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…
- Leinster to beat Lions by 19 points
- Connacht to beat Dragons by 17 points
- Scarlets to beat Zebre by 16 points
- Sharks to beat Munster by 8 points
- Stormers to beat Glasgow by 5 points
- Ulster to beat Cardiff by 4 points
- Bulls to beat Benetton by 3 points
- Edinburgh to beat Ospreys by 2 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)
- Finlay Bealham (Connacht)
- Vincent Koch (Sharks)
HOOKERS
- Gus McCarthy (Leinster)
- Johnny Matthews (Glasgow)
- Johan Grobelaar (Bulls)
LOCKS
- RG Snyman (Leinster)
- Reinhardt Ludwig (Bulls)*
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
- Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers)*
- Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster)*
- Max Douglas (Scarlets)*
BACK ROW
- Elrigh Louw (Bulls)
- Jack Dempsey (Glasgow)
- Francke Horn (Lions)
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
- Jarod Cairns (Lions)
- Vincent Tshituka (Sharks)
- Taine Plumtree (Scarlets)
SCRUM-HALF
- Gareth Davies (Scarlets)
- Caolin Blade (Connacht)
- Grant Williams (Sharks)
FLY HALF
- Sam Prendergast (Leinster)
- Cathal Forde (Connacht)
- Ioan Lloyd (Scarlets)*
CENTRES
- Eduan Keyter (Sharks)*
- Mason Grady (Cardiff)*
- Bundee Aki (Connacht)
- Shayne Bolton (Connacht)*
- Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks)
- Piers O’Connor (Connacht)*
- Paolo Odogwu (Benetton)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
- Santiago Cordero (Connacht)
- Aphelele Fassi (Sharks)
- Blair Murray (Scarlets)
- Makazole Mapimpi (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…
- Daniel Kasende (Ospreys) – Outside Back – $3m
- Luca Morisi (Zebre) – Centre – $2m
- Nacho Brex (Benetton) – Centre – $2m
- Macs Page (Scarlets) – Centre – $2m
- Matt Scott (Edinburgh) – Centre – $2m
- Eddie James (Scarlets) – Centre – $2m
- Shayne Bolton (Connacht) – Centre* – $2m
- Kade Wolhuter (Lions) – Fly Half – $3m
- Jarod Cairns (Lions) – Back Row – $2m
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh) – Back Row – $2m
- Josh Macleod (Scarlets) – Back Row – $2m
- Paul Boyle (Connacht) – Back Row – $2m
- Gus McCarthy (Leinster) – Hooker – $2m
- Dylan Tierney-Martin (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
- Dewi Lake (Ospreys) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
- Blair Murray (Scarlets)
Coming soon, Autumn Nations Series!
On Saturday the 2nd November, the Autumn Nations Series will kick off with England v New Zealand. The makers of the Six Nations fantasy game have created a game for this year’s tournament, which is now live!
You can sign up to the game here, join the FRG league here and also learn some more about the game and the scoring tweaks for this year’s tournament here!
Stay tuned for more updates in the days leading up to the Autumn Nations Series start!
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