Saturday 9 January 2016 18:01, UK
Team news for Saturday's three Aviva Premiership, including unbeaten Saracens' trip to Harlequins.
Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester (3pm)
Ollie Atkins makes his first Premiership start in place of the injured Mitch Lees while Jack Nowell moves into the centre. Julian Salvi returns to the back row at the expense of Tom Johnson.
Gloucester make two changes to the side that defeated London Irish last weekend as international duo Greig Laidlaw and Ben Morgan return at scrum-half and No 8 respectively.
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Olly Woodburn, 13 Jack Nowell, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 James Short, 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Will Chudley; 1 Ben Moon, 2 Jack Yeandle (c), 3 Tomas Francis, 4 Ollie Atkins, 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Don Armand, 7 Julian Salvi, 8 Thomas Waldrom.
Replacements: 16 Elvis Taione, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Moray Low, 19 Jonny Hill, 20 Kai Horstmann, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Will Hooley, 23 Michele Campagnaro.
Gloucester: 15 Rob Cook, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Bill Meakes, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Henry Purdy, 10 James Hook, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c); 1 Nick Wood, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 Nicky Thomas, 4 Tom Savage, 5 Jeremy Thrush, 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 Ben Morgan.
Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsay, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Paddy McAllister, 19 Mariano Galarza, 20 Ross Moriarty, 21 Willi Heinz, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Mark Atkinson.
Harlequins v Saracens (3pm)
Billy Vunipola will make his 50th Saracens appearance as Jim Hamilton replaces the rested Maro Itoje at lock.
Neil De Kock and Owen Farrell return at half-back but Brad Barritt misses out with a slight knock.
Rob Buchanan and Adam Jones come into the Harlequins front row for this sold-out clash at the Stoop. Jack Clifford replaces Nick Easter at No 8 and Marland Yarde returns on the right wing.
Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 George Lowe, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Ross Chisholm, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Danny Care (c); 1 Joe Marler, 2 Rob Buchanan, 3 Adam Jones, 4 James Horwill, 5 Charlie Matthews, 6 Chris Robshaw, 7 Luke Wallace, 8 Jack Clifford.
Replacements: 16 Dave Ward, 17 Seb Adeniran-Olule, 18 Will Collier, 19 George Merrick, 20 Nick Easter, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Harry Sloan.
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Duncan Taylor, 11 Mike Ellery, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Neil de Kock; 1 Mako Vunipola, 2 Jamie George (c), 3 Petrus Du Plessis, 4 Jim Hamilton, 5 George Kruis, 6 Jackson Wray, 7 Will Fraser, 8 Billy Vunipola.
Replacements: 16 Jared Saunders, 17 Rhys Gill, 18 Titi Lamositele, 19 Maro Itoje, 20 Jacques Burger, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Charlie Hodgson, 23 Nick Tompkins.
Leicester v Northampton (5.15pm)
Dylan Hartley continues to lose ground in his quest to be named England hooker and captain for the Six Nations after being confined to the bench for the East Midlands derby at Welford Road.
Mike Haywood retains the No 2 jersey for the second successive week, while Lee Dickson and Jamie Elliott come into the Saints backline.
Tom Wood features for Northampton for the first time since damaging his shoulder against Gloucester on November 27, joining Hartley on the bench.
Leicester hand a start to fly-half Owen Williams while England duo Tom Youngs and Dan Cole come into the front row.
Peter Betham and Matt Smith return to the backline after missing the defeat at Saracens, with Mike Fitzgerald replacing the injured Ed Slater in the back row.
Leicester Tigers: 15 Telusa Veainu, 14 Peter Betham, 13 Mathew Tait, 12 Matt Smith, 11 Adam Thompstone, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Ben Youngs; 1 Marcos Ayerza, 2 Tom Youngs (c), 3 Dan Cole, 4 Sebastian de Chaves, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Mike Fitzgerald, 7 Brendon O'Connor, 8 Lachlan McCaffrey.
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Logovi'i Mulipola, 18 Fraser Balmain, 19 Laurence Pearce, 20 Tom Croft, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Vereniki Goneva.
Northampton Saints: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Jamie Elliott, 13 George North, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Tom Collins, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Lee Dickson (c); 1 Alex Waller, 2 Mike Haywood, 3 Paul Hill, 4 Courtney Lawes, 5 Victor Matfield, 6 Jamie Gibson, 7 Teimana Harrison, 8 Sam Dickinson.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Gareth Denman, 19 Christian Day, 20 Tom Wood, 21 Tom Kessell, 22 Stephen Myler, 23 Harry Mallinder.
