Tadhg Beirne’s try with the last play of the game helps Ireland make it a third five-point haul
Tadhg Beirne scores Ireland's fourth try during the Guinness Six Nations match against Wales at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wireas they equalled the all-time record of 11 wins in a row in the Six Nations, thereby matching England’s run in 2015/16, and extended their record home run to 17 successive wins. But that hardly tells the tale.
The capacity looked on relatively quietly, engaged if not involved, as the game’s pattern of Ireland going through their running and passing rhythm while Wales Instead, it was the Welsh crowd – many of whom would have been up since darkness to catch the ferry over – who burst into song with a rendition of Land of My Fathers and it was all of 25 minutes before a faint blast of The Fields gathered some voice.
Despite a second overthrow/mistimed lift, Peter O’Mahony again asked Crowley to kick to the corner which he did perfectly rather than take on a straight 30-metre penalty. This time the Welsh pack again repelled the drive before putting their shoulders to the wheel with a sequence of tackles across their try line.
James Lowe scores Ireland's second try during the Guinness Six Nations match against Wales at the Aviva Stadium. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
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