Welcome to your weekly guide for fantasy rugby on Gallagher PREM! 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 three games running for Prem, Dream XV Rugby, the brand new Draft game, Draft XV, and in addition, Gallagher PREM have their official game on Superbru, which has had some big updates for 2025/26 which you can found out more on in the FRG Review here.
Potential mismatches
Here are the match predictions courtesy of Rugby4Cast’s predictor algorithm…
Expected to go well on Superbru, DraftXV and Dream XV Rugby
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
PROPS
- Ellis Genge (Bristol)
- Thomas du Toit (Bath) – off the bench…
- Marco Riccioni (Saracens)
- Rhys Carre (Saracens)
- Francois van Wyk (Bath)
HOOKERS
- Gabriel Oghre (Bristol)
- Nathan Jibulu (Sale)
- Jamie George (Saracens)
LOCKS
- Theo McFarland (Saracens)*
- JJ van der Mescht (Northampton)
- Alex Coles (Northampton)
- Joe Batley (Bristol)
- Hugh Tizard (Saracens)
BACK ROW
- Tom Willis (Saracens)
- Greg Fisilau (Exeter)
- Fitz Harding (Bristol)
- Viliame Mata (Bristol)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Andy Onyeama-Christie (Saracens)
- Josh Kemeny (Northampton)
SCRUM-HALF
- Raffi Quirke (Sale)
- Ben Spencer (Bath)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
FLY HALF
- Finn Russell (Bath)
- Owen Farrell (Saracens)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
CENTRES
- Kalaveti Ravouvou (Bristol)*
- Louie Hennessey (Bath)*
- Henry Slade (Exeter)
- Matias Moroni (Bristol)
- Max Ojomoh (Bath)
- Nick Tompkins (Saracens)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Noah Caluori (Saracens)
- Tommy Freeman (Northampton)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (Bristol)
- Freddie Steward (Leicester)
- Edoardo Todaro (Northampton)
- Will Muir (Bath)
- Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter)
- Rotimi Segun (Saracens)
- Santi Carreras (Bath)
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Noah Caluori (Saracens)
- Tom Willis (Saracens)
- Kalaveti Ravouvou (Bristol)
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The Six Nations returns on Thursday 5th January! The fantasy games are now live on both the Official Game and Superbru, so get signed up and join our leagues now!
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