Geordan Murphy Ireland full-back

OK, so we robbed England - at least a bit anyway.

It was an incredible see-saw game. We were ahead, they were ahead, we were up... and on it went with so many twists and turns.

In terms of wins that I've been involved in, it's certainly up there with the best of them.

Funnily enough after all the emotion of the lap-of-honour, it was a quiet enough night

Being the first winners of the Triple Crown trophy was certainly nice but I think the emotion we showed at the final whistle resulted more from the nature of the game.

I don't know how many Irish fans were there but at times it felt like a home match for us.

They were in great voice after the final whistle so we stayed out on the pitch for an impromptu lap of honour, which was really enjoyable.

At the start, England struck us with a sucker punch and we did well to get back into it.

It would have been nice to have got a few more points on the board given all the possession we had in the first half.

Granted, Shaggy's (Shane Horgan) first try appears to have been a little bit dubious, although you take those bits of luck that fall your way.

Report: England 24-28 Ireland

Judging by what everybody has said, the ball did touch the line but the rules dictate that the video ref can't judge those kind of decisions.

It was a touch-judge decision and they are human and mistakes can be made.

With the wind in the second half, it was important that we played territory and it was going to be difficult for them to score tries when they were in their own half.

It was all going quite well until they got their second try, which forced us to start attacking again.

Denis Leamy's try put us back in front but Andy Goode's two kicks then put the pressure back on us.

Geordan attempts another burst for the Irish

In the build-up to our clinching try, when we got the scrum on our 22, ROG (Ronan O'Gara) said he was going to kick.

He read the space brilliantly for the chip ahead for Drico (Brian O'Driscoll) and I thought Brian was going to run the length himself and get the try.

Shane's height obviously then came in handy, although I think the person who said he's 6ft 6in was giving him an extra inch or two.

Obviously, there was a bit of a doubt about the score although I was pretty confident when I saw our fitness guru Mickey McGurn jumping up because he was right there in the corner.

Shane told us that he had definitely got the score but there was still that little worry that his right foot might have gone into touch.

Funnily enough, after all the emotion of the lap-of-honour we had a quiet enough night.

We didn't get out of the after-match function until after midnight and we made it to the hotel bar about one o'clock and called it quits for the night not long after that.

As regards what's next for the Irish team, people are already taking about what we can achieve in next year's World Cup, but really we can't look beyond the tour of New Zealand in the summer.

Everyone in the squad would love to go to New Zealand and get a win - something an Irish team has never done.

There's a lot of rugby to be played before the World Cup and we should not get ahead of ourselves.