The hosts scored five tries to England’s one in a 29-10 victory at the Aviva.
Hugo Keenan — 7: Safe. Smart. Industrious. Made his yards without lighting the world on fire. Made a hames of one kick as Ireland were compounding their errors. You’d take that from your fullback most days, and you’d still take Hugo Keenan as your fullback seven days a week.
Bundee Aki — 7: Didn’t get too many opportunities to carry but the few he did get, he took them well. Score was a gimme on a good support run but there was nothing ordinary about his assist for Earls’ crowning moment. Jamison Gibson-Park — 6: Not a huge deal to write about today: still integral to everything good that Ireland do in attack.Andrew Porter — 7: Too hot to handle for the English scrum. Quieter than usual in the carry but put in some barbaric hits.
Tadhg Beirne — 6: Led the team in tackles on a day in which he was needed for pure grunt work. One huge counter-ruck. Quiet on the other side of the ball — don’t think he made a meaningful carry.
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