From Marcus Smith’s drop goal to Wales’s doomed heroics, here are our picks for best moment, match and more
Tempted to say Antoine Dupont, whose stock rose even higher in his absence. Or Tommy Reffell, a rare shaft of light for Wales. But Ireland won the title again and James Lowe is among the green machine’s most vital cogs. He contributed four tries, two of them in defeat to England, and his roving instincts and long kicking game add even more value. Robert Kitson
