Andy Farrell’s Ireland side face England in the Guinness Men’s Six Nations at the Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, on Saturday (2:10 p.m. kick-off).
Caelan Doris will lead the Irish team for the third day clash in the English capital, as Ireland look to build on last Saturday’s defeat to Italy at the Aviva Stadium.
Return 3 unchanged
Jamie Osborne, Robert Baloucoune and James Lowe are named in the bottom three unchanged.
Stuart McCloskey and Garry Ringrose continue in midfield, while Munster’s Jack Crowley comes in at half-time to partner Jamison Gibson-Park in the half-backs.
Jeremy Loughman, Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Furlong are selected first overall. Joe McCarthy and James Ryan are held in the engine room. Tadhg Beirne, Josh van der Flier and captain Doris will play in the back row.
Experienced Irish bench
Farrell named an experienced bench with Rónan Kelleher, Tom O’Toole, Finlay Bealham, Nick Timoney and Jack Conan to replace the forwards.
The backs named for matchday 23 are Craig Casey, Ciaran Frawley and Tommy O’Brien.
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s clash, head coach Andy Farrell admitted
“The games between the two teams have been close lately and there is a lot of familiarity and respect between the two sides. We know their strengths and our goal is to deliver the best version of ourselves to put ourselves in a position to get the performance we want.”
Live on RTÉ TV and Radio
Saturday’s match will be broadcast live on RTÉ2 and ITV, with live radio commentary available on RTÉ Radio 1.
Ireland team
15. Jamie Osborne, 14 years old. Robert Baloucoune, 13 years old. Garry Ringrose, 12 years old. Stuart McCloskey, 11 years old. James Lowe, 10 years old. Jack Crowley, 9 years old. Jamison Gibson-Park.
1. Jeremy Loughman, 2. Dan Sheehan, 3. Tadhg Furlong, 4. Joe McCarthy, 5. James Ryan,
6. Tadhg Beirne, 7. Josh van der Flier, 8. Caelan Doris (captain).
Ireland Substitutions
16. Ronan Kelleher, 17 years old. Tom O’Toole, 18 years old. Finlay Bealham, 19 years old. Nick Timoney, 20 years old. Jack Conan, 21 years old. Craig Casey, 22 years old. Ciaran Frawley, 23 years old. Tommy O’Brien.
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