – LK, FL, N8 – Sale – £266k
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