Should England expect to win Slams?
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Is it over-ambitious or arrogant for England supporters to dream of Grand Slams?
For dreaming is all they can do for another long year after Ireland's
comprehensive 19-9 win
in Dublin, even as England's players will be experiencing nightmares about balls raining down on them from the icy heavens for weeks to come.
By the time the chance comes again it will be one Slam in 20 years for the northern hemisphere's richest rugby nation.
Money, of course, is no guarantee of sporting success, although heavyweight funding has done Britain's Olympic sports no harm.
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For dreaming is all they can do for another long year after Ireland's
comprehensive 19-9 win
in Dublin, even as England's players will be experiencing nightmares about balls raining down on them from the icy heavens for weeks to come.
By the time the chance comes again it will be one Slam in 20 years for the northern hemisphere's richest rugby nation.
Money, of course, is no guarantee of sporting success, although heavyweight funding has done Britain's Olympic sports no harm.
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