In addition to our usual coverage of traditional Fantasy Rugby games (if you are playing Six Nations Fantasy Rugby for The Rugby Magazine, ESPN, SuperBru, The Telegraph or the Official Game, please go to our Round 1 tips here) week we are extending our coverage for the Six Nations into the world of Daily Fantasy Games, and one of the few DFS games covering Rugby Union is PlayOn. PlayOn are a world leader in Daily Fantasy for Football, Rugby League, F1, Tennis, Golf and most importantly of course, Rugby Union, and they have some awesome games going on as the Six Nations season kicks off.
If you’ve never played Daily Fantasy before, we’ve published a Daily Fantasy Rugby guide here, but in short, as with traditional fantasy sports games, players compete against others by building a team of players while remaining under a salary cap, and earn points based on the actual statistical performance of the players. Daily fantasy sports are an accelerated version of traditional fantasy games, usually conducted over short-term periods, such as a week or single day of competition, as opposed to those that are played across an entire season. Daily fantasy sports are generally structured in the form of paid competitions where winners receive a share of a pre-determined pot funded by their entry fees.
PlayOn have some awesome deals on at the moment, and if you sign up today, you will receive a free $11 entry with a first-time deposit*. It is worth noting that while PlayOn is available globally, they can only currently offer real-money games in regulated countries (Ireland, Australia and UK), however if you are in South Africa, New Zealand or the USA, while won’t be able to play in the paid games, you can still sign up and have a go in a free game (As we know, bragging rights can be just as prized as cash!).
*Full disclosure – FRG will also get a small fee for people who sign up through our link, but any money generated through this will be invested straight back into the running of this blog (them hosting servers don’t come for free… sadly!).
So on to our tips…
Recommended PlayOn Picks – Six Nations Round 1
A reminder that each team you put together needs to consist of 1 Front Row, 1 Second Row, 2 Back Rows, 1 Scrum Half, 1 Fly Half, 1 Centre and 2 Outside Backs
Let’s look at our recommended fantasy players from each position, these are based on a balance of value and points potential…
Front Row – Stuart McInally ($9.7m), Guilhem Guirado ($8.5m)
Second Row – Paul Willemse ($6.2m), Ben Toolis ($7.0m)
Back Row – CJ Stander ($11.7m), Billy Vunipola ($11.7m), Luis Picamoles ($10.4m)
Scrum Half – Greig Laidlaw ($11.5m), Tomos Williams ($7.5m)
Fly Half – Gareth Anscombe ($14.6m), Finn Russell ($14.9m)
Centre – Robbie Henshaw ($10.5m), Huw Jones ($11.7m)
Back Three – Stuart Hogg ($13.2m), Tommy Seymour ($11.8), George North ($10.9)
These are our top plays for this week’s daily fantasy Six Nations games at PlayON. Now go pick your team and win your share of guaranteed cash prizes including $100 one-on-one Contests and a free to enter $5 . PlayOn are also running a 2-for-1 offer for the $5 qualifiers for Friday’s Super Rugby games, check it out here…
Good luck!
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If you want some more sources to help you finalise your decisions, go to our resources page where you’ll find all this year’s Six Nations fantasy games, all the stats sources, injury news, team news, fantasy relevant rugby betting odds and tons of other useful information.
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