'haaland Of The Rugby World' - How Bielle-biarrey Has Stormed The Stage

Antoine Dupont is arguably nan champion subordinate of each time.

Dupont lifted back-to-back Six Nations titles connected Saturday arsenic France edged England 48–46 successful an epic finale successful Paris.

What eluded nan 29-year-old during nan early portion of his world profession was trophies, but that has now surely changed.

His CV whitethorn deficiency a Rugby World Cup, but it continues to fortify nan statement that he is rugby's GOAT.

Outshining nan prima of French rugby has not moreover been worthy entertaining complete nan past fewer seasons.

The France skipper won nan subordinate of nan Six Nations successful 2020, 2022 and 2023.

However, Dupont is still not agelong backmost from a nasty anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) wounded suffered against Ireland successful information 4 of past year's Six Nations.

He missed nan extremity of that tourney and France helping Louis Bielle-Biarrey rightfully took nan limelight.

The 22-year-old bagged a grounds 8 tries to triumph subordinate of nan championship.

Roll connected 12 months and he scored 4 tries against England to thief Les Bleus triumph different title, taking his tally successful this year's tourney to 9 - breaking his ain record.

Bielle-Biarrey, who has a beardown chance of winning nan subordinate of nan title for a 2nd successive year, has now scored successful 10 consecutive Six Nations games, a grounds he will look to widen adjacent year.

Ireland fable Brian O'Driscoll is nan tournament's highest-ever try-scorer pinch 26 - 8 clear of Bielle-Biarrey, who has only played successful 14 Six Nations games.

The French flyer, who is showing nary signs of slowing down, is scoring astatine a complaint seldom seen successful world rugby.

Bielle-Biarrey showed fantabulous footballing expertise to nudge nan shot successful beforehand of England's Jack van Poortvliet for his captious 4th try.

"He is moving astatine complete 10 metres per 2nd - nan fastest subordinate successful nan Six Nations - and he has nan deftest of touches. Dennis Bergkamp would beryllium thrilled pinch that," erstwhile England helping Ugo Monye told BBC Rugby Union Weekly.

"He is nan Erling Haaland of nan rugby world. Give him nan shot and he will finish."