Mr O’Reilly, (Irish ancestry anyone?)

The English media really can't abide a successful Welsh team can it? Grand Slam in 2005 - not because of good play but because it was a "poor standard 6 nations)

Once again with Wales on the cusp of a Grand Slam we are treated to more of the same rubbish. "Such an outcome will raise questions about the quality of this year’s Six Nations". Really Mr O'Reilly such comments just serve to show what a myopic, self serving and limited view you have of international rugby. If England or Ireland win then it is down to their collective talent and World beating players, if Wales or Scotland win then it is because the opposition was poor this year. Such bias beggars belief.

As an aside - I'm sure there have been many years since 1948 when the quality of the Championship might have dropped - but Ireland have still been unable to win a Grand Slam in all that time. What can we infer from this fact I wonder?

Jonathan Davies, Cardiff, Wales

Whilst the score implies that this was a close game, I think anyone who watched it would think that Wales should have won by considerably more. They deserved their victory although it was disappointing to see the game marred by two disgraceful examples of lack of discipline. Both Mike Phillips and Bernard Jackman were very lucky to still be on the pitch at all. Both could have caused serious injury to their opponents. Jackman's in particular was disappointing from an Irish point of view as it looked like we might have been getting into scoring range until he needlessly, recklessly and selfishly gave away that penalty. It was game over from then.

Good luck to the welsh anyway, they look a pretty good bet to go on and beat france.

Richard, Ulster and Ireland fan

Richard, Portballintrae, Northern Ireland

To Nendrrum Belfast - were Ireland not already behind on the scoreboard when Jackman conceded the penalty ? Or is his "crime" that of taking Rory Best's place ?

The one incident which cost Ireland the game was the missed tackle on Shane Williams by Trimble.

Declan, Dublin,

I find the comment that if Wales win the Grand Slam then 'Such an outcome will raise questions about the quality of this year’s Six Nations' offensive. It appears to mean that if England or France are not champions then standards must have dropped. What a parochial comment.

Mark David, Port Talbot, Wales

A very close game indeed. If Horgan had managed to score that try (with easy conv. to come), it would've been different - IRL up 13-3, and starting to play. Alas, the Welsh then played very tidy rugby, and showed throughout the team, that they've got some quality. Good luck to the Welsh, Grand Slam beckons!

Paul, Cork, Ireland

Wales were worthy winners and are inproving game on game and fulfilling the potential that's been there for a while. For the first time in a while, we have a pack that can play for more than 30 mins. We should all celebrate the fact that the six nations is such a competitive tournament, and it is all to play for on the last day. Its about time the London based media, particularly broadcast opened up to the beauty of such a fact and stopped carping on about it being under par when England perfom so indifferently. The tournament is about so much more than England, with everyone including Italy bringing so much to the table. So lets sit back and enjoy! Unpredictability is good!

Paul Griffiths, London, London

Bernard Jackman,
He is TOTALLY and INDIVIDUALLY responsible for Ireland’s lost today.
His un-warranted, malicious and disgraceful attack on the Welsh player can not be condoned.
HE is responsible for the penalty against Ireland. HE lost the game today for Ireland.
HE should be told to pack his bags and leave (and don’t come back).

Ulster & Ireland Supporter

Nendrum, Belfast,

Let us all be totally honest.. Both games were totally different. One was full of aerial ping-pong, one was of 30 players trying their hearts out. England were dire, in truth they were leaderless. Jonny Wilkinson, congratulations, was particularly indifferent. Outside him, where was Noon, Tait ? More importantly, where was Vainokolo (apologies 4 spelling). If BOD was available for the next game, What price England losing again ? Still on today's performance Ireland won't need him. England were terrible.

dineen, swindon, wiltshire

Here we go again.....when England are winning all is fine with the World. When anyone else other than France is doing well they simply cant take it. Its the total arrogance and biased reporting like this that makes all the other nations in world rugby dislike the moaning and whinging that typifies the champagne sipping upper class game that is english rugby not the beer drinking working mans game that it is in the rest of the world.

Tim, MidWales,

Nonesense about the quality of the Championship .One could say the same of the World Cup where Wales and Ireand are now both 15-20 points better ,yet few doubt that Wales could still have been very competitive v SA or England, despite being so poor last summer .
I could say that Wales ,Scotland AND Ireland were all poor in 1991 and 1992 ;so would that allow us to devalue 2 good England years ?
England had been the best in the UK for sometime, yet only 1 Grand Slam since 1995! They have had 5 six nations with at least 2 defeats . See the pattern . The divine right has gone .
Wales have been aweful yet suddenly for the 2nd time in 4 years could win a Grand Slam ,which without a doubt was deserved in 05, and maybe deserved even more in 08 for scoring 11 tries to 2 , some of them tremendous tries with an improving pack.Today makes nonesense of the suggestion on BBC that the key match would be England v Ireland .
I suggest that Wales really rub this one in by winning next week.

Rhys , Atlanta, Georgia

Why is it that when England or France win the 6N it's always a great championship but when Wales win it its not through their own efforts but because all the other teams have played badly against them. This is proving to be one of the beat Wales teams for a long long time and in all their games so far have been mostly in control and are at long last displaying an ability to shut down games they are ahead in, a trait that has been sadly lacking over the last few years

Allan, Swansea,

Before today's games I said to myself that if Wales win, then the English press will automatically say that this years 6 nations was poor. How right I was. The tournament is not a poor one this year, England are a poor side. They lack ambition. Wilkinson and the rest of the English backs, have proven yet again that unless they is behind a decisively winning pack they have precious little to offer unlike the Welsh outside halves-yes we have two-and the rest of the back line. Beached whale Lesley 0 tries- the hopeless little Welsh wing who has no business being on the field- three tries. The English pack when arm wrestling gets them nowhere, unlike the other 6 nations countries' packs, who try a different game, they plod along like the bunch of donkeys they are. The English press needs to grow up and realise that this wonderful game of ours does ot belong to the so called bulldog spirit of the English but to the poetry and courage and above all imagination of their Celtic neighbours

Bob Young, hereford, england

"Such an outcome will raise questions about the quality of this year’s Six Nations. "
Once again a Wales win can only be the result of the other teams playing poorly. I'm sure it would have been a fantastic Six Nations of the utmost quality had England won four games out of four.

Ifan Jones, Aberystwyth, Wales

Full credit to Wales. They deserved to win by a far bigger margin. Ireland were bad. In terms of imagination, ideas and courage, that was a performance (from Ireland) worthy of the wooden spoon, rather than the championship. They started with a very limited and negative game plan and were incapable of adapting when it didn't come off. This game was conclusive proof that Eddie O'Sullivan must go.

Foyle, Galway, IRL,

Wales definitely deserved to win but neither the match nor their victory were stylish by any stretch of the imagination. Bearing in mind that Wales messed up several times after scything through the Irish defense and Williams's try owed largely to non-tackling, I think it's fair to say the win was based on team spirit and determination. True, Wales were the only team who tried to play, but this was an error-strewn match, deservedly taken by the team which played as a team and not a disjointed selection of individuals. Hats off to Wales and their ever-smug coach. Even if Ireland manage to beat a poor England team, I think Eddie O'Sullivan's number is up. As for the destination of the championship, I believe France will beat Italy well and probably edge Wales so it will come down to points difference. Again. It has been a tepid championship so far but Wales have won all their games so credit to them and hopefully their decider against France will be a classic encounter.

Paul Philpott, Cork,

"Such an outcome will raise questions about the quality of this year Six Nations". Again to certain sections of the English media, it seems too bitter a pill to swallow. Too much to concede, that at the moment Wales deserve to be where they are as a result of playing some decent rugby. For rugby, as in football, it seems that there's a rather pathetic strain in the English media – often marked by that perennial comedy of protestations which seem to result of their over indulgence of that rather distasteful cocktail of arrogance and self delusion.

c jones, aberystwyth,

"Such an outcome will raise questions about the quality of this year’s Six Nations". Only to the sour grapes english who consistently fail to perform in the 6 nations and get upset when other teams play entertaining rugby. Yes, wales's victories haven't been free from mistakes but they have played rugby that's enjoyable to watch. Isn't that what it's meant to be all about?

Helen, London,