Fantasy Six Nations 2020 Preview – Scotland

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With Saturday 1st February 2020 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 Scotland…

Scotland

In a nutshell

Scotland always seem to promise so much and yet their record in the Six Nations has been consistently disappointing, never finishing above 3rd place in the Six Nations era. 2019 was no different, despite a convincing win against Italy and a magnificent comeback against England they still ended up 5th. This, coupled with an extremely disappointing Rugby World Cup and 3 high-level retirees in Greig Laidlaw, Johnny Barclay and Tommy Seymour, sees Scotland lining up for the 2020 Six Nations low on confidence.
 
They do however have huge talents capable of unlocking most teams. Most teams would kill to have an attacking talent with the skills and ability of Finn Russell lining up for them (Although following his dropping from the squad for a “protocol breach”, it may be that we may not see his talents on display this year…). On their day, Gregor Townsend is capable of having an enormously dangerous backline, spearheaded by new captain Stuart Hogg, who has been in magnificent form since his move to the Exeter Chiefs.  

Current World Ranking

9th (As of the 2nd December 2019)

Performance in the 2019 Six Nations

5th

Odds on winning Six Nations 2020

25/1 (5th)

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

Best finish in 3rd place (4 times – 2001, 2006, 2013 and 2018)

Most likely to make a fantasy impact

Stuart Hogg (Outside Back – Exeter Chiefs)

Key players to consider

Stuart McInally (Hooker – Edinburgh), Jonny Gray (Lock – Glasgow), Hamish Watson (Loose Forward – Edinburgh), Finn Russell (Fly Half – Racing 92), Rory Hutchinson (Centre – Northampton), Stuart Hogg (Outside Back – Exeter Chiefs), Darcy Graham (Outside Back – Edinburgh)

Top Performers in 2019 Six Nations

  • Most Points: Greig Laidlaw (21 points)
  • Most Tries: Blair Kinghorn and Darcy Graham (3 tries each)
  • Most Assists: Finn Russell (4 assists)
  • Successful Kicks: Greig Laidlaw (9 successful kicks)
  • Most Metres Carried: Blair Kinghorn (323m carried)
  • Most Defenders Beaten: Sam Johnson (18 defenders beaten)
  • Most Clean Breaks: Blair Kinghorn (10 clean breaks)
  • Most offloads: Finn Russell (5 offloads)
  • Most Successful tackles: Allan Dell (76 tackles made)
  • Most Turnovers won: Jamie Ritchie (3 turnovers won)
  • Most successful lineout takes (and stolen lineouts): Grant Gilchrist (19 lineouts won)
  • Players who played every minute of 2019 Campaign: None

Full squad

Forwards: Simon Berghan, Jamie Bhatti, Magnus Bradbury, Fraser Brown, Alex Craig, Luke Crosbie, Scott Cummings, Allan Dell, Cornell du Preez, Zander Fagerson, Grant Gilchrist, Jonny Gray, Tom Gordon, Nick Haining, Stuart McInally, Willem Nel, Jamie Ritchie, Rory Sutherland, Ben Toolis, George Turner, Hamish Watson.

Backs: Darcy Graham, Chris Harris, Adam Hastings, Stuart Hogg (c), George Horne, Rory Hutchinson, Sam Johnson, Huw Jones, Blair Kinghorn, Sean Maitland, Matt Scott, Byron McGuigan, Ali Price, Henry Pyrgos, Finn Russell, Kyle Steyn, Ratu Tagive.

Likely Kickers

Successful kicks from Scotland kickers since September 1st 2018 (Please note that Greig Laidlaw is now retired from international rugby)…

 Kits

 

Scotland’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 – Saturday February 1st, 4:45pm GMT – Ireland v Scotland – Aviva Stadium
  • Round 2 – Saturday February 8th, 4:45pm GMT – Scotland v England – Murrayfield
  • Round 3 – Saturday February 22nd, 3pm GMT – Italy v Scotland – Stadio Olimpico
  • Round 4 – Sunday March 8th, 3pm GMT – Scotland v France – Murrayfield
  • Round 5 – Saturday March 14th, 2:15pm GMT – Wales v Scotland – Principality Stadium

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Other Fantasy Rugby Games for the 2020 Six Nations

A summary of the top games that you can play fantasy rugby for the 2020 Six Nations (some of these are currently unconfirmed so may not have 6 Nations games live)…

  • The Rugby Magazine – Stats rich salary cap style game – Check out our 2020 review here
  • PlayOn – Daily Fantasy for Rugby – Sign up today here to receive a free $22 entry with a first-time deposit – Check out our 2020 review here
  • ESPN – A classic and straightforward Six Nations fantasy game – Check out our 2020 review here
  • SuperBru – An old favourite with salary cap fantasy rugby among other games and sports – Check out our 2020 review here
  • The Irish Times – Salary cap game with a €3000 top prize – Check out our 2020 review here

Pre-tournament articles

In case you missed any of our other pre-Six Nations articles, make sure you check out the following to help guide your pre-tournament preparations…

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