Dylan Hartley says England are 'not quite there yet' after Ireland end record winning streak

Run over: England were looking to win an unprecedented 19th straight match
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Tom Dutton18 March 2017

Dylan Hartley believes England's 13-9 loss to Ireland shows they still have room for improvement.

Defeat in Dublin prevented England recording back-to-back Grand Slams in the RBS Six Nations and ended their 18-match unbeaten run.

England captain Hartley told ITV: "Big lessons to learn today. We set out to win the tournament and we've done that.

"Obviously disappointed not to win this final game because we had high hopes, we had high expectations of ourselves.

"It goes to show we're not quite there yet as a team. Full credit to Ireland, (they) put us under unbelievable pressure today and gave us one hell of a Test match.

"We're not the finished article, this will keep us grounded, plenty of work to do. But full credit to Ireland today and this atmosphere was a great one to play in."

On England's performance, Hartley added: "I think it was negative upon negative. We seemed to back every error up with another error and they executed well."

TeamPWDLFABonusPts
England540114681319
Ireland530212677214
France530210790214
Scotland5302122118214
Wales520310286210
Italy50055020100