A quick overview of our fantasy rugby tips and recommendations of the players expected to go well as we enter Round 2 of The Rugby Championship 2025.
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!
Potential mismatches
Here are the match predictions courtesy of Rugby4Cast’s predictor algorithm…
- South Africa v Australia
- Backing South Africa
- Predicted Score: South Africa 30 Australia 18
- Argentina v New Zealand
- Leaning New Zealand
- Predicted Score: Argentina 21 New Zealand 35
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
- Thomas Do Toit (South Africa)
- Taniela Tupou (Australia)
- Tom Robertson (Australia)
HOOKERS
- Codie Taylor (New Zealand)
- Malcolm Marx (South Africa)
LOCKS
- Tupou Vaa’i (New Zealand)*
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (South Africa)*
- Tom Hooper (Australia)*
Note that Jean-Luc Du Preez and Tom Hooper are both categorised as Locks only in the Official game. For Superbru I would also recommend Franco Mostert and RG Snyman.
BACK ROW
- Ardie Savea (New Zealand)
- Joaquin Oviedo (Argentina)
- Fraser McReight (Australia)
- Juan Martin Gonzalez (Argentina)
SCRUM-HALF
- Grant Williams (South Africa)
- Cortez Ratima (New Zealand)
FLY HALF
- Beauden Barrett (New Zealand)
- Tomas Albornoz (Argentina)
CENTRES
- Joseph Sua’ali’i (Australia)
- Jordie Barrett (New Zealand)
- Santiago Chocobares (Argentina)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Will Jordan (New Zealand) – Captain Pick
- Cheslin Kolbe (South Africa)
- Sevu Reece (New Zealand)
- Tom Wright (Australia)
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…
- Tom Robertson (Australia) – Prop – $3.5m
- Taniela Tupou (Australia) – Prop – $3.5m
- Billy Pollard (Australia) – Hooker – $5.5m
- Tom Hooper (Australia)* – Lock – $3.5m
- Nick Frost (Australia) – Lock – $4m
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (South Africa)* – Lock – $4m
- Franco Mostert (South Africa)* – Lock – $4m
- Joaquin Oviedo (Argentina) – Loose Forward – $5m
- Siomn Parker (New Zealand) – Loose Forward – $5m
- Len Ikitau (Australia) – Centre – $6.5m
- Mateo Carreras (Argentina) – Back Three – $6.5m
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