Welcome to our first 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 this season, Fantasy Rugby Draft and Fantasy Rugby World, so sign up and get picking!
Please note that the Worcester v Exeter match is still up in the air, and neither Exeter or Worcester will announce lineups until tomorrow, so tread carefully…
Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Exeter to beat Worcester by 20 points
- Leicester to beat Newcastle by 17 points
- Northampton to beat London Irish by 6 points
- Sale to beat Bath by 2 points
- Wasps to beat Bristol by 2 points
- Harlequins to beat Saracens 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 Gloucester are on a bye.
Upcoming byes: Round 3 – Sale; Round 4 – Wasps; Round 5 – London Irish
Rounds until next bye…
- Gloucester – This Round
- Sale – 1 Round
- Wasps – 2 Rounds
- London Irish – 3 Rounds
- Worcester – 4 Rounds
- Newcastle – 5 Rounds
- Leicester – 6 Rounds
- Harlequins – 7 Rounds
- Bristol – 8 Rounds
- Bath – 9 Rounds
- Exeter – 10 Rounds
- Northampton – 11 Rounds
- Saracens – 15 Rounds
Expected to go well on Fantasy Rugby Draft and Fantasy Rugby World
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
Please note that the Worcester v Exeter match is still up in the air, and neither Exeter or Worcester will announce lineups until tomorrow. Any Exeter picks are TBC.
FRONT ROW
- Lewis Boyce (Bath)
- Kyle Sinckler (Bristol)
- John Ryan (Wasps)
- Alec Hepburn (Exeter) – TBC
- Tom Woolstencroft (Saracens)
- George McGuigan (Newcastle)
- Tom Dunn (Bath)
- Please note that if you are playing 11-man Fantasy Rugby Draft, also look at Newcastle Front Row (4th man Jamie Blamire playing in back row), as you will effectively have one extra player in your team.
LOCKS
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- Chris Vui (Bristol)
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (Sale)*
- Ben Donnell (London Irish)*
- Christ Tshiunza (Exeter) – TBC
BACK ROW
- Dan Du Preez (Sale)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Juarno Augustus (Northampton)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
- Alfie Barbeary (Wasps)
- Theo Mcfarland (Saracens)
SCRUM-HALF
- Ben Spencer (Bath)
- Ben White (London Irish)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
FLY HALF
- Joe Simmonds (Exeter)* – TBC
- Charlie Atkinson (Wasps)
- Owen Farrell (Saracens)
CENTRES
- Jimmy Gopperth (Leicester)*
- Luke Northmore (Harlequins)
- Curtis Rona (London Irish)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)*
- Tom Roebuck (Sale)*
- Alex Lozowski (Saracens)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Tom O’Flaherty (Sale)
- Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish)
- Tyrone Green (Harlequins)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
- Max Malins (Saracens)
- Henry Arundell (London Irish)
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