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Players/Officials: Stephen Ferris

Tournaments/Tours: Six Nations

Teams: England | Ireland

Stephen Ferris has admitted that the collective experience in the Ireland squad allowed them to quickly move on from their disappointing Six Nations defeat to France in Paris two weeks ago.

The Ulster flanker will line up against England at Twickenham on Saturday keen to right some wrongs, but insists that the squad is confident in their abilities.

"We were very disappointed and frustrated with how we performed in Paris," he said. "We went over the videos last week just to see what we have to do better this week. "We didn't become a bad side overnight. It's been easy to move on. We've got a lot of experience in the squad and we have all lost games in the past.

"For me, I have been fortunate enough in that I haven't lost too many in the last 18 months. At Ulster there have been a lot of ups and downs over the years and I feel like I've dealt with those really well. A small blip like the France game should be fine with me."

Ferris will go up against the English back-row of James Haskell, Lewis Moody and Nick Easter and is expecting a tough afternoon. Again, though, he has confidence that should the Irish trio, also featuring David Wallace and Jamie Heaslip, perform then there shouldn't be a problem.

"They are all fine players, no doubt about that. They are very good ball carriers," he said. "They get around the park very well. Nick Easter is a very good footballer and a great line-out option as well.

"There is no doubt that they are a very strong back row. Having said that, if we can perform like we have done in the past in our own back row then there shouldn't be anything to worry about."