Ewels RED CARD after 82 seconds tells as Irish earn bonus point Six Nations win

Sexton taking it all in

With his retirement announced for after the 2023 World Cup, Ireland’s captain knows this is his last game at Twickenham.

And just look at him savouring the moment! Wonderful scenes from a legendary player.

Sexton’s belief

Ireland hero Johnny Sexton believes Ireland would not have won at Twickenham if that game was played two years ago.

Sexton told BBC Sport: “I think two years ago we would have lost that game.

“I think at 15-15 we wouldn’t have had the composure to regroup but the mental skills and sort of development that we’ve done over the last couple of years really stood to us.

“In the week we prepared for things like this so that’s the positive out of it.”

Man of the match beams

Jamison Gibson-Park was the deserved man-of the-match for the visitors.

And he doesn’t he look delighted.

Take a bow, Gibson-Park.

Mother’s pride

Finlay Bealham was sensational for Ireland at Twickenham.

And he played a solid game in front of his mum and, who couldn’t wait to congratulate their son after the match.

But the moment was clearly too much for his dad, who was tearful after seeing his son score in a win.

Eddie Jones speaks

Eddie Jones has revealed his pride for the England team, despite their 15-32 loss to Ireland.

But he lamented the referee’s decisions when it came to the scrummage.

“I couldn’t be prouder of this team. I’m disappointed that the referee didn’t allow us to scrum properly,” he said.

“If WorldRugby want to have scrums in the game they’ll have to allow us to scrum.”

Six Nations screamer

For the neutral, it was a classic, a joy to watch.

Positives to be taken

While defeat is not something England were hoping for today from their penultimate Guinness Six Nations fixture, there are positives to be taken from the game.

The way they played and defended when they went down to 14-men was something to be proud of.

They piled the pressure on Ireland, causing many handling errors and mistakes from the visitors.

Andy Farrell’s side only managed to put the game to bed in the final 10 minutes of the game.

Sexton sign-off

After his announcement of his retirement after the World Cup, Ireland have the chance to give their reliable fly-half the ultimate sign off.

A win over Scotland in Dublin, then they can sit back and watch how things unfold in Paris.

An England win would then hand Sexton a Six Nations title to remember his last ever campaign by.

Pressure on Eddie Jones

Despite going into the final game with nothing to play for in terms of silverware, this could be a huge game for England.

Questions will be asked of Eddie Jones should his side finish fourth in the Guinness Six Nations this year.

Having finished fifth in the previous campaign, a defeat in Paris could make his position unsecure.

High-scoring Ireland

Andy Farrell’s team move into second place in the table, two points behind France.

They have scored 142 points in their four Six Nations matches so far.

Now the awkward task of asking England to do you a favour next week against France.

FT: England 15-32 Ireland

The referee blows his whistle.

Ireland will be looking to England to do them some favours in Paris.

A great game of rugby considering how early England had a player sent-off.

England 15-32 Ireland

79. Johnny Sexton gets the chance to walk off the Twickenham pitch for one last time and take it all in.

Gibson-Park gets the Guinness man of the match.

This has been a great end to the game by Farrell’s team.

England 15-32 Ireland

77. Bealham comes off the bench and with the help of his team mates he is bundled over the line.

The Irish celebrate as they know that confirms their win.

Johnny Sexton puts the kick over in his last game at Twickenham.

Try – Finlay Bealham (Ireland)

England 15-25 Ireland

75. That score has taken the wind out of England’s sails.

No longer are the Twickenham crowd making this place bounce.

Sexton kicks into touch, deep into the English half.

England 15-25 Ireland

73. Huge try there for Ireland.

It puts them out of reach of Marcus Smith penalties.

Sexton puts his kick straight down the middle to give them some more breathing space.

Try – Jack Conan (Ireland)

England 15-18 Ireland

71. Going into the final ten minutes of the game, Ireland are going for the kill.

They press time and time again looking for the try that will put this game to bed.

England desperately trying to keep them out.

England 15-18 Ireland

69. Keenan burst through the middle, eventually going to ground under challenge after challenge.

What a chance of Doris runs through and releases as he is challenged.

Murray cannot take the ball in his hands and England turn possession over.

England 15-18 Ireland

67. Ireland get their noses in front again.

Wise to take the penalty and get points on the board.

Sexton calmly putting the ball over the uprights.

Penalty – Johnny Sexton (Ireland)

England 15-15 Ireland

65. As Ireland are trying pass their way across the line, an ambitious pass is collected by Freddie Steward.

The player thinks he is going to run it from try line to try line.

The referee pulls it back for an Ireland penalty much to his dismay.

England 15-15 Ireland

63. Great kick by Conway finding touch right in the corner.

Ireland have the lineout in front of the English line.

They are driving once again towards the try line.

England 15-15 Ireland

61. The game is level.

Ireland are really gifting this game to England.

Their errors have got this Twickenham crowd really up for this.

Every English move is being cheered on like this is a World Cup Final.

Penalty – Marcus Smith (England)