A Grand Slam in the 5 or 6 Nations rugby Championship has only been won 41 times in the 97 years it has been contested with England (13), Wales (12), France (10) leading the way and with Scotland and Ireland on 3 apiece some way behind. Ireland won it in 1948 (Ravenhill), 2009 ...
Grand Slams on the final day of the championship.Two season ago here they had walked into a Lansdowne Road ambush without their guns cocked.But this time they were ready and with generals Johnson and Dallaglio in the vanguard they met their target with menace.What they got was what they ...
Denying Andy Farrell's Ireland the chance of successive Grand Slams felt like a turning point for Borthwick's team, dominating the game against a first-class opponent, and looking to play rugby on the front foot as opposed to employing neg...
Gatland, back at the helm after that glorious reign that produced four Six Nations titles and three Grand Slams, has seized the pantomime villain role with both hands, taking every opportunity to emphasize Wales' status as underdogs. Gatland infamously cut former Irish skipper Brian ...
A 15-POINT haul from Cardiff 's Nicky Robinson took the Wales Under-21 side to within one match of a glorious Six Nations Grand Slam after a nail-biting one-point win over Ireland at Eugene Cross Park yesterday.Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)...
Read the full-text online article and more details about "Rugby: Wood Slams the Door on England ; Ireland 20 England 14 - Grinding and Glorious Irish Crush Woodward's Dream as Grand Design Is Ruined for the Third Time in Successive Seasons" by Longmore, Andrew - The Independent (London, ...
Byline: ALEX SPINKMIRROR rugby correspondent ALEX SPINK quizzes four rugby union greats turned BBC analysts ahead of this weekend's big Six Nations kick-off.THE PANEL: Jeremy Guscott (England) The "Prince of centres", who won 65 England caps and scored 30 tries. Also a threetime Lions ...
more team disappointments than trophies on his sideboard.He picked up a Six Nations winners medal last season and lifted the Tetley's Bitter Cup with his club Newcastle earlier this year.But he has also endured the pain of two blown Grand Slams, of seeing the 1999 championship snatched from...
Byline: Michael SCULLY Chief Sport WriterThe Mirror (London, England)
Read the full-text online article and more details about "Rugby Union: DONNCHA DARE CRITICISE OUR ZEAL; INTERNATIONAL RUGBY TEST: Australia V Ireland, Saturday O'Callaghan Slams All Blacks" - The Mirror (London, England), June 22, 2006