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Recap: England vs Ireland LIVE | Summer Series

Maro Itoje celebrates a turnover last February in a contest where Ireland failed to match England in the Six Nations collisions (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

Follow all the action from the World Cup warm-up match on the RugbyPass live blog as England host Ireland at Twickenham in London.

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Both sides are fielding strong line-ups. Here are five talking points ahead of the clash.

Kamikaze kids

Tom Curry and Sam Underhill have been labelled England’s ‘Kamikaze kids’ by head coach Eddie Jones, who said: “They hit everything that moves.” For so long the English have struggled to produce a genuine openside and now that two have come along at once, Jones has shoehorned them into the same back row in an exciting selection experiment that could be retained for the World Cup.

Full bore

The warm-up Tests can be patchy as teams balance the need to give players game time and fine-tune tactics without giving too much away while hoping to avoid defeat. But this showdown has been given extra bite by the coaches’ decision to name their strongest available teams and the winners would surely take confidence from a positive result.

Loading the bullets

For the first time in 14 months, George Ford and Owen Farrell will operate in tandem as dual playmakers. It is a selection that served England well in the earlier stages of Jones’ era, but it was almost a necessity due to the lack of a strong ball-carrying centre. When the likes of Manu Tuilagi and Ben Te’o did become available, the Australian coach changed emphasis but with the axed Te’o now out of the picture, the Ford-Farrell axis is back and is an option for the World Cup, especially if it creates opportunities against Ireland.

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Rankings roller-coaster

One week after Wales deposed New Zealand at the top of the world rankings, it becomes Ireland’s turn to benefit from the global merry-go-round. A win at Twickenham would propel them to the summit, but third is the best England can hope for – a week after they could have
been usurping the All Blacks. The competition at the top suggests we could be in for the closest World Cup ever.

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Burn baby Byrne!

Joey Carbery’s involvement at the World Cup is threatened by an ankle injury, offering Ross Byrne the chance to cement his place as Johnny Sexton’s understudy at fly-half. The 24-year-old from Leinster has won two caps off the bench and makes his full Test debut knowing a strong
performance against England could book his ticket to Japan.

WATCH: Maro Itoje talks to RugbyPass ahead of this weekend’s England-Ireland match

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Mzilikazi 7 hours ago
'Ulster, though no one wants to admit it, isn't much more than a development province right now.'

“I was wondering if the AIL had clubs that were on the tipping point of wanting to become pro, how close could they get to a current Ulster etc”.


The Irish structure has always been the International team at the top, then the four provinces, then the clubs below that. Before the pro era in each province there were senior clubs playing each other, and that was pretty much “ring fenced”…no relegation or promotion. Then below that a series of junior leagues. The top players in the international scene played in the Five Nations(before Italy came in), and against the touring All Blacks or Springboks initially, then later Australia and Argentina came in. Actually I would need to go back and check the history of the teams coming onto the scene ie other than the Ab’s and Boks.


Those International players would only play for their province three times each year in the Inter Pro games, with the Bok, AB etc games only in tour years. Rest of the time, every single Int. player played club rugby every weekend.


Pro era dawned, and the four provinces became the sole pro teams, feeding up to the Int. team. There is no prospect as far as I can see of any AIL team ever becoming professional. Deepete, or someone living in Ireland would know more than I do, but what happens is fringe and academy players can play in the AIL, giving them game time they would not get otherwise. Top International players would rarely play at AIL level.


I think in Australia the tyranny of distance inhibits an AIL type structure. Ireland is tiny, good rail and road sytems, and it is easy to play in Cork, Limerick, Dublin, any where, weekend after weekend. Imagine an All Australian league, and travelling from Townsville for a game in Margaret River, etc. etc.


“I actually had the tables up and had no idea who was who lol”. Neither do I in some cases. A lot of new clubs since I played/lived in Ireland…I have to check who some are !!


Good discussion here JW. Have enjoyed it.

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