The Saints welcome back Dylan Hartley and Tom Wood back into the team after both missed last Saturday’s clash. Also back for the trip to Sixways are wing Ken Pisi (Samoa) and lock Samu Manoa (USA), who have both been away with their respective national teams over the past two weekends.
With Ben Foden ruled out with a knee injury, James Wilson picking up a knock in training, and Kahn Fotuali’i and Jamie Elliott both carrying injuries, Glenn Dickson wears 15 with Dom Waldouck coming into the centres.
Junior World Championship winner Tom Stephenson comes onto the bench to cover the outside backs for a potential Aviva Premiership debut, along with Vasily Artemyev, another international absentee.
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NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY WORCESTER
Aviva Premiership Round 9
Sixways
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
Kick off 3:00pm
15 Glenn DICKSON
14 Ken PISI
13 Dom WALDOUCK
12 Luther BURRELL
11 Tom COLLINS
10 Stephen MYLER
9 Lee DICKSON
1 Alex WALLER
2 Dylan HARTLEY (capt)
3 Salesi MA’AFU
4 Samu MANOA
5 Christian DAY
6 Calum CLARK
7 Tom WOOD
8 Sam DICKINSON
Replacements
16 Mike HAYWOOD
17 Ethan WALLER
18 Tom MERCEY
19 Courtney LAWES
20 Phil DOWSON
21 Alex DAY
22 Vasily ARTEMYEV
23 Tom STEPHENSON