Ireland start Iain Henderson at Twickenham

Editor

Ireland have named second-row Iain Henderson in their starting line-up as they look to claim a Six Nations Grand Slam against England.

Henderson and James Ryan team up at lock with Peter O’Mahony, Dan Leavy and CJ Stander starting in the back row.

Rory Best earns cap number 111 and is partnered in the front row by Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong.

Conor Murray and Johnny Sexton are the half-backs with Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose linking up again in midfield. Keith Earls and Jacob Stockdale fill the wing positions with Rob Kearney at full-back.

The replacements are Sean Cronin, Jack McGrath, Andrew Porter, Devin Toner, Jordi Murphy, Kieran Marmion, Joey Carbery and Jordan Larmour.

Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dan Leavy, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Iain Henderson, 4 James Ryan, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rory Best (c), 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 Devin Toner, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Jordan Larmour

Date: Saturday, March 17
Venue: Twickenham
Kick-off: 14:45 GMT
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)