Ireland beat 14-man England after Ewels' record red card

Ireland kept their Six Nations title hopes alive with a hard-fought 32-15 win over 14-man England at Twickenham on Saturday after home lock Charlie Ewels received the quickest red card in Championship history.

WATCH | England lock sent off after just 82 seconds in Six Nations clash

Ewels was sent off after just 82 seconds for a dangerous head-on-head clash with Irish second row James Ryan.

Yet with 20 minutes left, a hugely gutsy England were level at 15-15 through the boot of flyhalf Marcus Smith -- who scored all their points -- before Ireland pulled clear with tries from replacements Jack Conan and Finlay Bealham following first-half scores from James Lowe and Hugo Keenan.

Ireland must now hope England deny France a Grand Slam in Paris in next week's final round of matches, when the Irish are at home to Scotland.

The defeat ended England's own title hopes following their opening day loss to Scotland, with captain Courtney Lawes telling ITV Sport: "I really think we showed today how much it means to be part of this team.

"We didn't give up for a second.

"Obviously it wasn't to be today, towards the end we were pretty tired," the blindside flanker added.

"But class effort from the boys. I honestly couldn't ask any more of them."

Ewels was sent off in just the second minute by French referee Mathieu Raynal for a clash with Ryan that saw the Ireland second row leave the game injured.

Amid huge jeers from a capacity Twickenham crowd incensed by the decision, even though Raynal had little choice, recalled Ireland flyhalf Johnny Sexton kicked the visitors into a 3-0 lead from the penalty.

Just four minutes later, Ireland were 8-0 ahead.

Scrumhalf Jamison Gibson-Park found Dan Sheehan and the hooker's fine pass sent flanker Josh van der