Welcome to your weekly guide for fantasy rugby on URC! 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!
The United Rugby Championship is only available on one Fantasy Rugby platform this season, and that’s SuperBru. Have a read of the FRG guide to the game here.
Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Lions to beat Zebre by 14 points
- Bulls to beat Scarlets by 13 points
- Edinburgh to beat Cardiff by 12 points
- Leinster to beat Connacht by 10 points
- Ulster to beat Ospreys by 10 points
- Sharks to beat Glasgow by 7 points
- Stormers to beat Munster by 5 points
- Benetton to beat Dragons by 4 points
Expected to go well on Superbru
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
PROPS
- Boan Venter (Edinburgh)
- Juan Schoeman (Lions)
- Wilco Louw (Bulls)
- Vincent Koch (Sharks)
HOOKERS
- Gus McCarthy (Leinster)
- Jacobus Visagie (Lions)
- Akker Van Der Merwe (Bulls)
LOCKS
- RG Snyman (Leinster)
- Reinhardt Ludwig (Bulls)*
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
- Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers)*
- Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster)*
BACK ROW
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Jack Dempsey (Glasgow)
- Francke Horn (Lions)
- Max Deegan (Leinster)
- James Culhane (Leinster)
- Jarod Cairns (Lions)
- Emmanuel Tshituka (Sharks)
SCRUM-HALF
- John Cooney (Ulster)
- Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)
- Sonale Nohamba (Lions)*
FLY HALF
- Boeta Chamberlain (Bulls)
- Jack Crowley (Munster)
- Jack Walsh (Ospreys)*
CENTRES
- Eduan Keyter (Sharks)*
- Mason Grady (Cardiff)*
- Ciaran Frawley (Leinster)*
- Alex Nankivell (Munster)
- Liam Turner (Leinster)*
- Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks)
- Suleiman Hartzenberg (Stormers)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Hugo Keenan (Leinster)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
- Quan Horn (Lions)
- Aphelele Fassi (Sharks)
Bargain buys on Superbru
The following players have been identified as potentially scoring well for their cost in the game and should be considered as good value enablers…
- Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Cardiff) – Outside Back – $3m
- Ioan Nicholas (Scarlets) – Centre* – $2m
- Nacho Brex (Benetton) – Centre – $2m
- Shayne Bolton (Connacht) – Centre* – $2m
- Ben Murphy (Connacht) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Kieran Hardy (Ospreys) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Jarod Cairns (Lions) – Back Row – $2m
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh) – Back Row – $2m
- Gus McCarthy (Leinster) – Hooker – $2m
- Lewis Lloyd (Ospreys) – Hooker* – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Quan Horn (Lions)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
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