Welcome to your weekly guide for fantasy rugby for the Champions Cup! Whether you’re a seasoned fantasy rugby veteran or a newcomer looking to make a mark, this week’s insights are built to help you fly up your league. Dive in and get ready to take your fantasy rugby team to the next level!
A reminder that this season we have just the one game for the Champions Cup, the official game on Superbru. If you are new to Superbru, then check out my quick overview for the Champions Cup in the latest episode of This Week in Fantasy Rugby on the Fantasy Rugby Geek YouTube channel.
Potential mismatches
Here are the match predictions courtesy of Rugby4Cast’s predictor algorithm…
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
- Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Bulls)*
- Wilfried Hounkpatin (Montpellier)
- Joel Merkler (Toulouse)
- Ben Tameifuna (Bordeaux)*
HOOKERS
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster)
- JJ Kotze (Stormers)
- Thomas Lacombre (Toulouse)
LOCKS
- Donavan Taofifenua (Montpellier)*
- Ollie Chessum (Leicester)
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
- JJ van der Mescht (Northampton)
- Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
- JD Schickerling (Stormers)
BACK ROW
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Tom Willis (Bordeaux)
- Jack Conan (Leinster)
- Elia Canakaivata (Sale)
- Paul de Villiers (Stormers)
- Nicolas Martins (Racing)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- Paul de Wet (Bulls)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
FLY HALF
- Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (Stormers)
- Handre Pollard (Bulls)
- Romain Ntamack (Toulouse)
CENTRES
- Paolo Uberti (Bordeaux)
- Kalvin Gourgues (Toulouse)
- Fabian Brau-Boirie (Pau)
- Santiago Chocobares (Toulouse)
- Will Joseph (Gloucester)*
- Sean O’Brien (Munster)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Louis Bielle-Biarrey (Bordeaux)
- Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton)
- Ange Capuozzo (Toulouse)
- James Pater (Northampton)
- Teddy Thomas (Toulouse)
- Luan Giliomee (Bulls)
- Sebastian De Klerk (Bulls)
- George Hendy (Northampton)
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Tom Willis (Bordeaux)
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