The older and heavier loosehead prop Gordon Reid or 100-cap hooker Ross Ford may be preferred to the more mobile Dell or Fraser. Possession is not the priority," World Rugby said in its statistical report on the 2016 Six Nations. Everything else is a bonus," Scotland's Dell said. I know I'll always have that and can rely on it but my main emphasis is getting better at scrum time. The average age of the French and Welsh props and hooker was 26, England's 28, Ireland's 29 and Italy's 31.

Source: The Star February 22, 2017 17:48 UTC