Peter Jackson's Six Nations talking points: Ireland on track for record-breaking championship
Ireland’s Calvin Nash with Rio Dyer of Wales. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
At the risk of annoying the one-game-at-a-time brigade, it can be said without fear of contradiction that Ireland are on track for the Grandest Slam of all.
There have been 13 of the Six Nations variety, none completed more stylishly than England’s at Lansdowne Road in 2003. At their current rate of progress, the defending champions will outscore the finest European team of the 21st century on all counts.
