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Phil Egan
Phil Egan

11:14 18 Mar 2021



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Elliot Daly is back in the England team for Saturday's Six Nations meeting with Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.

England head coach Eddie Jones has made just one change from last weekend's win over France with Elliot replacing the injured Henry Slade in the centre.

Owen Farrell captains the side at inside centre, George Ford is at outhalf and Ben Youngs at scrum-half.

Max Malins stays at full-back with Anthony Watson and Jonny May on the wings.

Props Mako Vunipola and Kyle Sinckler join hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie in the front row.

Charlie Ewels and Maro Itoje make up the tight five.

Mark Wilson is blind-side flanker, Tom Curry stays as open-side flanker and Billy Vunipola is No. 8.

Eddie Jones said: "This is our most important game of the tournament and we want to finish well.

"We’re anticipating a hard, tough game against Ireland and we’ve picked this team to cope with that.

"We want to take it to Ireland physically and play the rugby we want to play."

England can no longer retain the title but could finish second if they win in Dublin.

England team to face Ireland:

15. Max Malins
14. Anthony Watson
13. Elliot Daly
12. Owen Farrell (C)
11. Jonny May
10. George Ford
9. Ben Youngs

1. Mako Vunipola
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie
3. Kyle Sinckler
4. Maro Itoje
5. Charlie Ewels
6. Mark Wilson
7. Tom Curry
8. Billy Vunipola

Replacements:

16. Jamie George
17. Ellis Genge
18. Will Stuart
19. Jonny Hill
20. Ben Earl
21. Dan Robson
22. Ollie Lawrence
23. Joe Marchant

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