Irish Team to play England:

15 Geordan Murphy (Leicester) 14 Justin Bishop (London Irish) 13 Brian O Driscoll (Leinster/Blackrock College) Captain 12 Kevin Maggs (Bath) 11 Denis Hickie (Leinster/St. Mary s College) 10 David Humphreys (Ulster/Dungannon) 9 Peter Stringer (Munster/Shannon)

1 Marcus Horan (Munster/Shannon) 2 Shane Byrne (Leinster/Blackrock College) 3 John Hayes (Munster/Shannon) 4 Gary Longwell (Ulster/Ballymena) 5 Malcolm O Kelly (Leinster/St. Mary s College) 6 Victor Costello (Leinster/St.Mary s College) 7 Keith Gleeson (Leinster/St. Mary s College) 8 Anthony Foley (Munster/Shannon)

Replacements: 16 Frank Sheahan (Munster/Cork Constitution), 17 Justin Fitzpatrick (Ulster/Dungannon), 18 Paul O Connell (Munster/Young Munster), 19 Alan Quinlan (Munster/Shannon), 20 Guy Easterby (Llanelli), 21 Ronan O Gara (Munster/Cork Constitution), 22 Girvan Dempsey (Leinster/Terenure College)

Not considered because of injury:

Jonathan Bell (Ulster/Dungannon) {Shoulder}, Reggie Corrigan (Leinster/Lansdowne) {Wrist}, Rob Henderson (Munster/Young Munster) {Ankle}, Shane Horgan (Leinster/Lansdowne) {Thigh}, David Wallace (Munster/Garryowen) {Shoulder}, Paul Wallace (Lenister/Blackrock College) {Shoulder}, Keith Wood (Harlequins) {Shoulder}.