Comments on: Six Nations 2014 Awards

By: Anarky

Anarky — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:03:43 +0000

Obviously a typo Dazza, but the thought of 114 Scotsmen on the pitch did make chuckle.

By: Pablito

Pablito — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:36:24 +0000

The camera work for the Jamie Roberts try is just appalling

Also, is it just me or is the final pass from Faletau a wee bit forward?

By: Dazza

Dazza — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:34:51 +0000

I’m being picky, as I don’t know for sure, but I’m guessing that Roberts’ try was scored when Scotland had 114 men on the pitch? If so it makes it so much easier to score a try of this kind, as there is a lot more space in the defensive line.

Personally I would go for Danny Care or Johnny Sexton.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:37:24 +0000

Point of order, Brown was not sublime every minute he was on the pitch, against France he was pressed back into winger service and while he did manage to get a try (thanks in large part to Jack Nowell) it did serve to underline just how much better he is in his preferred position. Otherwise I agree with all of this, although had Halfpenny not managed to stop it Burrell’s try would have been a simple run-in for try of the tournament, it was sublime

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:31:08 +0000

Agreed. But you seem to assume that Tuilagi will start ahead of Burrell…I’m not so sure…

By: Matt B

Matt B — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:39:18 +0000

Mako’s try and ‘celebration’ had me in stitches. I have no idea what he was doing or if he was just shattered.

By: Blub

Blub — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:32:29 +0000

Suggestion for your “Alternative” awards;

Budding scrum-half of the tournament;
Richie Gray and Paul O’Connell – who both seemed to be at the base of the breakdown, moving the ball on – often in excess of a couple of metres, more often than anyone else on that last saturday.
If they can learn to box-kick in time for the 2015 6 nations, that would be a sight too see.

By: Blub

Blub — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:17:13 +0000

How about Mako Vunipola’s try?

That has to be worth a nomination at least, if only for his victory jig before he realised what he was doing, and got embarrassed!

Seriously though, I would go for Stuart Hogg as the disappointment, simply because none of the other disappointments were really a surprise.

By: Staggy

Staggy — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 16:05:58 +0000

Graeme, I was going to say exactly the same thing about Roberts try. It was a great try but in the overall context of the game or the tournament didn’t make any difference. Whether this should make any difference to the voting is, however, not something that I am sure about.

By: Graeme

Graeme — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:07:12 +0000

The only one I would disagree on is the try of the tournament. For me it’s Care’s against Ireland (I’m English of it may be a slight bias) not only do I think it involved some great skill and awareness as well as link up play, how crucial in came to be, not only as it was the winning score but also dragged the momentum back towards England.

While I appreciate the skill involved for Roberts’ try I think you have to remember the game was over as a contest and it was against a backline that was a man short.

By: Brían

Brían — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:38:18 +0000

Excellent what a great year for the Irish!
a wee typo there…
Game of the tournament
Nominees: France v England, England v Ireland, France v Ireland

Weirdly enough, France feature in two of our three nominees for game of the tournament, despite having a fairly average tournament in general. Their games against England and France in Paris both went right down to the wire.

Should read games against England and Ireland in Paris…

Cheers, Brían