All the team news for Saturday's Aviva Premiership fixtures

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

Sale v Saracens (1pm)

Sale show five changes following their defeat against Worcester, with No 8 Mark Easter replacing an injured Josh Beaumont, prop Ross Harrison replacing Eifion Lewis Roberts, and Andrei Ostrikov, Johnny Leota and Will
Addison also featuring.

Fly-half Charlie Hodgson will skipper Saracens on what looks set to be a final visit to his former club before retiring at the end of the season.

Elsewhere, Ben Spencer wears the No 9 shirt with Richard Wigglesworth and Neil de Kock out injured, while centre Nick Tompkins replaces Brad Barritt and hooker Jared Saunders takes over from Schalk Brits, who is serving a three-week suspension.

Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Will Addison, 13 Sam James, 12 Johnny Leota, 11 Tom Arscott, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Peter Stringer, 1 Ross Harrison, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 6 Cameron Neild, 7 David Seymour (c), 8 Mark Easter.

Replacements: 16 Neil Briggs, 17 Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 18 Brian Mujati, 19 Jonathan Mills, 20 TJ Ioane, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Mark Jennings.

Saracens: 15 Ben Ransom, 14 Mike Ellery, 13 Marcelo Bosch,12 Nick Tompkins,11 Chris Wyles,10 Charlie Hodgson (c), 9 Ben Spencer, 1 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jared Saunders, 3 Petrus Du Plessis, 4 Hayden Smith, 5 Jim Hamilton, 6 Kelly Brown, 7 Jacques Burger, 8 Jackson Wray.

Replacements: 16 Dave Porecki, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 Juan Figallo, 19 Kieran Low, 20 Michael Rhodes, 21 Henry Taylor, 22 Nils Mordt, 23 Nathan Earle.

Northampton v Worcester (2.45pm)

Northampton boss Jim Mallinder has made four changes from the side that took on Newcastle five days ago, with wings Ken Pisi and Tom Collins both starting, in addition to lock Victor Matfield and No 8 Teimana Harrison. Scrum-half Lee Dickson skippers the side.

Worcester rugby director Dean Ryan has predictably selected an unchanged team following last weekend's impressive home victory against Sale Sharks. The Warriors are bidding for a season's double over Northampton, having toppled the
Saints at Sixways last October.

Northampton: 15. Ben Foden, 14. Ken Pisi, 13. Luther Burrell, 12. Harry Mallinder, 11. Tom Collins, 10. Stephen Myler, 9. Lee Dickson (c), 1. Alex Waller, 2. Mike Haywood, 3. Kieran Brookes, 4. James Craig, 5. Victor Matfield, 6. Jamie Gibson, 7. Tom Wood, 8. Teimana Harrison

Replacements: 16. Reece Marshall, 17. Ethan Waller, 18. Gareth Denman, 19. Sam Dickinson, 20. Jon Fisher, 21. Tom Kessell, 22. JJ Hanrahan, 23. George Pisi

Worcester: 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.

Gloucester v Newcastle (3pm)

Gloucester rugby director David Humphreys has rung the changes for Newcastle's Kingsholm visit, making seven switches after last Saturday's loss to Saracens. Into the team come Henry Purdy, Rob Cook, Willi Heinz, Bill Meakes, Paddy McAllister, Jacob Rowan and Lewis Ludlow.

Newcastle welcome back Italy wing Giamba Venditti and Tonga scrum-half Sonatane Takulua as the Falcons look for another strong performance following last weekend's impressive win against Northampton. In the forwards, meanwhile, there are call-ups for lock Calum Green and flanker Richard Mayhew.

Gloucester: 15 Rob Cook; 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Bill Meakes, 12 Billy Twelvetrees (c), 11 Henry Purdy; 10 James Hook, 9 Willi Heinz; 1 Paddy McAllister, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 John Afoa; 4 Jeremy Thrush, 5 Mariano Galarza; 6 Ross Moriarty, 7 Jacob Rowan, 8 Lewis Ludlow

Replacements: 16 Darren Dawidiuk, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Tom Savage, 20 Matt Kvesic, 21 Callum Braley, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Henry Trinder.

Newcastle: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Giamba Venditti, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Adam Powell, 11 Marcus Watson, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Sonatane Takulua, 1 Rob Vickers, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Taione Vea, 4 Calum Green, 5 Mark Wilson, 6 Richard Mayhew, 7 Will Welch (c), 8 Ally Hogg
 
Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Alex Rogers, 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 19 Mouritz Botha, 20 Todd Clever, 21 Michael Young, 22 Craig Willis, 23 Juan Pablo Socino.