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Antoine Dupont is arguably the best player of all time.<\/b><\/p>\n
Dupont lifted back-to-back Six Nations titles on Saturday as France edged England 48\u201346 in an epic finale in Paris.<\/p>\n
What eluded the 29-year-old during the early part of his international career was trophies, but that has now certainly changed.<\/p>\n
His CV may lack a Rugby World Cup, but it continues to strengthen the debate that he is rugby’s GOAT.<\/p>\n
Outshining the star of French rugby has not even been worth entertaining over the past few seasons.<\/p>\n
The France captain won the player of the Six Nations in 2020, 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n
However, Dupont is still not long back from a nasty anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury suffered against Ireland in round four of last year’s Six Nations.<\/p>\n
He missed the end of that tournament and France wing Louis Bielle-Biarrey rightfully took the limelight.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old bagged a record eight tries to win player of the championship.<\/p>\n
Roll on 12 months and he scored four tries against England to help Les Bleus win another title, taking his tally in this year’s tournament to nine – breaking his own record.<\/p>\n
Bielle-Biarrey, who has a strong chance of winning the player of the championship for a second successive year, has now scored in 10 straight Six Nations games, a record he will look to extend next year.<\/p>\n
Ireland legend Brian O’Driscoll is the tournament’s highest-ever try-scorer with 26 – eight clear of Bielle-Biarrey, who has only played in 14 Six Nations games.<\/p>\n
The French flyer, who is showing no signs of slowing down, is scoring at a rate rarely seen in international rugby.<\/p>\n
Bielle-Biarrey showed excellent footballing ability to nudge the ball in front of England’s Jack van Poortvliet for his vital fourth try.<\/p>\n
“He is running at over 10 metres per second – the fastest player in the Six Nations – and he has the deftest of touches. Dennis Bergkamp would be thrilled with that,” former England wing Ugo Monye told BBC Rugby Union Weekly.<\/p>\n
“He is the Erling Haaland of the rugby world. Give him the ball and he will finish.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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