Rattled, but Irish still on course for slam

By PETER JACKSON

Ireland................................ 31pts
Tries: Sheehan 21, Lowe 32, Frawley 68, Beirne 81
Conversions: Crowley 22, 33, 68, 82
Penalties: Crowley 7

Wales.................................... 7pts
Tries: Penalty 43
AND so the champions go to Twickenham on track for the Grandest of Slams, one match away from creating the longest winning Six Nations streak of all.
That they have now won 11 on the trot, equalling the tournament record set by England seven years ago, amounted to no more than neutrals the world over expected. What they most certainly did not expect was ...

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