6 Munster Players Included For England Test

Ireland Head Coach Joe Schmidt has named his side to face England Round 3 of the 2015 RBS 6 Nations on Sunday and includes 6 Munster players in the matchday 23.

Captain Paul O’Connell draws ever closer to 100 appearances in the green of Ireland – winning his 99^th cap in the second row this weekend – while Peter O’Mahony continues at number 6.

Conor Murray retains his starting place at scrum-half as does Simon Zebo on the left wing.

Felix Jones is again included amongst the replacements, while try scorer against Italy, Tommy O’Donnell, makes a return to the matchday 23.

Ireland XV:
15. Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14. Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
13. Jared Payne (Ulster)
12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
11. Simon Zebo (Cork Con/Munster)
10. Johnny Sexton (Racing Metro)
9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
8. Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
7. Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster)
6. Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5. Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster) captain
4. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
3. Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
1. Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)

Replacements:
16. Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
17. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
18. Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)
19. Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
20. Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
21. Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
22. Ian Madigan (Blackrock/Leinster)
23. Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)

Ireland v England, 2015 RBS 6 Nations, Sunday March 1st at the Aviva Stadium – KO 3pm.

This game will be televised on RTE2 while you can also follow the action on twitter #IREvENG #ShoulderToShoulder