England 3-8 Ireland rugby LIVE SCORE: Charlie Ewels given RED CARD after just 82 seconds – Six Nations latest updates

ENGLAND have got off to a nightmare start against Ireland.

Lock Charlie Ewels was sent off after just 82 seconds for a head-on-head collision with James Ryan.

James Lowe then compounded England's misery by scoring the first try of the game for the Irish.

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  • England: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Max Malins, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Harry Randall; 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Jamie George, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 4 Maro Itoje, 5 Charlie Ewels, 6 Courtney Lawes (c), 7 Tom Curry, 8 Sam Simmonds.
  • Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Jamison Gibson Park; 1 Cian Healy, 2 Dan Sheehan, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 5 James Ryan, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 7 Josh Van Der Flier, 8 Caelen Doris
  • Kieran Davies

    England 0-8 Ireland – England injury

    15. Tom Curry limps off the pitch.

    He is replaced by Dombrandt.

    Everything that could go wrong for England is at the moment.

  • Kieran Davies

    England 0-8 Ireland

    14. Teams often do win games with less players on the pitch.

    It is not unheard of but if Ireland play the numbers well, they can utilise the overlap of numbers as they did with the first try.

    England will need to regroup and start again.

  • Kieran Davies

    England 0-8 Ireland

    12. Big break for England there.

    Caelan Doris crossed the line for a try but the TMO review decides there was a knock-on in the build up.

    Let off for Eddie Jones' team who were at sixes and sevens there.

  • Kieran Davies

    England 0-8 Ireland

    11. Ireland have a lineout near the England twenty-two.

    They switch play from left to right at pace, stretching England.

    Sheehan dances through a couple of tackles.

  • Kieran Davies

    England 0-8 Ireland

    9. It would be surprising to see Ryan return to the pitch today.

    He looked visibly rocked by the head collision.

    News reaching us that James Ryan has failed his assessment.

  • Kieran Davies

    England 0-8 Ireland

    7. Johnny Sexton's conversion slides just wide of the posts.

    England restart the game, Eddie Jones looks perplexed.

    They need to find a way back into this.

  • Kieran Davies

    England 0-8 Ireland

    5. Great play by Sheehan and Lowe there.

    England commit too many at the ruck and make it easy for the Irish.

    Simple passing and offloads leaves Lowe a straight run into the corner.

  • Kieran Davies

    Try – James Lowe (Ireland)

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    England 0-3 Ireland

    3. Sexton makes no mistake of putting Ireland's first points on the board.

    Farrell's side will have to continue paying their normal game irrelevant to the England red card.

    Ireland in possession and driving forward.

  • Kieran Davies

    Penalty – Johnny Sexton (Ireland)

  • Kieran Davies

    England 0-0 Ireland

    2. Well we only had to wait 82 seconds for the first red card of the game.

    Whether there was intent or not is irrelevant, Ryan didn't know where he was when he came off the pitch.

    This game has got a lot tougher for England now.

  • Kieran Davies

    Red card – Charlie Ewels (England)

  • Kieran Davies

    England 0-0 Ireland

    1. Ireland make a statement of intent with their attacking play from the outset.

    England making some big tackles stopping the Irish advance.

    James Ryan is down after taking a big hit, play stops.

    The replay shows Ewels head struck Ryan's.

  • Kieran Davies

    Kick-off: England vs Ireland

    Ireland get us started at Twickenham.

    This game will decide who still has a chance of winning the Guinness Six Nations going into the final round of fixtures.

  • Kieran Davies

    Huge game for both sides

    The final two games of the championship could not be bigger for these two teams.

    We've been looking at this game as a semi-final. Ireland are the most cohesive side in the world right now and it will be a good test this weekend.

    Eddie JonesEngland

  • Kieran Davies

    Jones' mindgames to backfire

    Eddie Jones stated in the lead up to the game that he feels Ireland are clear favourites for the game today.

    Ireland captain Johnny Sexton, who announced earlier this week that he will retire after next year's World Cup, starts for the first time in this tournament in one of six changes.

    Farrell's team need victory today to keep their slim title hopes alive.

  • sstreet

    How can Ireland win the Six Nations?

    Ireland must get a result against England at Twickenham and then hope the Red Rose do them a favour the following week.

    Ireland are seven points behind France but have a better points difference.

    They are therefore likely to lift the title with two victories, provided France lose to England.

  • sstreet

    How can Ireland win the Six Nations?

    Ireland must get a result against England at Twickenham and then hope the Red Rose do them a favour the following week.

    Ireland are seven points behind France but have a better points difference.

    They are therefore likely to lift the title with two victories, provided France lose to England.

  • sstreet

    Matt Dawson on Eddie Jones

    Former England World Cup winner Matt Dawson has suggested that Eddie Jones may have been too controlling to get the best out of his young team this Six Nations.

    He said: "There is no one grabbing it by the scruff of the neck and saying what they have practised is just not working and they need to change it up.

    "I don't know if it is because they are not that kind of player or they are wary of doing it and not getting picked the week after.

    "When Ireland create the pressure, when the game is really tight, how are England going to manufacture tries out of nothing?"

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    Off his ed

    World Cup-winning England director of rugby Sir Clive Woodward has criticised Eddie Jones for claiming his side are underdogs against Ireland.

    He wrote in the Mail: "It has been predictable to hear Eddie Jones insisting England are underdogs in the build-up to today's match.

    "I've never understood why any coach in any sport would do this unless you really are the underdog and, even then, why state the obvious?

    "England at home should never be considered underdogs.

    "They have suffered just three defeats in their last 38 home Test matches, so I really do not know where this rhetoric is coming from but it is badly misplaced.

    "Opposition teams, from South Africa and New Zealand downwards, need to fear playing at Twickenham, while England players must always have an extra spring in their step when they run out at HQ.

    "It should be a fortress, a place any visiting team dreads coming to."

  • sstreet

    'P45 time'

    Former England Rugby World Cup winner Austin Healey has warned Eddie Jones that his job is on the line in the Red Rose's final two Six Nations games.

    He wrote in The Telegraph: “The ramifications for this game are enormous.

    “If England lose heavily at home to Ireland then they would have to go to Paris to take on France in the final round – the best French team we’ve seen in a generation, who are still in the hunt for a Grand Slam – and it would be very difficult to see how you talk your way out of those losses.

    "It could be another successive fifth-place finish.

    “Playing well and losing to Ireland and then losing to France might just about be enough. But if England are beaten convincingly – two scores or more – by the Irish and then lose in Paris, then it’s P45 time.”

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    I guess that’s why they call it the Bleus

    While England and Ireland toil, France will have the chance to put their feet up today.

    The French ground out a 13-9 victory against Wales in Cardiff to leave them just one match away from the Grand Slam.

    Only one of the English or Irish will remain capable of preventing the French winning a first title since 2010 once proceedings at Twickenham have drawn to a close.

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    ‘England were mad’

    England have drawn criticism from Sir Clive Woodward for their decision to dismiss Andy Farrell and Mike Catt from the coaching setup after a poor 2015 Rugby World Cup.

    The World Cup-winning coach wrote in the Daily Mail: “I wish Andy Farrell and Mike Catt were still at the heart of the England set-up.

    “They paid the price for their part in England's disappointing 2015 World Cup. Stuart Lancaster was rightly replaced but it was ridiculous to boot out his assistants as well.

    “Farrell and Catt were at the start of their coaching careers and the lessons they learned were part of the process coaches need.

    “If you have been through the mill you come back stronger. Graham Henry and Steve Hansen post-2007 and myself in 1999 are examples.”

  • sstreet

    Far out

    England vs Ireland is usually a father-son affair, but Irish coach Andy Farrell will not be competing against son Owen this year.

    England captain Owen Farrell is missing the entirety of the Six Nations due to an ankle operation.

    Courtney Lawes takes over as captain in his place.

  • Alex Terrell

    England team to face Ireland

    Still no Owen Farrell for the Red Rose as they get set to face his father's team.

    Courtney Lawes remains captain for this clash.

    Steward; Malins, J Marchant, H Slade, J Nowell; M Smith, H Randall; E Genge, J George, K Sinckler, M Itoje, C Ewels, C Lawes (C), T Curry, S Simmonds.

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