Six Nations: “Rugby or sex? It's very close in the end", the English press is ignited after the sublime England-Ireland. The superb victory won on Saturday, in a red-hot Twickenham, against the formidable Ireland (23-22) awakened His Majesty's subjects, who had been suffering for many months.

“England has freed itself from its mental constraints and can look to the future with renewed optimism, starting with the match against France in Lyon,” says The Guardian.