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Ireland's Tommy Bowe goes over for a try against England in the Six Nations despite Tom Wood's attempted tackle. Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters

Ireland's Tommy Bowe goes over for a try against England in the Six Nations despite Tom Wood's attempted tackle. Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters


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guardian.co.uk, Saturday 19 March 2011 19.25 GMT
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Ireland's Tommy Bowe goes over for a try against England in the Six Nations despite Tom Wood's attempted tackle. Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters
England saved their worst for last. There was no grand slam repeat of Dublin 2003, merely the slamming of a door. The team that provided most of the illumination in a largely twilit Six Nations became a victim of their own predictability. Ireland played on England's lack of variety and feasted on errors, and Jonathan Sexton, the villain in Cardiff last weekend, was the architect of a victory every bit as comfortable and comprehensive as the scoreline suggested.