Schmidt: 'England bullied us'

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.

“It is my most disappointing defeat at the Aviva,” said the head coach in the wake of the 32-20 loss to Eddie Jones' impressive visitors. “We got beaten up – similar to what happened two years ago when we lost to New Zealand (also in Dublin).