6 Nations best performers prediction game

I've devised the following game for anyone to get involved in. It is designed to work in conjunction with ESPN Fantasy Stats.

Rules

Pick a selection of 5 uncapped players and 5 capped players from any of the 6 Nations teams. You must pick at least one player from each nation, capped or uncapped, it doesn't matter.

You may not change any of these players at any point during the tournament, therefore pick wisely or risk it all, up to you! If you miss the first week of the tournament then simply add your 10 players to this thread and you'll receive a 50 point penalty (due to having a better idea of who is likely to shine in the upcoming matches).

You must have a 50/50 ratio of uncapped and capped players, ie no 40/60 or 30/70 etc

Most importantly, of your ten players, you MUST have a player from each of the following positions

Front Row Forward
Second Row Forward
Backrow Forward
Scrum Halves
Fly Halves
Centres
Outside Backs

So to recap.. 5 uncapped, 5 capped & at least one player from each nation, and one from each of the following positions FRF, SRF, BRF, SH, FH, C, OB. Simples!

Scoring Points

Man of the Match - 20 points

Players ranking on ESPN Players stats for each position (FRF, SRF, BRF, SH, FH, C, OB):

1st - 10 Points
2nd - 7 Points
3rd - 4 Points
4th - 10th -1 Point

So as you can see, if you pick man of the match you get a huge score, but you also get points for picking top performers in different positions. Have a good think about it and make sure your uncapped players are in fact uncapped. You may find it easier to pick players by going to this page...http://espnscrum.fantasyleague.com/PickableList.aspx?type=101

Good Luck!

Here are my selections...

Uncapped: 1.Sean Maitland (Sco, OB) 2.Eli Walker (Wal, OB) 3.G Fickou (Fra, C) 4.Pat MacArthur (Sco, FRF) 5.Paul Marshall (Ire, SH)

Capped: 1.Jamie Heaslip (Ire, BRF) 2.Leigh Halfpenny (Wal, OB) 3.Tomasso Iannone (Ita, FH) 4.Ben Youngs (Eng, SH) 5.Richie Gray (Sco, SRF)

Spoiler:

Brilliant idea BSando!

Selections to come.

Good idea i agree... need to do a bit of thinking for this one...!

Cheers fellas, hopefully it'll be fun. And yes it does take a bit of thinking, I took a good 30 mins or more to come up with my selections.

front row- Ducalcon
2nd- Ollie Kohn (uncapped)
back row- Parisse
scrummie- Danny Care, Paul Marshall (uncapped)
fly half- Ian madigan (uncapped)
centre- Jon Davies, Twelvetrees (uncapped)
back three- Leigh halfpenny, Sean maitland (uncapped)

Uncapped - Pat McArthur (SCO - FR), Sean Maitland (SCO - OB), Eli Walker (WAL - OB), Alex Dunbar (SCO - C), Paddy Jackson (IRL - FH)

Capped - Wesley Fofana (FRA - OB), Danny Care (ENG - SH), Chris Henry (IRL - BR), Sergio Parisse (ITA - BR), Mike McCarthy (IRL - SR)

Looseheadprop and Ulsterman, you're missing a player from each nation.

10 players from i) 6 Nations ii) Each position FRF, SRF, BRF, SH, FH, C, OB

Cheers!

Front Row- Cole (ENG)
Second Row- Kohn (Wal, UNC)
Back Row- Zanni (Ita) Beattie (Sco)
SH- Parra (Fra), Care (ENG)
FH- Madigan (Ire, UNC)
Centre- Fickou (FRA, UNC)
Back 3- Maitland (Sco, UNCAP) Walker (Wal, UNC)

bsando wrote:Looseheadprop and Ulsterman, you're missing a player from each nation.

10 players from i) 6 Nations ii) Each position FRF, SRF, BRF, SH, FH, C, OB

Cheers!

Ah damn I have my B&I Lions head on. Will change appropriately.

Front Row: Pat MacArthur (SCO)(*); Leonardo Ghiraldini (ITA)
Second Row: Joe Launchbury (ENG)
Back Row: Louis Picamoles (FRA);
Scrum Half: Morgan Parra (FRA)
Fly Half: Paddy Jackson (IRE) (*)
Centre: Alex Dunbar (SCO)(*); Gael Fickou (FRA)(*)
Back Three: Eli Walker (WAL)(*); Wesley Fofana (FRA)

(*=uncapped)

*edited for stupidty

Missing a SH there Bru

Wait, I was of the understanding that no one was playing with scrum halves this year...

I mean... with the retirement of Mike Blair, Cusiter's injury, Laidlaw's loss of form... Pyrgos's inexperience... Kennedy's impending puberty... Niko's unfortunate Fijianness...

haha, "Nicko's unfortunate fijianness" So true, he would start for sure if he were in the Scotland squad, total speedster!

For those who did not see this at weekend, feel free to join in

Come on people.

I want 'IanBru knows everything about rugby' to become one of those self-evident truths, like 'A finite whole is greater than, or equal to, any of its parts' and '606v2 is crazier than two nuns in a sex shop'. Only more so.

That's not going to happen if you don't join this competition.

Forget ESPN final fantasy XVIII. This is where it's at.

FYI Paul Marshall isn't even in the Ireland squad! If anyone wants an Ulster player, the only one likely to feature much is Rory Best.

IanBru wrote:Come on people.

I want 'IanBru knows everything about rugby' to become one of those self-evident truths, like 'A finite whole is greater than, or equal to, any of its parts' and '606v2 is crazier than two nuns in a sex shop'. Only more so.

That's not going to happen if you don't join this competition.

Forget ESPN final fantasy XVIII. This is where it's at.

Yeah!!!

Here are my selections...

Uncapped: 1.Sean Maitland (Sco, OB) 2. Ollie Kohn (Wal, OB) 3.G Fickou (Fra, C) 4.Pat MacArthur (Sco, FRF) 5.Paul Marshall (Ire, SH)

Capped: 1.Rob Kearney (Ire, BRF) 2. Dan Biggar (Wal, OB) 3. Tomasso Iannone (Ita, FH) 4.Tom Wood (Eng, SH) 5. Kelly Brown (Sco, SRF)

So I can chose five from:

Uncapped

Wales
James King, Andrew Coombs, Josh Navidi, Andries Pretorius, Eli Walker.

Scotland
full-back Peter Murchie, wings Sean Maitland and Tommy Seymour, centres Alex Dunbar and Peter Horne, scrum-half Sean Kennedy, hooker Pat MacArthur, lock Grant Gilchrist and back-row forwards Ryan Wilson and Chris Fusaro.

France
Centre Fickou, prop Ben Arous, prop Yannick Forestier, lock Jocelino Suta, lock Sebastien Vahaamahina, flanker Pierrick Gunther, fly-half Jules Plisson and winger Vincent Martin.

Italy
Alberto De Marchi prop, Davide Giazzon flanker.

Ireland
Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster)*
Dave McSharry (Galwegians/Connacht/)*

England
-

Thus:
Uncapped
King 2nd row Wales
McArthur hooker Scotland
Fickou centre France
Forestier prop France
De Marchi prop Italy

Capped
Back row Chris Robshaw England
Scrum half Mike Phillips Wales
Outside half Johny Sexton Ireland
Outside back Halfpenny Wales
Outside back Rob Kearney Ireland

Forestier is capped. Think he has 1

Not according to the official Six Nations website

He helped destroy Australia-

http://www1.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12508/8235040/France-hand-debut-to-Castres-prop-Yannick-Forestier

Sorry, you can't believe anything Newscorp say

Scores after first 2 rounds are up!

Sean Maitland has been bagging me a lot of points as has half 'a penny! Glas a Du bagged two man of the matches in rd two, Half penny and Robshaw.

Lots of uncapped players yet to get a go, but no doubt some of them will be brought on in next 3 weeks to get blooded or replace likely injuries.

I'd forgotten about this. My uncapped section looks a bit bare

Everyone's is du, only Sean Maitland has really been bringing in points. I really thought fickou would be getting a go and many others, I'm sure some will get blooded but every coach has been very conservative so far.

I think we have all learned one unarguable truth:

You can't trust the French, even when you pick four of the buggers.

[kicks a thistle in disgust]

Don't worry, they'll come good. Mind you, you're Scottish aren't you? Worry...