Forget about England? Ireland are ABs new threat

Conor Murray jumps for joy as Ireland secure victory over Scotland

Conor Murray jumps for joy as Ireland secure victory over Scotland

Ireland, coached by Kiwi Joe Schmidt, could add one last touch of salt to the wound when they meet England this weekend, with the Irish looking to secure their third Grand Slam should they win at Twickenham. That could see a kicking duel take place between Johnny Sexton and Owen Farrell.

The back-and-forth about the aesthetics of how Ireland play will have to wait for another day too. Sexton and Conor Murray will look to outplay England's half-back pairing of Owen Farrell and Richard Wigglesworth.

"I've been involved with Joe for a long time, both at Leinster and Ireland, and when you do make a mistake during a game you're already thinking about the review on Monday".

These two teams are the only sides to have averaged over 20 missed tackles per game and as a result boast the lowest tackle success rates in the tournament (Italy - 87%, Scotland - 88%).

And, of course, Joe Schmidt is a wonderful coach who has a tremendous ability to bring out the best in his players.

Ireland have shown confidence in their team, making just one change to the side that beat Scotland. You can also follow Opta Facts on Twitter. He has a great support staff behind him and he's top quality. That's been going pretty well for us so we're not going to stray far from what's been working.

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The Australian dropped half-backs Danny Care and George Ford, two of 10 alterations, three of them positional, to his starting XV for Saturday's match at Twickenham against newly-crowned champions Ireland, who are bidding for a Grand Slam. Loose forwards Peter O'Mahony, Dan Leavy and CJ Stander start together for the third successive match. "I sincerely mean that and I really don't have anything else to say on the matter".

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England may have suffered a disappointing defence of their title, but the shoe was on the other foot going into the last game of the championship 12 months ago.

"Those words don't impact on how we play or how his team plays and that's our focus". If it's a conservative game at Twickenham, you'd still fancy the basics of Kearney to win out in this duel, but if it opens up at all, Watson holds the advantage.

"And what's at stake is a fantastic opportunity not just to achieve a Grand Slam, but to go a year unbeaten - we wouldn't have dreamed of that this time last year".

The 2009 team had Paul O'Connell, Brian O'Driscoll and Ronan O'Gara in it which was such a productive time for Irish rugby.

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