Fantasy Six Nations Bulletin: How are the fantasy games dealing with the restart…

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Hard to believe it, but after 7 months of waiting, since Scotland’s shock 28-17 victory over France, the 2020 Six Nations is set to resume! A quick reminder where we stand, all Round 5 games are still to be played, and one remaining Round 4 game, Ireland v Italy, is still to be played. The table looks like this…

But with the tournament currently frozen mid-Round, how are the various games dealing with the restart? Here’s a quick summary of the statements that the games have been making (not all games have confirmed their position as of yet, so I will update this as the week goes on.)…

The Rugby Magazine

The Rugby Mag will be resuming as if Round 4 was in progress, so when you log in you will see the gameweek live with the scores from England v Wales and Scotland v France and with the Irish and Italian players yet to score. You are free to make unlimited changes to the Irish and Italian players ahead of this weekend’s game, and then ahead of Round 5 you will be free to make unlimited changes again. Official statement from The Rugby Magazine…

The Irish Times

On Thursday we received confirmation that they will be treating Ireland v Italy as a Round 5 game (potential with Italy and Ireland having a “double game week”, it is also confirmed that they will be offering 8 transfers ahead of Ireland v Italy…

Superbru

“Round 5” on Superbru will be Ireland v Italy only and then there will be a further “Round 6” for Wales v Scotland, Italy v England & France v Ireland. Ahead of this weekend there are unlimited transfers and you will be allowed 8 players from each team…

ESPN

The ESPN game was a bit shambolic since the start of the tournament and, in news that will be of little disappointment to most, they have confirmed that the game officially ended after the Scotlan v France game and there will be no further continuation of their fantasy game after the restart.

The Official Game

There has been no official statement from the Official Six Nations game as yet, and we await further information…

Come back to the FRG blog at around 3pm GMT on Friday for the full Round 4 (Part 2!) picks. Good luck this weekend all and stay safe!

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Fantasy Rugby Games for the 2020 Six Nations

A summary of the top games that you can play fantasy rugby for the 2020 Six Nations (some of these are currently unconfirmed so may not have 6 Nations games live)…

  • The Rugby Magazine – Stats rich fantasy game for the purist rugby fan – Check out our 2020 review here
  • ESPN – A classic and straightforward Six Nations fantasy game – Check out our 2020 review here
  • SuperBru – An old favourite with fantasy rugby among other games and sports – Check out our 2020 review here
  • The Irish Times – Salary cap game with a €3000 top prize – Check out our 2020 review here
  • The Official Six Nations Fantasy Game – A salary cap game brought to you by the Official Six Nations organisers – Check out our 2020 review here

Pre-tournament articles

In case you missed any of our other pre-Six Nations articles, make sure you check out the following to help guide your pre-tournament preparations…

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