A first-half blitz put Ireland 22-0 ahead on the half-hour mark and Andy Farrell's men were able to control the contest from then on.

England looked to work their way back into the match, and had a try before the break through Fraser Dingwall, but Ireland hit back immediately in the second half courtesy of Dan Sheehan.

The hosts again hit back through Ollie Lawrence, but Jamie Osborne sealed victory 10 minutes from time.

Sam Underhill added a late consolation for Steve Borthwick's men, who are now reeling from back-to-back defeats.

Ireland prosper from fast-paced start

The clash started at a frenetic pace and after Jack Crowley’s penalty gave Ireland a 3-0 lead, Jamison Gibson-Park bagged the first try of the afternoon.

Tom Curry was penalised for coming in at the side and the Irish scrum-half opportunistically took the penalty in the corner quickly and darted over the line. Crowley added the extras to make it 10-0.

As much as England showed glimpses of their own attacking threat, they lacked the clinical edge they showed against Wales two weeks ago, with a series of kicking and set-piece errors dogging their opening 40 minutes.

Crowley miscued his second penalty attempt but Ireland were able to extend their lead shortly after, as Stuart McCloskey tore through England's line, with Gibson-Park then able to release Robert Baloucoune to finish in the corner.

Freddie Steward also earned himself a yellow card for playing the nine in the process of Baloucoune scoring his fourth international try, which only deepened the mire England found themselves in.

Referee Andrea Piardi was forced off with a muscle injury, replaced by assistant Pierre Brousset, and Ireland continued to tighten their grip on proceedings in south west London.

Baloucoune, alongside Gibson-Park, was enjoying a wonderful afternoon and after exploiting a gap in England’s defence, it was his simple pass to Tommy O’Brien, one of four first-half replacements, that ensured Andy Farrell’s men went 22-0 up.

It took until the 40th minute for England to finally breach Ireland’s excellent defensive effort as Dingwall powered through a gap after Marcus Smith, on for Steward, delayed his pass to create the space.

Ireland take control

The home side may have had the final say of the opening salvo, but the pendulum of momentum swung back in Ireland’s favour at the start of the second.

Henry Pollock, on his first Guinness Six Nations start, was sinbinned for illegally stopping Ireland’s charge for the line, before England’s defence then ran out of men as Sheehan powered over to secure the try bonus point.

Back up to 15 upon Pollock’s return, the 21-year-old was decisive in the build-up as England struck back through Lawrence, who had the simple task of dotting down after he was played in.

Osborne then saw yellow to help England’s hopes of a comeback but Crowley’s successful penalty on the hour-mark pushed the men in green’s advantage to 18 points.

England continued to fight but Ireland kept thwarting their efforts as Baloucoune, demonstrating his defensive capabilities to go alongside his attacking acumen, sprinted over to divert Tommy Freeman into touch with the Northampton Saints man just metres from the line.

Crowley took Ireland to 35 points soon after, the most Ireland have ever scored at Allianz Stadium, and that total was increased with 10 minutes left as Osborne capped off a lovely Irish move by stretching over the line despite Guy Pepper’s best efforts.

There was still time for Underhill to get another back for England, but the result was beyond doubt by that stage, as the home side, who originally had designs on celebrating captain Maro Itoje's 100th cap, were left to licking their wounds following the defeat at home.

England: 15. Freddie Steward; 14. Tommy Freeman, 13. Ollie Lawrence, 12. Fraser Dingwall, 11. Henry Arundell; 10. George Ford, 9. Alex Mitchell; 1. Ellis Genge, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Joe Heyes; 4. Maro Itoje (c), 5. Ollie Chessum; 6. Tom Curry, 7. Ben Earl, 8. Henry Pollock

Replacements: 16. Jamie George (vc), 17. Bevan Rodd, 18. Trevor Davison, 19. Alex Coles, 20. Guy Pepper, 21. Sam Underhill, 22. Jack van Poortvliet, 23. Marcus Smith

Ireland: 15. Jamie Osborne; 14. Robert Baloucoune, 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Stuart McCloskey, 11. James Lowe; 10. Jack Crowley, 9. Jamison Gibson-Park; 1. Jeremy Loughman, 2. Dan Sheehan, 3. Tadhg Furlong; 4. Joe McCarthy, 5. James Ryan; 6. Tadhg Beirne, 7. Josh van der Flier, 8. Caelan Doris

Replacements: 16. Rónan Kelleher, 17. Tom O’Toole, 18. Finlay Bealham, 19. Nick Timoney, 20. Jack Conan, 21. Craig Casey, 22. Ciaran Frawley, 23. Tommy O’Brien