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Exeter Chiefs duo Luke Cowan-Dickie (left) and Jonny Hill have been named in the England squad to face Ireland in Saturday's final game of the Six Nations Championship. Picture: Getty Images

By Mike Smith
18/3/21

Exeter Chiefs duo Luke Cowan-Dickie and Jonny Hill have both been named in Eddie Jones' England squad for their final Guinness Six Nations match this Saturday against Ireland in Dublin (4:45pm)

Cornishman Cowan-Dickie keeps his starting place at hooker, while Hill has been named on the bench for the visitors. There is, however, no inclusion for the third Exeter player in Jones' squad, centre Henry Slade misses the game after picking up a lower leg injury earlier this week in training.

Slade's place in the England midfield will be taken by Elliot Daly, who will line-up alongside his Saracens club-mate and England captain Owen Farrell.

Daly's inclusion is the sole change to the England starting XV that defeated France last weekend at Twickenham. On the bench, Harlequins back Joe Marchant is brought in to fill the void left by Daly's promotion.

Jones said: “This is our most important game of the tournament and we want to finish well. We’re anticipating a hard, tough game against Ireland and we’ve picked this team to cope with that. We want to take it to Ireland physically and play the rugby we want to play.”

ENGLAND SIDE TO FACE IRELAND 

15. Max Malins (Bristol Bears, 7 caps)
14. Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby, 50 caps)
13. Elliot Daly (Saracens, 51 caps)
12. Owen Farrell (Saracens, 92 caps) (C)
11. Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 65 caps)
10. George Ford (Leicester Tigers, 76 caps)
9. Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers, 108 caps)
1. Mako Vunipola (Saracens, 66 caps)
2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (Exeter Chiefs, 30 caps)
3. Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 43 caps)
4. Maro Itoje (Saracens, 47 caps)
5. Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 20 caps)
6. Mark Wilson (Newcastle Falcons, 22 caps)
7. Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 32 caps)
8. Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 60 caps)

16. Jamie George (Saracens, 58 caps)
17. Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 27 caps)
18. Will Stuart (Bath Rugby, 11 caps)
19. Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs, 8 caps)
20. Ben Earl (Bristol Bears, 12 caps)
21. Dan Robson (Wasps, 11 caps)
22. Ollie Lawrence (Worcester Warriors, 5 caps)
23. Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 4 caps)

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