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Article: Rugby Union: Pop Gun to hit the target; Ireland ................. 6 England ...............42.(Sport)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2003
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Byline: FRANK MALLEY
LIVE Woodward at last got his hands on that elusive Grand Slam after an England performance which will have rocked the rugby world.
At the end the coach, who had seen his side blow three previous Grand Slamopportu-nities during his five-year reign, went round each of his players and embraced them in turn.
And, with the smiles and the tears of joy,at last the pain of Wembley,Murrayfield and here at Lansdowne Road 18 months ago, had been exorcised.
England, Grand Slamchampions 2003,has a ring to it. England, world champions, would be even better.
That must now beadistinct possibility after a performance of ...