WOULD Ireland have won the Grand Slam if four things had been different on Saturday.
1. The TMO had checked properly for a possible knock on by Rob Kearney for the first try, like was clearly shown in the studio after the game.
2. If England had not asked for the in-goal area to be made two metres longer, which resulted in the third try because the ball was grounded a foot from the dead ball line, rather than five feet past it.
3. If Owen Farrell had turned up with his kicking boots on.
4. If England had started with George Ford instead of Jonathan Joseph, who seemed to be drifting across t...
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