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Anglo-Welsh Cup teams: Day back to skipper Saints

Lachie Turner in action for Exeter
Image: Lachie Turner in action for Exeter

Teams ahead of the weekend's Anglo-Welsh Cup including Exeter v Wasps on Saturday and Dragons v Newcastle on Sunday.

Exeter v Wasps (Sat, 3pm)

Exeter: 15 Lachie Turner, 14 Max Bodilly, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Sam Hill, 11 James Short, 10 Joe Simmonds, 9 Stuart Townsend, 1 Carl Rimmer, 2 Shaun Malton, 3 Tomas Francis, 4 Mitch Lees, 5 Damian Welch, 6 Sam Skinner (c), 7 Ben White, 8 Sam Simmonds.

Replacements: 16 Jack Innard, 17 Moray Low, 18 Jack Owlett, 19 Geoff Parling, 20 Tom Lawday, 21 Joe Snow, 22 Will Hooley, 23 Matt Jess.

Wasps: 15 Piers O'Conor, 14 Guy Armitage, 13 Nick De Luca (c), 12 Brendan Macken, 11 Tom Howe, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Craig Hampson, 1 Tom Bristow, 2 Koree Britton, 3 Will Stuart, 4 Will Rowlands, 5 Marcus Garratt, 6 Ali Bone, 7 Jack Willis, 8 Alex Rieder.

Replacements: 16 Ashley Johnson, 17 Tom West, 18 Simon McIntyre, 19 Ehize Ehizode, 20 Tom Willis, 21 Will Porter, 22 Warren Seals, 23 Owain James/ Joshua Hodson.

Leicester v Northampton (Sat, 3pm)

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Leicester: 15 Mathew Tait (c), 14 Tom Brady, 13 Jack Roberts, 12 Matt Smith, 11 George Catchpole, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Jono Kitto; 1 Michele Rizzo, 2 Harry Thacker, 3 Fraser Balmain, 4 Harry Wells, 5 Dom Barrow, 6 Tom Croft, 7 Will Evans, 8 Luke Hamilton.

Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Riccardo Brugnara, 18 Ben Betts, 19 Joe Maksymiw, 20 Will Owen, 21 Ben White, 22 George Worth, 23 Charlie Thacker.

Northampton: 15 Ahsee Tuala, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 Nafi Tuitavake, 12 Harry Mallinder, 11 Juan Pablo Estelles, 10 Sam Olver, 9 Tom Kessell, 1 Ethan Waller, 2 Charlie Clare, 3 Kieran Brookes, 4 David Ribbans, 5 Christian Day (c), 6 Jamie Gibson, 7 Ben Nutley, 8 Sam Dickinson.

Replacements: 16 James Fish, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Michael Paterson, 20 Lewis Ludlam, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 Rory Hutchinson, 23 James Wilson.

Ospreys v Bristol (Sat, 3pm)

David Lemi of Bristol avoids a tackle from Mike Haley and Johnny Leota
Image: David Lemi of Bristol avoids a tackle from Mike Haley and Johnny Leota

Ospreys: 15 Dafydd Howells, 14 Jay Baker, 13 Joe Thomas, 12 Jonathan Spratt, 11 Ben John, 10 Luke Price, 9 Rhys Webb (C), 1 Gareth Thomas, 2 Scott Otten, 3 Rhodri Jones, 4 James Ratti, 5 Adam Beard, 6 Joe Bearman, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Rob McCusker.

Replacements: 16 Ifan Phillips, 17 Rowan Jenkins, 18 Daniel Suter, 19 Tyler Ardron, 20 Will Jones, 21 Matthew Aubrey, 22 Phil Jones, 23 Tom O'Flaherty.

Bristol: 15 Jack Wallace; 14 David Lemi, 13 Will Hurrell, 12 Tusi Pisi, 11 Tom Varndell; 10 Billy Searle, 9 Alby Mathewson; 1 Jack O'Connell, 2 Max Crumpton, 3 Gaston Cortes, 4 Dan Tuohy, 5 Ben Glynn, 6 Nick Fenton-Wells, 7 Jack Lam (c), 8 Mitch Eadie.

Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 James Hall, 19 Mark Sorenson, 20 Giorgi Nemsadze, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Thretton Palamo, 23 Jack Tovey.

Worcester v Harlequins (Sat, 3pm)

Phil Dowson of Worcester in action during the Aviva Premiership match between Saracens and Worcester Warriors at Twickenham, September 2016.
Image: Worcester's Phil Dowson

Worcester: 15 Ben Howard, 14 Bryce Heem, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Jackson Willison, 11 Auguy Slowik, 10 Ryan Mills, 9 Luke Baldwin, 1 Na'ama Leleimalefaga, 2 Joe Taufete'e, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Tevita Cavubati, 5 Will Spencer, 6 Phil Dowson (c), 7 Sam Lewis, 8 Alafoti Faosiliva

Replacements: 16 Jack Singleton, 17 Ryan Bower, 18 Biyi Alo, 19 Darren Barry, 20 Matt Cox, 21 Michael Dowsett, 22 Tiff Eden, 23 Andy Short.

Harlequins: 15 Aaron Morris, 14 Charlie Walker, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Winston Stanley, 11 Alofa Alofa, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Karl Dickson, 1 Owen Evans, 2 Joe Gray, 3 Matt Shields, 4 Mark Reddish, 5 Charlie Matthews, 6 James Chisholm, 7 Dave Ward (c), 8 Mat Luamanu.

Replacements: 16 Elia Elia, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Tyler Gendall, 19 Stan South, 20 George Naoupu, 21 Charlie Mulchrone, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Ross Chisholm.

Dragons v Newcastle (Sun, 3pm)

Adam Hughes on the charge for the Dragons
Image: Adam Hughes on the charge for the Dragons

Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Adam Hughes (c), 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Adam Warren, 11 Tom Prydie, 10 Dorian Jones, 9 Sarel Pretorius; 1 Thomas Davies, 2 Rhys Buckley, 3 Brok Harris, 4 Matthew Screech, 5 Rynard Landman, 6 Ollie Griffiths, 7 Nic Cudd, 8 Harri Keddie.

Replacements: 16 Thomas Rhys Thomas, 17 Sam Hobbs, 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 James Thomas, 20 Robson Blake, 21 Charlie Davies,22 Angus O'Brien, 23 Sam Beard.

Newcastle: 15 Alex Tait, 14 Belisario Agulla, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Joel Hodgson, 9 Sonatane Takulua, 1 Rob Vickers, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Jon Welsh, 4 Calum Green, 5 Evan Olmstead, 6 Sean Robinson, 7 Will Welch (c), 8 Mark Wilson

Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Adam Brocklebank, 18 Andrew Foster, 19 Mouritz Botha, 20 Callum Chick, 21 Michael Young, 22 Craig Willis, 23 Dominic Waldouck.

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