Delve into the history books and see what happened on this week in sport.

2007 - Ireland win third Triple Crown in four years - March 11

Around this time last year Ireland were being talked up as potential World Cup winners after they won their third Triple Crown in four years with a tough 19-18 win over Scotland at Murrayfield. Two late penalties from Ronan O'Gara helped them earn the victory which came after wins in Cardiff and a famous 43-13 victory over England in front of 83,000 fans at Croke Park. However, a heartbreaking defeat to France early in the competition when Vincent Clerc won the match with a last minute try meant that Ireland would not win their first Six Nations championship since 1985 or their first Grand Slam since 1948. A disastrous World Cup followed in the autumn and 2007 will forever remain a "what might have been" year for Irish rugby fans.

1991 - Seles overtakes record-breaking Graf - March 11

Steffi Graf still holds the record for the longest consecutive spell at world number one by a female tennis player - 186 weeks - with the record coming to end on this week back in 1991 when Monica Seles took over the top spot. Graf would get the record back momentarily but it was Seles who would dominate on all surfaces but grass for the next two years as she won the Australian Open, the French Open, and the US Open in successive years. In 1993 Seles won the Australian Open yet again before her infamous stabbing in Hamburg. Graf went on to the win the remaining Grand Slams that year and become the tour's dominant player again but it was all bittersweet in the absence Seles.

1984 - Perfect end to perfect season for Torvill and Dean - March 12

1984 really proved to be a "perfect" year for Torvill and Dean. After their stunning performance at the Sarajevo Olympics they ended their amateur career on this week back in 1984 by becoming the first skaters to receive nine perfect 6.0s in the world championships with a superb performance in Ottawa. It was the fourth world title of their career and time for them to make mega-bucks on the professional scene.

1949 - Quick fire England beat South Africa - March 9

With time ticking away on the fourth and final day of the fifth and final Test match between South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth the hosts made one last play to try and win the match. At 187-3 and with evening approaching they decided to declare and put the pressure on England who, given time constraints, had an unlikely total of 172 to make. However, the English got motoring as the great Len Hutton fired 32 runs in 27 minutes. Solid, and more importantly, quick innings from Cyril Washbrook and Denis Compton then put England in a position to win. They reached their total with the loss of seven wickets in just 94 minutes (23.7 overs) to wrap up a memorable victory and clinch the series 2-0.

1912 - Bizarre goings on in the baseball world - March 13

A highly odd baseball story that we came across that we couldn't resist putting in. Wilt Robinson was a Hall of Fame catcher and manager and tried a strange stunt on this week back in 1912. While managing the Brooklyn Robins' pre-season training he decided to impress his team by catching a ball dropped from an airplane being flown 525 feet overhead. Instead "the ball" hit his face and Robinson thought he was covered in blood. His team-mates laughter told him that something was up though, and he quickly realised that it wasn't a ball that was dropped but rather a grapefruit!

1892 - Liverpool Football Club founded by John Houlding - March 15

A full 53 years before Rogers and Hammerstein penned "You'll Never Walk Alone" - Liverpool FC were formed by John Houlding. And what was to be the original name of the team? "Everton F.C. and Athletic Grounds, Ltd.", or "Everton Athletic" for short until the FA dismissed the proposed name. This is because Houlding only set up the club in the first place because the Everton we know today moved out of the Anfield ground he owned after he had upped the rent. Houlding eventually settled on "Liverpool F.C" as the name of his rebel team and they would go on to win titles in 1901, 1906, 1921-22, and 1947 but it was only when Bill Shankly took over the club in 1959 that the club finally started to mould itself into consistently one of the biggest clubs in the country.

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