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Ireland players celebrate their first try of the game. Dan Sheridan/INPHO
Ireland march on in Grand Slam bid after BP win over Wales
Tadhg Beirne’s late try ensured another five match points for Andy Farrell’s men.
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Ireland 31
Wales 7
IRELAND MADE THEIR fans wait for that last hurrah. It arrived with the clock a minute in the red. Tadhg Beirne was the man to put the cherry on a cake that had threatened to turn a little sour-tasting at times in the second half against Wales.
Such was Ireland’s first-half dominance in Dublin, you were tempted to wonder if they might challenge their record winning margin of 44 against Wales.
17-0 to the good and having left a few scores out there, it seemed that Ireland could kick on towards a massive win. That wasn’t quite to be but they did notch their third bonus-point win from three in this Six Nations as their Grand Slam bid continued.
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