The reigning champions looked well placed to make history by delivering consecutive tournament clean sweeps before suffering Saturday’s last-gasp loss to title rivals England at Twickenham. Paddy’s weekend again, with the chance of winning a Six Nations. “It could have been a little bit better but Grand Slams are unbelievably hard to come by. Six Nations are hard enough, as everyone would vouch for.”No team has won successive Grand Slams in the Six Nations era, with France the last side to achieve the feat in the 1998 Five Nations. “At the end of the day, I might sound stupid saying this but I thought it would have been unjust for England not to win the game.

Source: The Herald March 11, 2024 12:21 UTC