16min They've just shown another replay of Healy's stamp. Straight as you like. Mostly b) You're Irish. It's headed away by St Ledger. Coleman, wide on the right, takes a touch and whips a teasing ball into the box towards Long. They will be more confident after that. He needs to tell his forwards where to go and kick his pack into positions of strength. 52 min I think Joe Hart resembles a french fry in this top: 50 min Lampard gets a dose of the Carricks and knocks a pass out of play. He is having treatment on it now, and the crowd clap as the talisman rises again. Look at 2nd half in Montenegro. The West Brom striker leaps way above Johnson and glances a wider into the left corner of the goal. No8 Heaslip was caught on the round side of the maul. The Irish centre was present at the birth, just hours before Ireland take on England at the Aviva Stadium.". Associated Press's Rob Harris tweets some bad news: <noframe>Twitter: Rob Harris - People arriving at Wembley reporting hearing "No surrender" on the Tube</noframe> 19.05 Important read, this from Mark Ogden, on the ridiculousness that these two nations haven't played for nearly 20 years: It really is ridiculous that two neighbouring countries with so many connections have not felt able to contest a football match in almost two decades. Ireland win the lineout and after some ding-dong kicking O'Driscoll laces clear for touch while on his 22 line. Not too many in the crowd singing, funny that. Stuart Lancaster will be pleased, though. He's powering to the byline and along comes Cahill to just get a foot to the ball. He lets the ball drop down inside the box and attempts an incredibly ambitious first-time lob. But that's a knock on, and it's an England scrum inside the Irish 22. Email nick.pearce@telegraph.co.uk with the answer to this question – Would things have been different for Sven if Kevin Kilbane was English? Even the Germany shirt didn't help....Anyway, 45 minutes to come for England to make it better. a) Second-choice at his club and score strictly no more than two goals a term b) A tried and tested international hitman c) Ally McCoist. He thinks Rooney was excessively grappling with him as Keane attempted to latch onto a ricochet created by some clueless centre-back play from Cahill and Jagielka. It fades to the right of the posts. Mostly c) You are a very confused Scottish voyeur. What a great result for England - grunt and grind won the day. England whistled for obstruction at the lineout and O'Gara lumps the ball up to the red rose 22. And again Brown runs at the Irish after Waldrom slips him the ball from another kick. Sean O'Brien and Donnacha Ryan replaced. 44min Ireland win a penalty from a scrum. England go up the other end and win a corner. 41min The rain is lashing down harder now. 2min Good solid start by England. Predictable and dated.</noframe> 78 min Some marvellous goalmouth chaos! This time it's Walcott, on the other side of the box who slams a shot at Forde's near post. 14.20 And news is filtering over the Irish Sea that the man they call BOD is already having an extra special day: he is a father for a first time after his wife Amy Huberman gave birth this morning to a girl. He has to hold on and Farrell will have a go to make it 9-0. It's within shooting distance. Argentina was one of my favourites, to beat them on such a big occasion and to play against world-class players like [Gabriel] Batistuta, [Javier] Zanetti and [Ariel] Ortega was unbelievable. Lampard's ball in towards Jagielka is headed away. <noframe>Twitter: Andrew Gwilym - Farrell and ROG both miss shots at goal. Nobody closed Coleman down. Ireland, meanwhile, looked bright in spells and have some decent talent within their ranks. There's just something a bit average about them and the sense that there is little to get excited about was not altered at all tonight. They were sloppy today, and had the lion's share of possession. England look rattled now. 5min Heaslip inexplicably drops the 22 kick out. O'Gara, who is handed a woeful ankle-high pass, is forced to take contact. His side are showing the efficiency that Sir Clive Woodward's World Cup winning side did. O'Gara has the ball but he does not go for goal. England's first meeting with the Republic of Ireland since 1995 - when their clash at Lansdowne Road was abandoned amid crowd violence - ended in a disappointing Wembley draw. Hard to see where an Irish converted try to win the game is coming from</noframe> 74min O'Gara spills from another high ball, and he has to hold on - it's another penalty for England. A march to the Grand Slam? 23min Ireland try to wheel the scrum again, but this time they are penalised. <noframe>Twitter: Official RFU - What a breathless first half: IRE led possession (56%) &amp; territory (58%) but superb ENG defence held strong and forced turnovers <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=rugby" target="_blank">#rugby</a></noframe> 40min And now England have another penalty shot. 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But England are whistled for going in at the side and O'Gara just about makes touch with an ugly kick. Hartley does come on now for hooker Tom Youngs who has failed to impress again. Meanwhile on the field there is a very useful rolling maul for Ireland. They would not really deserve this. Jamie Heaslip had a stinker. 17min Haskell has a good run, but it's turned over by Ireland. Can Farrell kick England to victory, can he control the game from his pivotal position? 6 min Ooooooh. And a huge cheer goes up when it concludes. Chris Robshaw introduces the ninth and current President of Ireland to his England team, who are wearing wine-coloured training tops. In my mind I wanted to be captain. For England Tom Wood will make his first start of the season for club or country at No8 with James Haskell slotting in at blindside flanker - as Ben Morgan suffered an injury last weekend against Scotland - and centre Manu Tuilagi will start on the bench. That's why these guys are the best. He writes: "That was too close for comfort! I think the public will accept the decision to make Ashley captain. Email me here: Oliver Pickup. We are all level in Dublin. 20.45 As end-of-season midweek international friendlies go that was fairly good. 3. Drop goal coming up? It was a very proud moment for me and one I'll never forget. It wasn't pretty but England eek out a win - their first in Ireland in a Six Nations game for a decade. if England gain dominance up front, they'll win. This England vintage is off. Naughty. Well played the England full-back. Strength in depth will win the day. 27 min Here's some video of that Lampard goal: 25 min Ireland win two corners in quick succession. 85 min A pretty decent 80,126 fans in at Wembley tonight. The ball ends at Walcott's feet and he stings the palms of Forde with a fierce effort that is tipped out for a corner. Manusamoa Tuilagi is no for Twelvetrees, who has not had a chance to shine this afternoon, and Courtney Lawes replaces Joe Launchbury. He walks around for a bit with it, poses for some snaps and hands it back to his beaming manager. Very, very good header. Ronan O'Gara, the highest point-scorer in Six Nations history, comes on for the fly-half to win his 127th cap. 22.04 Right, that's all from me tonight. Ashley Cole was awarded the captaincy for tonight’s match in place of  Steven Gerrard in honour of receiving over 100 caps for England. On come Thomas Waldrom. Interestingly it seemed like England were calling a foul on Foster, which wasn't given. First Zebo and now Sexton ... How will that affect the Irish game plan? So what does this mean for England? Here's what he said: I have a few games I'll never forget.