Girls’s Six Nations: Gabrielle Vernier named participant of the championship

Gabrielle Vernier runs with the ball to score a try
Gabrielle Vernier scored in each match of the 2023 Girls’s Six Nations, bar the 39-14 win over Wales

France centre Gabrielle Vernier has been named the Girls’s Six Nations participant of the championship.

The 25-year-old acquired nearly half of the fan vote, beating England’s Marlie Packer and Holly Aitchison and Wales’ rising star Sisilia Tuipulotu.

Vernier performed each minute of the match, scoring 5 tries and offering two assists.

She stated the award was a “big honour” which belonged to all of her French team-mates.

“I wish to congratulate all the opposite gamers named on the shortlist, and there are numerous extra names that might have been added,” Vernier stated.

Event sponsor TikTok has additionally introduced its staff of the championship, with Vernier becoming a member of her midfield associate Marine Menager and Les Bleues scrum-half Pauline Bourdon within the XV.

9 gamers characteristic for England who received a fifth consecutive title in a Grand Slam decider against France at Twickenham.

Crimson Roses captain and main attempt scorer Packer is included, together with Abby Dow whose solo effort towards Wales was voted attempt of the championship.

Tuipulotu, who made her first Six Nations begin this yr, is the one Welsh participant to be included.

The 19-year-old received back-to-back participant of the match awards towards Eire and Scotland and scored 4 tries.

Full-back Chloe Rollie and hooker Lana Skeldon make up Scotland’s illustration, whereas no Irish gamers characteristic after a winless marketing campaign.

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