Simon Easterby: We don't take much notice of England's 'boring' jibe

English jibes about Ireland being a boring team were today dismissed as merely a headline in the build-up to Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener in Dublin.

Six Nations champions and Grand Slam winners Ireland welcome an England side to the Aviva Stadium that is still smarting over the final-round 24-15 defeat they suffered at home to Joe Schmidt’s side last March and there has been more than one verbal dig thrown into the Irish side ahead of Saturday’s sell-out clash.