Joe Schmidt admits Ireland were “bullied” by England at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday night and has warned that the Six Nations holders need to show immediate improvements as they look to make up lost ground in the tournament.

Joe Schmidt has admitted he relishes Eddie Jones' verbal "grenades" ahead of Ireland launching their Six Nations defence against England.

Time to start getting excited...

It's Ireland's best ranking since before the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Joe Schmidt believes Ireland boast a crop of players to stand comparison with the Grand Slam winning team of 2009.

Scotland lock Tim Swinson expects sparks to fly when Gregor Townsend's unstoppable Dark Blues force collides with the immovable object of Ireland in Dublin next week.

Eddie Jones insists England are "working around the clock" to address the shortcomings exposed by Saturday's Calcutta Cup defeat at Murrayfield.

Scotland registered their first victory over England in a decade to reignite their NatWest 6 Nations title aspirations and leave the champions nursing a conclusive 25-13 defeat.

Ireland stormed ever closer to a NatWest 6 Nations title showdown with England by dismissing Wales 37-27 in Dublin.

Jonny May ran in both tries as England kept their Grand Slam aspirations alive by edging Wales 12-6 in a brutally competitive NatWest 6 Nations clash at Twickenham.

James Haskell is in danger of missing the start of England's 6 Nations title defence after being sent off in Wasps' dramatic 33-28 Champions Cup defeat by Harlequins.

The England star will undergo further testing to determine his recovery period.

Eddie Jones has revealed he was scolded by his 93-year-old mum for his expletive-laden outburst during England's victory over Argentina at Twickenham on Saturday.

Tadhg Furlong insists he is happy to leave his British and Irish Lions chances in the lap of the selectors.

Joe Schmidt has told Ireland to ignore Eddie Jones' barbs and stick to their own game against England in Saturday's RBS 6 Nations finale.

England head coach Eddie Jones said: "We've got to come up with a new name for it, no-ruck rugby."

England survived an almighty scare to finish 36-15 winners at Twickenham as Italy issued a rousing response to scrutiny of their ongoing presence in the Six Nations.

England extended their winning run to 16 Tests as wing Elliot Daly's late try clinched a dramatic RBS 6 Nations victory over Wales in Cardiff.

Wales have beaten Italy 33-7 in the sides' 2017 RBS 6 Nations opener in Rome.

Jim Mallinder offered no consolation to Dylan Hartley after the England captain lasted just six minutes off the bench as Northampton were dominated 37-10 by Leinster at Franklin's Gardens.

England overcame an alarming start to register a record-equalling 14th successive victory by beating Australia at Twickenham.

The game was littered with red cards.

Eddie Jones' unbeaten England ended a 10-year wait for victory over South Africa.

Chris Ashton and Danny Cipriani have failed to make the cut for Eddie Jones' 45-man provisional England squad for the forthcoming Autumn series.

England edged to the brink of a first RBS 6 Nations title for five years with a 25-21 victory over Wales but were forced to survive a late fightback that evoked memories of the final-quarter collapse against their old rival at last autumn's World Cup.

Munster coach Alan Gaffney will leave Ireland at the end of this season to take up a new post as assistant coach to Eddie Jones' Wallabies.