England’s Billy Vunipola thrashes his way through Ireland’s defence | Eddie Butler

England’s No1 bulldozer came close to perfection with his dummying and running although Johnny Sexton did once get the ball off himAt half-time the score stood at 6-3 to the home team, a rather mournful log of proceedings in its own right and an even gloomier echo of the halfway stage at Cardiff on Friday night. But this was no dirge; this was a genuine investment in the work that yields points at a later stage. It was miserly, but it was encouraging.Any questions about why Johnny Sexton stares runners coming at him in the eye and goes high in the tackle – thereby exposing himself to concussio…