It’s a return back to the Aviva Premiership for Northampton Saints on Friday night, and the team has been named for the Round 5 home match against Gloucester (KO 7:45pm).
Both teams go into the game on the back of two successful weeks in Europe, and the Saints have made just the one change to the starting line-up from that which began last weekend’s win at Glasgow.
Kahn Fotuali’i swaps places with Lee Dickson at scrum-half, with Tom Wood leading the team out. There could also be a club debut for Victor Matfield, who has been named on the bench, while Ken Pisi has also returned to the match day 23.
Alex King and Jamie Gibson preview tomorrow’s game in this week’s official Saints podcast, which also includes an extended interview with Luther Burrell and a look at Aviva Tackling Numbers, just one of the many programmes delivered by the Saints’ community team. Download for free onto any device at www.soundcloud.com/official-saints-rugby or subscribe via iTunes.
Tickets remain on sale for the game with groups available in several areas of the stadium; head to www.tinyurl.com/SAI-GLO-1516 to order online, using Print@Home to beat the match day queues and save the admin fees.
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY GLOUCESTER
Aviva Premiership Round 5
Franklin’s Gardens
Friday, November 27th, 2015
Kick off 7:45pm
15 Ben FODEN
14 Ahsee TUALA
13 George PISI
12 Luther BURRELL
11 George NORTH
10 Stephen MYLER
9 Kahn FOTUALI’I
1 Alex WALLER
2 Mikey HAYWOOD
3 Kieran BROOKES
4 Michael PATERSON
5 Christian DAY
6 Jamie GIBSON
7 Tom WOOD (capt)
8 Sam DICKINSON
16 Matti WILLIAMS
17 Ethan WALLER
18 Paul HILL
19 Victor MATFIELD
20 Teimana HARRISON
21 Lee DICKSON
22 JJ HANRAHAN
23 Ken PISI
