Ireland have made two changes to their team to take on defending Women's Six Nations champions England on Sunday (live on RTÉ2).
Adam Griggs' side are two from two so far, having beaten Scotland in their first outing before defeating Wales 31-12 a fortnight ago.
Aoife Doyle starts on the wing, replacing Beibhinn Parsons, who is taking time away from rugby to concentrate on her Leaving Cert preparation, while Katie Fitzhenry makes her first appearance of the tournament at centre. Michelle Claffey drops out of the squad.
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Head Coach Griggs said: "We are really looking forward to traveling over to Doncaster for this match. We have had a solid start to the tournament with two wins and are happy with the step up in our performance from week to week so far.
"England are the defending champions and are coming into this game unbeaten too so It’s going to be a real challenge, However we intend to focus on what we can control within our own game and believe if we get our systems right that we should be able to really put them under pressure.
"We have no intention of giving them anything easy and are relishing the opportunity to test ourselves against one of the best in the world."
Ireland: Eimear Considine; Lauren Delany, Sene Naoupu, Katie Fitzhenry, Aoife Doyle; Claire Keohane , Kathryn Dane; Lindsay Peat, Cliodhna Moloney, Linda Djougang; Aoife McDermott, Judy Bobbett; Ciara Griffin (capt), Edel McMahon, Anna Caplice.
Replacements: Victoria Dabanovich O'Mahony, Laura Feely, Leah Lyons, Ciara Cooney, Dorothy Wall, Nicole Cronin, Larissa Muldoon, Hannah Tyrrell.
Live TV and Radio coverage of England Women v Ireland Women on RTÉ2 and RTÉ 2fm from 12.30pm, Sunday. Highlights on Against the Head, Monday at 8pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player
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