Six Nations 2023: The top try-scorer, best try-scoring team and vote for your favourite try

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Rob HerringIreland hooker Rob Herring scored the 91st and last effort of the 2023 Six Nations

The 2023 Six Nations featured a record-breaking 91 tries from 15 games, beating the erstwhile grounds of 86 successful 2021.

Here's a look astatine immoderate of the try-scoring stats that stood retired and the accidental to ballot for your favourite effort of the tournament.

Match with astir tries - France 41-28 Wales (nine)

France went into the last time knowing the defence of their rubric was retired of their ain hands.

Ireland claimed the Grand Slam with triumph implicit England but France were intent connected claiming a bonus constituent triumph and ending their run with a flourish.

Les Blues cruised past Wales, who scored 4 tries of their own, successful a nine-try matter successful Paris.

George North became Wales' grounds Six Nations try-scorer with his 23rd since making his tourney debut successful 2011.

Most tries for 1 squad successful a lucifer - France (seven)

England fell to their heaviest location decision against a ruthless French broadside successful their penultimate game.

It began with a Thomas Ramos effort aft 2 minutes earlier Charles Ollivon, Thibaud Flament and Damian Penaud each scored 2 each arsenic France romped to a 53-10 triumph and a archetypal triumph implicit England astatine Twickenham successful the Six Nations since 2005.

Hat-trick leader - Blair Kinghorn (Scotland)

The fly-half seized the accidental afforded by the lack of Finn Russell to people a hat-trick successful a 26-14 triumph implicit Italy successful Scotland's concluding game.

Kinghorn was a changeless menace with shot successful hand, his gait and powerfulness evident with each carry.

Russell is apt to instrumentality to the fig 10 jersey for this autumn's World Cup, but it remains to beryllium seen what relation Kinghorn plays successful France aft impressing against the Azzurri.

Top try-scorer - Damian Penaud (five)

The Frenchman, who tin play astatine helping oregon centre, scored 1 successful the decision by Ireland earlier touching down doubly astatine Twickenham and adding a mates much successful the triumph implicit Wales.

Compatriot Ramos, and Scotland brace Kinghorn and Huw Jones finished successful associated 2nd connected four, portion Duhan van der Merwe, Mack Hansen, Thibaud Flament, Charles Ollivon and James Lowe each managed three.

Team with astir tries - France (21)

France whitethorn person mislaid their Six Nations crown but they were fluid successful attack. Led by the half-back pairing of Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack, France exploited absorption defences.

They scored 21 tries, which is 1 much than the 20 scored by Grand Slam winners Ireland.

Team which conceded astir tries - Italy (22)

Italy claimed the unwanted prize of an eighth Wooden Spoon successful a row, contempt signs of betterment nether caput manager Kieran Crowley.

The Azzurri ran France adjacent successful their opening crippled and had Scotland connected the ropes successful their last, but their defence remains an issue.

Italy conceded 22 tries arsenic they mislaid each game. Wales, who finished fifth, were adjacent with 19 tries conceded.

England conceded 18 tries and 135 points - some their worst ever successful the Six Nations.

Best effort of the tournament

One for you to decide. Penaud 3 times, Van der Merwe doubly and Ireland's James Lowe each diagnostic successful our selection.

Duhan van der Merwe v England: Kicking america disconnected with a bang. The Scotland helping sliced done the English midfield from wrong his ain fractional earlier evading different 4 attempted tackles.

Damian Penaud v Ireland: The tournament's apical try-scorer opened his relationship by starting the antagonistic onslaught earlier latching onto the last walk to burst clear.

James Lowe v France: The Ireland helping produced the acrobatics to thrust the tackle successful mid-air and people successful the corner, but was his ft successful touch?

Kyle Steyn v Wales: Scotland's helping whitethorn person touched down but this was each astir Finn Russell, who got implicit the gainline and managed to escaped his arms successful the tackle to flick the shot retired the backmost doorway for Steyn to ground.

Thomas Ramos v England: Talk astir the cleanable start. France sniffed an aboriginal accidental and moved the shot rapidly to their flying full-back, who had excessively overmuch velocity for the covering achromatic shirts.

Damian Penaud v France: The cherry connected the cake. Penaud finished disconnected a flowing French squad determination to onshore the last stroke against England.

Duhan van der Merwe v Italy: For each of his gait and power, the Scotland helping gracefully hangs successful the aerial arsenic helium scores successful the corner.

Blair Kinghorn v Italy: With the timepiece successful the red, Scotland could person kicked for interaction and ended the crippled but they chose to play connected and ran the afloat magnitude of the tract arsenic Kinghorn sealed his hat-trick.

Damian Penaud v Wales: Romain Ntamack made the interruption and popped disconnected to Antoine Dupont to occurrence the shot wide for Penaud to finish.

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