Resilient Ireland Prove Too Much for England

Colm O’Donoghue | Staff Writer Rarely has a team played such satisfactorily boring rugby. There is not much spectacular about how Ireland dismantled England in the Aviva Stadium on Sunday, but it was lovely to watch. As soon as Jonathan Sexton converted Robbie Henshaw’s marvellous try England were down 16 points and the game was over with about 25 minutes left on the clock. Ireland started brightly, taking the game to England. James Haskell gave up a very silly penalty for going off his feet in the ruck and Sexton duly slotted the 3. Ireland then started to turn the screw in England’s territory, with … Continue reading Resilient Ireland Prove Too Much for England