Congratulations to Will Greenwood, Nick Duncombe and Jason Leonard who have all been selected for the England team to play Ireland in the Six Nations Championship at Twickenham this Saturday (16th February 2002).
After his man-of-the-match performance against Scotland in the Calcutta Cup (2nd February 2002), Greenwood retains his place in the starting XV, while Duncombe and Leonard start on the bench.
The full team is as follows:
15. Jason Robinson (Sale Sharks)
14. Austin Healey (Leicester Tigers)
13. Will Greenwood (NEC Harlequins)
12. Mike Tindall (Bath)
11. Ben Cohen (Northampton Saints)
10. Jonny Wilkinson (Newcastle Falcons)
9. Kyran Bracken (Saracens)
1. Graham Rowntree (Leicester Tigers)
2. Steve Thompson (Northampton saints)
3. Phil Vickery (Gloucester)
4. Martin Johnson (Leicester Tigers)(Capt.)
5. Ben Kay (Leicester Tigers)
6. Richard Hill (Saracens)
7. Neil Back (Leicester Tigers)
8. Joe Worsley (London Wasps)
Replacements:
16. Dorian West (Bath)
17. Jason Leonard (NEC Harlequins)
18. Danny Grewcock (Bath)
19. Lewis Moody (Leicester Tigers)
20. Nick Duncombe (NEC Harlequins)
21. Charlie Hodgson (Sale Sharks)
22. Iain Balshaw (Bath)