Welcome to our latest instalment of our weekly pre-match updates for this year’s 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.
Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Munster to beat Cardiff by 18 points
- Stormers to beat Ulster by 11 points
- Leinster to beat Bulls by 9 points
- Benetton to beat Connacht by 8 points
- Glasgow to beat Scralets by 8 points
- Sharks to beat Edinburgh by 7 points
- Dragons to beat Zebre by 4 points
- Ospreys to beat Lions by 1 point
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
- Jack Aungier (Connacht)
- Neethling Fouche (Stormers
- Steven Kitshoff (Ulster)
- JP Smith (Lions)
- Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh)
HOOKERS
- Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
- Akker Van Der Merwe (Bulls)
- Niall Scannell (Munster)
LOCKS
- RG Snyman (Munster)
- Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
- Ruben van Heerden (Stormers)
BACK ROW
- Viliame Mata (Edinburgh)
- Nick Timoney (Ulster)
- Francke Horn (Lions)
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
- Elrigh Louw (Bulls)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Craig Casey (Munster)
- John Cooney (Ulster)
- Sonale Nohamba (Lions)
FLY HALF
- Harry Byrne (Leinster)
- Jack Crowley (Munster)
- Ben Healy (Edinburgh)
CENTRES
- Alex Nankivell (Munster)
- James Hume (Ulster)
- Sean O’Brien (Munster)*
- Werner Kok (Sharks)*
- Stafford McDowall (Glasgow)
- Suleiman Hartzenberg (Stormers)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Shane Daly (Munster)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
- Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks)
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- Josh McKay (Glasgow)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Aphelele Fassi (Sharks)
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…
- Onisi Ratave (Benetton) – Outside Back – $3m
- Kyle Rowe (Glasgow) – Outside Back – $3m
- Cam Winnett (Cardiff) – Outside Back – $3m
- Mason Grady (Cardiff) – Centre* – $3m
- Sean O’Brien (Munster) – Centre* – $3m
- Antoine Frisch (Munster) – Centre – $3m
- James Hume (Ulster) – Centre – $3m
- Siya Masuku (Sharks) – Fly Half – $4m
- Ben Donnell (Cardiff) – Loose Forward – $1m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Sean O’Brien (Munster)
- Shane Daly (Munster)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
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FRG Women’s Six Nations Guest posts
In the lead up to the Women’s Six Nations, George from FRG has been writing some guest posts for the Official Women’s Six Nations site. Have a read here 👇
- Women’s Six Nations Website: Fantasy Rugby Geek’s Guide to the Game
- Women’s Six Nations Website: Fantasy Rugby Geek’s Women’s Six Nations Value Picks
- Women’s Six Nations Website: Fantasy Rugby Geek’s 5 to watch
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