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Joe Schmidt Makes Significant Changes To Ireland Team To Play England On Saturday

Joe Schmidt Makes Significant Changes To Ireland Team To Play England On Saturday
PJ Browne
By PJ Browne
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Joe Schmidt has named his Ireland team to play England in the Six Nations on Saturday.

England travel to Dublin with hopes of winning their second consecutive Grand Slam.

The team features three changes from the side which lost to Wales last weekend.

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Due to injury both Conor Murray and Rob Kearney were unavailable for selection. They are replaced by Kieran Marmion and Jared Payne, respectively, in the starting lineup.

The other change sees Iain Henderson replace Devin Toner in the second row.

On the bench, Luke McGrath comes in as the backup scrum-half while Andrew Conway could make his Ireland debut. The Munster back replaces Tommy Bowe, who sustained a leg injury against Wales last weekend, in the matchday squad.

Ireland team to play England

Jared Payne

Keith Earls

Garry Ringrose

Robbie Henshaw

Simon Zebo

Johnny Sexton

Kieran Marmion

Jack McGrath

Rory Best

Tadhg Furlong

Donnacha Ryan

Iain Henderson

CJ Stander

Sean O’Brien

Jamie Heaslip

Replacements:

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16. Niall Scannell
17. Cian Healy
18. John Ryan
19. Devin Toner
20. Peter O’Mahony
21. Luke McGrath
22. Paddy Jackson
23. Andrew Conway

Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

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