Simon Zebo still sticking by beliefs. Now for another Six Nations try

Stats can get a bad rap but there comes a time every now and again when one stands out like an orange in an apple orchard and Simon Zebo’s try-scoring record in the Six Nations is the perfect example of just such an oddity.

Zebo made his debut in the competition this week four years ago when it took him just 11 minutes to run over for his first tournament try thanks, in the main, to a delicious pass behind the back of the last defender by Brian O’Driscoll.

The legendary centre ended that game filling the breach at scrum-half and with the man-of-the-match award but it is Zebo’s flick of the foot to control a wayward Jamie Heaslip pass most of us recall when reminded of that helter skelter 30-22 win in Cardiff.