The latest instalment of our weekly pre-match updates where we analyse the weekend’s lineups, crunch the stats and see what the bookies are thinking to help you optimise your lineups for peak performance this weekend! By the time you finish this article you should have all the insight you need to score big fantasy points this weekend. Fantasy Rugby Draft may be done for the season, but the Rugby Magazine and Rugby Pass games go on, so it is critical to get your team selection right this weekend!
Expected to go well
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
Recommended captain pick in bold
FRONT ROW
Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter)
Jamie George (Saracens)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
Vincent Koch (Saracens)
Alec Hepburn (Exeter)
LOCKS
Don Armand* (Exeter)
Nick Isiekwe* (Saracens)
Mitch Lees (Exeter)
BACK ROW
Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
Billy Vunipola (Saracens)
Jackson Wray (Saracens)
Dave Ewers (Exter)
SCRUM-HALF
Dan Robson (Wasps)
Nic White (Exeter)
FLY HALF
Joe Simmonds (Exeter)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
CENTRES
Henry Slade (Exeter)
Eliot Daly* (Wasps)
Alex Lozowski (Saracens)
OUTSIDE BACKS
Sean Maitland (Saracens)
Vereniki Goneva (Newcastle)
Olly Woodburn (Exeter)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
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