the right corner and touching down close to the posts o gara missed a penalty which would have put ireland nine points clear and the home crowd breathed a sigh of relief when hodgson s crosskick was fumbled by lock ben kay near the line anticipation of a home win sent the noise level skyhigh but o gara missed another chance to seal the game with a wayward dropgoal attempt inside the last 10 minutes england poured forward spurred on by scrumhalf matt dawson who replaced leicester s harry ellis but despite one near miss with the pack over the line not checked on the tv replay by referee jonathan kaplan england were unable to pull off a facesaving win ireland next face france at lansdowne road in two weeks time before the potential title decider against wales in cardiff england are still to meet italy at twickenham in what is now a wooden spoon decider and scotland g murphy g dempsey b o driscoll s horgan d hickie r o gara p stringer r corrigan s byrne j hayes m o kelly p o connell s easterby j o connor a foley f sheahan m horan d o callaghan e miller g easterby d humphreys k maggs j robinson capt m cueto j noon o barkley j lewsey c hodgson h ellis g rowntree s thompson m stevens d grewcock b kay j worsley l moody m corry a titterrell d bell s borthwick a hazell m dawson a goode o smith