Fantasy Rugby Picks – URC 2024/25 Round 18

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 Dragons by 35 points
Leinster to beat Glasgow by 22 points
Stormers to beat Cardiff by 16 points
Sharks to beat Scarlets by 11 points
Edinburgh to beat Ulster by 10 points
Munster to beat Benetton by 10 points
Connacht to beat Zebre by 3 points
Lions to beat Ospreys 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

Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Bulls)
Andtrew Porter (Leinster)
Vincent Koch (Sharks)
Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh)
Morne Smith (Bulls)

HOOKERS

Akker Van Der Merwe (Bulls)
Dan Sheehan (Leinster)
Joseph Dweba (Stormers)

LOCKS

Ruan Nortje (Bulls)*
Cormac Izuchukwu (Ulster)*
Ryan Baird (Leinster)*
Sam Lousi (Scarlets)
RG Snyman (Leinster)
Tadhg Beirne (Munster)

BACK ROW

Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
Gavin Coombes (Munster)
Paul Boyle (Connacht)
Taine Plumtree (Scarlets)
Marcel Theunissen (Stormers)
Jack Conan (Leinster)
Scott Penny (Leinster)

SCRUM-HALF

Nathan Doak (Ulster)
Zach Burger (Bulls)
Keegan Johannes (Bulls)*

FLY HALF

Dan Edwards (Ospreys)
Sam Prendergast (Leinster)
Manie Libbok (Stormers)

CENTRES

Tom Farrell (Munster)
Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks)
Robbie Henshaw (Leinster)
Jordie Barrett (Leinster)
Shayne Bolton (Connacht)*
Wandi Simelane (Stormers)
Suleiman Hartzenberg (Stormers)

OUTSIDE BACKS

Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)
Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
Edwill Van Der Merwe (Lions)
Kyle Steyn (Glasgow)
Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks)
Sebastian de Klerk (Bulls)

Recommended Captain Picks

This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…

Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
Sebastian de Klerk (Bulls)
Dan Sheehan (Leinster)

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