Welcome to our 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. Make sure you come back every weekend before finalising your lineups!
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Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Toulouse to beat Cardiff by 26 points
- Munster to beat Bayonne by 23 points
- Toulon to beat Exeter by 14 points
- Leicester to beat Stormers by 13 points
- Bristol to beat Lyon by 11 points
- Sale to beat Stade Francais by 11 points
- Racing to beat Harlequins by 7 points
- Glasgow to beat Northampton by 6 points
- Bath to beat Ulster by 6 points
- Bulls to beat Saracens by 4 points
- Connacht to beat Bordeaux by 3 points
- Leinster to beat La Rochelle by 1 point
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
- Andrew Porter (Leinster)
- Wilco Louw (Bulls)
- Cyril Baille (Toulouse)
- Francois van Wyk (Leicester)
- Kyle Sinckler (Bristol)
HOOKERS
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster)
- Peato Mauvaka (Toulouse)
- Akker Van Der Merwe (Bulls)
LOCKS
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- Ollie Chessum (Leicester)
- Pierre Bochaton (Bordeaux)*
- Scott Cummings (Glasgow)*
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
BACK ROW
- Charles Ollivon (Toulon)
- Jasper Wiese (Leicester)
- Elrigh Louw (Bulls)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Alfie Barbeary (Bath)
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
- Anthony Jelonch (Toulouse)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- Nolan Le Garrec (Racing)
- Ben Spencer (Bath)
FLY HALF
- Handre Pollard (Leicester)
- Jack Crowley (Munster)
- George Ford (Sale)
CENTRES
- Matthis Lebel (Toulouse)*
- Ollie Lawrence (Bath)
- Sean O’Brien (Munster)*
- Virimi Vakatawa (Bristol)
- Ethan Dumortier (Lyon)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)*
- Damian Penaud (Bordeaux)
- Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse)
- Henry Arundell (Racing)
- Calvin Nash (Munster)
- Melvyn Jaminet (Toulon)
- Gabin Villiere (Toulon)
Bargain buys
The following players have been identified as potentially scoring well for their cost in the game and should be considered as good value enablers…
- Will Muir (Bath) – Outside Back – €3m
- Shay McCarthy (Munster) – Outside Back – €3m
- Pierre Boudehent (Stade Francais) – Centre – €2m
- Jurie Matthee (Stormers) – Fly Half – €2m
- Nolann Le Garrec (Racing) – Scrum Half – €2m
- Tom Cairns (Exeter) – Scrum Half – €2m
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls) – Loose Forward – €2m
- James McNabney (Ulster) – Loose Forward – €2m
- Greg Fisilau (Exeter) – Loose Forward – €2m
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