<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngomhlaka 23 Januwari 2017, uStander waqokwa eqenjini lase-Ireland emidlalweni emibili yokuqala ye-2017 Six Nations Championship. Ngomhlaka 11 kuFebhuwari 2017, uStander washaya i-hat-trick emdlalweni i-Ireland eyayinqobe ngawo i-Italy ngo-63×10 e-Stadio Olimpico, eRome, wathola umklomelo we-Man-of-the-Match. Lokhu kwakuyi-hat-trick yokuqala eyenziwe yi-back-row yase-Ireland kusukela kuBrian Robinson ngokumelene neZimbabwe ngo-1991 Rugby World Cup. Futhi kwakuyi-hat-trick yokuqala eyenziwe ngumdlali wase-Ireland eMidlalweni Yezizwe Eziyisithupha selokhu uBrian ODriscoll ehlasela iScotland ngo-2002  <response>: umqhudelwano. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakuyi-hat-trick yokuqala eyenziwe ngumdlali ohlaselayo emlandweni we-Six Nations Championship kanye neyokuqala eyenziwe ngumdlali ohlaselayo kusukela ngoMichel Crauste waseFrance ngo-1962 Five Nations Championship. Umlingani kaStander, uCraig Gilroy, naye washaya i-hat-trick kulo mdlalo, okwenza i-Ireland yaba yiqembu lokuqala kusukela eNgilandi ngo-1914 ukuba ne-hat-trick ezimbili emdlalweni weZizwe Ezinhlanu noma Eziyisithupha. Ngomhlaka 18 Mashi 2017, uStander washintshela emuva kuNombolo 8 e-Ireland lapho uJamie Heaslip ehoxa emdlalweni obhekene neNgilandi ngesikhathi sokufudumala. I-Ireland yaqhubeka iwina umdlalo e-Aviva Stadium 139 futhi, ngokwenza kanjalo, yenqaba iNgilandi i-Grand Slams elandelanayo eZizweni Eziyisithupha. Ngemuva kokusebenza kwakhe kulo mqhudelwano, uStander waqokelwa umklomelo we-2017 RBS 6 Nations Player of the Championship, kanye nozakwabo uConor Murray. 