Saturday's Premiership teams

Team news for Saturday's Aviva Premiership fixtures including Sale v Exeter, Worcester v Bath and Gloucester v Harlequins and Northampton London Irish.

Sale v Exeter (2pm)

Johnny Leota comes into Sale's starting XV to replace Sam Tuitupou, and Peter Stringer starts at scrum-half with Chris Cusiter moving to the bench. Mark Easter replaces Josh Beaumont at No 8 who is away with England.

David Seymour, who signed a new two year deal earlier this week, starts at flanker and captains the side. Magnus Lund is named among the replacements.

With Six Nations call-ups again robbing Exeter of the services of Jack Nowell (England), Michele Campagnaro (Italy) and Tomas Francis (Wales), they stick with a largely unchanged match-day squad for Saturday's game. The sole change in the starting line-up sees Jonny Hill recalled to the second row alongside the experienced Geoff Parling with Ollie Atkins dropping down to the bench at the expense of Lewis Stevenson.

Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Will Addison, 13 Sam James, 12 Johnny Leota, 11 Nev Edwards, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Peter Stringer, 1 Ross Harrison, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 6 Cameron Neild, 7 David Seymour (c), 8 Mark Easter.

Replacements: 16. Neil Briggs, 17. Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 18. Brian Mujati, 19. Jonathan Mills, 20. Magnus Lund, 21. Chris Cusiter, 22. Joe Ford, 23. Tom Arscott.

Exeter: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Olly Woodburn, 13 Ian Whitten, 12 Sam Hill, 11 James Short, 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Will Chudley; 1 Ben Moon, 2 Jack Yeandle (c), 3 Moray Low, 4 Jonny Hill, 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Don Armand, 7 Julian Salvi, 8 Thomas Waldrom.

Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Ollie Atkins, 20 Kai Horstmann, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Will Hooley, 23 Max Bodilly.

Worcester v Bath (3pm)

Scotland Under-20s fly-half Adam Hastings has been handed the reins to Bath's backline and will make his senior debut in the crucial Aviva Premiership trip to Worcester.

Japan back-rower Amanaki Mafi will make his first start for the Blue, Black and Whites, with Guy Mercer and Dominic Day in line for 100th club appearances.

Carl Kirwan is set for his first Premiership appearance for Worcester in the back row alongside Phil Dowson and captain GJ van Velze, while Darren Barry comes into the second row to partner Donncha O'Callaghan.

New signing Dewald Potgieter could make his Warriors debut from the replacements bench.

Worcester: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Bryce Heem, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Andy Symons, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Luke Baldwin; 1 Val Rapava Ruskin, 2 Niall Annett, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 5 Darren Barry, 6 Phil Dowson, 7 Carl Kirwan, 8 GJ van Velze (c).
 
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Na'ama Leleimalefaga, 18 James Johnston, 19 Dan Sanderson, 20 Dewald Potgieter, 21 Charlie Mulchrone, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Ryan Mills. 

Bath: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Max Clark, 12 Matt Banahan, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Niko Matawalu; 1 Nick Auterac, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Henry Thomas, 4 Stuart Hooper (c), 5 Tom Ellis, 6 Leroy Houston, 7 Guy Mercer, 8 Amanaki Mafi.

Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Beno Obano, 18 David Wilson, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Dominic Day, 21 Matt Garvey, 22 Jonathan Evans, 23 Jeff Williams.

Gloucester v Harlequins (3pm)

Flanker Matt Kvesic starts in Gloucester's back-row to face Harlequins after being deemed surplus to requirements for England's Six Nations clash against Italy.

Scotland wing Tim Visser returns after two months missing with a hamstring injury for Harlequins, with Nick Easter ruled out with a minor knock.

Gloucester: 15 Billy Burns, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Billy Meakes, 12 Billy Twelvetrees (c), 11 Steve McColl; 10 James Hook, 9 Willi Heinz; 1 Paddy McAllister, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 John Afoa, 4 Tom Savage, 5 Mariano Galarza, 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 Ben Morgan.

Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsay, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Jeremy Thrush, 20 Jacob Rowan, 21 Callum Braley, 22 Mark Atkinson, 23 Rob Cook.

Harlequins: 15 Ross Chisholm, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Harry Sloan, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Nick Evans (c), 9 Tito Tebaldi; 1 Mark Lambert, 2 Joe Gray, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 4. George Merrick, 5. James Horwill, 6. Luke Wallace, 7. Dave Ward, 8. Mat Luamanu

Replacements: 16 James Chisholm, 17 Owen Evans, 18 Will Collier, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Ben Botica, 21 Calum Waters, 22 Winston Stanley, 23 Tim Swiel.

Northampton v London Irish (3pm)

James Wilson comes into the starting line-up for Northampton Saints on Saturday afternoon as they welcome London Irish to Franklin's Gardens.

The Kiwi makes his first start of the 2015/16 season on the left wing, George Pisi taking his place among the replacements for the Aviva Premiership tie as the only other change to the match-day 23 that won dramatically at Harlequins last time out.

London Irish have been forced into making one change from the side that played Worcester last weekend as Johnny Williams replaces Aseli Tikoirotuma in the midfield with the Fijian missing through injury.

Gloucester: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Jamie Elliott, 13 Luther Burrell, 12 Harry Mallinder, 11 James Wilson, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson (c); 1 Alex Waller, 2 Mikey Haywood, 3 Kieran Brookes, 4 James Craig, 5 Christian Day, 6 Jamie Gibson, 7 Tom Wood, 8 Sam Dickinson.

Replacements: 16 Reece Marshall, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Gareth Denman, 19 Victor Matfield, 20 Teimana Harrison, 21 Tom Kessell, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 George Pisi.

London Irish: 15 Andrew Fenby, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Fergus Mulchrone, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Ciaran Hearn, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Scott Steele, 1 Tom Court,  2 David Paice,  3 Halani Aulika,  4 Matt Symons 5 Will Lloyd, 6 Jebb Sinclair, 7 Luke Narraway, 8 Rob McCusker.

Replacements: 16 Gerard Ellis; 17 Tom Smallbone, 18 Leo Halavatau, 19  Ian Nagle, 20 Ofisa Treviranus, 21 Darren Allinson, 22 Theo Brophy-Clews, 23 Dom Waldouck.