The 24-15 win for Ireland see most of the damage done in the first half, as Garry Ringrose, CJ Stander and Jacob Stockdale compensated for the sin bin of Peter O’Mahony.
England, who made a better fight of it in the second half, with Elliot Daly going over twice and Jonny May, will not have made it a pleasant viewing for England fans, who watch their side lose to Scotland and France, and finished 5th in the table for the first time in the teams 6 nations history.
Eddie Jones, who now has to recharge the squad ahead of the summer tour of South Africa commended Joe Schmidt’s team over the championships.
“They are a tough team, very worthy grand slam champions and they’ve performed extremely well today.”
Wales finished runners-up whilst Italy took the wooden spoon.
6 Nations Championship 2018 Results:
Round 1
Wales 34-7 Scotland – Principality Stadium
Italy 15-46 England – Stadio Olimpico
France 13-15 Ireland – Stade de France
Round 2
Ireland 56-19 Italy – Aviva Stadium
England 12-6 Wales – Twickenham Stadium
Scotland 32-26 France – BT Murrayfield
Round 3
February 23 – 20.00 – France 34-17 Italy – Orange Velodrome
February 24 – 14.15 – Ireland 37-27 Wales – Aviva Stadium
16.45 – Scotland 25-13 England – BT Murrayfield
Round 4
March 10 – 14.15 – Ireland 28-8 Scotland – Aviva Stadium
16.45 – France 22-16 England – Stade de France
March 11 – 15.00 – Wales 38-14 – Principality Stadium
Round 5
March 17 – 12.30 – Italy 27-29 Scotland – Stadio Olimpico
14.45 – England 15-24 Ireland – Twickenham Stadium
17.00 – Wales 14-13 France – Principality Stadium
