Wales vs Ireland LIVE: Hosts hammer visitors to claim 2019 Six Nations Grand Slam

Here's how the final day of the Six Nations championship played out

Wales v Ireland: Six Nations match preview

Wales thrashed Ireland 25-7 to win the Six Nations Grand Slam.

Hadleigh Parkes' try inside just 70 seconds set the tone before fly-half Gareth Anscombe took over from the tee to add a further 20 points as the hosts hit the front and never looked back.

Ireland scored with the final play of the game to avoid being left scoreless but it was a day to forget for them in Cardiff.

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[16 March 2019 18:41 · Jack de Menezes]

74 mins: Jones makes more changes as Luke Cowan-Dickie, Nathan Hughes and Ben Spencer on in place of George, Launchbury and Youngs, and they have to at least show something to suggest that they can still win this game.

[16 March 2019 18:42 · Jack de Menezes]

76 mins: TRY FOR SCOTLAND!

[16 March 2019 18:45 · Jack de Menezes]

77 mins: Wow. Just wow. Of all people, Vunipola loses the ball in contact and Scotland counter. The ball is whipped to Russell, and giving the eyes to the back-field, he pops a no-look pass to Sam Johnson, who beats Nowell, Daly and the rest of the covering defence to score. Russell converts and Scotland, somehow, LEAD! 31-38

[16 March 2019 18:48 · Jack de Menezes]

80 mins: England win a penalty just inside Scottish territory, but the clock is red and England CANNOT win this match. Ford kicks to touch, and England need a converted try just to draw the Calcutta Cup!

[16 March 2019 18:50 · Jack de Menezes]

80 mins: England are camped on the Scotlanf line...TRY FOR ENGLAND!

[16 March 2019 18:53 · Jack de Menezes]

80 mins: An unbelievable game has an unbelievable finish as George Ford, the man Jones sent on for Farrell, slides over between the posts, and as a result gives himself the simple conversio to DRAW the match!

England 38-38 Scotland

It means that Scotland retain the Calcutta Cup, but their wait for a win at Twickenham goes on!

[16 March 2019 18:58 · Jack de Menezes]