Welcome to your weekly guide for fantasy rugby on URC! Whether you’re a seasoned fantasy rugby veteran or a newcomer looking to make a mark, this week’s insights are built to help you fly up your league. Dive in and get ready to take your fantasy rugby team to the next level!
The United Rugby Championship is only available on one Fantasy Rugby platform this season, and that’s SuperBru. Have a read of the FRG guide to the game here.
Potential mismatches
Important to note that in Round 11 Bulls and Lions will have a DOUBLE GAMEWEEK, their second match will take place on Saturday 22nd February
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Edinburgh to beat Zebre by 18 points
- Connacht to beat Cardiff by 14 points
- Leinster to beat Ospreys by 11 points
- Munster to beat Scarlets by 11 points
- Bulls to beat Sharks by 10 points
- Glasgow to beat Dragons by 10 points
- Lions to beat Stormers by 5 points
- Ulster to Benetton by 3 points
Bulls v Lions on 22nd February 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
- Wilco Louw (Bulls)
- Rabah Slimani (Leinster)
- Boan Venter (Edinburgh)
- Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Bulls)
- Thomas Gallo (Benetton)
HOOKERS
- Gus McCarthy (Leinster)
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht)
- Johan Grobbelaar (Bulls)
LOCKS
- Reinhardt Ludwig (Bulls)*
- Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster)
- Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers)*
- Thomas Ahern (Munster)
- Darrien Landsberg (Lions)
BACK ROW
- Franke Horn (Lions)
- Paul Boyle (Connacht)
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Taine Plumtree (Scarlets)
- Nick Tominey (Ulster)
- Max Deegan (Leinster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Embrose Papier (Bulls)
- Morne van den Berg (Lions)
- Ali Price (Edinburgh)
FLY HALF
- Ross Thompson (Edinburgh)
- Ioan Lloyd (Scarlets)
- Gianni Lombard (Lions)
CENTRES
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
- Stewart Moore (Ulster)*
- Matt Currie (Edinburgh)
- Piers O’Conor (Connacht)*
- Shayne Bolton (Connacht)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Quan Horn (Lions)
- Willie Le Roux (Bulls)*
- Wes Goosen (Edinburgh)
- Devon Williams (Bulls)
- Canaan Moodie (Bulls)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
- Josh McKay (Glasgow)
- Cam Winnett (Cardiff)
Bargain buys on Superbru
The following players have been identified as potentially scoring well for their cost in the game and should be considered as good value enablers…
- Daniel Kasende (Ospreys) – Outside Back – $3m
- Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Cardiff) – Outside Back – $3m
- Yaw Penxe (Sharks) – Outside Back – $3m
- Ben O’ Connor (Munster) – Outside Back – $3m
- Ross McCann (Edinburgh) – Outside Back – $3m
- Chay Mullins (Connacht) – Outside Back – $3m
- Johnny Williams (Scarlets) – Centre – $2m
- Reynold Lee-Lo (Cardiff) – Centre – $2m
- Harri Millard (Cardiff) – Centre – $2m
- Jurenzo Julius (Sharks) – Centre – $2m
- Gianni Lombard (Lions) – Fly Half – $3m
- Ben Murphy (Connacht) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Josh Macleod (Scarlets) – Back Row – $2m
- Jack Mann (Glasgow) – Back Row – $2m
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
- Marnus van der Merwe (Scarlets) – Hooker – $2m
- Gus McCarthy (Leinster) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Quan Horn (Lions)
- Canaan Moodie (Bulls)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
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