Eddie Jones names his England team to face Ireland at 11am.
But, according to Mail Online rugby correspondent Nik Simon, there will be one major shock with Jonathan Joseph set to start on the wing due to an injury to George Furbank, which sees Elliot Daly move to fullback.
Meanwhile, Manu Tuilagi and Ben Youngs are set to return to England's starting XV for Sunday's pivotal Six Nations showdown.
Tuilagi is likely to be included in the wider midfield channel, rather than at inside centre, even though Henry Slade is back in selection contention after injury.
Jones has retained 27 players ahead of the match at Twickenham.
"He's good," Jones said when asked about Tuilagi's fitness. "(He) trained fully today so he should be in contention for selection. It's good to have a quality player back."
England prop Mako Vunipola is not in the squad after he travelled back to Tonga for family reasons but Jones said his team would cope.
"He's a quality player but we're lucky we're blessed with two outstanding loosehead props in Joe Marler and Ellis Genge," Jones added. "We can certainly cover the loss of Mako but it is disappointing to lose him."
ENGLAND SQUAD PARTNERS
1. George Ford - Jess Portman
Michelle Keegan lookalike Jessica Portman is a fashion promotion student and has been with the England fly-half for over three years and they're now engaged.
2. Jack Nowell - Zoe Ann Pearce
Possibly the cutest couple in rugby share an equally adorable daughter called Nora.
3. Joe Launchbury - Mallory Launchbury
The beautiful wife of the Wasps captain shares a wonderful fashion blog called B O U R N S I S T E R S with her sister Hattie Bourn.
4. Courtney Lawes - Jessica Lawes
Property developer Jessica Lawes is married to flanker Courtney Lawes, 27. The pair have two children together called Nelly and Teddy. Jessica often shares photographs of her adorable youngsters on her Instagram page, which has over 7,400 followers.
5. Jonny May - Sophie May
The Personal Trainer in Market Harborough married the England speedster two years ago.
6. Piers Francis - Amanda McClatchie
Network marketer Amanda is the fiancée of the Northampton Saints centre. She is also currently pregnant with their first child, a boy, who is due at Christmas.
7. Elliot Daly - Michelle Cussell
The pair met at the £18,618-a-year Whitgift School for boys in Croydon, south London, where Daly was a pupil and she worked as a sports events organiser. They began dating as teenagers.
8. Luke Cowan-Dickie & Chlo Rose
The beautiful couple recently celebrated their two-year anniversary before having their first child.
9.Ruaridh McConnochie & Vicki Mage
McConnochie supported his girlfriend, Vicki — now a qualified policewoman — who overcame cancer last year. These two have been on quite the rollercoaster ride together.
TRENDING
LATEST NEWS
LATEST COMMENTS
- Jordie Barrett over Damian de Allende is far from being correct. The hype around Dupont is also overreaching, he's probably 4th in the world and has been since the 2023 WC. He also avoids certain matchups which is strange. The rest of the list is pretty good apart from minor subjective biases.JasonMarlow16-09-2026
Loading
