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
Here are the projected lines courtesy of Paddy Power…
- Sharks to beat Zebre by 22 points
- Ulster to beat Dragons by 6 points
- Glasgow to beat Munster by 5 points
- Cardiff to beat Lions by 4 points
- Ospreys to beat Connacht by 4 points
- Benetton to beat Edinburgh by 3 points
- Stormers to beat Scarlets by 2 points
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)
- Paul Hill (Edinburgh)
- Thomas Gallo (Benetton)
HOOKERS
- Johnny Matthews (Glasgow)
- Bongi Mbonambi (Sharks)
- Akker Van Der Merwe (Bulls)
LOCKS
- RG Snyman (Leinster)
- Jason Jenkins (Sharks)
- Thomas Ahern (Munster)
- Alex Craig (Scarlets)
- Ruben van Heerden (Stormers)
BACK ROW
- Franke Horn (Lions)
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
- Paul Boyle (Connacht)
- Phepsi Buthelezi (Sharks)
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh)
- Max Deegan (Leinster)
SCRUM-HALF
- George Horne (Glasgow)
- Gareth Davies (Scarlets)
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks)
FLY HALF
- Ioan Lloyd (Scarlets)
- Jordan Hendrikse (Sharks)
- Cathal Forde (Connacht)
CENTRES
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
- Stewart Moore (Ulster)*
- Jordie Barrett (Leinster)
- Piers O’Conor (Connacht)*
- Shayne Bolton (Connacht)*
- Harri Millard (Cardiff)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
- Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks)
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
- Rhyno Smith (Benetton)
- Quan Horn (Lions)
- Yaw Penxe (Sharks)
- 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…
- Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Cardiff) – Outside Back – $3m
- Yaw Penxe (Sharks) – Outside Back – $3m
- Daniel Kasende (Ospreys) – Outside Back – $3m
- Ben O’ Connor (Munster) – Outside Back – $3m
- Ross McCann (Edinburgh) – Outside Back – $3m
- Macs Page (Scarlets) – Centre* – $2m
- Shayne Bolton (Connacht) – Centre* – $2m
- Harri Millard (Cardiff) – Centre* – $2m
- Reynold Lee-Lo (Cardiff) – Centre – $2m
- Jurenzo Julius (Sharks) – Centre – $2m
- Gianni Lombard (Lions) – Fly Half – $3m
- Kieran Hardy (Ospreys) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Paul Boyle (Connacht) – Back Row – $2m
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh) – Back Row – $2m
- Josh Macleod (Scarlets) – Back Row – $2m
- Jack Mann (Glasgow) – Back Row – $2m
- John McKee (Leinster) – Hooker – $2m
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks)
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
- Yaw Penxe (Sharks)
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