By Simon Thomas
Wales .................................. 18pts
Tries: Rogers 43, Morgan 43
Conversion: Anscombe 44
Penalties: Anscombe 23, 35
Ireland............................... 27pts
Tries: Conan 7, Osborne 55
Conversion: Prendergast 8
Penalties: Prendergast 21, 49, 67, 70, 78
So Ireland secure the Triple Crown and remain on course for the Grand Slam, while the Welsh losing run continues – but that hardly begins to tell the story of this compelling encounter.
The Irish players will have left the field at a packed Principality Stadium knowing they had been in one hell of a game.
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