Saracens v Racing: Teams

Saracens return to Heineken Cup action at Vicarage Road on Saturday when Racing Metro are the visitors.

David Strettle starts at outside centre for Saracens with a hamstring injury ruling out Michael Tagicakibau.

Neil de Kock also comes into the starting line-up on rotation in the only two changes to the backline from last weekend's victory over Harlequins.

In the forwards, Rhys Gill and Petrus Du Plessis come into the front row with Deon Carstens and Carlos Nieto named on the bench.

With Tagicakibau, Adam Powell, Derick Hougaard, Alex Goode and Kameli Ratuvou all ruled out through injury, Luke Baldwin is also named on the replacements bench with the club selecting from the squad of 38 players registered with ERC at the start of the competition in September.

Star studded

Meanwhile, Racing-Metro have named Pumas playmaker Juan Martin Hernandez at full-back for Saturday's fixture.

Hernandez continues his comeback from injury in a star-studded team featuring Springbok Frans Steyn at inside centre and young gun Jonathan Wisniewski at fly-half.

Sebastien Chabal captains the side from number eight in the absence of regular skipper Lionel Nallet.

There are a total of ten changes to the starting XV that beat Clermont with Mathieu Loree taking over from Nicolas Durand at scrum-half and Carlo Festuccia starting at hooker ahead of Benjamin Noirot.

Saracens: 15 Chris Wyles, 14 Noah Cato, 13 David Strettle, 12 Bradley Barritt, 11 James Short, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Neil de Kock, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Andy Saull, 6 Jacques Burger, 5 Mouritz Botha, 4 Steve Borthwick, 3 Petrus Du Plessis, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Rhys Gill
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Deon Carstens, 18 Carlos Nieto, 19 George Kruis, 20 Kelly Brown, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Nils Mordt, 23 Luke Baldwin

Racing-Metro: 15 Juan Martin Hernandez, 14 Sereli Bobo, 13 Henry Chavancy, 12 François Steyn, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Jonathan Wisniewski , 9 Mathieu Loree, 8 Sebastien Chabal, 7 Jacques Cronje, 6 John Leo'o 5 Jone Qovu Nailiko 4 Santiago Dellape 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi 2 Carlo Festuccia 1 Andrea Lo Cicero
Replacements:16 Benjamin Noirot 17 Julien Brugnaut, 18 Johannes Coetzee, 19 Karim Ghezal, 20 Nicolas Durand, 21 Dan Scarbrough, 22 Remi Vaquiin 23 Bernard Leroux