Round 2: Six Nations team of the week after the second weekend of action, which saw England, Ireland and Scotland pick up wins against Wales, Italy and France Respectively.
First of all, who was your player of the week?
Now here's our selection.
Fullback: Mike Brown (England)
Was poor in Rome a week ago but always turns up for the big games at Twickenham. Some great carries and majestic catches made the game against Wales the 32-year-old’s best performance in a long time.
Winger: Teddy Thomas (France)
The speedsters blistering pace tore Scotland apart twice, taking his total to three tries in two outings so far.
Centre: Robbie Henshaw (Ireland)
Caused Italy untold problems until injury cut short his day in a fine showing. The Leinster centre's relationship with Bundee Aki was being rekindled just as he injured himself in the process of scoring his second try. If the prognosis is as bad as expected, he will be a real loss for rest of the Championship.
Centre: Owen Farrell (England)
Slid a sublime through-ball to May to set the tone for an England's fine start. Another impressive all-round display featured slicing lines, one burrowing turnover and two dominant tackles that forced errors.
Winger: Jonny May (England)
Possibly his best performance in an England shirt, scoring his first two tries ever in the Six Nations. Managed to do his bit in defence too.
Fly-half: Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)
Ended up putting in a shift at 10 for the last half an hour, so we're putting him there in our XV. He booted 22 points on his return to Scotland's starting line-up as Gregor Townsend's men kickstarted their NatWest Six Nations campaign with a 32-26 win over France.
Scrum-half: Conor Murray (Ireland)
A superb pass for Henshaw’s first try and he was the master of all he surveyed mixing his game intelligently and invariably choosing the right option: won man-of-the-match and scored a try
Prop: Mako Vunipola (England)
Held up well against Samson Lee apart from one scrum in the first half that led to a reset. Saw out a 76-minute shift which, in such a gruelling encounter against Wales, must be applauded.
Hooker: Rory Best (Ireland)
Another hard-nosed shift from Ireland's gritty skipper. The lineout continues to purr and the low penalty count will please Ireland's on-field leader.
Prop: Simon Berghan (Scotland)
Busy round the park – 13 carries was only surpassed by Hogg – and the scrum stacked up on his side. Played the full 80 minutes, which is an astonishing achievement given his lack of experience at Test level.
Lock: Joe Launchbury (England)
Excellent offload to set-up May for his second that combined his awareness with his talent, holding off two defenders as he did so. Did plenty of England’s ball carrying as usual and made a bucket load of tackles.
Lock: Grant Gilchrist (Scotland)
Monstrous work-rate, some thundering carries and even a bit of nifty handling in the lead up to Sean Maitland’s try.
Flanker: Aaron Shingler (Wales)
One of Wales’ star performers as he stole an early Jamie George lineout while Hartley had his HIA and also made an eye-catching break in the second half.
Flanker: Hamish Watson (Scotland)
Controlled aggression set the tone from the beginning. It is not about the size of the dog in the fight – it is about the size of the fight in the dog.
Number 8: Sergio Parisse (Italy)
The Italy captain never gives up and always puts in a fantastic, whole-hearted performance.
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