Welcome to your weekly guide for fantasy rugby on Premiership Rugby! 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 a new game running for Prem, Dream XV Rugby. Read up on the Guide to the Game here, and have a read of the FRG interview with one of the founders of the game here for more tips.
In addition, Premiership Rugby have their official game on Superbru. You can join the game here, and read up how to play the game in the FRG Review here.
Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Bath to beat Exeter by 11 points
- Northampton to beat Gloucester by 11 points
- Saracens to beat Newcastle by 11 points
- Harlequins to beat Bristol by 5 points
- Sale to beat Leicester by 1 point
Expected to go well on Superbru and Dream XV Rugby
*Players who are starting favourably out of position on Superbru (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
PROPS
- Rhys Carre (Saracens)
- Thomas Du Toit (Bath)
- Trevor Davison (Northampton)
- Will Stuart (Bath)
HOOKERS
- Theo Dan (Saracens)
- Gabriel Oghre (Bristol)
- Curtis Langdon (Northampton)
LOCKS
- Theo McFarland (Saracens)
- James Dun (Bristol)
- Rusiate Tuima (Exeter)
- Freddie Thomas (Gloucester)
- Chunya Munga (Northampton)
BACK ROW
- Tom Willis (Saracens)
- Fitz Harding (Bristol)
- Juarno Augustus (Northampton)
- Tom Pearson (Northampton)
- Guy Pepper (Bath)
- Juan Martin Gonzalez (Saracens)
SCRUM-HALF
- Ben Spencer (Bath)
- Tom James (Northampton)
- Ivan Van Zyl (Saracens)
FLY HALF
- Finn Russell (Bath)
- Fin Smith (Northampton)
- AJ McGinty (Bristol)
CENTRES
- Alex Lozowski (Saracens)
- Rory Hutchison (Northampton)
- Max Llewellyn (Gloucester)
- Kalaveti Ravouvou (Bristol)
- Ollie Lawrence (Bath)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Rotimi Segun (Saracens)
- Josh Hodge (Exeter)
- Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton)
- Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter)
- Tobias Elliott (Saracens)
- Will Muir (Bath)
- Gabi Ibitoye (Bristol)
Bargain buys on Superbru
The following players have been identified as potentially scoring well for their cost in the game on Superbru (lowest price brackets in their position) and should be considered as good value enablers…
- Tobias Elliott (Saracens) – Outside Back – £3m
- Jack Bates (Bristol) – Outside Back – £3m
- Ethan Grayson (Newcastle) – Centre* – £2m
- Will Rigg (Exeter) – Centre – £2m
- Caolan Englefield (Gloucester) – Scrum Half – £2m
- Richard Capstick (Exeter) – Back Row – £2m
- Toby Knight (Saracens) – Back Row – £2m
- Jack Singleton (Gloucester) – Hooker – £2m
- Dan Frost (Exeter) – Hooker – £2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Rotimi Segun (Saracens)
- Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton)
- Tom Willis (Saracens)
Come and join the FRG league for 2024/25!
If you back your Fantasy Rugby skills to lead you to Fantasy Premiership glory, then join our public fantasy leagues for the Premiership. We have leagues on both Superbru and Dream XV Rugby.
To join on SuperBru, simply sign up to the game here or searching for the league with code: tipscone.
To join on Dream XV Rugby, go to the Leagues section, click “Join a Private League”, and enter the code cjqxwh.
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