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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.
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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late hit what late hit it wasn’t at all late and can clearly see he was committed before the tackle
1 Go to commentsChristian Lio -Willies 2 try perfomance was a standout. As was captain Scott Barrett. Up front was where the boys won it.They are a great team and players. Fantastic Crusades , you can keep going.
1 Go to commentsI don't know how the locals feel about that? I guess if you call yourselves the Worcester Wasps that might be appease. But really we need more teams in the Premiership in my view so they are not padding it out as they are at the moment. It might curtail so many players going abroad as well
4 Go to commentsNZ 😭😭😭is certainly rivaling England for best whingers cup!😭😭😭 !!!
24 Go to commentsYup. New Zealand won 3 out of 10 world cups played. SA 4 out of 8 attempts 30 Vs 50 per cent.🤔🤔
24 Go to commentsShould've done this years ago. Change Saturday kick off times to around 11am. Up and off and back home before 3pm, limit travel time too. Allows players to actually do something else with their Saturday that's family oriented or being rugby fans they could ‘watch’ pro rugby. Increases crowds etc. How can anyone that enjoys grassroots and pro rugby have to choose between the two on Saturdays?
9 Go to commentsI bet he inspired those supporters just as much.
1 Go to commentsBen Smith Springboks living rent free in his head 😊😂
67 Go to commentsGood to hear he would like to play the game at the highest level, I hadn’t been to sure how much of a motivator that was before now. Sadly he’s probably chosen the rugby club to go to. Try not to worry about all the input about how you should play rugby Joey and just try to emulate what you do on the league field and have fun. You’ll limit your game too much (well not really because he’s a standard athlete like SBW and he’ll still have enough) if you’re trying to make sure you can recycle the ball back etc. On the other hard, you can totally just try and recycle by looking to offload any and everywhere if you’re going to ground 😋
1 Go to commentsThis just proves that theres always a stat and a metric to use to justify your abilities and your success. Ben did it last week by creating an imaginary competition and now you did the same to counter his argument and espouse a new yardstick for success. Why not just use the current one and lets say the Boks have won 4 world cups making them the most successful world cup team. Outside of the world cup the All Blacks are the most successful team winning countless rugby championships and dominating the rankings with high win percentages. Over the last 4 years statistically the Irish are the best having the highest win rate and also having positive records against every tier 1 side. The most successful Northern team in the game has been England with a world cup title and the most six nations titles in history. The AB’s are the most dominant team in history with the highest win rate and 3 world cups. Lets not try to reinvent the wheel. Just be honest about the actual stats and what each team has been good at doing and that will be enough to define their level of success.
24 Go to commentsHow is 7’s played there? I’m surprised 10 or 11 man rugby hasn’t taken off. 7 just doesn’t fit the 15s dynamics (rules n field etc) but these other versions do.
9 Go to commentsPick Swinton at your peril A liability just like JWH from the Roosters Skelton ??? went missing at RWC
14 Go to commentsLike tennis, who have a ranking system, and I believe rugby too, just measure over each period preceding a world cup event who was the longest number one and that would be it. In tennis the number one player frequently is not the grand slam winner. I love and adore the All Blacks since the days of Ian Kirkpatrick when I was a kid in SA. And still do because they are the masters of running rugby and are gentleman on and off the field - in general. And in my opinion they have been the majority of the time the best rugby team in the world.
24 Go to commentsHaving overseas possessions in 2024 is absurd. These Frenchies should have to give the New Caledonians their freedom.
21 Go to commentsBell injured his foot didn’t he? Bring Tupou in he’ll deliver when it counts. Agree mostly but I would switch in the Reds number 8 Harry Wilson for Swinton and move Rob Valentini to 6 instead. Wilson is a clever player who reads the play, you can’t outmuscle the AB’s and Springboks, if you have any chance it’s by playing clever. Same goes for Paisami, he’s a little guy who doesn’t really trouble the likes of De Allende and Jordie Barrett. I’d rather play Carter Gordon at 12 and put Michael Lynagh’s boy at 10. That way you get a BMT type goalkicker at 10 and a playmaker at 12. Anyways, just my two cents as a Bok supporter.
14 Go to commentsThanks Brett, love your articles which are alway pertinent. It’s a difficult topic trying to have a panel adjudicating consistently penalties for red card issues. Many of the mitigating reasons raised are judged subjectively, hence the different outcomes. How to take away subjective opinions?
9 Go to commentsYes Sir! Surprising, just like Fraser would also have escaped sanction if he was a few inches lower, even if it was by accident that he missed! Has there really been talk about those sanctions or is this just sensational journalism? I stopped reading, so might have missed any notations.
9 Go to commentsAI is only as good as the information put in, the nuances of the sport, what you see out the corner of the eye, how you sum up in a split second the situation, yes the AI is a tool but will not help win games, more likely contribute to a loss, Rugby Players are not robots, all AI can do if offer a solution not the solution. AI will effect many sports, help train better golfers etc.
45 Go to commentsIt couldn’t have been Ryan Crotty. He wasn’t selected in either World Cup side - they chose Money Bill instead. And Money Bill only cared about himself, and that manager he had, not the team.
28 Go to commentsYawn 🥱 nobody would give a hoot about this new trophy. End of the day we just have to beat Ireland and NZ this year then they can finally shut up 🤐
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