Fantasy Six Nations 2021 Preview – Ireland

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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 Ireland…

Ireland

In a nutshell

Ireland under Andy Farrell in 2020 were hit and miss; comfortably the 3rd placed side in the Northern Hemisphere over the year, but still coming short against France and twice against England in the Six Nations and Autumn Nations Cup.
 
With several key players returning from injury in time for the Six Nations and a good draw with the two front runners in England and France playing at the Aviva, Ireland have every chance of shaking up the predictions and returning to the world beating form they enjoyed in 2018.
 
They remain strong with exceptional fantasy talents all over the park. Despite the injury to Jacob Stockdale, they can still call on tried and tested talents like Garry Ringrose, Jordan Larmour and CJ Stander as well as those newer to the international scene in James Lowe, Caelan Doris and Hugo Keenan. As always, the Irish will a base fruitful for talent to build your fantasy teams around. 

Current World Ranking

5th (As of the 7th December 2020)

Performance in the 2020 Six Nations

3rd

Odds on winning Six Nations 2021

7/2 (3rd)

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

Winners x 4 (including 2 Grand Slams)

Most likely to make a fantasy impact

Jordan Larmour (Outside Back – Leinster)

Key players to consider

Andrew Porter (Prop – Leinster), Tadhg Beirne (Lock – Munster) Iain Henderson (Lock – Ulster), James Ryan (Lock – Leinster), CJ Stander (Loose Forward – Munster), Caelan Doris (Loose Forward – Leinster), Conor Murray (Scrum Half – Munster), Johnny Sexton (Fly Half – Leinster), Bundee Aki (Centre – Connacht), Robbie Henshaw (Centre – Leinster), Garry Ringrose (Centre – Leinster), Keith Earls (Centre/Outside Back – Munster), Jordan Larmour (Outside Back – Leinster), Andrew Conway (Outside Back – Munster), James Lowe (Outside Back – Leinster)

Top Performers in 2020 Six Nations

  • Most Points: Johnny Sexton (51 points)
  • Most Tries: Johnny Sexton, Robbie Henshaw & Hugo Keenan (2 tries each)
  • Most Assists: Conor Murray (6 assists)
  • Successful Kicks: Johnny Sexton (17 successful kicks)
  • Most Metres Carried: Jacob Stockdale (423m carried)
  • Most Defenders Beaten: Jacob Stockdale (16 defenders beaten)
  • Most Clean Breaks: Jacob Stockdale (8 clean breaks)
  • Most offloads: Hugo Keenan (5 offloads)
  • Most Successful tackles: James Ryan (57 tackles)

Full squad for Round 1

Likely Kickers

Successful kicks from Ireland kickers since September 1st 2018…

Kits

   

Ireland’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, 3pm GMT – Wales v Ireland – Principality Stadium
  • Round 2 – Sunday February 14th, 3pm GMT – Ireland v France – Aviva Stadium
  • Round 3 – Saturday February 27th, 2:15pm GMT – Italy v Ireland – Stadio Olimpico
  • Round 4 – Sunday March 14th, 3pm GMT – Scotland v Ireland – Murrayfield
  • Round 5 – Saturday March 20th, 4:45pm GMT – Ireland v England – Aviva Stadium

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Fantasy Rugby Games for the 2021 Six Nations

A summary of the top games that you can play fantasy rugby for the 2021 Six Nations…

Pre-tournament articles

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