Into the final midweek session of this year’s rescheduled Premiership matches! Round 21 is particularly weird with one match taking place last week (an unbelievable comeback from Bath against Gloucester), one match on Monday night, one on Tuesday night and the remaining three on Wednesday.
As with the previous midweek rounds, there will be no Fantasy Rugby Draft coverage for Round 21, so if you are here for FRD tips, you can stand down and get preparing for Round 22 if you are fortunate enough to be in a final (or unfortunate enough to be in a sacko final). If you are playing in The Rugby Magazine, then read on!
Despite the fact that one game has already been played, you can still edit the players your team who have yet to play up until the kick-off (i.e. you won’t be able to edit any Bath or Gloucester players locked in your lineup, but you can edit all other players until their kick-off time). At the time of publishing only 2 out of 5 of this week’s matches have had their teams announced, so there is a bit of guesswork involved in these tips. Check in again after Wednesday’s lineups are announced at 12:00 BST on the 29th September.
This is a bonus midweek FRG weekly tips. For those new to FRG, the weekly pre-match tips are where we analyse the weekend’s lineups, crunch the stats and see what the bookies are thinking to help you optimise your lineups for peak performance this weekend! By the time you finish this article you should have all the insight you need to score big fantasy points this weekend.
Make sure you come back every weekend before finalising your lineups!
Expected to go well on The Rugby Magazine
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
Recommended The Rugby Magazine captain pick in bold
FRONT ROW
- Wilco Louw (Harlequins)
- Ben Harris (Wasps)
- Coenie Oosthuizen (Sale)
- Ethan Waller (Worcester) – TBC
- Sam Matavesi (Northampton)
- Tom Cruse (Wasps)
- Tom Woolstencroft (Saracens) – TBC
LOCKS
- James Gaskell (Wasps)
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (Sale)
- Will Rowlands (Wasps)
- Dave Ribbans (Northampton)
- Anton Bresler (Worcester) – TBC
BACK ROW
- Jack Willis (Wasps)
- Dan Du Preez (Sale)
- Tom Willis (Wasps)
- Sean Adendorff (Northampton)
- Ted Hill (Worcester) – TBC
SCRUM-HALF
- Faf De Klerk (Sale)
- Dan Robson (Wasps)
- Francois Hougaard (Worcester) – TBC
FLY HALF
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- Dan Biggar (Northampton)
- Duncan Weir (Worcester) – TBC
CENTRES
- Ollie Lawrence (Worcester) – TBC
- Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
- Rohan Janse Van Rensburg (Sale)*
- Rory Hutchison (Northampton)
- Henry Purdy (Bristol) – TBC
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Luke James (Sale)
- Zach Kibirige (Wasps)
- Matteo Minozzi (Wasps)
- Chris Ashton (Harlequins)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol) – TBC
- Josh Hodge (Exeter) – TBC
- Melani Nanai (Worcester) – TBC
Premiership Rugby Injury News
Gaining reliable Injury news for the Premiership is extremely difficult, and while we don’t have a database of the latest injuries at Fantasy Rugby Geek, we would highly recommend The Rugby Magazine’s injuries page which remains the most exhaustive source of Premiership injury news that can be found. Details of this and many other useful Fantasy Rugby resources can be found at our Resources page.
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