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England vs Ireland Guinness Six Nations LIVE - Latest as Marcus Smith gives England shock victory at Twickenham

Six Nations / Regular
Twickenham / 09.03.2024
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Imogen Ainsworth

Updated 09/03/2024 at 20:50 GMT


20:50
THANK YOU!
Thank you for following today's live coverage of the Guinness Men's Six Nations! Italy and England both secured somewhat shock victories, Ireland denied a Grand Slam, and the Six Nations title remains in contention for one more week - what a thrilling day!
See you next weekend!
20:15
MEN'S SIX NATIONS 2024 - WHO CAN WIN NOW?
It all hangs in the balance until the final day on 16th March!
If Ireland win or draw against Scotland, they'll win.
If England win with a bonus point against France and Ireland earn no points against Scotland, England will win.
If, dramatically, Scotland beat Ireland with a bonus point, Ireland earn no points, England lose, AND Scotland dramatically change their points difference to overtake Ireland, Scotland will win. Unlikely, but after today's results, you never know!
20:15
REPORT: STUNNING SMITH DROP GOAL SHOCKS IRELAND
A thrilling finish at Twickenham saw Ireland have the Grand Slam snatched away from them in dramatic fashion. Trailing 20-17 to England James Lowe thought he had given Ireland the title with a late try but Marcus Smith denied them with a drop goal in the dying moments. It means that England close the gap on Ireland to four points and takes the Six Nations race to the final weekend.
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19:09
IRELAND CAPTAIN - PETER O'MAHONY
"Look, I think credit to England. I felt they played really well. We spoke beforehand about how dangerous they can be, how much they disrupted our attack and defended really well. Credit goes to England.
"We were frustrated with certainly some of our discipline was poor, including my yellow card, but I think it was more down to them putting us under pressure. Their ability to disrupt our ruck was very good and we struggled to put quick phases, quick ball together.
"We'll go home and we'll review. We'll get back into camp and we'll kick on and we'll try and win a Six Nations Championship."
18:42
PLAYER OF THE MATCH - BEN EARL
"I'm a bit emotional because Jamie [George] lost his mum the other week and we spoke a lot about that this week. Then Danny's [Care] 100th, and some of the cr*p that's been thrown at this team over the last week. Apparently we're the worst England team ever. We've done pretty well for that accolade.
"We knew from the beginning of the game if we played our best stuff, we'd have chance. Everything came together today, we're very fortunate, amazing stadium, amazing fans, amazing team-mates, just so pleased.
"We've been training like that every day. We all know that sometimes that doesn't translate onto the pitch, but people don't see half the stuff we do. They don't see half the stuff. They can write what they want but just so pleased that that's where we can take this team and there are parts of the game we can improve on."
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FULL-TIME: ENGLAND 23 - 22 IRELAND
What.A.Match.
Ireland's Grand Slam hopes are shattered, England end Ireland's 11-match winning streak in the Six Nations, denying Ireland back-to-back Grand Slams, just as Ireland did to them in 2017.
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DROP GOALLLLLLL! ENGLAND 23 - 22 IRELAND (SMITH)
SMITH WINS IT FOR ENGLAND AT THE DEATH!
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ENGLAND 20 - 22 IRELAND
England attack after the lineout is gathered by Itoje.
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ENGLAND 20-22 IRELAND
Murray kicks into the stands and England will have the lineout as the clock ticks down, before being stopped for an injury.
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ENGLAND 20 - 22 IRELAND
Marcus Smith's attacking break is slowed by Ireland, Cunningham-South hobbles off the pitch injured.
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ENGLAND 20 - 22 IRELAND
Daly steps up to take the long-range kick, and while it had the distance, it goes wide. A tense few minutes remaining...
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ENGLAND 20 - 22 IRELAND
Ireland are now penalised for not moving away, will England go for the three points?!
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TRY! ENGLAND 20 -22 IRELAND (LOWE)
He gets a second in the corner! A brilliant attacking phase from Ireland under pressure and they create the space for Lowe to dot down in the corner again after a fantastic pass from Gibson-Park.
Ireland lead!
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ENGLAND 20 - 17 IRELAND
England how penalised for not releasing after a chop tackle from Beirne, into the final ten minutes and Ireland have the lineout...
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ENGLAND 20 - 17 IRELAND
Earl does well to force the error from Ireland who are penalised for not releasing.
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100 FOR CARE! ENGLAND 20 - 17 IRELAND
Dombrandt on for Chessum, Daly on for Slade.
And...Care on for Mitchell! England's most-recent centurion goes straight into feeding the scrum.
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ENGLAND 20 - 17 IRELAND
Keenan thinks he's in for a try, but Itoje forces the knock-on from Gibson-Park in the build up to stall the Ireland attack.
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TRY! ENGLAND 20 - 17 IRELAND (EARL)
England are ahead! Earl crashes over the line! It's a powerful carry from the Saracens man who set up the attack earlier on with a fantastic line break, and he stretches his arm out over the whitewash to but the home side back in front.
Marcus Smith, who's recently replaced Ford, adds the conversion.
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YELLOW CARD. ENGLAND 13 - 17 IRELAND (O'MAHONY)
Ireland give away a penalty for hands in the ruck after a line break from Earl, O’Mahony is shown a yellow card. Ireland lose their captain for ten minutes.
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ENGLAND 13 - 17 IRELAND
Frawley, who replaced Nash after a failed HIA, has failed his own HIA and will be permanently replaced by Murray, meaning Gibson-Park will remain on the wing.