2018 Six Nations Rugby Championship. Winners Ireland. Their third Grand Slam.
(1948, 2009 and 2018). In the two 'big' away games (France and England) Iain played
the full 80 minutes in both
France (13) v (15) Ireland. Saturday 3rd February. Stade de France, Paris.
France:
15. Geoffrey Palis, 14. Teddy Thomas, 13. Rémi Lamerat, 12. Henry Chavancy, 11. Virimi Vakatawa
10. Matthieu Jalibert (22. Anthony Belleau 29 min), 9. Maxime Machenad (21. Antoine Dupont 66 min),
8. Kevin Gourdon, 7. Yacouba Camara 6. Wenceslas Lauret (20. Marco Tauleigne 66 min),
5. Sebastien Vahaamahina, 4. Arthur Iturria (19. Paul Gabrillagues 60 min), 3. Rabah Slimani (18. Cedate Gomes 54 min)
2. Guilhem Guirado (16. Adrien Pelissie 73 min), 1. Jefferson Poirot (17. Dany Prisco 54 min)
Ireland:
15. Rob Kearney, 14. Keith Earls, 13. Robbie Henshaw, 12. Bundee Aki, 11. Jacob Stockdale (23.Fergus McFadden 74 min)
10. Johnny Sexton, 9. Conor Murray, 1. Cian Healy (17. Jack McGrath 60 min), 2. Rory Best (16. Sean Cronin 69 min),
3. Tadhg Furlong (18. John Ryan 69 min),
4. Iain Henderson, 5. James Ryan (19. Devin Toner 67 min), 6. Peter O'Mahony,
7. Josh van der Flier (20. Dan Leavy 36 min), 8. CJ Stander.
Ireland (56) v (19) Italy. Saturday 10th. February 2018. Aviva Stadium, Dublin.
Ireland:
15. Rob Kearney, 14. Keith Earls, 13. Robbie Henshaw (23. Jordan Larmour 44 min), 12. Bundee Aki, 11. Jacob Stockdale,
10. Johnny Sexton (22. Joey Carbery 50 min), 9. Conor Murray (21. Keiran Marmion 50 min),
1. Jack McGrath (17. Cian Healy 67 min), 2. Rory Best (16. Sean Cronin 60 min), 3. Tadhg Furlong (18. Andrew Porter 3 min),
4. Iain Henderson (19 Quinn Roux 41 min), 5. Devin Toner, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 7. Dan Leavy,
8. Jack Conan (20. CJ Stander 41 min).
Italy:
15. Matteo Minozzi, 14. Tommaso Benvenuti, 13. Tommaso Boni (23. Jayden Hayward 53 min), 12. Tommaso Castello,
11. Mattia Bellini, 10. Tommaso Allan, 9. Marcello Violi (21 Edoardo Gori 57 min),
1. Nicola Quaglio (17 Andrea Lovotti 36 min), 2. Luca Bigi (16 Leonardo Ghiraldini 44 min),
3. Simone Ferrari (18 Tizano Pasquali 53 min), 4. Alessandro Zanni, 5. Dean Budd, 6. Sebastian Negri (19 Federico Ruzza 57 min),
7. Braam Steyn
(20 Maxime Mbanda 44 min), 8 Sergio Parisse.
Ireland (28) v (8) Scotland. Saturday March 10th. 2018. Aviva Stadium, Dublin.
Ireland:
15. Rob Kearney (23. Jordan Larmour 74 min), 14. Keith Earls, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Bundee Aki, 11. Jacob Stockdale,
10. Johnny Sexton (22. Joey Carbery 72 min), 9. Conor Murray (21. Kieran Marmion 70 min), 1. Cian Healy (17. Jack McGrath 50 min)
2. Rory Best (16. Sean Cronin 65 min), 3. Tadhg Furlong (18. Andrew Porter 61 min), 4. James Ryan,
5. Devin Toner
(19. Iain Henderson 54 min), 6. Peter O'Mahony (20. Jordi Murphy 54min), 7. Dan Leavy, 8. CJ Stander.
Scotland:
15. Stuart Hogg, 14 Blair Kinghorn (23. Lee Jones 28 min), 13. Huw Jones, 12 Peter Horne (72 min)
11. Sean Maitland, 10. Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (21. Ali Price 66 min), 1. Gordon Reid (17. Jamie Bhatti 54 min)
2. Stuart McInally (16. Fraser Brown 59 min), 3. Simon Berghan (18. WP Nel 54 min), 4. Grant Gilchrist,
5. Jonny Gray (19.Tim Swinson 70 min), 6. John Barclay, 7. Hamish Watson, 8. Ryan Wilson.
England (15) v (24) Ireland. Saturday March 17th. 2018.
St Patrick's Day. Twickenham Stadium, London.
England:
15. Anthony Watson (23. Mike Brown 33 min), 14 Jonny May, 13. Jonathan Joseph (22. George Ford min), 12. Ben Te'o, 11. Elliot Daly,
10. Owen Farrell, 9. Richard Wigglesworth (21. Danny Care 52 min), 1. Mako Vunipola (17. Joe Marler 52 min),
2. Dylan Hartley (16 Jamie George 57 min), 3. Kyle Sinckler (18. Dan Cole 52 min), 4. Maro Itoje, 5. George Kruis (19. Joe Launchbury 70 min),
6. Chris Robshaw, 7. James Haskell, 8. Sam Simmonds.
Ireland:
15. Rob Kearney, 14. Keith Earls (21. Kieran Marmion 73 min), 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Bundee Aki (23. Jordan Larmour 55 min),
11. Jacob Stockdale, 10. Johnny Sexton (22. Joey Carbery 33 min - off 66 min for Sexton), 9. Conor Murray,
1. Cian Healy (17. Jack McGrath 50 min), 2. Rory Best (16 Sean Cronin 64 min), 3. Tadhg Furlong (18 Andrew Porter 64 min),
4. James Ryan (19.Devin Toner 66 min)
, 5. Iain Henderson, 6. Peter O'Mahony (20. Jordi Murphy 73 min), 7. Dan Leavy, 8. CJ Stander.