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 bookies are expecting big wins this week for Leinster, Toulouse, Exeter and La Rochelle so load up. The general expectations for the match results from the bookies are as follows…
Mismatches expected
- Leinster to beat Bath by 31 points
- Toulouse to beat Cardiff by 20 points
Comfortable wins expected
- Exeter to beat Montpellier by 19 points
- La Rochelle to beat Glasgow by 14 points
Close matches expected
- Wasps to beat Munster by 6 points
- Connacht to beat Stade Francais by 6 points
- Clermont to beat Ulster by 5 points
- Bordeaux to beat Leicester by 5 points
- Harlequins to beat Castres by 3 points
- Sale to beat Ospreys by 2 points
- Racing to beat Northampton by 1 point
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
- Tadhg Furlong (Leinster)
- Ellis Genge (Leicester)
- Andrew Porter (Leinster)
- Alec Hepburn (Exeter)
- Peato Mauvaka (Toulouse)
- Ronan Kelleher (Leinster)
- Alfie Barbeary (Wasps)*
LOCKS
- Ryan Baird (Leinster)
- Thibaut Flament (Toulouse)
- Will Skelton (La Rochelle)
- Jonny Hill (Exeter)
- Lood de Jager (Sale)
BACK ROW
- Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
- Selevasio Tolofua (Toulouse)
- Gregory Alldritt (La Rochelle)
- Caelan Doris (Leinster)
- Tom Willis (Wasps)
- Peceli Yato (Clermont)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)
- Tawera Kerr Barlow (La Rochell)
- Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster)
FLY HALF
- Harry Byrne (Leinster)
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- Romain Ntamack (Toulouse)
CENTRES
- Garry Ringrose (Leinster)
- Virimi Vakatawa (Racing)
- Sofiane Guitone (Toulouse)
- Levani Botia (La Rochelle)
- Henry Slade (Exeter)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Tom O’Flaherty (Exeter)
- Matthis Lebel (Toulouse)
- James Lowe (Leinster)
- Hugo Keenan (Leinster)
- Stuart Hogg (Exeter)
- Brice Dulin (La Rochelle)
- Alivereti Raka (Clermont)
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