Crowning Glory: Three pivotal Ireland games at Twickenham
(WorldNews Sport)

Ireland have travelled to Twickenham in the middle round of the Six Nations on three previous occasions and, in their own way, they have been landmark games. The victory in 2004 marked possibly the most defining shift in the balance of the power between the two countries. The opportunist win in 2010 maintained the new found supremacy and although Ireland lost there at the same stage in 2014, it was a significant staging post on the road to the title. Then, as tomorrow, the results beforehand in the opening two rounds went almost exactly the same way, as was the remaining itinerary, and the immediate prize at stake was also a Triple Crown. Jamie Heaslip, who was part of the Grand Slam in 2009...