Anthems concluded and kickoff is just moments away

The sides are out on the field and we await the anthems

England host Ireland in a crunch round 3 Six Nations Championship clash. England lie fifth as it stands, with defeat to France followed up by a win over Scotland. A win could take them up to second spot, the position their opponents Ireland currently hold. Ireland remain unbeaten, with victories over Scotland and Wales, while a bonus point win in this match will see them leapfrog France to the summit of the table.

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England head coach Eddie Jones: “We’ve had a really good training week with Thursday probably our best session of the Guinness Six Nations.

“Ireland are a very good team, extremely well-coached. They are a team we respect a lot. They will bring their usual physicality and under Andy Farrell they’ve opened up their game a little bit.

“They are a tactically smart team. Murray and Sexton, who have played 170 Tests between them, at nine and 10 will manage the game well. We’ve got to make sure we match their physicality and their emotion on the weekend."

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell: “We had a decent performance in our last outing. It was nowhere near perfect, of course. We’ve had a few days to make sure how we get better.

“Obviously we had a fallow week (last week) and we took the lads down to Cork for a good couple of days. We’ve tried to put a few things right and hopefully we can get an improved performance off the back of that.

“It’s another big game. I suppose we’ll play this game and the next one will be big as well. That’s what Test match football is all about."