Statistical analysis on England's bid for Grand Slam
Owen Farrell, left, and George Ford are two of England's ever-presents in their bid for back-to-back Grand Slams
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England will head into Aviva Stadium to face Ireland on Saturday in search of their second successive Grand Slam victory. So here is a statistical analysis ahead of the encounter.
19 - should England achieve victory, it will extend their winning streak to 19, an outright record for a tier-one Test nation.
9 - Grand Slams won in the Six Nations era, with England bidding to take the tally into double figures.
4 - teams to have won a Six Nations Grand Slam. Wales and France have three each, with England bidding to join them on that mark, while Ireland won it in 2009.
137 - points scored by England so far in this season's competition.
27 - players used in their four games.
9 - try-scorers - Ben Te'o, Elliot Daly, Ben Youngs, Jack Nowell, Dan Cole, Danny Care, Jonathan Joseph, Anthony Watson and Billy Vunipola.
5 - players to have started all nine of England's games this season and last - captain Dylan Hartley, front-row colleague Cole, George Ford and Owen Farrell at 10 and 12 and full-back Mike Brown. Five others - Joe Marler, James Haskell, Care, Youngs and Nowell - have featured at some point in all nine games.
11 - consecutive wins for England since they last lost in the Six Nations, to Ireland in March 2015 - a record for the Six Nations or its predecessors.
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