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          Wonderful Wales clinch Grand Slam with thumping win over Ireland

          Hadleigh Parkes celebrates scoring after one minute against Ireland as Wales swept towards the Grand Slam in Cardiff. Stu Forster/Getty Images
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          Mar 16, 2019, 12:43 PM ET
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          Wales beat Ireland 25-7 to win the Six Nations and complete the Grand Slam at the Principality Stadium on Saturday.

          Centre Hadleigh Parkes scored a try in the second minute of the match, and fly-half Gareth Anscombe, the man of the match, kicked six penalties and a conversion for a 20-point haul. Ireland scored a consolation try right at the end of the game.

          It is Wales's fourth Grand Slam of the Six Nations era and the third won under coach Warren Gatland, who is leaving his post after this year's World Cup.

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