- Ireland captain will miss England match with a hamstring injury
- Burns won Junior World Cup with England before switching
Ireland have been dealt a major blow after Johnny Sexton was ruled out of Saturday’s match against England with a hamstring injury but Billy Burns says there will be no split loyalties if he gets the nod at fly-half against the country he used to represent.
Burns, 26, was a Junior World Cup winner with England in 2014 – alongside Maro Itoje and Charlie Ewels – kicking the decisive points in the final against South Africa. He qualifies for Ireland through a grandfather and after making the switch from Gloucester to Ulster in 2018, made his senior Test debut for Andy Farrell’s side off the bench in last Friday’s 32-9 win over Wales.
