George Furbank, who looked nothing more than OK in his first outings in international rugby, is injured and Elliot Daly moves to fullback for England. This will bring Jonathan Joseph onto the wing and Anthony Watson remains absent with injury to play outside Manu Tuilagi, who has recovered from his latest knock. The big Leicester centre was patently unfit coming into the game vs France, and Jones will hope he in a more resilient state now. Ben Youngs returns in the great revolving door of mediocrity that is selecting England nines at present.
The bench has some debutants on it in Ben Earl and Will Stuart.
Andy Farrell has seen very little to worry him in the first two matches and this is reflected in his “as you were” selection, with the only change from the victory over Wales being the fit again Caelan Doris for Max Deegan on the bench.
England: 15-Elliot Daly, 14-Jonny May, 13-Manu Tuilagi, 12-Owen Farrell (captain), 11-Jonathan Joseph, 10-George Ford, 9-Ben Youngs; 1-Joe Marler, 2-Jamie George, 3-Kyle Sinckler, 4-Maro Itoje, 5-George Kruis, 6-Courtney Lawes, 7-Sam Underhill, 8-Tom Curry
Replacements: 16-Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17-Ellis Genge, 18-Will Stuart, 19-Joe Launchbury, 20-Charlie Ewels, 21-Ben Earl, 22-Willi Heinz, 23-Henry Slade
Ireland: 15-Jordan Larmour, 14-Andrew Conway, 13-Robbie Henshaw, 12-Bundee Aki, 11-Jacob Stockdale, 10-Johnny Sexton, 9-Conor Murray; 1-Cian Healy, 2-Rob Herring, 3-Tadhg Furlong, 4-Devin Toner, 5-James Ryan, 6-Peter O’Mahony, 7-Josh van der Flier, 8-CJ Stander,
Replacements: 16-Ronan Kelleher, 17-Dave Kilcoyne, 18-Andrew Porter, 19-Ultan Dillane, 20-Caelan Doris, 21-John Cooney, 22-Ross Byrne, 23-Keith Earls
