England fly-half George Ford has said that they have to be worried about more than just Jonny Sexton as they prepare to face Ireland in the Six Nations on Sunday.

Sexton inspired Ireland to victory against France last time out, and he's been highlighted as the danger man for England's trip to Dublin.

However, Ford believes that Ireland have a strong team, and they have other players who can cause plenty of damage.

He told reporters: "It's definitely not just a case of stop Sexton and you stop Ireland at all I don't think. I think he's a brilliant player, you saw that against France after being out for 12 weeks to come back and play like that, he drove Ireland to that win.

"He's just massively influential in that team, everything goes through him. He's got a brilliant rugby brain, he's a very smart player. The biggest thing is his desire to win and hunger to get the best out of the players on his team, but also his determination to go out and give his best as well.

"But their physicality is unbelievable with the pack they've got. The breakdown is always massive against them, and that's probably what decides the game. Rory Best and Sean O'Brien are brilliant over the ball, and brilliant at disrupting other teams' ball too. So you've then got Simon Zebo, Tommy Bowe and Rob Kearney at full-back, who are all massively dangerous as well."

England and Ireland are the only two unbeaten teams left in the tournament.