Fantasy Six Nations 2021 Preview – Wales

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With Saturday 6th February 2021 fast approaching, it’s time to delve a bit deeper into this year’s potential fantasy Six Nations stars. So over the next two weeks FRG is providing a quick preview of all the teams from a fantasy perspective. Today we look at Wales…

Wales

In a nutshell

Having had a stellar 2019, taking home a Grand Slam, reaching the pinnacle of the World Rankings and reaching the semi-fials of the Rugby World Cup, 2020 was the year that Wales came crashing down to earth. Wales encountered their worst year of results in living memory, playing 10 and only winning 3 (Twice against Italy and once against Georgia).
 
Despite this, Wales are not to be underestimated. When it was clear that the Six Nations was not to be theirs, they took the opportunity in the rest of 2020 to rebuild and blood some impressive new talents in the form of Louis Rees-Zammit, Callum Sheedy, Shane
Lewis-Hughes, Kieran Hardy, Johnny Williams and James Botham. You can expect to see more of these in the 2021 Six Nations as well as Nick Tompkins, who enjoyed an explosive start to his international career in 2020.

Current World Ranking

9th (As of the 7th December 2020)

Performance in the 2020 Six Nations

5th

Odds on winning Six Nations 2021

12/1 (4th)

Six Nations History (Since start of Six Nations in 2000)

Winners x 5 (including 4 Grand Slams)

Most likely to make a fantasy impact

Justin Tipuric (Loose Forward – Ospreys)

Key players to consider

Alun Wyn Jones (Lock – Ospreys), Justin Tipuric (Loose Forward – Ospreys), Aaron Wainwright (Loose Forward – Dragons), Gareth Davies (Scrum Half – Scarlets), Dan Biggar (Fly Half – Northampton Saints), Nick Tompkins (Centre – Dragons), George North (Outside Back – Ospreys), Louis Rees-Zammit (Outside Back – Gloucester), Josh Adams (Outside Back – Cardiff Blues)

Top Performers in 2020 Six Nations

  • Most Points: Dan Biggar (49 points)
  • Most Tries: Josh Adams and Justin Tipuric (3 tries each)
  • Most Assists: Dan Biggar and Rhys Webb (3 assists each)
  • Successful Kicks: Dan Biggar (16 successful kicks)
  • Most Metres Carried: Nick Tompkins (234m carried)
  • Most Defenders Beaten: Nick Tompkins (24 defenders beaten)
  • Most Clean Breaks: Nick Tompkins and Tomos Williams (7 clean breaks each)
  • Most offloads: Nick Tompkins and Jonny McNicholl (6 offloads each)
  • Most Successful tackles: Alun Wyn Jones (67 tackles made)

Full squad for Round 1

Likely Kickers

Successful kicks from Wales kickers since September 1st 2018…

  

Kits

 

Wales’s kit can be purchased here at Lovell Rugby (*Full disclosure, this is an affiliate link, so FRG will earn a small commission if kits are purchased through this link)

Full list of Matches

  • Round 1 – Sunday February 7th, 3:00pm GMT – Wales v Ireland – Principality Stadium
  • Round 2 – Saturday February 13th, 4:45pm GMT – Scotland v Wales – Murrayfield
  • Round 3 – Saturday February 27th, 4:45pm GMT – Wales v England – Principality Stadium
  • Round 4 – Saturday March 13th, 2:15pm GMT – Italy v Wales – Stadio Olimpico
  • Round 5 – Saturday March 20th, 8pm GMT – France v Wales – Stade De France

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Fantasy Rugby Games for the 2021 Six Nations

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Pre-tournament articles

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