Three Irish players make the cut – The Irish Times

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15 Blair Kinghorn (Scotland)
Scotland fullback Blair Kinghorn. Photograph: Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
Scotland fullback Blair Kinghorn. Photograph: Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images

As is often the case, his game has gone to a different level since joining Toulouse. The stats don’t lie: the most carries (86, and 23 more than any other player), most metres gained (575, over 200m more than any other player), most offloads (13) and line breaks (nine).

14 Tommy Freeman (England)
England's Tommy Freeman. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images
England’s Tommy Freeman. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

Darcy Graham had another superb tournament and Damian Penaud equalled Serge Blanco’s French try-scoring record but Freeman became the first player since Philippe Bernat-Salles in 2001 to score in every game and the only Englishman ever to do so. Also made…

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