Johnny Sexton has been helping form Ireland's masterplan for their Six Nations opener against England on Saturday.

Rugby-playing twins Tom and Ben Curry have come as a pair pretty much their entire life — oh yes, they even live together and currently appear to be rocking identical short haircuts — and this weekend marks the culmination of their arm-in-arm journey to the top of the sport.

Maro Itoje says England are "ready to go" as they bid to upset the odds by launching their Six Nations campaign with a defeat of twice defending champions Ireland in Dublin. But they were also the only side to beat Ireland in last year's Six Nations and Itoje believes a new-look England can repeat that Twickenham triumph at Lansdowne Road.