'Here's an interesting stat for you' - Andy Farrell highlights Jamison Gibson-Park’s importance to Ireland

His quick tap penalty from close range as Ireland swept into the English 22 caught the home defence napping and lit the touch paper.

PARK LIFE: Jamison Gibson-Park after his side's victory at Twickenham. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile.

There are times when a man of the match award does not do enough heavy lifting to recognise an individual performance and Andy Farrell underlined Jamison Gibson-Park’s Twickenham tour de force with an astonishing statistic.

His scrum-half had been benched for Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations home clash with Italy seven days prior, himself and replacement fly-half Jack Crowley providing the impetus for a late push for victory having entered the stage with the game tied 10-10.