England v Ireland

Date:

Venue: Allianz Stadium, Twickenham

Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy) replaced by Pierre Brousset (France)

Attendance: 81,953

England v Ireland Match Reports

Ireland scored five tries in a record 42-21 victory over England at Twickenham. The visitors built a commanding 22-0 lead midway through the first half with three tries in ten minutes from Jamison Gibson-Park, Robert Baloucoune and Tommy O'Brien. After earlier handling errors cost them promising opportunities, England reduced the deficit to 22-7 when Fraser Dingwall crossed just before the break. Ireland secured a bonus point early in the second half when Dan Sheehan squeezed over for their fourth try. Ollie Lawrence struck under the posts in the 54th minute as England attempted to spark a comeback. However, two further penalties from Jack Crowley made that task even harder. Jamie Osborne crossed in the 70th minute to put the contest beyond doubt, before Sam Underhill added a late consolation try for the hosts. Ireland's intensity and execution proved decisive on a sobering day for England. A selection of match reports is listed below:

England v Ireland - Match Highlights

England v Ireland - Match Stats

England (7) 21
Try: Dingwall (40'+2), Lawrence (54'), Underhill (76')
Conversion: Ford (40'+2, 54', 77')

Ireland (22) 42
Try: Gibson-Park (20'), Baloucoune (28'), O'Brien (30'), Sheehan (43'), Osborne (70')
Conversion: Crowley (21', 31', 44', 71')
Penalty: Crowley (9', 59', 66')

Man of the match: Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland)


England v Ireland - Team Line-ups

England Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Ellis Genge
  • 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
  • 3 Joe Heyes
  • 4 Maro Itoje (Captain)
  • 5 Ollie Chessum
  • 6 Tom Curry
  • 7 Ben Earl
  • 8 Henry Pollock

Backs

  • 9 Alex Mitchell
  • 10 George Ford
  • 11 Henry Arundell
  • 12 Fraser Dingwall
  • 13 Ollie Lawrence
  • 14 Tommy Freeman
  • 15 Freddie Steward

Replacements

  • 16 Jamie George
  • 17 Bevan Rodd
  • 18 Trevor Davison
  • 19 Alex Coles
  • 20 Guy Pepper
  • 21 Sam Underhill
  • 22 Jack van Poortvliet
  • 23 Marcus Smith

Ireland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Jeremy Loughman
  • 2 Dan Sheehan
  • 3 Tadhg Furlong
  • 4 Joe McCarthy
  • 5 James Ryan
  • 6 Tadhg Beirne
  • 7 Josh van der Flier
  • 8 Caelan Doris (Captain)

Backs

  • 9 Jamison Gibson-Park
  • 10 Jack Crowley
  • 11 James Lowe
  • 12 Stuart McCloskey
  • 13 Garry Ringrose
  • 14 Robert Baloucoune
  • 15 Jamie Osborne

Replacements

  • 16 Rónan Kelleher
  • 17 Tom O’Toole
  • 18 Finlay Bealham
  • 19 Nick Timoney
  • 20 Jack Conan
  • 21 Craig Casey
  • 22 Ciaran Frawley
  • 23 Tommy O’Brien
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