Saturday's Premiership teams: Francois Hougaard starts for Worcester

All the team news for Saturday's Aviva Premiership clashes, including Bath v Wasps at the Recreation Ground.

Saracens v Gloucester (3pm)

Scotland centre Duncan Taylor returns to the Saracens starting line-up, with the Six Nations taking a one-week hiatus. He comes into the side at outside centre where he partners skipper Brad Barritt in the midfield. Barritt leads the side in the absence of Alistair Hargreaves, who is ruled out of the game with an ankle injury.

Elsewhere in the backline Ben Ransom rotates with Marcelo Bosch at full-back, while Richard Wigglesworth comes into the side at scrumhalf with Ben Spencer reverting to the bench.

USA international Hayden Smith replaces Hargreaves, and starts alongside Jim Hamilton in the second row. 

Meanwhile Gloucester have made five changes to the side that beat Harlequins last week.

Three of the changes are in the pack, where Nick Wood, Jeremy Thrush and Ross Moriarty come in for Paddy McAllister, Tom Savage and Ben Morgan respectively.

Behind the scrum, Callum Braley gets the nod over Willi Heinz at scrum-half and Mark Atkinson joins captain Billy Twelvetrees in the midfield in place of Bill Meakes.

Saracens: 15 Ben Ransom, 14 Mike Ellery, 13 Duncan Taylor, 12 Brad Barritt (c), 11 Chris Wyles, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Richard Wigglesworth, 1 Rhys Gill, 2 Schalk Brits, 3 Petrus Du Plessis, 4 Hayden Smith, 5 Jim Hamilton, 6 Michael Rhodes, 7 Will Fraser, 8 Jackson Wray.

Replacements: 16 Jared Saunders, 17 Titi Lamositele, 18 Juan Figallo, 19 Jacques Burger, 20 Kelly Brown, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Nils Mordt, 23 Marcelo Bosch.

Gloucester: 15 Billy Burns, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Billy Twelvetrees (c), 12 Mark Atkinson, 11 Steve McColl, 10 James Hook, 9 Callum Braley, 1 Nick Wood, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 John Afoa, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 5 Mariano Galarza, 6 Ross Moriarty, 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 Sione Kalamafoni.

Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsay, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Tom Savage, 20 Jacob Rowan, 21 Willi Heinz, 22 Henry Trinder, 23 Rob Cook.

Worcester Warriors v Sale Sharks (3pm)

Springbok signings Francois Hougaard and Dewald Potgieter will make their first starts for the Warriors against Sale at Sixways.

The Springbok internationals are two of four changes to the starting line-up as director of rugby Dean Ryan goes in search of a third win of the campaign.

Hougaard will form the half-back combination with Tom Heathcote, while Ryan Mills comes into the side to join Wynand Olivier as the centre pairing.

In the forward pack, Jaba Bregvadze gets the nod at hooker while Potgieter slots into the back row with Carl Kirwan and skipper GJ van Velze after appearing from the bench in last week's loss to Bath.

Ryan said: "Sale are the form team at the moment. Taking Exeter Chiefs at home is a significant scalp and they've got a lot of confidence. Steve Diamond does a great job of keeping them ticking along especially at home.

Steve Diamond has also made four changes to the side that beat Exeter Chiefs on Saturday, with Josh Beaumont returning from England duty to start at No 8 and captain the side.

Jonathan Mills, Tom Arscott and Sam Tuitupou also return to the starting team, with Tuitupou making his 100th appearance for the Sharks since joining the club in 2011.

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 Jaba Bregvadze, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 5 Darren Barry, 6 Dewald Potgieter, 7 Carl Kirwan, 8 GJ van Velze (c).

Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Na'ama Leleimalefaga, 18 James Johnston, 19 Dan Sanderson, 20 Phil Dowson , 21 Luke Baldwin, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Andy Symons.

Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Tom Arscott, 13 Sam James, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Nev Edwards, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Peter Stringer, 1 Ross Harrison, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Jonathan Mills, 6 Cameron Neild, 7 David Seymour, 8 Josh Beaumont (c).

Replacements: 16 Neil Briggs, 17 Eifion Lewis Roberts, 18 Brian Mujati, 19 Magnus Lund, 20 Mark Easter, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Mark Jennings.

Bath v Wasps (3.15pm)

This is the fourth encounter between the two this season, with Wasps currently leading the unofficial series 2-1. In the Wasps side director of rugby Dai Young has brought in Bradley Davies, Ruaridh Jackson and Lorenzo Cittadini, who all return from Six Nations duty.

The only other change to the team that thrashed Saracens at Allainz Park last week sees Frank Halai return on the left wing.

"Sunday's performance against Saracens was certainly one for the memory banks, but that's where it stays," said Young. "We enjoyed Sunday, but from Monday morning all focus has been on Bath and trying to replicate the levels we reached last weekend.

"It's been nip and tuck between us this season, with them pinching a win at the Ricoh and us pinching one back at the Rec.

"I'm sure Bath will want to set the record straight and make it 2-2 after our win there in Europe, so we know they will throw everything at us on Saturday.

"We will need to be at our absolute best again if we're to get the result we want."

Halai will have his hands full, as he lines up opposite Bath's Semesa Rokoduguni, while England hopeful Ollie Devoto pairs up with Matt Banahan in the midfield.

Francois Louw once again captains Bath, in a back row that also sees Leroy Houston and No 8 Amanaki Mafi.

Bath: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Ollie Devoto, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Chris Cook, 1 Max Lahiff, 2 Rob Webber, 3 David Wilson, 4 Charlie Ewels, 5 Dominic Day, 6 Leroy Houston, 7 Francois Louw (c), 8 Amanaki Mafi.

Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Beno Obano, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Matt Garvey, 20 Guy Mercer, 21 Jonathan Evans, 22 Jeff Williams, 23 Max Clark.

Wasps: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Siale Piutau, 11 Frank Halai, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Dan Robson, 1 Simon McIntyre, 2 Ashley Johnson, 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 4 Bradley Davies, 5 Kearnan Myall, 6 Thomas Young, 7 George Smith (c), 8 Nathan Hughes.

Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia, 17 Tom Bristow, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 James Cannon, 20 Alex Rieder, 21 Jamie Stevenson, 22 Jimmy Gopperth, 23 Rob Miller.