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 we have a new game running for Prem, Dream XV Rugby. Read up on the Guide to the Game here, and have a read of the FRG interview with one of the founders of the game here for more tips.
In addition, Premiership Rugby 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…
- Bristol to beat Newcastle by 23 points
- Harlequins to beat Northampton by 8 points
- Bath to beat Sale by 5 points
- Gloucester to beat Leicester by 4 points
- Exeter to beat Saracens by 1 point
Expected to go well on Superbru and Dream XV Rugby
*Players who are starting favourably out of position on Superbru (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
PROPS
- Thomas Du Toit (Bath)
- Trevor Davison (Northampton)
- Beno Obano (Bath)
- Nicky Smith (Leicester)
- Max Lahiff (Bristol)
HOOKERS
- Juan Montoya (Leicester)
- Jamie Blamire (Newcastle)
- Gabriel Oghre (Bristol)
LOCKS
- Freddie Thomas (Gloucester)
- Joseph Owen (Bristol)
- James Dun (Bristol)
- Hugh Tizard (Saracens)
- Cameron Henderson (Leicester)
BACK ROW
- Fitz Harding (Bristol)
- Juarno Augustus (Northampton)
- Tom Pearson (Northampton)
- Santiago Grondona (Bristol)
- Josh Kemeny (Northampton)
- Alfie Barbeary (Bath)
- Will Evans (Harlequins)
- Hanro Liebenberg (Leicester)
SCRUM-HALF
- Tomos Williams (Gloucester)
- Kieran Marmion (Bristol)
- Danny Care (Harlequins)
FLY HALF
- Harry Byrne (Bristol)
- Finn Russell (Bath)
- Handre Pollard (Leicester)
CENTRES
- Max Llewellyn (Gloucester)*
- Kalaveti Ravouvou (Bristol)*
- Max Ojomoh (Bath)
- Benhard Janse van Rensburg (Bristol)
- Will Butt (Bath)
- Rob Du Preez (Sale)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Richard Lane (Bristol)
- Ollie Hassell-Collins (Leicester)
- Santi Carreras (Gloucester)
- Joe Cokanasiga (Bath)
- Cassius Cleaves (Harlequins)
- Adam Radwan (Leicester)
- Tom De Glanville (Bath)
Bargain buys on Superbru
The following players have been identified as potentially scoring well for their cost in the game on Superbru (lowest price brackets in their position) and should be considered as good value enablers…
- Tobias Elliott (Saracens) – Outside Back – £3m
- Cassius Cleaves (Harlequins) – Outside Back – £3m
- George Makepeace-Cubitt (Northampton) – Outside Back* – £3m
- Ben Waghorn (Harlequins) – Centre – £2m
- Louie Johnson (Saracens) – Fly Half – £3m
- Archie McParland (Northampton) – Scrum Half – £2m
- Sam Stuart (Newcastle) – Scrum Half – £2m
- Stuart Townsend (Exeter) – Scrum Half – £2m
- Nathan Michelow (Saracens) – Loose Forward – £2m
- Niall Annett (Bath) – Hooker – £2m
- Seb Blake (Gloucester) – Hooker – £2m
- Kapeli Pifeleti (Saracens) – Hooker – £2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Max Llewellyn (Gloucester)
- Kalaveti Ravouvou (Bristol)
- Joe Cokanasiga (Bath)
Come and join the FRG league for 2024/25!
If you back your Fantasy Rugby skills to lead you to Fantasy Premiership glory, then join our public fantasy leagues for the Premiership. We have leagues on both Superbru and Dream XV Rugby.
To join on SuperBru, simply sign up to the game here or searching for the league with code: tipscone.
To join on Dream XV Rugby, go to the Leagues section, click “Join a Private League”, and enter the code cjqxwh.
Good luck!
Coming Soon – Six Nations 2025 – Join the FRG Leagues!
The Six Nations returns on Friday 31st January! The fantasy games are now live on both the Official Game and Superbru, so get signed up and join our leagues now!
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To join on Superbru, join my league directly here or by downloading the Superbru Rugby app and searching for the league with code: pansoven
FRG Six Nations Guest posts and Preview content
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- Guide to the Official Six Nations Fantasy Game
- Guide to the SuperBru Six Nations Fantasy Game
- Overview of all the Six Nations Mini Leagues and Prize Leagues
- Round by Round fantasy preview
- Top 5 Premium Picks
- Top 5 Value Picks
- 100 of the best Fantasy Rugby Team Names
- Team by Team Fantasy Preview
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