Thursday 6 April 2017 12:59, UK
Team news for Friday's Aviva Premiership action as Sale host Worcester and the Falcons take on Gloucester.
Sale Sharks v Worcester Warriors (7.45pm)
Ross Harrison makes his 150th Sharks appearance after making his debut against La Vila in 2012, and is named in an unchanged side from Sale's loss to the Chiefs last time out.
Meanwhile England international Ben Te'o makes a return to the Warriors starting line-up. The centre has been limited to eight appearances for his club this season, but has scored four times in the process.
The only change to Worcester's pack comes in the front row, where Ryan Bower replaces Val Rapava Ruskin who misses out with a rib problem, while Ryan Lamb is also named on the bench and could make his 50th appearance for the club.
Worcester Warriors: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Perry Humphreys, 13 Jackson Willison, 12 Ben Te'o, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Ryan Mills, 9 Francois Hougaard, 1 Ryan Bower, 2 Joe Taufete'e, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan (c), 5 Will Spencer, 6 Chris Vui, 7 Sam Lewis, 8 Marco Mama.
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Biyi Alo, 19 Darren Barry, 20 Dewald Potgieter, 21 Luke Baldwin, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Wynand Olivier.
Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Denny Solomona, 13 Sam James, 12 Mark Jennings, 11 Byron McGuigan, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Mike Phillips; 1 Ross Harrison, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Halani Aulika, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 6 Cameron Neild, 7 Tom Curry, 8 Josh Beaumont (c).
Replacements: 16 Ben Curry, 17 James Flynn, 18 Kieran Longbottom, 19 George Nott, 20 Laurence Pearce, 21 James Mitchell, 22 Sam Bedlow, 23 Josh Charnley.
Newcastle Falcons v Gloucester (8pm)
Alex Tait will make his 200th appearance for Newcastle at full-back against the visiting Cherry and Whites. Gloucester travel north looking to make it three wins on the bounce, having defeated Bristol and Cardiff Blues in recent weeks.
Billy Burns is forced to sit this one out having left the field injured against the Blues. Billy Twelvetrees, who took over at fly-half on Saturday, partners Willi Heinz at half-back and Mark Atkinson takes Twelvetrees' place in midfield.
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Alex Tait, 14 Vereniki Goneva, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Marcus Watson, 10 Mike Delany, 9 Michael Young, 1 Rob Vickers, 2 Kyle Cooper, 3 David Wilson, 4 Calum Green, 5 Evan Olmstead, 6 Mark Wilson, 7 Will Welch (c), 8 Ally Hogg.
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Ben Harris, 18 Jon Welsh, 19 Will Witty, 20 Callum Chick, 21 Sonatane Takulua, 22 Joel Hodgson, 23 Sinoti Sinoti.
Gloucester: 15 Tom Marshall, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Mark Atkinson, 11 Jonny May, 10 Billy Twelvetrees, 9 Willi Heinz (c); 1 Paddy McAllister, 2 Motu Matu'u, 3 John Afoa, 4 Tom Savage, 5 Mariano Galarza, 6 Ross Moriarty, 7 Jacob Rowan, 8 Ben Morgan.
Replacements: 16 Richard Hibbard, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Josh Hohneck, 19 Tom Denton, 20 Lewis Ludlow, 21 Callum Braley, 22 Lloyd Evans, 23 Henry Purdy.
