The Saints head to Twickenham with a starting line-up showing just the two changes from that which began last Friday’s successful Amlin Challenge Cup final.
Kahn Fotuali’i wears the number nine shirt, swapping places with Lee Dickson, with Salesi Ma’afu returning to the front row and Tom Mercey dropping to the bench. There is one other change to the match day squad from Cardiff, with Dylan Hartley named among the replacements.
Tom Wood leads the team, and you can hear the England flanker’s thoughts on the game in this week’s official Saints podcast, along with interviews with Jim Mallinder, Samu Manoa, George North and Alex Corbisiero.
Listen for free or download onto any device at www.soundcloud.com/official-saints-rugby
Saturday’s game is being shown on the big screens in the Rodber Suite at Franklin’s Gardens, with doors opening at 2pm.
If supporters prefer to stay at home they can watch the game live on BT Sport, listen to BBC Radio Northampton or follow the action at www.saintslive.co.uk
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY SARACENS
Twickenham
Saturday, May 31st, 2014
Kick off 3:00pm
15 Ben FODEN
14 Ken PISI
13 George PISI
12 Luther BURRELL
11 George NORTH
10 Stephen MYLER
9 Kahn FOTUALI’I
1 Alex CORBISIERO
3 Salesi MA’AFU
4 Samu MANOA
6 Calum CLARK
7 Tom WOOD (capt)
8 Sam DICKINSON
Replacements
16 Dylan HARTLEY
17 Alex WALLER
18 Tom MERCEY
19 Christian DAY
20 Phil DOWSON
21 Lee DICKSON
22 James WILSON
23 Tom STEPHENSON
