HOW THEY RATED

Ireland

HUGO KEENAN 7 RELENTLESSLY brave under a barrage of high balls but needed more support from team-mates.

ANDREW CONWAY 6 GOT precious chance to attack, but his tackling and defence were typically tenacious.

GARY RINGROSE 6 SUFFERED through an absence of useful ball on a wretched day for Irish forwards.

BUNDEE AKI 6 HIS power is prized by Farrell, but England knew what was coming and depowered Aki repeatedly.

JAMES LOWE 7 OUTSTANDING finishing and the closest thing Ireland had to release valve from English pressure.

JOHNNY SEXTON 5 SUFFERED from Ireland’s pack problems, but still looked off the pace.

JAMISON GIBSON-PARK 6 A VICTIM of the English power game, the speed of Ireland’s game dropped when he went off.

CIAN HEALY 4 OLD issues around Ireland’s prop options have been mercilessly reopened. Healy’s race looks run.

DAN SHEEHAN 5 PART of a scrum that was vaporised by the English but had his moments in the loose and in the lineout.

TADHG FURLONG 4 HE hasn’t had too many days as uncomfortable as this one. The Ireland scrum is a problem again.

TADHG BEIRNE 4 COULDN’T withstand England’s ferocity as Irish forwards were bullied for a second game in a row.

JAMES RYAN N/A HE was desperately unfortunate and faces another uncomfortable head injury issue.

PETER O’MAHONY 5 ANOTHER player struggling to compete at this level. He won’t get many more chances to impress.

JOSH VAN DER FLIER 5 IRELAND’S player of the championship, but this was a much more challenging afternoon.

CAELAN DORIS 6 HAD one try disallowed and had his difficulties but he offers dynamism off the back of the scrum. REPLACEMENTS

Iain Henderson 4

Dave Kilcoyne 4

Rob Herring 4

Jack Conan 6

Robbie Henshaw 6

Conor Murray 6

Finlay Bealham 6

Joey Carbery N/A ANDY FARRELL 5

He needs to find props, fast – and he also needs to rethink the Sexton issue urgently.