He has not let me down. 30 Keith Earls 100 Rob Simmons (Australia). Johnny Sexton starts at fly-half for the 43rd time, a new record number of starts for a number 10 in the competition as he goes ahead of Jackie Kyle (Ireland, 42) and Stephen Jones (Wales, 42). Won 26-16 v Italy away (Six Nations) TM © England Rugby Travel 2008 - 2019. 53 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy) Won 22-13 v Scotland away (Six Nations) 406 Neil Jenkins (Wales) 10 turnovers conceded and zero clean breaks from the Irish so far tells its own story. Lost 57-15 v England away (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up) 546 Jonny Wilkinson (England) 288 Gavin Hastings (Scotland) 145 Denis Hickie, 46 Brian O’Driscoll 18 Cyril Lowe (England) Drew 38-38 v Scotland home (Six Nations) 217 Ollie Campbell 124 Rory Best The subscription service has the rights to show every match, starting with Wales vs Italy on 1st February. Daly and the unstoppable Manu Tuilagi were influential in a promising start but a poor pass from Ben Youngs found Courtney Lawes' head instead of his hands as England moved to within inches of the line. He was in front of May, who knocked on an attempted catch, and Ireland have now kicked to within 10 metres of the England line. Ireland's first successful kick of the afternoon, from the boot of replacement scrum-half Cooney. They were far from spectacular in their opening round victory over Scotland in Dublin, before a much-improved performance gave them a bonus-point victory against Wales on the same turf. Caelan Doris, the impressive Leinster No 8 who hobbled out of the Scotland victory with a head injury, takes a bench spot. England repel everything that Ireland can repel at them again, before Herring knocks on. England Won – 78 Quite simply, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers), Will Stuart (Bath), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Charlie Ewels (Bath), Ben Earl (Saracens), Willi Heinz (Gloucester), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs). *Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold. 55 Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) Tuilagi thunders through Sexton as England get motoring. 78 Joe Worsley 14 George Stephenson Lost 25-7 v Wales away (Six Nations) Big personalities, big players, big occasion. Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2019 Six Nations: Lost 32-20 v England home (Six Nations) Lost 32-12 v South Africa neutral (Rugby World Cup Final) It means Twickenham will relish the return in 2020. If there is one area which will determine the outcome of today's game it is the back-row battle. 119 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy) England have to track back and, after a mini break from Youngs, there's a knock-on that gives Ireland the scrum on halfway. Lawes carrying hard, Cowan-Dickie driving, Youngs sniping and Tuilagi thrashing, they make such good ground that an earlier penalty advantage - from first phase - is deemed over. England 24 - 12 Ireland. 121 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia) Won 57-15 v Ireland home (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up) On-field decision is try. Sun 9 February, Ireland 31-12 Wales. Sexton hurls a pass into Aki's chest, with the captain regathering in an offside position, conceding the penalty. 41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales, 1-Lions) We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. 232 Paul Grayson (England), Tries – Finn Russell has been recalled to the Scotland 40-man squad for the conclusion of the 2020 Six Nations and newly-launched Autumn Nations Cup this year, Scottish Rugby announced on Monday. 2002: England won 45-11, Twickenham Television Match Official: Marius Jonker (South Africa), Played – 135 560 David Humphreys No check with the TMO seems a little odd, too - May would probably have gone on to score and put the game to bed. This time Elliot Daly profits - The try is awarded after TMO review!#ITVRugby pic.twitter.com/UE5sENLvv3. A very disappointing first half, but I'm proud of the way we fought back in the second. Finn Russell has been recalled to the Scotland 40-man squad for the conclusion of the 2020 Six Nations and newly-launched Autumn Nations Cup this year, Scottish Rugby announced on Monday. 245 Brian O’Driscoll Dominant England end Ireland's Grand Slam hopes, Inspired France gear up for Six Nations finale with Wales win, Ireland set up "Super Saturday" decider as Six Nations returns, Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones to equal world record for test caps in France friendly, Six Nations: Ireland's Connors, Keenan make debuts in much-changed team to face Italy, Finn Russell returns to Scotland squad for Autumn internationals, Ireland coach Farrell includes uncapped Leinster quintet for Six Nations squad. 75 Mike Tindall If it wasn't already, that's the game well and truly over. A statistical preview of this afternoon’s crunch Guinness Six Nations clash between Triple Crown hopefuls Ireland and England at Twickenham Stadium (kick-off 3pm). 107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions) 122 Florin Vlaicu (Romania) Kruis comes in the side of a ruck, however, and Ireland are let off the hook. 67 – Paul Grayson 210 Rory Underwood 109 Jean de Villiers (South Africa) Daly was revelling in his return to full-back for the first time since the World Cup final and it was the Saracen who plundered the second try as Stockdale inexplicably dithered over Ford's cute kick, offering the score on a plate. It means Twickenham will relish the return in 2020. Their attack does have more about it. There weren’t many in Dublin who gave England a chance of victory in 2019 and yet Eddie Jones engineered a master-piece of an away performance. Odd, and not what his side needs. Their first test? Arguably, two of the top sides of the Championship. 103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions) 967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand) 83 Keith Earls 396 Rob Andrew A win for Ireland, too, could see the visitors at the summit of the table with two rounds left to play. That's a big try for England!#ITVRugby pic.twitter.com/GizE09EYPd. 18 Rory Underwood (England), Caps – Ireland counter after England's clearance through Earls, and May is caught offside, so Sexton gives his tea the lineout inside England's 22. 18 Gareth Edwards (Wales) 16 Jacob Stockdale 1083 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland) 111 Philippe Sella (France) 2003: England won 42-6, Lansdowne Road Furlong off for Ireland, with Porter replacing. Ireland have their score and they're back in the game. A line-out drive ended with Cowan-Dickie emerging with the ball and, although Ireland had the final say with a stoppage time try by Andrew Porter, it failed to distract from a heavy defeat. 97 Ben Youngs 70 Kevin Maggs We're striving for that and we're putting the effort in every day. 417 Owen Farrell (England) 139 George Gregan (Australia) Lost 21-13 v Wales away (Six Nations) 77 James Haskell Lost 13-6 v Wales away (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up) 819 Jonathan Sexton (810-Ireland, 5-Lions) 47 – David Humphreys 878 Matt Burke (Australia) Sun 2 February, France 13-19 England Sun 2 February, Ireland 18-14 Scotland Sun 2 February, Wales 15-19 Italy Related: Catch up on what happened in the first round of the 2020 Women’s Six Nations Round 2. Underhill sweeps up the Irish overthrow and England find themselves 10 metres out. We gave a very good team two tries from our mistakes. 40 Chris Latham (Australia), (Note: Daisuke Ohata scored 69 tries for Japan, but not all against major international opposition), 148 Richie McCaw (New Zealand) 90 Jonathan Sexton Arguably, two of the top sides of the Championship. Ulsterman Cooney is on for Murray, the latter of whom has had an afternoon to forget, in honesty. Especially Youngs, you'd argue. Stander tries to get the England captain off him by launching his arm at him; I wouldn't quite call it a punch, but it was aggressive. 16 Rob Kearney Lost 24-17 v France away (Six Nations) Ireland vs Italy Live Stream 2020 Round 4 | Full Match Replay. 84 Danny Care 145 Alun Wyn Jones (136-Wales, 9-Lions) A scrum 10 metres from the Ireland line. But it's another total shank. 101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy) 20 Chris Ashton Ireland emerged from the interval with their purpose restored and their urgency was evident as CJ Stander hammered his palm into Farrell's stomach in an attempt to make the centre let go of his leg. Won 37-0 v Italy home (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up) Referee Peyper thinks Henshaw was committed, but England will feel hard done by. On Monday afternoon, it's Rugby Nerd, an in-depth look at one of the weekend's talking points. 106 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy) 19 Girvan Dempsey Robbie Henshaw dived over for Ireland to reduce the gap after the break but replacement Luke Cowan-Dickie powered across the line to put England out of sight. 69 Devin Toner. It was a tough kick for Sexton, but you'd usually expect him to convert. 10 – James Haskell, John Hayes, Jamie Heaslip, Michael Kiernan, Ray McLoughlin, Brendan Mullin, Noel Murphy, George Stephenson, Peter Stringer, 107 – Jonny Wilkinson Regardless, I reckon Ireland  got over the gainline more often in two minutes there than they did in the entire first half. Ireland gain ground with Sexton and Stockdale down the short side off first phase, before Murray has to box-kick because Sexton loses his boot. 93 – Owen Farrell The ball bounces cruelly for Sexton and Larmour, allowing Ford to gather and touch down. 15 – Mike Gibson 104 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy) Lineout to Lawes at the front again as England look to maul, but Ireland stop it well at source. Farrell bisects the posts and this is getting away from Ireland. Won 19-10 v Wales home (GUINNESS Summer Series) 47 Brian O’Driscoll (46-Ireland, 1-Lions) Stander carries purposefully off the base of the ensuing scrum, but Murray's clearing box-kick is straight down May's throat. 60 Shane Williams (58-Wales, 2-Lions) 51 Martyn Williams (Wales) All rights reserved. 110 Sekope Kepu (Australia) 2007: Ireland won 43-13, Croke Park England's starting XV has 779 caps, breaking the record for most experienced England team which was set against Scotland in the 25-13 defeat during the 2018 Six Nations Championship. These are tangible head-to-heads that will go a long way to deciding a cracker.