article_snippet: Events moved with the suddenness of a palace coup, and Ireland took the crown watched by 5,000 delirious countrymen and women who eventually scrambled back into the ground.
article_snippet: Paul O'Connell head and Captain Paul O'Connell colleagues leaped around Captain Paul O'Connell.
article_snippet: Two bizarre hours had to be put in by Joe Schmidt and Joe Schmidt team as England and France competed like a pair of boxers with big fists and no guard, but Joe Schmidt and his team as England and France had put in a couple of outstanding hours of labour Joe Schmidt and his team as England and France before then.
article_snippet: An even more troubling portent recurred, and it was the nine points Ireland left unclaimed after two penalty misses by Johnny Sexton and one, with the last act of the match, from Ian Madigan.
article_snippet: For Leamy, it happened eight years ago this month when Leamy tapped a quick penalty under Leamy own posts as Ireland were on a points’ hunt against Italy in Rome, in vain pursuit of the championship.
article_snippet: The ball got turned over, Italy scored and France squeezed to the title.
article_snippet: Sexton was in danger of being pointed out by the crude and the obvious as Ireland’s spoilsport, but there was none in green on Saturday.
article_snippet: Both matches were portraits in excellence but the work was completed on Saturday.
highlights_snippet: England's 55-35 win over France not enough for Stuart Lancaster's men .
  