England add Emma Croker as Ireland Change Two: Women’s Six Nations 2016

England accept brought in Emma Croker and accept Ireland fabricated two changes for Saturday's Women's Six
Nations game.Croker starts at hooker for the hosts at Twickenham, with Amy Cokayne bottomward to the bench.

Ciara Griffin is handed her aboriginal Six Nations alpha at flanker for Ireland, while Paula Fitzpatrick moves to amount eight and Heather O'Brien to the bench.

Experienced fly-half Nora Stapleton comes in for Nikki Caughey, who will accommodate back from the replacements.

Ireland, led by Tom Tierney, defeated Wales 21-3 in their aperture fixture, but went on to lose 18-6 adjoin France in Perpignan.

England won their aperture two fixtures, adjoin Scotland and Italy.

"Ireland is traveling to present a boxy claiming this weekend and there will be no allowance for error," said England's advance drillmaster Scott Bemand.

"Recent history testifies that our amateur accept been angrily contested and, as a group, we are actual aflame to play at the home."

Tierney added: "While the aftereffect in France didn't go our way, I anticipation there were a lot of positives to yield from that bold and we will be searching to backpack them into this fixture.

"We fabricated too abounding autogenetic errors in Perpignan, so if we can adjust that I anticipate we accept got a actual acceptable adventitious on Saturday.

"Twickenham is a appropriate abode to play, so it will be a abundant acquaintance for the girls, but it is important that we go there searching to accomplish and hopefully appear abroad with a result."

England women: Katie Mason (Bristol); Lydia Thompson (Worcester), Lauren Cattell (Saracens), Ceri Large (Worcester), Lotte Clapp (Saracens); Amber Reed (Bristol), La Toya Mason (Darlington Mowden Park); Rochelle Clark (Worcester), Emma Croker (Richmond), Vickii Cornborough (Richmond); Abbie Scott (Darlington Mowden Park), Emily Braund (Lichfield); Harriet Millar-Mills (Lichfield), Izzy Noel-Smith (Bristol), Sarah Hunter (Bristol)

Replacements: Amy Cokayne (Lichfield), Heather Kerr (Darlington Mowden Park), Bee Dawson (Wasps), Tamara Taylor (Darlington Mowden Park), Poppy Leitch (Bristol), Bianca Blackburn (Worcester), Ruth Laybourn (Darlington Mowden Park), Leanne Riley (Richmond)

Ireland women: Niamh Briggs (Munster); Elise O'Byrne-White (Leinster), Aine Donnelly (Leinster), Sene Naoupu (Connacht), Mairead Coyne (Connacht); Nora Stapleton (Leinster), Larissa Muldoon (Skewen); Ruth O'Reilly (Connacht), Cliodhna Moloney (Leinster), Ailis Egan (Leinster); Sophie Spence (Leinster), Marie Louise Reilly (Leinster), Ciara Griffin (Munster), Claire Molloy (Bristol), Paula Fitzpatrick (Toulouse).

Replacements: Zoe Grattage (Munster), Fiona Hayes (Munster), Fiona Reidy (Munster), Ciara Cooney (Leinster), Heather O'Brien (Toulouse), Mary Healy (Connacht), Nikki Caughey (Ulster), Jackie Shiels (Richmond).