History made as sublime Ireland claim third Grand Slam after dominating England at TwickenhamFor the third time in their history, they are Grand Slam champions of this old tournament and they delivered it in stunning style at Twickenham. England can legitimately claim that the Ireland full-back knocked the ball on, but the Television Match Official was non-plussed. Carbery made it 21-5 from the touchline and Sexton came back on for the restart. Still, England came and Ireland had to endure 15 odd phases before Daly was penalised for a neck-roll on Kearney and Sexton cleared. A brilliant Ringrose rip halted Daly’s march as England briefly threatened and Gardner wrongly handed Ireland a scrum for good measure as the clock slowly ticked towards 80.

Source: Irish Independent March 17, 2018 16:49 UTC