Hartley will be joined by Mark Hopley, Charlie Beech and Alex Rae who have featured for the first team this season despite this being their first season at Franklin's Gardens. Rae was also a part of the U21s Grand Slam winning squad and Beech played for the England U19s during the Six Nations tourament schedule.

Academy director James Sinclair is also using the game to see a few new players in action as he prepares his full-time academy squad for next season.

The game will raise money for Matt Hampson, the young prop who seriously injured his neck while training with the England U21s at Franklin's Gardens last year. Hampson is currently in Stoke Mandeville Hospital and is unable to move from the neck down. He is also reliant on a respirator. For more ways to raise money for Matt, log onto www.matthampson.co.uk.

SAINTS ACADEMY

15 Ben Patston
14 Garth Fowler
13 Joe Amsbro
12 Adam Barnard
11 Peter Clarke
10 Dan Lavery
9 Julian Bishop
1 Charlie Beech
2 Dylan Hartley
3 Dave Bassett
4 Tom Powell
5 Alex Rae
6 Matt Burke
7 Matt Grove
8 Mark Hopley (capt)

16 Tom Laws
17 Bayerf Viasgie
18 Simon Pitfield
19 Rupert Cooper
20 Steve McGuinness
21 Mike Welford
22 Ben Stevenson
23 David Smith