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IRELAND v ENGLAND - MIN-BY-MIN
FT: IRELAND 6 ENGLAND 42
80 mins: Full-time. The trophy is on the field and England are Six Nations champions.
80 mins: TRY LUGER - A final flurry, Wilkinson, Leonard and Lewsey create the space for the winger to hare over. Wilkinson converts.
80 mins: TRY GREENWOOD - An interception and a canter to the line. Murphy had telegraphed the pass inside. Wilkinson just misses with the conversion attempt as an injured O'Driscoll limps from the action.
80 mins: Three minutes of stoppage time are to be played.
79 mins: Ireland are seeing plenty of the ball but Stringer loses out and Greenwood breaks clear. Hickie is back but the ball goes out of play via his boot. England have the throw at a line-out on the Irish line.
78 mins: Wilkinson takes play back to the Irish 22 with a 70-yard clearance kick.
77 mins: Ireland take a scrum against the head - and O'Driscoll tries to release Hickie.
76 mins: Bishop calls for the ball - but it never arrives. England throw at the line-out and they are trying to run down the clock.
75 mins: O'Driscoll chips for Hickie but the ball runs into touch.
74 mins: A decent spell of possession for Ireland and Gleeson again breaks. Wilkinson makes the tackle.
72 mins: PENALTY WILKINSON - Fine strike from the fly-half.
70 mins: An ambitious drop-goal attempt from Wilkinson never threatens the posts.
69 mins: Dawson is receiving more treatment, Tindall is off. Dan Luger and Bracken are on for England.
68 mins: Gleeson is isolated after making a break and then concedes a penalty for holding on to the ball.
67 mins: Bishop runs strongly - so does Foley. Ireland are on halfway.
66 mins: Chip and chase from O'Gara but he is flattened by Dawson who then turns the possession over too.
65 mins: TRY GREENWOOD - Surely that's the Grand Slam. The centre is pushed over the loine by the dominant pack. Wilkinson converts.
64 mins: Last throw of the dice for Ireland - Ronan O'Gara is on for Humphreys.
63 mins: Dallaglio is held a metre short after a neat Wilkinson pass. England feed at the scrum.
63 mins: Sniping run from Dawson as England go towards the posts.
61 mins: Ireland collapse a rolling maul - penalty to England. They are on top up front - and have been all game.
60 mins: TRY TINDALL - The forwards lay the platform and the centre crashes through a gap and over the line. Grayson converts - his last act - Wilkinson returns.
59 mins: England have a penalty on halfway. Wilkinson is in the blood bin - he could be back.
58 mins: Longwell is withdrawn, Paul O'Connell is on.
57 mins: Dallaglio is penalised from the base of the scrum and Ireland are now on halfway. For all their possession, England have yet to add points after the break.
56 mins: Grayson chips to the corner and Ireland are continuing to play from their own half.
56 mins: Ireland try to work space for O'Driscoll but the pass to the centre is forward.
55 mins: Wilkinson is off the field with Paul Grayson on.
54 mins: England look set to score but the whistle sounds - they have come into the ruck from the side and concede a penalty.
53 mins: Great combination between Dallagio, Johnson and Kay.
52 mins: England win a penalty in the forwards with Kay returning to the fold having had to swap shirts. He had blood on the original one and was sent to change it by the referee.
51 mins: O'Driscoll drills a low kick into touch.
51 mins: Break from O'Driscoll as Ireland adpot a more adventurous approach.
50 mins: England knock on in the ruck and Ireland are fighting their way back into the game.
49 mins: Ireland are offside at the maul and England have a penalty.
48 mins: Hickie is on the outside of Robinson but the England winger is across to tackle.
47 mins: Hill is injured but play goes on - Tindall takes a high kick from Wilkinson but England are penalised.
46 mins: Hill bursts clear from a short line out but Ireland turn over possession and Humphreys kicks to touch.
45 mins: The shoulder may have gone but the left boot is in working order. Wilkinson drops a goal but play is brought back by the touch judge. Ireland have been offered a scrum - which they take.
44 mins: The ball is turned over and Cohen runs a good angle but the ball goes to ground as he looks for Greenwood. Wilkinson is having major problems with a shoulder injury.
43 mins: Another Murphy break but he lacks support. Wilkinson is injured and receiving treatment as Ireland go back to halfway through Bishop.
42 mins: Murphy takes the first testing Wilkinson kick of the second-half and Costello drives to halfway.
42 mins: Greenwood again produces an ineffective chip and England have lost good field position.
41 mins: Back under way via the boot of Wilkinson and the breeze seems to be strengthening. It is at the back of England.
40 mins: A safe clearance kick from Wilkinson - the England star of the first 40 minutes. Murphy has been the pick of the Irish XV.
40 mins: DROP-GOAL WILKINSON - Brilliant strike and a timely one too. Two minutes of stoppage time are being played.
40 mins: Clean break from Dallaglio and England are on the 22.
40 mins: Thompson dummies a throw and is penalised. Play on halfway but an Irish knock on brings in to a halt.
39 mins: Stringer kicks straight into touch - Ireland are on the back foot for the first time in ten minutes.
39 mins: Nerveless throw from Rowntree - safe catch from Kay.
38 mins: Graham Rowntree is now in the blood bin - Trevor Woodman into the fray.
37 mins: Cohen makes a crucial tackle as Costello hares for the line. The Irish forward has held onto the ball in the tackle too - penalty to England.
36 mins: Wilkinson races from the line for a brilliant ball-and-all tackle on Maggs.
35 mins: Dawson is back on but Ireland are still attacking from inside the 22.
34 mins: Kevin Maggs is almost between the posts but Wilkinson makes a last-ditch takle and then the visitors turn over possession.
33 mins: Murphy is a yard short of the line after a Hickie kick evades the England defence. Ireland have a scrum five metres from the line.
33 mins: Great kick from Wilkinson - drilled below the breeze into touch.
32 mins: Kick of the game from Humphreys, Cohen takes a quick line out to Lewsey though. However the ball returns to the England line - and via touch - thanks to Stringer.
31 mins: Wonderful kick from Wilkinson finds touch in the Irish half.
30 mins: Hill is back on - the medical men have done their job.
30 mins: DROP-GOAL WILKINSON - Off balance and on the right foot but the result is the ball sailing between the posts.
29 mins: England work an over-lap but Ben Kay is the man on the wing and he lacks the pace to go to the line.
28 mins: Great surge from Wilkinson to take play to the Irish 22.
28 mins: PENALTY HUMPHREYS - A brilliant long range effort.
27 mins: Dawson is in the blood bin with Kyran Bracken on. Jason Leonard is penalised at the scrum.
26 mins: England have scrambled well and have the feed at the scrum.
26 mins: Huge hit from Wilkinson thunders Byrne into the turf.
25 mins: Great hands from Ireland, Murphy races clear and is only brought down by a desperate Wilkinson cover tackle.
24 mins: Tindall is almost through ten metres from the line but O'Driscoll is across and England are penalised for holding on to the ball on the floor.
23 mins: Hickie slices his attempted clearance kick.
23 mins: Joe Worsley is on for England, Richard Hill needs treatment to a cut.
22 mins: The ball has gone forward in the rolling maul - head and feed to a relieved Ireland side.
21 mins: Brilliant break from Lewsey who is felled by a desperate Murphy tackle.
21 mins: Cohen knocks on a towering Wilkinson kick and Stringer finds a neat touch with a grubber kick.
20 mins: Dawson almost releases Wilkinson but Humphreys hangs on to make the tackle.
19 mins: Murphy makes space for Hickie to send the ball towards the England 22 with a powerful kick.
19 mins: Another aimless Greenwood kick is collected - under no pressure - from Byrne.
18 mins: Wilkinson switches play with a deep kick and Lewsey continues the England attack.
17 mins: Humphreys slides a relatively straightforward kick wide.
16 mins: Murphy has been held down - penalty to Ireland in the shadows of the England posts.
16 mins: O'Driscoll is almost through but Back makes a huge tackle on Victor Costello on the next phase of attack.
15 mins: Will Greenwood chips through but Shane Byrne collects and launches Murphy on a thrilling 50 metres burst into the English 22.
14 mins: Good possession for England in the Irish half.
13 mins: Back is strangely chosen to kick inside his own 22. He fails to find touch but Robinson recovers the situation with a sound catch after Murphy launched a high kick back towards the England line.
13 mins: Play is brought back for an England scrumm on their own 22.
12 mins: O'Driscoll goes on the outside of his man but cannot force the pass and Josh Lewsey falls onto the ball.
11 mins: England are penalised for going over the ball in a ruck.
11 mins: Into a breeze, Wilkinson finds touch on halfway.
10 mins: Justin Bishop does well to challenge for the re-start but he has knocked on and England have the feed at the scrum.
8 mins: TRY DALLALGIO - England hit back. The Irish scrummage is disrupted, Peter Stringer loses out to Matt Dawson and he breaks before sending Lawrence Dallaglio between the posts. Wilkinson adds the extras.
7 mins: Jason Robinson drives forward and a great Wilkinson pass releases Thompson. Neil Back continues the attack but the ball has gone forward.
7 mins: Wilkinson chips to the corner - Murphy collects and calls the mark under intense pressure.
6 mins: A knock-on from the re-start and England have the feed at the scrum.
5 mins: DROP-GOAL HUMPHREYS - From in front of the posts and ten metres out. Perfect start for Ireland.
5 mins: A woeful throw from Steve Thompson, Gleeson collects and charges forward.
4 mins: Penalty to England to relieve the pressure. Keith Gleeson had broken from the scrum.
3 mins: O'Driscoll puts the ball to ground - the England defence look to be stretched too.
3 mins: A free-kick and Anthony Foley drives into Wilkinson.
3 mins: England knock on from the re-start. Another chance for Ireland.
2 mins: The ball falls under the bar - six inches short of the perfect opening for Ireland.
2 mins: Humphreys is to go for goal from five metres inside his own half.
1 min: First attempt for a a break from Brian O'Driscoll. He is halted by Mike Tindall but the referee's whistle has sounded, penalty to Ireland for offside.
1 min: Humphreys switches the kick-off but Ben Cohen safely collects and Geordan Murphy can only watch a Jonny Wilkinson kick find touch inside the Irish half.
1 min: An incredible atmosphere, perfect condtions and the action is under way via the boot of David Humphreys.
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