Harlequins vs Newcastle
Kick off: 3:00pm Saturday
Harlequins will be looking to get their season back on track after a frustrating afternoon in Salford. Their opponents on Saturday are the Newcastle Falcons so Quins fans will be expecting a positive result to start their home campaign. The Falcons will be looking to take another step forward and put in a strong performance this week, still searching for a first league win in a long,long time.
Team News:
Harlequins:
Quins make 5 changes to their starting XV from last week. Marcus Smith returns to the starting line-up but Alex Dombrant is not in the match-day squad. Joe Launchbury comes into the team and Herbst drops to the bench. Watch out for England U20 star Cassius Cleaves making his first start of the season.
Newcastle:
The Falcons have only made one change to their starting line-up with Van Der Walt replacing Lockwood at blindside flanker.
Line-ups:
Harlequins:
1.Baxter 2.Jibulu 3.Lamositlee 4.Launchbury 5.Lewis(C) 6.Kenningham 7.Evans 8.Cunningham-South
9.Porter 10. Smith 11.Cleaves 12.Anwanyu 13.Northmore 14. David 15.Halfpenny
Newcastle:
1.Brocklebank 2.Blamire 3.Palframan 4.Hawkins 5.Mcdonald 6.Van Der Walt 7.Gordon 8.Chick(C)
9.Stuart 10.Connon 11.Stevenson 12.Arnold 13.Doherty 14.Radwan 15.Obatoyinbo
Saracens vs Sale:
Kick off: 3:05pm Saturday
These 2 sides made the final in 2022/23 and made the semi-finals in 2023/24. Both will have their sights set on the top four once again. Sale eeked out a win last week against Harlequins but will be hoping to play much more convincingly in possession. Saracens started well this season, beating Gloucester in week 1 of the season but will likely face a stiffer test this week. A match-up to watch out for is Fergus Burke playing his second Saracens game in the 10 shirt against George Ford the England stalwart. Playing George Ford will provide a much more realistic look at how good Burke can be for Saracens this season.
Team news:
Saracens:
Ben Earl returns to the starting line-up and Theo Mcfarland is on the bench having returned from international duty with Samoa. Knight drops to the bench to make room for Earl.
Sale:
The Sharks are already having injury issues; Bevan Rodd, Van Rhyn and Tom Curry are all out of action this weekend. Mcintyre, Bamber and Dugdale come in to replace them.
Line-ups:
Saracens:
1.Carre 2.Dan 3.Riccioni 4.Itoje(C) 5.Tizard 6.Onyeama-Christie 7.Earl 8.Willis
9.Van-Zyl 10.Burke 11.Segun 12.Tompkins 13.Lozowski 14.Elliot 15.Daly
Sale:
1.Mcintyre 2. Cowan-Dickie 3.Opoku-Fodjour 4.Bamber 5.Andrews 6.Dugdale 7.B,Curry(C) 8.J-L.Du-Preez
9.Warr 10.Ford 11.O'Flaherty 12.R.Du-Preez 13.Nayacalevu 14.Roebuck 15.Carpenter
Northampton vs Exeter:
Kickoff: 5:30pm Saturday
Both teams will be looking for bounce-back games at Franklin's Gardens after Northampton were comprehensively beaten by Bath and Exeter lost to a late try against Leicester. The Saints will be favoured going into this one, largely due to the number of key players the Chiefs will be without on Saturday.
Team news:
Northampton:
The Saints make 3 changes to the starting XV. Tommy Freeman makes his first start, replacing Ollie Sleightholme. He will be going against England teammate Feyi-Waboso.
Exeter:
Tshuinza starts in the second row with Capstick moving to flanker, Vintcent will play at 8 with Fisilau out of the side. maunder replaces Armstrong at scrum-half. Hammersley drops out of the team and is replaced by Brown-Bampoe. Woodburn moves inside to 13 to accommodate him.
Line-ups:
Northampton:
1.Iyogun 2.Langon 3.Davison 4.Munga 5.Coles 6.Kemeny 7.Pearson 8.Augustus
9.James 10.Smith 11.Freeman 12.Hutchinson 13.Dingwall 14.Ramm 15,Furbank(C)
Exeter:
1.Sio(C) 2.Frost 3.Painter 4Tuima 5.Tshuinza 6.Roots 7.Capstick 8.Vintcent
9.Maunder 10.Skinner 11.Brown-Sampoe 12.Hawkins 13,Woodburn 14.Feyi-Waboso 15.Hodge
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