![]() Denis Walsh was there to witness the feat, one that rounded off “the greatest weekend in the history of Irish rugby”. Whatever about the 2023 World Cup, there’s a fair chance Ireland will be in good shape going in to the 20 tournaments, judging by the quality of the under-20 team that sealed its second Grand Slam in a row in Musgrave Park on Sunday evening. Good shape? Imagine when it’s terrific?īut that was the gist of Sexton’s message too, the best is yet to come, Malachy Clerkin listening in when the captain, having allowed himself roughly half an hour to savour the Grand Slam, declared: “Roll on the World Cup.” There’s a mountain of reading to be done on the achievement, Gerry hearing Andy Farrell reflect on it all, the coach concluding that “ our game’s in good shape, but it’s nowhere near where we want it to be”. Gerry Thornley went entirely rogue, though, choosing a French man. ![]() It’s a measure of how many of the Irish squad excelled en route to that Grand Slam that when seven of our writers were asked to pick their player of the Championship – as well as their best try and game – they came up with five different Irish names. Well then, how was that for a weekend? After the game on Saturday, Johnny Sexton said he was afraid he’d wake up and realise that it was all a dream, but if he opens up his Irish Times’ sports pages today he’ll see that it did indeed actually happen.
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