Stephen Ferris has urged Ireland to keep evolving their attacking style against England today or risk suffering a fifth successive defeat to Eddie Jones’s men. But Ferris has warned Ireland not to repeat the mistakes of the past by continuing to run into English brick walls or sending up inaccurate high balls, tactics that have returned only misery in four straight losses. More or less since the Grand Slam win in 2018, Ireland players have just been running into brick wall after brick wall and England have just ate them up, chewed them and spat them out. The games that Ireland have won have been within a score so I have a feeling it’s going to be very, very tight. They’re a team playing with a bit more confidence and could give this England team a big fright.”

Source: Irish Examiner March 20, 2021 06:00 UTC