
England gave an improved performance in Dublin on Saturday night, but it wasn’t enough to spoil Ireland’s Six Nations Grand Slam party.
Seven days on from their record home defeat by France at Twickenham, Steve Borthwick’s side showed far more intensity and physicality from the first whistle, but were handed a huge blow on the stroke of half-time with full-back Freddie Steward’s contentious red card for a collision with opposite number Hugo Keenan.