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Tigers line up in Dublin warm-up

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Five Leicester Tigers will be involved in England's last World Cup warm-up match, against Ireland in Dublin this weekend.

England make six changes to the team from the last outing against Wales, and include Tigers forwards Dan Cole, Louis Deacon and Tom Croft plus centre Manu Tuilagi in the starting line-up, with Toby Flood among the replacements.

Mike Tindall leads the side and wins his 72nd cap, drawing level with Will Carling as England's most-capped centre.

Team manager Martin Johnson said: “We expect a hugely competitive game in Dublin and it gives us the ideal run out before we depart for the World Cup.”

England (v Ireland, Dublin, Saturday 2.30pm)
15 Ben Foden (Northampton Saints)
14 Chris Ashton (Northampton Saints)
13 Manu Tuilagi (Leicester Tigers)
12 Mike Tindall (Gloucester Rugby, captain)
11 Mark Cueto (Sale Sharks)
10 Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon)
9 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
1 Andrew Sheridan (Sale Sharks)
2 Steve Thompson (London Wasps)
3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
4 Louis Deacon (Leicester Tigers)

5 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints)
6 Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers)
7 James Haskell (Ricoh Black Rams)
8 Nick Easter (Harlequins)

Replacements
16 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
17 Matt Stevens (Saracens)
18 Simon Shaw (Unattached)
19 Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
20 Joe Simpson (London Wasps)
21 Toby Flood (Leicester Tigers)
22 Delon Armitage (London Irish)