Ireland 19-9 England
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Craig Joubert (SARU)
Attendance: 51,200
Ireland v England Match Reports
A largely dominant Ireland beat England 19-9 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Man-of-the-match Robbie Henshaw scored the only try of the match for Ireland, whilst Johnny Sexton slotted four penalties and a conversion. Ireland's first win over England since 2011 left them as the only unbeaten team in the championship. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Ireland win to maintain Grand Slam hopes
- Guardian: Ireland see off England to stay on course for Six Nations glory
- Independent: Ireland battle England into submission to remain on course for Grand Slam triumph
- Telegraph: Stuart Lancaster's Grand Slam dream in tatters
- Daily Mail: Stuart Lancaster's side see their Six Nations hopes derailed with emphatic defeat in Dublin
- Sky Sports: Ireland beat England in Dublin to stay on course for Grand Slam
- ESPN: Ireland close in on Grand Slam
- RTE: Ireland stay unbeaten after tough win over England
- RBS 6 Nations: Henshaw keeps Ireland's unbeaten run going
Ireland v England Match Highlights
Ireland v England Match Statistics
Ireland 19 (9)
Tries: Henshaw
Conversions: Sexton
Penalties: Sexton (4)
England 9 (3)
Penalties: Ford (2)
Drop-goals: Ford
Man of the Match: Robbie Henshaw (Ireland)
Ireland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Jack McGrath
- 2 Rory Best
- 3 Mike Ross
- 4 Devin Toner
- 5 Paul O'Connell (Captain)
- 6 Peter O'Mahony
- 7 Sean O'Brien
- 8 Jordi Murphy
Backs
- 9 Conor Murray
- 10 Johnny Sexton
- 11 Simon Zebo
- 12 Robbie Henshaw
- 13 Jared Payne
- 14 Tommy Bowe
- 15 Rob Kearney
Replacements
- 16 Sean Cronin
- 17 Cian Healy
- 18 Martin Moore
- 19 Iain Henderson
- 20 Tommy O'Donnell
- 21 Eoin Reddan
- 22 Ian Madigan
- 23 Felix Jones
England Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Joe Marler
- 2 Dylan Hartley
- 3 Dan Cole
- 4 David Attwood
- 5 George Kruis
- 6 James Haskell
- 7 Chris Robshaw (Captain)
- 8 Billy Vunipola
Backs
- 9 Ben Youngs
- 10 George Ford
- 11 Jack Nowell
- 12 Luther Burrell
- 13 Jonathan Joseph
- 14 Anthony Watson
- 15 Alex Goode
Replacements
- 16 Tom Youngs
- 17 Mako Vunipola
- 18 Henry Thomas
- 19 Nick Easter
- 20 Tom Croft
- 21 Richard Wigglesworth
- 22 Danny Cipriani
- 23 Billy Twelvetrees