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 Ulster by 19 points
- Leinster to beat Benetton by 16 points
- Munster to beat Ospreys by 12 points
- Stormers to beat Zebre by 9 points
- Sharks to beat Dragons by 8 points
- Lions to beat Edinburgh by 8 points
- Glasgow to beat Cardiff by 7 points
- Connacht to beat Scarlets by 7 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
- Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh)
- Andrew Porter (Leinster)
- Mirco Spagnolo (Benetton)
- Wilco Louw (Bulls)
HOOKERS
- Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
- Jonny Matthews (Glasgow)
- Johan Grobelaar (Bulls)
LOCKS
- Joe McCarthy (Leinster)
- RG Syman (Leinster)
- Ruan Nortje (Bulls)
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
- Ruben van Heerden (Stormers)
- Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers)*
BACK ROW
- Jack Conan (Leinster)
- Jac Morgan (Ospreys)
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Jack Dempsey (Glasgow)
- Franke Horn (Lions)
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
- Josh Van Der Flier (Leinster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Embrose Papier (Bulls)
- Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)
- Ben Vellacott (Edinburgh)
FLY HALF
- Boeta Chamberlain (Bulls)
- Jack Crowley (Munster)
- Tom Jordan (Glasgow)
CENTRES
- Mason Grady (Cardiff)*
- Huw Jones (Glasgow)
- Ciaran Frawley (Leinster)*
- Garry Ringrose (Leinster)
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- Calvin Nash (Munster)
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Josh McKay (Glasgow)
- Hugo Keenan (Leinster)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
- Canan Moodie (Bulls)
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…
- Ross McCann (Edinburgh) – Outside Back – $3m
- Ethan Hooker (Sharks) – Outside Back – $4m
- Shay McCarthy (Munster) – Outside Back – $4m
- Rey Lee-Lo (Cardiff) – Centre – $2m
- Jurenzo Julius (Sharks) – Centre – $2m
- Matt Scott (Edinburgh) – Centre – $2m
- Bryan Fitzgerald (Munster) – Centre – $2m
- Jurie Matthee (Stormers) – Fly Half – $3m
- Kade Wolhuter (Lions) – Fly Half – $3m
- Ben Murphy (Connacht) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Jarod Cairns (Lions) – Back Row – $2m
- Ben Donnell (Cardiff) – Back Row – $3m
- Samuele Locatelli (Zebre) – Back Row – $2m
- Josh McNally (Cardiff) – Lock – $2m
- Jean Kleyn (Munster) – Lock – $2m
- James Ratti (Ospreys)* – Lock – $2m
- Dewi Lake (Ospreys) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)
- Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)
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