Welcome to our latest 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…
- Sale to beat Bristol by 10 points
- Leicester to beat London Irish by 9 points
- Harlequins to beat Gloucester by 6 points
- Exeter to beat Newcastle by 5 points
Premiership Bye Situation
In order to help you plan your transfers, here’s a quick overview of the upcoming byes.
Upcoming bye weeks…
- Round 11: Saracens, Bath and Northampton
- Round 12: Sale, Exeter and Saracens
- Round 13: Northampton (Also check whether Harlequins v Bristol will be covered by FRD as it falls on a Tuesday)
- Round 14: Bristol
- Round 15: Bath
- Round 16: Newcastle
- Round 17: Exeter
- Round 18: Harlequins
- Round 19: Gloucester
- Round 20: Saracens
- Round 21: Sale
- Round 22: London Irish
- Round 23: Leicester
- Round 24: Northampton
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
- Wilco Louw (Harlequins)
- Harry Williams (Exeter)
- Lovejoy Chawatama (London Irish)
- Val Rapava-Ruskin (Gloucester)
- George McGuigan (Newcastle)
- Santiago Socino (Gloucester)
- Julian Montoya (Leicester)
LOCKS
- Matias Alemanno (Gloucester)
- Christ Tshiunza (Exeter)*
- Lewis Pearson (Exeter)*
- Freddie Clarke (Gloucester)
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (Sale)*
BACK ROW
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Tom Pearson (London Irish)
- Ruan Ackermann (Gloucester)
- Jacques Vermeulen (Exeter)
- Daniel Du Preez (Sale)
- Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
SCRUM-HALF
- Danny Care (Harlequins)
- Will Porter (Bristol)
- Jack Maunder (Exeter)
FLY HALF
- Joe Simmonds (Exeter)
- Tommaso Allan (Harlequins)
- Rob Du Preez (Sale)
CENTRES
- Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins)
- Ben Stevenson (Newcastle)*
- Tom Roebuck (Sale)*
- Will Joseph (London Irish)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Olly Woodburn (Exeter)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester)
- Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
- Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish)
- Josh Hodge (Exeter)
- Nemani Nadolo (Leicester)
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!
- Guy Pepper – LF – Newcastle
- Gabriel Ibitoye – OB – Bristol
- Sam Hill – M – Sale
- Guss Warr – HB – Sale
- Steven Luatua – LF – Bristol
- Matt Rogerson – LF – London Irish
- Api Ratuniyarawa – L – London Irish
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