SANZAAR has revealed the creation of the Fantasy Rugby Championship for the 2025 season.
Following the success of the Super Rugby Pacific edition, users will get the chance to build a squad and battle it out with friends, family and on the global leaderboard.
The format follows a similar structure to the Super Rugby Pacific format, albeit with a few tweaks.
There will be a budget of $100m to build a team consisting of 15 players, with average prices of players increasing to make decisions even tougher to nail down a team.
A minimum of three and a maximum of six from any Rugby Championship nation must be selected in each fantasy team.
Also, 50-22 has been introduced as a new scoring play, with any successful kick worth 10 points.
This is the second highest scoring play for an individual, only behind scoring a try (15).
Springboks flyer Cheslin Kolbe and All Blacks star Will Jordan are the most valued players in the competition with $10 million.
Beauden Barrett is the highest valued flyhalf with $9.5 million, with Kurt-Lee Arendse closely behind at $9 million.
For Australia, Tom Wright is the most valuable player at $8.5 million, with Argentina flyhalf Tomás Albornoz the best for Los Pumas at $8 million.
As in Super Rugby Pacific Fantasy, there will be unlimited transfers across the entire competition, with three boosters also available.
They are the following:
- Triple Captain – Your captain will score you triple points for their next match.
- Limitless – You will have an unlimited budget for one round only.
- Co-Captains – For one round only, you will be able to select two captains to score double points.
Fantasy Rugby Championship will implement a rolling lockout mechanic whereby players will become locked as soon as their team plays in the current round.
