Welcome to your weekly guide for fantasy rugby on Premiership Rugby! Whether you’re a seasoned fantasy rugby veteran or a newcomer looking to make a mark, this week’s insights are built to help you fly up your league. Dive in and get ready to take your fantasy rugby team to the next level!
A reminder that this season we have a new game running for Prem, Dream XV Rugby. Read up on the Guide to the Game here, and have a read of the FRG interview with one of the founders of the game here for more tips.
In addition, Premiership Rugby have their official game on Superbru. You can join the game here, and read up how to play the game in the FRG Review here.
Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Bristol to beat Newcastle by 11 points
- Bath to beat Northampton by 6 points
- Saracens to beat Gloucester by 6 points
- Sale to beat Harlequins by 5 points
- Exeter to beat Leicester by 4 points
Expected to go well on Superbru and Dream XV Rugby
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
PROPS
- Ellis Genge (Bristol)
- Beno Obano (Bath)
- Bevan Rodd (Sale)
- Marco Riccioni (Saracens)
HOOKERS
- Harry Thacker (Bristol)
- Curtis Langdon (Northampton)
- Theo Dan (Saracens)
LOCKS
- Joe Batley (Bristol)
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- Ollie Chessum (Leicester)
- James Dun (Bristol)
- Matias Alemanno (Gloucester)
BACK ROW
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Tom Willis (Saracens)
- Zach Mercer (Gloucester)
- Fitz Harding (Bristol)
- Alfie Barbeary (Bath)
- Kyle Hatherall (Leicester)
SCRUM-HALF
- Harry Randall (Bristol)
- Tom James (Northampton)
- Ben Spencer (Bath)
FLY HALF
- AJ MacGinty (Bristol)
- Fergus Burke (Saracens)
- Finn Russell (Bath)
CENTRES
- Ollie Lawrence (Bath)
- Benhard Janse van Rensburg (Bristol)
- Oscar Beard (Harlequins)*
- Luke Northmore (Harlequins)
- Waisea Nayacalevu (Sale)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton)
- Gabi Ibitoye (Bristol)
- Max Malins (Bristol)
- Josh Hodge (Exeter)
- Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter)
- Rotimi Segun (Saracens)
Bargain buys on Superbru
The following players have been identified as potentially scoring well for their cost in the game on Superbru and should be considered as good value enablers…
- Siva Naulago (Bristol) – Outside Back – £5m
- Olly Woodburn (Exeter) – Outside Back – £5m
- Tobias Elliott (Saracens) – Outside Back – £3m
- Ben Stevenson (Newcastle) – Centre* – £3m
- Lennox Anyanwu (Harlequins) – Centre – £3m
- Oscar Beard (Harlequins) – Centre* – £4m
- Luke Northmore (Harlequins) – Centre – £4m
- James Williams (Bristol) – Centre – £4m
- Jamie Shillcock (Leicester) – Fly Half – £5m
- Tom James (Northampton) – Scrum Half – £3m
- Jake Heenan (Bristol) – Back Row – £3m
- Kyle Hatherall (Leicester) – Back Row – £3m
- Toby Knight (Saracens) – Back Row – £2m
- Chunya Munga (Northampton) – Lock – £2m
- Dan Frost (Exeter) – Hooker – £2m
- Jack Singleton (Gloucester) – Hooker – £2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Gabi Ibitoye (Bristol)
- Max Malins (Bristol)
- Harry Thacker (Bristol)
Come and join the FRG league for 2024/25!
If you back your Fantasy Rugby skills to lead you to Fantasy Premiership glory, then join our public fantasy leagues for the Premiership. We have leagues on both Superbru and Dream XV Rugby.
To join on SuperBru, simply sign up to the game here or searching for the league with code: tipscone.
To join on Dream XV Rugby, go to the Leagues section, click “Join a Private League”, and enter the code cjqxwh.
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