Robbie Henshaw to start at full-back for Ireland

Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt has named Robbie Henshaw at full-back for the first time since his debut against USA on the June tour in 2013.

Keith Earls and Jacob Stockdale are named on the wings with Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose forming the centre partnership to face England.

Johnny Sexton and Conor Murray are reunited in the half-backs as Murray returns to the green jersey, having missed the recent November Tests through injury.

Up front, Cian Healy and Tadhg Furlong pack down either side of captain Rory Best. James Ryan and Devin Toner are in the second-row with Peter O’Mahony, Josh van der Flier and CJ Stander in the back-row.

Sean O’Brien is named in the forward replacements alongside Sean Cronin, David Kilcoyne, Andrew Porter and Quinn Roux. John Cooney, Joey Carbery and Jordan Larmour complete the line-up.

Ireland: 15 Robbie Henshaw, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 James Ryan, 4 Devin Toner, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rory Best (c), 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 David Kilcoyne, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Sean O’Brien, 21 John Cooney, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Jordan Larmour

Date: Saturday, February 2
Venue: Aviva Stadium
Kick-off: 16:45 GMT
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

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