Baird looks back on 'big moments' that swung Grand Slam

Games can swing on big moments, and in the 58th minute of yesterday's Grand Slam decider, Ryan Baird came up with one when it mattered.

Ireland had been going through the motions in the third quarter of the game, seeing their lead trimmed to a point by 14-man England, and defending a lineout 10 metres inside their own half.

Just over three minutes later, Robbie Henshaw burst through a gap to cross for the second try, and after Johnny Sexton added the conversion, Ireland had moved into a two-score lead from which they comfortably saw out the game.

The try was three minutes in the making, coming off the back of a scrum five metres out, which came off the back of a lineout in the English half, which came off the back of a big turnover from Baird.

The Leinster lock pounced on England's Ellis Genge after he'd been tackled by James Ryan, the jackal penalty being the first sequence which ultimately led to the crucial second try.

And looking back on that moment shortly after the game, Baird said it was inspired by the man who started this campaign in the 4 shirt.

"I saw it, and thought, 'this is what Tadhg Beirne would do', so I just did what he'd do," he said.

"I'm not taking credit there, I just copied him!

"First half I could have done better, but the second half I really felt I dug in. That turnover was an accumulation of hard work I felt, and to put it in position for the boys to maul it."

Having started the championship outside the matchday squad, injuries to Beirne and then Iain Henderson have seen the 23-year-old promoted first to the bench, and this week to the starting line-up, winning his 11th cap in the Grand Slam decider.

Yesterday's finale was just his third start of his international career, and with his two previous coming