The Saints take on London Wasps in the first of three tough festive Aviva Premiership matches that will test their top four credentials to the full.
Director of rugby Jim Mallinder and the coaches have made three straight swaps between the bench and the starting 15, with Kahn Fotuali’i, Mike Haywood and Sam Dickinson coming in for Lee Dickson, Dylan Hartley and Courtney Lawes respectively.
Dickinson’s introduction sees Samu Manoa move up to the second row, and with Hartley on the bench it falls to Tom Wood to captain the side.
Tomorrow’s game is not being shown live on TV, so the best way to keep up-to-dates are with the live text commentary available on any device at www.saintslive.co.uk
And you can hear the thoughts of Alan Dickens, George North, Tom Mercey and others right now on the Saints’ podcast, available to stream or download on all devices for FREE at www.soundcloud.com/official-saints-rugby
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY LONDON WASPS
Aviva Premiership Round 10
Adams Park
Saturday, December 21st, 2013
Kick off 3:00pm
15 Ken PISI
14 Jamie ELLIOTT
13 George NORTH
12 Luther BURRELL
11 Tom COLLINS
10 Stephen MYLER
9 Kahn FOTUALI’I
2 Mike HAYWOOD
3 Salesi MA’AFU
4 Samu MANOA
5 Christian DAY
6 Calum CLARK
7 Tom WOOD (capt)
8 Sam DICKINSON
Replacements
16 Dylan HARTLEY
17 Ethan WALLER
18 Tom MERCEY
19 Courtney LAWES
20 Phil DOWSON
21 Lee DICKSON
22 Glenn DICKSON
23 Tom STEPHENSON
