Campbell believes Ireland can emulate 1985 heroics

TRIPLE CROWN winners are a small and illustrious cartel. With six titles in the vault, the last in 1985, the current membership figures don’t venture into the treble digits.

And now, providing they defeat Scotland, a new crop of Irish stars are about to join the illustrious group.

Ollie Campbell, a member of the team which beat Scotland in 1982, is one of the famed names in this special gang and gives an amazing insight into the importance of the ‘Crown’.

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