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
5 matches set to go ahead with the news today that Newcastle v Northampton has been cancelled. With many players now away on Six Nations duty, the playing field has been seriously levelled and as a result we are seeing the form book being thrown out of the window, so tread carefully. Here are the projected lines…
- Exeter to beat London Irish by 11 points
- Sale to beat Bath by 10 points
- Harlequins to beat Leicester by 9 points
- Bristol to beat Gloucester by 8 points
- Wasps to beat Worcester by 5 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
- Tom Dunn (Bath)
- Bryan Byrne (Bristol)
- Julian Montoya (Leicester)
- John Afoa (Bristol)
- Harry Williams (Exeter)
- Tom West (Wasps)
- Coenie Ooosthuizen (Sale)
LOCKS
- Jean-Luc Du Preez (Sale)*
- Chris Vui (Bristol)
- Sam Skinner (Exeter)
- Ben Donnell (London Irish)*
BACK ROW
- Dan Du Preez (Sale)
- Zach Mercer (Bath)
- Nathan Hughes (Bristol)
- Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Tom Willis (Wasps)
- Ted Hill (Worcester)
SCRUM-HALF
- Ben Spencer (Bath)
- Danny Care (Harlequins)
- Andy Uren (Bristol)
FLY HALF
- Joe Simmonds (Exeter)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- Rob Du Preez (Sale)
CENTRES
- Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester)*
- Tom Roebuck (Sale)*
- Piers O’Connor (Bristol)
- Jimmy Gopperth (Wasps)
- Tom Hendricksen (Exeter)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Ioan Lloyd (Bristol)*
- Byron McGuigan (Sale)
- Charles Piutau (Bristol)
- Tom O’Flahery (Exeter)
- Zach Kibirige (Wasps)
- Luke Morahan (Bristol)
- Ollie Thorley (Gloucester)
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!
- Tom Roebuck – M – Sale
- Josh Hodge – OB – Exeter
- Tom Henrickson – M – Exeter
- Ted Hill – LF – Worcester
- Francois Venter – M – Worcester
- Ben Donnell – L – London Irish
- Kini Murimurivalu – OB – Leicester
- Richard Capstick – LF – Exeter
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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FRG on the Fantasy Rugby Yanks podcast
ICYMI FRG had the honour of joining Jarrod and Ben, the Fantasy Rugby Yanks, on Episode 100 of #TRFY. We sank some beers and chatted All Time XV’s and the TFRY back story, give it a watch below or download it on all the usual Podcast spots…
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