Wednesday 25 February 2015 12:26, UK
World Cup winning fly-half Katy Mclean will captain England in Friday's Six Nations match in Ireland.
Mclean resumes her role as skipper with Tamara Taylor named as vice-captain as they prepare to head to Ashbourne RFC for their third match in the current campaign.
The world champions lost 13-0 to Wales in their opener before hitting back to to crush Italy 39-7 at The Stoop last weekend.
Ireland Women won their opening game against Italy before losing 10-5 to France last weekend.
Interim England Women's head coach Nicola Ponsford said: "We started this campaign with a significant number of new players in this squad with the focus on giving them the opportunity to develop at this level.
"We want to be as consistent as we can with selection throughout the Six Nations so we have only made one change to the starting line-up.
"Katy will take over the captaincy reigns. She has demonstrated over the years, especially during the World Cup, her qualities as a leader and I think that will be vital against Ireland. Tamara has done a fantastic job leading the side against Wales and Italy so we are fortunate to have two experienced leaders in this team.
"England last played Ireland in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup in August and triumphed 40-7 but their last visit to Ashbourne RFC was not as successful with a 25-0 defeat in 2013.
Ponsford added: "Without doubt playing Ireland will be the toughest game of the Six Nations so far for us. Ireland are a well drilled and physical side.
"We have learned our lessons from our loss in Ireland two years ago so we will be ready to take on this challenge.”
England team: 15-Lauren Cattell, 14-Ruth Laybourn, 13-Abigail Brown, 12-Ceri Large, 11-Sydney Gregson, 10-Katy Mclean (capt), 9-Bianca Blackburn, 1-Rochelle Clark, 2-Victoria Fleetwood, 3-Laura Keates, 4-Tamara Taylor, 5-Abbie Scott, 6-Alexandra Matthews, 7-Hannah Gallagher, 8-Harriet Millar-Mills
Replacements: 16-Amy Cokayne, 17-Heather Kerr, 18-Justine Lucas, 19-Rowena Burnfield, 20-Hannah Field, 21-Fiona Davidson, 22-Megan Goddard, 23-Amber Reed
