Saturday's Aviva Premiership team news

All the team news ahead of Saturday's Aviva Premiership action, including Andy Goode's trip to Wasps with Newcastle.

Wasps v Newcastle (2pm)

Andy Goode will make his first Aviva Premiership start for Newcastle Falcons this weekend as the team head to the Ricoh Arena to face Wasps at the half-way stage of the campaign.

His promotion from the bench to the starting XV is the only change to the team that started at Kingston Park last Sunday.

Wasps coach Dai Young has named a strong team for the visit of Falcons, with Christian Wade making a return from injury, and Siale Piutau - brother of full-back Charles - named on the replacements bench.

Wasps are looking to build on their impressive win over Saints at Franklin's Gardens last weekend.

"Last week, the squad produced a great performance against Northampton Saints, but we know we need to back it up this weekend or that win won't count for anything," said Young.

"We are working hard to produce consistency in our performances to build momentum.

"Newcastle are always tough opponents and will arrive at the Ricoh Arena full of confidence after their win against Harlequins last week so we will need to be on our game."

Newcastle: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Alex Tait, 13 Adam Powell, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Michael Young, 1 Rob Vickers, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Taione Vea, 4 Mark Wilson, 5 Sean Robinson, 6 Will Welch (C), 7 Nili Latu, 8 Ally Hogg.

Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Alex Rogers, 18 Paddy Ryan, 19 Mouritz Botha, 20 Richard Mayhew, Sonatane Takulua, 22 Craig Willis, 23 Marcus Watson.

Wasps: 15 Rob Miller, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Brendan Macken, 12 James Downey, 11 Josh Bassett, 10 Jimmy Gopperth (c), 9 Dan Robson, 1 Simon McIntyre, 2 Edd Shervington, 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 4 James Gaskell, 5 Kearnan Myall, 6 Alex Rieder, 7 Thomas Young, 8 Nathan Hughes.

Replacements: 16 Ashley Johnson, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 James Cannon, 20 George Smith , 21 Jamie Stevenson, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Siale Piutau.

Harlequins v Northampton (2pm)

Harlequins and Northampton both suffered losses at home last weekend, and will be looking to make amends at the Stoop on Saturday.

Six changes have been made to the Saints starting XV from last weekend, with Ben Foden returning at full-back and Ken Pisi wearing the No 14 jersey.

Harry Mallinder features at inside centre, and Luther Burrell shifts outside him. Lee Dickson is back to captain the side at scrum-half, where he partners Stephen Myler in the half-backs.

Meanwhile Harlequins have made four changes to the team that lost to Newcastle last week.

Matt Hopper lines up opposite Burrell in the No 13 jersey in the only change to the backline, and among the forwards, Kyle Sinckler and second rower George Merrick make starts as Nick Easter returns at No 8.

Harlequins: 15 Ross Chisholm, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Harry Sloan, 11 Charlie Walker, 10 Nick Evans (c), 9 Tito Tebaldi, 1 Mark Lambert, 2 Rob Buchanan, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 4 George Merrick, 5 James Horwill, 6 Mat Luamanu, 7 Luke Wallace, 8 Nick Easter.

Replacements: 16 Joe Gray, 17 Owen Evans, 18 Will Collier, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Dave Ward, 21 Calum Waters, 22 Ben Botica, 23 Tim Swiel.

Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 Luther Burrell, 12 Harry Mallinder, 11 Jamie Elliott, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson (c), 1 Alex Waller, 2 Mikey Haywood, 3 Kieran Brookes, 4 James Craig, 5 Christian Day, 6 Jamie Gibson, 7 Tom Wood, 8 Sam Dickinson.

Replacements: 16 Reece Marshall, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Gareth Denman, 19 Victor Matfield, 20 Teimana Harrison, 21 Tom Kessell, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 James Wilson.

Leicester v Sale (3pm)

Ed Slater and Leonardo Ghiraldini return to the Leicester Tigers squad after their recovery from injury and both are included among the replacements bench.

Tom Youngs returns from a one-game ban to lead the team at hooker while Logovi'i Mulipola starts at loosehead.

Jordan Crane comes in at No 8, with Lachlan McCaffrey moving to openside in the only other change to the team that started in the victory over Gloucester last weekend.

Sale coach Steve Diamond has named the same 23 that defeated London Irish but made three changes to his starting XV, with Ross Harrison, Vadim Cobilas and Cameron Neild coming into the side, and Eifion Lewis-Roberts, Brian Mujati and David Seymour moving to the bench.

"Leicester is the place where you want to go and win, but history tells us that hasn't happened often, but we are a different Sale than we have been in the last few years," said Diamond.

"We need to go and play, we need to do what we've been doing, and pick a plan and implement it and hopefully beat them.

"We're looking for a good performance this weekend to carry on the form."

Leicester Tigers: 15 Tommy Bell, 14 Peter Betham, 13 Mathew Tait, 12 Matt Smith, 11 Telusa Veainu, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Sam Harrison, 1 Logovi'i Mulipola, 2 Tom Youngs (c), 3 Fraser Balmain, 4 Dom Barrow, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Mike Fitzgerald, 7 Lachlan McCaffrey, 8 Jordan Crane.

Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Riccardo Brugnara, 18 Greg Bateman, 19 Ed Slater, 20 Tom Croft, 21 Jono Kitto, 22 Gonzalo Camacho, 23 Jack Roberts.

Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Will Addison, 13 Sam James, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Nev Edwards, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Chris Cusiter, 1 Ross Harrison, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 6 Cameron Neild, 7 TJ Ioane, 8 Josh Beaumont (c).

Replacements: 16 Neil Briggs, 17 Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 18 Brian Mujati, 19 Jonathan Mills, 20 David Seymour, 21 Peter Stringer, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Tom Arscott.