6N Player of the Championship

chupacabra

**MOD EDIT merging player of the tournament threads as new one has the poll of official candidates


I was going to make a "team of the tournament" thread, but I realised it would just be a whole lot of Irish players

So who was your player of the tournament?

For me its Rory Best. He was phenomenal in every single game he played.

lologram

Mike Brown has to be in with a shout.

Pudsy33

Danny Care, England

Devin Toner for me.

sydthebeat

Chris Robshaw, England

For single handed impact, Mike Brown.

For consistent excellence, big dev, with special mention for Trimble.

ThisRegard

lologram wrote: »

Mike Brown has to be in with a shout.

I would say he's right up there.

IanOBo

Mike Brown, Danny Care and Peter O'Mahony were the standout players for me.

puntosporting

Danny Care, England

Mike Brown for me and I cant stand him!

Neil3030

Chris Robshaw, England

Mike Ross.

Tox56

It's Mike Brown no contest.

Toner from Ireland

Rigor Mortis

Brown overall, toner and Paulie scrapping it out for Irish player.

Cantremember

O'Connell. Immense personal presence, world class leadership. God speed BOD!

RuggieBear

Danny Care, England

mike brown

for ireland...toner or pom for me

wp_rathead

David Denton, Scotland

SARTO

BBDBB

Some young fella called O'Driscoll, he looks like he can play a bit and has a bright future

former legend

Huget deserves a mention but hard to argue with Brown.

Toner and Ross from an Irish perspective.

spiralism

Danny Care, England

Find it hard to not give it to Mike Brown, has had some tournament in fairness. Never seen a year like it in the championship for Fullback play actually.

CatFromHue

Andrew Trimble, Ireland

Jim Hamilton, mainly for the line "I have to stand up for myself"

Fireball07

Danny Care, England

It has to be Mike Brown, he was the single best player in the competition.


For Ireland- Toner was our best player, most consistent. But Ross, POM, Kearney and Trimble would all be in with a shout too.

For England, Danny Care and Courtney Lawes were the closest to rivalling Brown.



But yeah. Brown.

sillyoulfool

Rob Kearney without a doubt.

Stev_o

Mike Brown without a doubt, had a fantastic tournament and was a joy to watch at fullback.

mohawk

Mike Brown would be my choice.

TheGoldenAges

Mike Brown obviously, can't remember him having a bad game.

BarcodeMuncher

Danny Care, England

Mike Brown was immense

Rightwing

Brown, by a mile.

Birroc

Sam Warburton, Wales

Trimble didn't have a bad game. He did such an amount of work for Ireland.

its_phil

Danny Care, England

Not even a debate, Mike Brown getting 3 MOTM awards and deserved every single one

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Danny Care, England

Mike Brown, then Toner

mr_edge_to_you

Trimble for me. Improved every week and today he was immense. I think it has to be a special player that's mentioned by a coach like Schmidt in a post match interview.

It'll be interesting to see who Ulsters wings are in the coming weeks.

Kayless

Joe Schmidt by a mileeeeeeeeeeeee closely followed by Plumtree

Woody1997

Its a true testament to Toner that he is many people's Irish player of the tournament having not been considered first choice in the Autumn, and having many people question his status as a professional rugby player in the recent past. Has been immense throughout the 6 Nations!

accensi0n

Darcy's beard.

shuffol

I'd have to go with the consensus on here, Kelly Brown for me too.

Diabhal Beag

Danny Care, England

Mike Brown for me. Give him any space at your peril.

pickarooney

Danny Care, England

Michael Brown

corny

Brown will obviously win but excluding him best player from each team:

England: Robshaw, Burrell or Care.
Ireland: Dev, Ross, POM
Wales: Warburton.
Italy: McClean or Ghiraldini.
France: Huget.

Great job of narrowing it down i know;)

phog

Player of the Tournament - Mike Brown
Irish Player of the Tournament - any amount of them, Best, POM, POC, Trimble, etc but Toner was the most improved or at least proved his doubters wrong

thebaz

Mike Brown for me - the thing about Ireland it was a team thing - Toner, POM, Trimble, Kearneys, BOD, Best, Ross, Healy, Heaslip , Henry, Johnny, D'Arcy, Murray, Reddan, McGrath, Heaslip, Henderson

POC probably had his best game in an Irish jersey today , immense ,eclipsed the great BOD today

Danny Care, England

1 - Mike Brown
2 - Danny Care
3 - Peter O'Mahoney/Devin Toner

Steve

On the front line POC, no question.

I also think Rob K was immensely under appreciated in this tournament. He was there when it mattered every time.

astonaidan

Danny Care, England

For me it would be either Mike Brown or Trimble, think BOD might have robbed him off a few MOTM awards.

corny

Steve wrote: »

On the front line POC, no question.

I also think Rob K was immensely under appreciated in this tournament. He was there when it mattered every time.

Bar when Sarto walked around last week

JohnFalstaff

Steve wrote: »

On the front line POC, no question.

I also think Rob K was immensely under appreciated in this tournament. He was there when it mattered every time.

Few crucial missed tackles blotted R Kearney's copybook. POC was immense thorough this tournament for Ireland. Seeing him leading the huddle at the start of the second half today was inspirational.

That said, Mike Brown probably the stand out player over the past few weeks.

Steve

corny wrote: »

Bar when Sarto walked around last week

Yeah, fair point. Word is he found the full-back instructions in Isa's locker but hasn't read that page yet..

JP Liz V1

Peter O'Mahony

Swiwi.

The best player was Mike Brown. For an English back that is some effort.

My pick of the Irish players are the ones that had questions marks over them pre-tournament: Trimble, Toner & Ross.

Overall, the standard of the whole 6N was quite poor - Eng & Ire were consistently very good, but the rest went up and down like a yo-yo, Italy rolled over today, France finally stood up, Wales comprehensively lost to the best 2 teams, and then there's Scotland...

Gidea

Maybe its just me, but i dont see how people are claiming best to be one of Irelands best performers. He was solid and consistent all tournament and didn't do much wrong, but he's played much better before in green

bilston

Sam Warburton, Wales

astonaidan wrote: »

For me it would be either Mike Brown or Trimble, think BOD might have robbed him off a few MOTM awards.

Well he did today, last week it was probably Sexton who was robbed, but I doubt either Trimble or Sexton would begrudge BOD it. I'd say the Six Nations winners medals they now have is fair compensation.

tbm

Mike brown.

bilston

Sam Warburton, Wales

Lots of people coming up with different names for Irish Player of the tournament. That in itself is a great thing in my book. It shows that everyone performed.

Ardillaun

I have to say Brown even though I've knocked him in the past. He did everything well.

Another question is which player would Ireland have missed the most i.e. individual merit divided by competitive alternatives. Ross still looks useful.

errlloyd

Danny Care, England

Brown delivered in the hard games and the Easy ones. He's a rare player, he always performs