After an intriguing game that saw the honours split in Paris, two men came away each with a shot at beating Gregor Townsends’ 13 year old record of scoring a try in every game of the championship.
Tommy Bowe scored his 4th and 5th tries of the tournament in Paris, meaning he has scored against Wales, Italy and France while Wesley Fofana’s try on Sunday means he has scored in each of his three opening caps for France against Italy, Scotland and Ireland. No player has scored a try in all 5 of the fixtures in the history of the 6 Nations which began in 2000. Townsend is the last player to achieve the feat and managed to do it in the final 5 Nations tournament in 1999.
Tommy Bowe touching down for his 2nd try against France
With France still set to play England (H) and Wales (A), the odds are potentially stacked a little bit more against Fofana to complete the feat while Bowe and Ireland are still to play Scotland (H) and England (A).
It would be a very special achievement indeed, especially for Fofana as it would mean he would have scored in each of his first 5 games for his country.
What’s also amazing is that these two players have so far scored 8 tries between them in a tournament where there is a relatively low average of 3.4 tries per game (31 tries in 9 games). That means that they have scored just over a quarter of all of the tournaments tries.
So it’s another element to look out for in this weekend’s games in Dublin and Paris. Let’s see if either one or even both can continue their run.
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