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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Please note that Covid is causing a lot of matches to be cancelled, make sure you keep an eye out for cancellations. This article was last updated at 14:00 GMT on the 17th December.
Potential mismatches
The bookies are expecting big wins this week for Toulouse, Racing, Munster and Harlequins so load up. The general expectations for the match results from the bookies are as follows…
Mismatches expected
- Harlequins to beat Cardiff by 33 points
- Munster to beat Castres by 27 points
Comfortable wins expected
- Leicester to beat Connacht by 15 points
- Ulster to beat Northampton by 14 points
Close matches expected
- Exeter to beat Glasgow by 8 points
Matches cancelled (as of 14:00 GMT on the 17th December)
- Racing v Ospreys
- Leinster v Montpellier
- Bath v La Rochelle
- Sale v Clermont
- Scarlets v Bordeaux
- Toulouse v Wasps
- Stade Francais v Bristol
Expected to go well on 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
- Dave Kilcoyne (Munster)
- Niall Scannell (Munster)
- Zander Fagerson (Exeter)
- Nic Dolly (Leicester)
- Rob Herring (Ulster)
LOCKS
- Tadhg Beirne (Munster)
- Sam Skinner (Exeter)*
- Jonny Gray (Exeter)
- Iain Henderson (Ulster)
BACK ROW
- Jack O’Donoghue (Munster)
- Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)
- Nick Timoney (Ulster)
- Duane Vermeulen (Ulster)
- Sam Simmonds (Exeter)
SCRUM-HALF
- Danny Care (Harlequins)
- John Cooney (Ulster)
FLY HALF
- Marcus Smith (Harlequins)
- Joe Simmonds (Exeter)
CENTRES
- Damian De Allende (Munster)
- Joe Marchant (Harlequins)*
- Andre Esterhuizen (Harlequins)
- Stuart McCloskey (Ulster)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Andrew Conway (Munster)
- Tyrone Green (Harlequins)
- Stuart Hogg (Exeter)
- Craig Gilroy (Ulster)
- Josh Adams (Cardiff)
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