Ireland will have to wait another week to celebrate after a sensational last gasp turnaround from England at Twickenham
champions by the end of the fifth and final round of matches next Saturday as they have a five-point lead going into the meeting with
England had sustained a red card in each of the last three meetings between the teams, but this time it was Ireland wounded by being a man short when Peter O’Mahony went to the sin bin in a second-half turning point. England’s success in getting among the Ireland line-out, a source of 13 tries in this Six Nations to date, is one of many feathers in Borthwick’s cap after this thrilling win.And although Ireland did score from a line-out just after being restored to 15 men, with James Lowe nabbing his second try in the left corner, there were eight minutes to turn it around and the will and skill in home ranks to do it.
Ford missed the conversion and would fail with a long-range penalty while Jack Crowley nailed four penalty goals for Ireland for the favourites to lead 12-8 at half-time. But Beirne had also kept England out with a wonder steal from a ruck near the Ireland goalline on 22 minutes, and when the subsequent attack ended in a knock-on by Furbank, there was a concern at England again missing chances in the red zone.
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