Saturday's Premiership team news

All the team news for Saturday's Aviva Premiership fixtures, including Bath v Northampton and Wasps v Exeter.

Harlequins v London Irish (3pm)

Harlequins have made four changes from the side who were pipped 25-26 by Exeter last time out. Ollie Lindsay-Hague is named on the wing, partnering Tim Visser and Mike Brown in the back three.

In the forwards Dave Ward starts at hooker and is joined in the front row by Adam Jones. Luke Wallace returns to the back row at openside flanker.

Ciaran Hearn will make his Aviva Premiership debut for London Irish when he lines up in the centre.

The Canada international is one of seven changes from the side that played Wasps last weekend with Gerard Ellis, Jebb Sinclair, David Sisi, Luke Narraway, Darren Allinson and Eoin Griffin all coming into the starting side.
 
Tom Court and Ben Franks line up alongside Ellis in the front row with Jebb Sinclair joining stand-in captain Matt Symons in the second row. David Sisi starts in the back row alongside Blair Cowan and Luke Narraway.

Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Ollie Lindsay-Hague, 13 George Lowe, 12 Harry Sloan, 11. Tim Visser, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Danny Care (C); 1 Joe Marler, 2 Dave Ward, 3 Adam Jones, 4 James Horwill, 5 Sam Twomey, 6 Chris Robshaw, 7 Luke Wallace, 8 Nick Easter.

Replacements: 16 Rob Buchanan, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Will Collier, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Jack Clifford, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Ben Botica, 23 Ross Chisholm.
  
London Irish: 15Topsy Ojo; 14 Alex Lewington; 13 Ciaran Hearn; 12 Eoin Griffin; 11 Aseli Tikoirotuma; 10 Chris Noakes; 9  Darren Allinson, 1 Tom Court, 2 Gerard Ellis, 3 Ben Franks, 4 Matt Symons (C). 5. Jebb Sinclair, 6. David Sisi, 7 Blair Cowan,  8 Luke Narraway.
 
Replacements: 16 Tom Cruse, 17 Tom Smallbone, 18 Halani Aulika, 19 Eoin Sheriff, 20 Ofisa Treviranus, 21 Brendan McKibbin, 22 Theo Brophy Clews, 23 Sean Maitland.

Worcester v Leicester (3pm)

Worcester have made two changes in the forwards for Leicester's Sixways visit. Tighthead prop Joe Rees replaces Nick Schonert, while Matt Cox returns to the back-row instead of GJ van Velze and No 8 Phil Dowson captains the team.

Wing Vereniki Goneva and fly-half Owen Williams are both back in action for Leicester, while lock Ed Slater leads the Tigers after making his 100th club appearance in last weekend's win against Bath. Prop Matias Aguero also features,
while there are opportunities for the likes of hooker Greg Bateman and No 8 Jordan Crane.

Worcester: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Bryce Heem, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Ryan Mills, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Jonny Arr, 1 Na'ama Leleimalefaga, 2 Niall Annett, 3 Joe Rees, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 5 Darren Barry, 6 Matt Cox, 7 Sam Betty, 8 Phil Dowson (c).

Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Val Rapava Ruskin, 18 Gareth Milasinovich, 19 Tevita Cavubati, 20 Marco Mama, 21 Charlie Mulchrone, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Ben Howard.

Leicester: 15 Telusa Veainu, 14 Adam Thompstone , 13 Peter Betham, 12 Seremaia Bai, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Sam Harrison; 1 Matias Aguero, 2 Greg Bateman, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Ed Slater (c), 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Mike Williams, 7 Tom Croft, 8 Jordan Crane.

Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Fraser Balmain, 19 Dom Barrow, 20 Lachlan McCaffrey, 21 Jono Kitto, 22 Tommy Bell, 23 Matt Smith.

Bath v Northampton (3.15pm)

Bath are boosted by the return of Jonathan Joseph for their Premiership clash against Northampton.

Joseph returns from injury to partner inside centre Ollie Devoto in the midfield, with the back three comprising wings Matt Banahan and Semesa Rokoduguni, with Anthony Watson at full-back.

Northampton have made four changes to the team that began last weekend's home game with Gloucester, with Jamie Elliott, JJ Hanrahan, Ethan Waller and Teimana Harrison all coming into the starting XV.

Bath: 15 Anthony Watson, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Ollie Devoto, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 George Ford, 9 Chris Cook; 1 Nick Auterac, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Henry Thomas, 4 Dave Attwood, 5 Tom Ellis, 6 Matt Garvey, 7 Francois Louw (c), 8 Leroy Houston.

Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Max Lahiff, 18 Dave Wilson, 19 David Denton, 20 Guy Mercer, 21 Niko Matawalu, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Tom Homer.

Northampton: 15 Ben Foden (capt), 14 Jamie Elliott, 13 George Pisi, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 George North, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Kahn Fotuali'I; 1 Ethan Waller, 2 Mikey Haywood, 3 Kieran Brookes, 4 Michael Paterson, 5 Christian Day, 6 Jamie Gibson, 7 Teimana Harrison, 8 Sam Dickinson.

Replacements: 16 Reece Marshall, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Victor Matfield, 20 James Craig, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 Stephen Myler, 23 Ken Pisi.

Wasps v Exeter (5.30pm)

Flanker James Haskell misses out for Wasps due to a shoulder injury, with rugby director Dai Young selecting a back-row of Sam Jones, George Smith and Guy Thompson. Prop Matt Mullan captains the team, with Dan Robson and Jimmy Gopperth teaming up at half-back. Wasps say that lock Joe Launchbury is close to returning after injury, but currently "not quite 100 per cent fit".

Exeter will be without injured back-row players Dave Ewers and Don Armand for the trip to Coventry, so Tom Johnson and Julian Salvi gain call-ups. Hooker and captain Jack Yeandle has been passed fit to play, though, while head coach Rob Baxter has also handed starts to props Ben Moon and Tomas Francis, in addition to lock Geoff Parling and centre Sam Hill.

Wasps: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Sailosi Tagicakibau, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Ben Jacobs, 11 Frank Halai, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Dan Robson; 1 Matt Mullan (c), 2 Ashley Johnson, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 4 Bradley Davies, 5 James Gaskell, 6 Sam Jones, 7 George Smith, 8 Guy Thompson.

Replacements: 16 Edd Shervington, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 19 Kearnan Myall, 20 Nathan Hughes, 21 Joe Simpson, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Alapati Leiua.

Exeter: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Sam Hill, 11 James Short, 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Will Chudley; 1 Ben Moon, 2 Jack Yeandle (c), 3 Tomas Francis, 4 Mitch Lees, 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Tom Johnson, 7 Julian Salvi, 8 Thomas Waldrom.

Replacements: 16 Elvis Taione, 17 Carl Rimmer, 18 Moray Low, 19 Damian Welch, 20 Ben White, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Ian Whitten, 23 Olly Woodburn.