England 30-9 Ireland
Date:
Venue: Twickenham, London
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Attendance: 80,567
England v Ireland Match Reports
England ended an impressive Six Nations campaign with a 30-9 victory over Ireland at Twickenham. The result meant that Stuart Lancaster's men finished the tournament in second position, whilst the Irish finished third. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: England power to victory over Ireland
- Guardian: England end Six Nations campaign in style with victory over Ireland
- Independent: Cole-fired pack drive England past tiring Irish
- Telegraph: England 30 Ireland 9: match report
- Daily Mail: Lancaster's men turn the jeers to cheers and leave World Cup shame behind them
- RBS 6 Nations: England scrum engineers victory over Ireland
- Sydney Morning Herald: Mallett concedes England job to Lancaster
England v Ireland Match Statistics
England (9) 30
Tries: penalty, Youngs
Conversions: Farrell
Penalties: Farrell 6
Ireland (6) 9
Penalties: Sexton 3
Man of the Match: Ben Morgan (England)
England Team Line up
Backs: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 David Strettle, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Lee Dickson
Forwards: 1 Alex Corbisiero, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Mouritz Botha, 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Tom Croft, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 8 Ben Morgan
Replacements: 16 Lee Mears, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Phil Dowson, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Charlie Hodgson, 22 Mike Brown
Ireland Team Line up
Backs: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan
Forwards: 1 Cian Healy, 2 Rory Best (captain), 3 Mike Ross, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 6 Stephen Ferris, 7 Sean O'Brien, 8 Jamie Heaslip
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Mike McCarthy, 19 Peter O'Mahony, 20 Tomas O'Leary, 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Fergus McFadden