Writing in the Irish Independent, Eamonn Sweeney believes that there is no team which deserves to close out the deal the way this team of O'Driscoll, O'Gara, Hayes, O'Connell, O'Callaghan, Wallace et al does.
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Ireland's Jamie Heaslip celebrates scoring at Murrayfield
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"Eighty minutes to go. Eighty minutes to consummate the most successful era in Irish rugby since the 1940s with the crowning glory last achieved in those years soon after what we called the Emergency and everyone else called World War Two.
"Eighty minutes away from putting an end to the criticism which observes that, for all their excellence, their multiple Triple Crowns, their wins over southern hemisphere opposition, the current golden generation have under-achieved.
"And, because a lot is asked of those who have much to offer, it'll have to be full duck or no dinner next Saturday evening in Cardiff. There have been years when a Six Nations championship would have been regarded as good enough. But while we can conceivably lose to Wales and still win that particular title, that won't feel like victory. It has to be the Grand Slam now."
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