Sarah Rendell’s match report is right here:

And that is the lot for today. England march on to a shot at the grand slam against France next week. Au revoir for now.

Louis Deacon, the forwards coach, says they want to sell out Twickenham before the next World Cup.

He also says: “I’m a maul fan. We used our maul to suck their defence in.”

Maggie Alphonsi asks Deacon if a lack of competitiveness in these games is a problem. His answer isn’t very complimentary to their rivals.

“We get our competitiveness in training … the girls really go at each other in training,” Deacon replies.

“That’s where our competitiveness is, in training, to be honest with you.”

Scott Bemand, the Ireland head coach, speaks: “The Irish girls are quite a young group … coming into an occasion like this … the girls have to handle the occasion. I think we looked quite young. After half time the girls showed something after a reasonably bruising first half.

“Ireland haven’t scored a point against England for three years I think [not since 2019, in fact] … so it’s a small win … We’ll take our learnings from this … the great thing about sport is you get to go again.”

“We’ve got some really good players coming through. It’s learning to put it out there on these occasions.

“We’ve got to keep being positive. England played really well, fair credit to them … we’ll keep going after stuff, we want to fire some shots in these big games, and we’ll keep going after it.”

Abby Dow, another England hat-trick heroine, has a chat: “We always want to do more … it’s incredible to be a part of. We had Meg [Jones] go to 10, Holly [Aitchison] go to nine … hopefully it’s great to watch.

“[It’s about] taking the easy option, which sometimes isn’t that easy … We showed up as one, we played as one … credit to Ireland, they tried to play their gameplan … but we found some channels that were maybe a bit weaker.

“John Mitchell has given us new questions … How good can we be?”

Megan Jones chips in: “We’re all outstanding rugby players … Our connections are getting stronger.”

Kildunne speaks to the BBC. What is it like being her, asks Sonja McLaughlan: “It’s like any of the other girls. We’re so happy to play in front of this crowd.

“No disrespect to Ireland but we really turned it on, it became running rugby, and it was enjoyable.

“We talk a lot about taking the handbrake off … keep trying new things … he [Mitchell] gives us bags of confidence and belief and we just do our thing.

“A game like today … we don’t think too far ahead. Let’s take in what’s just happened. 48,000 people came to watch us play and next week it’ll probably be 48,000 French fans. We’ll just take it as it comes.

The England players look pretty thrilled with that. In terms of the ruthlessness with which they took their opportunities that was impressive.

On the downside, Ireland were falling off tackles from very early on, and were never able to exert much pressure in terms of disrupting England’s ball.

79 min: Ellie Kildunne is named player of the match. Fair.

77 min: Today’s official attendance is 48,778. Decent!

68 min: Sydney Gregson on now as John Mitchell’s bench-emptying continues.

England have made 1,060metres in attack against 400-odd for Ireland.

63 min: Emily Scarratt comes on for Heard. Maddie Feaunati is also on.

Molony, O’Dowd, McGrath, Ikahihifo, Scuffil-McCabe are on for Ireland.

“I’m not too thrilled about that,” John Mitchell says on the BBC of the penalty try. “It’s good to learn from something like that.

“The back line is really starting to show some cohesion … there is some subtle familiarisation between them and there is always somebody in space … that’s where we want to be.”

55 min: Ireland construct an excellent driving maul to within a metre or so of the England line … and the TMO and the referee have a look at the replay after it collapses.

55 min: Muir and Hunt have gone off for England with Clifford and Lucy Packer on.

54 min: Rosie Galligan, who was meant to start was injured in the warm-up, is pictured with her left arm in a sling or a brace of some sort. Unfortunate for her.

52 min: Ireland find themselves in the unfamiliar position of being in the England 22 with the ball in hand. They try to work the ball from left to right, searching for an opening, but the English tackling is too strong and the Irish are gradually driven back about 15 metres having been in a promising position. There is a massive hit from Heard in there, and she smiles as she watches the replay on the big screen. It’s a moment that sums up England’s dominance all round.

48 min: Botterman has gone off for Mackenzie Carson, for England.

Now Kabeya looks to have powered on to the tryline for England’s latest five-pointer, their eighth …

41 min: Kildunne and Hunt both go for a garryowen in the England half. It looks like a mix-up but Hunt claims it anyway.

“We need to put the foot on the throat now,” says Lou Meadows, the England attack coach.

But will it be Murder on the Rugby Field after half time? It certainly looks like it.

Sophie Ellis Bextor is entertaining the crowd with “Murder on the Dancefloor” right now.

“As featured in Saltburn”, it says on YouTube.

Zoe Aldcroft is on the scoresheet. Sarah Rendell spoke to her during the buildup:

40 min: Aitchison feeds Heard in midfield with a whippy, flat pass. England probe down their right, then down their left. They win a penalty and will have time for another big driving maul before half time …

36 min: Dow is over in the corner again! I fancy she dropped that ball … It was more poor defending by Ireland, and Dow dove in by the corner on the England right, but clearly spilt the ball as she tried to touch it down. The try is disallowed and it’s a goal line drop-out for Ireland.

35 min: Lark Atkin-Davies is injured and is being helped from the field. Connie Powell is introduced.

34 min: Ireland are pinned back again but win a penalty for England going off feet. They kick for touch but the lineout is overthrown and possession is presented back to the host, who proceed to build another cohesive attack. Botterman is held up looking for the sixth try.

26 min: Kildunne fields a kick in the England 22. The chase isn’t good from Ireland and Kildunne wastes little time in sprinting beyond two, three, four tacklers and into the danger zone for the Irish … Béibhinn Parsons does extremely well to track back and flatten the rampaging Harlequin.

23 min: Ireland build a positive attack, and win a penalty. O’Brien puts up a high kick during the advantage but it’s brought back for a kick at the posts.

19 min: Another massive scrum from England. Ireland keep the ball but can’t make any progress. Kildunne scoops up a speculative kick by O’Brien and roars into the visitors’ half …

16 min: A knock-on from Ireland from the restart makes an already bad day slightly worse … but they get away with it and now they have an attacking scrum and a potential platform.

12 min: Packer wins a penalty with some determined work at the breakdown. The penalty is booted into the Irish 22 and England will have a chance for try No 3. O’Brien executed a snazzy dummy on Ireland’s previous possession.

4 min: A big shove from the English pack at the first scrum and that is a noticeable momentum shift after a strong start by Ireland. Penalty advantage, and England can go to a first lineout of the match after kicking for touch. They begin to build some attacking continuity – all thanks to that massive scrum.

2 min: A couple of errors early on from England in possession and a couple of kicks downfield from O’Brien, the Ireland No 10. Kildunne clears for England from inside their 22 after a searching kick by O’Brien, and the visitors have an attacking lineout.

The teams are out. Five minutes until kick-off. Time for the anthems … and perhaps time to have a read of Sarah Rendell’s preview with the England second row, Zoe Aldcroft.

“We had an unbelievable scrum against Wales and that allowed us in the backs to do our thing in a bit of space,” Ireland’s Dannah O’Brien told the official Women’s Six Nations website this week. “While the penalties that the forwards earned also allowed us to gain good field position and stay on the front foot …

“It’s going to be really exciting, I don’t think many players in our team will have ever experienced a crowd like what will be at Twickenham before so we just have to embrace it.”

Scott Bemand, the Ireland head coach [and previous England attack coach] has a chat with Sonja McLaughlan of the BBC: “England know how to do this kind of occasion … nearly 50,000 people out there – this is great for our team to experience this. We don’t want to be bystanders in it – we want to put our own game out there.

“I’m really proud as an Englishman that we can bring Ireland here and show it [Twickenham] off at its best.

“You want to test yourself against the best in the world. It’s a fantastic opportunity.”

Sam Monaghan, who misses out today, is not injured but apparently has been left out in one of those two changes to Ireland’s side: “Sam’s a big player for us … her leadership is fantastic,” says Bemand. “She had a bit of time out before coming to the Six Nations … it was a really tough call, but her ‘markers’ didn’t quite get over the line for this one.”

“Really useful to be back here [at Twickenham] again,” John Mitchell, the England head coach, tells the BBC. “It’s our big ‘why’ in what drives us.”

“In terms of performance, the girls are starting to free up, to trust who they’re with … and that’s the most pleasing thing.”

Gabby Logan asks about England’s discipline issue: “We’re definitely aware of their behaviour,” Mitchell says. “We’re trying to make the girls responsible … but we do need to play on the edge … we like to dominate the collision … and we’re encouraging that.

“The game is going to be unfair at times … you’ve just got to deal with it.” [I think he means refereeing there, but I am not entirely sure.]

Then, Logan asks about England’s indifferent goal kicking: “We do have weaknesses. We’re aware of that … we’re not trying to bite off everything at once.

“At some point in time, when we get put into an arm wrestle – and hopefully we do today because we’ll learn from it … we might have to win it through kicking. It hasn’t gone unnoticed.”

Ireland overpowered Wales 36-5 in Cork last week, scoring five tries. Aoife Wafer, the blindside flanker, was player of the match. They’ll be coming in with plenty of confidence.

Sarah Rendell spoke to the England second row, Zoe Aldcroft, who is relishing the chance to play in front of another big crowd at “HQ”, as some of the more irritating English rugby fans call it.

Handily enough, the Ireland team arrived in plenty of time for kick-off too:

As have the fans:

A healthy crowd was on hand outside Twickenham to welcome the Red Roses.

The last time England lost a Women’s Six Nations match was in France, on 10 March 2018: an 18-17 loss against in Grenoble. As stated it’s 27 straight wins in this competition now, and today would make it 28.