Experienced centre Slade, 31, says continuity of selection is vital as England look to turn around a disappointing 2024 and take a major scalp in Dublin.

"The more you play with someone the more you get to know what they are doing in every situation," Slade told BBC Sport.

"The more I train with Ollie the more I know what he likes and when he likes to be given the ball.

"My job as a second playmaker is to get the ball into players like his hands and Freemo's [Tommy Freeman] hands on the outside, just to let them do what they do."

Slade was part of the last England team to win at the Aviva, scoring two tries in a 32-20 win six years ago.

"It was a great night for us. We just attacked that game with everything from the start, and it is going to have to be nothing less than that [on Saturday]," he said.

"You can't go [to Dublin] in your shell, you have to go and put your game on the pitch and be physical, and just be excited about the challenge."