Saracens v Northampton: Teams

Saracens director of rugby Brendan Venter has named an unchanged line-up for the clash with Northampton.

Sarries opened up the new season with a 18-14 victory over beaten Premiership play-off finalists London Irish.

And Venter is relishing the chance to build on that performance at Wembley.

"It's an absolute privilege to be playing at Wembley Stadium," said Venter.

"It's an amazing venue and it will be a fantastic day out. Not only will there be a great game of rugby, but also fantastic entertainment and all at an amazing price, people really should get along for a great day out.

"I was pleased with the courage and determination of the players last week and we played very well in the first half. We need to improve on that this week but everyone is really looking forward to this fantastic occasion."

Ruled out

Shane Geraghty will shift across to fly-half for the match despite his man-of-the-match display in Northampton's win over Worcester.

With Stephen Myler ruled out, Geraghty pulls on the No.10 jersey while James Downey comes in at centre.

And director of rugby Jim Mallinder insists the fact the game is at Wembley will not affect his side.

"It's not really come into our thinking," he said.

"It is a home game for Saracens and therefore a usual away game for us and we have prepared in the same way as usual. I know we will have a decent support at Wembley though and I'm sure the fans are looking forward to the experience."

Saracens: 15 Alex Goode 14 Noah Cato, 13 Kameli Ratuvou 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Chris Wyles 10 Glen Jackson, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Andy Saull, 6 Wikus van Heerden, 5 Hugh Vyvyan, 4 Steve Borthwick, 3 Carlos Nieto, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Rhys Gill.
Replacements: 16 Fabio Ongaro, 17 Tom Mercey, 18 Richard Skuse 19 Mauritz Botha, 20 Michael Owen, 21 Justin Marshall 22 Derick Hougaard, 23 Richard Haughton.

Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Paul Diggin, 13 Jon Clarke, 12 James Downey, 11 Bruce Reihana, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Scott Gray, 6 Phil Dowson, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, 3 Santiago Bonorino, 2 Dylan Hartley (capt), 1 Soane Tonga'uiha.
Replacements: 16 Brett Sharman, 17 Regardt Dreyer, 18 Brian Mujati, 19 Courtney Lawes, 20 Neil Best, 21 Alan Dickens, 22 Barry Everitt, 23 Chris Mayor.