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
Here are the projected lines of this week’s matches courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Northampton to beat Newcastle by 20 points
- Sale to beat Bristol by 10 points
- Exeter to beat Harlequins by 8 points
- Leicester to beat Wasps by 7 points
- Gloucester to beat Saracens by 7 points
- Worcester to beat Bath by 1 point
Premiership Bye Situation
This week London Irish are on a bye.
As this is the final round of the league season, there are no more bye weeks after this round.
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
- Val Rapava Ruskin (Gloucester)
- Bevan Rodd (Sale)
- Alec Hepburn (Exeter)
- Ellis Genge (Leicester)
- Akker Van Der Merwe (Sale)
- George McGuigan (Newcastle)
- Jack Singleton (Gloucester)
LOCKS
- Freddie Clarke (Gloucester)
- Api Ratuniyarawa (Northampton)
- Jonny Hill (Exeter)
- Hugh Tizard (Harlequins)
- Lood De Jager (Sale)
BACK ROW
- Dan Du Preez (Sale)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Ruan Ackermann (Gloucester)
- Jasper Wiese (Leicester)
- Jack Willis (Wasps)
- Lewis Ludlam (Northampton)
SCRUM-HALF
- Harry Randall (Bristol)
- Danny Care (Harlequins)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
FLY HALF
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- George Ford (Leicester)
- Dan Biggar (Northampton)
CENTRES
- Chris Harris (Gloucester)
- Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins)
- Guy Porter (Leicester)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
- Rory Hutchison (Northampton)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Olly Woodburn (Exeter)
- Louis Lynagh (Harlequins)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester)
- Chris Ashton (Leicester)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
- Tommy Freeman (Northampton)
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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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