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No Change To Ireland Starting XV

24 February 2009, 1:02 pm

By Pat Geraghty

As expected Ireland coach Declan Kidney has given a vote of confidence to the players that started against Italy, for Saturday's RBS Six Nations clash with England at Croke Park.

The only change to the match day 22 comes with the inclusion of Mick O'Driscoll at the expense of Malcolm O'Kelly as cover for his Munster colleagues Paul O'Connell and Donncha O'Callaghan.

Ireland: R Kearney (Leinster); T Bowe (Ospreys), Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster), P Wallace (Ulster), L Fitzgerald (Leinster); R O'Gara (Munster), T O'Leary (Munster); M Horan (Munster), J Flannery (Munster), J Hayes (Munster); D O'Callaghan (Munster), P O'Connell (Munster), S Ferris (Ulster), D Wallace (Munster), J Heaslip (Leinster).

Replacements: R Best (Ulster), T Court (Ulster), M O'Driscoll (Munster), D Leamy (Munster), P Stringer (Munster), G D'Arcy (Leinster), G Murphy (Leicester).

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