Saturday's Aviva Premiership teams: Jack Nowell returns for Exeter
Saturday 2 April 2016 21:07, UK
All the team news ahead of Saturday's Aviva Premiership fixtures including Leicester v Gloucester.
Exeter Chiefs v Worcester Warriors (3pm)
Chiefs are buoyed by the return of England Grand Slam winner Jack Nowell, who missed last week's defeat at Saracens. The winger is one of six changes to the home side that includes recalls for Will Chudley, Ben Moon and Moray Low.
Ollie Atkins and Don Armand are also included in the starting XV with Geoff Parling and Dave Ewers rested, while Mitch Lees features in the squad first time since New Year's Day.
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Gareth Steenson (c), 9 Will Chudley; 1 Ben Moon, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Moray Low, 4 Ollie Atkins, 5 Damian Welch, 6 Don Armand, 7 Julian Salvi, 8 Thomas Waldrom.
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Mitch Lees, 20 Kai Horstmann, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Michele Campagnaro, 23 James Short.
Worcester Warriors: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Bryce Heem, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Ryan Mills, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Francois Hougaard; 1 Val Rapava Ruskin, 2 Niall Annett, 3 James Johnston, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 5 Darren Barry, 6 Carl Kirwan, 7 Sam Betty, 8 GJ van Velze (c).
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Na'ama Leleimalefaga, 18 Gareth Milasinovich, 19 Dan Sanderson, 20 Matt Cox, 21 Luke Baldwin, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Andy Symons
Harlequins v Newcastle Falcons (3pm)
Harlequins make two changes to the starting team that were beaten at Northampton Saints. Marland Yarde returns from injury to start on the wing while Chris Robshaw is named at blindside flanker.
Should he make it on to the field, Matt Hopper will make his 100th appearance for the club.
Sinoti Sinoti makes his third league start of the season for the Falcons, Alex Tait switching to full-back as the Samoan slots in on the wing.
The only other change comes in the pack where Ally Hogg's inclusion sees Sean Robinson drop to the bench.
Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown,14 Marland Yarde, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Danny Care (c); 1 Joe Marler, 2 Joe Gray, 3 Will Collier, 4 George Merrick, 5 James Horwill, 6 Chris Robshaw, 7 Jack Clifford, 8 Nick Easter.
Replacements: 16 Dave Ward, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Sam Twomey, 20 Mat Luamanu, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Matt Hopper, 23 Ross Chisholm.
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Alex Tait, 14 Marcus Watson, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Adam Powell, 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Mike Delany, 9 Michael Young, 1 Rob Vickers, 2 George McGuigan, 3 Taione Vea, 4 Mark Wilson, 5 Calum Green, 6 Nili Latu, 7 Will Welch (c), 8 Ally Hogg.
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Alex Rogers, 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 19 Sean Robinson, 20 Simon Hammersley, 21 Sonatane Takulua, 22 Craig Willis, 23 Belisario Agulla.
London Irish v Sale Sharks (3pm)
London Irish make three changes with hooker David Paice preferred to Tom Cruse, while Jebb Sinclair replaces Elliott Stooke who has returned to Gloucester following a loan spell with the club.
The Exiles have made just one change in the backline with Tom Fowlie coming in for Topsy Ojo on the wing.
Steve Diamond has makes two changes to the Sale side which beat Leicester last weekend, with Brian Mujati and Andrei Ostrikov coming into the starting XV. They replace Vadim Cobilas and Jonathan Mills, who are both on the bench.
Tommy Taylor makes his 100th appearance for the Sharks while captain David Seymour makes his 200th Premiership appearance.
London Irish: 15 Sean Maitland, 14 Tom Fowlie, 13 Ciaran Hearn, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Andrew Fenby, 10 Greig Tonks, 9 Scott Steele; 1 Tom Court, 2 David Paice, 3 Halani Aulika, 4 Jebb Sinclair, 5 Matt Symons, 6 Luke Narraway (c), 7 Blair Cowan, 8 Ofisa Treviranus.
Replacements: 16 Tom Cruse, 17 Tom Smallbone, 18 Leo Halvatau, 19 Jerry Sexton, 20 Rob McCusker, 21 Brendan McKibbin, 22 Theo Brophy Clews, 23 Fergus Mulchrone.
Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Will Addison, 13 Sam James, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Nev Edwards, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Peter Stringer; 1 Eifion Lewis Roberts, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Brian Mujati, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 6 Cameron Neild, 7 David Seymour (c), 8 Mark Easter.
Replacements: 16 Neil Briggs, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 Vadim Cobilas, 19 Jonathan Mills, 20 Magnus Lund, 21 TJ Ioane, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Tom Brady.
Leicester Tigers v Gloucester (3.15pm)
Telusa Veainu and Adam Thompstone return to the Leicester line-up and are joined in the starting XV by Logovi'i Munipola, who returns after a one-match ban, and Lachlan McCaffrey.
Openside flanker Brendon O'Connor is included among the replacements after recovering from a hamstring injury.
Ben Morgan will make his first appearance since mid-February as Gloucester make seven changes for the trip to Welford Road.
Paul Doran-Jones starts at tighthead prop, Mariano Galarza joins Tom Savage in the second row and Gareth Evans make his first start of the season on the blindside flank.
In the backs, Mark Atkinson partners Henry Trinder in the centre while Rob Cook takes over from David Halaifonua on the right wing.
Leicester Tigers: 15 Telusa Veainu , 14 Adam Thompstone, 13 Peter Betham, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Ben Youngs; 1 Logovi'i Mulipola, 2 Harry Thacker, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Dom Barrow, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Tom Croft, 7 Lachlan McCaffrey, 8 Ed Slater (c).
Replacements: 16 Greg Bateman, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Fraser Balmain, 19 Sebastian de Chaves, 20 Brendon O'Connor, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Mathew Tait.
Gloucester: 15 Tom Marshall, 14 Rob Cook, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Mark Atkinson, 11 Steve McColl, 10 James Hook, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c); 1 Paddy McAllister, 2 Darren Dawidiuk, 3 Paul Doran-Jones, 4 Tom Savage, 5 Mariano Galarza, 6 Gareth Evans, 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 Ben Morgan.
Replacements: 16 Luke Cole, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 John Afoa, 19 Elliott Stooke, 20 Lewis Ludlow, 21 Callum Braley, 22 Ollie Thorley, 23 Jacob Rowan.
