England vs Ireland result: Irish Grand Slam dream ends as hosts deliver dominant victory

Re-live the action from the final Six Nations clash of the weekend at Twickenham

England vs Ireland Six Nations preview

Follow the latest updates live from Twickenham as England take on Ireland with their Six Nations championship hopes on the line.

Ireland arrive in London with two wins from two after seeing off Scotland and Wales, but face their toughest ask yet as they travel away from home for the first time to face an England side that got back to winning ways against Scotland last time out following the opening defeat against France – who are now favourites for the Six Nations title after their stunning win over Wales yesterday.

England boss Eddie Jones has made four personnel changes for the match, with Manu Tuilagi returning from injury and shifting Jonathan Joseph out to the wing for the first time as Elliot Daly moves to full-back, while Joe Marler, Courtney Lawes and Ben Youngs also return. Ireland meanwhile are forced into one change as Iain Henderson misses out following the birth of his son, with Devin Toner coming into the starting XV. Follow the live action below.

When is it?

England vs Ireland takes place on Sunday 23 February at Twickenham Stadium.

What time does it start?

The match kicks off at 3pm GMT.

Where can I watch it?

The match will be shown live on ITV from 2:10pm. Live coverage will also be shown online on the ITV Hub.

Highlights will be shown on BBC Two from 6pm.

Teams

England: Elliot Daly; Jonny May, Manu Tuilagi, Owen Farrell, Jonathan Joseph; George Ford, Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, Jamie George, Kyle Sinckler; Maro Itoje, George Kruis; Courtney Lawes, Sam Underhill, Tom Curry.

Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge, Will Stuart, Joe Launchbury, Charlie Ewels, Ben Earl, Willi Heinz, Henry Slade.

Ireland: Jordan Larmour; Andrew Conway, Robbie Henshaw, Bundee Aki, Jacob Stockdale; Johnny Sexton, Conor Murray; Cian Healy, Rob Herring, Tadhg Furlong; Devin Toner, James Ryan; Peter O’Mahony, Josh van der Flier, CJ Stander.

Replacements: Ronan Kelleher, Dave Kilcoyne, Andrew Porter, Ultan Dillane, Caelan Doris, John Cooney, Ross Byrne, Keith Earls.

Odds

England to win: 4/9

Ireland to win: 5/2

Draw: 25/1

Prediction

England 22-17 Ireland: There haven’t been many one-sided results so far this tournament and, with bad weather predicted once again this weekend, expect more of the same. The Twickenham factor should prove beneficial to England given what they did to Ireland here last August, and with Manu Tuilagi and Henry Slade back, the hosts seem to have a confidence about them this week that they have lacked this championship.

Key Points

• England 24-12 Ireland
• Sexton error hands George Ford the first try of the match
• Daly adds second try to double the lead
• Henshaw responds for Ireland but Cowan-Dickie try secures victory
• Porter adds late consolation for Ireland in defeat
• France beat Wales 27-23 in Cardiff cracker after Scotland whitewash Italy 17-0

[23 February 2020 15:11 · Jack de Menezes]

9 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

It's deja vu for Ireland! Youngs puts a nice chip in behind the defence that sits up perfectly on the try line, and it draw an error from of all people Johnny Sexton, who flaps at the ball and fails to gather under pressure from Farrell. With the ball loose, George Ford reacts first and dives on it to score the first try of the match, with Farrell adding the extras.

It's very similar to England's second try in Dublin last year when Stockdale got caught in exactly the same circumstances for Elliot Daly's try.

[23 February 2020 15:12 · Jack de Menezes]

11 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

Ireland win a penalty when May knocks on from an up and under and it hits a teammate in an offside position, and Sexton turns down the shot at goal and delivers a nice touch-finder about 10 metres out.

[23 February 2020 15:14 · Jack de Menezes]

13 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

Ireland get a good drive on and draw a penalty advantage for collapsing, which allows Sexton to put a high one up for Stockdale and Conway to contest with Daly. It's flapped back into Irish hands, but comes to nothing and a fresh penalty is given for Kruis not rolling away, while Lawes and George are singled out as the ones who came in at the side of the maul. This time, Sexton will go for goal.

[23 February 2020 15:15 · Jack de Menezes]

15 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

Sexton shanks it! That was a very simple one all things considered, and he's missed the left upright by quite some way. A let-off for England, but Sexton's had a shocker so far.

[23 February 2020 15:16 · Jack de Menezes]

15 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

From the 22m restart, Tuilagi knocks Stander into next week - and that takes some doing - and it's a textbook tackle from the wrecking ball centre. It gets Ireland on the back foot, and Stockdale knocks on after a poor pass from O'Mahony that hands England possession on the Irish 10m.

[23 February 2020 15:19 · Jack de Menezes]

18 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

Off the scrum England go wide and Daly, under intense pressure from Conway, just gets his kick off in time that only succeeds in finding Larmour, who can call the mark. His clearing kick is poor though and England have good territory, only for Ford to slice his cross-field kick and concede significant ground before Youngs knocks on on the halfway line. That was by all accounts poor from the fly-half.

[23 February 2020 15:22 · Jack de Menezes]

21 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

That's a big one for England as on the Irish put-in, Marler draws the penalty out of Furlong collapsing. Farrell then produces a supreme kick to touch on the five-metre line, but O'Mahony gets up like the set-piece devil he is to spoil the English lineout. It's palmed back on the Irish side, and judged to be a knocked on by England. Another chance gone.

[23 February 2020 15:25 · Jack de Menezes]

23 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

It's all going on now. Curry gets absolutely pole-axed by Ryan in a ruck cleanout, and Itoje takes great exception to it and gives it back. The game continues as Murray misses touch, but Itoje, Ryan and Stander are going at it on the deck to the point that Stander leaves without his shirt on. It's reviewed and there aren't any punches thrown, but a topless Stander then takes out Itoje once again after it's all finished. England eventually get a penalty for rugby-related matters down in the left corner, and Farrell kicks to touch o the five-metre line.

[23 February 2020 15:27 · Jack de Menezes]

25 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

England get a penalty advantage for Helay not releasing, and England end up in reverse, so they elect to kick again. Ford chips over and Stockdale just has to marshal this into touch ... TRY FOR ENGLAND!

Wait... it's gone to the TMO...

[23 February 2020 15:28 · Jack de Menezes]

25 mins: England 7-0 Ireland

The try is given!