Our latest instalment of our weekly pre-match updates 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.
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Potential mismatches
As things stand, a full set of matches again. Here are the projected lines…
- Leicester to beat Newcastle by 8 points
- Gloucester to beat Exeter by 6 points
- Northampton to beat Worcester by 6 points
- Bristol to beat Harlequins by 5 points
- Bath to beat London Irish by 4 points
- Wasps to beat Sale by 1 point
Expected to go well on Fantasy Rugby Draft and The Rugby Magazine
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
FRONT ROW
- Ellis Genge (Leicester)
- John Afoa (Bristol)
- Alex Waller (Northampton)
- Wilco Louw (Harlequins)
- Bryan Byrne (Bristol)
- Alfie Barbeary (Wasps)*
- Akker Van Der Merwe (Sale)
LOCKS
- Chris Vui (Bristol)
- Dave Ribbans (Northampton)
- Ben Donnell (London Irish)*
- Matias Alemanno (Gloucester)
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (Sale)
BACK ROW
- Jasper Wiese (Leicester)
- Ben Earl (Bristol)
- Steven Luatua (Bristol)
- Zach Mercer (Bath)
- Teimana Harrison (Northampton)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Daniel Du Preez (Sale)
SCRUM-HALF
- Andy Uren (Bristol)
- Ben Spencer (Bath)
- Alex Mitchell (Northampton)
FLY HALF
- George Ford (Leicester)
- Callum Sheedy (Bristol)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
CENTRES
- Will Muir (Bath)*
- Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester)
- Semi Radradra (Bristol)
- Jonathan Joseph (Bath)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Kini Murimurivalu (Leicester)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester)
- Luke Morahan (Bristol)
- Jonny May (Gloucester)
- Anthony Watson (Bath)
- Siva Naulago (Bristol)
- Tyrone Green (Harlequins)
Value Fantasy Rugby Draft Free Agent Pick-ups
Please note that not all of these players may be available as free agents in your leagues, but if they are, then move quickly!
- Orlando Bailey – FH – Bath
- Raffi Quirke – HB – Sale
- Ashley Beck – M – Worcester
- Ollie Sleightholme – OB – Northampton
- Ben Donnell – L – Lonon Irish
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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