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

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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

SW: He has been such a good number eight and will be a brilliant signing for Leicester Tigers.

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