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No England player picked as six Welsh, five Irish, three Scots and one French make the Six Nations Team of the Championship
Six title-winning Wales players – and none from fifth place England – have gained selection in the Guinness Six Nations Team of the Championship following a fans’ vote. Ireland had five representatives, Scotland three and France one after the votes were counted and the XV revealed this week.
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The tournament ended in a welter of excitement last Friday with Scotland beating France away for the first time in 22 years and handing the championship title to Wales, who has let slip the Grand Slam with their agonising defeat in Paris a week earlier.
Former England and Lions winger Ugo Monye provided a shortlist of players up for Team of the Tournament selection and 1.3 million people cast their vote for the XV.
Wyn Jones, Ken Owens, Alun Wyn Jones, Taulupe Faletau, George North and Louis Rees-Zammit were the six Wales players picked from the Six Nations champions – and it would be a surprise if all of these do not make the Lions squad later this year.
Hamish Watson, the flanker was also voted player of the championship on Friday, Duhan van der Merwe and Stuart Hogg were the three Scots in the team. Tadhg Furlong, Tadhg Beirne, CJ Stander, Johnny Sexton and Robbie Henshaw make up the Irish contingent, with Beirne and Henshaw also nominated for player of the championship.
The #GuinnessSixNations Team of The Championship, chosen by YOU!
With over 1.3 MILLION votes counted. This is the 15 players YOU chose from @ugomonye's nominees for this years TOTC! pic.twitter.com/UgsWu171gk
— Guinness Men's Six Nations (@SixNationsRugby) March 31, 2021
The 2020 player of the championship and a nomination for the 2021 award, Antoine Dupont, was the only Frenchman in the XV, which may come as a surprise as France finished the championship in second place. Fly-half Matthieu Jalibert was a high performer for Les Bleus but he missed the final match and was ousted by Sexton, who made a surge in the final two rounds against Scotland and England.
No players from England or wooden spoon winners Italy made the team, which was expected. Only Tom Curry and Anthony Watson would perhaps have stood a chance of making the XV following an underwhelming campaign by Eddie Jones’ side.
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Good luck Aussie
10 Go to commentssmith at 9 / mounga 10 / laumape 12 / fainganuku 14
37 Go to commentsBar the injuries, it’s pretty much their top team …
2 Go to commentsDon’t disagree with much of this but it appears you forgot Rodda and Beale, who started at the Force on the weekend.
10 Go to commentsExcept for the injured Zach Gallagher this would be Saders best forward pack for the season. Blackadder needs to stay at 7, for all of Christies tackling he is not dominant and offers very little else. McNicholfullback is maybe a good option, Fihaki not really upto it, there was a reason Burke played there last year. Maybe Havilli to 2nd five McLeod to wing. Need a strong winger on 1 side to compliment Reece
1 Go to commentsTo me TJ is clearly the best 9 in the competition right now but he's also a proven player off the bench, there's few playmaking players who can come off the bench as calm and settled as he is, Beauden can, TJ can and I doubt any of the scrumhalves in contention can, if they want to experiment with new 9s I want him on the bench ready to step in if they crumble under the pressure. The Boks put their best front row on the bench, I'd like to see us take a similar approach, the Hurricanes have been doing similar things with players like Kirifi.
37 Go to commentsROG has better chance to win a WC if he starts training and make himself eligible as a player. He won’t make the Ireland squad but I reckon he may get close with Namibia (needs to improve his Afrikaans) or Portugal. Both sides had 1000:1 odds to win the RWC in 2023 which is an improvement on ROG’s odds of winning a RWC as a coach. Unlike Top 14 teams, national teams can’t go shopping and buy the best players - you work with the available talent pool and turn them into world beaters.
2 Go to commentsthat backline nope that backline is terrible why would you have sevu Reece when he’s not even top 5 wingers in the comp why have Blackadder when there’s better players no Scott barret isn’t an automatic the guy is more of a liability than anything why have him there when you have samipeni who’s far far better
37 Go to commentsAh, good to find you Nick. Agree with everything about Cale. So much to like about his game
49 Go to commentsNot too bad. Questions at 6, lock and HB for me. The ABs will be a lot stronger once Jordan and Roigard return. Also, work needs to be made to secure Frizzell back for next season and maybe also Mo’unga; they’re just wasting time playing in japan
37 Go to commentsOn the title, i wonder for many of those people it is a case something like a belief in working smarter, not harder?
1 Go to commentsForget Sotutu. One of those whose top level is Super Rugby. Id take a punt on Wallace Sititi Finau ahead of Glass body Blackadder.
37 Go to commentsI’m a pensioner so I've been around a bit. My opinion of SBW is he is an elite athlete and a great New Zealander and roll model. He has been to the top and knows what he's talking about. To all the negative comments regarding SBW the typical New Zealand way, cut that tall poppy down.
17 Go to commentsI'm not listening to a guy moralise over others when this is the guy who walked out mid season on Canterbury RLFC when he had a contract with them, what a hypocrite. All the Kiwis sticking up for this unprincipled individual because they can't accept justified criticism, he has zero credibility or integrity. Those praising him are a joke.
17 Go to commentsI’d put Finau at 6 instead of Blackadder but that’s the only change I’d make. Can’t wait to see who Razor picks.
37 Go to commentsTamati Williams, Codie Taylor, and Same Cane? Not sure about Hoskins Sotutu at test level. Wasn’t that impressive last season. Need a balance between experience and talent/youth.
37 Go to commentsInteresting insight. Fantastic athlete, and a genuine human being.
17 Go to commentsThey played at night in Suva last weekend and it’s an afternoon game forecast for 19 degrees in Canberra this weekend. Heat change is a non issue.
2 Go to commentsWishing Rosie a speedy recovery
1 Go to commentsObscene that SA haven’t been knocking
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