Top 5 Tries of the First Two Rounds of the 2023 Six Nations

An honourable mention to his second try, but the first against England was a simply astonishing finish. Scotland's answer for Jonah Lomu ran riot throughout the Calcutta Cup, with his performance sumarrised in this unbelieveable score.

Collecting the ball within his own half, and with a quick burst of pace exploded through Joe Marchant to break the gain-line. The winger then glided passed the tackle attempt of Ollie Chessum, and threw a stutter-step to evade the chop tackle attempt of Freddie Steward, before a strong fend on Alex Dombrandt and diving to score what is truly one of the great Six Nations tries.

2. Garry Ringrose v France

The all-important try which took the match out of reach for France, Garry Ringrose muscled his way along the left hand touchline to score a crucial try for Ireland. With just one converted try seperating the two highest ranked international sides in the world, and under 10 minutes left on the clock, the Leinster man took centre stage.

Ringrose ran onto Calen Doris’ miss-pass offload and put his head down to drive to the line. First a strong fend on Matthieu Jalibert sent the replacement fly-half packpeddling into his teammates. Ringrose then fought passed the diving tackle attempts of Gael Fickou and Sipili Falatea, before pinning back his ears and outpacing Sekou Macalou to score

3. Damian Penaud v Ireland

A first half score which sent shockwaves through the Aviva Stadium, Damian Peanaud showcased his naturally gifted pace and stamina, to start and finish a fantastic breakaway try. The French winger picked up the bouncing loose ball inside his own 22m, and started up the turbos as he broke at pace towards Ireland. A sharp cut inside on the turned back of Andrew Porter set the Clermont star into open space, before he shipped the ball inside to Anthony Jelonch.

Penaud was slightly halted off the ball by Tadhg Beirne, but was able to catch up with Jelonch, who strode up the field and fended off Johnny Sexton. The flanker collided into James Lowe, but returned the ball to Penaud just in time for him to run behind Mack Hansen, and charge for the try-line. Hansen and Conor Murray’s double tackle attempt failed to slow the 26-year-old, who showcased superb pace to score.

4. James Lowe v France

Despite the speculation that the boot of the Irish winger grazed the grass when out-of-bounds, James Lowe's photo finish try was a physics-defying score

. The agility and power Lowe required to perform such a dive, whilst he was batted into touch by Damian Penaud was remarkable.

Lowe timed his run to perfection in the wide channel, not breaking his stride when catching the pass from Garry Ringrose. He marked his target in the try-line's left corner flag, and accelerated away along the flank. Diving like an Olympic long-jumper, and grounding the ball with one hand, Lowe had no right to execute such a world-class finish.

5. Kyle Steyn v Wales

An easy finish for Kyle Steyn, with the plaudits going to Finn Russell for his outrageous off-load. On the 50th minute, Scotland once again had Wales pinned back on their 5m line, in what was a dominant display for Gregor Townsend's side. Calling to attack the blindside, the fly half took the ball from Ben White, and took the ball up towards the Welsh defenders.

Russell was halted by a triple tackle, with Liam Williams, Rio Dyder and Ken Owens all trying to stop Scotland's talisman. The Racing 92 star then found the space to execute an out-the-back offload to his winger, with Steyn unmarked out on the right hand side.