2010 Six Nations Championship finished in fifth and sixth positions for the third tournament in a row. Both teams achieved just one victory each, with Scotland also recording a draw in the Calcutta Cup match against England to place ahead of Italy. The reigning champions on entering the tournament were Ireland, who won the Grand Slam and Triple Crown in 2009. Ireland did not win the Triple Crown in 2010 due to a surprise 23–20 loss to Scotland in the final Six Nations match at Croke Park on 20 March, with Scotland avoiding their third "wooden spoon" since 2004 in the process. Brian O'Driscoll
Grand Slam (shinty) the Grand Slam era. Although both Ballachulish and Lovat have won the Glasgow Celtic Society and MacTavish Cups respectively, this was outside a Grand Slam season, (indeed Balla's win was before the advent of the MacAulay Cup) although Lovat won the first Grand Slam two years later in 1953. Kingussie won 3 Grand Slams in a row in the late 1990s. The trophies involved in winning the Grand Slam have developed with the advent of the national Premier Division replacing the South Division One and the North Division One. Grand Slam (shinty) The Grand Slam in shinty consists of a