After making his return to action in last Monday night’s Aviva ‘A’ League game against Bristol, Jamie Elliott comes onto the left wing in place of George North, who drops to the replacements’ bench.
Another notable returnee is Tom Wood, who captains the team from the back row. And with Mike Haywood retaining his place in the starting front row Dylan Hartley is named among the replacements, along with Christian Day and Calum Clark.
UPDATE - JAMES CRAIG IS ILL, AND REPLACED AT LOCK BY CHRISTIAN DAY. PHIL DOWSON COMES ONTO THE BENCH
Saturday’s game is being televised on BT Sport, but if you are out and about you can follow the action on your tablet or smartphone at www.saintslive.co.uk
Alex King previews the game on this week’s podcast, which also features interviews with Ben Foden, Will Hooley and Teimana Harrison. Download onto any device or stream for FREE at www.soundcloud.com/official-saints-rugby
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Aviva Premiership R6
Franklin’s Gardens
Saturday, October 11th, 2014
Kick off 3:15pm
15 Ben FODEN
14 Ken PISI
13 George PISI
12 Luther BURRELL
11 Jamie ELLIOTT
10 Stephen MYLER
9 Lee DICKSON
1 Alex WALLER
2 Mike HAYWOOD
3 Salesi MA’AFU
4 Courtney LAWES
5 Christian DAY
6 Tom WOOD (capt)
7 Jon FISHER
8 Samu MANOA
Replacements
16 Dylan HARTLEY
17 Ethan WALLER
18 Gareth DENMAN
19 Phil DOWSON
20 Calum CLARK
21 Kahn FOTUALI’I
22 James WILSON
23 George NORTH
