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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Robert Hynes

Social media reacts to Ireland's Six Nations win over Wales at the Aviva Stadium

Ireland put in a powerful performance to beat Wales at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Andy Farrell's side dominated most of the match as they made it two wins from their opening two Six Nations games.

Jordan Larmour got the opening try of the game after Ireland's early pressure finally paid off.

But Wales took the lead in the 28th minute after Tomos Williams got a try from nowhere and Dan Biggar converted.

Wales' George North and Jacob Stockdale of Ireland (©INPHO/Bryan Keane)

Their lead lasted only a couple of minutes though as Tadhg Furlong put Ireland back in front with a try before Johnny Sexton successfully kicked the conversion after missing the earlier one.

The hosts got the perfect start to the second-half through a Josh van der Flier try and Sexton once again converted with a good kick.

That try led to a rendition of The Fields of Athenry being belted out by the Aviva crowd.

Wales thought they had cut the lead on 55 minutes, but Hadleigh Parkes' effort was disallowed as he didn't manage to get the ball down.

Sexton departed the pitch with less than ten minutes to go and got huge applause from the Ireland support.

And as the clock ticked down, Andrew Conway got Ireland's fourth try of the game to secure a bonus point win.

Wales managed to get a try inside the final minute to leave the final scoreline 24-14.

Here's what people made of the game:

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