Johnny Sexton returns to starting line up as Ireland confirm team to face England
Johnny Sexton will be leading Ireland against England
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Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has restored Johnny Sexton at fly-half for the fourth round Six Nations clash against England.
Sexton, who missed the game against France due to injury made a comeback in the game against Italy where he came off the bench in the 53rd minute and kicked four conversions.
Hugo Keenan starts at fullback with Andrew Conway starting at right wing at the expense of Mackenzie Hansen. Bundee Aki joins Garry Ringrose at midfield as Robbie Henshaw drops to the bench along which also has Iain Henderson and Conor Murray.
With Sexton starting at fly-half, Joey Carbery joins the replacements while the second row sees James Ryan returning back along with Tadhg Beirne.
The final change comes in front row as Cian Healy returning joining his Leinster team-mates Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Furlong.
Ireland are at second place in the Six Nations table with two wins from three matches.
Ireland XV: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Johnny Sexton (c), 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 James Ryan, 4 Tadhg Beirne, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Cian Healy
Reserves: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Robbie Henshaw
