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Brian O’Driscoll signed off his glittering international career with a second RBS 6 Nations crown in 2014 after Ireland held on to edge out France 22-20 in a thriller in the Stade de France in the last game of the tournament. France, who had lost to Italy earlier in the competition, beat Wales, and England took the title, but the edge was taken off the win by the manner of the loss againt Ireland. The 2015 tournament went to the last day with Ireland, England and Wales on six points with France on four. Wales put a poor world cup well and truly behind them by winning the grand slam in 2008 and not to be outdone Ireland won the grand slam in 2009 the first time since 1948. Wales hosted Ireland in Cardiff on the last round of play in 2009 with a Triple Crown on the line as well as knowing a 13-point win would be enough to retain their title.
The outbreak of war in 1914 saw the tournament put on hold until 1920 and the inter-war years were dominated by England as they swept to nine championship victories, including five Grand Slams. In a Celtic revival 1999 saw Scotland take the championship and Wales finished third, having defeated both England and France and in 2000 and 2001, England claimed the tournament – but only after losing their final games against Scotland and Ireland respectively. Ireland’s 23-20 loss to Scotland in the final game of the campaign not only denied Ireland the Triple Crown but saw Italy receive the dreaded Wooden Spoon for the third year running. For only the second time in 42 years, and in the same ground that saw the Ireland centre burst onto the scene with a hat-trick 14 previously, the men in green emerged from France with victory but they had to earn it the hard way with a final French try attempt being disallowed due to a forward pass judged by the TMO.
Drama ensued as with Ireland leading 17-15 at the death Welsh stand-off Stephen Jones missed a 50-metre penalty from halfway. Due to the success that their clubs have had in the recent years, four leading Premier League sides are automatically qualified for the UEFA Champions League, whereas the fifth-placed club competes in the Europa League. SDHL Outright Snooker Outright German Masters E-Sports CS:GO Summit Dream Hack Open ESEA Advanced Season Shadow League Snow Sweet Snow The Esports Club Pro League Umzansi League Dota 2 Pro Circuit Snow Sweet Snow FIFA ESports Battle Lo L Belgian League Campeonato Brasileiro Development League European Championship Latin America League LCK Spring LCS NA Spring LPL Spring Overwatch The Nexus Rocket League RLCS Winter Valorant Red Bull Home Ground Alpine Skiing World Cup Chamonix American Football NFL Aussie Rules Outright Women AFL Autosport Outright NASCAR Daytona 500 Bandy Finland Bandyliiga Sweden Elitserien Baseball Outright Basketball NBA Outright Clubs. France continued to struggle and in 1931 the inadequacies of the French game’s administration and the discovery that a number of their players had been paid at club level, forced them to pull out of the tournament. Only an outstanding French side prevented them from adding to the three Grand Slams achieved in this decade.
France then entered a purple patch winning in 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007 with only England in 2003 (their world cup winning year) and Wales in 2005 suceeding to break up what would have been a significant period of French domination. In fact in 2007 they only lost once, against England. The 2010 Six Nations belonged to France as they won the Grand Slam for the first time since 2004. Les Blues were rarely untroubled opening up with an 18-9 win over Scotland before defeating Ireland 33-10, Wales 26-20 and Italy 46-20. France had already won the Championship going into their final game with England after Ireland lost their second game of the tournament to Scotland hours earlier. And the following year the tournament finished with a unique five way tie – every country having won and lost two games. The 2012 tournament was a tail of two teams, firstly how the favorites Wales completed the grand slam in style, their second in 5 years and the second for their Southern hemisphere manager Warren Gatland (a new record) then secondly how the England team was completely rebuilt into a competitive outfit by temporary manager Stuart Lancaster in a matter of months to come second and only losing to Wales by one score.
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