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Joe Schmidt (AFP)
Joe Schmidt (AFP)

Dublin - Jordi Murphy replacing the injured Jamie Heaslip is the only change to the starting line-up for Six Nations champions Ireland's potential Grand Slam deciding clash with England in Dublin on Sunday.

Murphy, who played in the opening victory over Italy, comes in at No8 for Heaslip, who suffered three fractured vertebrae when he was kneed in the back by lock Pascal Pape in Ireland's 18-11 win over France two weeks ago.

It is only the third time in eight Six Nations campaigns that an Ireland side has lined up without British and Irish Lion star Heaslip and comes at an inopportune moment as they face the only other side to have won both their opening two games.

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