Maro Itoje's 100th cap celebrations fell flat as Ireland gate crashed his Twickenham party and ruined England's Six Nations. Henry Pollock was yellow-carded on his first start for England and skipper Itoje was hauled off after 54 minutes of a humiliating day for Steve Borthwick's side. All the pre-tournament chat about England fans flooding into Paris in two weeks for a championship decider is now hot air, as the Red Rosers were taken to the cleaners.

Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and centre Stuart McCloskey were the Irish stars but nearly every man in green outshone their opposite number. McCloskey summed up the difference in the sides when, with the game done, he chased down Marcus Smith and chopped him down to save a try. He was still hungry despite feasting on England all afternoon. This was the most points Ireland have scored at Twickenham and during the first half they were virtually scoring at will as England were like rabbits caught in the headlights in defence.

Ireland won every battle, barring the scrum. Their back row, led by Josh van der Flier and Tadhg Beirne, was all over the breakdown; they ruined England's lineout and blitzed them defensively.

Their old guard like Tadhg Beirne, Gibson-Park and Garry Ringrose stood up as they put in their applications for next year's World Cup but hardly any of the Englishmen can say the same.

The hosts did score a couple of tries around half-time and Sam Underhill got a late third but Ireland were like ravenous dogs and they had the game won by the break.

This was a do-or-die for both sides with Ireland falling 36-14 to France in their opener before limping home against Italy and England's 12-match unbeaten run going up in smoke last weekend in Edinburgh. It looks like it was die for England who have Italy and France to come.

England were remarkably upbeat this week in camp for a side that been ambushed 31-20 by Finn Russell and co and all the chat was Pollock and Itoje. Itoje was below his best last week against the Scots, a rare day off for him, and there was talk of making a fast start and making it a big day for the captain.

That lasted as long as the smoke from the pre-match fireworks as they went 22-0 down in 29 minutes with the Irish running riot and had Freddie Steward yellow-carded.

The first half saw Luke Cowan-Dickie and Steward hooked by boss Borthwick, with Jamie George and Marcus Smith on and scrum-half Alex Mitchell hobbling off.

It was a carbon copy of last week in Edinburgh as England's defence was ripped to shreds at will be the visitors and Gibson-Park was at the heart of it. It was his quick tap penalty that caught the defence on their heels and napping as he scooted over unopposed.

Then McCloskey broke free to put wing Robert Baloucoune away on 27 minutes and two minutes later Baloucoune turned provider for replacement Tommy O'Brien.

Fraser Dingwall got one back to make it 22-7 at the break but England had never won from that deficit and Ireland had never lost a 15-point in the championship.

Pollock then got binned just after the break for killing the ball when the hosts were retreating and Lions hooker Dan Sheehan piled on the misery with a close-range score. England were all at sea as the Irish carried hard and straight into the guts of their defence. It was compelling stuff, if you are Irish, and by the end Twickenham felt like Dublin. It was the Irish in the mood for a party - not Itoje.

England: Tries: Dingwall, Lawrence, Underhill; Cons: Ford (3)

Ireland: Tries: Gibson-Park, Baloucoune, O'Brien, Sheehan, Osborne; Cons: Crowley (4); Pens: Crowley (3)