The Saints go head-to-head with the Cherry and Whites in the LV= Cup for the first time since the 2010 final. Both teams have a good recent record in the competition, reaching four finals and four semi-finals between them.
Last November's six league points earned against Harlequins and Newport-Gwent Dragons put the Saints top of Pool 4, and director of rugby Jim Mallinder says that he is looking for the players to kick on and keep semi-final qualification in their own hands.
"We worked hard to get to the top of our pool and we want to stay there," he said. "The LV= Cup has been a good competition for us in the past few years and another win would take us one step closer to the semi-finals.
"Gloucester have been going well in the competition, too, so it is not going to be easy for us. But training has been positive, the players are focused and are all looking to move forward with a good result tomorrow."
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NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY GLOUCESTER
LV= Cup Round 3
Franklin's Gardens
Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Kick off 3:00pm
15 Ben FODEN
14 James WILSON
13 George PISI
12 Luther BURRELL
11 Tom MAY
10 Ryan LAMB
9 Martin ROBERTS
1 Alex WALLER
2 Mike HAYWOOD
3 Tom MERCEY
4 Mark SORENSON
5 Christian DAY
6 Samu MANOA
7 Phil DOWSON (capt)
8 Rhys OAKLEY
Replacements
16 Ross MCMILLAN
17 Soane TONGA'UIHA
18 Ethan WALLER
19 James CRAIG
20 Ben NUTLEY
21 Lee DICKSON
22 Stephen MYLER
