Ireland 13-9 England
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Attendance: 51,700
Ireland v England Match Reports
Ireland denied England a Grand Slam with a 13-9 victory in the final match of the 2017 Six Nations Championship in Dublin. Ireland controlled the first half and led 10-3 at the break thanks to an Iain Henderson try and a Johnny Sexton penalty. Owen Farrell kicked two penalties in a tight second half, but it wasn't enough and England fell short of claiming a second successive Grand Slam. The defeat also brought to an end England's record equalling 18-match winning streak. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Ireland earn deserved win to end England's Grand Slam hopes
- Guardian: England pursuit of grand slam and record foiled by defiant Ireland
- Independent: Ireland beat England to deny the Grand Slam and end world record-equalling winning streak in Six Nations finale
- Telegraph: Eddie Jones' Six Nations Grand Slam dream dies with 13-9 Dublin defeat
- Daily Mail: Iain Henderson try proves decisive as Eddie Jones' side are denied historic 19th Test win and back-to-back Grand Slams
- Sky Sports: Ireland deny England the Grand Slam with 13-9 Six Nations win
- ESPN: England denied Grand Slam by brilliant Ireland
- RTE: Ireland deny England Grand Slam glory with Aviva win
- RBS 6 Nations: Ireland finish with a flourish against champions England
- Irish Rugby: Ireland Dig Deep To Deny England A Dublin Grand Slam
- England Rugby: England defeated by Ireland in Dublin
Ireland v England - Match Highlights
Ireland v England - Match Stats
Ireland: (10) 13
Try: Henderson (24')
Conversion: Sexton (24')
Penalty: Sexton (11', 63')
England: (3) 9
Penalty: Farrell (18', 51', 67')
Man of the Match: Peter O'Mahony (Ireland)
Ireland v England - Team Line-ups
Ireland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Jack McGrath
- 2 Rory Best (CAPTAIN)
- 3 Tadhg Furlong
- 4 Donnacha Ryan
- 5 Iain Henderson
- 6 Peter O'Mahony
- 7 Sean O'Brien
- 8 CJ Stander
Backs
- 9 Kieron Marmion
- 10 Jonathan Sexton
- 11 Simon Zebo
- 12 Robbie Henshaw
- 13 Garry Ringrose
- 14 Keith Earls
- 15 Jared Payne
Replacements
- 16 Niall Scannell
- 17 Cian Healy
- 18 John Ryan
- 19 Devin Toner
- 20 Dan Leavy
- 21 Luke McGrath
- 22 Paddy Jackson
- 23 Andrew Conway
England Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Joe Marler
- 2 Dylan Hartley (CAPTAIN)
- 3 Dan Cole
- 4 Joe Launchbury
- 5 Courtney Lawes
- 6 Maro Itoje
- 7 James Haskell
- 8 Billy Vunipola
Backs
- 9 Ben Youngs
- 10 George Ford
- 11 Elliot Daly
- 12 Owen Farrell
- 13 Jonathan Joseph
- 14 Anthony Watson
- 15 Mike Brown
Replacements
- 16 Jamie George
- 17 Mako Vunipola
- 18 Kyle Sinckler
- 19 Tom Wood
- 20 Nathan Hughes
- 21 Danny Care
- 22 Ben Te'o
- 23 Jack Nowell