Ireland suffered humiliating record defeat at the hands of England, conceding eight tries in the sun of Twickenham this afternoon.
The lineout seriously malfunctioned – as it has all season – recording only a 56% success rate, far from the targets a professional outfit should be hitting.
England (22) 57
TRY: Joe Cokanasiga (2), Elliot Daly, Manu Tuilagi, Maro Itoje, George Kruis, Tom Curry, Luke Cowan-Dickie.
CON: Owen Farrell (6), George Ford
PEN: Owen Farrell
Ireland (10) 15
TRY: Jordan Larmour, Bundee Ali
CON: Ross Byrne
PEN: Ross Byrne
Despite this, Ireland made a decent start. Jordan Larmour scored after Iain Henderson won the ball off George Kruis from the lineout. The bounce of the ball off a Jacob Stockdale kick fell kindly to the Leinster man who dotted down.
Then the nightmare began.
England put the . . .
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