Leeds v Saracens: Teams
Leeds welcome Scott Barrow back to the centres for the visit of Saracens on Sunday.
Last Updated: 05/03/10 2:33pm
Leeds welcome Scott Barrow back to the centres for the visit of Saracens on Sunday.
Barrow, who has just agreed a new two-year deal at Headingley, has recovered from a calf strain to replace Henry Paul in the midfield.
However Leeds are still without the sidelined Andy Gomarsall (leg), Rob Rawlinson (neck) and Danny Paul (shoulder).
Saracens chief Brendan Venter has rung the changes for the trip to Yorkshire with a new-look pack for the clash.
Matias Aguero and Schalk Brits return to the front row, Tom Ryder comes into the second row and Jacques Burger and Justin Melck are named in the back row. In the backs Rodd Penney starts on the wing.
"The Guinness Premiership is a very close competition and Leeds have proved just that with their results in recent weeks," said Venter.
"They go into the game on the back of a very good performance against Wasps last weekend and that has made things even tighter at the foot of the table.
"From our perspective, I couldn't fault the effort and commitment from the players last week and I know they will give just as much on Sunday after a week in which they have trained exceptionally hard."
Leeds:15 Leigh Hinton, 14 Henry Fa'afili, 13 Seru Rabeni, 12 Scott Barrow, 11 Lee Blackett, 10 Ceiron Thomas, 9 Scott Mathie, 8 Rhys Oakley, 7 Hendre Fourie, 6 Kearnan Myall, 5 Marco Wentzel (c), 4 Erik Lund, 3 Juan Gomez, 2 Andy Titterrell, 1 Mike MacDonald.
Replacements:16 Vili Ma'asi, 17 Gareth Hardy, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 Calum Clark, 20 Alfie To'oala, 21 Joe Bedford, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Richard Welding.
Saracens::15 Alex Goode, 14 Rodd Penney, 13 Kameli Ratuvou, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Chris Wyles, 10 Derick Hougaard, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Justin Melck, 7 Jacques Burger, 6 Wikus van Heerden (c), 5 Tom Ryder, 4 Hayden Smith, 3 Richard Skuse, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Matias Aguero.
Replacements:16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Rhys Gill, 18 Tom Mercey, 19 Mouritz Botha, 20 Ernst Joubert, 21 Justin Marshall, 22 Adam Powell, 23 Michael Tagicakibau.