Wilkinson is due to play for Newcastle on SundayEngland will announce their team to face Ireland on Tuesday in the hope that the players will be rested by their Premiership clubs this weekend.
Coach Brian Ashton was due to announce the team next week ahead of the game at Croke Park on Saturday 24 February.
The announcement has now been brought forward so the clubs know the identity of the players Ashton wants rested.
"What Brian would like, quite rightly, is the starting XV not to have to play," elite director Rob Andrew said.
The clubs are required to release England players a week before an international match.
Andrew told BBC Sport: "The biggest issue is that there are three Premiership games on Sunday.
"It will mean (the players involved) won't do a great deal on Monday or Tuesday, will train Wednesday and go to Dublin on Thursday."
There are three Premiership matches on Sunday - Bristol v Newcastle, Saracens v Gloucester and Wasps v Sale.
Fourteen of the players who could be in the England squad, including skipper Phil Vickery and fly-half Jonny Wilkinson, play for those teams.
Ireland's players will not have played for the two weeks between their defeat by France last Sunday and the England game.
They are centrally contracted and the Irish Union can decide when they play, with the emphasis on peaking for international matches.
"Whereas Ireland will have two weeks' preparation, England will probably have one and a half," Andrew said.

Ireland coach Eddie O'Sullivan has challenged his players to turn Croke Park into a "coliseum" that intimidates the opposition.

The stadium will host its first rugby international on Sunday when Ireland meet France in a potentially epic clash that will shape the RBS 6 Nations title race.

With double the capacity of Lansdowne Road, which has been closed for redevelopment, O'Sullivan is sure the Gaelic Athletic Association-owned venue will prove inspirational.

He said: "Playing at Croke Park will be a big boost because there will be a lot of excitement, a lot of expectation and a lot of hype around.

"We've always had that at Lansdowne Road but there's that bit extra edge there this weekend.

"It's the first rugby game at Croke Park and that will heighten the intensity. There will be 82,300 voices, most of them cheering for Ireland for a change.

"Usually, when we go to the big stadiums in Paris or London most of the crowd are cheering for the opposition.

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