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 Champions Cup 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…
- Glasgow to beat Racing by 22 points
- Bordeaux to beat Exeter by 18 points
- Leicester to beat Ulster by 15 points
- Bath to beat Clermont by 13 points
- Bristol to beat Benetton by 13 points
- Toulouse to beat Sharks by 11 points
- Toulon to beat Harlequins by 8 points
- Stormers to beat Sale by 8 points
- Castres to beat Bulls by 8 points
- Leinster to beat La Rochelle by 6 points
- Northampton to beat Stade Francais by 5 points
- Munster to beat Saracens by 1 point
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
- Kyle Sinckler (Toulon)
- Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Bulls)*
- Thomas Du Toit (Bath)
- Reda Wardi (La Rochelle)
- Zander Fagerson (Glasgow)
HOOKERS
- Jamie George (Saracens)
- Johnny Matthews (Glasgow)
- Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
LOCKS
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
- Thibaud Flament (Toulouse)
- Emmanuel Meafou (Toulouse)
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
- Guido Petti (Bordeaux)
BACK ROW
- Jack Willis (Toulouse)
- Tom Willis (Saracens)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
- Gregory Alldritt (La Rochelle)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- George Horne (Glasgow)
- Baptiste Serin (Toulon)
FLY HALF
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- Sam Prendergast (Leinster)
- Finn Russell (Bath)
CENTRES
- Matthis Lebel (Toulouse)*
- Jamie Osborne (Leinster)*
- Shane Daly (Munster)*
- Elliot Daly (Saracens)*
- Pablo Uberti (Bordeaux)*
- Tom Jordan (Glasgow)*
- Huw Jones (Glasgow)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)
- Damian Penaud (Bordeaux)
- Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
- Freddie Steward (Leicester)
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)
- Josh McKay (Glasgow)
- Kyle Steyn (Glasgow)
Bargain buys
The following players have been identified as potentially scoring well for their cost in the game and should be considered as good value enablers…
- Gaël Drean (Toulon) – Outside Back – €4m
- Yaw Penxe (Sharks) – Outside Back – €4m
- Noah Heward (Bristol) – Outside Back – €4m
- Tom Litchfield (Northampton) – Centre – €2m
- Jude Postlethwaite (Ulster) – Centre – €2m
- Pierre Popelin (Castres) – Fly Half – €3m
- Jeremy Fernandez (Castres) – Scrum Half – €2m
- Baptiste Jauneau (Clermont) – Scrum Half – €2m
- Jack Mann (Glasgow) – Loose Forward – €2m
- James McNabney (Ulster) – Loose Forward – €2m
- Temo Matiu (Bordeaux) – Loose Forward – €2m
- Maxime Lamothe (Bordeaux) – Hooker – €2m
- Quentin Lespiaucq-Brettes (La Rochelle) – Hooker – €2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Damian Penaud (Bordeaux)
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- Johnny Matthews (Glasgow)
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