0:00:14 > 0:00:20The Welsh team of 1978 were going in search of an unprecedented goal -
0:00:20 > 0:00:22a triple-Triple Crown.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25This was the most golden of generations,
0:00:25 > 0:00:28a side packed with superstars.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31But, unbeknown to their legions of loyal fans,
0:00:31 > 0:00:37some of the biggest names of all would be hanging up their boots for good at the end of the tournament.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41But for now they were focused on another assault on the Five Nations Championship
0:00:41 > 0:00:45and had started confidently with wins over England and Scotland.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Now Edwards to Bennett, along the line there to Fenwick.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55The change of tactic.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59CHEERING DROWNS OUT COMMENTARY
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- CROWD CHEERS - Bennett, drawing it in.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08His third penalty of the match.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12150 not out for the Welsh captain.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Gareth Edwards.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19And it's Edwards again.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Has he made the score?
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Gravell. Gravell of Llanelli.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And Gravell is there!
0:01:27 > 0:01:31The presence of so many household names and Wales' recent run of form
0:01:31 > 0:01:35made them overwhelming favourites to win in Ireland.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38The expectations of the media were incredible.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Wales were going for the triple-Triple Crown
0:01:41 > 0:01:43and I think it was the first time in history
0:01:43 > 0:01:45that a side could win a triple-Triple Crown.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48So, in a way, perhaps quite rightly,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51they were giving plaudits to some of the Welsh team.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53They were saying, "What hope have Ireland got?"
0:01:53 > 0:01:56The great Gareth Edwards, the great Gerald Davies,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58the great JPR Williams.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00If one fails, the other two will come off.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03They really built Wales up into such a team
0:02:03 > 0:02:05that they were almost world-beaters.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Phil had other things on his mind.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11He'd recently returned from a gruelling Lions tour
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and was beginning to fall out of love with the game.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Bennett, Irvine.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19He's knocked it on. That surely is it.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21The final whistle goes.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23The last chance has gone.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25'Before the game,'
0:02:25 > 0:02:29I'd been thinking to myself, "I'm missing my family,
0:02:29 > 0:02:31"missing going out with my son on a Sunday,"
0:02:31 > 0:02:35because we used to train in the Afan Lido every Sunday
0:02:35 > 0:02:36before the internationals.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40The Lions tour had caught up with me especially because I was captain.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42I didn't have a very good Lions tour.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I think we were physically and mentally shattered.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00We realised by the time we got to Lansdowne Road
0:03:00 > 0:03:02how difficult a game it was going to be.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07What will stick in my mind for ever and a day was, we had the team-talk,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10the boys were up for it and I'm feeling fairly confident.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Knock comes on the door, referee wants you to toss the coin.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It's Georges Domercq, an old friend of mine,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and Georges loved a fluent, fast-moving game.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24I'm thinking, "Hang on, do we really need Georges this afternoon or do we want a stricter referee?"
0:03:24 > 0:03:27So we stroll down towards the Irish dressing room
0:03:27 > 0:03:31and the noise coming out of there was almost unbelievable.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33We couldn't hear ourselves talk.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35They were really getting pumped up for the game.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38I looked at the door of the dressing room
0:03:38 > 0:03:40and there was steam coming from underneath the door.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I thought, "Oh, my goodness me."
0:03:43 > 0:03:46We went on to the pitch first as the visitors
0:03:46 > 0:03:48and the crowd was incredible.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51There were a lot of Welsh supporters out there. Great welcome.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Then all of a sudden... And you know when a team comes out.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59They absolutely flew out of the tunnel, out into the pitch,
0:03:59 > 0:04:03and were going 100mph and you know a team is pumped up there.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I can always remember saying to a mate as he passed -
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Fergus Slattery who I toured with for a long time in 1974 -
0:04:09 > 0:04:10"All right, Slatts, everything OK?"
0:04:10 > 0:04:14and I can't say to you what words he told me that very second,
0:04:14 > 0:04:16but something was off.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Very, very strong words, and I thought, "Oh, my goodness,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20"this is going to be some battle."
0:04:20 > 0:04:22And it did turn out to be a huge battle.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28All await this deciding match
0:04:28 > 0:04:32as Wales challenge for the Triple Crown at Lansdowne Road once again.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Five times Ireland have denied them. Can it happen once again,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38as Bennett kicks off?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Wales, from left to right, unchanged from the side
0:04:43 > 0:04:46that has won their first two matches this season
0:04:46 > 0:04:48against England and Scotland.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53So, the first line-out.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Long for Jeff Squire but stolen at the back by Willie Duggan.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Ireland run it straight away.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01That's good running there by Alistair McKibbin.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03On the ten-metre line.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06The drive taken on by Harry Steele with Ned Byrne.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12John Moloney over the top of Ward.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15And it's out to McLennan, inside it is to McKibbin.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19McKibbin held by Derek Quinnell on the 22-metre line.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21And what a start by Ireland.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25And the whistle's gone.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Pat Whelan with the throw. To the middle.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Moss Keane deflects to Moloney. To Ward.
0:05:30 > 0:05:35The dummy scissors and straight out to Ensor, coming into the line.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37JPR Williams outside the 22.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Looks inside, is caught, though, by Moss Keane.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45Ireland drive over but it's picked up by Derek Quinnell
0:05:45 > 0:05:50and Bennett leans back, looks for the long touch and finds it
0:05:50 > 0:05:52with a superbly-placed diagonal ball.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57Phil Bennett, the Welsh captain. This his 28th appearance for Wales.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Moloney. Didn't look straight, nor was it.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09So a free kick against John Moloney for that crooked feed
0:06:09 > 0:06:11and it looks as though Wales will run it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Edwards hoists one way across field into the Irish 22.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Gibson it is.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19Gibson.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21CROWD CHEER
0:06:21 > 0:06:23And listen to that roar!
0:06:25 > 0:06:28To the middle. Martin, two-handed, leaps high.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Sets it up well on the halfway line.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37And Wales drive on but the mauling in there...
0:06:37 > 0:06:40And it looks as though Ireland have broken away with possession.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43They have through Ned Byrne to Slattery, to Phil Orr.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Orr flips it up to Harry Steele.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51But the pass adjudged to be off the ground after the tackle
0:06:51 > 0:06:53and a penalty to Wales.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Eight minutes played
0:06:57 > 0:07:00and a chance for Wales to go ahead through Fenwick.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It's over. What a superb kick!
0:07:02 > 0:07:04It just carried over the crossbar.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09So, Wales take first blood
0:07:09 > 0:07:12after just eight-and-a-half minutes
0:07:12 > 0:07:15through the boot of Steve Fenwick from Bridgend.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Edwards, in his tenth match against Ireland.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32And it's a foot-up decision against Bobby Windsor.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34What will Moloney do here?
0:07:36 > 0:07:40Opts for the tapped penalty to Tony Ward.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Ward's first run is caught by Cobner.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52Inside the 22 and a penalty it is, in front of the posts.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56And Wales had come round offside.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Ireland trailing by six points. Ward...
0:08:02 > 0:08:04No mistake at all with that.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09So, Ireland's first points of the match
0:08:09 > 0:08:13pull them within three points of the Wales total after 16 minutes.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18For Tony Ward, his 20th point in international rugby
0:08:18 > 0:08:21in this, his third international.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23The tail of the line there with Derek Quinnell
0:08:23 > 0:08:25beside Terry Cobner.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Windsor it is that throws long for Squire, challenged by Slattery.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Quinnell on the peel, held by Duggan and Slattery as well.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Red shirts trying to drive over the top.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Man and ball together
0:08:35 > 0:08:38and interference by Ireland with the ball.
0:08:39 > 0:08:4319 minutes into the first half, Fenwick again.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47And Fenwick it is again.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Three out of three for Steve Fenwick,
0:08:49 > 0:08:54taking advantage of Ireland's mistakes and putting Wales,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56once again, six points clear
0:08:56 > 0:08:59as we come up to midway in this first half.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02Tony Ward.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09And the pattern repeated there with Keane and Martin challenging.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Ireland win it, Moloney to Ward.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12McNaughton.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18JPR Williams waits and JJ Williams covers back.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25That's McLennan.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Dummies the kick and runs, bouncing off Gerald Davies.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Wales, the put-in.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Good surge, channelled and controlled by Derek Quinnell
0:09:47 > 0:09:49as they close in towards the Irish line.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57They win it. Edwards, Bennett, the scissors, it's with Gravell.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Gravell almost to the line. Held up by the defence.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Wales still in possession, it's loose again, up from Price...
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Fenwick going for the line, will he make it? He's got there!
0:10:07 > 0:10:08What a try by Fenwick!
0:10:08 > 0:10:11CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:10:11 > 0:10:16So, it was that initial Welsh surge, the control,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19then Ireland holding them up, but back it came again
0:10:19 > 0:10:22and I think it was Graham Price that popped it up,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26and finally Fenwick, seeing the gap appearing on the wide outside,
0:10:26 > 0:10:30really pinned his ears back and sprinted for the line
0:10:30 > 0:10:33and eventually made it for Wales' first try.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Still that willingness by Ireland to run,
0:10:38 > 0:10:45but Ward not really in harmony with his back row.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50A little slow to support.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Moloney. Ward switches left to Ensor.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00JPR Williams with McLennan in with the tackle,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02just outside the Welsh 22.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- The green shirts driving over man and ball... - WHISTLE BLOWS
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Squire.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Loosely back as Phil Orr and Pat Whelan came through.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Taken on by Moloney, now it's Orr again.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Driving up to the Welsh 22.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Still it's Philip Orr, this powerful prop forward from Leinster.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Now Moss Keane, Moss Keane on the rampage!
0:11:26 > 0:11:31Five metres out and Ireland ever closer to that Welsh line.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Finally held up but given a penalty,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37as Wales came round offside
0:11:37 > 0:11:40and maybe that was a gesture from the referee
0:11:40 > 0:11:44of the use of a fist or an arm at close quarters there.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Tony Ward.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50No mistake at all that time,
0:11:50 > 0:11:55so Ireland taking full advantage of Derek Quinnell's absence
0:11:55 > 0:11:59to pull back three points and cut that deficit to just seven now
0:11:59 > 0:12:03through a second penalty by Tony Ward.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08And perhaps a guide to the strength of this Welsh team
0:12:08 > 0:12:11is that four 1977 British Lions
0:12:11 > 0:12:16number amongst the replacements today,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19together with two who don't even make the 21-man squad
0:12:19 > 0:12:21on duty today for Wales.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26And Wales it is in possession. Gravell.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31JPR Williams up on the burst, looks for support from Gerald Davies
0:12:31 > 0:12:38but the tackle came with the pass from Alistair McKibbin.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Moss Keane wins it, though, well. Moloney to Ward.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Straight to McKibbin.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49That was a poor pass to Ensor but he used his sense
0:12:49 > 0:12:53and kept it with his foot as Gibson runs on and chips ahead.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55BOOING
0:12:57 > 0:13:01But obstruction way back against Gibson.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04After he had chipped that ball ahead,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08the tackle was late, the block by the Welshman.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12PIPE BAND PLAYS
0:13:18 > 0:13:21So it's Tony Ward to start this second half for Ireland.
0:13:21 > 0:13:27Ward, having shown odd flashes of that confidence and class
0:13:27 > 0:13:29we've seen in his debut season.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Wales, though, through 13 points by Steve Fenwick,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36leading 13-6.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Edwards back to Bennett.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Wales, challenging for the Triple Crown today,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49happy with that seven-point lead, no doubt.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Cobner and Quinnell trying to clean it up
0:13:53 > 0:13:57and there's the mauler supreme, Geoff Wheel, leading the way,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01supported by Bobby Windsor and Jeff Squire.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05And still Wales in possession and going forward,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08setting it back now to Edwards.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Ensor...
0:14:13 > 0:14:15..switches to the open side.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18JPR Williams coming to cover across-field...
0:14:18 > 0:14:24- BOOING - ..and the crowd reacting to that earlier obstruction
0:14:24 > 0:14:28on Mike Gibson by JPR Williams and giving him the bird.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32So, it's Edwards to put in, in midfield.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38And it was a foot-up decision against Windsor,
0:14:38 > 0:14:42giving the free kick to Ireland.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44No direct kick at goal allowed, of course,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47so perhaps we'll see the drop goal.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50There it is from Tony Ward!
0:14:53 > 0:14:55So calmly executed
0:14:55 > 0:14:59but so effective.
0:14:59 > 0:15:05So Ireland, within two-and-a-half minutes of this second half,
0:15:05 > 0:15:08pull back another three points.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19From Martin to Edwards, Bennett,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21now down the line the ball goes,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Gravell, trying to make the half-break.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Fenwick under pressure, though, from McKibbin.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28WHISTLE BLOWS
0:15:28 > 0:15:30And the whistle goes.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Quinnell the first hands on it but Duggan comes through,
0:15:36 > 0:15:38up to the halfway line,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41sets it back perfectly for Moloney. Now Ward.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46- CHEERING - On the line or out on the full?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49It's bounced into touch,
0:15:49 > 0:15:54so good ground made by the diagonal ball from Tony Ward.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01A lone daffodil signifying a band -
0:16:01 > 0:16:04and there are many of them here, too - of Welsh supporters.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Duggan bursts through, held by Cobner.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Allan Martin going in with first hand and then boot,
0:16:20 > 0:16:25and the referee not happy with the climbing-in with the boot.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Wales lead as Ensor tries this goal from the halfway line.
0:16:30 > 0:16:3212-and-a-half minutes into the second half.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35It's a huge kick...
0:16:35 > 0:16:41just dropping short as JPR Williams switches to Gerald Davies
0:16:41 > 0:16:43on the scissors out of defence.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Gerald Davies weaving another intricate path.
0:16:46 > 0:16:47Finds JPR Williams.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49CHEERING
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Edwards, Bennett, Gravell,
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Fenwick, down the line for the first time completely!
0:17:00 > 0:17:01From JPR Williams to JJ
0:17:01 > 0:17:05and the crunching tackles of Gibson and Slattery.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Almost a forlorn look there on the face of JPR Williams.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13That's good tackling in defence, the quick line-out taken from Price.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Edwards to Bennett.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17Bennett on one of those long outside runs.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Still Bennett going.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22And a touch of an Irish hand of Tony Ward in the way.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27But that was smart, quick thinking by Wales,
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Ireland not alive to the situation
0:17:29 > 0:17:32and Wales taking full advantage.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Stolen at the tail by Slattery, now Steele drives on,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38sets it through to Ned Byrne.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Now Slattery, now Moss Keane.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Gravell in there with the tackle but Keane, like a bull!
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Still Moss Keane, leading the Irish drive.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52And the ball is there for Moloney.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53Martin is through.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00But still Ireland win it.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Slattery the scrum-half, to Tony Ward.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Ward, angling it for the corner,
0:18:06 > 0:18:07which he does to perfection.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09CHEERING
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Windsor, long and dangerous.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Quinnell... Edwards goes down.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Ireland on the line, they appeal for the try!
0:18:22 > 0:18:26But Georges Domercq had blown the whistle already
0:18:26 > 0:18:30to give the scrummage.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33Quickly taken. Deflected down and cleaned up by Ned Byrne.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Well served back to Moloney.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Ward, the garryowen...
0:18:38 > 0:18:41JPR Williams, like a rock,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44but tackled well by McNaughton.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46The ball is loose in the in-goal area!
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Gerald Davies is back there - Ireland claim the try
0:18:48 > 0:18:50and they get it!
0:18:50 > 0:18:52CHEERING
0:18:52 > 0:18:54And was it Moss Keane, the man that gets it?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00What a moment for Ireland as they level the scores
0:19:00 > 0:19:04with an opportunist try there which came from Tony Ward.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05A superb garryowen.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08It looked as though Williams was firm as firm could be...
0:19:10 > 0:19:12..but he was tackled well by McNaughton.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Wales attack. Edwards to Fenwick.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Fenwick running into lots of opposition,
0:19:20 > 0:19:24but the ball is fed back again. Edwards to JPR Williams.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25BOOING
0:19:33 > 0:19:34WHISTLE BLOWS
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Was Edwards offside?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- Moloney puts it away... - BOOING
0:19:48 > 0:19:52..JPR Williams gathers. Into the Irish half.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53His hair streaming behind
0:19:53 > 0:19:57as he carves his way through the Irish pack.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59But a fine tackle there.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Edwards. Fenwick.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Up towards the Irish line as Gibson goes back.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11The bounce was crucial then as Gibson went up high
0:20:11 > 0:20:13and the ball in touch on the Irish line.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17JJ Williams looks for the quick throw-in but it's a penalty,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19I think given against Gibson
0:20:19 > 0:20:22for a deliberate knock of the ball into touch -
0:20:22 > 0:20:25yes, there, it's signalled by referee Domercq.
0:20:25 > 0:20:2813-13 the score as Steve Fenwick kicks.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33To the left of the uprights again
0:20:33 > 0:20:37and Ireland breathe for another day.
0:20:37 > 0:20:4113-13 the score remains. Just over 15 minutes left.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Tony Ward with the drop-out.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Martin, to Edwards,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50long service finds Gravell.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Gravell going through the Irish pack. Still Gravell.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Up to the 22.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Edwards again, now Bennett.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Now Fenwick. JJ Williams outside,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03that's one for him to chase...
0:21:03 > 0:21:04but it's out on the full.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Bobby Windsor.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12Untidily down but back on the Irish side.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Tony Ward, from McNaughton.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16Out to McLennan.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Gerald Davies, marking his man supremely well.
0:21:23 > 0:21:24And Wales win it too.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28Edwards caught in two minds and Slattery gets the tackle in.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31But the support is there from Alan Martin.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Ireland, though, still hounding and harrying.
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Bennett chips ahead.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Ensor, placed...
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Kicks to the open side where the spaces are.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46There's no-one there as Fenwick comes back.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Gibson is through.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50So too is McNaughton.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57And, really, Ensor placed that well, he was using his brain.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59And, somewhere in there, the ball.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Harry Steele there, number five,
0:22:05 > 0:22:10searching to win it out
0:22:10 > 0:22:14as Ireland followed through that long kick from Tony Ensor.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Wales pressing but still unable to break through this Irish defence.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Can they this time? Bennett.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Gravell on the crash ball,
0:22:23 > 0:22:27is tackled well by McKibbin with Slattery in support.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28Now Moss Keane!
0:22:28 > 0:22:33Again, Cobner wrestling and trying to seize the ball from him.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Squire has it.
0:22:43 > 0:22:44Good mauling by Wales.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Edwards dummies with Bennett.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Gibson goes back.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Difficult ball as JJ Williams came through.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Quickly taken, but Wales alive to it.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01And that's Charlie Faulkner working it back.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Edwards switches to Bennett.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Now Jeff Squire, with JPR poised outside.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08JPR now, and Gerald Davies...
0:23:08 > 0:23:12Well, his first reasonable chance and the worst pass of the match.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Bobby Windsor.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Windsor, now, in possession.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Lovely service to Edwards.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Gravell, the dummy...
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Now Fenwick, can he get the pass to JJ Williams?
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Surely a try for JJ!
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Yes, he's got it!
0:23:31 > 0:23:34JJ Williams, a try against Ireland in '74,
0:23:34 > 0:23:36a try in '75,
0:23:36 > 0:23:40and that's an absolutely vital moment in Wales' effort today.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Wales just four minutes plus injury time
0:23:46 > 0:23:49from a third consecutive Triple Crown
0:23:49 > 0:23:51for the first time in history.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53And that's Geoff Wheel.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Wheel, rampaging downfield but losing possession.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Stolen by Gravell but surely the ball thrown forward.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Three-and-a-half minutes of proper time left.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Wales bidding now for yet another Triple Crown.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12WHISTLE BLOWS
0:24:12 > 0:24:16That will help the cause, a penalty to Wales.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Steve Fenwick bidding for his fourth penalty.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24He's got it.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Just over a minute of proper time left.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34Moloney waits. Edwards is through but offside.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Ward, then. That looks useful!
0:24:41 > 0:24:43He's got it. What a kick.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46CHEERING
0:24:47 > 0:24:50So that lead cut again to four points.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54It's Tony Ward that does it again for Ireland.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Now we're into injury time
0:24:56 > 0:24:59at the end of this remarkable game
0:24:59 > 0:25:01of changing fortunes.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Bennett, the Welsh captain.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Caught by Steele.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Ireland mounting perhaps a last effort now.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Wales clinging to their four-point lead
0:25:18 > 0:25:20as Ward sends it down into the Welsh half.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25JPR Williams.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28Recoils off McLennan into touch.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Whelan. On the loop move it's Willie Duggan, but the ball is knocked on.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37The referee plays advantage as Cobner storms away.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41On to Bobby Windsor, he runs into Moloney.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Held up just outside the 22.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49There, the tireless Cobner once more.
0:25:50 > 0:25:56Gesticulating his frustration in English to a French referee.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Edwards gets the tap signal from Bobby Windsor.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Dummies the pickup as Moloney comes round. He is given offside.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12The captain of Wales, perhaps to set the seal on this match.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Phil Bennett.
0:26:17 > 0:26:18He's missed it!
0:26:18 > 0:26:23Ireland counter from their own in-goal area through Tony Ward.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27But the loose pass is taken by Fenwick!
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Fenwick eludes two men, the Welsh pack drive in.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Charlie Faulkner has it, desperate to feed it back.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35It comes from Allan Martin. Edwards, the reverse pass.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Bounces off Gravell.
0:26:37 > 0:26:44Ward, directing operations, receives it now. Speeds it long to McLennan.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46McLennan inside to McNaughton.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49McNaughton eventually back out to McLennan.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Inside it goes to McNaughton once more.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56What a brave final effort as Moloney comes up.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Ireland certainly have given their all,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02and what a game they've made of it.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Finally their effort is held up, the last effort of the match,
0:27:06 > 0:27:11and Wales, in the fifth minute of injury time, have won 20-16.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Their third consecutive Triple Crown,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18something never achieved before with the same 15 players all season.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21'What was incredible for me was, as the teams went off,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24'we shook hands, the Irish went to their dressing room,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27'the Welsh lads went into our dressing room.'
0:27:27 > 0:27:30I must have done an interview for Grandstand or something,
0:27:30 > 0:27:32so I was about five minutes getting in,
0:27:32 > 0:27:35late getting into the Welsh dressing room, I opened the door
0:27:35 > 0:27:39expecting jubilation and champagne flowing.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40There was not a murmur.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Sadness, if you like.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Guys were slumped in their seats, stockings rolled down.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48There was blood everywhere on people's faces,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50certainly forwards' faces.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Gerry Lewis, the physio, calling the doctor,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56"This one needs to be stitched up, I'll see to this one."
0:27:56 > 0:27:59No elation, no joy, nothing whatsoever.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I'm looking around the dressing room saying,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04"Boys, we've won the triple-Triple Crown!"
0:28:04 > 0:28:05But no reaction.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11What was incredible as well was I finished a fortnight later
0:28:11 > 0:28:15against France, Gareth Edwards finished a fortnight later
0:28:15 > 0:28:18against France, so I am wondering, with all the things
0:28:18 > 0:28:22in my background, I wanted to go out on a high, say thank you to the crowd,
0:28:22 > 0:28:24but did that game in Lansdowne Road have a lasting effect?
0:28:24 > 0:28:27It certainly took its toll that torrid afternoon.
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