There are three changes to the starting XV who took on Scotland in Edinburgh in round three of the 2024 Guinness Six Nations with Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Alex Mitchell and George Martin all included.
An unchanged front row sees the England captain Jamie George joined at hooker alongside vice-captain Ellis Genge on the loosehead and Dan Cole at tighthead.
In the second row, vice-captain Maro Itoje is partnered with Martin who gets his first start of the Championship. The back row sees Ollie Chessum move from lock to start at blindside flanker, with Sam Underhill on the openside and Ben Earl at No.8 to round off the forward pack.
Scrum-half Mitchell, who missed out through injury at Murrayfield, links up again with vice-captain George Ford at 10. The midfield pairing of Ollie Lawrence at inside centre and Henry Slade at 13 remains the same.
In the back three, Feyi-Waboso is named on the right wing to win his third England cap and his first start of the tournament. Tommy Freeman moves to the left wing and George Furbank is selected at full-back. Amongst the replacements, Danny Care will win his 100th England cap when he takes the field having first made his debut for England in 2008 against New Zealand at the age of 21. The evergreen scrum-half will become England’s sixth male Test centurion.
ENGLAND TEAM TO FACE IRELAND
15. George Furbank (Northampton Saints, 7 caps) 14. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs, 2 caps) 13. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 60 caps) 12. Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 22 caps) 11. Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints, 6 caps) 10. George Ford (Sale Sharks, 94 caps) – vice captain 9. Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 13 caps) 1. Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 60 caps) – vice captain 2. Jamie George (Saracens, 88 caps) – captain 3. Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 110 caps) 4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 79 caps) – vice captain 5. George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 10 caps) 6. Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 21 caps) 7. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 33 caps) 8. Ben Earl (Saracens, 28 caps)
Replacements:
16. Theo Dan (Saracens, 10 caps) 17. Joe Marler (Harlequins, 91 caps) 18. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 36 caps) 19. Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 3 caps) 20. Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 15 caps) 21. Danny Care (Harlequins, 99 caps) 22. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 30 caps) 23. Elliot Daly (Saracens, 67 caps)
