Grand slam? Poll!

Bovidae

This was never a true Grand Slam in my eyes. If you don't have to play the Home Nations at their home ground then the 1995 RWC was also a Grand Slam.

booboo

@Paj now here is a blast from the past. Good to see you.

I was happy to call it a "Grand Slam" attempt. All four Home nations on tour.

mariner4life

@Paj said in Grand slam? Poll!:

Interested in thoughts on here if you regarded this as a proper Grand Slam?

All talk out of AB's is they targeted this tour as a goal of winning the Grand Slam, and media did the same. I listen to Scotty & Izzy every morning and most of listeners felt same way.

I don't, I believe to win a Grand Slam you play the nation at home. AB's beat Ireland at Soldiers Field which is no where as intimidating as Aviva Stadium/Lansdown Road would have been. It's why in all comps home ground advantage is better, why you play quarters, semis in NPC to get a home game.

Just interested in others on this, or is winning all four nations a genuine slam?

agree. I have always laughed at the 6N Grand Slam when you will play half the games at home.

antipodean

@Paj agreed. A point I made a few weeks back:
https://forum.silverfern.rugby/post/1089736

Bones

@mariner4life said in Grand slam? Poll!:

@Paj said in Grand slam? Poll!:

Interested in thoughts on here if you regarded this as a proper Grand Slam?

All talk out of AB's is they targeted this tour as a goal of winning the Grand Slam, and media did the same. I listen to Scotty & Izzy every morning and most of listeners felt same way.

I don't, I believe to win a Grand Slam you play the nation at home. AB's beat Ireland at Soldiers Field which is no where as intimidating as Aviva Stadium/Lansdown Road would have been. It's why in all comps home ground advantage is better, why you play quarters, semis in NPC to get a home game.

Just interested in others on this, or is winning all four nations a genuine slam?

agree. I have always laughed at the 6N Grand Slam when you will play half the games at home.

Did the term not originate from that then?

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Grand slam? Poll!