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O’Callaghan Starts, O’Gara On The Bench.

23rd February 2010 By Munster Rugby

O’Callaghan Starts, O’Gara On The Bench.

Donncha O’Callaghan returns to the Ireland starting XV while Ronan O’Gara slips to the bench for the RBS Six Nations clash with England in Twickenham on Saturday.

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).

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