England vs Ireland Six Nations Rugby Betting Preview 3-12-22

England vs Ireland Prediction and Odds

Third-place England hosts second-place Ireland on Saturday morning at Twickenham Stadium in London as part of the Six Nations rugby competition. Both teams enter Saturday’s showdown with wins in five of their last six matches.

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Saturday, March 12	Six Nations Rugby Betting Notes
Ireland:	-140
England:	+110
Draw:	+1900
Total:	41.5 (Odds Above Courtesy of DraftKings)
Venue:	Twickenham Stadium in London, England

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Ireland has won five of its last six international matches entering Saturday’s showdown against England, including two wins from their last three in this competition. Ireland owns the tournament’s best average scoring margin with a +67 points differential.

England, meanwhile, has the exact same record as Ireland, winning five of their last six international matches outright, including two from three in this competition so far. England hasn’t been anywhere near as clinical in front of the posts as Ireland, with 33 points their highest scoring total so far coming against a poor Italian side.

“England Will Rip Into Ireland”

Ireland enter as slight favorites ahead of this game over in England and that hasn’t sat well with outspoken English coach Eddie Jones.

Jones claims England’s superior physicality ahead of this clash will simply overwhelm the Irish in this one and England’s main focus will be to chase down Ireland and “rip into them.”

Whether the English can pull that off however remains to be seen as they struggled immensely to overcome Wales just two weeks ago, relying on their kicking game to get them out of jail in that one and having to weather a late storm by the Welsh which saw the home side eventually hang on for a narrow 23-19 win in that game.

Ireland Looking Like Title Contenders

It’s been a solid few months for the Irish as they handed the All Blacks a huge loss back in November and absolutely demolished both Wales and Italy over recent weeks as well, with the only blemish on their record so far coming in a close 30-24 loss in Paris to the French.

The Irish were well in that game however, scoring more tries than the French, had more conversion goals, made more attacking runs as well but simply gave up too many penalty goals to the French in that game which ended up costing them the win.

With the French facing a tricky trip away to Wales this weekend however, the Irish will no doubt see this as a huge opportunity to leapfrog France into top spot here with a win over England.

England vs Ireland Prediction

While London is never an ideal place to try and go and get a result, even against a struggling English side, we nevertheless have to trust current form here and that’s all with Ireland ahead of this one.

With 2019 Six Nations top scorer and English captain Owen Farrell out of this one for England, along with influential center Manu Tuilagi as well, it’s hard to see how this England backline can cope with Ireland’s lightning quick breakdown ball on Saturday.

This is a matchup of power vs speed with England perfecting an approach of overwhelming power in defense and contact going up against an Irish side that boasts the quickest ruck speed, just 2.89 seconds on average, out of any team in the championship.

With Manu Tuilagi out especially, that’s going to be a huge blow to this English power system and we’re expecting the Irish to get the win here on Saturday in what should be an electric atmosphere over in Twickenham this weekend.

Take Ireland -1 on the handicap to overcome England on Saturday.

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