And they went 9 years before that without challenging....
Let's be honest, Ireland had a really good generation who went unbeaten 22/23 and went close 24, outside of that they've been pretty average.
I get there's a huge amount of money in Ireland currently, a lot of governing bodies utilising the Dublin tax breaks, and European rugby being Dublin centric, but Ireland u20s history isn't typically challenging for GS every year...
Irelands age grade has benefited hugely from the financial incentives, and fair play to them, but England are the continuous powerhouse, the idea England needed Ireland to return to the usual to win is laughable