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…
- Bordeaux to beat Sharks by 28 points
- Saracens to beat Castres by 26 points
- Toulouse to beat Leicester by 21 points
- Bulls to beat Stade Francais by 19 points
- Leinster to beat Bath by 17 points
- Ulster to beat Exeter by 16 points
- Racing to beat Stormers by 12 points
- Clermont to beat Bristol by 12 points
- La Rochelle to beat Benetton by 11 points
- Northampton to beat Munster by 6 points
- Sale to beat Toulon by 4 points
- Harlequins to beat Glasgow by 3 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
- Dorian Aldegheri (Toulouse)
- Carlu Sadie (Bordeaux)
- Andrew Porter (Leinster)
- Ellis Genge (Bristol)
- Wilco Louw (Bulls)
HOOKERS
- Theo Dan (Saracens)
- Johnny Matthews (Glasgow)
- Julien Marchand (Toulouse)
LOCKS
- Marko Gazzotti (Bordeaux)*
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
- Thibaud Flament (Toulouse)
- Emmanuel Meafou (Toulouse)
- Guido Petti (Bordeaux)
- Ollie Chessum (Leicester)*
BACK ROW
- Jack Willis (Toulouse)
- Tom Willis (Saracens)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
- Gregory Alldritt (La Rochelle)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Tevita Tatafu (Bordeaux)
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- Maxime Lucu (Bordeaux)
- Arthur Retiere (Bordeaux)*
FLY HALF
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- Sam Prendergast (Leinster)
- Mathieu Jalibert (Bordeaux)
CENTRES
- Jamie Osborne (Leinster)*
- Tobias Elliott (Saracens)*
- Elliot Daly (Saracens)*
- Garry Ringrose (Leinster)*
- Jordie Barrett (Leinster)
- Huw Jones (Glasgow)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)
- Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux)
- Damian Penaud (Bordeaux)
- Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
- Freddie Steward (Leicester)
- Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse)
- Ange Capuozzo (Toulouse)
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…
- James Ramm (Northampton) – Outside Back – €4m
- Stedman Gans (Bulls) – Outside Back – €4m
- Sergeal Petersen (Bulls) – Outside Back – €4m
- Noah Heward (Bristol) – Outside Back – €4m
- Jurenzo Julius (Sharks) – Centre – €2m
- Jude Postlethwaite (Ulster) – Centre – €2m
- Jamie Dobie (Glasgow) – Scrum Half – €2m
- Baptiste Jauneau (Clermont) – Scrum Half – €2m
- James McNabney (Ulster) – Loose Forward – €2m
- Temo Matiu (Bordeaux) – Loose Forward – €2m
- Feibyan Tukino (Castres) – Loose Forward – €2m
- Quentin Lespiaucq-Brettes (La Rochelle) – Hooker – €2m
- Connor Sa (Bordeaux) – Hooker – €2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Damian Penaud (Bordeaux)
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux)
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