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It's now or never for England. A ten-minute detention just isn't a suitable punishment for headmaster Martin Johnson's sin-bin sinners, who must now stand up and be accounted for.

From Johnson's savage iron-fisted reaction to Danny Care's latest yellow-card, the next riot act could well be the last for the persistent offenders. Suspension or even expulsion could follow.

Care's act of blatant stupidity cost England the game and Johnson refused to shoulder any blame as the replacement scrum-half made it ten yellow-cards in four games for England with a senseless shoulder charge on Marcus Horan.

If Johnson hadn't broke BBC policy with enough four-lettered scowls during the first-half then Phil Vickery's trip to the bench that preceded Care's would've had the complaints commission working overtime.

Having ranted about how harshly they were treated by Jonathan Kaplan in Wales and even meeting South African colleague Craig Joubert in the build-up, England's red-faced coaching team must walk the gauntlet with their pants around their ankles for their latest brush in with the law was no fault of the administrators.

With Ronan O'Gara giving cause for the odd betting joke courtesy of his strange litter of simple missed efforts in front of goal, England chucked up another golden opportunity to win.

Heroic defending kept England in it but Ireland exposed their attacking deficiencies with some stiff tackling of their own.

Ireland's talisman, Brian O'Driscoll was in a league of his own, nudging over a drop-goal to save the green army's blushes with the boot as well as taking responsibility to marshall his forwards before diving over for the game-winning score.

Andy Goode might be tagged as a one-trick-pony but his neat chip freed Delon Armitage to pounce but it was all too little too late for England and now the temptation must to wield the axe given honours aren't up for grabs anymore.

If only to dispel with the aura of invincibility lingering over the horrid Elite Player Squad system, Johnson has a chance to hammer home the fear factor. So let's see how much it means to these boys.