Ireland got off to a five-point start to its bid for an unprecedented third straight outright Six Nations rugby title, overpowering England in a second-half recovery to rack up a 27-22 victory in Dublin on Saturday.

Double defending champions pull away in the second half to kick-start pursuit of historic third straight title

That was followed by Scotland convincingly defeating Italy with a 31-19 scoreline thanks to heroics from Huw Jones. It was the same old story for England, as they gave up a half-time lead to succumb to a narrow 27-22 loss to Ireland.

Ireland win a five metre scrum in the strangest of circumstances. Try scorer Cadan Murley misjudges the high ball, touches it and then forced to try play it out of the try zone. Ireland pile on the pressure and force England back to win the scrum. A bad mistake from the debut boy.

England endured a second-half collapse to lose their Six Nations opener against Ireland in Dublin. Steve Borthwick’s side produced an impressive first-half display in the headline clash of round one,

Park, Bundee Aki, Tadhg Beirne, Dan Sheehan score tries from Ireland as they fight back from half-time deficit to beat England at Aviva Stadium in Six Nations opener; Cadan Murley scored when England were on top,

This defeat was far too familiar for England as they lost 27-22 to Ireland in Dublin. Just like we've seen all too often, England fell away in the final quarter of the match, the bench failed to bring any second wind,