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.

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.

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

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,

By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland had to come from behind against England to get their bid for a third successive Six Nations title off to a winning 27-22 bonus point start on Saturday thanks to a ferocious second half after the visitors had made life very uncomfortable.

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,