SIX NATIONS: Jacob Stockdale will only get better says Ireland skipper Rory Best

Ulster wing Stockdale has racked up 10 tries in just eight Tests, with his six tries in this year’s NatWest 6 Nations an Ireland record.

The 21-year-old could equal the all-time single-season Six Nations scoring record with two tries as 2018 champions Ireland chase the Grand Slam against England at Twickenham on Saturday.

Best has taken 110 caps to muster nine Ireland tries, and jokingly lamented being overtaken by his young Ulster team-mate Stockdale in double-quick time.

“It’s hugely frustrating that he’s already passed the number of tries I’ve scored - and I can’t see me getting back past him again!” joked Best, of Stockdale’s remarkable Test match scoring record.

“He’s been really good, and it’s been talked a lot about his hunger, and his want to learn and get better.

“Joe (Schmidt) is a really brilliant coach, and he can be a tough taskmaster at times.

“He asks a lot of you and puts you under a lot of pressure in training.

“There are players, and some very good players, who just can’t cope with that.

“And to be fair to Jacob, he’s not the finished article, far from it, but he is wanting to get better, he is improving.

“And his record as a finisher speaks for itself. It’s a phenomenal record.