Round One of the Six Nations has come and gone and there were some interesting results.  England showed some attacking flair to beat Wales.  Scotland also showed plenty to give them encouragement despite losing to France, while Ireland were lucky to beat Italy in the end.

It is interesting to note that the most expensive players scored the most points and there were actually more players from losing teams than winning teams making the cut.   France and Ireland both won but had only one player in the Team of the Round.  Sometimes these players from lesser teams have to do more work and therefore get more points.

Players in Team of the Round from each team. 

England 3
Scotland 3
Wales 2
Italy 2
Ireland 1
France 1

Team of Round One

1 Leonardo Ghiraldini FR ITA 1 310 310 $840,000
2 Dylan Hartley FR ENG 1 270 270 $1,150,000

1 Bradley Davies LK WAL 1 350 350 $1,002,500
2 Richie Gray LK SCO 1 320 320 $620,000

1 Kelly Brown LF SCO 1 420 420 $960,000
2 Thierry Dusautoir LF FRA 1 390 390 $1,162,500

1 Toby Flood HV ENG 1 465 465 $1,212,500
2 Luke McLean HV ITA 1 310 310 $830,000

1 Joe Ansbro CT SCO 1 300 300 $530,000
2 Brian O'Driscoll CT IRE 1 280 280 $1,235,000

1 Chris Ashton OB ENG 1 395 395 $910,000
2 Morgan Stoddart OB WAL 1 320 320 $532,500 

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