Fantasy Six Nations 2022 Preview – Wales

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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 Wales…

Wales

In a nutshell

Wales had a 2021 that few would have predicted. After an extremely disappointing 2020, which Wales played 10 and only won 3 (Twice against Italy and once against Georgia), Wales went on to win an unexpected Six Nations title, coming inches away from a Grand Slam. They had a slightly more mixed Autumn, losing convincingly to New Zealand, a close defeat to South Africa, an unconvincing win over Fiji and finally a last-gasp win over bogey-team Australia, but in all there were far more positives for Wayne Pivac in his second year as Wales boss.
 
There were a number of players who made a big splash from a fantasy perspective and should be ones worth keeping an eye on in the 2022 tournament. Louis Rees-Zammit had a stellar 2021 and time and again was give the opportunity to demonstrate his lightning pace. In addition Josh Adams showed moments of lethal form, and the wing combination of LRZ and Adams will cause defensive nightmares for many teams this winter. Elsewhere Wyn Jones made a huge impact for Wales and the Lions and was a genuine threat in the loose as well as in the scrum. Props like Jones are always fantasy gold and should be in a lot of people’s fantasy prop shortlists.
 
With England, France and Ireland on fire, Wales will be really up against it to repeat their 2021 performance, particularly with away trips to Twickenham and the Aviva Stadium, but they pulled off a miracle in 2021 so don’t bet against them punching above their weight again in 2022.

Current World Ranking

8th (As of the 10th January 2022)

Performance in the 2021 Six Nations

1st

Odds on winning Six Nations 2022

7/1 (4th)

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

Winners x 6 (including 4 Grand Slams)

Most likely to make a fantasy impact

Louis Rees-Zammit (Outside Back – Gloucester)

Key players to consider

Ryan Elias (Hooker – Scarlets), Wyn Jones (Prop – Scarlets), Aaron Wainwright (Loose Forward – Dragons), Josh Navidi (Loose Forward – Cardiff), Taine Basham (Loose Forward – Dragons), Gareth Davies (Scrum Half – Scarlets), Tomos Williams (Scrum Half – Cardiff), Dan Biggar (Fly Half – Northampton Saints), Nick Tompkins (Centre – Saracens), Owen Watkin (Centre – Ospreys), Louis Rees-Zammit (Outside Back – Gloucester), Josh Adams (Outside Back – Cardiff Blues), Liam Williams (Outside Back – Scarlets)

Top Performers in 2021 Six Nations

  • Most Points: Dan Biggar (36 points)
  • Most Tries: Louis Rees-Zammit (4 tries)
  • Most Assists: Louis Rees-Zammit, Dan Biggar, Josh Navidi and Gareth Davies (2 assists each)
  • Successful Kicks: Dan Biggar (13 successful kicks)
  • Most Metres Carried: Taulupe Faletau (370m carried)
  • Most Defenders Beaten: George North (10 defenders beaten)
  • Most offloads: Dan Biggar and Wyn Jones (3 offloads each)
  • Most Successful tackles: Justin Tipuric (86 tackles made)

Six Nations 2022 Squad

Likely Kickers

Successful kicks from Wales kickers since the start of the 2019/20 season…

Full list of Matches

  • Round 1 – Saturday February 5th, 2:15pm GMT – Ireland v Wales – Aviva Stadium
  • Round 2 – Saturday February 12th, 2:15pm GMT – Wales v Scotland – Principality Stadium
  • Round 3 – Saturday February 26th, 4:45pm GMT – England v Wales – Twickenham
  • Round 4 – Friday March 11th, 8:00pm GMT – Wales v France – Principality Stadium
  • Round 5 – Saturday March 19th, 14:15pm GMT – Wales v Italy – Principality Stadium

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