Harlequins v Saracens: Teams
Jordan Turner-Hall will make his return from injury during Harlequins' Aviva Premiership showdown with Saracens at Twickenham.
Last Updated: 26/12/11 6:28pm
Jordan Turner-Hall will make his return from injury for Harlequins' Aviva Premiership showdown with Saracens at Twickenham.
Table-topping Quins, unbeaten in the league, are set to be given one of the toughest tests of their campaign so far against defending champions Sarries, who currently lie second.
Centre Turner-Hall returns to replace Tom Casson in the one change to the back-line which claimed a famous victory over Toulouse in the Heineken Cup last weekend.
There are further changes in the pack as Joe Marler and Chris Brooker return to the front row in place of Mark Lambert and Joe Gray.
Will Skinner is suspended following his red card in France and has been replaced by Maurie Fa'asavalu.
Meanwhile, Saracens give veteran scrum-half Peter Stringer his first start since joining from Munster with Ben Spencer dropping to the bench - the only change in their backs from last week's win over the Ospreys.
But Mark McCall is forced to make changes up front, with Jacques Burger ruled out for eight weeks after undergoing knee surgery this week.
Andy Saull takes his place at flanker, while in the second row George Kruis replaces Mouritz Botha and Carlos Nieto comes in at prop with Matt Stevens dropping to the bench.
Quins still have a perfect record after 10 games of the domestic season and have been victorious on their last two visits to Twickenham, but Sarries have won their last four games against Tuesday's opponents.
Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Seb Stegmann, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 5 George Robson, 4 Tomas Vallejos, 3 James Johnston, 2 Chris Brooker, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Joe Gray, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Tim Fairbrother, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Luke Wallace, 21 Richard Bolt, 22 Rory Clegg, 23 Tom Williams.
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 David Strettle, 13 Owen Farrell, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 James Short, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Andy Saull, 6 Kelly Brown, 5 George Kruis, 4 Steve Borthwick (c), 3 Carlos Nieto, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Rhys Gill.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 John Smit, 18 Matt Stevens, 19 Mouritz Botha, 20 Jackson Wray, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Adam Powell, 23 Chris Wyles.
