England team

v Ireland, Croke Park, Saturday, 5.30pm, (On TV: RTÉ 2, BBC 1)

v Ireland, Croke Park, Saturday, 5.30pm, (On TV: RTÉ 2, BBC 1)

15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)

14 Paul Sackey (Wasps)

13 Mike Tindall (Gloucester)

12 Riki Flutey (Wasps)

11 Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)

10 Toby Flood (Leicester)

9 Harry Ellis (Leicester)

1 Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)

2 Lee Mears (Bath)

3 Phil Vickery (Wasps)

4 Steve Borthwick (Saracens) capt

5 Nick Kennedy (London Irish)

6 James Haskelll (Wasps)

7 Joe Worsley (Wasps)

8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Replacements:Dylan Hartley (Northampton), Julian White (Leicester), Tom Croft (Leicester), Luke Narraway (Gloucester), Danny Care (Harlequins), Andy Goode (Brive), Matthew Tait (Sale Sharks).

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