Saturday's Premiership team news: England forwards boost Wasps

Northampton face Newcastle at stadiummk on Saturday, while Wasps host Bath and London Irish travel to Exeter.

Northampton v Newcastle (1.45pm)

Northampton make three changes to the team that lost at Worcester with Tom Wood, Courtney Lawes and George Pisi all given starting berths.

Newcastle introduce three new faces as winger Giovanbattista Venditti and prop Jon Welsh make their debuts, while flanker Nili Latu is handed his first start for the club.

Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 George Pisi, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Jamie Elliott, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson (c); 1 Alex Waller, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Kieran Brookes, 4 Courtney Lawes, 5 Christian Day, 6 Jamie Gibson, 7 Tom Wood, 8 Sam Dickinson.

Replacements: 16 Mikey Haywood, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Michael Paterson, 20 Jon Fisher, 21 Kahn Fotuali'I, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Ahsee Tuala.

Newcastle: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Adam Powell, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Mike Delany, 9 Ruki Tipunal; 1 Rob Vickers, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Jon Welsh, 4 Calum Green, 5 Josh Furno, 6 Todd Clever, 7 Nili Latu, 8 Ally Hogg (c).

Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Eric Fry, 18 Taione Vea, 19 Mouritz Botha, 20 Will Welch, 21 Ruaridh Dawson, 22 Tom Catterick, 23 Tom Penny.

Wasps v Bath (2pm)

Wasps welcome back England forwards James Haskell and Joe Launchbury into their starting XV, with Italian Lorenzo Cittadini named among the replacements.

For Bath, Ollie Devoto replaces Matt Banahan at outside centre and Niko Matawalu has been given the nod at scrum-half.

The pack is unchanged, with Sam Burgess rested for the trip to Coventry.

Wasps: 15 Rob Miller, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Ben Jacobs, 11 Frank Halai, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Joe Simpson; 1 Matt Mullan, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 James Gaskell, 6 James Haskell (c), 7 George Smith, 8 Nathan Hughes.

Replacements: 16 Ashley Johnson, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Kearnan Myall, 20 Sam Jones, 21 Dan Robson, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Sailosi Tagicakibau.

Bath: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Ollie Devoto, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Anthony Watson, 10 George Ford, 9 Niko Matawalu; 1 Nick Auterac, 2 Ross Batty, 3 Henry Thomas, 4 Stuart Hooper (c), 5 Dave Attwood, 6 Matt Garvey, 7 Alafoti Faosiliva, 8 Leroy Houston.

Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Max Lahiff, 18 Dave Wilson, 19 Dom Day, 20 Guy Mercer, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Matt Banahan.

Exeter Chiefs v London Irish (6pm)

England duo Henry Slade and Jack Nowell return to the Exeter starting line-up as two of three changes from the side that lost at Bath.

Wales international Tomas Francis also comes into the Chiefs' front row for the Sandy Park contest.

Irish have handed starts to prop Tom Smallbone and Fiji international Aseli Tikoirotuma on the wing while Scotland duo Blair Cowan and Sean Maitland are also included in the matchday squad.

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 James Short, 10 Gareth Steenson (c), 9 Will Chudley; 1 Ben Moon, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Tomas Francis, 4 Mitch Lees, 5 Damian Welch, 6 Dave Ewers, 7 Don Armand, 8 Thomas Waldrom.

Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Moray Low, 19 Geoff Parling, 20 Julian Salvi, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Sam Hill, 23 Olly Woodburn.

London Irish : 15 Topsy Ojo, 14 Alex Lewington, 13 Tom Fowlie, 12 Eoin Griffin, 11 Aseli Tikoirotuma, 10 Chris Noakes, 9 Brendan McKibbin; 1 Tom Smallbone, 2 David Paice, 3 Halani Aulika, 4 George Skivington (c), 5 Matt Symons, 6 Jebb Sinclair, 7 Luke Narraway, 8 Rob McCusker.

Replacements:  16 Gerard Ellis, 17 Tom Court, 18 Leo Halavatau, 19 Eoin Sheriff, 20 Blair Cowan, 21 Scott Steele, 22 Shane Geraghty, 23 Sean Maitland.