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
- Exeter to beat La Rochelle by 28 points
- Munster to beat Ospreys by 25 points
- Ulster to beat Bath by 24 points
- Leinster to beat Benetton by 19 points
Comfortable wins expected
- Toulouse to beat Gloucester by 15 points
- Saracens to beat Racing by 13 points
- Clermont to beat Harlequins by 12 points
- Montpellier to beat Connacht by 12 points
Close matches expected
- Northampton to beat Lyon by 6 points
- Glasgow 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
- Cian Healy (Leinster)
- Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
- Andrew Porter (Leinster)
- Alec Hepburn (Exeter)
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter)
- Rob Herring (Ulster)
- Sean Cronin (Leinster)
LOCKS
- Alan O’Connor (Ulster)
- James Ryan (Leinster)
- Iain Henderson (Ulster)
- Artur Itturia (Clermont)*
- Maro Itoje (Saracens)
- Leone Nakawara (Racing 92)*
BACK ROW
- Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
- Max Deegan (Leinster)
- Josh van der Flier (Leinster)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Grégory Alldritt (La Rochelle)
- Jordi Murphy (Ulster)
SCRUM-HALF
- John Cooney (Ulster)
- Cobus Reinach (Northampton)
- Morgan Parra (Clermont)
FLY HALF
- Owen Farrell (Saracens)
- Ross Byrne (Leinster)
- Joe Simmonds (Exeter)
CENTRES
- Garry Ringrose (Leinster)
- Stuart McCloskey (Ulster)
- JJ Hanrahan (Munster)
- Robbie Henshaw (Leinster)
- Elliot Daly (Saracens)*
- Damian Penaud (Clermont)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Thomas Ramos (Toulouse)
- Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- George Furbank (Northampton)
- Stuart Hogg (Exeter)
- Jordan Larmour (Leinster)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (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!
- Mako Vunipola – P – Saracens
- Apisai Naqalevu – M – Clermont
- Yoan Tanga – LF – Racing 92
- Andrew Porter – P – Leinster
- Vincent Koch – P – Saracens
- George Furbank – OB – Northampton
- Louis Dupichot – OB – Racing 92
- Alexandre Fischer – LF – Clermont
- Jake Polledri – LF – Gloucester
- Gregory Alldritt – LF – La Rochelle
- Arthur Bonneval – OB – Toulouse
- Teddy Baubigny – H – Racing 92
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