Ireland v England: Spine-tingling shiver greets battle between champions' knowhow and visitors' promise

February 27, 2015
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The Telegraph

There is no false nationalism in the air, no silly anti-English stereotyping,
no prospect of churlish hold-ups pre-match in the Aviva Stadium tunnel, just
a spine-tingling shiver that the only two unbeaten teams in the championship
are going head-to-head on Sunday afternoon.

The sport itself trumps
everything, the tribal pantomime relegated to sideshow status.

Fierce,
unremitting, revealing – there are only good things on the agenda.

The
mutual flow of respect flowing between the camps with even Dylan Hartley
receiving his fair share of love from across the Irish Se…