The American has become a firm favourite at Franklin’s Gardens since making his debut against Gloucester in September 2011. His appearances to date have included two Aviva Premiership finals, an Amlin Challenge Cup final and two LV= Cup finals, but it is his try scoring ability – 16 scored to date – and uncanny ability to make the big tackles when they matter that have helped earn him back-to-back Supporters’ Player of the Year awards.
Manoa lines up in a team that has two changes from that which started against Racing Metro in Round 1, with Lee Dickson swapping places with Kahn Fotuali’i at scrum-half and James Wilson replacing the injured George Pisi at outside centre. Will Hooley comes onto the bench.
A very limited number of single seats remain available via www.tinyurl.com/SAI-OSP-1415 with further tickets being sold by Season Ticket Holders at www.stubhub.co.uk/northampton-saints-tickets
For supporters who cannot attend tomorrow’s match, minute-by-minute updates and the best social media interaction will be available at www.saintslive.co.uk
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NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY OSPREYS
European Rugby Champions Cup R2
Franklin’s Gardens
Saturday, October 25th, 2014
Kick off 5:15pm
15 Ben FODEN
14 Ken PISI
13 James WILSON
12 Luther BURRELL
11 George NORTH
10 Stephen MYLER
9 Lee DICKSON
1 Alex WALLER
2 Dylan HARTLEY (capt)
3 Salesi MA’AFU
4 Courtney LAWES
5 Christian DAY
6 Calum CLARK
7 Tom WOOD
8 Samu MANOA
Replacements
16 Mike HAYWOOD
17 Ethan WALLER
18 Gareth DENMAN
19 James CRAIG
20 Phil DOWSON
21 Kahn FOTUALI’I
22 Will HOOLEY
23 Jamie ELLIOTT
