Aviva Stadium Date: Saturday, 1 February Kick-off: 16:45 GMTCoverage: Listen live on BBC Radio 5 Live; text commentary and highlights on BBC Sport website and app; watch on ITV1.Scrum-half Alex Mitchell is set to be fit for England's Six Nations meeting with Ireland in Dublin on Saturday.

England boosted by Alex Mitchell’s return to fitness ahead of Ireland clash - England’s first choice scrum-half has now been added to the 36-man squad that is in Girona preparing for the match.

England's first-choice scrum-half Alex Mitchell has been cleared to take part in his side's Six Nations opener against double defending champions Ireland on Saturday.

Alex Mitchell is set to be fit for England ’s Six Nations opener against Ireland on Saturday in a huge boost for Steve Borthwick. The scrum-half, who has been nursing a knee injury, trained fully in Girona on Monday and is expected to start in Dublin.

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Ireland has suffered a big blow ahead of its Six Nations title defense with prop Tadhg Furlong ruled out through injury for the team’s opener against England.

Ireland tighthead prop Tadhg Furlong has returned home to Ireland from the squad’s training base in Portugal and has been ruled out of facing England in the opening match of this year’s Six Nations in Dublin on Saturday.

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Prop Tadhg Furlong is out of Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations opener against England through injury. The 32-year-old Leinster front-rower will sit out Saturday’s game at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin after suffering a recurrence of a calf problem during training in Portugal.