The Ireland team to play England in the RBS 6 Nations Championship on Sunday has been named with Ireland head coach Declan Kidney  naming an unchanged side from the one that beat Wales in Cardiff last week.

Gordon D’Arcy, Peter O’Mahony and Keith Earls have all recovered from knocks picked up in that game and will take their place in the squad.

The Ireland Team to play England on Sunday, 10th February 2013 in Aviva Stadium, Dublin in the RBS 6 Nations Championship, Kick off 3:00 pm is:

(Player/club/province/international caps):

15 – Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster/42)
14 – Craig Gilroy (Dungannon/Ulster/2)
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster/121)
12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster/72)
11 – Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster/4)
10 – Jonathan Sexton (St.Mary’s College/Leinster/35)
9 – Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster/15)
1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster/36)
2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster/63)
3 – Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster/25)
4 – Mike McCarthy (Buccaneers/Connacht/7)
5 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster/24)
6 – Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster/10)
7 – Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster/23)
8 – Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster/53) Captain

Replacements:

16 – Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster/23)
17 – David Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster/3)
18 – Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster/3)
19 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster/91)
20 – Chris Henry (Malone/Ulster/5)
21 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster/48)
22 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster/126)
23 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster/35)