Joe Schmidt makes one change to the team that beat France.
We were all suffering from Six Nations withdrawal symptoms last week as the teams recharged their batteries in anticipation for what’s to come and without doubt the biggest game of the weekend is at the Aviva.
Something has to give on Sunday as Ireland and England enter the game with 100% records from their first two games.
Joe Schmidt has named the 15 men who will be looking to avenge last years defeat at Twickenham and there’s just one change from the team that beat France 18-11 last time out.
As expected, Jordi Murphy comes in at No 8 in place of his Leinster teammate Jamie Heaslip who misses out through injury.
It’s only the the third Six Nations game in eight years that Heaslip will have missed.
Here's the @irishrugby team for Rugby's Greatest Championship @rbs_6_nations #ShoulderToShoulder pic.twitter.com/g7rAs9qQ9K
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) February 27, 2015
England named their team earlier this afternoon with Saracens full-back Alex Goode replacing the badly concussed Mike Brown while Exeter Chiefs wing Jack Nowell comes in for Gloucester’s Jonny May.
England: A Goode (Saracens); A Watson (Bath Rugby), J Joseph (Bath Rugby), L Burrell (Northampton Saints), J Nowell (Exeter Chiefs); G Ford (Bath Rugby), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers); J Marler (Harlequins), D Hartley (Northampton Saints), D Cole (Leicester Tigers); D Attwood (Bath Rugby), G Kruis (Saracens); J Haskell (Wasps), C Robshaw (captain, Harlequins), B Vunipola (Saracens).
Replacements: T Youngs (Leicester Tigers), M Vunipola (Saracens), H Thomas (Bath Rugby), N Easter (Harlequins), T Croft (Leicester Tigers), R Wigglesworth (Saracens), D Cipriani (Sale Sharks), B Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby).
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