Aviva Premiership: Dan Cole starts for Leicester Tigers
Sunday 1 November 2015 12:28, UK
England prop Dan Cole makes his first start of the season for Leicester against Wasps on Sunday, Matt Jess reaches a milestone for Exeter at Newcastle, while Tom Wood skippers Saints as they visit Sale.
Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs (1pm)
Newcastle make six changes to the side that was thrashed by Northampton, bringing in Alex Tait, who lines up on the wing for his first start of the season.
Exeter hand Matt Jess his 100th Premiership appearance for the club with summer signing Julian Salvi making his first start for the Chiefs at openside flanker.
Exeter: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Matt Jess, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Sam Hill, 11 James Short, 10 Gareth Steenson (c), 9 Will Chudley; 1 Ben Moon, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Tomas Francis, 4 Mitch Lees, 5 Damian Welch, 6 Dave Ewers, 7 Julian Salvi, 8 Don Armand.
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Moray Low, 19 Ollie Atkins, 20 Thomas Waldrom, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Ian Whitten, 23 Olly Woodburn.
Newcastle: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Alex Tait, 13 Tom Penny, 12 Adam Powell, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Mike Delany, 9 Micky Young; 1 Eric Fry, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Jon Welsh, 4 Mouritz Botha, 5 Calum Green, 6 Will Welch (c), 7 Nili Latu, 8 Ally Hogg.
Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Rob Vickers, 18 Taione Vea, 19 Josh Furno, 20 Todd Clever, 21 Ruki Tipuna, 22 Tom Catterick, 23 Belisario Agulla.
Sale Sharks v Northampton Saints (2.30pm)
Sale boss Steve Diamond makes only one change to the team that beat Worcester as TJ Ioane comes into the pack.
Northampton give starts to Kahn Fotuali'i, Mikey Haywood and Michael Paterson, who replace Lee Dickson, Dylan Hartley and Christian Day respectively.
Sale: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Tom Arscott, 13 Johnny Leota, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Will Addison, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Chris Cusiter; 1 Ross Harrison, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Jonathan Mills, 6 Dan Braid (c), 7 TJ Ioane, 8 Josh Beaumont.
Replacements: 16 Neil Briggs, 17 James Flynn, 18 Brian Mujati, 19 Andrei Ostrikov, 20 Magnus Lund, 21 Peter Stringer, 22 Nick Macleod, 23 Sam James.
Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 George Pisi, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Jamie Elliott, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Kahn Fotuali'I; 1 Alex Waller, 2 Mikey Haywood, 3 Kieran Brookes, 4 Courtney Lawes, 5 Michael Paterson, 6 Jamie Gibson, 7 Tom Wood (c), 8 Sam Dickinson.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Christian Day, 20 Jon Fisher, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Ahsee Tuala.
Leicester Tigers v Wasps (3.15pm)
Leicester summer signing Opeti Fonua is named in the starting line-up for the first time, while England prop Dan Cole makes his first start since returning from World Cup duty.
Dan Robson is set for his first Premiership start for Wasps at scrum-half while Kearnan Myall comes into the second row.
James Downey and Ruaridh Jackson start at inside centre and full-back respectively.
Leicester: 15 Mathew Tait (c), 14 Adam Thompstone, 13 Peter Betham, 12 Matt Smith, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Sam Harrison; 1 Fraser Balmain, 2 Tom Youngs, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Mike Williams, 5 Mike Fitzgerald, 6 Tom Croft, 7 Lachlan McCaffrey, 8 Opeti Fonua.
Replacements: 16 Greg Bateman, 17 Logovi'i Mulipola, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Dom Barrow, 20 Jordan Crane, 21 Jono Kitto, 22 Seremaia Bai, 23 Telusa Veainu.
Wasps: 15 Ruaridh Jackson, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 James Downey, 11 Frank Halai, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Dan Robson; 1 Matt Mullan, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 Kearnan Myall, 6 James Haskell (c), 7 George Smith, 8 Nathan Hughes.
Replacements: 16 Ashley Johnson, 17 Tom Bristow, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Bradley Davies, 20 Guy Thompson, 21 Joe Simpson, 22 Alex Lozowski, 23 Sailosi Tagicakibau.
