Who did BBC pundits pick in their Six Nations teams of the tournament?

France secured a record eighth Six Nations title with a thrilling last-gasp victory over England in Paris on Saturday.

Dubbed as the greatest championship ever, who will make each pundit’s team of the tournament?

Former Wales captain Sam Warburton and former Scotland skipper John Barclay discussed their teams on BBC Rugby Special.

Despite lifting the trophy, France captain Antoine Dupont fails to make the cut at scrum-half, while only one Englishman is selected – and then only by former Wales captain Warbuton.

“It is incredible to say this, but Dupont had a quiet game in round four. For him that is unheard of,” Warburton said.

Scotland fly-half Finn Russell was at his magical best at times, but only gets an “honourable mention”.

Warburton and Barclay picked a different forward pack to each other, but their backlines were exactly the same.

Loose-head prop

Rhys Carre – Wales

Hooker

Dewi Lake – Wales

SW: It is like the basketball analogy, he gets the triple-double every game. Massive numbers in ruck hits, ball carries and tackles.

He is maxing out across the board and is a triple-double player. His workrate is enormous and suits the modern game. He is a big, abrasive scrummager – his line-out darts are maybe his weakest area.

You find out about a leader in adversity, not so much when you are winning. And in adversity, he has fronted up.

Julien Marchand – France

JB: He has a high level of consistency, carries well, and is a good decision-maker, his darts have been brilliant, and he scrummages well.

Tight-head prop

Simone Ferrari – Italy

JB: Anyone that picks someone up in the scrum and takes them to the clouds – up to the fourth floor – is in for me.

Italy dismantled the Scotland scrum. They have caused problems throughout the championship and he has been brilliant.

SW: Sergio Parisse, who watches a lot of Italian rugby in detail, said before the game against Wales that Ferrari is a massive miss. He said it would be a difficult afternoon without him, and it was.

Second rows

Charles Ollivon – France

JB: He played eight at the weekend. He has played six for France. He has played seven, he has played four and five.

When you put him into the second row, he will not be as effective with his legs because he will be asked to do more of the heavy lifting – the nuts and bolts of the game.

He is involved in big moments throughout games. His support play is great.

He is such a classy player.

Emmanuel Meafou – France

JB: He is so destructive. The way he carries the ball – whether they put him in the backfield to take kick-offs or in tight exchanges – some of the collisions he wins, I don’t think there is a player in the northern hemisphere that can do what he does.

SW: Some will say he did not start as many games as Mickael Guillard, who was great as well, but Meafou showed, particularly in the last round, why you need that enforcer in your pack.

Blind-side flanker

Tadhg Beirne – Ireland

SW: Massive game-player in the big moments.

Open-side flanker

Ben Earl – England

SW: I have always been a big fan. It is cheeky to put him in at number seven instead of eight, but I just had to fit him in.

Earl, no matter what happened to England in the championship, gave them go-forward every single game, relentlessly.

His work-rate is exceptional – he is a brilliant athlete.

Rory Darge – Scotland

JB: Rory Darge needed a big championship with some youngsters snapping at his heels. He stepped up.

Number eight

Jack Dempsey – Scotland

JB: Scotland probably do not have another player like him with the quality of his ball carrying and the sheer volume of work he gets through.

He stepped up massively from a leadership point of view.

He was the one who was banging the drums. Apparently against Wales at half-time, he is the guy who stepped up. He topped the championship for turnovers – his numbers are off the charts.

Aaron Wainwright – Wales

Scrum-half

Jamison Gibson-Park – Ireland

JB: You see the difference when he plays and when he does not.

He gets that Irish team moving. He is the heartbeat of that side. Ireland have the best structured attack and his role within that – in terms of decision-making and getting that ball away from the breakdown at speed – the quality is stunning.

SW: Any young nine – just watch him. He does not take any time away from the game. He gets the ball and skips away. That creates such a difficult downward spiral for a defence.

His kicking game is also underrated. People talk about Dupont’s kick length – Gibson-Park’s is exceptional. His nuts and bolts are brilliant.

Fly-half

Matthieu Jalibert – France

Left wing

Louis Bielle-Biarrey – France

Former England wing Ugo Monye: He is smashing records that we have never seen before and is setting a new standard, scoring a try in every Six Nations game for the past two Six Nations.

Centres

Stuart McCloskey – Ireland

SW: McCloskey is a senior player in the sense of age at 33, but he has finally had his real breakthrough moment at 12.

If there was hypothetically a Lions tour this summer, he is going on it. I thought he was exceptional.

JB: He probably has 20-odd caps, but this is the first time he has had a proper run and he looks so comfortable.

All the play was going through him, and his tackle against Marcus Smith was probably one of the highlights.

Tommaso Menoncello – Italy

JB: I would not be surprised if he won player of the tournament again. He has been so good.

Right wing

Kyle Steyn – Scotland

UM: Thrilled for Kyle Steyn. A nuts and bolts player, who has had a breakthrough.

Full-back

Thomas Ramos – France

SW: Thomas Ramos has been the top points scorer four years in a row now in the Six Nations.

When there was that real high-pressure kick at the end of the England game, you look around for players who are born for big moments, and he did not wait for his captain to go to him and ask, “Can you have the three?” He just picked up the ball and was like, “Where do you want me to take it from?”

SW: I have always been defence-minded, so my first thought is always, “What did the defence do wrong?”