'You are putting yourself at risk' - Van der Flier on improving tackle technique and Triple Crown memories

Josh van Der Flier may only be 28, but even he remembers a time when Ireland winning a Triple Crown was a big deal.

As expectations have grown in the last decade, the opposite can be said for the weight a Triple Crown holds among the Irish rugby public.

While Ireland have only beaten England, Scotland and Wales in the same campaign on 11 occasions, five of those have happened since the turn of the century.

So with silverware on offer this Saturday against Scotland as Ireland close out their Guinness Six Nations campaign, Andy Farrell's squad have been quick to highlight the importance of getting their hands on that plate.

There's also the added incentive of doing it in front of a home crowd. The Six Nations titles of 2018, 2015, 2014 and 2009 were all sealed away from home, as were the Triple Crowns of 2007 and 2006.

You'd have to go back to 2004 for the last time Ireland achieved a title in front of their home crowd, although we were still two years away from the Triple Crown winners actually being awarded a trophy.

That 2004 success, capped off with a 37-16 win against Scotland at Lansdowne Road, was Ireland's first in 19 years, and is fondly remembered by one of this year's main cast, Josh van der Flier.

"I was at that game against Scotland for the Triple Crown in 2004, I would have been 10, I was born in April '93," he said, ahead of this weekend's finale.

"It was incredible. I still remember it so well.

"I suppose when you're that age, you're just bewildered by the whole thing, really any game you go to.

"I remember going to school games and when I was a first year, going to the Wesley senior games and thinking they're just the most amazing things ever, and obviously international games were even more so.

"We spoke about it