Fantasy Premiership Rugby returns for 2024-25
The 2024-25 Premiership Rugby season begins this week and we're set for quite a double header on Friday night to kick things off as Newcastle take on Bristol and Bath host Northampton Saints in a repeat of last season's final.
Of course, Northampton Saints were victorious at Twickenham back in June with a 25-21 win. That game capped off a season that saw us introduce a Fantasy Premiership Rugby game for the first time here on Superbru Rugby, and we're excited for the return of the fantasy game for this fresh campaign.
First of all, if you're new to Superbru for this 2024-25 season and would like to know more about how to play our fantasy rugby game, click here to view the information pages if you're on web or, if you're on the Superbru Rugby app, simply head to the fantasy tab and you'll see a 'How to play' button in the top right corner of the screen when selecting your squad. That section has all you need to know.
Those of you that played last year may have already noticed that there's been a number of player price changes this year, reflecting their performances in the debut season of our game.
To help you out with your initial squad for this season, here's a reminder of how each team did in 2023-24 along with their top fantasy performers.
Remember, this is a fresh campaign so it's quite possible that new names emerge and there's bound to be some bargain buys that prove to be the difference between winning and losing your private league, but there's also no doubt that some of these tried and tested names will be racking up some big scores in Fantasy Premiership Rugby again this year.
Here's an overview of how each team performed last year, going through each club in alphabetical order:
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Most expensive player in Fantasy Premiership Rugby 2024-25:
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Most expensive player in Fantasy Premiership Rugby 2024-25:
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Most expensive player in Fantasy Premiership Rugby 2024-25:
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
Most expensive player in Fantasy Premiership Rugby 2024-25:
Of course, Northampton Saints were victorious at Twickenham back in June with a 25-21 win. That game capped off a season that saw us introduce a Fantasy Premiership Rugby game for the first time here on Superbru Rugby, and we're excited for the return of the fantasy game for this fresh campaign.
First of all, if you're new to Superbru for this 2024-25 season and would like to know more about how to play our fantasy rugby game, click here to view the information pages if you're on web or, if you're on the Superbru Rugby app, simply head to the fantasy tab and you'll see a 'How to play' button in the top right corner of the screen when selecting your squad. That section has all you need to know.
Those of you that played last year may have already noticed that there's been a number of player price changes this year, reflecting their performances in the debut season of our game.
To help you out with your initial squad for this season, here's a reminder of how each team did in 2023-24 along with their top fantasy performers.
Remember, this is a fresh campaign so it's quite possible that new names emerge and there's bound to be some bargain buys that prove to be the difference between winning and losing your private league, but there's also no doubt that some of these tried and tested names will be racking up some big scores in Fantasy Premiership Rugby again this year.
Here's an overview of how each team performed last year, going through each club in alphabetical order:
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Finn Russell (Flyhalf) - 271.5pts
- Will Muir (Outside Back) - 213.5pts
- Alfie Barbeary (Back row) - 193.5pts
- Finn Russell (Flyhalf) - £10m
- Sam Underhill (Back row) - 15% popularity
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Gabriel Ibitoye (Outside Back) - 273pts
- Magnus Bradbury* (Back row) - 215pts
- Benhard Janse van Rensburg (Centre) - 205pts
Most expensive player in Fantasy Premiership Rugby 2024-25:
- Gabriel Ibitoye (Outside Back) - £10m
- Ellis Genge (Prop) - 20% popularity
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Henry Slade (Centre) - 255.5pts
- Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Outside Back) - 204.5pts
- Jacques Vermeulen (Back row) - 183.5pts
- Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Outside Back) - £9m
- Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Outside Back) - 17% popularity
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Zach Mercer (Back row) - 184pts
- Jack Clement (Back row) - 162pts
- Ollie Thorley (Outside Back) - 130.5pts
- Zach Mercer (Back row)/Christian Wade (Outside Back) - both £7m
- Santiago Carreras (Outside Back)/Gareth Anscombe (Flyhalf) - both 6% popularity
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Alex Dombrandt (Back row) - 256.5pts
- Tyrone Green (Outside Back) - 234.5pts
- Marcus Smith (Flyhalf) - 231pts
- Marcus Smith (Flyhalf) - £10m
- Fin Baxter (Prop) - 18% popularity
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Jasper Wiese* (Back row) - 212pts
- Freddie Steward (Outside Back) - 178.5pts
- Handre Pollard (Flyhalf) - 170.5pts
Most expensive player in Fantasy Premiership Rugby 2024-25:
- Handre Pollard (Flyhalf) - £9m
- Ollie Chessum (Lock) - 17% popularity
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Adam Radwan (Outside Back) - 158.5pts
- Jamie Blamire (Hooker) - 133pts
- Callum Chick (Back row) - 129.5pts
- Adam Radwan (Outside Back) - £7m
- Junior Newton (Flyhalf) - 14% popularity
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Fin Smith (Flyhalf) - 274.5pts
- Ollie Sleightholme (Outside Back) - 257.5pts
- Tommy Freeman (Outside Back) - 227pts
- Ollie Sleightholme (Outside Back)/Fin Smith (Flyhalf) - both £10m
- Alex Mitchell (Scrumhalf) - 14% popularity
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Tom Roebuck (Outside Back) - 209pts
- Robert du Preez (Flyhalf)* - 197pts
- Joe Carpenter (Outside Back) - 196.5pts
Most expensive player in Fantasy Premiership Rugby 2024-25:
- George Ford (Flyhalf) - £9m
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (Hooker) - 14% popularity
Top fantasy performers in 2023-24 (most points):
- Juan Martin Gonzalez (Back row) - 198.5pts
- Tom Willis (Back row) - 193.5pts
- Owen Farrell* (Flyhalf) - 182.5pts
Most expensive player in Fantasy Premiership Rugby 2024-25:
- Juan Martin Gonzalez (Back row) - £9m
- Ben Earl (Back row) - 19% popularity
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Very restrictive at 100k
Any thoughts to increasing it.
Or like the transfers if you exceed it points are taken off.
Good luck with yr theory 19 Sep 11:28
100K budget they going to lose brus.
Either let the bench also score half points at least or only pay half the amount for them.
with a 100k make the transfers 6 then, don't know why only 4, because rugby Championship only have 4 teams with 6 transfers. the URC and Premier league they changing allot more player also, with other competition and six nation during the season.
Who is relatively under-priced? Who only gets 'alright' points but is at least a regular starter and not prone to 'injured in warm-up-ness'? Adding more transfers would also be 'dumbing it down'. Bench budgets are crucial as is planning say 3 rounds ahead. Just give yourselves an extra 15-30 mins to pick compared to everyone just picking the same 'household names' as in the past.