Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 23 ga Janairu 2017, an ambaci Stander a cikin tawagar 'yan wasan Ireland don zagaye biyu na farko na Gasar Cin Kofin Kasashe shida ta 2017. A ranar 11 ga Fabrairun 2017, Stander ya zira kwallaye uku a wasan da Ireland ta yi nasara da Italiya a Stadio Olimpico, Rome, inda ya sami lambar yabo ta Man-of-the-Match. Wannan shine hat-trick na farko da dan wasan baya na Irish ya zira tun lokacin da Brian Robinson ya yi da Zimbabwe a gasar Rugby ta Duniya ta 1991. Wannan kuma shi ne karo na farko da dan wasan Ireland ya zira kwallaye uku a Gasar Kasashe shida tun lokacin da Brian O'Driscoll ya yi da Scotland a shekarar 2002
gasar. Bugu da ƙari, shi ne na farko da hat-trick ya zira kwallaye a gaba a cikin tarihin Gasar Kasashe shida da na farko da wani dan gaba ya yi tun lokacin da dan Faransa Michel Crauste ya yi a gasar Cin Kofin Kasashe Biyar ta 1962. Abokin wasan Stander, Craig Gilroy, shi ma ya zira kwallaye uku a wasan, wanda hakan ya sanya Ireland ta zama ta farko tun Ingila a shekarar 1914 da ta zira kwallaye biyu a wasan Five ko Six Nations. A ranar 18 ga Maris, 2017, Stander ya yi canji na ƙarshe zuwa lamba 8 don Ireland lokacin da Jamie Heaslip ya fita daga wasan da Ingila a lokacin dumama. Ireland ta ci gaba da lashe wasan a filin wasa na Aviva 13<unk>9 kuma, ta yin hakan, ta hana Ingila Grand Slams a jere a cikin Al'ummai shida. Bayan wasan kwaikwayonsa a gasar, an zabi Stander don kyautar 2017 RBS 6 Nations Player of the Championship, tare da abokin aikinsa Conor Murray.