The latest in a series of game overviews to give you the ins and outs of the available games in place for this season’s Six Nations. If any new games pop up, please let us know at fantasyrugbygeek@gmail.com or @frugbygeek on Twitter.
Next under the microscope is Superbru. Back for another season, SuperBru have upgraded the Six Nations game to the same format they have in place for the Champions Cup, Prem and URC. You can check it out here.
THE PREMISE
While Superbru is well known to many Fantasy Rugby fans, the game has had a massive reboot for the 2023/24 season. The most dramatic change is that the fantasy game is now a salary cap style game in which you have a budget of £100m to build a squad of a 23 players, with one in each field position plus one reserve for each grouping (So your squad is four outside backs, three centres, two fly-halves, two scrum-halves, four loose forwards, three locks, two hookers, three props), unlike some other fantasy rugby games, you do not get any points for the players on your bench (although if one of your starters isn’t playing then your bench players will come on), so choose your starting XV wisely.
You are limited to six players per team, and once the tournament gets underway, you can make four transfers each round (any extra transfers incur a 6 point hit).
For those familiar with SuperBru, there are some notable scoring changes to their fantasy games for the 2023/24 season, these are…
- 50:22 added – 2pts each
- Turnovers added – 1pt each
- Handling errors added – -0.5pt per knock-on/forward pass
- Investec Player of the Match added – 3pts awarded to the player that wins that award each match
- Plus, clean breaks have been changed to 1pt per clean break rather than 1pt for every 2 clean breaks.
Obviously full scoring info is available in-game.
In addition, ICYMI, Superbru have also launched a new Rugby app which will be the home of all their fantasy and predictor games, including also URC, Premiership and Champions Cup. You can check it out here for iOS and here for Android.
THE KEY POINTS
- Squad Size: 23
- Team size: 15
- Double scoring captain?: Yes
- Designated Kicker?: Yes (Can’t be the same player as your captain)
- Transfers: 4 free transfers per round
- Max players from one team: 6
THE EDGE
Italy
As has been the case over the last few years, the strength of the Italian team is some way off the pace, and again this season, they look to be finding themselves up against it again. In such a competitive competition, you need to find any potential mismatches where you can, and unfortunately Italy, who are currently 500-1 outsiders to win the Six Nations provide the best opportunity for a mismatch. Wherever possible load up with players who have a fixture against the Azzuri
Plan ahead
Keep an eye on the fixture list when making your transfers to ensure that you get the best bang for your buck and that the players in teams with favourable runs of fixtures are in your side
Double check your XV is starting before the round lock
Once the gameweek lock has passed, you cannot change your team. Lineups are usually all announced by Friday afternoon, so keep an eye on the lineups and make sure your XV are all starting.
Out-of-position players are worth their weight in gold
Keep an eye on players who are classified in one position but end up playing in another position that may well provide greater returns (think a winger classified as a centre, a loose forward classified as a lock, etc).
Players who like to run with the ball have the potential to score big
With 0.5 points on offer for each 5m covered, you will be well rewarded with players who run the ball in from deep and can take on and beat players, so load your team up with fullbacks and wings who like to run with the ball. Some of these stars from last year are well worth looking into…
Fan of SuperBru? Have a read of our interview with Hutch, one of the men behind SuperBru, here…
Want to know what it takes to finish the tournament in SuperBru as #1 in the world? Read an interview with a previous Champion here…
Six Nations 2024 is coming soon! Join the FRG leagues!
With the 2024 Six Nations just around the corner, make sure you join the FRG leagues which are now live on Superbru and the Official Six Nations game.
Join the Superbru league here and the Official Six Nations league here.
FRG Six Nations Guest posts
In the lead up to the Six Nations, George from FRG has been writing some guest posts for the Official Six Nations site and also contributing to an excellent Fantasy Six Nations post on W-Rugby. Have a read here 👇
- Six Nations Website: Fantasy Rugby Geek’s Guide to the Game
- Six Nations Website: Fantasy Rugby Geek’s Six Nations Value Picks
- W-Rugby: Six Nations Fantasy 2024: The Ultimate Guide
- Six Nations Website: Fantasy Rugby Geek’s 5 to watch
- Six Nations Website: Fantasy Rugby Geek’s MORE Six Nations Value Picks
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