England's Joe Marler: Bar-room brawl? I like the sound of that. No gouging or glass throwing. Just the clean stuff.

'It was a great training session. It was a really nice, tasty one actually. There's definitely a bigger sense of 'OK, Ireland are very good'

THE EDGE: England's Joe Marler during the training session at Pennyhill Park, Bagshot.

Joe Marler has revealed that England's training sessions have become edgier in anticipation of the step up presented by Ireland in Saturday's Six Nations clash.

The losing side at Twickenham will be eliminated from the title race heading into the final round with Grand Slam-chasing France completing the trio of rivals battling to seize Wales' crown.