From NICK CAIN at Twickenham
ENGLAND turned up the heat at the right time in their World Cup warm-up preparations, producing a rampant attacking display to torch an undercooked Ireland side which, by the end of this ordeal, had been burnt to a crisp.
It finished with England beating Ireland by a record score, and a 42 point record margin, after the home side signed off the Twickenham tranche of their World Cup warm-ups with an eight tries to two blitz in front of a crowd basking in the 30 degree heat.
Ireland had no answer to the power and pace of twotry giant Joe Cokanasiga and man-of-the-...
Already a subscriber to our website? Login