Regardless of who you support, if you love rugby, today has probably been one of the best of your life.

One game left, and England need to win big to take the championship.

Here are the two teams.

England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Jack Nowell, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 James Haskell, 5 Courtney Lawes, 4 Geoff Parling, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kieron Brookes, 19 Nick Easter, 20 Tom Wood, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Billy Twelvetrees

France: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Gaël Fickou, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Sébastian Tillous-Borde, 8 Loann Goujon, 7 Bernard le Roux, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Alexandre Flanquart, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Vincent Debaty.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Damien Chouly, 21 Rory Kockott, 22 Jules Plisson, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud

There has already been a comment saying France owe us for the Henry handball. Would it be too much for them to lose by 25?

What do you all think? Can England beat France by 26 points? It seems a big ask but this day has been especially wild.

The teams are out on the pitch now.

France belting out the anthem with gusto. A good sign for Ireland’s chances.

We are off here!

Anthony Watson tries to run it out of the 22 right away but knocks on in an attempt to offload. Scrum to France on the right wing on the 10m line.

TRY! England 7-0 France

Jonathan Joseph breaks before finding Mike Brown, who offloads to George Ford on the right wing. The out-half gets tackled but passes excellently out of the tackle to Ben Youngs, who dives over.

Are France going to fold like Italy and Scotland did?

Billy Vunipola does excellently to hold up Thierry Dusautoir and England have a scrum in the French half.

England win the penalty at the scrum. Ford is going for the posts in a central area.

Ford misses to the right.

Haskell knocks on in midfield and France look to move the ball just inside the English half.

Gael Fickou offloads well to Maxime Mermoz in the English 22 but the home side turn it over and clear.

Dusautoir wins a turnover penalty straight in front of the posts. Plisson will go for the sticks.

England 7-3 France

Plisson scores and all Irish fans rejoice!

Joe Marler blocks down Scott Spedding’s clearance but the fullback gathers the ball again and finds touch outside his 22.

TRY! England 7-8 France

A ball is spilled in midfield and Sebastien Tillous-Borde scoops it up and races 60m to the far corner. Ireland are firmly in control at the moment.

Plisson pushes the kick just wide but France hold a slender lead.

Fickou claims a high ball excellently on halfway and all of a sudden France are playing with the gusto we expect from them.

OH MY GOD! Noa Nakaitaci sprinted over the line, tried to move under the posts and might have been pushed out of play by Ben Youngs. It is very tight.

TRY! England 7-15 France

What a stroke of luck! That was almost the biggest blown try in the history of the sport! I’ll get you the video as soon as I can… I wouldn’t do it justice if I tried to describe it.

It was beautifully created though. Fickou threw a lovely split-second pass across his body to Guilhem Guirado who found the French wing in space. And now the French are back on the attack again!

Spedding and Nakaitaci combined excellently again and almost crossed for a third try but England scrambled back to deny them. France still have a 5m scrum though and they win a penalty.

Plisson hooks it wide. Poor miss but France are playing some sublime rugby at the moment.

England win a penalty on halfway and have a lineout in the French 22 now.

But England throw a forward pass and France have a defensive scrum in their own 22 now.

France play the ball out of defence beautifully and have possession on halfway now.

Courtney Lawes could be in trouble for a late tackle. Nigel Owens is going to the TMO.

It looks a little bit late on the replay but Nigel Owens is content to play on. Scrum to England just inside their own half.

England’s opening try of the game seems an awfully long time ago but it was a beauty.

England 10-15 France

England win a scrum penalty and Ford narrows the gap.

Huget claims the restart excellently in the English 22 and France quickly win a penalty. Plisson has a chance to narrow the gap.

Another poor kick by Plisson. Six easy points left on the table. This was Lawes’ monstrous hit from a few minutes ago.

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Owens goes to the TMO for a possible England try but it looks like there was a knock on in the build-up. Youngs did excellently to set it up with a incisive snipe.

TRY! England 17-15 France

The ball actually came off a French knee in the build-up before Haskell fed Watson in the corner. England are back in front.

Plisson executes a lovely wraparound that Johnny Sexton would be proud of but the English defence stifles Huget well on the right wing.

England have stepped it up in the last few minutes. They looked shell-shocked for a bit but they are in the ascendancy now.

Fickou blocks down a Ford clearance and almost touches down, but his fly-hack bounces into touch a yard from the line.

TRY! England 22-15 France

Youngs takes the lineout quickly from his own line and Jonathan Joseph skates into the France 22 before England win a penalty. Mike Brown goes quickly and Youngs wriggles over under the posts a few phases later.

England 24-15 France

Ford converts and now England are 17 points away from the championship.

France look to attack but Courtney Lawes rips the ball away from a breakdown expertly and England look to counter.

France looking to play their way out of their own half but England are competing tigerishly at the breakdown.

England have a scrum in a central area on the 10m line. It’s the last play of the half.

The TMO is now having a look at Jonathan Joseph being held back by Mermoz and England are awarded a penalty in front of the posts.

HT: England 27-15 France

England need to win the second half by 14 to win the championship. This is an absolute cracking day of rugby!

How are the nerves?

It will be interesting to see if France can fightback in this half like they did in the first 40.

We are off in the second half!

Ford kicks out on the full and Mermoz crashes the ball up 30m out.

A big bust from Dusautoir brings the ball to within 5m of the line.

TRY! England 27-22 France

Mermoz dives over under the posts! Exactly what all the Irish fans wanted.

England have a big overlap but some slightly lateral running eats up the space and France deal with the danger. Ford then clears into the hands of Nakaitaci who runs it back.

Hartley puts Watson into space on the right wing but Plisson strips him of the ball in the French 22.

TRY! England 34-22 France

Ben Youngs slices through the English defence and flips the ball inside for Ford to finish. What a game we have here!

Chris Robshaw hacks the ball towards the French line but Nigel Owens calls it back for an earlier knock on. The game is getting very loose now, which actually favours both teams!

England win the scrum against the head on halfway but Spedding blocks down a grubber kick and turns it over.

A long lineout bounces into the hands of Debaty and France have the ball outside the 22. Robshaw tries to poach possession but Owens says he did it illegally. Rory Kockott has just come on for Tillous-Borde and he will kick from straight in front.

England 34-25 France

Kockott’s effort clips the post and just about sneaks over. England need 17 to win the Six Nations.

TRY! England 41-25 France

Spedding undertakes a suicide mission in his own 22 and gets turned over. A few phases later Ford pops the ball to Nowell on the left wing and he runs the ball in under the posts. England need 10 unanswered now to win.

Mike Brown bombs a kick straight down the field but it takes a wicked bounce to find touch on the French 22. England have 25 minutes to work two more scores.

The ball comes off Burrell’s foot at a ruck and touches Brown, so France are awarded a scrum for accidental offside in their own 22.

Nigel Owens has carded Haskell on recommendation of the TMO after the flanker tripped Plisson. Very stupid from the Wasps man and France have a lineout on halfway now.

Robshaw turns the ball over and sprints over the French 10m line. George Ford then pins France back inside their own 22.

Mike Brown has a good chance for another score out wide but his grubber eludes Jack Nowell and goes dead.

TRY! England 41-30 France

WHAT A SCORE! The ball is whipped out to Nakaitaci just outside the French 22 and he blows past the entire English defence in style before offloading to the prop Debaty in support, who is so knackered after his try that he has to go off.

England need 15 points unanswered as it stands, and have a lineout in the French 22 now.

TRY! England 48-30 France

Billy Vunipola powers over from close range after a few pick and drives from the forwards. Eight points needed by England now.

England are offside from their clearance so France are able to go to the corner. 5m lineout for the visitors.

TRY! England 48-35 France

The French maul couldn’t be stopped and it is sub hooker Benjamin Kayser who touches down.

England have a penalty in front of the posts after France don’t roll away but England go to the corner. Youngs wanted to take the points but Robshaw overruled him.

France steal the lineout!

France clear but England are running it back towards the 22 as the clock hits 70 minutes.

England probing for an opening but Huget flies out of the line and smashes Joseph, forcing a knock on. Eight minutes to go and England need two converted tries to beat Ireland.

Ben Youngs off for Richard Wigglesworth. Bad call. Just because you have subs doesn’t mean they need to be used. Youngs has created or scored almost all of the England tries.

England are awarded a penalty and have a lineout right on the French 22. Seven to go.

Joseph had two men outside him but opted to go it alone and when the resulting ruck gets messy, Owens awards England a scrum about seven yards out. Six to go.

TRY! England 55-35 France

Nowell goes over and England need one more try with three minutes to go!

England have a 5m lineout on the final play of the game. It is all or nothing here.

France win a turnover and Ireland are champions! Huget tried to run it from his own line but Rory Kockott kicked it out and Ireland have won back-to-back titles.

As you can probably tell, there were a lot of technical difficulties here! Ireland are the champions! England came up one try short! France tried to run the ball from their own line!

That is all the time we have tonight but check the site for all the best reaction to Ireland’s second consecutive title!