Twickenham Try Sees Jacob Stockdale Set New Six Nations Record
Jacob Stockdale finished his first NatWest 6 Nations Championship as a Grand Slam champion and top try scorer. We look at the 21-year-old winger’s historic run of scores and where it puts him in the history of the tournament and Irish Rugby.
MOST TRIES IN A SINGLE SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP:
7 – Jacob Stockdale (Ireland) (2018)
6 – Will Greenwood (England) (2001), Shane Williams (Wales) (2008), Chris Ashton (England) (2011)
5 – Ben Cohen (England) (2000), Austin Healy (England) (2000), Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland) (2000), Iain Balshaw (England) (2001), Philippe Bernat-Salles (France) (2001), Will Greenwood (England) (2002), Vincent Clerc (France) (2008), Tommy Bowe (Ireland) (2012)
* Only England’s Cyril Lowe (1914) and fellow winger Ian Smith from Scotland (1925), from the early era of the Five Nations, have scored more tries in a single Championship than Jacob Stockdale with eight apiece
IRELAND’S TOP TRY SCORERS IN FIVE/SIX NATIONS:
26 – Brian O’Driscoll (2000-2014)
14 – Tommy Bowe (2006-2017), George Stephenson (1920-1930)
13 – Denis Hickie (1997-2007), Shane Horgan (2000-2008)
11 – Brendan Mullin (1985-1995)
10 – Ronan O’Gara (2000-2013)
9 – Keith Earls (2010-2018), Jamie Heaslip (2008-2017), Joseph Quinn (1910-1914)
8 – Eugene Davy (1925-1934), Alan Duggan (1964-1971), Mike Gibson (1964-1979), Jim McCarthy (1948-1955), Trevor Ringland (1982-1986)
7 – Jacob Stockdale (2018), Girvan Dempsey (1999-2008), Jim Ganly (1927-1930), Jack Kyle (1947-1958), Geordan Murphy (2001-2010), Conor Murray (2012-2018), Andrew Trimble (2006-2017), David Wallace (2001-2011)
JACOB STOCKDALE’S 2018 SIX NATIONS TRIES –
1. 59th MINUTE v ITALY – SCORES BY THE POSTS FROM DEVIN TONER AND JOEY CARBERY PASSES
2. 69th MINUTE v ITALY – INTERCEPTS IN HIS OWN HALF AND BURNS OFF THE FINAL DEFENDER
3. 6th MINUTE v WALES – DOTS DOWN IN THE LEFT CORNER FROM SEXTON’S SUPERB LONG PASS
4. 80th MINUTE v WALES – RUNS IN HIS SECOND INTERCEPT TRY TO SEAL WIN OVER WALES
5. 21st MINUTE v SCOTLAND – THE ‘INTERCEPT KING’ STRIKES AGAIN AGAINST SCOTLAND
6. 40th+1 MINUTE v SCOTLAND – STEPS INSIDE BLAIR KINGHORN AFTER A NEAT WRAPAROUND MOVE
7. 40th+1 MINUTE v ENGLAND – CHIPS OVER THE TOP AND GRABS ANOTHER CRUCIAL SCORE BEFORE HALF-TIME