Paddy Wallace victorious Ireland team that won the 2009 Six Nations Championship and Grand Slam, their first Grand Slam in 61 years. There was massive relief for Wallace after Stephen Jones missed a late penalty awarded when Wallace clumsily strayed offside at a ruck. His shirt that he wore (12) was made up of tiny signaturs of Irish fans the first being his son. Wallace was chosen for the 2011 Rugby World Cup and played two games but missed the 2012 Six Nations Championship through injury. He played 9 times for Ulster Rugby in the league scoring 3 tries. Paddy Wallace Patrick
Grand Slam (rugby union) are awarded the Six Nations trophy (as tournament winners), but there is no special grand slam trophy – the Grand Slam is an informal honour recognizing a Championship-winning team which has won all their games. Although the term "grand slam" had long been in use in the game of contract bridge, the first time that the expression is known to have been applied to rugby union was in 1957, in a preview of a match between England and Scotland: The Grand Slam honour is applied retroactively to teams which won all of their matches in Five Nations tournaments before the