PETER JACKSON

More than 200 players lined up on the starting grid for the Six Nations. Six weeks later, those going into the final round without missing a single minute’s action during the previous four had been boiled down to 15.
Not surprisingly, fewer forwards still could lay claim to surviving the hazards of rugby’s Grand National with a record of ever-presence. They numbered six: Three locks (Maro Itoje, Scott Cummings, Dafydd Jenkins). Three No.8s (Caelan Doris, Ben Earl, Aaron Wainwright).
The nine backs feature three fly-halves (Jack Crowley, Paolo Garbisi, Finn Russell), three wing...