Our team give their choices for the best game, the best player and the best try from the championship
As much as it’s tempting to also view this with green-tinged glasses, it’s impossible to overlook the freakishly brilliant Antoine Dupont. That feint to kick with his right, then switch to his left to nail a 50/22 at Twickenham was one of another lengthy highlights reel. Four try assists, seven offloads, that try-saving wrestling of Mack Hansen . . . he’s ridiculous really.For me, the best match was undeniably when the number one-ranked team in world rugby hosted the unofficial number one team.
If a team gets one over on a Shaun Edwards-coached defence, it’s worth noting the date and the time. Hugo Keenan’s try against France was executed with training ground precision in the maelstrom of a match. The animation, the timing of runs and passes, was exquisite as Ireland turned Romain Ntamack’s goal-line dropout into a seven-point windfall.
Scottish winger, Duhan van der Merwe’s run from 10 metres inside his own half was the mic-drop moment of the championship. Van der Merwe cuts through the first line of England, defence including outside centre Joe Marchant, just at the halfway line before steaming towards the English goal.
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