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Stockdale returns to Ireland lineup for visit of England

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Published 18th Mar 2021

Ulster winger Jacob Stockdale has reclaimed his spot on the Ireland wing for the visit of England in the final fixture of this year's 6 Nations.

He had previously been out injured, and then given time to regain fitness and match sharpness with his home province.

Captain Johnny Sexton is joined in the halfbacks by Conor Murray and Bundee Aki slots in at inside centre with Robbie Henshaw shifting to the No.13 jersey. Stockdale is named on the left wing with Keith Earls on the other flank and Hugo Keenan at fullback.

Dave Kilcoyne is named at loosehead alongside Rob Herring at hooker and Tadhg Furlong at tighthead. Tadhg Beirne moves into lock to partner Iain Henderson in the second row with CJ Stander on the blindside flank, Josh van der Flier at openside and Jack Conan at No.8. Will Connors was ruled out yesterday with a knee injury in training.

The replacements are Ronan Kelleher, Cian Healy, Andrew Porter, Ryan Baird, Peter O’Mahony, Jamison Gibson Park, Billy Burns and Jordan Larmour.

Ireland team to play England – Saturday 20th March, 2021

  1. Hugo Keenan (Leinster/UCD) 10 caps
  1. Keith Earls (Munster/Young Munster) 92 caps
  1. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster/Buccaneers) 51 caps
  1. Bundee Aki (Connacht/Galwegians) 30 caps
  1. Jacob Stockdale (Ulster/Lurgan) 33 caps
  1. Jonathan Sexton (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 98 caps CAPTAIN
  1. Conor Murray (Munster/Garryowen) 88 caps
  1. Dave Kilcoyne (Munster/UL Bohemians) 42 caps
  1. Rob Herring (Ulster/Ballynahinch) 20 caps
  1. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster/Clontarf) 48 caps
  1. Iain Henderson (Ulster/Academy) 62 caps
  1. Tadhg Beirne (Munster/Lansdowne) 21 caps
  1. CJ Stander (Munster/Shannon) 50 caps
  1. Josh van der Flier (Leinster/UCD) 30 caps
  1. Jack Conan (Leinster/Old Belvedere) 19 caps

Replacements

  1. Ronan Kelleher (Leinster/Lansdowne) 10 caps
  1. Cian Healy (Leinster/Clontarf) 108 caps
  1. Andrew Porter (Leinster/UCD) 36 caps
  1. Ryan Baird (Leinster/Dublin University) 2 caps
  1. Peter O’Mahony (Munster/Cork Constitution) 74 caps
  1. Jamison Gibson Park (Leinster) 9 caps
  1. Billy Burns (Ulster) 6 caps
  1. Jordan Larmour (Leinster/St Mary’s College) 28 caps