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Wed 02 Feb 2007Ashton gambles on help from clubsEngland have reverted to the XV who kicked off their Six Nations campaign with a 42-20 win over Scotland for their next championship assignment against Ireland in Croke Park on Saturday week. The team thus shows two changes from Saturday's hard-earned, 20-7 win over Italy, with Gloucester fullback Olly Morgan and Wasps blindside flanker Joe Worsley returning to the team.Morgan's injury-bedevilled Gloucester team-mate Iain Balshaw, troubled by a groin strain, and Harlequins' debutant flanker on Saturday, Nick Easter, make way for Morgan and the fit-again Worsley, who was ruled out of consideration for the Italian game with a neck injury. Morgan will be winning his second cap.