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…
- Benetton to beat Zebre by 15 points
- Leinster to beat Connacht by 13 points
- Glasgow to beat Edinburgh by 10 points
- Sharks to beat Bulls by 5 points
- Cardiff to beat Dragons by 5 points
- Ospreys to beat Scarlets by 4 points
- Stormers to beat Lions by 2 points
- Ulster to beat Munster by 1 point
Please note that Dragons v Cardiff, which takes place on the 26th December is considered part of this round (Round 8). Also worth noting that Bulls and Lions are on a Bye in Round 9.
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)
- Mirco Spagnolo (Benetton)
- Zander Fagerson (Glasgow)
- Wilco Louw (Bulls)
- Denis Buckley (Connacht)
HOOKERS
- Johnny Matthews (Glasgow)
- Gus McCarthy (Leinster)
- Akker van der Merwe (Bulls)
LOCKS
- Sam Lousi (Scarlets)
- RG Snyman (Leinster)
- Scott Cummings (Glasgow)
- Cobus Wiese (Bulls)*
- Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers)*
BACK ROW
- Taine Plumtree (Scarlets)
- Paul Boyle (Connacht)
- Francke Horn (Lions)
- Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)
- Matt Fagerson (Glasgow)
- Jack Conan (Leinster)
- Gavin Coombes (Munster)
SCRUM-HALF
- Embrose Papier (Benetton)
- George Horne (Glasgow)
- Alessandro Garbisi (Benetton)
FLY HALF
- Tom Jordan (Glasgow)
- Ross Byrne (Leinster)
- Tomas Albornoz (Benetton)
CENTRES
- Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks)
- Tom Farrell (Munster)
- Suleiman Hartzenberg (Stormers)*
- Huw Jones (Glasgow)
- Jordie Barrett (Leinster)
- Nacho Brex (Benetton)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Kyle Rowe (Glasgow)
- Rhyno Smith (Benetton)
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Edinburgh)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Mike Haley (Munster)
- 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…
- Daniel Kasende (Ospreys) – Outside Back – $3m
- Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Cardiff) – Outside Back – $3m – TBC
- Harri Millard (Cardiff) – Centre* – $2m – TBC
- Shane Jennings (Connacht) – Centre* – $2m
- Jude Postlethwaite (Ulster) – Centre – $2m
- Charlie Tector (Leinster) – Fly Half – $3m
- Giacomo Da Re (Zebre) – Fly Half – $3m
- Jaden Hendrikse (Sharks) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Ben Murphy (Connacht) – Scrum Half – $2m
- Jarod Cairns (Lions) – Back Row – $2m
- Josh Macleod (Scarlets) – Back Row – $2m
- Paul Boyle (Connacht) – Back Row – $2m
- Jack Mann (Glasgow) – Back Row – $2m
- Dave Heffernan (Connacht) – Hooker – $2m
- Marnus van der Merwe (Scarlets) – Hooker – $2m
- Gus McCarthy (Leinster) – Hooker – $2m
Recommended Captain Picks
This week I’d suggest the following as Captain Pick options…
- Kyle Rowe (Glasgow)
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)
- Rhyno Smith (Benetton)
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