Those who thought 21 year-old Aoife Dalton had her best game in an Ireland shirt last week will have had to readjust as she picked up the Player of the The Match award.

For this rising Ireland team, today is about exorcising some demons from the past. For starters, they need to atone for last weekend’s error-strewn display when a glorious chance to land a first win against France in eight years was derailed by a flurry of unforced errors and poor decision making.

England have reigned supreme in the Women's Six Nations for seven years. Victory over France on the final day of last year's tournament delivered a third consecutive Grand Slam and they will start the defence of their title as strong favourites to claim the clean sweep once again.