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
Important to note that in Round 10 Bulls and Stormers will have a DOUBLE GAMEWEEK, their second match will take place on Saturday 8th February
Also worth noting that Bulls and Lions have a DOUBLE GAMEWEEK in Round 11
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Ulster to beat Zebre by 21 points
- Munster to beat Dragons by 12 points
- Leinster to beat Stormers by 11 points
- Sharks to beat Cardiff by 11 points
- Ospreys to Benetton by 6 points
- Glasgow to beat Connacht by 5 points
- Bulls to beat Lions by 4 points
- Scarlets to beat Edinburgh by 1 point
Stormers v Bulls on 8th February is TBC
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
- Wilco Louw (Bulls)
- Rabah Slimani (Leinster)
- Boan Venter (Edinburgh)
- Jack Boyle (Leinster)
- Gerhard Steenekamp (Bulls)
HOOKERS
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster)
- Johnny Matthews (Glasgow)
- Johan Grobbelaar (Bulls)
LOCKS
- RG Snyman (Leinster)
- JD Schickerling (Stormers)
- Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers)*
- Thomas Ahern (Munster)
- Cobus Wiese (Bulls)
- Ruan Nortje (Bulls)
BACK ROW
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Elrigh Louw (Bulls)
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Alex Mann (Cardiff)
- Thomas Young (Cardiff)
- Max Deegan (Leinster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Embrose Papier (Bulls)
- Caolin Blade (Connacht)
- Paul de Wet (Stormers)
FLY HALF
- Boeta Chamberlain (Bulls)
- Manie Libbok (Stormers)
- Ioan Lloyd (Scarlets)
CENTRES
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
- Stewart Moore (Ulster)*
- Jordie Barrett (Leinster)
- Piers O’Conor (Connacht)
- Byron Ralston (Connacht)*
- Ruhan Nel (Stormers)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Leolin Zas (Stormers)
- Rhyno Smith (Benetton)
- Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks)
- Devon Williams (Bulls)
- Sebastian de Klerk (Bulls)
- Ben Loader (Stormers)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Cam Winnett (Cardiff)
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
- Zac Ward (Ulster) – Outside Back – $3m
- 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
- Sam Francis (Lions) – Fly Half – $3m
- Ben Afshar (Glasgow) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Ethan Coughlan (Munster) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Josh Macleod (Scarlets) – Back Row – $2m
- Jack Mann (Glasgow) – Back Row – $2m
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
- Marnus van der Merwe (Scarlets) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Leolin Zas (Stormers)
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Elrigh Louw (Bulls)
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