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 season we have two games running for Prem, The Rugby Magazine and Fantasy Rugby World, so sign up and get picking!
Potential mismatches
Please note that Gloucester v Worcester has now been cancelled. Here are the projected lines of the remaining matches courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Wasps to beat Newcastle by 14 points
- Saracens to beat Bristol by 13 points
- Sale to beat Bath by 7 points
- London Irish to beat Northampton by 5 points
- Exeter to beat Leicester by 1 point
Premiership Bye Situation
In order to help you plan your transfers, here’s a quick overview of the upcoming byes.
This week Harlequins are on a bye.
Upcoming byes: Round 22 – Leicester; Round 23 – Sale; Round 24 – Exeter
Rounds until next bye…
- Exeter – 3 Rounds
- Leicester – 1 Round
- London Irish – 5 Rounds
- Sale – 2 Rounds
- Worcester – 4 Rounds
Bath, Wasps, Saracens, Gloucester, Newcastle, Bristol and Northampton have no more bye weeks
Expected to go well on Fantasy Rugby World and The Rugby Magazine
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
FRONT ROW
- Bevan Rodd (Sale)
- Vincent Koch (Saracens)
- Ellis Genge (Leicester)
- Oli Hoskins (Lonon Irish)
- Julian Monyoya (Leicester)
- Jamie George (Saracens)
- Agustin Creevy (London Irish)
LOCKS
- Elliott Stooke (Wasps)
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (Sale)
- Jonny Gray (Exeter)
- Sean Robinson (Newcastle)
BACK ROW
- Hanro Liebenberg (Leicester)
- Daniel Du Preez (Sale)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Juarno Augustus (Northampton)
- Jack Willis (Wasps)
- Alfie Barbeary (Wasps)
SCRUM-HALF
- Nick Phipps (London Irish)
- Faf De Klerk (Sale)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
FLY HALF
- George Ford (Leicester)
- Owen Farrell (Saracens)
- Dan Biggar (Northampton)
CENTRES
- Benhard Janse Van Rensburg (London Irish)
- Rory Hutchison (Northampton)
- Guy Porter (Leicester)
- Nick Tompkins (Saracens)
- Malakai Fekitoa (Wasps)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Nemani Nadolo (Leicester)
- Courtnall Skosan (Northampton)
- Tom O’Flaherty (Exeter)
- Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish)
- Paolo Odogwu (Wasps)
- Max Malins (Saracens)
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Premiership Rugby Injury News
Gaining reliable Injury news for the Premiership is extremely difficult, and while we don’t have a database of the latest injuries at Fantasy Rugby Geek, we would highly recommend The Rugby Magazine’s injuries page which remains the most exhaustive source of Premiership injury news that can be found. Details of this and many other useful Fantasy Rugby resources can be found at our Resources page.
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