Six Nations team of the tournament: Johnny Sexton and Tadhg Furlong star but Conor Murray misses out
We pick our team of the Six Nations after the championship reached its climax last weekend
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Your support makes all the difference.The Six Nations concluded on Saturday with Ireland claiming just their third men’s Grand Slam in history to add to their 1948 and 2009 triumphs, winning the prestigious clean sweep at Twickenham for the first time and rising above England in the World Rugby rankings in the process.
With Joe Schmidt’s side now on a run of 12 straight victories that stretches back to last year’s Six Nations championship, it’s no surprise to see the Irish dominate our Team of the Tournament line up, although Wales also have a smattering of players included after they secured second place in the table with a 14-13 victory over France on the final weekend.
Scotland, France and Italy are all represented too with a player each, but England’s dismal campaign – in which they suffered three defeats for the first time since 2006 – means that they do not have a single representative in the team.
Having gone from back-to-back titles to a fifth-place finish, England certainly have plenty of work to do if they are to get back to the peak of European rugby where they once were under Eddie Jones, and while they are not as bad as their recent results suggest, all is not well in the England camp.
But now is not the time to discuss their fall from grace, and instead we praise the players who stood out over the last seven weeks in what is the best championship in world rugby today – but did any of the England flops make the cut?
Click on the gallery above to see who makes our team of the tournament.
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