Wales 30, England 3. I’ve no doubt that there are Welsh people, child and adult alike, who will never forget that score.

England were the pre-tournament favorites, and had won their first four games, though in decreasingly convincing fashion. Wales, meanwhile, came into the tournament as defending champions, but had lost every single game they’d played since winning the 2012 trophy. They played a terrible first half of the first game tournament, which led to a loss against Ireland, but had come back and won their next three.

Wales needed to win by seven points to win the Six Nations. They weren’t favored to do so; England was, at the beginning of the game, a 1/4 favorite to take the trophy.

But the Wales defense, so good for all but that first half, stifled England. And Leigh Halfpenny, the player of the tournament for me, kicked four more penalties. And in the second half Wales went on the counter-attack twice and Alex Cuthbert crashed across the line twice and the Millenium Stadium crowd went berserk with joy. 30-3; a dominant performance, and the tournament trophy was no less than they deserved.

And I bet this kid was thrilled.

What’s next: Every four years, the nations of the British Isles – England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland – get together a best-of-the-best team and tour a Southern Hemisphere country. This year, the British and Irish Lions tour Australia, beginning in June. I am not an expert, but judging from reaction, this is just about the highest honor for a British player. (For some reason, the Lions usually get killed by the international teams they face on these tours. In 2009, for example, they lost two of three games against South Africa.) I’m intrigued.