Neil Best, Keith Gleeson, Jamie Heaslip, Bryan Young, Kieran Lewis, Robert Kearney, Denis Hickie, Tommy Bowe and Ian Dowling have joined the 22-man squad used for the 15-9 victory over Scotland.

Jerry Flannery has warned England that their monster pack holds no fears for an improving Ireland eight ahead of the Twickenham clash.

England's giant forward pack is one of the trump cards in their armoury, and they will be desperate to claw back some of the reputation battered by Sundays 31-6 defeat by France.

But Flannery insists Ireland will not be intimidated when they meet the world champions, as they target a second Triple Crown in three years as well as RBS 6 Nations glory.

Im not worried about Englands forwards at all - Ive played against some of them before. Im confident of my ability and my fellow forwards ability, said the Munster hooker.

England should be looking at us and seeing what we can do. A lot of people talk up the English sides all the time and Im getting used to that.

The English forwards are good players but at the end of the day theyre just skin and bone like me and we need to get stuck into them.

England are a big pack but Id rather focus on what were doing. Im proud to be playing for Ireland.

One of the areas where Ireland will pose the greatest danger to English ambitions of restoring tarnished pride is at the line-out.

The Irish won all 21 of their own throws in the victory over Scotland and managed to steal eight of Scotlands 22, giving them a stranglehold on the set-piece.

The accuracy of Flannerys throwing and the disruptive brilliance of Paul OConnell and Malcolm OKelly underpinned these statistics, but props John Hayes and Marcus Horan also played their part.

If you look at our pack we have so many good second rows in Paul OConnell, Malcolm OKelly and Donncha OCallaghan, said Flannery.

But on top of that John Hayes is probably the best lifter in world rugby and Marcus Horan is not far behind him, which makes my job much easier.

Flannery has emerged as one of Irelands players of this season's RBS 6 Nations and could push star OConnell for that honour when the tournament finishes.

The 27-year-olds progress has been remarkable given he entered the championship with just one cap. Now his ball-carrying, work in the loose and tidy work at the set-piece have made him indispensable.

He produced another masterclass on Saturday, although he was on the receiving end of one hit from Scotland skipper Jason White which could be felt up in the stands.

''I dont remember any big hits! I got knocked into next week, but I got up. I would liked to have stayed down but you cant do that, he said.

''I told Jason it was a good hit and I could hear one of the Scots asking me 'are you still alive?"