Welcome to 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.
Make sure you come back every weekend before finalising your lineups!
Potential mismatches
As things stand, a full set of matches again. Here are the projected lines…
- Sale to beat Worcester by 11 points
- Gloucester to beat Newcastle by 9 points
- Harlequins to beat London Irish by 7 points
- Exeter to beat Bristol by 5 points
- Wasps to beat Bath by 4 points
- Leicester to beat Northampton by 3 points
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
- Kyle Sinckler (Bristol)
- Val Rapava Ruskin (Gloucester)
- Wilco Louw (Harlequins)
- Will Stuart (Bath)
- Jack Singleton (Gloucester)
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter)
- Cameron Neild (Sale)*
LOCKS
- Jonny Hill (Exeter)
- Rob Simmons (London Irish)
- Dave Ribbans (Northampton)
- Sam Skinner (Exeter)*
BACK ROW
- Dan Du Preez (Sale)
- Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
- Ruan Ackermann (Gloucester)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Thomas Young (Wasps)
- Zach Mercer (Bath)
SCRUM-HALF
- Danny Care (Harlequins)
- Andy Uren (Bristol)
- Dan Robson (Wasps)
FLY HALF
- AJ McGinty (Sale)
- Joe Simmonds (Exeter)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
CENTRES
- Chris Harris (Gloucester)
- Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins)
- Piers O’Connor (Bristol)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
- Will Muir (Bath)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Stuart Hogg (Exeter)
- Max Malins (Bristol)*
- Byron McGuigan (Sale)
- Lous Rees-Zammit (Gloucester)
- Tyrone Green (Harlequins)
- Jonny May (Gloucester)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
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!
- Niyi Adeolokun – OB – Bristol
- Jake Heenan – LF – Bristol
- Sam Skinner – L – Exeter*
- Stephen Varney – HB – Gloucester
- Kyle Moyle – OB – Gloucester
- Tom Curry – LF – Sale
- Lloyd Evans – FH – Gloucester
- Orlando Bailey – FH – Bath
- Kobus Van Wyk – OB – Leicester
- Simon Hammersley – OB – Sale
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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