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.
Please note that for Round 9, the gameweek runs through to the 27th of January, with the Lions and Sharks having a double gameweek, which includes the Lions game on the 27th v Bulls.
Potential mismatches
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Leinster to beat Ulster by 16 points
- Benetton to beat Zebre by 14 points
- Stormers to beat Sharks by 7 points
- Ospreys to beat Cardiff by 3 points
- Scarlets to beat Dragons by 3 points
- Edinburgh to beat Glasgow by 2 points
- Connacht to beat Munster by 2 points
- Sharks v Lions on the 6th January is TBC
- Lions v Bulls on the 27th January is TBC
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
- Finlay Bealham (Connacht) – TBC
- Zander Fagerson (Glasgow)
- JP Smith (Lions) – TBC
- Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh)
- Wilco Louw (Bulls) – TBC
HOOKERS
- Ewan Ashman (Edinburgh)
- Kerron van Vuuren (Sharks)
- Dan Sheehan (Leinster)
LOCKS
- Thomas Ahern (Munster)* – TBC
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
- Glen Young (Edinburgh)
- Ruben van Heerden (Stormers)
BACK ROW
- Nick Timoney (Ulster)
- Francke Horn (Lions) – TBC
- Viliame Mata (Edinburgh)
- Rory Darge (Glasgow)
- Elrigh Louw (Bulls) – TBC
- Emmanuel Tshituka (Lions) – TBC
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Caolin Blade (Connacht) – TBC
- John Cooney (Ulster)
- Sonale Nohamba (Lions) – TBC
FLY HALF
- Ben Healy (Edinburgh)
- Sam Prendergast (Leinster)
- Curwin Bosch (Sharks)
CENTRES
- Werner Kok (Sharks)*
- Henco van Wyk (Lions) – TBC
- Mason Grady (Cardiff) – TBC
- Ruhan Nel (Stormers)
- Suleiman Hartzenberg (Stormers)*
- Huw Jones (Glasgow)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions) – TBC
- Aphelele Fassi (Sharks)
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
- Mack Hansen (Connacht) – TBC
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Quan Horn (Lions) – TBC
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions) – TBC
- Aphelele Fassi (Sharks)
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