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 this season, and that’s SuperBru.
Expected to go well on SuperBru
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
The week’s captain pick on SuperBru is in bold
FRONT ROW
- Andrew Porter (Leinster)
- Boan Venter (Edinburgh)
- Thomas Du Toit (Sharks)
- Marty Moore (Ulster)
- Stuart McInally (Edinburgh)
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster)
- Niall Scannell (Munster)
LOCKS
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
- Ruan Nortje (Bulls)
- Alan O’Connor (Ulster)
- Jason Jenkins (Leinster)
BACK ROW
- Duane Vermeulen (Ulster)
- Viliame Mata (Ediburgh)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Marcell Coetzee (Bulls)
- Jack O’Donoghue (Munster)
- Nick Timoney (Ulster)
SCRUM-HALF
- John Cooney (Ulster)
- Luke McGrath (Leinster)
- George Horne (Glasgow)
FLY HALF
- Johnny Sexton (Leinster)
- Tomas Albornoz (Bennetton)
- Manie Libbok (Stormers)
CENTRES
- Cornal Hendricks (Bulls)*
- Stuart McCloskey (Ulster)
- Luke Marshall (Ulster)
- Malakai Fekitoa (Munster)
- Charlie Ngatai (Leinster)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Ignacio Mendy (Bennetton)
- Jordan Larmour (Leinster)
- Emiliano Boffelli (Edinburgh)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
- Michael Lowry (Ulster)
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