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
The general expectations for the match results from the bookies are as follows…
Mismatches expected
- Racing to beat Ospreys by 15 points
Comfortable wins expected
- Lyon to beat Bennetton by 9 points
- Ulster to beat Harlequins by 11 points
- Gloucester to beat Connacht by 8 points
- Toulouse to beat Montpellier by 11 points
Close matches expected
- Clermont to beat Bath by 5 points
- Leinster to beat Northampton by 6 points
- La Rochelle to beat Glasgow by 4 points
- Munster to beat Saracens by 2 points
- Exeter to beat Sale by 4 points
Expected to go well on Fantasy Rugby Draft and Superbru
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
Recommended Superbru captain pick in bold
FRONT ROW
- Eddy Ben Arous (Racing 92)
- Cian Healy (Leinster)
- Val Rapava Ruskin (Gloucester)
- Rob Herring (Ulster)
- Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
- Julien Marchand (Toulouse)
LOCKS
- Artur Iturria (Clermont)
- James Ryan (Leinster)
- Iain Henderson (Ulster)
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)*
- Jonny Hill (Exeter)
BACK ROW
- Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
- Marcell Coetzee (Ulster)
- Josh van der Flier (Leinster)
- Jake Polledri (Gloucester)
- CJ Stander (Munster)
- Wenceslas Lauret (Racing 92)
- Jerome Kaino (Toulouse)
SCRUM-HALF
- John Cooney (Ulster)
- Cobus Reinach (Northampton)
- Maxime Machenaud (Racing)
FLY HALF
- Finn Russell (Racing 92)
- Johnny Sexton (Leinster)
- Joe Simmonds (Exeter)
CENTRES
- Garry Ringrose (Leinster)
- George Moala (Clermont)
- Keith Earls (Munster)*
- Stuart McCloskey (Ulster)
- Ian Whitten (Exeter)*
- Charlie Ngatai (Lyon)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
- Stuart Hogg (Exeter)
- Teddy Thomas (Racing 92)
- Alivereti Raka (Clermont)
- Juan Imhoff (Racing 92)
- 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!
- Caelan Doris – LF – Leinster
- Ian Whitten – M – Exeter
- Carl Fearns – LF – Lyon
- Antonie Claasen – LF – Racing
- Henry Chavancy – M – Racing
- Michele Campagnaro – M – Harlequins
- Boris Palu – LF – Racing
- Wenceslas Lauret – LF – Racing
- Julien Marchand – H – Toulouse
- Luke Marshall – M – Ulster
- Richard Barrington – P – Saracens
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