Welcome to our latest instalment of our weekly pre-match updates for this year’s inaugural United Rugby Championship. This is 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! The United Rugby Championship is only available on one Fantasy Rugby platform, and that’s SuperBru.
For the first time in many weeks we have a full complement of URC matches. Fingers crossed it stays this way.
Back to the full #URC fixtures 🤩
— United Rugby Championship (URC) (@URCOfficial) January 27, 2022
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Expected to go well on SuperBru
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
FRONT ROW
- Jeremy Loughman (Munster)
- Michael Alaalatoa (Leinster)
- Boan Venter (Edinburgh)
- Thomas du Toit (Sharks)
- Diarmuid Barron (Munster)
- Sean Cronin (Leinster)
- Bongi Mbonambi (Sharks)
LOCKS
- Elrigh Louw (Bulls)*
- Alan O’Connor (Ulster)
- Jean Kleyn (Munster)
- Jeandre Labuschagne (Sharks)*
BACK ROW
- Duane Vermeulen (Ulster)
- Jack Dempsey (Glasgow)
- Jack O’Donoghue (Munster)
- Will Connors (Leinster)
- Marcell Coetzee (Bulls)
SCRUM-HALF
- Nathan Doak (Ulster)
- Luke McGrath (Leinster)
FLY HALF
- Boeta Chamberlain (Sharks)
- Jake Flannery (Munster)
CENTRES
- Lukhanyo Am (Sharks)
- EW Viljoen (Lions)*
- Jimmy O’Brien (Leinster)*
- Rory O’Loughlin (Leinster)*
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Makazole Mapimpi (Sharks)
- Ethan McIlroy (Ulster)
- Aphelele Fassi (Sharks)
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh)
- Craig Gilroy (Ulster)
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