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Not for nothing is Dean Ryan known as the "Big Bad Wolf" of English rugby.

To witness the Gloucester head coach in action at close quarters is like observing a human time-bomb waiting to explode.

On Saturday at Coventry's Ricoh Arena, I found myself sat a couple of seats behind him as his side in the first EDF Energy Cup semi-final.

At times it was difficult to keep your eyes on the pitch, so riveting was the action on the touchline.

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So the 10th Six Nations Championship is over, and we have a fourth different winner of the decade with Ireland belatedly joining France (four), England (three) and Wales (two) in the title-winning enclosure.

It's time to select your Team of the Tournament. Here is mine. No doubt you will disagree with some, if not all of the selections. In which case, let's be hearing from you.

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So the big question. Will the Irish do a job on Scotland at Murrayfield and set up another Grand Slam attempt?

Or will the green army be drowning their sorrows in the bars of Edinburgh's Rose Street come Saturday night?

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Unless over the last two rounds of the Six Nations, few English Lions are going to be on the prowl .

In fact is likely to take fewer Englishmen than on any of the five previous tours over the past 20 years since .

And if things get even worse for Martin Johnson's men, it is conceivable they could end up with their lowest Lions representation since only five England players departed for .

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