Welcome to our latest instalment of our weekly pre-match updates for the Guinness 2021 Six Nations where we analyse the weekend’s lineups, crunch the stats and see what the bookies are thinking to help you optimise your lineups for peak performance this weekend! By the time you finish this article you should have all the insight you need to score big fantasy points this weekend.
What will go down…
Into the penultimate round of this year’s Six Nations and both France and Wales will be gunning to continue their path to the Grand Slam. The bookies are expecting Wales to make light work of Italy, while England v France and Scotland v Ireland are expected to be very tight affairs.
The handicap lines given by the bookies are as follows…
- Wales to beat Italy by 26 points
- England to beat France by 2 points
- Scotland to beat Ireland by 2 points
Top 10 most likely to score (Odds via Paddy Power)
- 1 – Josh Adams (Wales) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 1.53
- 2 – Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 1.67
- 3= – Liam Williams (Wales) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 1.91
- 3= – George North (Wales) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 1.91
- 5 – James Lowe (Ireland) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.6
- 6 – Duhan Van Der Merwe (Scotland) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.63
- 7= – Teddy Thomas (France) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.88
- 7= – Keith Earls (Ireland) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.88
- 9 – Jonny May (England) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 3
- 10= – Gareth Davies (Wales) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 3.1
- 10= – Tipuric, Justin (Wales) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 3.1
- 10= – Faletau, Taulupe (Wales) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 3.1
- 10= – Owens (Wales) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 3.1
Expected to go well
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
HOOKERS
- Rob Herring (Ireland)
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (England)
PROPS
- Kyle Sinckler (England)
- Wyn Jones (Wales)
- Cian Healy (Ireland)
LOCKS
- Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)*
- Cory Hill (Wales)
- Paul Willemse (France)
BACK ROW
- Justin Tipuric (Wales)
- Taulupe Faletau (Wales)
- Gregory Alldritt (France)
- CJ Stander (Ireland)
SCRUM-HALF
- Gareth Davies (Wales) – Captain Pick for The Rugby Magazine game
- Antoine Dupont (France)
FLY HALF
- Dan Biggar (Wales)
- Mathieu Jalibert (France)
CENTRES
- Owen Farrell (England)
- Jonathan Davies (Wales)
- Virimi Vakatawa (France)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Josh Adams (Wales)
- Louis Rees-Zammit – Captain Pick for Superbru and the Official 6 Nations Game
- Teddy Thomas (France)
- Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
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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…
- The Rugby Magazine – Stats rich salary cap style game – Check out our 2021 review here
- SuperBru – An old favourite with salary cap fantasy rugby among other games and sports – Check out our 2021 review here
- The Official Guinness 6 Nations Fantasy Game – The official game, salary cap style fantasy game – Check out our 2021 review here
- Fantasy Rugby Draft – The only Draft style game in place for the 6 Nations – Check out our 2021 review here
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