Johnny Sexton: 'Two years ago we would have lost that game'

The visitors lost the penalty count 15-9 and conceded six of them at the scrum but ultimately came out on top

Ireland's Johnny Sexton celebrates winning

Johnny Sexton celebrated a record victory at Twickenham over a resilient, 14-man England side and admitted Ireland would have lost that game two years ago.

Ireland outscored the English by four tries to nil for a bonus-point 32-15 Guinness Six Nations win but struggled for long periods of a game which had seen the home side reduced to 14 men after just 82 seconds following a red card for lock Charlie Ewels.