Welcome to our first 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!
A reminder that this season we have two games running for Prem this season, Fantasy Rugby Draft and Fantasy Rugby World, so sign up and get picking!
Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Newcastle to beat Worcester by 10 points
- Saracens to beat Gloucester by 8 points
- Bristol to beat London Irish by 6 points
- Exeter to beat Harlequins by 4 points
- Leicester to beat Northampton by 2 points
- Bath to beat Wasps by 1 point
Premiership Bye Situation
In order to help you plan your transfers, here’s a quick overview of the upcoming byes.
This week Sale are on a bye.
Upcoming byes: Round 4 – Wasps; Round 5 – London Irish; Round 6 – Worcester
Rounds until next bye…
- Sale – This Round
- Wasps – 1 Round
- London Irish – 2 Rounds
- Worcester – 3 Rounds
- Newcastle – 4 Rounds
- Leicester – 5 Rounds
- Harlequins – 6 Rounds
- Bristol – 7 Rounds
- Bath – 8 Rounds
- Exeter – 9 Rounds
- Northampton – 10 Rounds
- Gloucester – 11 Rounds
- Saracens – 15 Rounds
Expected to go well on Fantasy Rugby Draft and Fantasy Rugby World
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
FRONT ROW
- Lewis Boyce (Bath)
- Ellis Genge (Bristol)
- Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
- Alec Hepburn (Exeter)
- Jamie George (Saracens)
- George McGuigan (Newcastle)
- Tom Dunn (Bath)
LOCKS
- Freddie Clarke (Gloucester)
- Chris Vui (Bristol)
- Sean Robinson (Newcastle)*
- Irne Herbst (Harlequins)
- Christ Tshiunza (Exeter)*
BACK ROW
- Billy Vunipola (Saracens)
- Richard Capstick (Exeter)
- Juarno Augustus (Northampton)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
- Tom Willis (Wasps)
- Theo Mcfarland (Saracens)
SCRUM-HALF
- Francois Hougaard (Wasps)*
- Ben White (London Irish)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
FLY HALF
- Joe Simmonds (Exeter)*
- Charlie Atkinson (Wasps)
- Owen Farrell (Saracens)
CENTRES
- Piers O’Connor (Bristol)
- Jimmy Gopperth (Leicester)*
- Luke Northmore (Harlequins)
- Curtis Rona (London Irish)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)*
- Alex Lozowski (Saracens)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Nemani Nadolo (Leicester)
- Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish)
- Tyrone Green (Harlequins)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
- Adam Radwan (Newcastle)
- Max Malins (Saracens)
- Henry Arundell (London Irish)
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!
- Fraser Dingwall – M – Northampton
- Nizaam Carr – LF – Wasps
- Albert Tuisue – LF – Gloucester
- Cameron Neild – H* – Worcester
- Duhan Van Der Merwe – OB – Worcester
- Oli Hoskins – P – London Irish
- Chandler Cunningham-South – LF – London Irish
- Will Joseph – M* – London Irish
- Richard Lane – OB – Bristol
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