England v Ireland

:00:09. > :00:14.A break with tradition or the start of a new tradition? England arrive

:00:15. > :00:17.at Twickenham and walked through the fans to the changing rooms. Stuart

:00:18. > :00:23.Lancaster sees this as another part of his strategy to establish an

:00:24. > :00:27.English identity to emphasise the heritage of the team. England are

:00:28. > :01:22.still in contention but Ireland have an eye on the Grand Slam.

:01:23. > :01:27.The England team have walked through the West car park and they have gone

:01:28. > :01:32.beneath the famous gate and they are in the corridor outside the dressing

:01:33. > :01:37.room with the Stuart Lancaster doctrine on the wall, millions

:01:38. > :01:43.behind you. The English contingent at home watching on television. 82

:01:44. > :01:47.thousand at Twickenham. But this is the Central Bank, hundreds before

:01:48. > :01:52.you, the players representing England today the latest recipients

:01:53. > :01:58.of the shirt with the red rose. Heading towards the dressing room,

:01:59. > :02:05.many of those famous names, Jason Leonard, Rob Andrew, Ben Cohen. The

:02:06. > :02:09.home of England rugby. Every single player who has ever represented

:02:10. > :02:15.England is now on the England wall of fame. Going back to that first

:02:16. > :02:22.international 143 years ago against Scotland. And then you come to the

:02:23. > :02:28.dressing room. Shirts laid out, as an England player you realise you

:02:29. > :02:34.are the 1347 person to represent your country. Ten years ago, the

:02:35. > :02:37.England side that came in here came in as world champions for the first

:02:38. > :02:41.international said the drop goal in Sydney. Their opponents were Ireland

:02:42. > :03:22.and as now, big reputation. The shock of all times at

:03:23. > :03:25.Twickenham! That was the beginning of the end

:03:26. > :03:30.for England 's World Cup winners and triggered a run of success for

:03:31. > :03:40.Ireland with Brian O'Driscoll at its heart. And he equals George Gregan

:03:41. > :03:44.'s record number of cuts at 139. Stuart Lancaster has guided England

:03:45. > :03:51.to victory for two years. Dashing number of caps. Today could be as

:03:52. > :03:55.important as 2004. An England win will keep alive hopes of a second

:03:56. > :04:02.title since 2003, the year of the World Cup when Andy year away from

:04:03. > :04:13.the World Cup final at Twickenham. -- win. -- and a year away. Fence 's

:04:14. > :04:21.hopes were pitched last boat -- were -- last night. -- ruined. And it

:04:22. > :04:28.looks as though the wooden spoon is heading to Italy. England wants to

:04:29. > :04:31.turn Twickenham into a fortress and the stadium is branded differently

:04:32. > :04:37.with slogans. It does feel different. It is a magnificent

:04:38. > :04:45.stadium and it feels different to days gone by. Carry them home is the

:04:46. > :04:55.slogan. Jeremy Guscott and said Clive Woodward, does it have any

:04:56. > :04:58.bearing on the game? -- Sir. It is for the supporters, the intensity

:04:59. > :05:02.will be there and the support will be noisier. The guys will have felt

:05:03. > :05:08.it as they would have had to go further. As a player, when you what

:05:09. > :05:14.in the changing room, you focus and you think about what you have to do

:05:15. > :05:18.and the match. Joe Schmidt is the Irish coach, hailed as a tactical

:05:19. > :05:25.genius after the demolition job on Wales a couple of weeks ago. What

:05:26. > :05:30.will his approach be today? That is premature, it is one game he got

:05:31. > :05:34.entirely right. I think they will move it around a bit more but it

:05:35. > :05:38.could be a kicking battle at the end but it will be a high level of

:05:39. > :05:46.aggression. And a bit more expansive. How much is this a

:05:47. > :05:54.tactical game of jousting? Ten years ago, three forward passes by the

:05:55. > :06:00.Ireland team! A sour face! Moving on! It is a tactical game but

:06:01. > :06:05.coaching is about how you change things in the game. Both coaches, we

:06:06. > :06:10.have done a lot of analysis. Especially England on the way I

:06:11. > :06:14.demolished Wales. Ireland will do different things and that is the

:06:15. > :06:20.secret, to get the opposition thinking. You can change the game. A

:06:21. > :06:24.fascinating game. We keep talking about the match in Dublin. All the

:06:25. > :06:28.shortcomings of the Welsh, the Irish were very, very good. -- for all the

:06:29. > :06:43.shortcomings. Magnificent by Johnny Sexton!

:06:44. > :06:45.That was such a good ball by Johnny Sexton!

:06:46. > :06:54.This is the drop kick! What a drive! What a finish this

:06:55. > :07:09.would be! Use goes, what a performance by the

:07:10. > :07:13.home team! -- there he goes. Tactically spot on in that

:07:14. > :07:18.impressive victory over Wales, what have you got up your sleeve?

:07:19. > :07:25.Survival really! Wales probably did not put pressure on their line-out

:07:26. > :07:28.and Scotland did not, I know that England will with Courtney Lawes

:07:29. > :07:36.running the show, they will be tough and put pressure on us. I think they

:07:37. > :07:39.will try to destroy a maul. They may use the same tactic against us so we

:07:40. > :07:44.will have to be prepared. Owen Farrell is a competent kicker so

:07:45. > :07:49.they could put the ball in behind us like we did to Wales. You get into

:07:50. > :07:53.double jeopardy sometimes trying to think what they are going to do so

:07:54. > :07:59.we will do what we do as best we can. One of the first tasks was to

:08:00. > :08:08.persuade Brian O'Driscoll to stay on, how much does he deserve the

:08:09. > :08:13.plaudits of George Gregan 's record? He is central to others and the

:08:14. > :08:17.wheel turns around him. He is very humble as well and he just does his

:08:18. > :08:21.job and he does it professionally and with courage and other people

:08:22. > :08:27.take courage. They become professional as a result of that.

:08:28. > :08:28.Good luck. This is the Irish team trying to

:08:29. > :08:43.make it three from three. At six foot ten, Devin Toner report

:08:44. > :08:48.pressure on. It is the Courtney Lawes and Paul O'Connell battle that

:08:49. > :08:59.will set this light. Peter O'Mahony has been the star turn. Contrasting

:09:00. > :09:05.styles with the halfbacks. Johnny Sexton is key to Irish success. The

:09:06. > :09:09.Irish Central pairing has 200 caps more than their counterparts today,

:09:10. > :09:14.we will find out whether experience and youth wins out. The brothers

:09:15. > :09:17.delivered against the might of Wales. They have more elusive

:09:18. > :09:29.contenders today. A try on its debut for Ireland 12

:09:30. > :09:32.years ago, no wonder Paul O'Connell 88 caps later is revered all over

:09:33. > :09:45.the world but his heart will for ever be in Limerick.

:09:46. > :09:55.He has a good record against England in Twickenham. Does it hold a fear

:09:56. > :09:58.factor? The English players and management talk about making

:09:59. > :10:03.Twickenham a fortress. I do not look at my record and save this is one to

:10:04. > :10:09.look forward to, I looked at current form and England or any incredibly

:10:10. > :10:19.tough, hard and physical team. -- they are an incredibly. That is what

:10:20. > :10:24.you look at. The maul became for Ireland the play of the weekend.

:10:25. > :10:29.Historically in Ireland, we have always had a big stall in the maul

:10:30. > :10:34.and that is one of the most difficult thing to do. There was

:10:35. > :10:42.good look as a couple worked well in the first games. -- there was a bit

:10:43. > :10:47.of luck. One of the teams in a position to counteract you are

:10:48. > :10:52.England, with a big forward pack. They are a strong side and heavily

:10:53. > :10:56.based on physicality. It will be very difficult to maul against them,

:10:57. > :11:05.when you think of their pack, running through names like Courtney

:11:06. > :11:08.Lawes, they are big men. You have got to pick and choose your moments

:11:09. > :11:13.and there probably will not be that many against England. Joe Schmidt

:11:14. > :11:19.has been praised ever since the Wales game. How is he getting on? He

:11:20. > :11:24.is excellent. That is the first thing that strikes you when you go

:11:25. > :11:30.out on the pitch with him, he is out with short on no matter what the

:11:31. > :11:34.weather. You know what side of the ruck you are supposed to aim for. He

:11:35. > :11:38.can communicate what he wants very well, no problem making a mistake

:11:39. > :11:48.but if you are not working hard, you will know about it. What do you do

:11:49. > :11:54.to relax? It used to be relaxed -- used to be to play golf, but I am

:11:55. > :12:00.Ambassador for the Special Olympics in Limerick, it is something I feel

:12:01. > :12:07.responsible to do. What have you got out of rugby and were due recommend

:12:08. > :12:11.getting involved? It has been a great life being the best you can

:12:12. > :12:16.be. All you want to do is carry the ball in your hands and nobody tells

:12:17. > :12:26.you how to defend. You have to hit 28 works, from that point of view,

:12:27. > :12:31.it is mentally tough. -- rucks. Somebody else is always going to be

:12:32. > :12:37.a star for -- for that, there is a lot of work for you. For forwards,

:12:38. > :12:42.there are values which I would be eager for Paddy to learn but I will

:12:43. > :12:46.be telling him, if you can be a professional golfer, I would be much

:12:47. > :12:51.happier! There is the Irish captain. Hard to

:12:52. > :12:56.overstate his importance to Limerick. They made him the beating

:12:57. > :13:02.heart of the city and everybody looks up to him and they see him as

:13:03. > :13:05.the totem pole for that area. If Brian O'Driscoll is the beating

:13:06. > :13:13.heart of the back division, in the back row, Ireland have a key figure

:13:14. > :13:21.in this championship. Peter O'Mahony get up for the Games. To begin with,

:13:22. > :13:26.he was a bit wild and secure. But to QA with Joe Schmidt coming game, he

:13:27. > :13:30.is getting detail in -- particularly. Five turnovers in the

:13:31. > :13:38.Six Nations so far, he is one of the best performers. He is a throwback,

:13:39. > :13:44.he has a rough edge and a bit of madness which is much to be

:13:45. > :13:49.supported! Don't try that at home. Moving on to England, we sought in

:13:50. > :13:55.Cardiff how Wales responded to pleased to make the nation proud and

:13:56. > :13:56.it is that thinking behind Stuart Lancaster and England 's carry them

:13:57. > :14:41.home campaign. Stuart, you decided to jump off the

:14:42. > :14:46.bus early, save in the atmosphere at the ground. What has been thinking

:14:47. > :14:50.behind that? A bit of feedback, the boys enjoy the walk in and we

:14:51. > :14:54.thought we would make it a couple of metres further. It is great for the

:14:55. > :14:57.fans and the players to get the atmosphere of the game before you

:14:58. > :15:01.get into the solitude of the changing room. Island theme

:15:02. > :15:09.reinvigorated in the Joe Schmidt. Do you think they deserve to be

:15:10. > :15:11.favourites? I am not sure it is marginal favourites, we are

:15:12. > :15:15.confident as well. They have made horrendous progress. They have a

:15:16. > :15:18.mature team in terms of age and quality, the British lines across

:15:19. > :15:23.the board and a new coaching team that have got them going and two

:15:24. > :15:28.wins out of two, in good shape. Much depends on David Wilson at

:15:29. > :15:32.tight-head. Are you confident he can do a job, given his limited game

:15:33. > :15:38.time of late? Here's an experienced tight-head and played foot aims for

:15:39. > :15:42.England. He was informant all he got injured. He has not had the game

:15:43. > :15:49.time that he wanted but he has an opportunity. Good luck today. thank

:15:50. > :15:54.you. The front row will be key in determining the outcome today? David

:15:55. > :15:58.Wilson has played 47 minutes of rugby in the last two months, he has

:15:59. > :16:05.to put-in a decent shift. If he does not, Ireland will win. Moore has

:16:06. > :16:10.stepped up this season, he has won line-outs. Billy Vunipola, tit

:16:11. > :16:15.games, 33 carries, 126 metres made, nine defenders beaten, he's on fire.

:16:16. > :16:19.Owen Farrell, a big test of his character today. He has to boss the

:16:20. > :16:23.game, no silly off the ball incidents. Total focus is required.

:16:24. > :16:28.Twelvetrees has been relatively quiet, but Burrell has made four

:16:29. > :16:33.clean breaks and scored two tries. Brian has been really, solid under

:16:34. > :16:38.the high ball and looking to counterattack. There will be space

:16:39. > :16:41.on the flanks for Nowell and May. We focused on Paul O'Connell but

:16:42. > :16:50.opposite him today, the towering courtly laws, six, 17 stones and ?7.

:16:51. > :16:59.Lawes was playing mini rugby at us and old boys' club. I get excited to

:17:00. > :17:06.play for England, it is a massive honour. I was born in Hackney and

:17:07. > :17:14.when I was four we moved to Northampton, so I was still pretty

:17:15. > :17:18.young. I was moreover footballer when I was growing up. I did not

:17:19. > :17:22.really play rugby. I grew up playing football and tennis, basketball,

:17:23. > :17:27.whatever I could, really, then got into rugby when I was about 13. I

:17:28. > :17:32.went to Northampton School for boys and were having rugby trials to set

:17:33. > :17:38.up their team. It was a sport, I will do it, I was pretty good at

:17:39. > :17:42.tackling and things like that. His mates came down here to play and he

:17:43. > :17:46.followed them down, so we were lucky that he chose to come here with his

:17:47. > :17:51.mates. He could have gone to another club in the town. I came and played

:17:52. > :17:55.on the wing, I had to come off, someone else on the wing and I

:17:56. > :18:00.thought I could play second row and that was the first time I played

:18:01. > :18:02.second row, it was random. When you are kid coming you don't know what

:18:03. > :18:13.you are doing, you just try to get the ball and play rugby. How are

:18:14. > :18:16.you? Nice to see you. How are you? I remember I never used to get

:18:17. > :18:21.showered after the games, I would stick my clothes on and walk home

:18:22. > :18:29.muddy, my mum would say, "you filthy kid! " ice was lucky in the fact I

:18:30. > :18:37.was 20 years old and made it so early. -- I was lucky. I am more

:18:38. > :18:43.experienced than my age tells. There was a tear in my eye when he came

:18:44. > :18:46.on. This is the most comfortable I have felt in an English shirt,

:18:47. > :18:50.especially calling the line-outs. Being able to make a mistake without

:18:51. > :18:55.worrying about being dropped the next week is important. Paul

:18:56. > :18:59.O'Connell, what is he like as a director -- direct opponent? I am

:19:00. > :19:04.more athletic than him and if he decides to mark me I will back

:19:05. > :19:07.myself. It is about who does the right homework. He is a different

:19:08. > :19:12.player to me. We both pride ourselves on our physicality and he

:19:13. > :19:19.has more of a leadership role in his group and you have to respect him

:19:20. > :19:25.but at the same time I will not give him too talent and I am willing to

:19:26. > :19:31.go out there. JOHN INVERDALE: If you are ten, 11

:19:32. > :19:34.or 12 years old, Courtney Lawes is still playing ten years from now,

:19:35. > :19:41.you could be playing opposite him! If you want to join your rugby

:19:42. > :19:44.class, go to our website and get inspired. The front row is going to

:19:45. > :19:49.be absolutely fundamental, with all due respect, so Clive, from a

:19:50. > :19:53.coaching perspective, Stuart Lancaster would not have picked a

:19:54. > :20:01.player who he did not think was 90% fit? UC David Wilson the shop, he

:20:02. > :20:05.has played 46 minutes of rugby and two months, let's hope they were

:20:06. > :20:10.good. He has to go from scrum, to scrum, to scrum. The Game two years

:20:11. > :20:15.ago did not happen because England demolished the Irish scrum. It is a

:20:16. > :20:20.huge contest today. He has to focus on the scrum and England will be

:20:21. > :20:23.fine. The game has changed somewhat, where you can last a little bit

:20:24. > :20:28.longer because the big hit is not there. There is a huge wrestle but

:20:29. > :20:33.he will be under pressure. Cian Healy, Clive and I were standing

:20:34. > :20:36.here in the of either a few weeks ago, looking at the size of Cian

:20:37. > :20:43.Healy. He has grown so big over the summer. He has blossomed into a big,

:20:44. > :20:47.hefty loosehead. He will put huge pressure on him and he will test him

:20:48. > :20:51.and stand up to it. If he doesn't, he will be in serious danger.

:20:52. > :20:57.Jerusalem rings around Twickenham as the atmosphere builds. We're talking

:20:58. > :21:04.about this new trick and inspiring England. What effect does always

:21:05. > :21:08.have on the opposition -- the new Twickenham inspiring England. I

:21:09. > :21:12.found it a bit contrived and orchestrated. I think it should do

:21:13. > :21:16.it and talk about it after the fact, not talk about it beforehand but for

:21:17. > :21:20.the players they will say there is a load of noise, I love it, give it to

:21:21. > :21:25.me, I want to hear it, people baying for blood, I want to perform on that

:21:26. > :21:30.stage. England have to be careful. To get the crowd on their feet, it

:21:31. > :21:34.is what you do on field of play. There could beat egg bombast face.

:21:35. > :21:40.Get it right and there will be 80,000 people going nuts.

:21:41. > :21:43.International rugby is all about getting round through defences, so

:21:44. > :21:49.where have you pinpointed where Ireland might be vulnerable? We saw

:21:50. > :21:52.in the autumn with Australia, look how much space there is on the flank

:21:53. > :21:56.and it is a ploy that Ireland likes. They are very narrow and leave the

:21:57. > :22:00.space out there believing that D'Arcy and O'Driscoll will get to

:22:01. > :22:03.these players. And turn over the ball. But you do take the risk and

:22:04. > :22:09.giving good quality players the space and if you give them too

:22:10. > :22:13.much, into passing, missed tackles and you are in. Even from line-out

:22:14. > :22:16.they give you the space. If you can't run through it there is the

:22:17. > :22:20.option of putting a grubber through. New Zealand spotted that space,

:22:21. > :22:23.Carney has got involved in a ruck and is struggling to get back, Conor

:22:24. > :22:27.Murray hasn't made the transfer over, they have spotted it, put it

:22:28. > :22:31.through, you rely on bounce but there was so much is based there and

:22:32. > :22:35.those are errors that England if they are accurate, they have runners

:22:36. > :22:42.like Noble-macro and May and they can explore that space -- exploit

:22:43. > :22:47.that space. Good afternoon in the commentary booth. We keep talking

:22:48. > :22:54.about the confrontations of Lawes and O'Connell, what about Sexton at

:22:55. > :22:57.number ten? It will be an interesting battle. I feel Sexton

:22:58. > :23:02.was majestic against Wales but on the back of the platform so I think

:23:03. > :23:10.the front row is going to be crucial and then we will see who will have

:23:11. > :23:15.the upper hand. But I think Farrell is growing into international rugby.

:23:16. > :23:19.He needs to play a bit flatter. Defensively he is strong. For me,

:23:20. > :23:22.the all-round game management of Sexton is improving game by game so

:23:23. > :23:27.I am really looking forward to an interesting battle. Outside Sexton

:23:28. > :23:30.is Brian O'Driscoll and today is a real statistician's delight because

:23:31. > :23:36.another weekend of international rugby, yet more records being

:23:37. > :23:39.broken. Today, it is capped number 139, so he equals the all-time world

:23:40. > :23:43.record and it is a safe bet, injuries permitting and things like

:23:44. > :23:49.that, that he will have the world record in two weeks' time. Clive, at

:23:50. > :23:56.the centre three quarters yourself, where does he sit in the pantheon of

:23:57. > :24:00.great players? Right up there. In terms of centres, I remember

:24:01. > :24:04.coaching against him, we went into one player, I worked with him on the

:24:05. > :24:08.British Lions, a great guy, but he is the talisman for the Irish team,

:24:09. > :24:17.no doubt. They have to stop him today. I can use Sexton using the

:24:18. > :24:20.attacking side of the game. Paul O'Connell leads Ireland out. Any

:24:21. > :24:24.talk about Grand Slams or is it take each game as it comes? Ireland need

:24:25. > :24:29.to win this game, focus on the other games in a couple of weeks' time.

:24:30. > :24:34.This is huge. For Ireland and England. There is colossal pressure

:24:35. > :24:37.on both. You know you will see it in a few minutes, you will see the

:24:38. > :24:43.bristling aggression that will happen today. This game is about

:24:44. > :24:47.England's the back of the against Ireland's defence. -- England's

:24:48. > :24:52.attack against Ireland's defence. Ireland defended so well and turned

:24:53. > :24:56.over so much ball, I don't think they can be that accurate again.

:24:57. > :25:00.England have the edge this afternoon. Chris Robshaw, waiting in

:25:01. > :25:06.the tunnel, and on the replacements bench, George Ford. You have been

:25:07. > :25:10.talking about the need for an outside half replacement on the

:25:11. > :25:17.bench and maybe that will be a key element? Absolutely, you needed

:25:18. > :25:21.goalkicker, this game will go down to the wire. Hopefully Farrell will

:25:22. > :25:28.last the different -- distance. If he was to get injured we have a

:25:29. > :25:30.recognised kicker coming on. Tens of thousands of white flags were left

:25:31. > :25:34.on the seats here at Twickenham, so that creates a real sea of white

:25:35. > :25:39.especially on the Southampton East stands. Ireland could win the Triple

:25:40. > :25:44.Crown today, we haven't mentioned that, and they could take third step

:25:45. > :25:47.towards a Grand Slam and in the battle between youth and experience

:25:48. > :25:53.it is worth saying Brian O'Driscoll has 33 more caps on his own band the

:25:54. > :25:56.entire England back division. The championship is on simmer and this

:25:57. > :25:59.match could bring it to the boil, after the anthems. Commentary will

:26:00. > :26:32.come from Phillip Matthews, Brian Moore and Eddie Butler.

:26:33. > :26:37.# Come the day and come the hour. # Come the day and come the hour.

:26:38. > :27:10.country's call. # From the

:27:11. > :27:17.# Ireland, Ireland. # Together standing tall.

:27:18. > :27:20.# Shoulder to shoulder. # We'll answer Ireland's call.

:27:21. > :27:50.# We'll answer Ireland's call #. Ladies and gentlemen, please remain

:27:51. > :27:51.seated, now the national anthem led by the band of the Coldstream

:27:52. > :28:08.Guards. # God save our gracious Queen!

:28:09. > :28:20.# Long live our noble Queen! # God save the Queen!

:28:21. > :28:28.# Send her victorious. # Happy and glorious.

:28:29. > :28:44.# Long to reign over us. # God save the Queen.

:28:45. > :29:05.A first home game for England in the Six Nations. They have been on the

:29:06. > :29:10.road in Paris, Edinburgh, they have one when and they are still in the

:29:11. > :29:15.reckoning for the title -- win. Dylan Hartley is the most

:29:16. > :29:24.experienced player, the only player with over 50 caps. Wilson has had 47

:29:25. > :29:32.minutes of rugby in 2014. They have Scott -- they have started to score

:29:33. > :29:37.tries behind the scrum. Experience for Ireland, a 90th cap for Captain

:29:38. > :29:46.Paul O'Connell, a 73rd for Rory Best. And 130 14 Ryan a school, he

:29:47. > :29:58.scored 46 tries, he equals the world record of George Gregan of 139 caps.

:29:59. > :30:09.A first cut for some players should they come off the bench. -- cup. The

:30:10. > :30:17.referee from South Africa, Craig Joubert. It is a grand setting for

:30:18. > :30:25.one of the crucial games of the championship so far. David Wilson

:30:26. > :30:30.brought in in the absence of dining hall -- in the absence of Dan Cole,

:30:31. > :30:32.who is injured. Ireland have two home games under their belt and they

:30:33. > :30:47.have one both. -- won. Devin Toner, the tallest man on the

:30:48. > :30:52.field, takes the first patch. Ireland get themselves to ground,

:30:53. > :30:58.too late for Craig Joubert. Good afternoon! That afternoon, if all

:30:59. > :31:03.the world is a stage, this is a principal stage in rugby and we have

:31:04. > :31:09.what may decide the game is David Wilson comment in for injured Dan

:31:10. > :31:18.Cole has to stay strong. If England are better in the scrum, Ireland

:31:19. > :31:30.will not win this game. -- come in for. Mike Ross is up against Joe

:31:31. > :31:37.Marler, the England loose-head. And I won't squeeze and drive, and we

:31:38. > :31:42.win the penalty -- and Ireland. That is the problems -- that is the

:31:43. > :31:56.problem when hawkers do not hock straightaway. -- hookers do not

:31:57. > :32:04.hooker. Good afternoon, Philip. Was that the pressure #.

:32:05. > :32:19.--? It is a decision to step over the ball. They will have to change

:32:20. > :32:25.that tag. -- tactic. They are rowing already! Courtney Lawes waits and

:32:26. > :32:27.Devin Toner wins the line-out ball. Brian Driscoll goes past and trove

:32:28. > :32:51.trees. -- Billy Twelvetrees. Play on, Mike Brown for England in

:32:52. > :33:02.his own 22. Danny Care weights. -- waits.

:33:03. > :33:11.Good English defence on Jamie Heaslip. Gordon D'Arcy is held. Owen

:33:12. > :33:24.Farrell in the tackle. A change of tactics, great footwork

:33:25. > :33:30.from Brian O'Driscoll and a great save by Mike Brown. Billy Vunipola.

:33:31. > :33:56.Devin Toner makes the tackle. Rob Carney loses out. -- Rob Keeney.

:33:57. > :34:04.Under no real pressure. Rory Best, the whole car. -- hooker. An aerial

:34:05. > :34:19.test for England. Mike Brown comes away with it. These

:34:20. > :34:21.are the elusive running skills of Mike Brown. Rory Best could not

:34:22. > :34:40.manage it. I think he spotted an overlap. A

:34:41. > :35:10.chance on the right wing. Danny Care.

:35:11. > :35:27.Seven metres from the Irish line. Billy Vunipola again.

:35:28. > :35:35.Owen Farrell, Courtney Lawes on his shoulder. David Wilson, acting

:35:36. > :35:51.scrum-half. No way through this time. A good slip to Chris Robshaw.

:35:52. > :36:10.Paul O'Connell had to make the tackle.

:36:11. > :36:30.Danny Care. One metre short. They must score if they go right. He

:36:31. > :36:45.cannot get right! Jonny May scrolls for England! -- squirrels. --

:36:46. > :36:52.scores. Try or no try, is the call from the referee. The roar from the

:36:53. > :37:01.Twickenham crowd is as loud as I have ever heard it. Craig Joubert

:37:02. > :37:10.asks the match official. This is the finish by Jonny May. No!

:37:11. > :37:19.England have themselves to blame. There were a number of chances when

:37:20. > :37:28.the ball should have gone wide. That should have gone home. If he had

:37:29. > :37:30.carried it close to his chest, Jonny May, that probably would not have

:37:31. > :37:48.happened. That is such a chance and Stuart

:37:49. > :37:54.Lancaster knows it. They are still in a dangerous area, five metres

:37:55. > :37:59.from their own line. I can hardly catch my breath. So much in that

:38:00. > :38:08.first ten minutes. Brian O'Driscoll... Re-Vunipola. Ireland

:38:09. > :38:16.intended on stopping his momentum. -- Vunipola. It is intense. It is

:38:17. > :38:23.not just that one that did not get converted, there was another earlier

:38:24. > :38:35.with a four on two and England did not recognise it.

:38:36. > :38:49.Ireland hold fast. Great strength in Gordon D'Arcy.

:38:50. > :39:11.He escapes three tackles! Still going, the Exeter window. -- window.

:39:12. > :39:18.-- winger. That is Peter O'Mahony. You cannot blame Billy Twelvetrees.

:39:19. > :39:32.It was fired past. That is harsh, he should take that. That should have

:39:33. > :39:35.gone! It still should have gone! If they had been watching the analysis

:39:36. > :39:40.at the start, they would have seen the Irish defence is often tight,

:39:41. > :39:44.there is space that can England adjust to that and find space out

:39:45. > :40:00.wide wish to mark -- but can England. -- out wide?

:40:01. > :40:23.Gordon D'Arcy let's Chris Henry play scrum-half. -- lets. The difference

:40:24. > :40:29.between last week and this week for Ireland is that England have been

:40:30. > :40:34.able to escape the tackles and they have not been as far behind the gain

:40:35. > :40:51.line as they wanted. -- the gain line. -- game line.

:40:52. > :41:07.A penalty. From your own ball, that should not happen. It was a clearly

:41:08. > :41:15.won the ball. Joe Schmidt, the Irish coach, will be happy to have escaped

:41:16. > :41:26.the England pack. No damage on the scoreboard.

:41:27. > :41:36.The significance of those possessions relative to the score is

:41:37. > :41:40.for all that advantage, England have not scored. Ten minutes gone, Rory

:41:41. > :41:54.Best throws long. Quickly recycled. Billy Twelvetrees

:41:55. > :42:05.does make the tackle this time. Cian Healy is a principal Irish will

:42:06. > :42:11.carry. -- ball carrier. Gordon D'Arcy.

:42:12. > :42:23.Rob Keeney drops it on to his foot. Mac -- might Brown is back and

:42:24. > :42:25.safely watches it. -- Mike. It looked as though it would hold

:42:26. > :42:31.nicely but Ireland getting a quick ball. England are using Billy

:42:32. > :42:38.Vunipola at the other end. If Ireland keep this up, they will

:42:39. > :42:46.stretch the England defence later. Plenty of excitement in 11 minutes.

:42:47. > :43:02.Owen Farrell sensitise towards Andrew Trimble. -- sends it high.

:43:03. > :43:17.Brian O'Driscoll, well read I Mike Brown. Gets it away. -- by.

:43:18. > :43:35.Billy Twelvetrees sends it towards Rob Carney. -- Kearney. Well caught

:43:36. > :43:40.by Mike Brown over his shoulder. The firm he is in -- the form that he is

:43:41. > :43:58.in! This is a goalkeeping dive and there

:43:59. > :43:59.was a lot of space behind him and Ireland would have been favourites

:44:00. > :44:23.to score. Paul O'Connell knocks on. Courtney

:44:24. > :44:34.Lawes has an advantage. Rory Best read the tackle but could

:44:35. > :44:48.not bring Jonny May down. Advantage is over as Chris Robshaw,

:44:49. > :44:53.the captain, gets away from one tackle. Heaslip has turned it over

:44:54. > :44:59.for Ireland. There is the strength of Ireland's

:45:00. > :45:19.loose-head prop. England not rolling away. England's

:45:20. > :45:23.defensive line speed has been good, that they need to augment it with

:45:24. > :45:27.leaving the ball when they are on the floor because at the moment when

:45:28. > :45:30.the line is getting up they are catching Ireland behind the

:45:31. > :45:38.gain-line, don't need to play on the floor. Heaslip's off-load to Paul

:45:39. > :45:43.O'Connell was a reaction, he has been hit hard on the gain-line a

:45:44. > :45:47.couple of times and thought off-load it when probably it was not on, so

:45:48. > :45:52.England's line has been good, staying close, but Ireland have been

:45:53. > :45:57.able to get the ball away quickly. What have you found, Jonathan? You

:45:58. > :46:04.mentioned Mike Brown, look at this incident. We have the two front row

:46:05. > :46:07.players, the first markers, Mike goes round the outside, great play,

:46:08. > :46:09.back against forward. But you need the support up there a lot quicker.

:46:10. > :46:24.He should be there. Rory Best to throw. Peter O'Mahony

:46:25. > :46:27.wings. In -- Ireland are trying the crossfield kick. A great pass to Rob

:46:28. > :46:46.Kearney. Ireland are narrow in midfield.

:46:47. > :46:50.There is nobody further left than this. Rob Kearney was the widest

:46:51. > :47:41.man. England's French defence is good and

:47:42. > :47:47.the ball squirts out. -- fringe. A penalty to England! And England

:47:48. > :47:53.raised arms across the defensive line. England's scrambled defence

:47:54. > :48:00.just about working. It was not the break by Trimble that has just

:48:01. > :48:05.gone, it was the one before where he really ought to have scored. England

:48:06. > :48:10.hanging on, so in tenacity being rewarded but Ireland should have

:48:11. > :48:13.come away with points, if not try them. That will be a huge

:48:14. > :48:23.psychological boost to Ireland, the speed and they were not able to get

:48:24. > :48:31.past the defence. This is a beautiful crossfield kick. And

:48:32. > :48:38.here, the England outside defender Jonny May slipped.

:48:39. > :48:47.Ireland do not enter the maul. So England and France towards them. --

:48:48. > :49:07.soap England advance towards them. Rory Best does not move away quickly

:49:08. > :49:11.enough. At is the downside of trying to do a choke tackle. If you don't

:49:12. > :49:17.get it absolutely right, the referee might opinion. On this occasion he

:49:18. > :49:19.has. The vast majority of occasions Ireland do get it right and they are

:49:20. > :49:37.the vest -- they are the best at it. I don't know whether it is a 4pm

:49:38. > :49:43.kick and the extra time in the bar that is contributing to the crowd

:49:44. > :49:49.noise, but it is as animated as you ever get here. Especially for 0-0.

:49:50. > :50:16.They have all been in the Bollinger tent that is what it is!

:50:17. > :51:13.Rory Best, never far away from his opposite number.

:51:14. > :51:20.Vunipola could not quite get the pass away. Ireland have turned it

:51:21. > :51:34.over. Conor Murray will go digging in for it. Advantage over. Nowell

:51:35. > :51:38.has dropped it. the Irish, who specialised in the rush defence,

:51:39. > :51:41.they are not doing it at the moment. They are being relatively cautious

:51:42. > :51:49.but they are keeping the line discipline so they have more men in

:51:50. > :52:00.the rocks. Was this late? Yes, it was.

:52:01. > :52:09.The father looks on as the sun may be penalised. Jonathan? We bobbin we

:52:10. > :52:12.saw the overlap and the missed a chance. If we run it on here, look

:52:13. > :52:20.at the numbers on the right-hand side. A couple outside. It is great

:52:21. > :52:25.play, they come into close it down but Farrell has to take the step and

:52:26. > :52:29.give it. A wasted opportunity, then they lose the ball. But I love the

:52:30. > :52:37.fantastic chance and should have gone the first time.

:52:38. > :52:44.Conor Murray, the ball is cleared and Farrell comes in, shoulder, no

:52:45. > :52:55.arms, late. There wasn't much right with that, was there? No. And was

:52:56. > :53:01.there a little after then? I don't know, I will have to watch. Conor

:53:02. > :53:07.Murray kicks, Farrell comes in. Now what happens? It may remain a

:53:08. > :53:20.mystery. Agreed. REFEREE:

:53:21. > :53:24.It is not okayed to tackle without using your arms, so it is a

:53:25. > :53:30.penalty. It did not succeed. Not now, Chris. It was late anyway, so

:53:31. > :53:36.it did not matter. And unnecessary, but because the ball had been

:53:37. > :53:41.cleared. Bad enough that Ireland are going to get a scrum because England

:53:42. > :53:46.knocked on, now compounded because they were back on their own 22 with

:53:47. > :53:56.an Ireland throw. Within that one passage of play, England have lost

:53:57. > :54:00.70 metres and a throw. Things are so finely balanced here, nobody given a

:54:01. > :54:02.quarter, so little make -- little mistakes like that can make a big

:54:03. > :54:17.difference. It is noticeable that Ireland

:54:18. > :54:23.haven't even tried a maul from the line-out. They have tried this,

:54:24. > :54:28.though, the crossfield kick. At is a poor option, as well. You know, the

:54:29. > :54:32.only reason to cross kick like that is if there is loads of space behind

:54:33. > :54:38.or when you are trying to compete for the ball. That was neither. The

:54:39. > :54:45.ball was too flat to allow Dave Carney to get under that. -- David

:54:46. > :55:07.Kearney. Both teams have had significant

:55:08. > :55:11.passage of play where they have kept the ball, done well, got quick

:55:12. > :55:16.ball. Little technical errors just that the end of it have prevented

:55:17. > :55:20.scores for both sides. Both defences are putting huge pressure on the

:55:21. > :55:25.ball carrier, so you are stealing -- you are seeing mistakes like dates.

:55:26. > :55:26.It is so finely balanced, it is down to who is psychologically stronger

:55:27. > :55:42.and who has the patience. Courtney Lawes captures it

:55:43. > :55:52.eventually. England have earned themselves a penalty.

:55:53. > :56:03.It has not been absorbing. They have read everything apart from a score,

:56:04. > :56:07.near misses, variety. Is it out of range? Not out of range, right on

:56:08. > :56:14.the edge of the range, I would think. I suppose it is a case of all

:56:15. > :56:21.is well that ends well, if it is a penalty decision, but they could

:56:22. > :56:26.blame Robshaw. The attack coach of England comes on, a bit of advice

:56:27. > :56:33.for the kicker, Owen Farrell. Like, make sure it goes over! I always

:56:34. > :56:37.think when a coach comes on they are trying to buy an extra yard,

:56:38. > :56:42.somebody distracts the referee and we will pinch I guard. That may be

:56:43. > :56:50.what you do in Wales, but we are gentlemen in England! 50 metres. The

:56:51. > :57:19.first kick at goal. Beautifully struck and over! England

:57:20. > :57:26.take the lead, 3-0. You know, the irony is that while there was a

:57:27. > :57:30.significant passage, it is a something and nothing offence that

:57:31. > :57:34.produces the first score. That will be very heartening for England and

:57:35. > :57:41.Owen Farrell. The deadlock is broken, it took 24 minutes. Along

:57:42. > :57:47.penalty from Owen Farrell. Both fullbacks, a joy to watch in full

:57:48. > :57:53.flow. Brown and Cairney, superb athletes, superb runners. A change

:57:54. > :57:56.of direction, Ireland have split their forwards and Sexton sends it

:57:57. > :58:04.towards the side, where Billy Twelvetrees safely catches, is

:58:05. > :58:10.tackled by Andrew Trimble. It is therefore the England halfback and

:58:11. > :58:15.Farrell makes a good clearance. Two good kicks from Farrell. you take a

:58:16. > :58:19.kick of the other side, it either goes deep so they have to cook it

:58:20. > :58:25.from deep, or you get a man under it. That fell between the two.

:58:26. > :58:29.Absolutely, Nader. It is not that Jonathan Sexton cannot put-in the

:58:30. > :58:34.big hang in kicks, I would prefer to see it going deeper and make England

:58:35. > :58:37.play from deep. Maybe they don't want him to have the opportunity to

:58:38. > :58:43.push things back and they want to push deeper, maybe that is the ploy.

:58:44. > :58:45.Sunshine on the upper tiers of Twickenham. The temperature is

:58:46. > :58:55.dropping as Ireland go wide. Ireland have worked the overlap. It

:58:56. > :59:14.has gone forward. That was loose play and it is

:59:15. > :59:19.clearly something Joe Schmidt is trying to do from broken play,

:59:20. > :59:27.getting those runners and creating overlaps where there is little

:59:28. > :59:32.space. Ireland manufactured by a number of loops what should have

:59:33. > :59:39.been a significant overlap. The outside men drifted and closed down

:59:40. > :59:46.the outside space. The wonderful beard of Gordon D'Arcy! That is the

:59:47. > :59:57.halfway line. And that is a free to Ireland. England chasing.

:59:58. > :00:06.A series of planned moves. This is where that cut to the outside closes

:00:07. > :00:43.everyone down. He needs to go straight.

:00:44. > :00:49.Ireland seem more comfortable on the England ball. England are just

:00:50. > :00:55.getting that little turn which is making things difficult for Jamie

:00:56. > :01:06.Heaslip. Kearney is a real pest at his feet. The game last night was

:01:07. > :01:14.blighted by tedious restarts. I am sure that is what had something to

:01:15. > :01:22.do -- I am sure that had something to do with the pitch. Twickenham is

:01:23. > :01:29.much firmer. Ireland go for their second drive. The referee says, play

:01:30. > :01:37.on. A good pass, Brian O'Driscoll to Gordon D'Arcy. Kearney cuts back

:01:38. > :01:52.inside. Still going. Owen Farrell is in that ruck.

:01:53. > :02:01.An outstanding start for Paul O'Connell. England turned the ball

:02:02. > :02:10.over, David Wilson drops it. They will come back for that knock-on.

:02:11. > :02:18.Words between O'Driscoll and Brown. Leave it alone. Do not need it.

:02:19. > :02:30.Good work to turn the ball over by Joe Launchbury. Had Wilson moved

:02:31. > :02:41.it, he would have had men outside. He is not expecting to get it. Good

:02:42. > :02:50.work by Cian Healy. Consistency on the highball is a Kearney trait.

:02:51. > :02:54.Moments in the game so far, slow motion does not get across the

:02:55. > :03:02.intensity of the atmosphere in this game. It feels like ten minutes gone

:03:03. > :03:04.and it is 29, it has been one! This is the biggest break we have had so

:03:05. > :03:30.far. -- been full-on. This is Mike Brown, making a break

:03:31. > :03:36.and taking the ball high. That is the England perspective. Rob Kearney

:03:37. > :03:40.has been doing the same from the back for Ireland. Mike Brown, for

:03:41. > :04:04.the harlequins, watching the scrum. B 131 for Brian O'Driscoll who makes

:04:05. > :04:32.a great in midfield. -- cap number 131.

:04:33. > :04:39.Mike Ross did not want that. An untidy conclusion to the Irish

:04:40. > :04:55.attack. Brian O'Driscoll, a sorry conclusion

:04:56. > :05:10.to a promising move. Rob Kearney, brilliant. An

:05:11. > :05:44.intercept. Picked up by Mike Ross. A forward pass. What a player Rob

:05:45. > :05:48.Kearney is! A joy to watch. I cannot leave Ireland not utilising the

:05:49. > :05:53.space behind the England defence in these positions. A contrast to the

:05:54. > :05:57.tactics against Wales, I thought they would be mixing up a bit more.

:05:58. > :06:03.There is a lot of space behind the England defence, particularly when

:06:04. > :06:06.the ball is being turned over. We are watching two fallbacks of the

:06:07. > :06:24.highest quality, Kearney and Mike Brown. -- fullbacks. Ireland have

:06:25. > :06:25.been solid on their bowl. -- ball. Attacking options are there on both

:06:26. > :06:46.sides. A penalty for England.

:06:47. > :06:51.That was not pushing straight. So Mike Ross is pushing back and Cian

:06:52. > :07:02.Healy is getting a notch on his side. -- nudge. Ross is not going

:07:03. > :07:12.back, it Cian Healy is going out and round. Whether you consider that to

:07:13. > :07:21.be a good scrummage depends on which team you support! Cian Healy, if he

:07:22. > :07:34.does get dominance there, that will look like that anyway.

:07:35. > :07:52.Still a distance, shorter than his first penalty.

:07:53. > :08:07.It stays at three -- zero, 22 dropouts. -- 3-0. It missed and it

:08:08. > :08:17.would have been useful for England. The pass was given to Billy

:08:18. > :08:31.Vunipola. A scramble on the ball now. It comes

:08:32. > :08:51.towards England and Chris Robshaw. It is scrappy. Not the best

:08:52. > :09:00.platform. A player is down on the far side. Jonny May comes in. Still

:09:01. > :09:08.going. Luther Burrell in support. Conor Murray with the tackle. Mike

:09:09. > :09:17.Brown is in acres of space, calling for it. Too late. Billy Vunipola is

:09:18. > :09:22.injured. A good tackle by Johnny Sexton but he could not complete it.

:09:23. > :09:27.He held England up long enough for Ireland to regroup. The referee

:09:28. > :09:34.calls a maul, an advantage for Ireland. Billy Vunipola does not

:09:35. > :09:44.look good and that will be a loss if he cannot finish. It looks like his

:09:45. > :09:53.ankle. Ben Morgan is already waiting. He made two 50 metre

:09:54. > :10:04.carries against France. It looks like a twist in the tackle. He just

:10:05. > :10:13.went over. It is his right foot. It has twisted out. That does not look

:10:14. > :10:20.good. Not good to see a man down. And there is a lot of him to come

:10:21. > :10:27.down! He is one of those players every team needs. Ireland have had

:10:28. > :10:33.Sean O'Brien and coming into this championship without him, that has

:10:34. > :10:38.put pressure on the team to make up for that. A big disappointment for

:10:39. > :10:44.England but at least they have another prime ball-carrier in Ben

:10:45. > :10:48.Morgan. Both teams having success in the first phase defence but both

:10:49. > :11:03.scrambled defences have worked well. They are sending a cart. He is up on

:11:04. > :11:19.his feet. You would not want to carry! -- carry him. His day is

:11:20. > :11:26.done. That is a good sign, at least he can walk away.

:11:27. > :11:37.A big job for Ben Morgan now. Of all the England carriers, he has been a

:11:38. > :11:40.successful character. Ben Morgan, of Gloucester, it into the middle of

:11:41. > :12:07.the back row. -- into. Owen Farrell has gone five metres

:12:08. > :12:21.through. Jonny May is under it and so is

:12:22. > :12:34.Andrew Trimble. Advantage is being played. So close for Andrew Trimble.

:12:35. > :12:41.That is a copy of the play... They are using Gordon D'Arcy from deep in

:12:42. > :12:46.the 22 to create space to either go again offer Johnny Sexton. -- or

:12:47. > :12:55.four Johnny Sexton. -- for. In defence here, Owen Farrell. A

:12:56. > :13:18.very wide outside channel. England drive-on what it is going

:13:19. > :13:31.sideways and they will have to use it quickly. -- at it. And Morgan in

:13:32. > :13:41.the net of time. -- just in time. This is Andrew Trimble. Straight at

:13:42. > :13:52.Jonny May. And he goes the long way round. He finds Jack Nowell.

:13:53. > :14:09.Is it within range? It should be. It is.

:14:10. > :14:19.A difficult angle, from the back foot. It is Andrew Trimble, trying

:14:20. > :14:22.to make up for the loose kick. I suppose the argument goes if the

:14:23. > :14:28.scrum-half has his hands on the ball, it is out. yes, but you can't

:14:29. > :14:33.run from an outside position so you can't go from in front of that food.

:14:34. > :14:38.A good kick by Farrell. Yes, and we have a minute to go. Above all,

:14:39. > :14:44.England must make sure they end up at the end of this half with a

:14:45. > :14:49.chance for four points, even if it is a drop goal. Courtney Lawes wins.

:14:50. > :14:55.It has gone to -- it has gone to ground. The Irish forwards have

:14:56. > :15:21.worked hard to stop that drive and have done that well.

:15:22. > :15:27.Time is up on the clock. What will Ireland do from here? I don't

:15:28. > :15:35.suppose they will launch anything too adventurous.

:15:36. > :15:39.WHISTLE BLOWS Craig Joubert blows his whistle,

:15:40. > :15:42.Stuart Lancaster heads to the changing rooms, as do the Irish

:15:43. > :15:48.players. It has been full of enterprise and running but Billy

:15:49. > :15:57.Vunipola's game is over. The school, England three, Ireland nil. --

:15:58. > :16:01.score. JOHN INVERDALE: In the way that some

:16:02. > :16:05.of the best football matches can be goalless, some of the best rugby

:16:06. > :16:10.matches don't need tries because we have not got one here, but what a

:16:11. > :16:13.match. You can't take your eyes off this. Jonny May may have scored the

:16:14. > :16:17.first few minutes and who knows what difference that would have made, but

:16:18. > :16:22.he let go of it, the ball was knocked out of his hands. There is

:16:23. > :16:25.Owen Farrell with slightly late hit which we will talk about in a few

:16:26. > :16:31.moments but there has been a lot of work upfront. The solitary points

:16:32. > :16:34.were from Farrell's penalty, although a second shot hit the post

:16:35. > :16:38.and the third shot he might have had, England did not go for goal,

:16:39. > :16:41.they kicked for the corner. Vunipola is injured and will not take any

:16:42. > :16:45.further part in the match. Maybe, if it is really tight at the end,

:16:46. > :16:49.England not taking three points where they've -- when they were on

:16:50. > :16:54.offer made the difference between winning and losing, but it has been

:16:55. > :17:01.terrific. This is international rugby as you hope it always will be.

:17:02. > :17:04.Two well coached teams, 100% line-outs which shows great coaching

:17:05. > :17:09.and the defence on both sides has been fantastic. England have higher

:17:10. > :17:15.-- handled the Irish kicking game than Ireland have handled the

:17:16. > :17:20.English game. A great game. England should have scored early? Yes, they

:17:21. > :17:24.had the opportunity. It was well worked. There was a lot of

:17:25. > :17:28.pressure, they kept hold of the ball well, Danny Care has gone in there.

:17:29. > :17:33.Look how narrow the Irish defence is. There is heaps of space. That

:17:34. > :17:37.ball really has to go. Everybody outside should be calling for that

:17:38. > :17:42.but Billy Vunipola revealed he will get the edge there, slipped tackles

:17:43. > :17:46.through the championship so far. The spaces is there to go, Danny Care

:17:47. > :17:52.thinks he can have a pop. There is going to be some serious work after

:17:53. > :17:54.this because that needed to go. Before it eventually does go it

:17:55. > :18:05.should have gone a lot earlier and they should have scored. We should

:18:06. > :18:09.have scored there, it is the communication. You have

:18:10. > :18:13.Twelvetrees, they have to be talking and demanding the ball, it is

:18:14. > :18:22.talking that creates the collapse -- overlaps. They finally got the ball

:18:23. > :18:26.and Jonny May, for everything we waxed lyrical about him, that was a

:18:27. > :18:29.simple put down. He should have scored, that is what he will feel

:18:30. > :18:35.and know will stop we see in slow motion. It is good defence but you

:18:36. > :18:39.would back foot any player to score and it is a disappointment that they

:18:40. > :18:43.did not get that try but credit to Ireland that they never gave up, the

:18:44. > :18:51.hat scrambled defence was hard and tough. He should have given it to

:18:52. > :18:55.Nowell to score. It is one of the treats of Jack Murray, that's

:18:56. > :18:59.sweeping arm. It is a really good skill, a good discipline to tell a

:19:00. > :19:03.kid, never give up, try and get an arm in there in case and that was

:19:04. > :19:06.just in case that time. There have been waves of Irish attack with

:19:07. > :19:12.Johnny Sexton orchestrating things. There was one passage of play, to

:19:13. > :19:18.macro -- two or three times when you thought they would score. Normally

:19:19. > :19:22.Ireland catch and drive, but this was slick. It is beautiful hands,

:19:23. > :19:26.executed incredibly well. Trimble knows it is coming, he has got

:19:27. > :19:30.himself in position. If that path sticks, it is a trite all day long

:19:31. > :19:33.but it bobbles, the defence gets there and it is scrambled and

:19:34. > :19:40.Ireland go through phases and don't score. Just like England, one myth

:19:41. > :19:45.is all. We talked about doing things not expected, they are expecting the

:19:46. > :19:49.maul one it is a score. It is great coaching, a great game, ashamed are

:19:50. > :19:53.not two tries to talk about but great rugby and that is quality cut

:19:54. > :19:57.-- quality coaching. What was Schmidt going to do different? The

:19:58. > :20:02.big thing he has got Ireland doing is the passing ball. In the last

:20:03. > :20:08.game, they passed the ball, they are already up to 80 or 90 passes. But

:20:09. > :20:12.when they are kicking, that was the example of a beautiful cake but a

:20:13. > :20:17.lot of the other kicks have been on the floor, four or five yards out,

:20:18. > :20:21.aimless, five yards too far or too short. It has not been as exact as

:20:22. > :20:28.they would like and they have lost something. I don't think they have

:20:29. > :20:31.the gas. They are lacking pace in the middle and on the flanks and

:20:32. > :20:36.that is allowing England's defence to handle it easily at the moment.

:20:37. > :20:40.The front row, we said it would be a key area. England have had three

:20:41. > :20:45.scrums in the first half, four scrums, and have failed to get the

:20:46. > :20:49.ball back on a couple of occasions. It is interesting when you see them

:20:50. > :20:54.coming in. They got penalised on the first two. They panicked a little

:20:55. > :20:58.bit. In this scrum in particular, they pushed past the line because

:20:59. > :21:02.they were waiting for the big drive from Ireland. They have a doubt.

:21:03. > :21:06.This is near the end of the half and they get themselves into a good

:21:07. > :21:14.position. They are good scrums, all pretty good scrums. They got a

:21:15. > :21:19.penalty out of that. They seem they are getting away with it, I would

:21:20. > :21:23.say, a bit more. They don't have the dominance they had two years ago but

:21:24. > :21:27.it has been interesting. The referee is letting it play on a bit. Owen

:21:28. > :21:31.Farrell, before the game you said he has to focus on the game and nothing

:21:32. > :21:35.must happen off the ball and then this happens. He is lucky not to be

:21:36. > :21:41.yellow carded because it is late, a shoulder barge, no armed, not a

:21:42. > :21:44.legal tackle. Petulant, immature, something you do not want your

:21:45. > :21:48.playmaker doing. This is last week. There is no need for it. I don't

:21:49. > :21:53.know why he does it. There is something within him that comes out

:21:54. > :21:57.like Jekyll and Hyde. It needs to be drawn in. You could argue he should

:21:58. > :22:03.not be on the field to kicked a penalty. I think it was a yellow

:22:04. > :22:08.card. There was an interesting part of that, Cian Healy came running up

:22:09. > :22:12.in defence. Two years ago he might have reacted but he came up and let

:22:13. > :22:19.it go and it could be just a maturity thing. I don't think it was

:22:20. > :22:22.a yellow card, it was a penalty of the referee handed to do well. If he

:22:23. > :22:26.wants to play like that he has to control it, doing it in the right

:22:27. > :22:30.parts of the game. You don't want to take the whole thing out of his

:22:31. > :22:40.game. That spiky element is important. Brown is a very Sir

:22:41. > :22:46.Michael player -- is a very spiky player, let's not hang the guy. He

:22:47. > :23:00.needs to get the balance right. Jonny Wilkinson and snatched a few

:23:01. > :23:03.people as well... Legally! We are agreeing. It could easily have been

:23:04. > :23:09.a yellow card and he could have been off for ten minutes. You mentioned

:23:10. > :23:13.Mike Brown. If England have one player who in the last 12 months has

:23:14. > :23:16.grown into win an international player of real stature, Mike Brown

:23:17. > :23:24.has had an amazing autumn and is having a fantastic Six Nations. We

:23:25. > :23:28.see the two 15s in their handling ability, that was a full dive

:23:29. > :23:34.tackle, I am a Manchester United fan! Unbelievably good play, good

:23:35. > :23:38.feet, good oppression -- aggression. His placement in the

:23:39. > :23:42.field, able to read most things that happen, is done very well. You think

:23:43. > :23:46.when is it going to come to an end but he has been playing like this

:23:47. > :23:50.for four seasons with Harlequins, got his chance with England on the

:23:51. > :23:59.wing. You could tell by his body language she was not happy there,

:24:00. > :24:02.but his skill set is fantastic. he did not take any nonsense from O

:24:03. > :24:06.Driscoll. He is not saying, enjoy your retirement, he is going

:24:07. > :24:10.head-to-head with him! He is not walking away from that. That is why

:24:11. > :24:14.he is a great player. He and Farrell are adding edged to the England team

:24:15. > :24:19.which we have not had for a couple of years and we are becoming tough

:24:20. > :24:23.to beat. It is 3-0 here, it could not be much tighter and it could not

:24:24. > :24:25.have been much closer in Rome where Scotland won in a real thriller by a

:24:26. > :24:33.narrow margin. COMMENTATOR:

:24:34. > :24:47.Surely, a trite. -- try. Stand back for the corner, for the

:24:48. > :25:07.try, Scotland have it. Denton fix it onto Cusiter. Plenty

:25:08. > :25:17.of power, gets the off-load away. He must score! Dunbar, for his second

:25:18. > :25:25.try! Advantaged Italy. They have a penalty coming.

:25:26. > :25:49.He is celebrating already. It is good, and Scotland have surely now

:25:50. > :25:52.won this match through the boot! Neuer-macro goodness me, 79 minutes

:25:53. > :26:01.and 50 seconds on the clock, fantastic, Andrew Cotter is still to

:26:02. > :26:06.come off the scene in. England live is after this match, Scottish rugby

:26:07. > :26:09.fans after e-mailing us over the last few weeks in utter despair,

:26:10. > :26:24.send us a few messages of hope and happiness.

:26:25. > :26:30.We talk about the England World Cup, one of the World Cup players is with

:26:31. > :26:34.us. Yes, somebody who wore the white

:26:35. > :26:39.jersey of England with pride and skill, Neil back. We have been

:26:40. > :26:44.puzzled as to why this game is only 3-0. We have two teams who really

:26:45. > :26:47.want to play heads up rugby, don't they? For purists it is a brilliant

:26:48. > :26:53.game, really exciting, the physicality is immense and

:26:54. > :26:58.tactically you can see both sides beating each other out. Ireland have

:26:59. > :27:01.moved on from their first two games, a bit more expansive and ball in

:27:02. > :27:04.hand and they need to do that but England, particularly the back

:27:05. > :27:12.three, carry on what they are doing and find those links. It has been a

:27:13. > :27:16.long road back for England in many ways. How encouraged were you buy

:27:17. > :27:20.what you are seeing of the men in white and a Stuart Lancaster gushed

:27:21. > :27:26.about What is encouraging as the team -- the teams Manship is there

:27:27. > :27:30.and the core values, we have to continue progressing the attacking

:27:31. > :27:34.philosophy which through the Six Nations and what we're doing today,

:27:35. > :27:38.these young boys at the back have no fear. They have to go for it. That

:27:39. > :27:42.is the only way we will progress and potentially feature heavily in the

:27:43. > :27:46.World Cup. There is never any danger of you not going for it. Thank you.

:27:47. > :27:53.thank you. JOHN INVERDALE: The points to nil

:27:54. > :27:56.up, you get a penalty within kicking range, England kick for the corner

:27:57. > :28:00.and did not get any points out of it and you were shaking your head. I

:28:01. > :28:04.think in the team room last night, if you said this situation, what we

:28:05. > :28:08.should do, everyone would have gone for goal and they lost composure

:28:09. > :28:13.there. They should have gone for it, build a score, 6-0 would have been

:28:14. > :28:18.better than 3-0. We can analyse at the end of the game whether it is

:28:19. > :28:22.the right call or not. Let's hope the second half is half as good as

:28:23. > :28:24.the first because this is what watching and savouring International

:28:25. > :28:30.Rugby Board all about. Let's go back to the commentators.

:28:31. > :28:40.Tom Wood waits to receive Ireland's kick-off. We are under way cup.

:28:41. > :28:57.Unbelievably, it is 3-0. Only 3-0. Tom Wood takes the catch.

:28:58. > :29:05.There is a bit of pushing and shoving. Are certainly was a

:29:06. > :29:11.Porsche. Whether it was an obstructing run, I don't know. It

:29:12. > :29:19.doesn't matter. Craig Joubert, who is the sole arbiter of fact on the

:29:20. > :29:25.pitch. Jonny Sexton takes a long time. He just nudges Ireland to the

:29:26. > :29:34.22. At what point will Ireland utilise what has been four tries,

:29:35. > :29:37.the driving line-out? They haven't got close enough yet. Whether they

:29:38. > :29:41.fancy their chances remains to be seen. This English pack have been

:29:42. > :29:55.putting pressure on Ireland, more than any other pack so far. Jamie

:29:56. > :30:05.Heaslip, tackled by Ben Morgan. A quick or! A brilliant pass. To Rob

:30:06. > :30:17.Kearney! A well worked Irish try. A fantastic line! It worked like a

:30:18. > :30:23.dream. I just had a momentary thought, well the concentration

:30:24. > :30:27.levels from the first half be maintained? The answer to that is

:30:28. > :30:35.that Ireland were sharper. Look at the gap. Almost like what Mike Brown

:30:36. > :30:41.did at Kearney was coming so fast that nobody could come near him. Not

:30:42. > :30:51.content to stay out wide, offering options. Seven points. A great

:30:52. > :30:58.player. Top-class. That was right out of the book of Joe Schmidt.

:30:59. > :31:14.England's dealt with the kick-off, they got the ball, aged two bit

:31:15. > :31:22.posh. -- push. Ireland are in the lead, seven points. A curling

:31:23. > :31:31.finish. The contest continues. That is well done I Billy Twelvetrees.

:31:32. > :31:37.Tom Wood! To Jonny May. Peter O'Mahony make such an important

:31:38. > :31:48.tackle. Ireland are going to turn this over. Jonny May has to get his

:31:49. > :31:58.hands off that ball. There was that concentration again. That nearly

:31:59. > :32:03.cost Ireland. Just a bit of hesitancy under kick-offs from

:32:04. > :32:13.Ireland, nobody claiming that. Are Twelvetrees wanted it. The ball goes

:32:14. > :32:24.out. -- are Twelvetrees. Billy Twelvetrees.

:32:25. > :32:41.We waited 40 minutes for a try and did not have one in the first half.

:32:42. > :32:52.Barely had the second half started and Ireland scored eight each. -- a

:32:53. > :32:56.peach. It was going to take something different to break it.

:32:57. > :33:06.Jonny May could have gone for the corner. Stretched out. Easy to say

:33:07. > :33:18.from up here! Line with the delivery. -- Peter O'Mahony. And

:33:19. > :33:23.that is so effective, it begs the question, why have they not tried it

:33:24. > :33:32.earlier? And they get a second penalty. They do that so well but

:33:33. > :33:39.once it gets moving, unless you can spin it, it will hit the players who

:33:40. > :33:50.have broken away. The only way to bring it down.

:33:51. > :34:03.What are the chances of them trying the same thing? Reasonably good.

:34:04. > :34:07.That is Joe Schmidt, you expect him to do something and he does

:34:08. > :34:11.something is. Maybe that is why they have not done it yet because we have

:34:12. > :34:29.all been expecting it. -- something else. Longer. -- that is long.

:34:30. > :34:40.The right idea, but Ron Dickson fusion. -- the wrong execution. By

:34:41. > :34:44.side -- by the time they are going into five phases, the teams are so

:34:45. > :34:55.organised that there is no way through.

:34:56. > :35:07.Ben Morgan, wearing 28. Billy Vunipola is off the field. Not

:35:08. > :35:13.comfortable again for England, it has been turned over. Another

:35:14. > :35:17.penalty to Ireland. Wilson was under pressure and he went down. Jonny

:35:18. > :35:34.May! In trouble! Cheers, mate! It is a throw for Ireland. It

:35:35. > :35:45.increases the pressure again. Why would you ever want to do that? You

:35:46. > :35:55.have got one chance. David Wilson turning in to stop the drive. That

:35:56. > :36:00.could have been got away. But Ireland are slowly turning the

:36:01. > :36:08.screw. Devin Toner. And Jamie Heaslip.

:36:09. > :36:22.It is a line-out and drive. It has caused real damage on the two

:36:23. > :36:27.occasions they have used it. Penalty advantage is being played. And it

:36:28. > :36:34.has been a stirring start to the second half I Ireland. What is

:36:35. > :36:39.Courtney Lawes doing? -- by Ireland. If that had been a third or fourth

:36:40. > :36:48.offence, that would have in a yellow card. I do not and he is going to

:36:49. > :36:55.get it. -- that would have been. Courtney Lawes is legal. He got a

:36:56. > :37:01.breakaway. He is saying he has got the ball but he is never going to

:37:02. > :37:08.get away with that. Never going backwards is he going to get away

:37:09. > :37:14.with that. And the first couple of minutes of the second half, an

:37:15. > :37:22.opportunity for Ireland to get a bit of daylight. Which in a game like

:37:23. > :37:30.this, it is huge. It will force England to play if Johnny Sexton can

:37:31. > :37:35.convert this. It is important for England not to panic. They have been

:37:36. > :37:42.playing with greater chances. The last thing you want to do is to

:37:43. > :38:05.force things. But the momentum has decisively changed.

:38:06. > :38:12.That is goodbye Johnny Sexton and Ireland are converting this

:38:13. > :38:13.second-half pressure into the points that did not come in the first.

:38:14. > :38:23.England three, Ireland ten. Owen Farrell to Courtney Lawes.

:38:24. > :39:21.Johnny Sexton bounces off them. Danny Care has to go digging and

:39:22. > :39:29.Ireland come away with a penalty. Jonathan. I watch Leinster every

:39:30. > :39:33.week and they do a lot of this. Watch what goes on here, Paul

:39:34. > :39:41.O'Connell, a bit of interference here. You target Hartley. They run

:39:42. > :39:45.the blind shoulder, a great move but Paul O'Connell, a bit of

:39:46. > :39:55.infringement. A great try, well worked.

:39:56. > :40:05.Johnny Sexton has a word with the captain, Paul O'Connell, as he goes

:40:06. > :40:11.past. I learned not rushing to this line-out. -- Ireland or not. They do

:40:12. > :40:15.not need to, they have enough experience in the pack and the back

:40:16. > :40:25.to know how to play from here. England have got to get back into

:40:26. > :40:29.the game. A good catch, a good delivery by Peter O'Mahony. Peter

:40:30. > :40:49.O'Mahony again. That is a wonderful catch. And Jonny

:40:50. > :40:56.May comes away with it. A great run by the Gloucester wing. That is an

:40:57. > :41:13.overlap for England. Twelvetrees. Courtney Lawes, Brown outside him.

:41:14. > :41:20.A change of direction by Owen Farrell.

:41:21. > :41:36.Paul O'Connell, offside. Quickly taken by Danny Care. Tom Wood. Danny

:41:37. > :41:48.Care again. To Twelvetrees. That is the Ireland goal line. Luther

:41:49. > :42:03.Burrell, strong. One metre short. Overlap. Brown is on his own. They

:42:04. > :42:13.must go right. They have gone left! It has come loose.

:42:14. > :42:26.It is going to be a penalty. But in terms of what an opportunity they

:42:27. > :42:33.had, what about that? The scrum-half cannot see everything. Look here.

:42:34. > :42:39.The closest Irish defender has just moved back out. England had 20

:42:40. > :42:44.metres. I do not blame Danny Care because he has got to make sure

:42:45. > :42:48.people do not take the ball. The people behind him have to be

:42:49. > :42:52.communicating that. The intensity and the noise is so loud, I do not

:42:53. > :43:00.think he can hear much. But there is a communication problem and it is

:43:01. > :43:04.not second nature to look wide. A simple penalty kick for Owen

:43:05. > :43:05.Farrell, England get three points. It should have been more. England

:43:06. > :43:22.six, Ireland ten. We have had points in the second

:43:23. > :43:39.half, opportunities. Billy Vunipola, he went off in the

:43:40. > :43:46.first-half, is back out. It is a good response, though not but it

:43:47. > :43:56.should have been. Not ten metres straight out of play. That is a

:43:57. > :44:05.penalty conceded and restart straight out. Little mistakes. That

:44:06. > :44:09.was well within the control of an experienced fly half like Johnny

:44:10. > :44:15.Sexton. I don't know why you would play with the margins, there are.

:44:16. > :44:25.Hitting 23 yards too far, no problem. Why flirt with the ten

:44:26. > :44:32.metre line? Not wise. An interesting formation with the England back is.

:44:33. > :44:38.Ben Morgan. It doesn't matter where they stand, because Jack Nowell will

:44:39. > :44:42.have to do that, cover for the mistake. That is well done by him,

:44:43. > :44:57.going backwards. Good improvisation. Great pastor Mike Brown! The pass

:44:58. > :45:03.back to Danny Care! Danny Care for the line! The game has been written

:45:04. > :45:12.to open! It is turning into a classic! Let's go right back to that

:45:13. > :45:23.pass from Ben Morgan which was cleared up by Jack Nowell. Ireland

:45:24. > :45:32.couldn't put him on the floor. Danny Care, he is often the catalyst for

:45:33. > :45:38.things that England do well. Mike Brown keeps his head. Very easy when

:45:39. > :45:53.you get into awkward spaces not to do that. Owen Farrell at the points

:45:54. > :45:58.for the conversion. Stuart Lancaster giving nothing away! There is still

:45:59. > :46:03.everything to play for at Twickenham. This was the initial

:46:04. > :46:10.mistake. Ultimately, that is what cost Ireland. Yes, they were not

:46:11. > :46:15.wise to that. They had an opportunity to regain possession,

:46:16. > :46:19.but England, having been on the back foot, they have made the break.

:46:20. > :46:24.Their man of the match so far, Ike Brown, made the difference. I think

:46:25. > :46:41.we are in for a classic! That was a little bit long in that

:46:42. > :47:14.time from Johnny Sexton! Rory Best tries to get the holes on

:47:15. > :47:25.him. They are doing it again, Ireland. Yes, and Ireland put in. --

:47:26. > :47:31.and Ireland put in. That could have been worse for England, Billy

:47:32. > :47:38.Twelvetrees cleared up. Good work in the tackle by Ireland, they do that

:47:39. > :47:45.so well. Mike Brown, again, the most effective carrier. He does have to

:47:46. > :47:51.run back through a bit of space, and that adds to your, but, even so. --

:47:52. > :48:38.that adds to it. Johnny Sexton with the variety, but

:48:39. > :48:44.Danny Care read that well. Well played, Danny Care! What made that

:48:45. > :48:50.kick even better was that he was going backwards, under pressure. It

:48:51. > :48:53.was an improvised kick. Johnny Sexton is conscious that there is

:48:54. > :48:56.space in behind the England defence, but that doesn't appear

:48:57. > :49:04.that his team-mates on same wavelength. And the kicks have been

:49:05. > :49:12.a little bit too far, as well. He is really trying to create space by

:49:13. > :49:16.bringing in both wingers and running the angles, but so far end and are

:49:17. > :49:22.covering it, pretty well. What England need to do here is spin it,

:49:23. > :49:28.so Ireland can drive it straight on and it would have to come round. If

:49:29. > :49:56.you let a side get straight, then you are in trouble.

:49:57. > :50:07.You excellent defence by England at the break down. That was Rob Carney

:50:08. > :50:19.trying one to too many, and finding himself isolated. -- Rob journey.

:50:20. > :50:27.The interesting thing will be to see what they do with their

:50:28. > :50:31.substitutions. England are looking very strong. I would tend to leave

:50:32. > :50:39.the team on the field of Lake. England are coming more and more

:50:40. > :50:45.into the game after a tough start. Well, that is about as good as you

:50:46. > :50:54.would get. The bench now becomes a fact. Mike Ross comes off and on

:50:55. > :51:07.comes Martin Moore. He has done his job, hasn't he?

:51:08. > :51:17.England set up the drive. Ben Morgan has it. They are on the march. Danny

:51:18. > :51:32.Care comes away with it. They are going to be held up again!

:51:33. > :51:38.That really isn't good enough. They have to get the ball down. This is

:51:39. > :51:44.touch and go for Ireland. England have their tails up and they have

:51:45. > :51:48.all the momentum. Ireland are starting to look a little bit less

:51:49. > :51:54.sure of themselves. Ironically, the things that have given momentum back

:51:55. > :52:03.to England's is the kicking game, which went so well against Wales.

:52:04. > :52:08.Kicks are a little bit too long, were on that occasion, too short. --

:52:09. > :52:22.or on that occasion. They can't afford to mess around too

:52:23. > :53:03.much in their own 22. The beauty of the long left boot of

:53:04. > :53:11.Rob Kearney! For England to come away with nothing there, they should

:53:12. > :53:17.be disappointed. Joe Marler has fought well. Mako Vunipola comes on,

:53:18. > :54:10.wearing 17. Did that go forward? The referee is

:54:11. > :54:18.checking, yes it did. Craig Joubert getting the call from one of his

:54:19. > :54:24.assistants. Jonathan! If the Irish try was a Leinster try, this was a

:54:25. > :54:33.harlequins try. The ball goes out to Chris Robshaw. He did so to men. The

:54:34. > :54:38.support play of the scrum-half, Danny Care, he is the one who makes

:54:39. > :54:42.the effort. Mike Brown takes two defenders and then it is a straight

:54:43. > :54:50.run to the line. That is a brilliant England try, a harlequins try. If

:54:51. > :54:57.you doubted that the physical aspect of this game was less than any

:54:58. > :55:02.other, you will see that... It is very difficult actually when you are

:55:03. > :55:10.not watching it live to see just how hard these players hit each other.

:55:11. > :55:28.Fergus McFadden comes on. It is Andrew Trimble who will come off.

:55:29. > :55:39.Fergus McFadden goes to the right wing. This is a scrum in the middle

:55:40. > :55:42.of the field. Eddie, when sides want to stay up and hooked the ball the

:55:43. > :56:16.scrum works perfectly well! Too far . Too far on both counts.

:56:17. > :56:24.That is a couple of mistakes from Jack Nowell under the high balls.

:56:25. > :56:37.Also, he had space to choose where he was going to kick. Craig Joubert

:56:38. > :57:50.giving Ireland the Harrier. -- the hurry up. The time has just flown by

:57:51. > :58:18.This is one of the replacements, hurry up. The time has just flown by

:58:19. > :58:27.This is one of the replacements, battering into each other. They are

:58:28. > :58:32.wide here. It has gone to ground. The Leinster combination of Brian

:58:33. > :58:40.O'Driscoll and Johnny Sexton could not hold on to it so what was

:58:41. > :58:46.building promisingly ends abruptly. It was overcomplicated. Did the

:58:47. > :58:51.skill of Brian O'Driscoll overcomplicate this? Johnny Sexton

:58:52. > :59:01.was not expecting that, he was going to take the ball forward. Well, a

:59:02. > :59:06.very palpable hit on Danny Care. England's scrambled defence coping

:59:07. > :59:15.again. Earlier on in that move, Ireland had a four on two briefly

:59:16. > :59:22.that it was not recognised. -- but it was not recognised. 69 minutes

:59:23. > :59:28.have gone. Joe Schmidt will want a monumental effort from his front

:59:29. > :59:42.five. Get a penalty, obviously. Cian Healy against Wilson and England are

:59:43. > :59:48.sent records. Scrummage. -- records. -- backwards. Wilson has had only 47

:59:49. > :59:57.minutes of rugby this year. He has had more on this field! That was

:59:58. > :00:11.Cian Healy. Ireland do want to make front row

:00:12. > :00:21.changes. Sean Cronin and Jack McGrath are coming on. Ireland need

:00:22. > :00:28.to get England moving back. This is a good scrum from Ireland. There is

:00:29. > :00:36.a hand in here somewhere. It is an England hand and that is a penalty.

:00:37. > :00:46.David Wilson does come off. Henry Thomas comms on. A lot of been

:00:47. > :00:54.written about Henry Thomas and his potential. -- comes on. A cap in

:00:55. > :01:01.Argentina where they do know about scrummage, so we will see. Wilson

:01:02. > :01:08.has done well considering he has played a limited amount of rugby.

:01:09. > :01:18.This is the try for Rob Kearney. This is the try for Danny Care.

:01:19. > :01:29.13-10, England lead. They will have some defending to do. More changes

:01:30. > :01:37.for England. Dave Attwood into the second row. And Tom Wood is coming

:01:38. > :01:43.off. Ireland have also made changes. Iain Henderson is coming on. Joe

:01:44. > :01:51.Launchbury is going to blindside. I do not know if there is an injury.

:01:52. > :02:02.This is a crucial scrum for Ireland with ten minutes left.

:02:03. > :02:14.Thomas has done well. Gordon D'Arcy on the charge. Moving forward. Not

:02:15. > :02:24.held. This is Iain Henderson, the new,. Rory Best. -- newcomer.

:02:25. > :02:35.Ireland set up the maul. Paul O'Connell has it.

:02:36. > :02:46.That is good work I Dave Attwood, that should eat a maul. England have

:02:47. > :02:52.to be careful. They are careful. You can see what it means to Jonny May.

:02:53. > :02:57.The work of the forwards. That was great work by Dave Attwood. Jonny

:02:58. > :03:03.May is screaming with delight. Another set played by Ireland. They

:03:04. > :03:07.constricted that and did not get the opportunity from the line-out, but

:03:08. > :03:16.they created the situation themselves. Very clever. Everyone

:03:17. > :03:23.bound. As soon as the tackle comes, it is a maul. Clever play. Cian

:03:24. > :03:38.Healy is heading for the sidelines. Jack McGrath comes on. Another big

:03:39. > :03:42.scrum. It is indeed, Philip. The England women 's game against

:03:43. > :03:48.Ireland is being played immediately after this. Entry is free so have a

:03:49. > :03:54.beer, come back to the stadium and support the teams.

:03:55. > :04:09.Danny Care. Ireland again get the drive-on. They need to get men in

:04:10. > :04:19.here. Ben Morgan now has a bandage. Mike Brown clears it. That is a

:04:20. > :04:28.great kick. Whose throw is it? Ireland's. But England have got away

:04:29. > :04:34.with it. They were not penalised for a hand in the scrum. And to be

:04:35. > :04:39.fair, they did the job that was necessary to hold the scrum long

:04:40. > :04:47.enough. Henry Thomas, both new props.

:04:48. > :04:57.This will come down to one bit of indecision, a lack of discipline, or

:04:58. > :05:04.one bit of inspiration. Iain Henderson wins the line-out. Ireland

:05:05. > :05:13.still in their own half. Brian O'Driscoll takes the tackle. Paul

:05:14. > :05:23.O'Connell, the captain. Still in their own half, Ireland. Tackling

:05:24. > :05:30.does not get any less brutal. Jonny May is back.

:05:31. > :05:42.I am not entirely sure Jonny May did not step outside his 22. It will be

:05:43. > :05:50.a first cap for Jordi Murphy on the left. Sean Cronin, the hooker, but

:05:51. > :05:57.said the -- the 33rd cap for hooker. What a moment, one for his first cap

:05:58. > :06:00.for Ireland. There is a lead here for England to protect. Rory Best

:06:01. > :06:25.comes off. Chris Henry follows his. Colleague.

:06:26. > :06:31.-- Ulster. Paul O'Connell wins. This is the new player, Jordi Murphy.

:06:32. > :06:41.Ireland have divorced a penalty and keep this in. -- Ireland have two

:06:42. > :06:52.force. -- to force. Courtney Lawes has gone out of the maul. Conor

:06:53. > :06:58.Murray was forward. Craig Joubert was in the way a bit. That is

:06:59. > :07:08.crucial at this stage in the game. England make a change at hooker. Tom

:07:09. > :07:20.Youngs. Dylan Hartley comes off. Dylan Hartley has been good again.

:07:21. > :07:22.His line-out work. I do not know why you bring someone on for five

:07:23. > :07:48.minutes. Thomas is doing well. Jonny May is

:07:49. > :07:53.in space! Johnny Sexton comes up to his 22. He cannot get past, slightly

:07:54. > :08:11.on his own. Gordon D'Arcy. Jamie Heaslip. He takes on Joe

:08:12. > :08:20.Launchbury and he keeps going. Devin Toner.

:08:21. > :08:38.They are taking the ball standing still at the moment. Ireland head

:08:39. > :08:49.back towards their 22. Fergus McFadden to Rob Kearney.

:08:50. > :09:00.Brian O'Driscoll. That is an important tackle by Vunipola. A prop

:09:01. > :09:10.on the centre. Has the ball come forward? The referee is playing on.

:09:11. > :09:20.Excellent tackle, Fergus McFadden. Courtney Lawes. England have to be

:09:21. > :09:26.careful, any doubt, they should get back to their defence.

:09:27. > :09:36.Three minutes left. The kicking game has not really worked for Johnny

:09:37. > :09:45.Sexton. Rob Kearney is back in possession. I do not know why Johnny

:09:46. > :09:50.Sexton is in the pocket anyway. A long pass to Gordon D'Arcy. Another

:09:51. > :10:00.long pass to Brian O'Driscoll. Sean Cronin, the hooker. If he had not

:10:01. > :10:07.slept, he may have been in. -- slipped. It has been turned over.

:10:08. > :10:15.Conor Murray goes back, and Fergus McFadden.

:10:16. > :10:36.This is great from both teams. Flying in! Jordi Murphy. Jamie

:10:37. > :11:02.Heaslip. Brian O'Driscoll today's Kearney. --

:11:03. > :11:15.to Kearney. He gets away from Joe Launchbury. Colin Murray. The

:11:16. > :11:21.replacement props together. Ireland are in the England 22. Fergus

:11:22. > :11:34.McFadden fighting towards... A turnover bell, Luther Burrell claims

:11:35. > :11:40.it. -- ball. Jonny May, and it rolls into touch and there is one minutes

:11:41. > :11:45.left. Until macro occasions, Ireland had been the authors of that own

:11:46. > :11:53.misfortune, turning the ball over in possession. -- their own. Both sides

:11:54. > :11:58.have shown enormous commitment and skill and this has been fantastic!

:11:59. > :12:03.There has been nothing between both sides and the statistics will show

:12:04. > :12:08.that story but it will not show the intensity and the pace. A draw would

:12:09. > :12:12.have been a good result for Ireland and kept their challenging hopes

:12:13. > :12:19.alive, they have not gone for it. It is little or nothing, they will have

:12:20. > :12:26.to get a miracle here. Do not underestimate the tackle by Joe

:12:27. > :12:33.Lynch are. -- Joe Launchbury. Brian O'Driscoll is coming off. We still

:12:34. > :12:43.have a line-out to come. It is run by Iain Henderson. -- won. I was

:12:44. > :12:48.just going to say, do not give a penalty await as the clock does not

:12:49. > :12:54.go down. They have time to kick to touch. Brian O'Driscoll needs one

:12:55. > :12:59.more test to become the most capped player of all time. Ireland have

:13:00. > :13:06.time for one last line-out. They know it is the last. They are taking

:13:07. > :13:15.even more time than usual. Ryan, who is the man of the match? -- Brian.

:13:16. > :13:21.Mike Brown is the obvious choice. He has been the catalyst for everything

:13:22. > :13:32.today for England. He has excelled. Gordon D'Arcy. Owen Farrell. It is a

:13:33. > :13:37.maul. That is it. Ireland are desperate to get this to ground.

:13:38. > :13:43.England are trying their best. If it stays up, it is over. They should

:13:44. > :13:49.wake down now because they do not have to let go of the ball. --

:13:50. > :13:55.breakdown. That is it. Stuart Lancaster knows, the management

:13:56. > :14:00.knows, the player no -- the players know. It has been an excellent game

:14:01. > :14:05.of rugby. The halfway game of the weekend of the Six Nations and three

:14:06. > :14:10.fantastic matches, this is the pick! A home victory for England. They

:14:11. > :14:18.have played three and they have one two. Mike round, and outstanding

:14:19. > :14:27.performance. A great atmosphere at Twickenham -- Mike Brown.

:14:28. > :14:34.England can look at their emotional strength today, because they didn't

:14:35. > :14:38.crumble when it looked like Ireland was going to open up daylight. Their

:14:39. > :14:46.resolve, and their belief, stayed throughout. Much needed for Stuart

:14:47. > :14:50.Lancaster. What was best about today from the end and point of view is

:14:51. > :14:59.that the experienced players stood up and didn't panic. Four teams

:15:00. > :15:00.might have all lost once. The Championship is going to be a

:15:01. > :15:10.thriller! If you have been sitting at home in

:15:11. > :15:19.front of you television for the last five hours, you have had two

:15:20. > :15:28.riveting games of rugby. You felt right until the final whistle that

:15:29. > :15:31.Ireland could have snuck a score. I think they became men today. We got

:15:32. > :15:37.to buy them experience, but they came up against a very experienced

:15:38. > :15:44.side ended very well. It seems that week after week, England's best

:15:45. > :15:52.player is? Mike Brown, just type a guy win was

:15:53. > :15:57.that for England? Every game is huge for us. They were unbeaten and we

:15:58. > :16:02.wanted to set out a marker today. I thought the boys were fantastic. One

:16:03. > :16:09.to 15, the guys coming off the bench were awesome. The momentum seemed to

:16:10. > :16:13.be with Ireland's when Rob Kearney scored just after the break. What

:16:14. > :16:19.was the message at half-time? Just to stick to what we were doing well

:16:20. > :16:25.and finish of the phases. I thought the crowd were outstanding and

:16:26. > :16:31.really pushed us through. How much did you enjoy the winning try by

:16:32. > :16:43.Danny Care. Chris Robshaw, Mike Brown, to Danny Care, a harlequins

:16:44. > :16:50.try! It was a great off-load and fair play to Danny Care, it was a

:16:51. > :16:54.great support line. It was an arm wrestle between you and Rob Kearney

:16:55. > :16:58.for man of the match, but you got the nod, you are the man of the

:16:59. > :17:07.match. Well done stop thank you, Cheers. Brian O'Driscoll'scareer

:17:08. > :17:14.will end without ever having scored a try in Twickenham. Where is your

:17:15. > :17:18.money? We are going to have a fantastic couple of weeks! Keith

:17:19. > :17:25.Wood, how disappointed only be from an Irish respective? I think you

:17:26. > :17:30.will be -- you would have to be very disappointed. I thought England were

:17:31. > :17:35.dynamite after 15 minutes of the second half. The manner in which

:17:36. > :17:41.they played at the game, they did incredibly well. Ireland lost a

:17:42. > :17:47.little bit of composure. They were the Strait at that some other game

:17:48. > :17:53.plan, some of the kicking was loose. Some other handling, too. In terms

:17:54. > :17:59.of defence, the defence from England was phenomenal. England were giving

:18:00. > :18:04.penalties away at the start of the second half, and the try that Rob

:18:05. > :18:09.Kearney scored game as a consequence as a piece of indiscipline. I think

:18:10. > :18:18.it was an experience. Just keen to get involved. It was a silly

:18:19. > :18:24.mistake. Joe Schmidt has done his work. The way they set this up.

:18:25. > :18:27.There are a few obstructions as people are running different lines

:18:28. > :18:31.and taking the defenders and all sorts of different areas. For my

:18:32. > :18:38.mind it is a land move and it is so well executed. There is Joe

:18:39. > :18:42.Launchburyv circle. Watch Paul O'Connell. He will mess around with

:18:43. > :18:50.him. Johnny Sexton is taking the defenders away. There is so much

:18:51. > :18:55.going on. Bob O'Connor were blocked Joe Launchburyv. The ball has gone

:18:56. > :19:09.inside the space that has been left and Rob just step through. Executed

:19:10. > :19:14.brilliantly. So there was this try, then a penalty, and we were thinking

:19:15. > :19:19.it was Ireland'sgame. Danny Care score the try that won the match.

:19:20. > :19:27.What could you make of the way that Mike Brown made a key line? It was

:19:28. > :19:33.an inexplicable miss from Johnny Sexton. If you really want to get to

:19:34. > :19:41.the top of world rugby, you can make those mistakes. These are training

:19:42. > :19:53.room runs and it just came off. You can see there are four or five white

:19:54. > :19:56.shirts there. You just go left, Right, left, right and you're

:19:57. > :20:04.waiting for the fullback to head the gap. Conor Murray got hurt in the

:20:05. > :20:12.previous play and he was still coming up. Mike Brown called from

:20:13. > :20:18.behind to attack the line. All it needs is just a little gap. Dieppe

:20:19. > :20:21.and flew off the game has been highlighted by how the try have been

:20:22. > :20:29.scored. You think one side is on top, then comes a try and it all

:20:30. > :20:32.flips over. For all the experience of Ireland, when he started to chase

:20:33. > :20:40.the game they started to make the stakes. They did. For me that is not

:20:41. > :20:49.having your hands up. That is just bad. Ireland did get a little bit

:20:50. > :20:55.panicky. I thought Luther Burrell was fantastic today, as was Courtney

:20:56. > :20:59.Lawes. The pressure about the English defence put on, you have to

:21:00. > :21:05.give them credit. We spoke before the game about the campaign and the

:21:06. > :21:10.slogans, and everybody in the studio said you have got to win the game

:21:11. > :21:13.first. I'm sure Stuart Lancaster is very happy.

:21:14. > :21:19.There was a wonderful moment near the ends when the ball was kicked

:21:20. > :21:26.into touch and we finally saw you smile! Is it a sense of relief?

:21:27. > :21:32.Yes! It was a really good test match, wasn't it? I think we should

:21:33. > :21:39.great maturity in closing by the game. Great tries, as well. Really

:21:40. > :21:47.pleased. In terms of the context of what is at stake, is that the most

:21:48. > :21:51.significant win of your ten year? I think so. Given the experience of

:21:52. > :21:56.the Ireland team, the form they are in, the quality of the coaching, and

:21:57. > :22:04.a relative inexperience of our team, I am so proud. A fantastic tackled

:22:05. > :22:10.by a Joe Launchbury on Dave Kearney, was said about this much

:22:11. > :22:15.defence is attack today? Yes, I think it was. Once we got the lead

:22:16. > :22:24.we just held on in. It was fantastic. Well done, to you.

:22:25. > :22:29.Final thoughts? I think that is the best win of this England team. It

:22:30. > :22:34.was a massive win. That was a defining moment. I think England to

:22:35. > :22:39.go online to become something quite special. We have one or two players

:22:40. > :22:45.still to come in. The competition will be fantastic. I think that sets

:22:46. > :22:51.up England really well. Where is the balance of power in The

:22:52. > :22:57.Championship? Still with Ireland's, they have the points difference.

:22:58. > :23:05.They will be upset. Italy beat Ireland last year, but they just

:23:06. > :23:12.can't take that for granted. We have the woman 6-nation coming up on the

:23:13. > :23:16.red button. Thanks for watching, to switch over and continued the debate

:23:17. > :23:20.on the red button, the only uncertainty in this -- the only

:23:21. > :23:25.certainty in this year 's championship, there will a Grand

:23:26. > :23:33.Slam, but I think we can also be sure that there will be a grand

:23:34. > :23:38.Canal a! -- grand finale!