June Internationals Week Two: Team of the Week

With the summer tours in full motion once again, all attention was on a number of exciting Test matches on Saturday, which included victories for Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, Wales and the USA.

RUCK POLL:

Fullback: Jordie Barrett (New Zealand): Scored two well-taken tries against France and was good in the air and did the job on defence nicely.

Winger: Josh Adams (Wales): Proved why he was joint top try-scorer in the English Premiership with a brilliant solo try from 42m out against the Pumas, beating four defenders with ease. Not just evasive but strong and physical as he looked for work to suggest a bright future on the international stage.

Centre: Garry Ringrose (Ireland): Ireland look a far better side when he’s in the midfield, while the defence looked far more assured this time around. Might have gotten more reward had his team-mates managed to find his clever support runs against the Wallabies.

Centre: Louis Carbonel (France U20): We've switched him to centre as we just couldn't leave him out. The Toulon/France U20 was fantastic from the tee and out-performed Marcus Smith to guide Les Bleus to their first Junior Championship win in history. He also ended the tournament as the top scorer.

Winger: Jordan Olowofela (England U20): The speedster featured in all four of England’s games in the competition as they lost in the final. He scored two tries from the wing against Argentina in the opening game before scoring a crucial try in the 32-31 victory over South Africa in the semi-final before dotting down in the final against France.

Fly-half: AJ MacGinty (USA): The Fly-hald had an outstanding game and was the best player on the field as the Eagles sucked their first ever win against a Tier One nation.

Scrum-half: Conor Murray (Ireland): His pass for Furlong’s try was excellent and he stepped things up on last week’s performance with a measured performance. Rarely looks flustered or takes the wrong option.

Prop: Rob Evans (Wales): Wales even got on top at the scrum with Evans relishing the contest. He may be the squad's resident comedian but was deadly serious on the pitch as he made his presence felt in the loose to help stop the Pumas on the gainline.

Hooker: Joe Taufete'e (USA): The Worcester hooker scored two well taken tries as the USA recorded a historic triumph.

Prop: Tadhg Furlong (Ireland): A full-on shift from the big man who won the official Man of the Match award. It was hard to argue with his selection, as he scored his first international try and caused Australia all sorts of problems.

Lock: Cory Hill (Wales): Wales were beautifully balanced at lock as they showed there's life after Alun Wyn Jones. Skipper Hill got through so much donkey work and coach Warren Gatland has a welcome headache when it comes to selection next season with strength in depth building.

Lock: Devin Toner (Ireland): Far from perfect as he was guilty of a little ill-discipline, but he continued his strong end of season form into this Test, with an abrasive, hard-working effort.

Flanker: Ellis Jenkins (Wales): Such a fierce competitor and natural leader, being out of position at blindside flanker didn't make any difference to the way he played as Wales got the better of the breakdown.

Flanker: Jake Polledri (Italy): The Gloucester flanker scored his first international try to help Italy secure a narrow victory over Japan. Polledri, winning just his third cap for his country, powered his way over for their third try in the 44th minute to put his side 19-3 ahead at the Noevir Stadium in Kobe.

Number 8: Duane Vermuelon (South Africa): Near-sensational for a second week on the trot, and in a second high-altitude game, which only underlined that the gnarly veteran still has the stamina and competitive juices (and then some) for Test rugby. Superb, supplementary leadership figure, devastating ball-carrier and earnest breakdown scrapper.