Elliot Daly and Dylan Hartley passed fit as England confirm XV for final Six Nations clash with Ireland

Passed fit | Elliot Daly was a doubt with a foot injury
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Chris Jones15 March 2018

Dylan Hartley and Elliot Daly have been passed fit to face Ireland on Saturday as Eddie Jones made 10 changes - three positional - to the England side beaten by France.

George Ford, Danny Care, Jamie George, Joe Launchbury and Dan Cole failed to make the team while Nathan Hughes and Courtney Lawes are injured. Captain Hartley (calf) and wing Daly (foot) have overcome their injuries to face the Grand Slam hopefuls at Twickenham.

George Kruis will partner Saracens club-mate Maro Itoje in the second row while James Haskell will start at openside flanker with Chris Robshaw moving to the blindside and Sam Simmonds coming in at No8.

Saracens team-mates Richard Wigglesworth and Owen Farrell will start as the half-back pairing with the latter moving from inside centre. Ben Te’o switches to No12 with Jonathan Joseph recalled at outside centre.

Head coach 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 are a very good team. We have seen in every game the physical contest has been enormous so we have to meet that physical challenge and then play smart tactically.”

England XV to face Ireland

15 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), 14 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers), 13 Jonathan Joseph (Bath), 12 Ben Te’o (Worcester Warriors), 11 Elliot Daly (Wasps), 10 Owen Farrell (Saracens), 9 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), 1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens), 2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), 3 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins), 4 Maro Itoje (Saracens), 5 George Kruis (Saracens), 6 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins), 7 James Haskell (Wasps), 8 Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs)

Replacements

16 Jamie George (Saracens), 17 Joe Marler (Harlequins), 18 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), 19 Joe Launchbury (Wasps), 20 Don Armand (Exeter Chiefs), 21 Danny Care (Harlequins), 22 George Ford (Leicester Tigers), 23 Mike Brown (Harlequins)

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