Six Nations ANDSHAKES ILOGRAMS
Of t he int r iguing goings- on since It aly ’s inclusion in t he championship in 2000
Traditionally dignitaries shuffle along a carpet shaking players’ hands before big games. But in Ireland in 2003, Martin Johnson’s England lined up on Ireland’s side of the red carpet and refused to move. Ireland then lined up alongside England, forcing Ireland president Mary McAleese to walk on the grass.
HD’Arcy, Brian O’Driscoll, Tommy Bowe and Paul O’Connell. The weight of the Six Nations trophy is 7kg. The current six-sided design was unveiled in 2015, took 200 hours to make and is the first to incorporate all six nations.
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