**Round 6 contained the usual blend of high-scoring thrillers, hard-fought battles and heroic individual displays – with three back-row forwards particularly standing out.** There were no shortage of options for this week’s three top performers. Leinster’s Dan Leavy – a back-rower himself – continued his successful comeback from long-term injury with a Guinness Player of the Match display, beating more defenders (6) than anyone else in Round 6 and making 16 carries. Leavy’s teammate Cian Kelleher scored a second half hat-trick as the reigning champions blitzed Edinburgh 50-10, while Connacht’s Paul Boyle topped the metres gained chart with 102, making him the only player to hit three figures in Round 6. In any other week, those three could quite easily have waltzed into the top performers list. But the volume of impressive individual performances in Round 6 means they must settle for an honourable mention, with the focus on three players who were simply unstoppable over the weekend. Here are this week’s top performers, with the help of Opta stats.
