Welsh celebrations continue after record Six Nations win
It may have been two days ago, but Welsh fans continue to celebrate their team’s record 30-3 victory over England to win the championship crown.
In an astonishing match at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, the Welsh team took no prisoners and were crowned Six Nations champions for the second successive season.
And as the England team retired to lick their wounds, Welsh fans couldn’t contain their delight. At the stadium, in pubs across the UK – and online.
A picture of the BBC coverage of the game showing delighted Welsh sports commentator Jonathan Davies, alongside his less enamoured colleagues, soon spread around Twitter, accompanied by the hashtag #spotthewelshman.
A picture is worth a thousand words, well 30 vs 3 at least ! #SpotTheWelshman twitter.com/StrictlyOspreyâ?¦
— Mark S Jones (@StrictlyOsprey) March 17, 2013
Wales went into the game needing to secure a win by a margin of eight points in order to claim the Six Nations crown, and the England team were hoping for their first Grand Slam victory since 2003. But the Welsh team fought back with a vengeance.
Politicians and celebrities all hailed the performance of the Wales side for outclassing England with Wales’s First Minister Carwyn Jones saying that the squad had “done the whole country proud yet again”.
“I’d like to heartily congratulate the whole squad and the coaching staff on winning the Six Nations Championship,” he added.
The Welsh TV presenter Alex Jones took to Twitter to voice his delight, as did the singer Katherine Jenkins.
That was awesome!!! Llongyfarchiadau boys! Smashed it #Proud #RBSSixNations
— Katherine Jenkins (@KathJenkins) March 16, 2013
Truly a golden age for welsh rugby-3grand slams-semi-final of the world cup+now this!!-xxx
— ManicStreetPreachers (@ManicsPostcards) March 16, 2013
10out of ten for every welsh player- coach+fan–total domination-MONUMENTAL-STUNNING-BEAUTIFULxx
— ManicStreetPreachers (@ManicsPostcards) March 16, 2013
Welsh band The Manic Street Preachers tweeted throughout the game and after it finished, saying that it heralded a “golden age” for Welsh rugby.
Welsh fans’ photoshop skills were seen in action online as photos were creatively altered to show the fierce rivalry between nations, as the picture (right) shows, with England’s loss being celebrated as much as the staggering Welsh win.
And despite being published two days later Wales’s national newspaper, the Western Mail, decided to go big on the 30-3 win.
“Good morning. And what a very good Monday morning it is in Wales”, read the front page, adding a reminder of the score – just in case anyone could forget.
