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ASX Sports Fantasy Rugby: Who to buy in round one

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Have you heard about the new fantasy rugby game thousands of you are signing up to and playing? If not you might want to read this article first. We’re here to help you with your selections and we might even answer specific questions in the comments if you need extra help.

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The opening weekend of the Guinness Six Nations is always hard to navigate, but we’ve compiled some extra insights and looked at the trends to make your player selections much easier and to help you win great cash prizes and sportzcoins*. Take a look:

Ireland versus Wales

The safe buy in Ireland’s opener with Wales at the Aviva Stadium is captain Johnny Sexton, who is the heartbeat of his side. Though he has not played much rugby since the autumn, he has shown in recent weeks in the Heineken Champions Cup that his level has not dropped. Sexton is likely to be priced highly, but is worth having in an Ireland side that have a lot of momentum after their autumn.

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Similarly Welsh winger Josh Adams is likely to be quite expensive, but could pay off as well. Ultimately tries get a User the most points, and Adams is the most natural finisher in either side. He may not necessarily contribute with points in other departments of the game, but has a healthy record of 17 tries in 35 Tests for Wales. This match has been quite high-scoring in the past, so Adams could be on the scoresheet.

Elsewhere on the field, Ireland lock Tadhg Beirne comes into the Championship as one of the form players and has the potential to earn plenty of points. His ability to win turnovers could be a rich source of dividends for anyone who has shares in him.

Scotland versus England

Calcutta Cup clashes at Murrayfield have historically been very close, and this year’s encounter is likely to be no different. Across Scotland and England’s last eight encounters in Edinburgh, the margin of victory has been on average eight points, and tries have always been in short supply.

While outside backs may not prove to be great value given the nature of this contest, Scotland captain Stuart Hogg could be worth investing in. The fullback was player of the match in dogged affair at Twickenham last year and saw a lot of the ball, topping the charts for running metres by a considerable margin. His long distance goal kicking could be crucial against an England side that are prone to giving away penalties.

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With kicking likely to be crucial in this contest, buying England’s Marcus Smith would be wise as the Harlequins No10 is in sensational form at the moment and is not shy of scoring a try himself. However, both Smith’s and Hogg’s share prices are likely to be quite high given their reputation.

Therefore, Smith’s Quins teammate Alex Dombrandt may prove to be great value. The No8 is likely to start for England this Six Nations given his rich vein of form, and in a tight affair up front, he could make plenty of carries and metres. His try-scoring prowess marks him out as one to watch alongside fellow England back row Sam Simmonds, as the pair have a terrific try scoring rate for forwards. He might be priced lower than the likes of Smith and Hogg, meaning you can buy more shares and earn more dividends.

France versus Italy 

France will arrive at the Stade de France as heavy favourites against Italy, and as a result there will be a chance for plenty of points across the team. World Rugby player of the year Antoine Dupont’s name screams out at you as one to buy, if he is fit, as the scrum-half has the potential to provide points in so many different areas, particularly his ability to sniff out a try. Likewise, winger Damian Penaud is one of the form backs in the competition and should likely provide plenty of points in tries scored, line breaks, defenders beaten, ball carries and offloads, such is the form he is in.

The problem may arise in buying a lot of shares in those two, as they will certainly be at the very top end of the price range. But in what is likely to be a lopsided result, the forwards are capable of accumulating a lot of points as well, particularly from driving mauls. Hooker Peato Mauvaka scored five tries in three Tests for Les Bleus in the autumn, including two against the All Blacks, off the back of France’s dominant maul. He could prove to be amazing value with dividends to be earned for hookers at the lineout as well.

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JW 2 hours ago
'Passionate reunion of France and New Zealand shows Fabien Galthie is wrong to rest his stars'

Ok, managed to read the full article..

... New Zealand’s has only 14 and the professional season is all over within four months. In France, club governance is the responsibility of an independent organisation [the Ligue Nationale de Rugby or LNR] which is entirely separate from the host union [the Fédération Française de Rugby or FFR]. Down south New Zealand Rugby runs the provincial and the national game.

That is the National Provincial Championship, a competition of 14 representative union based teams run through the SH international window and only semi professional (paid only during it's running). It is run by NZR and goes for two and a half months.


Super Rugby is a competition involving 12 fully professional teams, of which 5 are of New Zealand eligibility, and another joint administered team of Pacific Island eligibility, with NZR involvement. It was a 18 week competition this year, so involved (randomly chosen I believe) extra return fixtures (2 or 3 home and away derbys), and is run by Super Rugby Pacific's own independent Board (or organisation). The teams may or may not be independently run and owned (note, this does not necessarily mean what you think of as 'privately owned').


LNR was setup by FFR and the French Government to administer the professional game in France. In New Zealand, the Players Association and Super Rugby franchises agreed last month to not setup their own governance structure for professional rugby and re-aligned themselves with New Zealand Rugby. They had been proposing to do something like the English model, I'm not sure how closely that would have been aligned to the French system but it did not sound like it would have French union executive representation on it like the LNR does.

In the shaky isles the professional pyramid tapers to a point with the almighty All Blacks. In France the feeling for country is no more important than the sense of fierce local identity spawned at myriad clubs concentrated in the southwest. Progress is achieved by a nonchalant shrug and the wide sweep of nuanced negotiation, rather than driven from the top by a single intense focus.

Yes, it is pretty much a 'representative' selection system at every level, but these union's are having to fight for their existence against the regime that is NZR, and are currently going through their own battle, just as France has recently as I understand it. A single focus, ala the French game, might not be the best outcome for rugby as a whole.


For pure theatre, it is a wonderful article so far. I prefer 'Ntamack New Zealand 2022' though.

The young Crusader still struggles to solve the puzzle posed by the shorter, more compact tight-heads at this level but he had no problem at all with Colombe.

It was interesting to listen to Manny during an interview on Maul or Nothing, he citied that after a bit of banter with the All Black's he no longer wanted one of their jersey's after the game. One of those talks was an eye to eye chat with Tamaiti Williams, there appear to be nothing between the lock and prop, just a lot of give and take. I thought TW angled in and caused Taylor to pop a few times, and that NZ were lucky to be rewarded.

f you have a forward of 6ft 8ins and 145kg, and he is not at all disturbed by a dysfunctional set-piece, you are in business.

He talked about the clarity of the leadership that helped alleviate any need for anxiety at the predicaments unfolding before him. The same cannot be said for New Zealand when they had 5 minutes left to retrieve a match winning penalty, I don't believe. Did the team in black have much of a plan at any point in the game? I don't really call an autonomous 10 vehicle they had as innovative. I think Razor needs to go back to the dealer and get a new game driver on that one.

Vaa’i is no match for his power on the ground. Even in reverse, Meafou is like a tractor motoring backwards in low gear, trampling all in its path.

Vaa'i actually stops him in his tracks. He gets what could have been a dubious 'tackle' on him?

A high-level offence will often try to identify and exploit big forwards who can be slower to reload, and therefore vulnerable to two quick plays run at them consecutively.

Yes he was just standing on his haunches wasn't he? He mentioned that in the interview, saying that not only did you just get up and back into the line to find the opposition was already set and running at you they also hit harder than anything he'd experienced in the Top 14. He was referring to New Zealands ultra-physical, burst-based Super style of course, which he was more than a bit surprised about. I don't blame him for being caught out.


He still sent the obstruction back to the repair yard though!

What wouldn’t the New Zealand rugby public give to see the likes of Mauvaka and Meafou up front..

Common now Nick, don't go there! Meafou showed his Toulouse shirt and promptly got his citizenship, New Zealand can't have him, surely?!?


As I have said before with these subjects, really enjoy your enthusiasm for their contribution on the field and I'd love to see more of their shapes running out for Vern Cotter and the like styled teams.

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