O'Callaghan who missed the opening games of the championship after injuring a knee in Munster's final Heineken Cup game against Northampton Saints comes back into a pack that includes Munster colleagues, John Hayes, Paul O'Connell and David Wallace.

Ireland: Geordan Murphy; Tommy Bowe, Brian O'Driscoll capt, Gordon D'Arcy, Keith Earls; Johnny Sexton, Tomas O'Leary; Cian Healy, Rory Best, John Hayes; Donncha O'Callaghan, Paul O'Connell; Stephen Ferris, David Wallace, Jamie Heaslip. Replacements: Sean Cronin, Tony Buckley, Leo Cullen, Shane Jennings, Eoin Reddan, Ronan O'Gara, Andrew Trimble.

Meanwhile England coach Martin Johnson has named an unchanged starting XV  for the game.

England: D Armitage (London Irish); Mark Cueto (Sale), Mathew Tait (Sale), Riki Flutey (Brive), Ugo Monye (Harlequins); Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon), Danny Care (Harlequins); Tim Payne (Wasps), Dylan Hartley (Northampton), Dan Cole (Leicester), Simon Shaw (Wasps), Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain), James Haskell (Stade Francais), Lewis Moody (Leicester), Nick Easter (Harlequins). Replacements: Lee Mears (Bath), David Wilson (Bath), Louis Deacon (Leicester), Joe Worsley (Wasps), Paul Hodgson (London Irish), Toby Flood (Leicester), Ben Foden (Northampton).