Much has been made of Ireland's historically terrible record in Paris (a win last weekend would have ensured back-to-back wins in the French capital for the first time in 89 years), a record which pales in comparison with a relatively good record at Twickenham.
Ireland have won at the home of English rugby four times since 1994, with the other three wins coming in 2004, 2006 and 2010. A respectable record, particularly given the fact that England won the World Cup in that time.
Irish success at Twickenham has ceased since, meaning that Joe Schmidt has yet to coach an Irish success at the ground.
A large bulk of the side likely to play at the weekend will be doing so at a ground they are yet to taste victory at. Of those likely to start, only Rory Best, Jamie Heaslip, Cian Healy, Andrew Trimble and Johnny Sexton were involved in the 20-16 victory in 2010.
One of those lacking the experience of a Twickenham victory is Conor Murray, who has admitted there is a certain "fear factor" among the squad ahead of the game:
England away especially is a huge task; there is a fear factor among players about going there. I have never won there and there are a lot of players in the squad who have never won there but we have come close.
We performed well against them last year in the Six Nations, so there is a mix of fear but also quite a bit of excitement.
While fear among Irish players is not exactly what we want to hear following a winless start to the Six Nations, Murray is certain that Ireland will be ready for the clash against Eddie Jones' side:
If you take your eye off the ball, if you go over to England and you're not prepared they could really give you a hammering.
So we're really focused on going over and performing.
That's not a line we're told to say, it is actually that tough to go over there and perform. That's our sole focus. Twickenham is a great stadium. The bus ride in is amazing and it's a great buzz.
But it's more that the English team at home is a really strong unit and hard to break down. It was 13-10 the last time we played them and it was a really tough Test match.
[ESPN]
