To win a fourth-ever men’s Six Nations Grand Slam, and a third in fifteen years, at the Aviva Stadium on St Patrick’s Day is pretty much the script of a sporting feel-good movie and while England playing the villain was never going to mean it was a certainty, in the end the team came through and the dream became a reality.
Add into the mix that this is a World Cup year, the Johnathon Sexton overtook Ronan O’Gara as the all-time leading points scorer in his last Guinness Six Nations game, that the England Captain was the Irish Head Coach’s son, and that 24 hours later the Irish U20’s secured their own double Grand Slam in Cork and there was a danger of this tipping over into ‘too much.’
But the winner for sport over fiction is there is only one reality with no alternative stories to pick from and this all happened over the past 48 hours.
Here is how Irish Rugby and all of its commercial supporters celebrated on social media…
A historic Championship campaign! ☘️#TeamOfUs | #GuinnessSixNations pic.twitter.com/6TLjxkjuEP
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) March 19, 2023
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@irishrugby CHAMPIONS! 🏆 #TeamOfUs #SixNationsRugby
🏆 Grand Slam Champions 🏆
A special day for @IrishRugby and the #TeamOfUs#IREvENG | #GuinnessSixNations pic.twitter.com/u5Q87ylf6S
— Vodafone Ireland (@VodafoneIreland) March 18, 2023
A historic day in the Home of Irish Rugby @AVIVAStadium 🏆
We won’t be forgetting about this any time soon 🤩 #IREvENG #GuinnessSixNations #GotWhatItTakes @IrishRugby pic.twitter.com/5dXOOEctH0
— AVIVA (@AVIVAIRELAND) March 19, 2023
A moment that will live long in the memory 🥳#GuinnessSixNations pic.twitter.com/r579GiPRru
— Guinness Six Nations (@SixNationsRugby) March 19, 2023
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A real moment in history. @IrishRugby, you have really done Ireland proud! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to the Number 1 team in the world #GrandSlam #SixNations #IREvENG pic.twitter.com/k7B3iBSqe3
— Aldi Ireland (@Aldi_Ireland) March 18, 2023
🏆 Incredible scenes in Cork as @IrishRugby U20s celebrate their Grand Slam win against @EnglandRugby U20s!
💚💚💚#FutureIsGreen | #IREvENG | #U20SixNations pic.twitter.com/hb8eqGosO4
— PwC Ireland (@PwCIreland) March 19, 2023
Your 2023 Guinness Six Nations Grand Slam Champions! Congratulations Ireland, what an electric performance throughout the entire championship. Opel. A proud sponsor of Irish Rugby. #DriveOn #ThisIsOpel pic.twitter.com/ISR11NuVc9
— Opel Ireland (@OpelIreland) March 18, 2023
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Grand Slam Champions, Ireland beat England 29-16 to claim only their fourth clean sweep in the Six Nations!!
#TeamOfUs pic.twitter.com/n8LBFyHyLE— Sport Ireland (@sportireland) March 18, 2023
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