Ireland captain Edel McMahon will miss Saturday's Women's Six Nations clash with defending champions England through injury. Head coach Scott Bemand making three changes from the win against Italy. Flankers Dorothy Wall and Brittany Hogan and scrum-half Emily Lane all come in to start - with winger Amee-Leigh Costigan skippering the side for the game in Cork. Kilconly native Cliodhna Moloney joins Connacht duo Aoibheann Reilly and Nicole Fowley among the replacements. England are unbeaten in the Six Nations since 2018.
Ireland v England:
15. Stacey Flood (Railway Union RFC)(16)
14. Anna McGann (Railway Union RFC)(8)
13. Aoife Dalton (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(20)
12. Eve Higgins (Railway Union RFC)(23)
11. Amee-Leigh Costigan (Railway Union RFC/Munster)(15)(captain)
10. Dannah O�Brien (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(21)
9. Emily Lane (Blackrock College RFC)(12)
1. Niamh O�Dowd (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(13)
2. Neve Jones (Gloucester-Hartpury)(32)
3. Linda Djougang (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(43)
4. Fiona Tuite (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(12)
5. Dorothy Wall (Exeter Chiefs/Munster)(34)
6. Brittany Hogan (Old Belvedere RFC/Ulster)(29)
7. Erin King (Old Belvedere RFC)(6)
8. Aoife Wafer (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)(13)
Replacements:
16. Cliodhna Moloney (Exeter Chiefs)(40)
17. Siobh�n McCarthy (Railway Union RFC/Munster)(6)
18. Christy Haney (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster)(21)
19. Ruth Campbell (Old Belvedere RFC/Leinster)(4)
20. Grace Moore (Trailfinders Women/IQ Rugby)(19)
21. Aoibheann Reilly (Blackrock College RFC/Connacht)(14)
22. Nicole Fowley (Galwegians RFC/Connacht)(14)
23. Vicky Elmes Kinlan (Wicklow RFC)(1)
