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Taulupe Faletau and Louis Rees-Zammit snubbed as Player of the Six Nations is revealed

Hamish Watson has been named Player of the 2021 Six Nations, seeing off competition from Wales' Taulupe Faletau and Louis Rees-Zammit.

Gloucester's Rees-Zammit produced a number of eye-catching performances, scoring key tries against Ireland and Scotland before adding a fourth against Italy.

Faletau looked rejuvenated and somewhere near his best form as he turned in a number of top performances.

But they were not enough to beat Watson to the Player of the Tournament prize.

The combative Scottish openside had an outstanding championship with his all-action style of play coming to the fore, throwing him into contention for a spot on the upcoming Lions tour.

He missed just 14 minutes of action during the whole tournament, scored one try and provided one try assist.

Watson also carried 67 times for 321 metres, and successfully made every single one of his 55 tackles in defence.

It was enough to see him win the award, earning 35% of the fans' votes.

France's Antoine Dupont and Irish duo Tadhg Beirne and Robbie Henshaw were also in the running.

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