2020 Autumn Nations Cup – England vs Ireland Preview & Prediction
THE FACTS
When is England vs Ireland taking place? Saturday 21st November, 2020 – 15:00
Where is England vs Ireland taking place? Twickenham
Where can I get tickets for England vs Ireland? This match will be played without spectators
What channel is England vs Ireland on? Channel 4
Where can I stream England vs Ireland? This match can be streamed live online via All 4 and Amazon Prime subscribers can stream this match live online
THE TEAM NEWS
ENGLAND
Starting line-up: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Jonathan Joseph, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Jonny May, 10 Owen Farrell (c), 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Tom Curry, 5 Joe Launchbury, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Jonny Hill, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Dan Robson, 22 George Ford, 23 Max Malins
IRELAND
Starting line-up: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Ross Byrne, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Peter O’Mahony, 6 CJ Stander, 5 James Ryan (c), 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Andrew Porter, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Ed Byrne, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Will Connors, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Jacob Stockdale
THE PREDICTION
Both teams enjoyed victories in the first round of the inaugural Autumn Nations Cup and this looks like the match of the group stages when Ireland travel to Twickenham to face their Group A rivals. England were perfect against Georgia, shutting them out for 40 points in a result that could prove the difference in points come the play-off stage, but Ireland are not too far behind and made short work of a fraying Welsh side. They will rue missed opportunities as they could not find the bonus point against Wales and are also unfortunate not to play this toughest fixture at the Aviva but they can utilise that hard-done-by feeling to match England for aggression. Eddie Jones’ side have won the previous three tests between the two nations by at least 12 points and that looks a decent margin in the markets, although -10 would be a safer target in this must-win match.
