A quick overview of our fantasy rugby tips and recommendations of the players expected to go well as we enter the first round of 2025 The Rugby Championship.
A reminder that this season we have two games running for The Rugby Championship. The Official Game made by the makers of of the Super Rugby game is live for the first time, and SuperBru is also live again, so sign up and get picking!
You can learn more about both the games in the FRG Game Reviews here for the Official Game and here for Superbru. A more detailed Guide to the Game is also on YouTube here 👇
Before we move on to the tips…
Earlier on this year some of you may remember the podcast that I made through the Six Nations with my friend Paul Tristram, “Six Nations Fantasy Rugby: Geeks on the Go”. In the last week Paul and his family have discovered that Paul needs immediate heart surgery. He’s known about his condition for many years, but due to misreadings on his scans, its become critical he gets the surgery ASAP. Due to no fault of his own, there is no NHS appointments until January. Therefore his immediate surgery will need to be scheduled privately, costing £30k. A GoFundMe page has been set up by Paul’s fiance, family and friends to raise funds for his surgery (the GoFundMe page can be found here).
Those of you who listened to the podcast will know just how much Paul loved his fantasy rugby. So with brand new fantasy games kicking off for both The Rugby Championship and the Women’s Rugby World Cup in the next two weeks, I have set up prize leagues for both, with 50% of the prize pot going directly to Paul’s GoFundMe and the remaining 50% going to the winners.
The entry fee to join each league will be £10. You can join just the The Rugby Championship league or just the Women’s Rugby World Cup league, it’s entirely up to you. Or you can be a legend and join both!
For both leagues, the prize pot will then be distributed 25% to the overall winner of each competition, 15% to second place, 10% to third place and the remaining 50% will go directly to Paul’s GoFundMe page.
To join, please email me at fantasyrugbygeek@gmail.com or DM me on the FRG X or FRG Instagram and I will share details of my PayPal for you to send me the entry fee. Once I have received the entry fee I’ll email back the link to join the private league.
Potential mismatches
Here are the match predictions courtesy of Rugby4Cast’s predictor algorithm…
- South Africa v Australia
- Backing South Africa
- Predicted Score: South Africa 36 Australia 14
- Argentina v New Zealand
- Leaning New Zealand
- Predicted Score: Argentina 22 New Zealand 26
Expected to go well
*Players who are starting favourably out of position on Superbru (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
PROPS
- Ox Nche (South Africa)
- Taniela Tupou (Australia)
- James Slipper (Australia)
HOOKERS
- Malcolm Marx (South Africa)
- Julian Montoya (Argentina)
LOCKS
- Tupou Vaa’i (New Zealand)*
- Nick Frost (Australia)
- Tom Hooper (Australia)*
BACK ROW
- Ardie Savea (New Zealand)
- Pieter-Steph Du Toit (South Africa)
- Harry Wilson (Australia)
- Fraser McReight (Australia)
SCRUM-HALF
- Grant Williams (South Africa)
- Cortez Ratima (New Zealand)
FLY HALF
- Beauden Barrett (New Zealand)
- Manie Libbok (South Africa)
CENTRES
- Billy Proctor (New Zealand)
- Jordie Barrett (New Zealand)
- Andre Esterhuizen (South Africa)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (South Africa) – Captain Pick
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (South Africa)
- Will Jordan (New Zealand)
- Sevu Reece (New Zealand)
Value Picks on the Official Game
On the official game, not only is budget tight, but you must select a minimum of 3 players from every country. Below are a list of good value options to allow you to spend big elsewhere, but also from this list you should find some options from the underdogs to bring in…
- Mayco Vivas (Argentina) – Prop – $3.5m
- Taniela Tupou (Australia) – Prop – $3.5m
- Billy Pollard (Australia) – Hooker – $5.5m
- Tom Hooper (Australia)* – Lock – $3.5m
- Pedro Rubiolo (Argentina) – Lock – $3.5m
- Nick Frost (Australia) – Lock – $4m
- Joaquin Oviedo (Argentina) – Loose Forward – $5m
- Du’Plessis Kirifi (New Zealand) – Loose Forward – $5.5m
- Len Ikitau (Australia) – Centre – $6.5m
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (South Africa) – Back Three – $6.5m
- Aphelele Fassi (South Africa) – Back Three – $6.5m
Come and join the FRG leagues for 2025
If you back your Fantasy Rugby skills to lead you to The Rugby Championship glory, then join our public fantasy leagues on the Offical Game and on Superbru. To join, access the Official Game league here and the Superbru league here. Good luck!
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