Gary Longwell comes into the replacements in place of Malcolm O'Kelly.
The Ireland - England match will also mark the 50th test appearance for No.8 Anthony Foley.
The Ireland team to play England in the RBS Six Nations Championship in Twickenham on Saturday, March 6th 2004 at 16.00hrs is as follows: 15 - Girvan Dempsey (Leinster - Terenure College) 14 - Shane Horgan (Leinster - Lansdowne) 13 - Gordon D'Arcy (Leinster - Lansdowne) 12 - Brian O'Driscoll (Leinster - Blackrock College) Captain 11 - Tyrone Howe (Ulster - Dungannon) 10 - Ronan O'Gara (Munster - Cork Constitution) 9 - Peter Stringer (Munster - Shannon) 1 - Reggie Corrigan (Leinster - Greystones) 2 - Shane Byrne (Leinster - Blackrock College) 3 - John Hayes (Munster - Shannon) 4 - Malcom O'Kelly (Leinster - St. Mary's College) 5 - Paul O'Connell (Munster - Young Munster) 6 - Simon Easterby (Llanelli) 7 - Keith Gleeson (Leinster - St. Mary's College) 8 - Anthony Foley (Munster - Shannon) Replacements: 16 - Frank Sheahan (Munster - Cork Constitution), 17 - Simon Best (Ulster - Belfast Harlequins) 18 - Gary Longwell (Ulster - Ballymena) 19 - Victor Costello (Leinster - St. Mary's College) 20 - Guy Easterby (Rotherham) 21 - David Humphreys (Ulster - Dungannon) 22 - Kevin Maggs (Bath)
