4. Joe McCarthy 6.5
Solid outing as he made the hard yards with ball in hand. Flew into tackles in what was a brilliantly physical encounter at Twickenham. The lock had a mixed bag in the air, as he stole the ball from England, but also missed the distribution from Sheehan.
5. Tadhg Beirne 7.5
Stole a lineout ball from Ollie Chessum when England tried to build up a head of steam. Unreal turnover at the 23rd minute ruck 23 and saved a potential try near his line. Stunning effort from the lock, who was ruthless when chopping down England’s wide men.
6. Peter O’Mahony 6
Tireless work rate, yet went early on George Martin at a 27th minute line-out, which handed England a crucial pen to get out of danger. Left his mark on George Ford for a 33rd minute hit. Called out by Jamie George to the referee for sliding up onto the props at scrum-time. Sent to the sin bin 57’ as he dived on the ball illegally after Ben Earl’s blistering line break.
7. Josh Van Der Flier 8
Tried a neat skip through the ruck to begin with, and at 10 minutes he won a huge turnover on Tommy Freeman and stopped England’s attacking momentum. Read the drop goal attempt of George Ford at 21 minutes. Instrumental to a 42nd minute turnover at the ruck, with England penalised for a side entry.
8. Clean Doris 7
Offside at the ruck and gave England a good position to attack at 22 minutes, with Ford’s kick to corner. Battled well with ball in hand, but outshone in the back-row by the ever present Van Der Flier in the first half.
IRELAND REPLACEMENTS
16. Ronan Kelleher 6
17. Cian Healey 5.5
18. Finally Bealham 6.5
19. Iain Henderson 7
20. Ryain Baird 6
21 Jack Conan 6.5
22 Conor Murray 6.5
23. Ciaran Frawley 7