OPTA's team of the autumn includes FOUR England stars

15. Will Jordan (New Zealand) – Scored against Scotland and England to reach 45 All Blacks tries and made six line breaks, second only to Darcy Graham.

14. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (England) – Led all high-volume carriers with an 86% gainline success rate, 11.2 metres per carry and four dominant tackles.

13. Nicolas Depoortere (France) – Scored four tries and posted the best tackle-evasion rate of any centre, slipping 50% of attempted tackles.

12. Damian de Allende (South Africa) – The only player to top 65% for dominant carries, gainline success (76%) and multi-tackler involvements (76%).

11. Mateo Carreras (Argentina) – Averaged a competition-beating 103 metres per 80 and topped defenders beaten (5.5), plus ranked second for line breaks.

10. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (South Africa) – Autumn’s top points-scorer with 40 and four tries, boasting the best dominant-carry (67%) and tackle-evasion (65%) rates of any 10-carry player.

9. Cobus Reinach (South Africa) – Led all players in pick-and-go carries (12) and metres (43), won 57% of his contested kicks and delivered two tries and two assists.

1. Angus Bell (Australia) – Dominated the prop stats with the most carries (26), metres (72), defenders beaten (8) and line breaks (2), plus one of only two props with multiple tries.

2. Ewan Ashman (Scotland) – Scored a month-high five tries, averaged 4.1m per carry with a 58% dominance rate and hit 23 of 26 lineouts.

3. Joe Heyes (England) – Completed 23 scrum involvements without conceding a penalty and led all tightheads with 55 actions (carries/tackles/rucks) per 80.

4. Maro Itoje (England) – Made a November-best 61 tackles at 98% success and hit 104 rucks, second only to McReight.

5. Fabian Holland (New Zealand) – Won seven lineouts per 80 (most this autumn), stole 0.7 per 80 and averaged a forward-leading nine passes.

6. Ryan Baird (Ireland) – Topped the lineout-steal charts with five and produced the best gainline success of any forward with 20+ carries (85%).

7. Fraser McReight (Australia) – Owned the breakdown with 10 turnovers (eight jackals) and a month-high 134 rucks hit.

8. Ben Earl (England) – Led all players in carries (60, 15 per 80), added three line-break assists and smashed eight dominant tackles.