Jamie Noone gave England the lead with a first minute try but Ireland levelled when Shane Horgan was fortuitous in that a ball that bounced on the whitewash was missed by touch judge Rob Dickson - he initially raised his flag - and Horgan hacked on to score.

Two O'Gara penalties had Ireland 11-8 up and England down to 14 with Simon Shaw in the bin before Goode - having missed two in a row - landed a peanlty to leave the home side trailing by 3 points (11-8) at the break