Autumn Nations Cup: Round 1 Predictions
There's an extra competitive element to this year's November Internationals as we're introduced to the 'Autumn Nations Cup' for the first time ever. The Six Nations teams are being joined by Georgia and Fiji to form an 8-team tournament that will see 4 rounds of 4 matches played across 4 weeks.
After an initial group stage, the final round will see 1st in Group A play 1st in Group B, 2nd play 2nd and so on to determine the final standings.
Group A: England, Georgia, Ireland, Wales
Group B: Fiji, France, Italy, Scotland
The fact we have an actual tournament this Autumn means that in addition to our predictor game, we are also running a full Autumn Nations Cup fantasy game. Make sure you've joined both before the kick-off on Friday night so that you have two games to enjoy throughout this period of international rugby!
Round 1 features a big game first up as Ireland host Wales and will finish with what should be an entertaining clash between France and Fiji. Here are my Round 1 picks.
After an initial group stage, the final round will see 1st in Group A play 1st in Group B, 2nd play 2nd and so on to determine the final standings.
Group A: England, Georgia, Ireland, Wales
Group B: Fiji, France, Italy, Scotland
The fact we have an actual tournament this Autumn means that in addition to our predictor game, we are also running a full Autumn Nations Cup fantasy game. Make sure you've joined both before the kick-off on Friday night so that you have two games to enjoy throughout this period of international rugby!
Round 1 features a big game first up as Ireland host Wales and will finish with what should be an entertaining clash between France and Fiji. Here are my Round 1 picks.
you can keep your picks as is if you picked french and fijian players. playing on sunday. no lable marking past matches as mentioned in second sentence. cheers! 13 Nov 14:33
If you have selected French or Fijian players in your Starting XV, they will score zero. Because they will get no minutes on the pitch, they will automatically be substituted by your reserve player in that position, provided that your reserve does get minutes on the pitch.
You may remember that at last year's Rugby World Cup some games were cancelled due to bad weather. Selected players from those matches were treated as per the above. I had a full compliment of All Blacks, including Captain and Kicker; so it cost me badly. I knew that the matches might be cancelled, but didn't believe they would be. A big mistake! Therefore, despite wanting French players in my Autumn Nations Fantasy squad, and knowing that Fijians had contracted Covid, I never picked any Frenchmen. Also a risk of course, but this time I was rewarded. 14 Nov 10:02
If you have selected French or Fijian players in your Starting XV, they will score zero. Because they will get no minutes on the pitch, they will automatically be substituted by your reserve player in that position, provided that your reserve does get minutes on the pitch.
You may remember that at last year's Rugby World Cup some games were cancelled due to bad weather. Selected players from those matches were treated as per the above. I had a full compliment of All Blacks, including Captain and Kicker; so it cost me badly. I knew that the matches might be cancelled, but didn't believe they would be. A big mistake! Therefore, despite wanting French players in my Autumn Nations Fantasy squad, and knowing that Fijians had contracted Covid, I never picked any Frenchmen. Also a risk of course, but this time I was rewarded. 14 Nov 10:02