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Six Nations

England the only team not represented in official Six Nations team of the Championship

Josh Raisey

46 days ago

Elliot Daly, Alex Coles, Ben Spencer, Guy Pepper, Ben Earl and Ellis Genge of England watch the final moments of the match from the bench during the Guinness Six Nations 2026 match between France and England at Stade de France on March 14, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Dan Mullan - RFU/The RFU Collection via Getty Images)

The Guinness Six Nations has released its official team of the Championship, with England being the only team to have no players included after their fifth-place finish.

Champions France are represented by four players – record try-scorer Louis Bielle-Biarrey, top points scorer Thomas Ramos, captain Antoine Dupont and lock Mickaël Guillard.

Ireland, who were leading the Championship until Ramos’ last-minute penalty to beat England 48-46, equally have four players – captain Caelan Doris, centre Stuart McCloskey, flanker Jack Conan and lock Tadhg Beirne, whose haul of seven jackal turnovers was the most in the tournament.

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Italy and Scotland both have three players apiece in the team, with Kyle Steyn, Finn Russell and Rory Darge representing Scotland and hooker Giacomo Nicotera, tighthead prop Simone Ferrari and centre Tommaso Menoncello, who finished the Championship with 8.6 metres per carry, representing the Azzurri.

The sole representative from Wales is loosehead prop Rhys Carre, scorer of a memorable try in round four against Ireland.

After a wholly underwhelming campaign, no English player has managed to make the team, although Ben Earl can feel most aggrieved after finishing with the third-most carries in Championship history. He was beaten to the No.8 spot by Ireland’s Doris, who finished the Championship with the third-most tackles, 81, behind Wales’ Alex Mann and Dafydd Jenkins.

Following his side’s fifth-place finish, with only one win for the first time in the competition’s history, England head coach Steve Borthwick said: “Ultimately, we’re gutted that we went into the tournament with such high expectations and aspirations, and we’ve not been able to meet those targets.”

Six Nations team of the Championship
15 Thomas Ramos (France)
14 Kyle Steyn (Scotland)
13 Tommaso Menoncello (Italy)
12 Stuart McCloskey (Ireland)
11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey (France)
10 Finn Russell (Scotland)
9 Antoine Dupont (France)
1 Rhys Carré (Wales)
2 Giacomo Nicotera (Italy)
3 Simone Ferrari (Italy)
4 Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)
5 Mickaël Guillard (France)
6 Jack Conan (Ireland)
7 Rory Darge (Scotland)
8 Caelan Doris (Ireland)

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70 Comments

EvilMockingJay 45 days ago

I would have choose White-Jalibert. Dupont is clearly not at his best. He was even at his worst in Scotland…

SB 44 days ago

White doesn’t get anywhere near the French captain in any of the stats, apart from a slightly higher tackle percentage. Head to head he obviously got the better of him but there were 5 games in the tournament not just one.

Russell over Jalibert is more understandable since one played all the matches.

JW 45 days ago

Marucs Smith would win the best sub race for sure.

Rancoule 45 days ago

I think dupont proved he is the best 9 in europe for two year. He was captain of france who beat ireland in 25 and 26. This stats are understated as in the last two matchs he was decisive in 3 tries by test.against england two kick for his wingers and in the third try he was two times in the action until the passs of lbb.

Amyxxx 45 days ago

Tbh I think JGP was better than DuPont

SB 45 days ago

Could you explain why please? I see you clicking thumbs down on my comments which is great and I would like to understand your way of thinking.

SB 45 days ago

Heyes and Earl had a chance but you can understand it with their results.

KC 45 days ago

JGP, Tomos Williams, and Ben White were better than Du Pont this year. He is a generational talent, but he was not the best 9 in this years 6N campaign. Sad that he is picked either on reputation or to avoid backlash from the “Du Pont is the GOAT” brigade if he is omitted. The rest of the picks are justified, even if I would have gone for someone else in some instances.

Rancoule 45 days ago

Preposterous. Do you see the 3 tries he create against scot and same against england. In this last match 2 kicks to his wingers and a sequencd were he played two times to deliver a ball to lbb .

unknown 45 days ago

It’s not surprising as England were rubbish. Heyes should have been picked at tighthead for me as he got the better of every loose head he went up against, while Genge got the better of Ferrari. The English scrum was the best in the tournament and got the better of the opposition (England just not adept at using it as a tool like SA). Carre is in there purely for his try (and what a try), as Fischetti and Genge were better in the the tight while Schoeman had a great impact in the loose. Agree with comments that JGP and White were unlucky, and Dupont got the nod because of reputation rather than performance. Otherwise nothing too contentious

cnw 45 days ago

Yeah the thing about Heyes is thst he stood out every game in a losing team. The Italian tighthead was pretty good too though.

John Breslin 46 days ago

Dupont is there on reputation for me. JGP and white were both more consistent

Menoncello is the pick of them for me, perhaps the most improved player in world rugby across the last 12-18 months

Earl is unlucky

AEC42 45 days ago

Dupont was held back from playing his natural game by being paired with Jalibert and having to adopt a more traditional scrum half role in four matches, but he was great, nevertheless. He only paled in comparison with his usual self.

SB 45 days ago

Stats don’t lie, Dupont captained the winning team and had four strong games along with one below average one.

In comparison to the other scrum halves he has more try assists, by far more defenders beaten, a much higher tackle completion percentage than JGP, more metres carried, more post contact metres and also more turnovers won. That’s before we talk about his brilliant exits which often go near halfway as well as his leadership. This along with what happened in the head to head matchup on opening day shows why the Frenchman has been selected. Also, JGP didn’t even start all of the matches.

White had a strong tournament for sure but again, the stats are not in his favour.

Overall, if Dupont hadn’t been absolutely incredible prior to his injury then everyone would be in agreement he was the best 9 in the tournament. But because he’s below that level and had a below average game against Scotland, many people seem to want to take him out.

Uther 46 days ago

I would have pick Tomos Williams !

Tom 46 days ago

The backline picks itself except for the halfbacks.

You could make the case for a few Englishmen in the pack, Chessum, Earl, Genge, Heyes all would be in the conversation.

J Marc 45 days ago

According to Galthie and his datas , english scrum was the best of the tournament, so maybe Heyes should be in this team, and we could find a place for Chessum. But the différence between players is often very tiny…

Utiku Old Boy 45 days ago

Agreed. I might have gone for Chessum at six rather than Conan but apart from that and Dupont, this would be a formidable lineup.

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