The teams have been announced for the Ireland v England Six Nations match on Saturday 18th at the Aviva Stadium. Kick off 17:00.
Ireland have made three changes with Jared Payne, Kieran Marmion and Iain Henderson coming in for Rob Kearney, Conor Murray and Devin Toner respectively. Luke McGrath and Andrew Conway join the replacements.
England have brought in Billy Vunipola at number 8 and Anthony Watson is named on the right wing.
The inclusion of Payne should strengthen what was a fairly hapless backline against Wales. However, they are still fairly light out wide with Earls and Zebo continuing and I’d guess that most of Payne’s skills will be tested in defence. The inclusion of Conway screams that a defensive game has been prepared for.
Ireland will try and win this one up front and if that is the case they will need a substantially more focused and vigorous game than the one they had against Wales where the back row were completely outplayed. I suspect Henderson is . . .
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