The Northampton Saints team has been announced for Saturday’s derby day Anglo-Welsh Cup trip to Leicester.
Christian Day returns to the team for his 200th first team appearance and has been given the captain’s armband, too. His second row partner, David Ribbans, is at the opposite end of the experience scale, the 21-year-old making his club debut since arriving from Western Province at the start of January.
Elsewhere Sam Olver comes in for the injured JJ Hanrahan at fly half, and Sam Dickinson will have his first action since November’s win over Worcester at Sixways.
There are a limited number of tickets remaining available for the game via the Welford Road box office, and supporters who are not making the trip can follow the action live on BT Sport or www.saintslive.co.uk
First team coach Alan Dickens previews the action in this week’s The Saints TV Show, which also includes Harry Mallinder’s 15 Questions and recaps of the action from the Champions Cup trip to Montpellier and the Under-18s’ most recent Premiership Rugby Academies League outing.
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY LEICESTER
Anglo-Welsh Cup Round 3
Welford Road
Saturday, January 28th, 2017
Kick off 3:00pm
15 Ahsee Tuala
14 Ken Pisi
13 Nafi Tuitavake
12 Harry Mallinder
11 Juan Pablo Estelles
10 Sam Olver
9 Tom Kessell
1 Ethan Waller
2 Charlie Clare
3 Kieran Brookes
4 David Ribbans
5 Christian Day (capt)
6 Jamie Gibson
7 Ben Nutley
8 Sam Dickinson
16 James Fish
17 Alex Waller
18 Paul Hill
19 Michael Paterson
20 Lewis Ludlam
21 Lee Dickson
22 Rory Hutchinson
23 James Wilson
