Six Nations: Ireland 26 Wales 3

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After all the hype this ended up a pretty much one sided affair as Ireland cruised to a 26 –  3 win against their Welsh counterparts at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Ireland’s tries came from Chris Henry and Paddy Jackson. Jackson converted his own try to add to a conversion and four penalties from the imperious Jonny Sexton.

Yes, it’s one – nil to Joe Schmidt, in the battle between the Kiwi coaches, as Ireland completely out thought and out fought their Welsh counterparts in as one sided a game as I’ve seen at this level.

The first half try was due reward for Chris Henry who was immense in the loose. Though (cough, splutter) I must admit he was more than matched by team mate Peter O’Mahony who was in the running for the FRU Man of the Match until his gurning late on in the game made it so much easier for me to award the much coveted trophy to Rory Best who made the Irish back rows job so much easier . . .

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