Wales did it, they are the champions!
It all started in Rome at 2.30 when the Irish and Italian teams walked out to sing the anthems. The Irish looked like they were looking forward to the flight home, and as they sang 'shoulder to shoulder', their faces said it all, they didn't sing it, they talked it! No spark there, they had lost already.
France did win, but not by enough to avoid the big wooden spoon, so this is for you France, even though you played a great game, well done.
To their credit, the Scottish defence were brilliant and they held out for so long, they can be proud of their efforts and they are sure to go one better next year.
So the final table looks like this…
Pos | Team | W | D | L | F | A | Pd | Tf | Pts | ||
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1 | Wales | 4 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 66 | 56 | 9 | 8 | ||
2 | England | 4 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 78 | 16 | 5 | 8 | ||
3 | Scotland | 2 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 107 | -9 | 7 | 4 | ||
4 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 111 | -36 | 5 | 4 | ||
5 | Ireland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 72 | 81 | -9 | 5 | 3 | ||
6 | France | 1 | 1 | 3 | 73 | 91 | -18 | 6 | 3 |
So, what comfort do I get as an Irishman from this years performance?
Well, we were the only team to beat Wales, weren't we!