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 12 Sharks and Lions will have a DOUBLE GAMEWEEK, their second match will take place on Saturday 8th March
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Leinster to beat Cardiff by 18 points
- Glasgow to beat Ospreys by 15 points
- Connacht to beat Benetton by 13 points
- Bulls to beat Stormers by 11 points
- Munster to beat Edinburgh by 9 points
- Zebre to beat Dragons by 8 points
- Ulster to Scarlets by 6 points
- Lions to beat Sharks by 2 points
Sharks v Lions on 8th March 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)
- Juan Schoeman (Lions)
- Thomas Gallo (Benetton)
HOOKERS
- PJ Botha (Lions)
- Bongi Mbonambi (Sharks)
- Johan Grobbelaar (Bulls)
LOCKS
- Reinhardt Ludwig (Bulls)*
- Jason Jenkins (Sharks)
- Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers)*
- Thomas Ahern (Munster)*
- Darrien Landsberg (Lions)
BACK ROW
- Franke Horn (Lions)
- Paul Boyle (Connacht)
- Phepsi Buthelezi (Sharks)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh)
- Ruan Venter (Lions)
- Max Deegan (Leinster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Embrose Papier (Bulls)
- Morne van den Berg (Lions)
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks)
FLY HALF
- Siya Masuku (Sharks)
- Jordan Hendrikse (Sharks)*
- Gianni Lombard (Lions)
CENTRES
- Marius Louw (Lions)
- Stewart Moore (Ulster)*
- Jurenzo Julius (Sharks)
- Piers O’Conor (Connacht)*
- Shayne Bolton (Connacht)*
- Harri Millard (Cardiff)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
- Ethan Hooker (Sharks)
- Sebastian Cancelliere (Glasgow)
- Canaan Moodie (Bulls)
- Richard Kriel (Lions)
- Yaw Penxe (Sharks)
- 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…
- Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Cardiff) – Outside Back – $3m
- Yaw Penxe (Sharks) – Outside Back – $3m
- Daniel Kasende (Ospreys) – Outside Back – $3m
- Ben O’ Connor (Munster) – Outside Back – $3m
- Ross McCann (Edinburgh) – Outside Back – $3m
- Harri Millard (Cardiff) – Centre* – $2m
- Reynold Lee-Lo (Cardiff) – Centre – $2m
- Jurenzo Julius (Sharks) – Centre – $2m
- Manuel Rass (Lions) – Centre – $2m
- Gianni Lombard (Lions) – Fly Half – $3m
- Joris Matthee (Stormers) – Fly Half – $3m
- Charlie Tector (Leinster) – Fly Half – $3m
- Ben Afshar (Glasgow) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Paul Boyle (Connacht) – Back Row – $2m
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh) – Back Row – $2m
- Josh Macleod (Scarlets) – Back Row – $2m
- Jack Mann (Glasgow) – Back Row – $2m
- Diarmuid Mangan (Leinster) – Back Row – $2m
- John McKee (Leinster) – Hooker – $2m
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Franke Horn (Lions)
- Yaw Penxe (Sharks)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
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