Northampton Saints U18s Head Coach Charlie Reed has named his side to face Bristol this Saturday (14 February, kick-off: 7pm) in their final regular season fixture of the PREM Next Gen.
A return of three wins from seven outings so far means Saints will miss out on the big final for the first time in five years; however, they are targeting a strong finish against a Bristol side still in the hunt for second spot.
Reed has made just one change to his starting XV that faced Bristol last week, with Kai Manson starting at fly-half after his extended appearance from the bench last week, following an early injury to Fin Shields.
On the bench, there are two changes with George Tonag’uiha returning from injury, and Connor Wright also comes onto the bench.
“I want us to be relentless in the DNA of how we want to play and not adjust it week to week,” said Reed.
“I want us to continue to be us and get good performances from doing that.
“It is another good challenge, another good side coming to us, but we are looking to put in a similar performance and get a result.”
Northampton Saints U18s vs Bristol U18s
PREM Next Gen Academy League, Round 9
Saturday 14 February, 2026
Kick-off: 7pm
15 Hardy Linnell
14 Elijah Jeyes
13 Sonny Goode (c)
12 Cal Tarry
11 Charlie Tamani
10 Kai Manson
9 Caelin Chin
1 Lucas Veevers
2 Kingsley Gallimore
3 Aiden Reid
4 Rafferty Hewitt
5 Archie McHarg
6 Seb Dare
7 Reuben Williams
8 Will Hepher
Replacements:
16 Charlie Utting
17 Ben Jones
18 George Tonga’uiha
19 Connor Wright
21 Harry Nath
22 Ashton Cox
23 Will Howes
Unfortunately, the U17s fixture that was scheduled to be played has now been cancelled.