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
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Stormers to beat Connacht by 18 points
- Leinster to beat Ulster by 18 points
- Glasgow to beat Zebre by 12 points
- Lions to beat Benetton by 6 points
- Scarlets to beat Dragons by 6 points
- Munster to beat Bulls by 4 points
- Edinburgh to beat Sharks by 1 point
- Ospreys to beat Cardiff by 1 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
- Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Bulls)
- Jack Boyle (Leinster)
- Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh)
- Vincent Koch (Sharks)
- Thomas Gallo (Benetton)
HOOKERS
- Marnus van der Merwe (Scarlets)
- Akker van der Merwe (Bulls)
- Gus McCarthy (Leinster)
LOCKS
- Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
- Thomas Ahern (Munster)*
- Alex Craig (Scarlets)
- Ruben van Heerden (Stormers)
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
- Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster)
BACK ROW
- Franke Horn (Lions)
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Taine Plumtree (Scarlets)
- Jac Morgan (Ospreys)
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh)
SCRUM-HALF
- Gareth Davies (Scarlets)
- Jamie Dobie (Glasgow)
- Embrose Papier (Bulls)
FLY HALF
- Ioan Lloyd (Scarlets)
- Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (Stormers)
- Jordan Hendrikse (Sharks)
CENTRES
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
- Sean O’Brien (Munster)*
- Macs Page (Scarlets)
- Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks)
- Jamie Osborne (Leinster)*
- Suleiman Hartzenberg (Stormers)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Warrick Gelant (Stormers)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
- Kyle Steyn (Glasgow)
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
- Devon Williams (Bulls)
- Quan Horn (Lions)
- Josh McKay (Glasgow)
- Tommy O’Brien (Leinster)
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
- Daniel Kasende (Ospreys) – Outside Back – $3m
- Ross McCann (Edinburgh) – Outside Back – $3m
- Macs Page (Scarlets) – Centre – $2m
- Harri Millard (Cardiff) – Centre – $2m
- Giacomo De Re (Zebre) – Fly Half – $3m
- 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
- Marnus van der Merwe (Scarlets) – Hooker – $2m
- Dylan Tierney-Martin (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Warrick Gelant (Stormers)
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