Castres v Northampton: Teams

Castres have recalled their big-name forwards for the visit of pool winners Northampton in the Heineken Cup.

Benjamin Kayser, Scott Murray and Chris Masoe are among 10 changes made by the Top 14 outfit - with Castres looking to secure their place in the Amlin Challenge Cup.

Michaël Coetzee and Rodrigo Capo Ortega are also added to the pack, although the Castres backline will be without a couple of their stars.

Seremaia Bai and Marc Andreu are both missing with Yoan Audrin, Pierre-Manuel Garcia, Vincent Inigo, Pierre Bernard and Sébastien Tillous-Borde handed run-outs.

Northampton boss Jim Mallinder is expecting a difficult contest in France, despite the Saints having so far won all five of their group games.

Difficult

"They will be strong," Mallinder told the club's official website. "We saw that when they came here. They have a very good squad and pushed us really close.

"They have come out publicly and made no secret about the fact they want to maintain their unbeaten home record so it will be very difficult for us to go down there and get the win."

Mallinder has made just one change to his line-up with Mark Sorenson swapping places with the benched Christian Day.

England international Shane Geraghty is also added to the replacements, with rising star Joe Ford dropping out the squad.

Castres: 15 Florian Denos, 14 Matthieu Nicolas, 13 Yoan Audrin, 12 Pierre-Manuel Garcia, 11 Vincent Inigo, 10 Pierre Bernard, 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde, 1 Michaël Coetzee, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 3 Daniel Saayman, 4 Scott Murray, 5 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 6 Chris Masoe, 7 Steve Malonga, 8 Jannie Bornman.
Replacements: 16 Akvsenti Giorgadze, 17 Anton Peikrishvili, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Joe Tekori, 20 Gambo Adamou, 21 Alexandre Albouy, 22 Seremaia Bai, 23 Romain Martial

Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Joe Ansbro, 13 Jon Clarke, 12 James Downey, 11 Paul Diggin, 10 Steve Myler, 9 Ryan Powell, 1 Soane Tongauiha, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Brian Mujati, 4 Calum Clark, 5 Mark Sorenson, 6 Phil Dowson, 7 Tom Wood, 8 Roger Wilson.
Replacements: 16 Brett Sharman, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Tom Mercey, 19 Christian Day, 20 Mark Easter, 21 Stu Commins, 22 Shane Geraghty, 23 Bruce Reihana.