Ireland vs England as it happened: Grand Slam goes begging again as Iain Henderson try seals Irish victory
Follow the latest from the final day of the Six Nations
England suffered a repeat of their 2011 Grand Slam nightmare as Ireland secured a 13-9 victory to deny them a second consecutive clean sweep, ending their 18-match unbeaten streak and dealing Eddie Jones his first defeat as head coach. Re-live the action here.
- Ireland beat England 13-9 to deny the Grand Slam
- Iain Henderson scores the only try midway through the first half
- Jonathan Sexton scores Ireland's other eight points
- Owen Farrell replies with three penalties but England outplayed
- Wales suffer 102nd-minute heartbreak in 20-18 defeat by France
- Scotland beat Italy 29-0 to confirm Italians as Wooden Spoon recipients
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Preview...
What time does it start?
Ireland vs England kicks off at 17:00 at the Aviva Stadium.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live in ITV from 16:00. You can also follow it with The Independent’s live blog here.
Teams...
Ireland: Jared Payne; Keith Earls, Garry Ringrose, Robbie Henshaw, Simon Zebo; Jonathan Sexton, Kieran Marmion; Jack McGrath, Rory Best, Tadhg Furlong, Donnacha Ryan, Iain Henderson, CJ Stander, Sean O'Brien, Jamie Heaslip.
Replacements: Niall Scannell, Cian Healy, John Ryan, Devin Toner, Peter O'Mahony, Luke McGrath, Paddy Jackson, Andrew Conway.
England: Mike Brown; Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly; George Ford, Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, Dylan Hartley, Dan Cole, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Maro Itoje, James Haskell, Billy Vunipola.
Replacements: Jamie George, Mako Vunipola, Kyle Sinckler, Tom Wood, Nathan Hughes, Danny Care, Ben Te'o, Jack Nowell.
72 mins: England attack down the blindside of the scrum through Care, Brown and Watson, but ireland do well to repel it ad force them back. Quick hands gives Nowell his first run but not much space to work with, and England aren't making progress. garces does them a favour though as he spots O'Mahony infringing in the ruck, and England get the penalty just inside the Irish half. As Farrll turns own the kick at goal to go for touch, a pitch invaders runs on behind him, applauding the crowd.
It's all very weird, but the important thing it Ireland steal the lineout! A huge call from England there.
75 mins: Ireland kick the ball away and Watson knocks on. Sexton punts downfield, but the touch judge spotted an Irish knock-on there too, so we'll come back for the Irish scrum on their own 10m.
76 mins: Care and Wood try to pressure McGrath, but Garces pings them for offside and Ireland have the penalty. Time is running out for England here. Tadhg Furlong comes off to a huge ovation, and John Ryan is on in the front-row.
78 mins: Sexton kicks over the line and to touch, and if England are going to win this, they need to go the length of the pitch. It's looking like Eddie Jones's first defeat and no Grand Slam...
80 mins: We're into the red on the clock and England have a scrum on their 22m line...
80 mins: Penalty to England and they tap it - they have no other option. They're up to the halfway line though. Surely not...
80 mins: Brown knocks the ball forwards!
IRELAND BEAT ENGLAND 13-9 AND DENY THEM THE GRAND SLAM!
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