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England vs Ireland: Andy Farrell’s free-flowing Grand Slam seekers will provide stiffest test of all

Source: REUTERS

England held summit meetings at York Community Stadium last week in a room previously occupied for police taser training.

The stun-guns had been removed for safe keeping, much to Richard Wigglesworth’s chagrin. The attack coach only half-joked that England would fancy deploying the high-voltage devices on a few of the assembled media.

If anything needs a spark of electricity, though, it is England’s new-look gameplan. Facing peerless at Twickenham today could well

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