The latest in a series of game overviews to give you the ins and outs of the available games in place for this season’s club competitions. If any new games pop up, please let us know at fantasyrugbygeek@gmail.com or @frugbygeek on Twitter.
Next under the microscope are the Offical United Rugby Championship and Gallagher Premiership Rugby games on Superbru. These games should be familiar to most after last season, you can check the Premiership game here and the URC game here.
THE PREMISE
While Superbru is well known to many Fantasy Rugby fans, the game had a massive reboot last season, and is now a salary cap style game in which you have a budget of £/$100m to build a squad of a 23 players, with one in each field position plus one reserve for each grouping (So your squad is four outside backs, three centres, two fly-halves, two scrum-halves, four loose forwards, three locks, two hookers, three props), unlike some other fantasy rugby games, you do not get any points for the players on your bench (although if one of your starters isn’t playing then your bench players will come on), so choose your starting XV wisely.
You are limited to four players per team, and once the tournament gets underway, you can make four transfers each round on Prem and six transfers on URC (any extra transfers incur a 6 point hit).
Full scoring info is available in-game and looks to be largely the same this season compared to last season.
You are also highly recommended to download the Superbru Rugby mobile app so you can access all their Rugby fantasy and predictor games on the go. You can check it out here for iOS and here for Android.
THE KEY POINTS
- Squad Size: 23
- Team size: 15
- Double scoring captain?: Yes
- Designated Kicker?: Yes (Can’t be the same player as your captain)
- Transfers: 4 free transfers per round on Prem and 6 free transfers per round on URC
- Max players from one team: 4
THE EDGE
Take care of your bench
Unlike some other games, once the gameweek lock has passed, you cannot change your team, and with team announcements for the later matches occurring after the gameweek lock, make sure that you stack your bench well (potentially with guaranteed starters). If a player in your starting line-up doesn’t play in the round at all, but you have a player on the bench in the same positional group who did play, then that player will be subbed in for you. So, for example, an outside back can only be auto subbed in for an outside back etc.
Dodge the internationals
Although it’s tempting to load up with big names, your limited transfers will be better used on guaranteed starters each week of the season so that you don’t find yourself having to make costly multiple transfers when it comes to the stars that will miss big chunks of the season for Internationals. In addition, those who are involved in the Autumn Nations Series and Six Nations will likely need to be rested for a significant period of the season start. In the URC in particular, expect lots and lots of rotation.
Don’t miss the deadline!
You have a small window of time between the Saturday and Sunday squads being announced and the Friday night game kicking off, so make sure you log on in this time to make sure your proposed 23 is actually playing. Keep an eye on the team announcements on the Fantasy Rugby Geek Premiership Twitter List and Fantasy Rugby Geek URC Twitter List to catch the team announcements as they come in.
Out of position players
Players who are categorised in certain positions, but mostly play in others can be great value. Outside backs who generally have a high probability of scoring tries, beating players, breaking the line and carrying for metres are traditionally the highest scorers, so if you can find an Outside Back categorised as a Centre, then load up! Likewise this works well if you can find a Loose Forward categorised as a lock.
Players who like to run with the ball have the potential to score big
With 0.5 points on offer for each 5m covered, you will be well rewarded with players who run the ball in from deep and can take on and beat players, so load your team up with fullbacks and wings who like to run with the ball.
Fan of SuperBru? Have a read of our interview with Hutch, one of the men behind SuperBru, here…
Want to know what it takes to finish the tournament in SuperBru as #1 in the world? Read an interview with a previous Champion here…
Come and join the FRG leagues for 2023/24!
If you back your Fantasy Rugby skills to lead you to glory, then join our public fantasy leagues on SuperBru.
You can join the Premiership Rugby league here and the URC league here.
Good luck!
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