Ireland were superb in their 27-22 win over England in round one of the Six Nations!

Ireland ran in four tries while England ran in three tries.

A stand out try in the match happened in the 63rd minute with Tadhg Beirne rounding off a well trained team move.

Let dive into it.

1.Ireland setup a five man lineout on England's 10m, left hand side of the field.

2. Jamison Gibson-Park plays off the top straight to Jack Crowley

3. Crowley plays directly to Robbie Henshaw who takes it up. Notice how it is a very simple setup. No skip passes or dummy runners

4.Moving to the end on camera, one can see how the England forwards are all looking to the left (open side) thinking Ireland's next hitup will be that side.

5.On the blind side of the breakdown, Tadhg Beirne (1), Ian Henderson (2) and Andrew Porter (3) setup with James Lowe (4) right behind Beirne. The England defenders does not pick him up.

6. What makes this move work is Gibson-Park does not pass fom the base but picks it up and runs towards Ellis Genge. Genge steps it to tackle, Beirne and Henderson runs straight towards Chandler Cunningham-South and at the right moment, Lowe comes from behind Beirne and runs straight into the gap between Genge and Cunningham-South.

7. Because Cunningham-South was focused on Beirne, he was too late to close the gap

8. Lowe breaks the line and uses his feet to draw in two English defenders (Freddie Steward and Tommy Freeman)

9. An accurate pass from Lowe puts Beirne away for a well trained team try.

10. Going back to the side camera, you can see all the English defenders looking at Gibson-Park and not at the ball carriers. 

Worth mentioning.

1. It was a simple but well trained setup from the lineout. The extra Ireland forwards worked around the corner to the open side and that made the extra England defenders follow them.

2. If Genge stepped out to defend Lowe, Gibson-Park would have broken next to the breakdown.

3. Usually teams have their number 9 defend behind the breakdown to cummincate to his players to make a tackle after a linebreak but in this play, Alex Mitchell defended between the 15m and touch line so there was no player who communcated with his forwards.