Wary Easter braced for a backlash

The last time Nick Easter walked onto the pitch at the Aviva Stadium was in 2011, and England looked on the cusp of a first Six Nations Grand Slam for eight years.

Easter was standing in as captain for the injured Mike Tindall, but in an explosive first half, he and his England team-mates were blown away by a rampant Ireland side who raced into a 17-3 lead.

It is clearly a defeat which still irks Easter. But as he reflects on that day, the No.8 believes his Harlequins team-mates will be ready for the challenge of facing Leinster on Lansdowne Road this evening.