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Posted On: March 11, 2008 | Filed Under: Uncategorized

Jonny Wilkinson has been dropped from the England team to face Ireland on Saturday and replaced at fly-half by Danny Cipriani.

That is the only change made by coach Brian Ashton to the XV which started the 15-9 defeat by Scotland.

The only previous time Wilkinson has been dropped by England was before the World Cup quarter-final defeat by South Africa in 1999.

Wilkinson is demoted to the bench, with Charlie Hodgson dropping out of the 22.

The only other change sees the fit-again James Haskell return among the replacements, taking over from Luke Narraway.

World Cup-winner Wilkinson set a new record – 1099 – for the most points scored in Test rugby in the defeat by Scotland but was widely criticised after a poor display.

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