While Ireland headed into the game in the hunt for a Grand Slam, England still had destiny in their own hands despite last week's defeat to France courtesy of their superior points difference of 118.

And they seized their chance with aplomb as Anthony Watson crossed inside the first minute before ever-present scrum-half Dan Robson added to their first-half dominance.

An early second half try from winger Marland Yarde effectively sealed the victory and the title for Rob Hunter's side.

After the powerful French pack handed England a first Six Nations defeat for 11 games, the pressure was on the Red Rose youngsters to see how they would respond.

Within the opening seconds the crowd inside Adams Park had their answer as Watson, who is still eligible for England Under-18s, received Tom Heathcote's neat offload and used his power and pace to kick through three Irish tackles. Bath fly-half Heathcote, making his first start of the tournament, converted.

While the first try was all about a moment of individual brilliance, the second was a move straight from the training paddock.

On 16 minutes a well-worked lineout ball saw No.8 Jack Clifford feed Robson who needed no second invitation to dart through a gap and into the corner.

The conversion was off target and England turned down further shots on goal to try and capitalise on their early dominance, a decision that seemingly backfired when they came away with nothing and fly-half Paddy Jackson got his team on the board with a penalty.

But Ireland remained firmly on the back foot and a series of indiscretions resulted in JJ Hanrahan being sent to the sin-bin on 30 minutes.

Heatchote converted the resulting penalty and it seemed that England were going to cut loose with their man advantage, but instead Ireland - thanks to some desperate scrambling defence - held out and Jackson added their second penalty to send them in only 15-6 down at the break.

Just as they had done for the first half, England made a blistering start to the second half with Robson just hauled down in the 22.

Charlie Walker came even closer after another few phases but this time England were able to recycle the ball quickly and Robson put Yarde over in the corner. Heatchote nudged the conversion wide.

Tensions started to boil over as visiting lock Iain Henderson was involved in an unsavoury incident but it showed Ireland were not giving up the fight and a beautiful chip by Jackson was gathered by Niall Scannell only for the hooker to knock on at the crucial moment.

Some replacements by Mike Ruddock breathed new life into the Irish cause and a Jackson penalty on 61 minutes brought the visitors to within 11 points.

But they were never able to manoeuvre themselves into a position to really threaten the England tryline.

Indeed it was England, who despite having their rhythm disrupted by a host of substitutions, still nearly added to their tally with the electric Charlie Walker just failing to get his pass away at the key moment.

Hunter's side, however, were still able to celebrate another Six Nations title which they hope will give them the perfect springboard for a shot a first Junior World Championship title this summer.