Twins Tom and Ben Curry will play together for England for the first time as they are picked in the back row to face Ireland on Saturday.
The brothers both played against New Zealand in the autumn, but not alongside each other as Ben replaced Tom just before the hourListen live on BBC Radio 5 Live; text commentary and highlights on BBC Sport website and app; watch on ITV1.
Uncapped wing Cadan Murley is preferred on the left wing to Ollie Sleightholme, with Exeter flier Immanuel Feyi-Waboso out after dislocating his shoulder. Tom Curry made his breakthrough early, becoming the youngest England starter in more than 90 years when he appeared as an 18-year-old against Argentina in 2017.
Head coach Steve Borthwick had intended to play them in tandem in the latter stages of England's opening autumn international against New Zealand in November, but opted instead to replace Tom with Ben off the bench."When you go back home and you look in your room and there is artwork that you have made at primary school and high school - there is one of me in an England shirt," he told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast on Tuesday.
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