Fantasy Six Nations 2022 Preview – Scotland

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With Saturday 5th February 2022 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…

Scotland

In a nutshell

Scotland can look back on 2021 as a successful year, with tremendous growth on the field, with some huge wins (away victories against England and France) and a strong finish in the Six Nations, and also the global emergence of some significant new talents in Hamish Watson and Duhan Van Der Merwe, and the blooding of new talents in the form of Ewan Ashman, Kyle Steyn and Rufus McLean
 
Duhan van der Merwe in particular made an outstanding impact from a fantasy perspective, ending up as the 2021 Six Nations Championship’s top try-scorer with five. He now has nine tries in 13 Tests for Scotland and is a truly lethal threat whenever he has the ball. Finn Russell remains a dynamic, creative and unpredictable threat, with the added bonus of kicking points since Greig Laidlaw’s international retirement. Stuart Hogg remains his irrepressible self, becoming Scotland’s all-time record try scorer. Hamish Watson became a key figurehead throughout the year. Named as the Guinness Six Nations Player of the Championship, he scored one try and provided one try assist, carried for 321 metres, and completed every single tackle of his 55 in defence. Finally during the summer, both Kyle Steyn and Rufus McLean both shone on debuts and demonstrated Scotland’s back line depth.
 
Despite this tremendous uptick, Scotland look to face an extremely challenging Six Nations, while their name may not be the one being engraved on the trophy come the tournament conclusion, they will no doubt heavily influence who’s name will be engraved.

Current World Ranking

7th (As of the 10th January 2022)

Performance in the 2021 Six Nations

4th

Odds on winning Six Nations 2022

12/1 (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

Duhan Van Der Merwe (Outside Back – Worcester Warriors)

Key players to consider

Pierre Schoeman (Prop – Edinburgh), Jonny Gray (Lock – Exeter), Hamish Watson (Loose Forward – Edinburgh), Jamie Ritchie (Loose Forward – Edinburgh), Ali Price (Scrum Half -Glasgow), Finn Russell (Fly Half – Racing 92), Chris Harris (Centre – Gloucester), Stuart Hogg (Outside Back – Exeter Chiefs), Duhan Van Der Merwe (Outside Back – Worcester), Darcy Graham (Outside Back – Edinburgh)

Top Performers in 2021 Six Nations

  • Most Points: Finn Russell (35 points)
  • Most Tries: Duhan Van Der Merwe (5 tries)
  • Most Assists: Ali Price (3 assists)
  • Successful Kicks: Finn Russell (12 successful kicks)
  • Most Metres Carried: Duhan Van Der Merwe (474m carried)
  • Most Defenders Beaten: Duhan Van Der Merwe (32 defenders beaten)
  • Most offloads: Stuart Hogg (7 offloads)
  • Most Successful tackles: Hamish Watson (55 tackles made)

Six Nations 2022 Squad

Likely Kickers

Successful kicks from Scotland kickers since the start of the 2019/20 season (Please note that Greig Laidlaw is now retired from international rugby)…

Full list of Matches

  • Round 1 – Saturday February 5th, 4:45pm GMT – Scotland v England – Murrayfield
  • Round 2 – Saturday February 12th, 2:15pm GMT – Wales v Scotland – Principality Stadium
  • Round 3 – Sunday February 26th, 2:15pm GMT – Scotland v France – Murrayfield
  • Round 4 – Saturday March 12th, 2:15pm GMT – Italy v Scotland – Stadio Olimpico
  • Round 5 – Saturday March 19th, 4:45pm GMT – Ireland v Scotland – Aviva Stadium

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Fantasy Rugby Games for the 2022 Six Nations

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Pre-tournament articles

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