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Gary Longwell and Victor Costello return to the Ireland side for Sunday’s Grand Slam decider against England with Girvan Dempsey named on a bench that includes Paul O’Connell.

Ireland.

15. Geordan Murphy (Leicester)
14. Justin Bishop (London Irish.
13. Brian O’Driscoll (Blackrock College/Leinster) – captain
12. Kevin Maggs (Bath)
11. Denis Hickie (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
10. David Humphreys (Dungannon/Ulster)
9. Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
1. Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
2. Shane Byrne (Blackrock College/Leinster)
3. John Hayes (Shannon/Munster)
4. Gary Longwell (Ballymena/Ulster)
5. Malcolm O’Kelly (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
6. Victor Costello (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
7. Keith Gleeson (St Mary’s College/Leinster)
8. Anthony Foley (Shannon/Munster).
Replacements.
16. Frank Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
17. Justin Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster)
18. Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
19. Alan Quinlan Shannon/MUnster)
20. Guy Easterby (Llanelli)
21. Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
22. Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster).

England: J Lewsey (Wasps); J Robinson (Sale), B Cohen (Northampton), M Tindall (Bath), W Greenwood (Harlequins); J Wilkinson (Newcastle), M Dawson (Northampton); L Dallaglio (Wasps), N Back (Leicester), R Hill (Saracens); B Kay (Leicester), M Johnson capt (Leicester); J Leonard (Harlequins), S Thompson (Northampton), G Rowntree (Leicester).

Replacements: D West (Leicester), T Woodman (Gloucester), D Grewcock (Bath), J Worsley (Wasps), K Bracken (Saracens), P Grayson (Northampton), D Luger (Harlequins).