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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
Please note that Bulls and Lions are on a Bye in Round 9, and Cardiff v Ospreys and Scarlets v Dragons will take place on January 1st (The lineups for which will announced after the gameweek lock). Also to bear in mind that in Round 10 Bulls and Stormers will have a DOUBLE GAMEWEEK (as will Bulls and Lions in Round 11).
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Leinster to beat Munster by 11 points
- Cardiff to beat Ospreys by 9 points
- Benetton to beat Zebre by 7 points
- Connacht to beat Ulster by 7 points
- Scarlets to beat Dragons by 7 points
- Glasgow to beat Edinburgh by 5 points
- Stormers to beat Sharks by 5 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
- Zander Fagerson (Glasgow)
- Denis Buckley (Connacht)
- Boan Venter (Edinburgh)
- Jack Boyle (Leinster)
- Finlay Bealham (Connacht)
HOOKERS
- Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
- Joseph Dweba (Stormers)
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht)
LOCKS
- Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
- JD Schickerling (Stormers)
- Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers)*
- Thomas Ahern (Munster)*
BACK ROW
- Taine Plumtree (Scarlets) – TBC
- Paul Boyle (Connacht)
- Matt Fagerson (Glasgow)
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh)
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Jamie Dobie (Glasgow)
- Caolin Blade (Connacht)
- Nathan Doak (Ulster)
FLY HALF
- Tom Jordan (Glasgow)
- Sam Prendergast (Leinster)
- Ioan Lloyd (Scarlets) – TBC
CENTRES
- Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks)
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
- Suleiman Hartzenberg (Stormers)*
- Huw Jones (Glasgow)
- Jamie Osborne (Leinster)*
- Piers O’Conor (Connacht)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Kyle Rowe (Glasgow)
- Rhyno Smith (Benetton)
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Mike Haley (Munster)
- Aphelele Fassi (Sharks)
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)
- Cam Winnett (Cardiff) – TBC
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 – TBC
- Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Cardiff) – Outside Back – $3m – TBC
- Yaw Penxe (Sharks) – Outside Back – $3m
- Harri Millard (Cardiff) – Centre* – $2m – TBC
- Jude Postlethwaite (Ulster) – Centre – $2m
- Johnny Williams (Scarlets) – Centre – $2m – TBC
- Reynold Lee-Lo (Cardiff) – Centre – $2m – TBC
- Ben Carson (Ulster) – Centre – $2m
- Jurenzo Julius (Sharks) – Centre – $2m
- Giacomo Da Re (Zebre) – Fly Half – $3m
- Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Ethan Coughlan (Munster) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Josh Macleod (Scarlets) – Back Row – $2m – TBC
- Paul Boyle (Connacht) – Back Row – $2m
- Jack Mann (Glasgow) – Back Row – $2m
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh) – Back Row – $2m
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
- Siua Maile (Benetton) – Hooker – $2m
- Dave Cherry (Edinburgh) – Hooker – $2m
- Marnus van der Merwe (Scarlets) – Hooker – $2m – TBC
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)
- Rhyno Smith (Benetton)
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