Ireland's heroic rugby players missed out as France scrum-half Antoine Dupont was crowned Guinness Six Nations Player of the Championship.
Dupont claimed 26 per cent of the 138,000 fans who voted for the award to win the trophy for a third time.
He adds it to his successes of 2020 and 2022 to become only the second player alongside Brian O’Driscoll to complete a hat-trick of wins.