Kahn Fotuali’i comes in for Lee Dickson at scrum-half on his return to his old stomping ground, with Tom Wood wearing the number seven shirt in place of Phil Dowson. Both Dickson and Dowson have been named on the replacements’ bench.
It is four years since the Saints last played at the Liberty Stadium, an LV= Cup clash on Bonfire Night, 2009. And while Jim Mallinder’s men have taken on the Ospreys in the Anglo-Welsh Cup since then this is the first time that the Saints have played in Swansea in the Heineken Cup.
Sunday’s game is being shown live on Sky Sports 2, with coverage starting at 12noon. Live text commentary will also be available on www.saintslive.co.uk
NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY OSPREYS
Heineken Cup Round 5
Liberty Stadium
Sunday, January 12th, 2014
Kick off 12:45pm
15 Tom COLLINS
14 Jamie ELLIOTT
13 George PISI
12 Luther BURRELL
11 George NORTH
10 Stephen MYLER
9 Kahn FOTUALI’I
2 Dylan HARTLEY (capt)
3 Salesi MA’AFU
5 Christian DAY
6 Calum CLARK
7 Tom WOOD
8 Samu MANOA
Replacements
16 Mike HAYWOOD
17 Ethan WALLER
18 Tom MERCEY
19 Sam DICKINSON
20 Phil DOWSON
21 Lee DICKSON
22 Glenn DICKSON
23 Fa’atoina AUTAGAVAIA
