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!
A reminder that this year’s official Champions Cup game is on Superbru. You can join the game here, and read up how to play the game in the FRG Review here.
Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Leinster to beat Sale by 23 points
- Saracens to beat Connacht by 17 points
- Bordeaux to beat Bristol by 16 points
- Bath to beat Cardiff by 9 points
- Lyon to beat Bulls by 7 points
- Stade Francais to beat Leicester by 7 points
- Stormers to beat La Rochelle by 5 points
- Bayonne to beat Glasgow by 4 points
- Northampton to beat Toulon by 4 points
- Exeter to beat Munster by 2 points
- Toulouse to beat Harlequins by 1 point
- Ulster to beat Racing 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)
- Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Bulls)*
- Cyril Baille (Toulouse)
- Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
- Thomas du Toit (Bath)
HOOKERS
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster)
- Peato Mauvaka (Toulouse)
- Tom Dunn (Bath)
LOCKS
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- Thomas Jolmes (Bordeaux)
- Theo McFarland (Saracens)
- James Ryan (Leinster)
BACK ROW
- Charles Ollivon (Toulon)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Alfie Barbeary (Bath)
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
- Anthony Jelonch (Toulouse)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)
- Ben Spencer (Bath)
FLY HALF
- Mathieu Jalibert (Bordeaux)
- Finn Russell (Bath)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
CENTRES
- Matthis Lebel (Toulouse)*
- Ollie Lawrence (Bath)
- Ciaran Frawley (Leinster)*
- Kalaveti Ravouvou (Bristol)*
- Garry Ringrose (Leinster)
- Oli Hartley (Saracens)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)*
- Damian Penaud (Bordeaux)
- Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse)
- Will Muir (Bath)
- Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux)
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)
- Hugo Keenan (Leinster)
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
- Ben Loader (Stormers) – Outside Back – €3m
- Ciaran Frawley (Leinster)* – Centre – €3m
- James Hume (Ulster) – Centre – €3m
- Oli Hartley (Saracens) – Centre – €3m
- Jurie Matthee (Stormers) – Fly Half – €2m
- Nolann Le Garrec (Racing) – Scrum Half – €2m
- Chris Cloete (Bath) – Loose Forward – €2m
- Greg Fisilau (Exeter) – Loose Forward – €2m
- Kyle Hatherell (Leicester) – Loose Forward – €2m
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