2017 6 Nations Fantasy.

sydthebeat wrote: »

im finding it difficult to spend the whole budget

im quiet happy with my team and still have 7.5 m left over

It's not possible to spend over the whole budget. The most expensive players in each position add up to exactly 100mn - and even at that I think that it has more than the permitted amount of English players.

sydthebeat wrote: »

so whats the point of such a high budget then if its basically a free pick and 2 transfers per game week which wouldn't have any monetary restriction due to the change left over?

I have no idea, it was the same last year (when they added the feature). I'd say the Irish Times were under pressure to make their fantasy rugby appear more complex (to compete with Fantasy Rugger), but equally under pressure to keep it simple for casual fans.

It's not the only element that is nonsensical. Not nominating a kicker is silly. It effectively means that Laidlaw is the only logical choice as scrum half unless France pick Doussain or something. For instance last year Murray was an amazing pick. He scored 3 tries, made 90% of his 40 tackle attempts and ran 70 metres. He still scored one less point than Laidlaw over the course of competition, because Laidlaw (who was Mr average) is a goal kicker.

Is there any chance Serin goal kicks for France, or will it definitely be Lopez?

Last year the highest scorer over the whole 6 nations was Heaslip, followed by Faletau (on 100 and 99). Farrell was third, but it was a fair drop (88).

iroced wrote: »

Difficult to know.

During the Autumn Test:

• Machenaud-Trinh Duc vs Samoa. Machenaud kicking. Serin replaced MAchenaud and took over the kicking duty.Doussain had previously replaced injured Trinh Duc.
  
  
• Machenaud-Doussain vs Australia. Machenaud kicking. Lopez came in for Doussain. Machenaud kept the kicking duty. Then Serin came in for Machenaud. But there were no kicking opportunities. Lopez was put in position and attempted (and failed) a last min drop-goal so maybe he was ahead of Serin.
  
  
• Machenaud-Lopez vs New Zealand. Machenaud kicking. Serin replaced Machenaud and took over the kicking duty.

So, based on these last 3 games, Serin should be on kicking duty. But anyway why would you bother with a French kicker when most other countries offer you much better for a fantasy game ?!

The flaw in the Irish Times fantasy game is that you don't have to select a kicker, you get points for all the kickers you have. Because of that everyone selects Greg Laidlaw, because even though he's crap around the park, he gets his kicks. But Serin is much more likely to score tries than Laidlaw. And he's a kicker.