Tuesday February 23, 2010
Issued by Simon Mills

England Team Manager Martin Johnson has named an unchanged starting line-up to face Ireland in the RBS 6 Nations at Twickenham on Saturday (4pm).

The only changes to the matchday 22 are on the bench, where Lee Mears (Bath Rugby), Joe Worsley (London Wasps) and Ben Foden (Northampton Saints) take over from Steve Thompson, Steffon Armitage and Matt Mullan.

ENGLAND
15 Delon Armitage (London Irish)
14 Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
13 Mathew Tait (Sale Sharks)
12 Riki Flutey (CA Brive)
11 Ugo Monye (Harlequins)
10 Jonny Wilkinson (RC Toulon)
9 Danny Care (Harlequins)
1 Tim Payne (London Wasps)
2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
4 Simon Shaw (London Wasps)
5 Steve Borthwick (Saracens, captain)
6 James Haskell (Stade Francais)
7 Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)

REPLACEMENTS
16 Lee Mears (Bath Rugby)
17 David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
18 Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)
19 Joe Worsley (London Wasps)
20 Paul Hodgson (London Irish)
21 Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
22 Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)




Simon Mills
England Teams Media Manager
Rugby Football Union
+44 (0)20 8831 6760
+44 (0)7702 661214
simonmills@rfu.com

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