The five players highlighted in this column – Wales winger Louis Rees-Zammit, France fly-half Matthieu Jalibert, England outside centre Henry Slade, Ireland lock/blindside Tadhg Beirne, and Scotland openside Hamish Watson – are there because they have contributed in different ways in this Six Nations, and I’ve enjoyed watching them. Even more credit is due because each has raised their game despite the difficulties of the emotional bypass involved in playing in empty stadiums during lockdown.
There is no doubt that Rees- Zammit crashed the scene in a big way after the clamour for him to be...