Ireland have secured their fourth Grand Slam, a first in Dublin after a dramatic win over 14 man England this evening, on St Patrick's weekend.

Three second half tries from Robbie Henshaw, Dan Sheehan and Rob Herring got Ireland over the line against a ruthless England side who did everything to stop the party.

Sheehan grabbed a try in the opening half to put Ireland ahead before a sending off for Freddie Steward gave Ireland a big boost, one they failed to take until Henshaw and Sheehan crossed for tries, some nervy finish but the result goes the way of the hosts.

Belfast 1948, Cardiff 2009, Twickenham 2018 and now Dublin 2023 as Andy Farrell's side have their immense recent record alive with another big showing in the Six Nations making good on the defeat here in 2003 when England spoiled a Grand Slam.

Ireland started brightly with an early penalty for a tackle on Jamison Gibson-Park as he claimed a high ball, Johnny Sexton kicked for touch and they were able to build an early move, England however turned the ball over in the midfield but then the referee penalised them for a man off his feet making a tackle, Sexton landed a big kick to put them inside the English area.

England however came to play and as Ireland were punished for being too slow to roll away at the breakdown after a sustained spell of England pressure, this gave Owen Farrell a shot at the posts and he made no mistake for a 3-0 lead after eight minutes.

A penalty brought Ireland inside the England 22, a couple of nice phases brought Ireland close to the line, Sexton tapped a quick penalty but he was held up over the line as it looked like he had done enough to break the scoring record, the TMO was called to check if England had retreated and the call was a goal line drop out.

Down the other end and again more errors from the Irish gave Farrell his second penalty at goal and the lead was doubled to six points, a nervy cagey opening in Dublin as Ireland looked shell shocked but Sexton would get his record after a long range pena;ty in the 19th minute put Ireland on the board and put him in the history books.

As the half wore on both teams had chances, Ellis Genge tackled off the ball and awarded Ireland a penalty just inside the English half, Sexton nailed the kick inside the 22, Dan Sheehan delivered another quality lineout, Ryan Baird caught the lineout, the maul formed well as Josh Van der Flier burst away from the maul and played a superb pass inside to Sheehan, who barged past a couple of tacklers on his way to the line for the opening Ireland try, Sexton adding two more for a 10-6 lead in the 33rd minute.

Composure was needed toward the end of the half as both produced errors, Ireland almost had a late try but Mack Hansen produced a forward pass in the buildup, however Hugo Keenan was tackled by Freddie Steward, the England full-back made deliberate contact with his elbow to the head of Keenan and he was shown a straight red card as headed for the break.

It was a nervous opening half in Dublin and the second was the same as Ireland were unable to really put a foothold on the game, Farrell made no mistake on his third penalty after 51 minutes as Ireland were penalised in the scrum, with Ireland ahead by a point.

Peantlies and errors were creeping into the game for both but Ireland looked deflated as they were second best for a lot of the tie to England, at the scrum especially with Tadhg Furlong having to come off as his side was collapsing a lot.

On the hour mark Sexton produced a  cross kick that England were unable to deal with, Anthony Watson carried over the tryline and Ireland had a 5m scrum, Ireland had an advantage and ran the phases well, Bundee Aki produced a great pass to his midfield partner Robbie Henshaw to get over for their second try, Henshaw missed the last grand slam win but was key in this game, with Sexton edging the Irish further ahead.

Four minutes later and Ireland could dream about the Grand Slam, Sheehan grabbing his second try in the corner, Mack Hansen and Jack Conan both pivotal in the build up after Sheehan was initially short, they carried well before Sheehan had space on the right wing to dot over, Sexton with a sublime touchline conversion as Ireland were dreaming ahead 24-9.

Some late drama however as Jamie George powered over for England’s opening try in the final ten minutes, a big wakeup call for Ireland as Farrell reduced arrears, however Jack Willis was sent to the bin for an illegal move on Ross Byrne, the kick to touch set up a powerful maul and at the end was Rob Herring to stretch over and grab a bonus point try that secured the Grand Slam.