England captain Dylan Hartley returns to the starting line-up to face Grand Slam hunting Ireland in the NatWest 6 Nations at Twickenham.
Jamie George filled in for the Red Rose skipper in France last weekend but Hartley slots back into the front row with Kyle Sinckler making his first start of the campaign alongside Hartley.
George Kruis regains his starting position in the second row alongside club mate Maro Itoje as James Haskell and Sam Simmonds come into the back row as Courtney Lawes and Nathan Hughes miss out through injury.
Richard Wigglesworth replaces Danny Care at scrum-half to partner Saracens teammate Owen Farrell as Ben Te’o moves to inside centre with Jonathan Joseph recalled at outside centre.
Meanwhile Don Armand is named amongst the replacements bench.
Head coach Eddie Jones said: “We can’t wait to get back to Twickenham and play there. We have had a couple of tough games on the road and to get back and play in front of our 24th man will be exciting for the players and they will be looking forward to putting in a good performance.
“Ireland is a very good team. We have seen in every game the physical contest has been quite enormous so we have to meet that physical challenge and then play smart tactically.”
England team to face Ireland 15. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby 32 caps) 14. Jonny May (Leicester Tigers 33 caps) 13. Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby 39 caps) 12. Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors 12 caps) 11. Elliot Daly (Wasps 17 caps) 10. Owen Farrell (Saracens 57 caps) 9. Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens 30 caps) 1. Mako Vunipola (Saracens 48 caps) 2. Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints 92 caps) 3. Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins 9 caps) 4. Maro Itoje (Saracens 18 caps) 5. George Kruis (Saracens 24 caps) 6. Chris Robshaw (Harlequins 63 caps) 7. James Haskell (Wasps 76 caps) 8. Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs 6 caps) Replacements: 16. Jamie George (Saracens 24 caps) 17. Joe Marler (Harlequins 55 caps) 18. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers 81 caps) 19. Joe Launchbury (Wasps 51 caps) 20. Don Armand (Exeter Chiefs 1 cap) 21. Danny Care (Harlequins 80 caps) 22. George Ford (Leicester Tigers 44 caps) 23. Mike Brown (Harlequins 68 caps)
