(Reuters) - Marcus Smith and Alex Mitchell will return to England's starting line-up for Saturday's Six Nations match against Ireland at Twickenham after head coach Steve Borthwick made three changes to his initial team on Sunday.
Fly-half Smith missed all three of England's matches in February after he got a calf injury in Girona before the tournament opener against Italy, while scrum-half Mitchell was unavailable last month due to a knee injury sustained in training after the win over Wales.
Their availability for the clash against title favourites Ireland will be seen as a major boost after England's crushing 30-21 defeat by Scotland.
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 21, who scored a try in Edinburgh last week, has also been included in the squad despite missing training so that he could sit an exam at his university for his medical studies.
Flanker Tom Pearson was not included in the squad, as well as scrum-half Harry Randall and centre Max Ojomoh being the other players released to allow for the return of Smith, Mitchell and Feyi-Waboso.
England Six Nations squad to play Ireland
Forwards:Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers)Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)Alex Coles (Northampton Saints)Luke Cowan-Dickie (Sale Sharks)Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins)Theo Dan (Saracens)Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins)Ben Earl (Saracens)Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby)Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears) Jamie George (Saracens)Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers)Maro Itoje (Saracens)Joe Marler (Harlequins)George Martin (Leicester Tigers)Beno Obano (Bath Rugby)Ethan Roots (Exeter Chiefs)Will Stuart (Bath Rugby)Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby)Backs:Danny Care (Harlequins)Elliot Daly (Saracens)Fraser Dingwall (Northampton Saints)Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs)George Ford (Sale Sharks)Tommy Freeman (Northampton Saints)George Furbank (Northampton Saints)Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby)Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints)Will Muir (Bath Rugby)Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks) Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs)Fin Smith (Northampton Saints)Marcus Smith (Harlequins)Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby)Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers)Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks)
(Reporting by Angelica Medina in Mexico City)
