Irish look to halt early England momentum

If Joe Schmidt could get a mulligan for one moment of what turned out to be a fairly average 2019 for Ireland, you’d guess it would be the first 20 minutes of the Six Nations campaign.

It was in that opening quarter of that first-round championship match at home to England that Ireland went from being on top of the world to also-rans — out-muscled and overrun by a powerhouse, full-strength side.