Welcome to our latest instalment of our weekly pre-match updates for the 2021 Women’s 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.
ICYMI this year, for the first time, the Official Six Nations website has launched a Fantasy Game, you can play here and before you make your picks, check out our guide to the game here to learn more about how to play and some tactics to help you top your leagues!
Expected to go well
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
The Official Six Nations game is a salary-cap style game where you have a limited budget to bring in your players. With this in mind, the FRG picks will include ‘Premium Picks’ for the high-cost players in the game, and ‘Value Picks’ for the good value players to make sure you have a quality team in-budget.
HOOKERS
- Premium: Agathe Sochat (France) – Cost: 13.0
- Value: Kelsey Jones (Wales) – Cost: 10.0
PROPS
- Premium: Vickii Cornborough (England) – Cost: 13.0
- Premium: Bryony Cleall (England) – Cost: 12.0
- Value: Annaelle Deshayes (France) – Cost: 11.0
- Value: Donna Rose (Wales) – Cost: 10.0
LOCKS
- Premium: Poppy Cleall (England) – Cost: 15.0*
- Premium: Zoe Aldcroft (England) – Cost: 15.0*
- Value: Madoussou Fall (France) – Cost: 12.0
BACK ROW
- Premium: Siwan Lillicrap (Wales) – Cost: 13.5
- Premium: Marlie Packer (England) – Cost: 14.5
- Premium: Gaelle Hermet (France) – Cost: 14.0
- Value: Rachel Malcolm (Scotland) – Cost: 13.0
- Value: Rachel McLachlan (Scotland) – Cost: 11.5
SCRUM-HALF
- Premium: Morgan Peyronnet (France) – Cost: 14.0*
- Value: Jessica Roberts (Wales) – Cost: 11.0
FLY HALF
- Premium: Helena Rowland (England) – Cost: 14.0
- Value: Elinor Snowsill (Wales) – Cost: 13.0
CENTRES
- Premium: Emily Scarratt (England) – Cost: 18.0 – Captain Pick
- Premium: Gabrielle Vernier (France) – Cost: 14.0
- Value: Karin Lake (Wales) – Cost: 13.0
WINGERS
- Premium: Jess Breach (England) – Cost: 16.5
- Premium: Lydia Thompson (England) – Cost: 16.0
- Premium: Marine Menager (France) – Cost: 16.0
- Value: Jaz Joyce (Wales) – Cost: 14.5
- Value: Megan Gaffney (Scotland) – Cost: 14.0
FULL BACK
- Premium: Sarah McKenna (England) – Cost: 15.0
- Value: Emelie Boulard (France) – Cost: 14.0
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