Robin McBryde: England hiding will help rather than hinder Ireland

Robin McBryde thinks Ireland’s hammering at Twickenham last August will make life easier for Andy Farrell when the team returns to London on Sunday.

Joe Schmidt’s men suffered a record 57-15 defeat in the World Cup warm up clash, a result that came just six months after they were well beaten in Dublin by the same opposition at the start of the Six Nations. The two defeats stunned Ireland and they never recoverered, being humiliated by Japan and New Zealand at the Rugby World Cup where they once more failed to get beyond the quarter-final stage.