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…
- Sale to beat Newcastle by 22 points
- Exeter to beat Gloucester by 9 points
- Leicester to beat Bristol by 4 points
- Saracens to beat Bath by 4 points
- Harlequins to beat Northampton by 3 points
Expected to go well on Superbru
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
PROPS
- Kyle Sinckler (Bristol)
- Beno Obano (Bath)
- Bevan Rodd (Sale)
- Jamal Ford-Robinson (Gloucester)
- Ellis Genge (Bristol)
HOOKERS
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale)
- Jamie George (Saracens)
- Jamie Blamire (Newcastle)
LOCKS
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- James Dun (Bristol)
- Joe Batley (Bristol)
- Freddie Clarke (Gloucester)
- Ollie Chessum (Leicester)
BACK ROW
- Zach Mercer (Gloucester)
- Juan Martin Gonzalez (Saracens)
- Jasper Wiese (Leicester)
- Magnus Bradbury (Bristol)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)
SCRUM-HALF
- Raffi Quirke (Sale)
- Ben Spencer (Bath)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
FLY HALF
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- George Ford (Sale)
- Fin Smith (Northampton)
CENTRES
- Nick Tompkins (Saracens)
- Ollie Lawrence (Bath)
- Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins)
- Henry Slade (Exeter)
- Benhard Janse Van Bensburg (Bristol)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Gabi Ibitoye (Bristol)
- Immanuel Feyi- Waboso (Exeter)
- Tyrone Green (Harlequins)
- Cadan Murley (Harlequins)
- Arron Reed (Sale)
- Ollie Sleightholme (Northampton)
- Joe Carpenter (Sale)
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Arron Reed (Sale)
- Joe Carpenter (Sale)
- Ben Earl (Saracens)
Bargain buys
The following players have been identified as potentially scoring well for their cost in the game and should be considered as good value enablers…
- Will Muir (Bath) – Outside Back – £3m
- Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter) – Outside Back – £3m
- Tom Parton (Saracens) – Outside Back – £3m
- Tom Litchfield (Northampton) – Centre – £2m
- Will Porter (Harlequins) – Scrum Half – £2m
- Jack Clement (Gloucester) – Loose Forward – £2m
- Greg Fisilau (Exeter) – Loose Forward – £2m
- Guy Pepper (Newcastle) – Loose Forward – £2m
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