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Captain Murray Packer will make her return to the England squad when she starts Saturday's Women's Six Nations match against Ireland at Twickenham.
The flanker was selected from among the team's substitutes by head coach John Mitchell. victory over scotland Saturday.
The 34-year-old scored from the bench against Edinburgh and was one of two substitutes.
Lark Atkin-Davies returns to the squad after hooker Amy Cockayne is suspended.
cocaine He was suspended for one game. He is the second England player to be sent off in this tournament after picking up two yellow cards at the weekend.
Loughborough Lightning center Emily Scarratt could make her first appearance since the England tournament Opening victory over Italy After being named on the bench in place of fly-half Zoe Harrison.
Zoe Aldcroft captained the Red Roses in Edinburgh from blindside flanker and returned to the second row upon Packer's return.
The substitution means lock Abbey Ward will be absent permanently, while Sale's Morwenna Talling is on the bench with a potential first Six Nations appearance.
The backline will remain unchanged for the third consecutive match, with the back three of Jess Breach, Abbie Dow and Ellie Kildan scoring five of England's eight tries in the last tournament.
More than 45,000 people are expected to attend Twickenham, where they will face former England assistant coach Scott Beemand's side.
Ireland look to build on their excellent results 36-5 victory over Wales I made it again last weekend in Cork. two changes In addition to the starting 15, co-captain Sam Monaghan was not included in the match-day squad.
Mitchell said: “We're excited about the opportunity to have another crack at Twickenham in front of our amazing fans.”
“We want to continue to improve our game and take that experience into the future.”
The Red Roses are looking to stay on course for a third successive Grand Slam title and sixth successive Six Nations title, with 17 of Saturday's 23 games involved in last year's Grand Slam-clinching victory over France at Twickenham.
lineup
England: Kildon; Dow, Jones, Hurd, Bleach. Aitchison, Hunt; Botterman, Atkin-Davies, Muir, Aldcroft, Galligan, Kabeya, Packer (captain), Matthews.
Replacement: Powell, Carson, Clifford, Talling, Faunaty, L. Packer, Scarratt, Gregson.
Ireland: Delaney; Corrigan, Higgins, Dalton, Parsons. O'Brien, Riley. Jugan, Jones, Haney. Wall, O'Connor, Wafer, McMahon, Hogan.
Replacement: Moloney, O'Dowd, McGrath, Tuite, Ikahihifo, Scafill-McCabe, Breen, Deeley.
