Joy for Jamie Heaslip and Ireland at the World Rugby Awards

When Ireland scores a try like this, you can be damn sure we're going to celebrate it for God knows how long so it's a good job we got a trophy to go with it.

Jamie Heaslip picked up the award for Try of the Year at the World Rugby Awards on Sunday night and it is no less than he or Ireland deserved for what was a simply mesmerising moment against Italy at the Six Nations. Nine passes, 80 metres, 19 scintillating seconds. It really kicked off with Simon Zebo's line break. Zebo1

Then his offload. Zebo2

Then Jared Payne went around the corner to Sexton. Payne

Who went outside and back inside to leave the Italian at sixes and sevens. Sexton

Andrew Trimble releases at just the right time and Fergus McFadden ploughs through. Fitzgerald

Jamie Heaslip will not be stopped. JH2

And the move received global recognition. https://twitter.com/WorldRugby/status/797930897693495296 Heaslip was also nominated for Player of the Year but lost out to the All Blacks' Beauden Barrett. Not that anything could ever dampen the experience of Soldier Field last week. https://twitter.com/WorldRugby/status/797934836379951105 Clare legend Tony Kelly joins Colm Parkinson on The GAA Hour. Subscribe here on iTunes or listen on Soundcloud (if you want to).

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