Ireland completed their 2021 Six Nations campaign in style with a convincing 32 -18 win against, defending champions, England at an empty Aviva Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
The result sees Ireland maintain second place in the championship table with a third place finish likely once fixtures are completed next week. More interestingly it should move Ireland into 4th place in Monday’s World Rankings (behind South Africa, New Zealand and France) should the calculations be correct. Not bad for what I have regarded as a disappointing season with Ireland doing little more than mark time.
Ireland (20) 32
TRY: Keith Earls, Jack Conan
CON: Johnny Sexton (2)
PEN: Johnny Sexton (6)
England (6) 18
TRY: Ben Youngs, Jonny May
CON: Elliot Daly
PEN: Owen Farrell
I’d predicted that England would win this one but I did have the proviso, ” … don’t rule out England self destructing and Ireland responding to the . . .
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