Heaslip: Ireland ready for 'Fortress Twickenham'

The Irish rugby squad has relocated to London ahead of Saturday's big Six Nations clash with England unconcerned that their unbeaten record was shattered in Paris, according to Leinster's Irish international Jamie Heaslip.

The Irish rugby squad has relocated to London ahead of Saturday's big Six Nations clash with England unconcerned that their unbeaten record was shattered in Paris, according to Leinster's Irish international Jamie Heaslip.

Jonathan Sexton, Geordan Murphy, Rory Best and Donncha O'Callaghan will all start at Twickenham in a number of changes from the side that got a 33-10 mauling in France.

The result may have blown apart Irish aspirations of a successful Grand Slam defence, but Heaslip has said the players are anxious to get back to winning ways and there is a Triple Crown at stake.

Heaslip said there are "major lessons to be learned from the Stade de France experience, but also reasons to be optimistic about this weekend".

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