Ireland beat England to maintain Six Nations title bid

TWICKENHAM, United Kingdom, Mar 12 – Ireland saw off 14-man England 32-15 at Twickenham on Saturday to maintain their Six Nations title hopes after home forward Charlie Ewels received the quickest red card in Championship history.

Ewels was sent off after just 82 seconds for a dangerous head-on-head clash with opposing lock James Ryan.

Yet with 20 minutes left, England were level at 15-15 through the boot of fly-half Marcus Smith before Ireland pulled clear with tries from replacements Jack Conan and Finlay Bealham following first-half scores from James Lowe and Hugo Keenan.

Ireland will now hope England deny France a Grand Slam in Paris during next week’s final round of matches, when the Irish are at home to Scotland.