England unchanged for Grand Slam decider

England coach Clive Woodward today named an unchanged team for the Grand Slam decider against Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Sunday…

England coach Clive Woodward today named an unchanged team for the Grand Slam decider against Ireland at Lansdowne Road on Sunday.

Second row Ben Kay, scrum-half Matt Dawson and centre Mike Tindall have all recovered from knocks received in Saturday's 40-9 victory over Scotland.

Woodward said: "I looked closely but after watching the replays I thought we'd played particularly well. We seem to have stepped up a gear from the first few games. All the injuries have cleared up... there wasn't any lengthy debate, it was very straightforward.

The only changes made are on the replacements bench, where scrum-half Kyran Bracken and hooker Dorian West replace Andy Gomarsall and Mark Regan respectively.

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Team: 15-Josh Lewsey; 14-Jason Robinson, 13-Will Greenwood, 12-Mike Tindall, 11-Ben Cohen; 10-Jonny Wilkinson, 9-Matt Dawson; 8-Lawrence Dallaglio, 7-Neil Back, 6-Richard Hill, 5-Ben Kay, 4-Martin Johnson (captain), 3-Jason Leonard, 2-Steve Thompson, 1-Graham Rowntree. Replacements: 16-Dorian West, 17-Trevor Woodman, 18-Danny Grewcock, 19-Joe Worsley, 20-Kyran Bracken, 21-Paul Grayson, 22-Dan Luger.