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 final round of this year’s Six Nations (albeit with France and Scotland playing their rescheduled Round 3 game next week…) and all eyes will be on Paris as France and Wales duke it out to see if Wales can take home an unexpected Grand Slam. The bookies are banking on France ending the Wales party with an 8 point win. Elsewhere, the bookies are expecting an experimental looking Scotland (with Stuart Hogg starting at 10) to make light work of Italy, while they are expecting England to grind out a win away in Ireland. The handicap lines given by the bookies are as follows…
- Scotland to beat Italy by 28 points
- France to beat Wales by 8 points
- England to beat Ireland by 4 points
Top 10 most likely to score (Odds via Paddy Power)
- 1 – Duhan Van Der Merwe (Scotland) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 1.67
- 2 – Darcy Graham (Scotland) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 1.83
- 3 – Huw Jones (Scotland) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2
- 4= – Teddy Thomas (France) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.1
- 4= – Sean Maitland (Scotland) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.1
- 4= – Stuart Hogg (Scotland) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.1
- 7= – Damian Penaud (France) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.3
- 7= – Virimi Vakatawa (France) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.3
- 9 – Dave Cherry (Scotland) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.4
- 10 – Antoine Dupont (France) – Anytime tryscorer odds: 2.5
Expected to go well
*Players who are starting favourably out of position (i.e. Hooker in back row, Centre on wing, etc.)
HOOKERS
- Dave Cherry (Scotland)
- Luke Cowan-Dickie (England)
PROPS
- Kyle Sinckler (England)
- Rory Sutherland (Scotland)
- Mako Vunipola (England)
LOCKS
- Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)
- Sam Skinner (Scotland)
- Paul Willemse (France)
BACK ROW
- Matt Fagerson (Scotland)
- Hamish Watson (Scotland)
- Gregory Alldritt (France)
- Billy Vunipola (England)
SCRUM-HALF
- Antoine Dupont (France) – Captain Pick for The Rugby Magazine game
- Scott Steele (Scotland)
FLY HALF
- Mathieu Jalibert (France)
- George Ford (England)
CENTRES
- Huw Jones (Scotland)
- Virimi Vakatawa (France)
- Sam Johnson (Scotland)
OUTSIDE BACKS
- Duhan Van Der Merwe (Scotland) – Captain Pick for Superbru and the Official 6 Nations Game
- Teddy Thomas (France)
- Stuart Hogg (Scotland)*
- Darcy Graham (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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