With a trip to Twickenham next in the schedule for Ireland, Gerry Thornley is wondering what impact England’s defeat by Scotland will have on Steve Borthwick’s team. Has it “left a few stones under the Sweet Chariot and made them more vulnerable?”, or will the wounded lions take out their frustration on Ireland and, well, devour them? England, says Owen Doyle, were “sliced and diced”, but he wasn’t entirely convinced by Ireland in their outing against Italy. “Something tells me the better team lost,” he says. How did referee Hollie Davidson fare? “Very good” in the first...
