By Michael Cantillon
Robbie Henshaw has been signed to start alongside Bundee Aki at centre, former Connacht teammates.
Caelan Doris and Dan Sheehan have been approved to face England for Ireland in Saturday’s Six Nations Grand Slam match in Dublin, with Robbie Henshaw, Jamison Gibson-Park and Ryan Baird starting.
Henshaw replaces Garry Ringrose at centre-back after the latter’s serious head injury in the win over Scotland at Murrayfield last Sunday, and starts alongside his former Connacht midfield teammate Bundee Aki at centre. .
Baird enters the second row alongside James Ryan after Iain Henderson (arm) was ruled out with injury, while Gibson-Park starts at scrum-half with Conor Murray moved to the bench.
Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Johnny Sexton (c), 9 Jamison Gibson-Park; 1 Andrew Porter, 2 Dan Sheehan, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Ryan Baird, 5 James Ryan, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 7 Josh van der Flier, 8 Caelan Doris.
Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Tom O’Toole, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Jimmy O’Brien.
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