Matt Dawson has named Ollie Chessum, George Martin and Maro Itoje as the standout performers for England in their dramatic Six Nations victory over Ireland.
He told the BBC: “Your fundamentals are the set-piece, line-out and scrum and England blew Ireland away with the selection of Chessum on the flank and Martin and Maro Itoje in the second row.
“Ireland had nowhere to go. That was vintage Steve Borthwick going back to his super strength of line-out knowledge.
“They could kick to touch at will knowing they would have a 30 to 40 per cent chance of disrupting Ireland’s ball. The Irish defence were just at sixes and sevens, they couldn’t rush up because England would truck it up with Martin, Chessum or Ollie Lawrence.
“If they backed off, England were at pace and Furbank was causing havoc in the 13 channel as a runner. It was difficult afternoon for Ireland to manage England’s wave of attack because everybody was a threat.”