Welcome to our latest instalment of our weekly pre-match updates for this year’s inaugural United Rugby Championship. 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.
Make sure you come back every weekend before finalising your lineups! The United Rugby Championship is only available on one Fantasy Rugby platform, and that’s SuperBru.
Expected to go well on SuperBru
This week the 4 South African teams (Lions, Sharks, Bulls and Stormers) are on a bye
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
FRONT ROW
- Jeremy Loughman (Munster)
- Finlay Bealham (Connacht)
- Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow)
- Cian Healy (Leinster)
- Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
- Rob Herring (Ulster)
- Niall Scannell (Munster)
LOCKS
- Richie Gray (Glasgow)
- Alan O’Connor (Ulster)
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)
- James Ratti (Cardiff)*
- Jean Kleyn (Munster)
BACK ROW
- Villame Mata (Edinburgh)
- Nick Timoney (Ulster)
- Dan Leavy (Leinster)
- Matty Rea (Ulster)
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
- Jack O’Donoghue (Munster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Luke McGrath (Leinster)
- Nathan Doak (Ulster)
- Rhys Webb (Ospreys)
FLY HALF
- Ross Byrne (Leinster)
- Jack Carty (Connacht)
- Sam Davies (Scarlets)
CENTRES
- James Hume (Ulster)
- Jason Harries (Cardiff)*
- Owen Watkin (Ospreys)
- Garry Ringrose (Leinster)
- Kyle Steyn (Glasgow)*
- Ioan Nicholas (Scarlets)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Hugo Keenan (Leinster)
- Ethan McIlroy (Ulster)
- Craig Gilroy (Ulster)
- Steff Evans (Scarlets)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Andrew Conway (Munster)
- Mack Hansen (Connacht)
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