Ireland move top of Six Nations standings with bonus-point win over Wales
Ireland continued their Dublin dominance against Wales and moved top of the Guinness Six Nations with a 24-14 bonus-point victory at the Aviva Stadium.
It was Wales’ first Six Nations defeat since Ireland beat them two years ago, while they have not won in the tournament on Irish soil for eight years.
Tries by full-back Jordan Larmour, prop Tadhg Furlong, flanker Josh Van Der Flier and wing Andrew Conway saw Ireland home as they moved impressively towards a Twickenham appointment with England on February 22.
Andy Farrell’s team also remain on course for a Grand Slam, but Wales’ hopes of a clean sweep are over, and they could have few complaints.
Captain Johnny Sexton converted two of Ireland’s tries, with Wales fly-half Dan Biggar adding the extras to a sharp Tomos Williams score and Leigh Halfpenny converting flanker Justin Tipuric’s touchdown in added time.
There was no doubting Ireland’s supremacy as they improved considerably on last weekend’s performance in beating Scotland.
Wales, though, have plenty of questions to answer during the build-up to their next game against a resurgent French team in Cardiff following Wayne Pivac’s first defeat as head coach.
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