The Northampton Saints side has been named for Saturday afternoon’s trip to Exeter in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the starting XV dominated by those who have impressed for the unbeaten Wanderers in 2017/18.
Full back George Furbank becomes the latest to step up from the A-League for a Saints debut, while on the bench Tom Emery is also in line for a first senior appearance. The duo are among 11 Academy produced talents in the match day squad.
Elsewhere Sam Dickinson skippers the side and Mitch Eadie returns from an ankle injury sustained on the opening weekend of the season to feature in the 23.
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SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY EXETER
Anglo-Welsh Cup Round 1
Sandy Park
Saturday 4 November 2017
Kick off 3pm
15 George Furbank
14 Juan Pablo Estelles
13 Rory Hutchinson
12 Tom Stephenson
11 Ken Pisi
10 Stephen Myler
9 Cobus Reinach
1 Francois van Wyk
2 Reece Marshall
3 Paul Hill
4 James Craig
5 Christian Day
6 Tom Wood
7 Ben Nutley
8 Sam Dickinson (capt)
16 James Fish
17 Matt Beesley
18 Jamal Ford-Robinson
19 Jordan Onojaife
20 Mitch Eadie
21 Alex Mitchell
22 James Grayson
23 Tom Emery
