The Nations Cup progressed yesterday afternoon with England producing a dominant performance against Ireland at Twickenham.
The lack of atmosphere gave the occasion the feel of a trials match and the teams responded accordingly. England gave their defensive patterns a good work out but Ireland struggled to get their attacking plays into gear, their attritional game plan coming up short behind a well beaten pack.
England (12) 18
TRY: Jonny May (2)
CON: Owen Farrell
PEN: Owen Farrell (2)
Ireland (0) 7
TRY: Jacob Stockdale
CON: Billy Burns
Defence has become so dominant in international rugby that teams now prefer to play without the ball. Eddie Jones stated post match that it was their decision to give Ireland 70% territory . . .
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