Ireland shares title
NZPA-Reuter Dublin The Irish fly-half. Ollie Campbell, set a’ scoring record for the Five Nations rugby championship on Saturday as his 21 points took Ireland to a 25-15 win over England at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The win gave Ireland, the outright winner last year, a share of the championship with France, and left England at the bottom of the table without a win.
Ireland, its hopes of winning the championship dashed after its loss to Wales two weeks ago, dominated England to win by two tries, a conversion, and five penalty goals to England’s five penalty goals, all kicked by its fullback, Dusty Hare.’ Campbell’s contribution was one of the tries, his first for Ireland, which he also converted, and five penalty goals out of eight attempts.
His efforts gave him an unprecedented points tally for a championship season of 52, six more than his own record of 46. He also equalled his record for points scored in a match.
Hare’s reliable boot landed five out of six kicks at goal but England had little else to offer.
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