| Smith has been out of action for more than a month with a rib injury and will make a welcome return to the squad. Beattie slots into the spot left absent by Grant Seely, as the latter is not registered for this compeition. Matt Lord is still struggling with a back injury.
The full Northampton Saints side is as follows:
15 Bruce Reihana (capt)
14 Sean Lamont
13 Jon Clarke
12 Rhodri Davies
11 Ben Cohen
10 Carlos Spencer
9 Mark Robinson
1 Chris Budgen
2 Steve Thompson
3 Colin Noon
4 Damien Browne
5 David Gerard
6 Ben Lewitt
7 Sam Harding
8 Daniel Browne
16 Dan Richmond
17 Tom Smith
18 Ross Beattie
19 Darren Fox
20 Johnny Howard
21 John Rudd
22 Luke Myring
Narbonne may well be without Christian Labit, who is believed to be carrying an injury, but they will still have former internationals Cedric Debrosse and Franck Tournaire among their ranks as well as their reliable goal-kicker Cedric Roaslen.
Narbonne:
15 Nicolas Nadau
14 Pierre-Alain Negre Gauthier
13 Cedric Debrosse
12 Lionel Mazars
11 Julien Patay
10 Cedric Rosalen
9 Gregory Mahe
1 Arnaud Martinez
2 Fabien Rofes
3 Franck Tournaire
4 Andrew Springgay
5 Manual Sierra
6 David Hunter
7 Dwayne Haare
8 Bretrand Bedes
16 Jason Hooper
17 Thiabaut Algret
18 Frederic Martinez
19 Lei Tomiki
20 Julien Seron
21 Christoper Ruiz
22 Oliver Benassis | 
