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<blockquote data-quote="Swami" data-source="post: 205824" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Nations 2020: England beat Ireland to keep title hopes alive</p><p><img src="https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/17EC8/production/_95729979_fordyce200.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/5F32/production/_111007342_cowan_dickie_try_getty.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Luke Cowan-Dickie's try midway through the second half ensured England's victory</p><p><strong>Six Nations: England v Ireland</strong></p><p><strong>England:</strong> (17) 24</p><p><strong>Tries: </strong>Ford, Daly, Cowan-Dickie <strong>Pens:</strong> Farrell <strong>Cons:</strong> Farrell 3</p><p><strong>Ireland:</strong> (0) 12</p><p><strong>Tries:</strong> Henshaw, Porter <strong>Cons:</strong> Cooney</p><p>England ended Ireland's Grand Slam hopes in brutal fashion as they rediscovered some of their World Cup form to reignite their own title hopes.</p><p></p><p>First-half tries from George Ford and Elliot Daly after Irish defensive errors plus two conversions and a penalty from Owen Farrell gave England a commanding 17-0 lead.</p><p></p><p>Ireland struck back with a try from Robbie Henshaw but with Johnny Sexton uncharacteristically wayward off the tee, they never seriously threatened a comeback.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Luke Cowan-Dickie drove over for England's third midway through the second half, with replacement Andrew Porter's late try no sort of consolation for Ireland.</p><p></p><p>With Wales at home in a fortnight before a trip to Italy, Eddie Jones' men will believe they can finish the championship in style, although they may need Ireland to do them a favour and beat France in Dublin next month.</p><p></p><p>For the men in green and their head coach Andy Farrell it was a chastening afternoon, all the optimism created by the wins over Scotland and Wales leaching away in a display that was ponderous until the game was gone.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-union/50928799" target="_blank"><u>Reaction and analysis after England v Ireland</u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/six-nations/table" target="_blank"><u>Six Nations standings</u></a></li> </ul><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>England capitalise on Irish errors</strong></span></p><p><img src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/D462/production/_111007345_stander_itoje_pa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>CJ Stander lost his shirt in a first-half tussle with Maro Itoje</p><p>England began at a real lick, Manu Tuilagi punching holes through the middle and going close down the left before Andrew Conway hauled him down.</p><p></p><p>And the reward came when Ben Youngs stuck a grubber kick through, Sexton dithered and juggled in his own in-goal area and Ford seized on the loose ball to touch down.</p><p></p><p>Sexton then mis-kicked horribly with a straightforward penalty from 30 metres out and England set up camp again in the Ireland half.</p><p></p><p>Jonathan Joseph danced through in midfield after a mis-hit clearing kick from Conor Murray as Maro Itoje and CJ Stander scrapped in the 22, and England's forwards hammered away at the Ireland line.</p><p></p><p>With a penalty coming, the men in white shaped to go wide, only for Ford to pop through another kick - and this time it was Jacob Stockdale who dallied, Daly diving onto the ball as Irish hands went to heads.</p><p></p><p>The scoreboard reflected the gulf between the two sides, England dynamic with ball in hand and ferocious in defence, Ireland laboured and error-ridden.</p><p></p><p>And Sexton's miserable half was compounded when he was penalised for slowing the ball up, Farrell stroking over his kick to give England their biggest half-time lead over Ireland in 18 years.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>England's jabs hold Ireland at arm's length</strong></span></p><p>Ireland simply had to improve - and belatedly they did. An England knock-on from the restart gave away possession and the visitors finally chiselled out some territory too.</p><p></p><p>England managed to stop an Ireland driving maul from a line-out close in but the pressure kept coming.</p><p></p><p>Ireland won a penalty in front of the posts, opted for the scrum and eventually found space in the right-hand corner for Henshaw to burrow through two defenders and over the line.</p><p></p><p>But Sexton shanked the conversion just as he had the first-half penalty and the pressure ebbed away as Eddie Jones threw on Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge and Charlie Ewels.</p><p></p><p>England's scrum, strong throughout, began to dominate and the penalties started to mount.</p><p></p><p>Farrell kicked to the corner, the forwards set up the maul from the line-out and Cowan-Dickie peeled off with Sam Underhill and Jonny May driving him on to roll over for England's third try.</p><p></p><p>May was nearly clear on his own after seizing a loose ball from a messy Ireland ruck and appeared to be taken out by Henshaw after kicking the ball ahead, only for referee Jaco Peyper to wave play on.</p><p></p><p>And as the game stumbled towards the line, Porter rumbled over from a metre out for a try that made little difference to Ireland's afternoon.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Man of the match: Courtney Lawes </strong></span></p><p>A bravura performance in the back row from a man more normally seen in the second row. He made 14 tackles and eight carries in the hour he was on the pitch, setting the tone for a dominant England performance. And all on his 31st birthday and while sporting a spectacular shiner of a black eye.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Line-ups</strong></span></p><p><strong>England: </strong>Daly; May, Tuilagi, Farrell (capt), Joseph; Ford, Youngs; Marler, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Kruis, Lawes, Underhill, Curry.</p><p></p><p><em>Replacements: </em>Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Stuart, Launchbury, Ewels, Earl, Heinz, Slade.</p><p></p><p><strong>Ireland: </strong>Larmour; Conway, Henshaw, Aki, Stockdale; Sexton, Murray; Healy, Herring, Furlong, Toner, Ryan, O'Mahony, van der Flier, Stander.</p><p></p><p><em>Replacements:</em> Kelleher, Kilcoyne, Porter, Dillane, Doris, Cooney, Byrne, Earls.</p><p></p><p><strong>Referee: </strong>Jaco Peyper</p><p></p><p><strong>Touch judges: </strong>Romain Poite & Alexandre Ruiz</p><p></p><p><strong>TMO: </strong>Marius Jonker</p><p></p><p>Swami</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swami, post: 205824, member: 13"] Nations 2020: England beat Ireland to keep title hopes alive [IMG]https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/17EC8/production/_95729979_fordyce200.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/480/cpsprodpb/5F32/production/_111007342_cowan_dickie_try_getty.jpg[/IMG] Luke Cowan-Dickie's try midway through the second half ensured England's victory [B]Six Nations: England v Ireland England:[/B] (17) 24 [B]Tries: [/B]Ford, Daly, Cowan-Dickie [B]Pens:[/B] Farrell [B]Cons:[/B] Farrell 3 [B]Ireland:[/B] (0) 12 [B]Tries:[/B] Henshaw, Porter [B]Cons:[/B] Cooney England ended Ireland's Grand Slam hopes in brutal fashion as they rediscovered some of their World Cup form to reignite their own title hopes. First-half tries from George Ford and Elliot Daly after Irish defensive errors plus two conversions and a penalty from Owen Farrell gave England a commanding 17-0 lead. Ireland struck back with a try from Robbie Henshaw but with Johnny Sexton uncharacteristically wayward off the tee, they never seriously threatened a comeback. Luke Cowan-Dickie drove over for England's third midway through the second half, with replacement Andrew Porter's late try no sort of consolation for Ireland. With Wales at home in a fortnight before a trip to Italy, Eddie Jones' men will believe they can finish the championship in style, although they may need Ireland to do them a favour and beat France in Dublin next month. For the men in green and their head coach Andy Farrell it was a chastening afternoon, all the optimism created by the wins over Scotland and Wales leaching away in a display that was ponderous until the game was gone. [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/rugby-union/50928799'][U]Reaction and analysis after England v Ireland[/U][/URL] [*][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/six-nations/table'][U]Six Nations standings[/U][/URL] [/LIST] [SIZE=4][B]England capitalise on Irish errors[/B][/SIZE] [IMG]https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/624/cpsprodpb/D462/production/_111007345_stander_itoje_pa.jpg[/IMG] CJ Stander lost his shirt in a first-half tussle with Maro Itoje England began at a real lick, Manu Tuilagi punching holes through the middle and going close down the left before Andrew Conway hauled him down. And the reward came when Ben Youngs stuck a grubber kick through, Sexton dithered and juggled in his own in-goal area and Ford seized on the loose ball to touch down. Sexton then mis-kicked horribly with a straightforward penalty from 30 metres out and England set up camp again in the Ireland half. Jonathan Joseph danced through in midfield after a mis-hit clearing kick from Conor Murray as Maro Itoje and CJ Stander scrapped in the 22, and England's forwards hammered away at the Ireland line. With a penalty coming, the men in white shaped to go wide, only for Ford to pop through another kick - and this time it was Jacob Stockdale who dallied, Daly diving onto the ball as Irish hands went to heads. The scoreboard reflected the gulf between the two sides, England dynamic with ball in hand and ferocious in defence, Ireland laboured and error-ridden. And Sexton's miserable half was compounded when he was penalised for slowing the ball up, Farrell stroking over his kick to give England their biggest half-time lead over Ireland in 18 years. [SIZE=4][B]England's jabs hold Ireland at arm's length[/B][/SIZE] Ireland simply had to improve - and belatedly they did. An England knock-on from the restart gave away possession and the visitors finally chiselled out some territory too. England managed to stop an Ireland driving maul from a line-out close in but the pressure kept coming. Ireland won a penalty in front of the posts, opted for the scrum and eventually found space in the right-hand corner for Henshaw to burrow through two defenders and over the line. But Sexton shanked the conversion just as he had the first-half penalty and the pressure ebbed away as Eddie Jones threw on Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge and Charlie Ewels. England's scrum, strong throughout, began to dominate and the penalties started to mount. Farrell kicked to the corner, the forwards set up the maul from the line-out and Cowan-Dickie peeled off with Sam Underhill and Jonny May driving him on to roll over for England's third try. May was nearly clear on his own after seizing a loose ball from a messy Ireland ruck and appeared to be taken out by Henshaw after kicking the ball ahead, only for referee Jaco Peyper to wave play on. And as the game stumbled towards the line, Porter rumbled over from a metre out for a try that made little difference to Ireland's afternoon. [SIZE=4][B]Man of the match: Courtney Lawes [/B][/SIZE] A bravura performance in the back row from a man more normally seen in the second row. He made 14 tackles and eight carries in the hour he was on the pitch, setting the tone for a dominant England performance. And all on his 31st birthday and while sporting a spectacular shiner of a black eye. [SIZE=4][B]Line-ups[/B][/SIZE] [B]England: [/B]Daly; May, Tuilagi, Farrell (capt), Joseph; Ford, Youngs; Marler, George, Sinckler, Itoje, Kruis, Lawes, Underhill, Curry. [I]Replacements: [/I]Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Stuart, Launchbury, Ewels, Earl, Heinz, Slade. [B]Ireland: [/B]Larmour; Conway, Henshaw, Aki, Stockdale; Sexton, Murray; Healy, Herring, Furlong, Toner, Ryan, O'Mahony, van der Flier, Stander. [I]Replacements:[/I] Kelleher, Kilcoyne, Porter, Dillane, Doris, Cooney, Byrne, Earls. [B]Referee: [/B]Jaco Peyper [B]Touch judges: [/B]Romain Poite & Alexandre Ruiz [B]TMO: [/B]Marius Jonker Swami [/QUOTE]
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