The emphatic 37-16 triumph over Scotland completed Irelands clean sweep of home nations scalps following victories over Wales and England earlier in the championship, and OSullivan could not conceal his delight.

Winning the Triple Crown is just beginning to hit home. We didnt talk about it all week - weve kept our focus on beating the Scots and the Triple Crown is just a product of that, he said.

The atmosphere when we walked around the stadium at the end was fantastic. It brought home that wed actually won something. Its only after an event like this that you get the chance to look back on the achievement.

That was a very good to win. It was a difficult game of rugby as we came under a lot of pressure. Scotland gave their best performance of the Six Nations and we were prepared for that all week, said OSullivan.

We knew they would give their best in their last game and they did. The fact we were mentally ready for their challenge was very important. To respond the way we did to their try showed a lot of character and guts.

When they came back at us we knew the game was on the line but we kept our composure and stuck to the gameplan that wed been working on all week.

OSullivan was reluctant to pick out a star performer after seeing Scotland crushed by a true team display but eventually he conceded two-try centre and man of the match DArcy was the pick of the bunch.

All eyes were on DArcys midfield partner Brian ODriscoll before the match with the darling of Irish rugby about to pick up his 50th cap, but he was soon eclipsed by the dynamic Leinster back featuring beside him.

There was some great rugby out there from us. I thought the pack was great but some of our back play was magnificent - two of the tries were straight off the training ground, he said.

Gordon enjoyed some great individual moments. He was fantastic. There was talk of Brian and Gordon not being a good partnership at the start of the championship, but I would back them against any centres in the world on current form.