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…
- Bulls to beat Zebre by 20 points
- Edinburgh to beat Dragons by 18 points
- Glasgow to beat Lions by 13 points
- Sharks to beat Leinster by 8 points
- Benetton to beat Cardiff by 8 points
- Stormers to beat Ulster by 3 points
- Munster to beat Connacht by 3 points
- Scarlets to beat OSpreys by 3 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
- Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Bulls)*
- Nathan McBeth (Glasgow)
- Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh)
- Vincent Koch (Sharks)
- Thomas Gallo (Benetton)
HOOKERS
- Patrick Harrison (Edinburgh)
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht)
- John McKee (Leinster)
LOCKS
- Jason Jenkins (Sharks)
- Thomas Ahern (Munster)*
- Alex Craig (Scarlets)
- Ruben van Heerden (Stormers)
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
BACK ROW
- Franke Horn (Lions)
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Max Deegan (Leinster)
- Jack Mann (Glasgow)
- Magnus Bradbury (Edinburgh)
SCRUM-HALF
- George Horne (Glasgow)
- Gareth Davies (Scarlets)
- Jamie Dobie (Glasgow)*
FLY HALF
- Ioan Lloyd (Scarlets)
- Adam Hastings (Glasgow)
- Ross Thompson (Edinburgh)
CENTRES
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
- Stravino Jacobs (Bulls)*
- Sean O’Brien (Munster)*
- Harri Millard (Cardiff)
- Macs Page (Scarlets)
- Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
- Devon Williams (Bulls)
- Quan Horn (Lions)
- Cam Winnett (Cardiff)
- Kyle Steyn (Glasgow)
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
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
- Ben O’ Connor (Munster) – Outside Back – $3m
- Finn Treacy (Connacht) – Outside Back – $3m
- Macs Page (Scarlets) – Centre* – $2m
- Harri Millard (Cardiff) – Centre – $2m
- Jurenzo Julius (Sharks) – Centre – $2m
- Gianni Lombard (Lions) – Fly Half – $3m
- Charlie Tector (Leinster) – Fly Half – $3m
- Kieran Hardy (Ospreys) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Keagan Johannes (Bulls) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Josh Macleod (Scarlets) – Back Row – $2m
- Jack Mann (Glasgow) – Back Row – $2m
- Marnus van der Merwe (Scarlets) – Hooker – $2m
- Patrick Harrison (Edinburgh) – Hooker – $2m
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Kyle Steyn (Glasgow)
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
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