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| 9 April 2003, 2:22 pm |
| Smith Shakes Up Starting Xv For Heineken Cup Quarter-Final In Toulouse |
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Northampton Saints head coach Wayne Smith has made four major changes to the starting line-up that lost in the Powergen Cup final last weekend ahead of Saturday's Heineken Cup quarter-final against Toulouse.
John Leslie, Peter Jorgensen and Steve Williams have been relegated to the replacements list and Robbie Morris does not feature at all.
Their places have been filled by centres Bruce Reihana, who will play in his first European game on Saturday after being drafted in as one of the two extra players permitted for the quarter-finals, and 21-year-old Chris Hyndman, lock Jon Phillips and prop Matt Stewart.
Lock Matt Lord will also play in his first Heineken Cup game this weekend, as the other player drafted into the European squad for this stage of the competition.
Around 1,000 Saints supporters are expected to make the trip to Stadium Toulouse for the quarter-final, which kicks off at 2.45pm local time.
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS
15 NICK BEAL
14 James Brooks
13 BRUCE REIHANA
12 Chris Hyndman
11 BEN COHEN
10 PAUL GRAYSON
9 MATT DAWSON
1 TOM SMITH
2 STEVE THOMPSON
3 MATT STEWART
4 Matt Lord
5 JON PHILLIPS
6 MARK CONNORS
7 BUDGE POUNTNEY (capt)
8 ANDREW BLOWERS
Replacements from:
Dan Richmond, Chris Budgen, Rob Hunter, Steve Williams, Mark Soden, Ian Vass, Mark Tucker, Peter Jorgensen, John Leslie, Jon Sleightholme and Oriol Ripol. |
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