You can normally rely on the French to put forward a few contenders for these awards, but they appeared to take the week off. That said, England were brilliant and thoroughly deserved their win – even if if does take all the shine off our point in Paris.
Ireland were brilliantly efficient while Wales sporadic and frustrating, but still only conceded a solitary score and will lift the championship next weekend.
Anyway, without further ado, on with the slideshow.
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It's Monday, so here's your Six Nations team of the week
Isn't it a bit soon to find the 'new' George North? With these two lads on either wing, the Welsh possess some wrecking balls which seem to rupture defences at will.Source: David Davies/PA Wire/Press Association Images
13. Manu Tuilagi.
The centre gives the England jigsaw an almost complete look, when once it was a jumbled mess of overturned pieces.
The try in Paris was Tuilagi at his best in broken field at full flight. Unstoppable.Source: David Rogers/Getty Images
12. Jamie Roberts.
Not a vintage weekend for inside centres. Wesley Fofana scored another try but butchered two more. Brad Barritt is Brad Barritt and Gordon D'Arcy had another invisible day.
Roberts was quiet, but epitomised the class oozing from the Welsh backs. Took his try very well to get the ball rolling.Source: Joe Giddens/EMPICS Sport
Hailing Morgan as the Lions' 8 is a little premature, but the Welsh based bull will be one of English rugby's leading lights for some years to come.
Moving to Bath is understandable giving the financial trouble in Wales, but the Premiership may diminish his explosive power from a standing start.Source: AP Photo/Christophe Ena
7. Tom Croft.
This back row is unbalanced and all beacuse of Croft's astounding pace to score what proved the winning try for this once-makeshift looking England side.Source: David Davies/PA Wire/Press Association Images
The vital collision when playing Italy and, overall, Jones won his bout with Andrea Lo Cicero.Source: Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport
2. Rory Best.
Captain fantastic, he led by example in the first Six Nations game in over a decade where Ireland have not had either O'Connell or O'Driscoll in harness.
Criticism of the Irish line-out would have been on his mind in midweek and he gave his answers with interest, barrelling over the opening score from the set-piece.
1. Alex Corbisiero.
It takes some resolve to go to Paris and take them on at their core strength, yet that is what this young, closely knit group of English players have in spades.Source: David Rogers/Getty Images
It's Monday, so here's your Six Nations team of the week
IT WAS SOMETHING of an odd weekend.
You can normally rely on the French to put forward a few contenders for these awards, but they appeared to take the week off. That said, England were brilliant and thoroughly deserved their win – even if if does take all the shine off our point in Paris.
Ireland were brilliantly efficient while Wales sporadic and frustrating, but still only conceded a solitary score and will lift the championship next weekend.
Anyway, without further ado, on with the slideshow.
15. Rob Kearney.
14. Alex Cuthbert.
13. Manu Tuilagi.
12. Jamie Roberts.
11. Andrew Trimble.
10. Jonathan Sexton.
9. Eoin Reddan.
8. Ben Morgan.
7. Tom Croft.
6. Stephen Ferris.
5. Donnacha Ryan.
4. Richie Gray.
3. Adam Jones.
2. Rory Best.
1. Alex Corbisiero.
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