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!
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Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Harlequins to beat London Irish by 10 points
- Saracens to beat Sale by 9 points
- Northampton to beat Bristol by 3 points
- Gloucester to beat Exeter by 1 point
Premiership Bye Situation
In order to help you plan your transfers, here’s a quick overview of the upcoming byes. These will continue until we get clarity on what will happen for the Wasps and Worcester cancelled games from Premiership Rugby.
Upcoming bye weeks…
- Round 8: Newcastle, Leicester and Bath
- Round 9: London Irish, Harlequins and Leicester
- Round 10: Harlequins, Bristol and Sale
- Round 11: Saracens, Bath and Northampton
- Round 12: Sale, Exeter and Saracens
- Round 13: Northampton
- Round 14: Bristol, Gloucester and London Irish
- Round 15: Harlequins, Sale and Exeter
- Round 16: London Irish, Bristol and Leicester
- Round 17: Exeter, Saracens and Sale
- Round 18: Harlequins
- Round 19: Bath, London Irish and Northampton
- Round 20: Harlequins
- Round 21: Northampton, Newcastle and Saracens
- Round 22: Saracens, Northampton and Gloucester
- Round 23: Sale
- Round 24: Gloucester, Bath and Newcastle
- Round 25: Newcastle, Leicester and Bristol
- Round 26: Leicester, Exeter and Bath
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.)
FRONT ROW
- Wilco Louw (Harlequins)
- Will Goodrick-Clarke (London Irish)
- Scott Sio (Exeter)
- Harry Elrington (Gloucester)
- Jack Musk (Harlequins)
- Santiago Socino (Gloucester)
- Harry Thacker (Bristol)
LOCKS
- Joe Batley (Bristol)
- Rob Simmons (London Irish)
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (Sale)*
- Freddie Clarke (Gloucester)
- Callum Hunter-Hill (Saracens)
BACK ROW
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Daniel Du Preez (Sale)
- Ruan Ackermann (Gloucester)
- Juarno Augustus (Northampton)
- Jack Kenningham (Harlequins)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Fitz Harding (Bristol)
SCRUM-HALF
- Andy Uren (Bristol)
- Danny Care (Harlequins)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
FLY HALF
- Tommaso Allan (Harlequins)
- Rob Du Preez (Sale)
- Adan Hastings (Gloucester)
CENTRES
- Nick Tompkins (Saracens)
- Piers O’Connor (Bristol)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)*
- Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins)
- Fraser Dingwall (Northampton)
- Alex Lozowski (Saracens)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Olly Woodburn (Exeter)
- Elliot Daly (Saracens)
- Josh Bassett (Harlequins)
- Louis Rees-Zammitt (Gloucester)
- Nick David (Harlequins)
- Ollie Hassell-Collins (London Irish)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
Value Fantasy Rugby Draft Free Agent Pick-ups
Please note that not all of these players may be available as free agents in your leagues, but if they are, then move quickly!
- Fin Smith – FH – Northampton
- Luca Morisi – M – London Irish
- Sam Hill – M – Sale
- George Hendy – OB – Northampton
- Josh Basham – LF – London Irish
- Oscar Beard – OB – Harlequins
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