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Tuilagi starts as England team is named to play Ireland

England head coach Eddie Jones has named his starting 15 to face Ireland in the Six Nations on Sunda...


Tuilagi starts as England team...

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Tuilagi starts as England team is named to play Ireland


England head coach Eddie Jones has named his starting 15 to face Ireland in the Six Nations on Sunday and it includes the fit-again Manu Tuilagi. 

The Leicester centre has recovered from a groin injury that kept him out of the win over Scotland, but Mako and Billy Vunipola are unavailable.

George Ford and Owen Farrell are to continue the 10-12 axis.

Tuilagi's Leicester team-mate Ben Youngs is recalled at scrum-half.

Here is the England team in full: 

15 Elliot Daly (Saracens, 41 caps)
14 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers, 54 caps)
13 Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers, 41 caps)
12 Owen Farrell (Saracens, 81 caps) Captain
11 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby, 49 caps)
10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 67 caps)
9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 97 caps)
1 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 69 caps)
2 Jamie George (Saracens, 47 caps)
3 Kyle Sinckler (Harlequins, 33 caps)
4 Maro Itoje (Saracens, 36 caps)
5 George Kruis (Saracens, 43 caps)
6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 83 caps)
7 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 17 caps)
8 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 21 caps)

Substitutes: 

16 Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 22 caps)
17 Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 16 caps)
18 Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 1 cap)
19 Joe Launchbury (Wasps, 63 caps)
20 Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 13 caps)
21 Ben Earl (Saracens, 1 cap)
22 Willi Heinz (Gloucester Rugby, 11 caps)
23 Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 27 caps)

Sunday's match at Twickenham kicks off at 3pm.

Earlier this week, Ireland head coach Andy Farrell named an unchanged 15 from the win over Wales.

England lost their opening match of the Six Nations to France in Paris before beating the Scots at Murrayfield.

12 months ago, England came to Dublin and won, before trouncing Ireland in a World Cup warm-up game in London.

Ireland's last Six Nations appearance at Twickenham was on St Patrick's Day 2018 when the Grand Slam was claimed under former coach Joe Schmidt.



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