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 Leicester by 16 points
- Bulls to beat Lyon by 15 points
- Toulouse to beat Racing by 11 points
- Bordeaux to beat Saracens by 8 points
- Harlequins to beat Glasgow by 6 points
- Northampton to beat Munster by 6 points
- Bath to beat Exter by 2 points
- La Rochelle to beat Stormers by 2 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
- Andrew Porter (Leinster)
- Cyril Baille (Toulouse)
- Trevor Davison (Northampton)
- Wilco Louw (Bulls)
- Thomas Du Toit (Bath)
HOOKERS
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster)
- Peato Mauvaka (Toulouse)
- Johnny Matthews (Glasgow)
LOCKS
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
- Emmanuel Meafou (Toulouse)
- Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
- RG Snyman (Munster)
- Ruan Nortje (Bulls)
BACK ROW
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Elrigh Louw (Bulls)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Jack Willis (Toulouse)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- Maxime Lucu (Bordeaux)
- Embrose Papier (Bulls)
FLY HALF
- Ross Byrne (Leinster)
- Johan Goosen (Bulls)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
CENTRES
- Matthis Lebel (Toulouse)*
- Ollie Lawrence (Bath)
- Henry Slade (Exeter)
- Pierre-Louis Barassi (Toulouse)
- Robbie Henshaw (Leinster)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Damian Penaud (Bordeaux)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
- Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton)
- Hugo Keenan (Leinster)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Blair Kinghorn (Toulouse)
- Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux)
Captain Picks
- Damian Penaud (Bourdeux)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
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
- Immanuel Fey-Waboso (Exeter) – Outside Back – €3m
- Alfred Parisien (Lyon) – Centre – €2m
- Martin Page-Relo (Lyon) – Scrum Half – €2m
- Rusiate Tuima (Exeter) – Loose Forward – €2m
- Ross Vintcent (Exeter) – Loose Forward – €2m
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