Premature celebrations backfire on England

THE embarrassing extent of the England rugby team’s kit sponsors Nike’s plans to commemorate the team’s foiled Grand Slam triumph can today be revealed by the Irish Examiner.

Before Ireland shattered their dreams on Saturday, the sports company had commissioned 5,000 special limited editions to be made available in London stores this week.

In an internal memo last week, a Nike executive revealed they would give the England players the t-shirts in the Aviva Stadium “when we win against Ireland on Saturday”.