Amount of passionately roared Peter O’Mahony renditions of Amhrán na bhFiann: 6.
Ireland’s 19-9 triumph over England, on March 1, was their 10th consecutive Test win, equaling a national record. Joe Schmidt’s men can strike out on their own, with 11 wins, if they see off Wales on Saturday.
To mark the impressive streak of wins, In Touch, has produced an excellent infographic detailing the results, scorers and breakdown of how the points were scored.
20 players have been on the score-sheet for Ireland, with Johnny Sexton leading the way, on 119 points.
Roughly averaged out, Ireland have scored 29 points per match [three tries, three penalties and two conversions] and conceded 13.
The only Irish player to start all 10 matches has been tight-head prop, Mike Ross.
The world record for consecutive Test wins is Cyprus. Their 24 victories ran from November 2008 and November 2014.
The best winning streak of a Tier One World Rugby nation is 17, jointly held by South Africa [August 1997-November 1998] and New Zealand, twice [September 1965-June 1969; June 2013-June 2014].
