IRELAND v ENGLAND, Croke Park, 5.30pm (live RTÉ Two/BBC One)

IRELAND: Girvan Dempsey; Shane Horgan, Brian O'Driscoll (capt), Gordon D'Arcy, Denis Hickie; Ronan O'Gara, Peter Stringer; Marcus Horan, Rory Best, John Hayes, Donncha O'Callaghan, Paul O'Connell, Simon Easterby, David Wallace, Denis Leamy.

Replacements: Jerry Flannery, Simon Best, Neil Best, Mick O'Driscoll, Isaac Boss, Paddy Wallace, Andrew Trimble.

ENGLAND (to be confirmed): Olly Morgan; Josh Lewsey, Mike Tindall, Andy Farrell, Jason Robinson*; Jonny Wilkinson*, Harry Ellis; Perry Freshwater, George Chuter, Phil Vickery, Louis Deacon, Danny Grewcock, Joe Worsley, Magnus Lund, Martin Corry.

Replacements: Lee Mears, Julian White, Tom Palmer, Tom Rees, Shaun Perry, Toby Flood, Mat Tait.

*Decisions on the participation of Jason Robinson (neck) and Jonny Wilkinson (hamstring) will be made on Friday

Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
Touch Judges: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales), Christophe Berdos (France)
Television Match Official: Romain Poite (France)

Head-To-Head:

Played - 119
Ireland Won - 42
England - 69
Drawn - 8

Biggest Wins:

Ireland - Points: 28-24 (2006)
Margin: 22-0 (1947)

England - Points: 50-18 (2000)
Margin: 46-6 (1997)

Ireland v England In The Six Nations Since 2000:

2000 - Twickenham - England won 50-18
2001 - Lansdowne Road - Ireland won 20-14
2002 - Twickenham - England won 45-11
2003 - Lansdowne Road - England won 42-6
2004 - Twickenham - Ireland won 19-13
2005 - Lansdowne Road - Ireland won 19-13
2006 - Twickenham - Ireland won 28-24

Composite Six Nations Records:

IRELAND Played 37, Won 26, Lost 11
ENGLAND Played 37, Won 26, Lost 11

IRELAND - Form Guide From The 2006 Six Nations:

Italy (6N) home, won 26-16
France (6N) away, lost 31-43
Wales (6N) home, won 31-5
Scotland (6N) home, won 15-9
England (6N) away, won 28-24
New Zealand away, lost 23-34
New Zealand away, lost 17-27
Australia away, lost 15-37
South Africa home, won 32-15
Australia home, won 21-6
Pacific Islanders home, won 61-17
Wales (6N) away, won 19-9
France (6N) home, lost 17-20

ENGLAND - Form Guide From The 2006 Six Nations:

Wales (6N) home, won 47-13
Italy (6N) away, won 31-16
Scotland (6N) away, lost 12-18
France (6N) away, lost 6-31
Ireland (6N) home, lost 24-28
Australia away, lost 3-34
Australia away, lost 18-43
New Zealand home, lost 20-41
Argentina home, lost 18-25
South Africa home, won 23-21
South Africa home, lost 14-25
Scotland (6N) home, won 42-20
Italy (6N) home, won 20-7

IRELAND:

Most Capped Players -

83 - Malcolm O'Kelly
73 - Peter Stringer
72 - David Humphreys
71 - Brian O'Driscoll, Girvan Dempsey
70 - Kevin Maggs, John Hayes
69 - Mike Gibson
68 - Ronan O'Gara
63 - Willie John McBride

All-Time Top Points Scorers -

686 - Ronan O'Gara
560 - David Humphreys
308 - Michael Kiernan
296 - Eric Elwood
217 - Ollie Campbell

All-Time Top Try Scorers -

29 - Brian O'Driscoll
27 - Denis Hickie
18 - Shane Horgan
17 - Geordan Murphy, Brendan Mullin
15 - Keith Wood, Kevin Maggs
14 - Girvan Dempsey, George Stephenson

ENGLAND:

Most Capped Players -

114 - Jason Leonard
85 - Rory Underwood
84 - Martin Johnson
77 - Lawrence Dallaglio, Matt Dawson
72 - Will Carling
71 - Richard Hill, Rob Andrew
68 - Danny Grewcock
67 - Mike Catt

All-Time Top Points Scorers -

859 - Jonny Wilkinson
400 - Paul Grayson
396 - Rob Andrew
296 - Jon Webb
259 - Charlie Hodgson
240 - Dusty Hare
210 - Rory Underwood (includes four-point tries)

All-Time Top Try Scorers -

49 - Rory Underwood
31 - Ben Cohen, Will Greenwood
30 - Jeremy Guscott
25 - Jason Robinson
24 - Dan Luger
21 - Josh Lewsey
18 - Cyril Lowe
16 - Matt Dawson, Lawrence Dallaglio, Neil Back
15 - Austin Healey

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers -

1090 - Neil Jenkins (1049 points for Wales, 41 for the Lions)
1010 - Diego Dominguez (27 points for Argentina, 983 for Italy)
967 - Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
911 - Michael Lynagh (Australia)
906 - Jonny Wilkinson (859 points for England, 47 for the Lions)
878 - Matt Burke (Australia)

International Championship All-Time Top Points Scorers -

421 - Jonny Wilkinson
406 - Neil Jenkins
339 - Ronan O'Gara
288 - Gavin Hastings
286 - Stephen Jones
270 - David Humphreys
228 - Chris Paterson