“And through it AAAAALLLLLLLL!!!!”
The TV cameras could only stay around for so long. The fans that even wanted to stay eventually got ushered out. The media had to skip off to file stories and share video clips. When Aviva Stadium had just about settled down again, the Ireland squad real partying started.
With gold streamers still on the pitch and the big replay monitors hailing the Six Nations kingpins, there was the second chapter of what will be an epic story of celebrations that – if last year is anything to go by – will run for days.
Andy Farrell and his Ireland squad clinched back-to-back Six Nations titles, on Saturday, in Dublin and enjoyed a massive sing-song on the Lansdowne Road pitch. One of the only broadcast crews left packing up were the BBC, and they captured some great clips of the victorious squad singing and scooping as they posed for a group phot with the silverware.
Suited and booted, the squad danced and sang along to the music Jamison Gibson-Park was playing from his boom box, while the players cheered on a waltzing John Fogarty and Paul O’Connell. The coaches played up for the lads before the entire group sang along to ‘Angels’, the Robbie Williams classic.
Robbie Henshaw on “tight” Ireland squad
“This is the tightest squad I’ve ever been a part of,” Robbie Henshaw told us, as another Six Nations medal hung around his neck.
“We’re all such good friends… it’s an unbelievable group of people.”
Andy Farrell, meanwhile, was delighted his Ireland team could bounce back and beat Scotland after being pipped by England, last weekend.
“It’s a proper Test match and when a trophy is on the line for the both of us,” he stated, “that’s how it should be, shouldn’t it?
“I’ve no doubt that Scotland will be proud of their performance, as well as us, but ultimately we’re delighted. It’s about winning championships for us and that’s unbelievably pleasing because it’s so hard to do.
“Everyone constantly talks about Grand Slams and we get carried away with it so much, back-to-back Grand Slams have never been done before, there’s obviously a good reason for that but for us to be in a position to win back-to-back Six Nations is a nice feeling, because it goes down in history for Irish rugby. We’re unbelievably proud of the group.”
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