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Harlequins will host the current Guinness Premiership leaders, Gloucester, at the Twickenham Stoop, in a match shown live on Sky Sports.

With an impressive home record of only one loss in the Guinness Premiership so far this season, Quins will be looking to continue this impressive run of form with a win against the West Country side.

The Quins starting line-up will see a few changes from the side that claimed victory over London Irish at The Madejski Stadium last Saturday.

Mike Ross returns from international duty to take his place in the front row, with Mark Lambert moving to the bench. David Strettle also returns to the starting line-up, and Ugo Monye takes his place on the bench.

"You don't get to the top of the Guinness Premiership, at this point in the season, unless you are a side who consistently perform week in, week out and although Gloucester prove each season how strong a side they are, they tend to be the team which are always the bridesmaid and never the bride," Quins head coach Dean Richards said.

"This season they will be desperate to get some silverware in the cabinet.

"With so many internationally capped players in the side, we will have to be on the top of our game to get the win we are looking for."

Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 David Strettle, 13 Gonzalo Tiesi, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Tom Williams, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Andy Gomarsall, 8 Tom Guest, 7 Will Skinner (c), 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 George Robson, 4 Ollie Kohn, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Ceri Jones.
Replacements: 16 Aston Croall, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Jim Evans, 19 Neil McMillan, 20 Jnr Poluleuligaga, 21 Chris Malone, 22 Ugo Monye.

Gloucester: 15 Iain Balshaw, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Olly Barkley, 11 James Simpson-Daniel, 10 Carlos Spencer, 9 Rory Lawson, 8 Gareth Delve (c), 7 Andy Hazell, 6 Luke Narraway, 5 Alex Brown, 4 Marco Bortolami, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Andy Titterrell, 1 Nick Wood.
Replacements: 16 Olivier Azam, 17 Alasdair Dickinson, 18 Adam Eustace, 19 Apo Satala, 20 Ryan Lamb, 21 Anthony Allen, 22 Mark Foster.