Antoine Dupont is arguably the perfect participant of all time.
Dupont lifted back-to-back Six Nations titles on Saturday as France edged England 48–46 in an epic finale in Paris.
What eluded the 29-year-old in the course of the early a part of his worldwide profession was trophies, however that has now definitely modified.
His CV might lack a Rugby World Cup, however it continues to strengthen the talk that he’s rugby’s GOAT.
Outshining the star of French rugby has not even been price entertaining over the previous few seasons.
The France captain gained the participant of the Six Nations in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
Nevertheless, Dupont remains to be not lengthy again from a nasty anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage suffered towards Eire in spherical 4 of final 12 months’s Six Nations.
He missed the tip of that event and France wing Louis Bielle-Biarrey rightfully took the limelight.
The 22-year-old bagged a report eight tries to win participant of the championship.
Roll on 12 months and he scored 4 tries towards England to assist Les Bleus win one other title, taking his tally on this 12 months’s event to 9 – breaking his personal report.
Bielle-Biarrey, who has a robust likelihood of successful the participant of the championship for a second successive 12 months, has now scored in 10 straight Six Nations video games, a report he’ll look to increase subsequent 12 months.
Eire legend Brian O’Driscoll is the event’s highest-ever try-scorer with 26 – eight away from Bielle-Biarrey, who has solely performed in 14 Six Nations video games.
The French flyer, who’s exhibiting no indicators of slowing down, is scoring at a charge not often seen in worldwide rugby.
Bielle-Biarrey confirmed wonderful footballing skill to nudge the ball in entrance of England’s Jack van Poortvliet for his very important fourth attempt.
“He’s working at over 10 metres per second – the quickest participant within the Six Nations – and he has the deftest of touches. Dennis Bergkamp can be thrilled with that,” former England wing Ugo Monye informed BBC Rugby Union Weekly.
“He’s the Erling Haaland of the rugby world. Give him the ball and he’ll end.”
