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Published 23:29 22 Mar 2023 GMT
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"I was there that day, in 2018, when we won it at Twickenham," former Munster and Ireland star James Downey told House of Rugby. "There were great scenes but most people were leaving the stadium, because they were English and you expect that. On Saturday, nobody left their seats for ages. Fans stayed in the ground for a long time and their was music blaring. "Even when people were leaving, the players were still out on the field and just absorbing everything. And you want to have these moments... you don't want it to end."[caption id="attachment_282729" align="aligncenter" width="800"]
Ireland players, from right, Jack Conan, Garry Ringrose, Conor Murray, Jonathan Sexton, Peter O’Mahony and Josh van der Flier. (Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile)[/caption]
As Munster captain O'Mahony salutes the camera, a voice cries out, "Pete, this is South County Dublin!" "I'm getting some tour of the place," O'Mahony cracks back.Most of the Leinster players that featured in the bulk of the Six Nations games are off for the week and other provinces will be easing their Ireland players back over the next few games. This is down-time for the players, and they are basking in and Grand Slam that was clinched in Dublin for the first time in the nation's history. Soon enough, it will be time to gear back up and go again.
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