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.
As is the case across the world of sport, Covid has massively disrupted the fixture calendar and currently there are just 4 matches scheduled, Zebre v Bennetton, Cardiff v Scarlets, Ulster v Connacht and Glasgow v Edinburgh. Make sure you keep an eye out for any further postponements.
Expected to go well on SuperBru
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
Please note that Ulster, Connacht, Glasgow and Edinburgh have yet to announce their teams, so tread carefully with their picks…
FRONT ROW
- Boan Venter (Edinburgh) – TBC
- Zander Fagerson (Glasgow) – TBC
- Finlay Bealham (Connacht) – TBC
- Gianmarco Lucchesi (Bennetton)
- Dave Cherry (Glasgow) – TBC
LOCKS
- Richie Gray (Glasgow) – TBC
- Federico Ruzza (Bennetton)
- Jamie Hodgson (Edinburgh) – TBC
- Liam Mitchell (Zebre)*
BACK ROW
- Jack Dempsey (Glasgow) – TBC
- Nick Timoney (Ulster) – TBC
- James Botham (Cardiff)
- Blade Thomson (Scarlets)
- Viliame Mata (Edinburgh) – TBC
SCRUM-HALF
- John Cooney (Ulster) – TBC
- Gareth Daview (Scarlets)
FLY HALF
- Jack Carty (Connacht) – TBC
- Ross Thompson (Glasgow) – TBC
CENTRES
- James Hume (Ulster) – TBC
- Mark Bennett (Edinburgh) – TBC
- Jonathan Davies (Scarlets)
- Kyle Steyn (Glasgow) – TBC
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Darcy Graham (Edinburgh) – TBC
- Monty Ioane (Bennetton)
- Liam Williams (Scarlets)
- Mack Hansen (Connacht) – TBC
- Tommaso Menoncello (Bennetton)
- Josh Adams (Cardiff)
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