Ireland coach Andy Farrell has kept faith with the team that beat Wales last time out for their trip to face England at Twickenham on Sunday.
The starting XV is unchanged from that win and the only alteration in the matchday 23 is Caelan Doris replacing fellow Leinster back-rower Max Deegan on the bench.
Doris made his international debut in the opening game of the 2020 Guinness Six Nations against Scotland but was taken off through injury within five minutes and Farrell has opted to keep his replacement, Peter O’Mahony, in the starting XV for the trip to London.
Johnny Sexton continues as captain and makes up the half-backs with Conor Murray, while Bundee Aki and Robbie Henshaw start together in the Ireland midfield for a ninth Test match after Henshaw recovered from a head injury sustained against Wales.
Cian Healy, Rob Herring and Tadhg Furlong start a third consecutive Test match in the front row with Iain Henderson and James Ryan just behind them in the engine room.
Josh van der Flier and CJ Stander remain in the back row alongside O’Mahony, while the form of Jordan Larmour, Andrew Conway and Jacob Stockdale in the back three means Keith Earls is only among the replacements once more.
Ireland will be keen to repeat the result from their last Championship trip to Twickenham, when they beat England 24-15 to seal the Grand Slam back in 2018.
With victories over Scotland and Wales already under their belt, if they can best Eddie Jones’ men then Ireland will move ever closer to repeating that clean sweep from two years ago in Farrell’s first Championship in charge, while also clinching the Triple Crown.
Ireland team to face England at Twickenham, Sunday 23rd February 2020, KO: 15.00. 15. Jordan Larmour (Leinster) 14. Andrew Conway (Munster) 13. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster) 12. Bundee Aki (Connacht) 11. Jacob Stockdale (Ulster) 10. Jonathan Sexton (Leinster) (c) 9. Conor Murray (Munster)
1. Cian Healy (Leinster) 2. Rob Herring (Ulster) 3. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster) 4. Iain Henderson (Ulster) 5. James Ryan (Leinster) 6. Peter O’Mahony (Munster) 7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster) 8. CJ Stander (Munster)
Replacements: 16. Ronan Kelleher (Leinster) 17. Dave Kilcoyne (Munster) 18. Andrew Porter (Leinster) 19. Devin Toner (Leinster) 20. Caelan Doris (Leinster) 21. John Cooney (Ulster) 22. Ross Byrne (Leinster) 23. Keith Earls (Munster)
