Welcome to our first instalment of our weekly pre-match updates for this year’s inaugural United Rugby Championship. This is 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!
The United Rugby Championship is only available on one Fantasy Rugby platform this season, and that’s SuperBru.
Expected to go well on SuperBru
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
FRONT ROW
- Michael Ala’alatoa (Leinster)
- Boan Venter (Edinburgh)
- Ruan Dreyer (Lions)
- Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow)
- Dave Cherry (Edinburgh)
- Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
- Niall Scannell (Munster)
LOCKS
- Alan O’Connor (Ulster)
- Ross Molony (Leinster)
- Ruan Nortje (Bulls)
- Sintu Manjezi (Glasgow)*
- Josh Murphy (Connacht)*
BACK ROW
- Jack Dempsey (Glasgow)
- Max Deegan (Leinster)
- Marcell Coetzee (Bulls)
- Jack O’Donoghue (Munster)
- Matt Fagerson (Glasgow)
- Viliame Mata (Edinburgh)
SCRUM-HALF
- Nathan Doak (Ulster)
- Ben Vellacott (Edinburgh)
- Luke McGrath (Leinster)
FLY HALF
- Ross Byrne (Leinster)
- Charlie Savala (Edinburgh)
- Chris Smith (Bulls)
CENTRES
- Wandisile Simelane (Bulls)*
- Cornal Hendricks (Bulls)*
- Mark Bennett (Edinburgh)
- Sione Tuipulotu (Glasgow)
- Malakai Fekitoa (Munster)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Max O’Reilly (Leinster)
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
- S’bu Nkosi (Bulls)
- Robert Baloucoune (Ulster)
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Very excited for this season! Joined the league too and looking forward to your insights! It’s been a long summer waiting for the URC to start again…