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…
- Ospreys to beat Dragons by 13 points
- Leinster to beat Scarlets by 10 points
- Stormers to beat Benetton by 10 points
- Lions to beat Connacht by 6 points
- Munster to beat Cardiff by 6 points
- Ulster to beat Sharks by 4 points
- Glasgow to beat Bulls by 3 points
- Edinburgh to beat Zebre 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)
- Boan Venter (Edinburgh)
- Vincent Koch (Sharks)
- Thomas Gallo (Benetton)
- Wilco Louw (Bulls)
HOOKERS
- Dewi Lake (Ospreys)
- Johan Grobbelaar (Bulls)
- Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
LOCKS
- Ruan Nortje (Bulls)*
- Sam Lousi (Scarlets)
- Alex Craig (Scarlets)
- Ruben van Heerden (Stormers)
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
- Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster)
BACK ROW
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
- Taine Plumtree (Scarlets)
- Jac Morgan (Ospreys)
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh)
- Cian Prendergast (Connacht)
SCRUM-HALF
- Gareth Davies (Scarlets)
- George Horne (Glasgow)
- Embrose Papier (Bulls)
FLY HALF
- Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (Stormers)
- Jack Walsh (Ospreys)*
- Dan Edwards (Ospreys)
CENTRES
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
- Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks)
- Ciaran Frawley (Leinster)*
- Paolo Odogwu (Benetton)*
- Shayne Bolton (Connacht)*
- Piers O’Connor (Connacht)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Keelan Giles (Ospreys)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
- Kyle Steyn (Glasgow)
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
- Devon Williams (Bulls)
- Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks)
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)
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
- Daniel Kasende (Ospreys) – Outside Back – $3m
- Harri Millard (Cardiff) – Centre – $2m
- Shayne Bolton (Connacht) – Centre* – $2m
- Shane Jennings (Connacht) – Centre – $2m
- Giacomo De Re (Zebre) – Fly Half – $3m
- Kade Wolhuter (Lions) – Fly Half – $3m
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Kieran Hardy (Ospreys) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Ben Muncaster (Edinburgh) – Back Row – $2m
- Josh Macleod (Scarlets) – Back Row – $2m
- Jack Mann (Glasgow) – Back Row – $2m
- Jarod Cairns (Lions) – Back Row – $2m
- Sean Jansen (Connacht) – Back Row – $2m
- Alex Soroka (Leinster) – Back Row – $2m
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Keelan Giles (Ospreys)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Evan Roos (Stormers)
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