Ireland v England: five things we learnt

The penalty count buried England all afternoon with 13 penalties going against them to Ireland’s 8 denying England the chance to gather their composure.

Ireland could have, and maybe should have been out of sight by half time.

Something for both sides to work on as England look to a fraught Calcutta Cup clash with Scotland, and Ireland head to Wales where they will need to be more ruthless to maintain their Six Nations title charge.

Joe Schmidt is an unrivalled tactician From the first garryowen Connor Murray sent up after 20 seconds through an hour of aerial bombardment including the…