Northampton Saints Under-18s travel to Sale Sharks in search of a third straight victory on Saturday 25 January (kick-off: 1pm).
The rearranged Round 1 Premiership Rugby Under-18 Academy League fixture comes after the young Saints secured Northern Conference victories at home against Yorkshire (53-26) and away at Newcastle Falcons (12-40) last time out.
Head coach Charlie Reed has made two changes to his starting line-up for the trip to Manchester, as Charlie Tamani is promoted from the bench and onto the left wing, while Harry Price packs down at openside flanker.
There’s three changes among the replacements as Seth Roberts and Freddie St John come in, along with Sonny Goode – who was man-of-the-match for the Under-17s in their victory against Newcastle Falcons last weekend.
Saints Under-18s continue to operate without Edoardo Todaro, who has been called up by Italy Under-20s ahead of the Six Nations Championship.
Reed said: “We know what Sale will bring. We understand the physical side of their game. I think it's been six or seven years since since we got ourselves a result up there, so there‘s another great opportunity for us to see how the lads have developed playing away from home.
“We went up to Newcastle and adjusted well. I thought it was really good how we still tried to play our game of rugby and that's what we intend to do when we get up to Manchester.”
SALE SHARKS U18s vs NORTHAMPTON SAINTS U18s
Premiership Rugby U18 Academy League, Round 1 (rearranged)
Saturday 25 January, 2025
Heywood Road
Kick-off: 1pm
15 James Pater
14 Ernie Jackson
13 Henry Lumley
12 Max Innes
11 Charlie Tamani
10 Hugh Shields
9 Harry Evans
1 Matt Browne
2 Zack Garrett
3 Aiden Reid
4 Ollie Hull
5 Jack Lawrence
6 Archie Appleby (c)
7 Harry Price
8 Siep Walta
Replacements:
16 Dylan Line
17 Lucas Veevers
18 Reuben Williams
19 Seth Roberts
20 Mark Miska-Alvarez
21 Ben Currie
22 Freddie St John
23 Sonny Goode
Saints U17 team to play Sale Sharks (kick-off: 3pm):
15 Hardy Linell, 14 Woody Hamilton-Hurst, 13 Ashton Cox, 12 Ethan Horne, 11 James Civil, 10 Kai Fisher, 9 Archie Ball; 1 Brad Bohmer, 2 Ferdi Barnett-Vincent, 3 Reuben Williams, 4 Connor Wright, 5 Ted Warner, 6 Toby Seaman, 7 Will Hepher, 8 Ronan Perkins (c).
Replacements: 16 Kingsley Gallimore, 17 Tom Murphy, 18 Louie Duffy, 19 Jacob Walton, 20 James Slater, 21 Evan Jarman, 22 Max Hubbard, 23 Noah Hendry.
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