Ireland Rugby

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Ireland v England: Six Nations – live (The Guardian)

Minute-by-minute report: Can Ireland clinch a Six Nations grand slam with victory over England in Dublin? Find out with Lee Calvert.

The answer from this example is “not great” as the replacement Ireland fullback bounces the ball off himself to give England a scrum in the Irish half. The latest deep kick from Farrell has Johnny Sexton shanking one into touch for not many metres, as even the most experience mad on the park starts to tighten up with the weight of expectation. The ball is spending a lot of time in the air, as both sides look to kick and it’s England who are winning the battle so far. The ball ends up in touch and the teams set to with some pushing and shoving, which adds even more to the tension and drama. He’s stopped, but on the next phase he’s up to take an offload from Conan to run over in the corner. Ireland work the short-side via Mack Hansen who feeds Dan Sheehan who is lurking on the right touchline. But England aren’t lying down for it as they catch and drive a maul over the line for George to dab it down. The Fields Of Athenry is ringing around the stadium as the home fans finally start to relax and truly believe. “One of the best nights of our careers today. I thought we showed a tremendous amount of fight, we gave away too many penalties and the game changed with the card, but we stuck in it and caused them some problems. It was squeaky bum time for a while at 10-9, and the pressure France had put on us in recent weeks. - TRY!

Ireland adds Grand Slam to Six Nations rugby union title with 29-16 ... (ABC News)

The Irish complete a Grand Slam with a win over England in Dublin on St Patrick's Day — now it's on to September's Rugby Union World Cup for the world's ...

"I thought we showed a tremendous amount of fight. With England's penalty count ticking up as they sought to stem the tide, the breakthrough came on 32 minutes. "You couldn't make it up, it's like living in a dream.

Imperious Ireland clinch Six Nations Grand Slam (Rugby.com.au)

Ireland have underlined their status as world No.1 ahead of the Rugby World Cup by clinching a Six Nations Grand Slam with a 29-16 win over England.

"I thought we showed a tremendous amount of fight. With England's penalty count ticking up the breakthrough came on 32 minutes. "We've built some foundations over the course of the Six Nations but clearly we want to be a better team." "You couldn't make it up, it's like living in a dream. Obviously the game changed with the card but we still showed a huge amount of fight and stuck in it," England captain Farrell said. It took the try for Henshaw for the relief to spread through the stadium with Sheehan's second all but clinching a first Six Nations title in front of their own fans since 1985.

Ireland win Six Nations and first Grand Slam in Dublin (Aljazeera.com)

The 29-16 win against England is Ireland's first Six Nations title since 2018 and fourth Grand Slam.

Captain Jonathan Sexton was given the perfect send-off in his last Six Nations match with a second Grand Slam and the championship’s all-time point-scoring record. The 29-16 win against England is Ireland’s first Six Nations title since 2018 and fourth Grand Slam. Ireland win Six Nations and first Grand Slam in Dublin

'Phenomenal' World Cup contender's scary feat (Wide World of Sports)

Ireland mastered the hype and expectations to win the Six Nations and a historic first grand slam in Dublin...

Seconds before half time, Ireland fullback Hugo Keenan scooped up a spilled forward pass and ran head on into Steward, who turned shoulder first to brace for the collision. England committed to a rolling maul but, instead, Josh van der Flier snuck in behind and fed inside him hooker Sheehan, who charged to the line. Captain Jonathan Sexton was given the perfect send-off in his last Six Nations match with a second grand slam and the championship's all-time point-scoring record. He left behind a tie with Irish predecessor Ronan O'Gara as the championship's highest point-scorer. Ireland's Dublin home had never witnessed an Irish grand slam, nor a title in the Six Nations era, and these Irish delivered by wearing down England. Steward took some tension with him and the result had an air of inevitability about it. Sexton and Farrell both landed four out of four. Ireland was laboring in the new half to make the most of the man advantage, and Farrell's third penalty closed the gap to one. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by Sexton, who was held up over the line from a quick tapped penalty, converted his first penalty kick and received his first standing ovation. [Ireland](https://wwos.nine.com.au/ireland-rugby) mastered the hype and expectations to win the [Six Nations](https://wwos.nine.com.au/rugby/six-nations) and a historic first grand slam in Dublin by seeing off England 29-16. They led 10-6 at half time and added three tries in the last quarter to Robbie Henshaw, a second for Dan Sheehan, and the last for his replacement Rob Herring.

Ireland's rugby team beat England 29-16 to clinch Six Nations Grand ... (TVP World)

This is the fourth time ever Ireland beat all the other teams participating in the Six Nations Championship.

With England's penalty count ticking up as they sought to stem the tide, the breakthrough came on 32 minutes. Patrick's Day weekend; and Ireland delivered, although it was nervier than they would have liked against an England side reduced to 14 men for the entire second half. “You couldn't make it up, it's like living in a dream.