Pollock, making his first Test start, won a turnover just inside the Ireland half and sent Ford away with Henry Arundell in support, but the final offload was intercepted to end the move. 

As the clock struck 40 minutes, England responded through Dingwall, who capitalised on half-breaks by Ford and Tommy Freeman to go over, before Ford converted to cut the deficit to 7-22. 

Ireland’s Caelan Doris made a burst through the middle early in the second half, leading to a yellow card for Pollock and an eventual try for Dan Sheehan, with Crowley converting. 

Successive penalties for England then allowed Ford to kick to the corner, but after the initial drive England were penalised at the breakdown. 

However, England were awarded a penalty and they launched an attack from the resulting lineout, working the ball wide through the returning Pollock. After recycling the ball, they went back towards the centre of the pitch and found Lawrence in space to cross untouched. Ford converted to make it 14-29 with 25 minutes remaining, while Jamie Osborne was also shown a yellow card. 

A penalty for Ireland was converted by Crowley on the hour mark to make it 14-32, before adding another five minutes later.

Ill-discipline saw England camped on their own five-metre line, and Osborne found space to power over before Crowley converted to make it 14-42. 

Marcus Smith almost added a third after intercepting, but was tackled by the retreating McCloskey. However, the territory gained saw Underhill crash over after Ireland were penalised at the breakdown, with Ford’s conversion making it 21-42 before the full-time whistle.Â