Fantasy Six Nations 2021 Preview – England

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With Saturday 6th February 2021 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 England…

England

In a nutshell

On paper England had an excellent 2020 on the field, ending the year as Six Nations champions and inaugural Autumn Nations Cup champions. Despite this and despite some excellent performances, most notably a convincing 18-7 win against Ireland at Twickenham, there are some areas for concern. Nonetheless, they go into the 2021 Six Nations as favourites, but as France demonstrated in emphatic fashion in February, they can be beaten. 
 
England have huge strength in depth, especially at back row where they can call on a raft of talent. The fact that the form player in the Premiership so far this season, Sam Simmonds, can’t get anywhere near the squad tells you all you need to know. From a fantasy perspective, the potential for points everywhere in the side is huge, all the way from the front row, with prolific try scorers Jamie George and Luke Cowan-Dickie and hard runners in Ellis Genge and Kyle Sinckler (when he returns from his ban), all the way to a lethal back 3 in Jonny May, Anthiony Watson and Elliot Daly.  
 
England have a favourable draw, with 3 home games, including what many view as the real decider against France in Round 4, and should go into Super Saturday against Ireland at the Aviva with everything to play for. With two home openers against Scotland and Italy, it will be prudent to build the core of your initial fantasy teams on a foundation of England players. 

Current World Ranking

2nd (As of the 7th December 2020)

Performance in the 2020 Six Nations

1st

Odds on winning Six Nations 2021

6/5 (Favourites)

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

Winners x 7 (including 2 Grand Slams)

Most likely to make a fantasy impact

Jonny May (Outside Back – Leicester)

Key players to consider

Kyle Sinckler (Prop – Bristol), Ellis Genge (Prop – Leicester), Mako Vunipola (Prop – Saracens), Luke Cowan-Dickie (Hooker – Exeter Chiefs), Jamie George (Hooker – Saracens), Maro Itoje (Lock – Saracens), Billy Vunipola (Loose Forward – Saracens), Jack Willis (Loose Forward – Wasps), Ben Earl (Loose Forward – Bristol), Ben Youngs (Scrum Half – Leicester), Owen Farrell (Fly Half – Saracens), Henry Slade (Centre – Exeter Chiefs), Jonathan Joseph (Centre – Bath), Jonny May (Outside Back – Leicester Tigers), Elliot Daly (Centre/Outside Back – Saracens), Max Malins (Outside Back – Bristol), Anthony Watson (Outside Back – Bath)

Top Performers in 2020 Six Nations

  • Most Points: Owen Farrell (48 points)
  • Most Tries: Ben Youngs, Elliot Daly and Jonny May (2 tries each)
  • Most Assists: George Ford (3 assists)
  • Successful Kicks: Owen Farrell (20 successful kicks)
  • Most Metres Carried: Jonny May (174m carried)
  • Most Defenders Beaten: Jonny May (8 defenders beaten)
  • Most Clean Breaks: Jonny May (4 clean breaks)
  • Most offloads: Ben Youngs (5 offloads)
  • Most Successful tackles: Maro Itoje (73 tackles made)

Full squad for Round 1

Likely Kickers

Successful kicks from England kickers since September 1st 2018…

 

Kits

England’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 6th, 4:45pm GMT – England v Scotland – Twickenham
  • Round 2 – Saturday February 13th, 2:15pm GMT – England v Italy – Twickenham
  • Round 3 – Saturday February 27th, 4:45pm GMT – Wales v England – Principality Stadium
  • Round 4 – Saturday March 13th, 4:45pm GMT – England v France – Twickenham
  • Round 5 – Saturday March 20th, 4:45pm GMT – Ireland v England – Aviva Stadium

 

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