Toulouse v Saracens: Champions Cup preview
Last Updated: 23/01/16 12:00pm
Saracens travel to Toulouse aiming to further their unbeaten Champions Cup run and become top seeds for the quarter-finals, live on Sky Sports 3 HD.
Mark McCall's men have already secured a home quarter-final in the competition, but if they claim all five points they will qualify as top seed for the next round of competition.
Victory would also mean an unbeaten run in the European Cup for the first time in Saracens' history.
The Aviva Premiership side welcome back Brad Barritt for the clash, and the centre will skipper Saracens with club captain Alistair Hargreaves still sidelined.
Alex Goode also returns to the run-on XV after recovering from a head-knock that ruled him out of last week's game. Goode is joined by Chris Wyles in the Sarries back three, with Scotland's Duncan Taylor moving to the wing to replace Chris Ashton.
Ashton was cited this week for making contact with the eye area of Ulster centre Luke Marshall in round 5 of the Champions Cup at Allianz Park.
Marcelo Bosch links up with Barritt at centre, with McCall rotating his half-backs for the fixture in France as Neil de Kock and Charlie Hodgson are handed starts.
Starting up front are Richard Barrington, hooker Schalk Brits and Juan Figallo, and they will be up against the all-international front-row of Gurthro Steenkamp, Corey Flynn and Nemiah Tialata.
Toby Flood will wear the No 13 jersey for Toulouse, and he partners Florian Fritz in the midfield.
It's a threatening back three that awaits Saracens, with wingers Vincent Clercand and Paul Perez out wide and full-back Clément Poitrenaud the last line of defence.
Toulouse: 15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Toby Flood, 12 Florian Fritz, 11 Paul Perez, 10 Luke McAlister, 9 Jean-Marc Doussain, 1 Gurthro Steenkamp, 2 Corey Flynn, 3 Nemiah Tialata, 4 Romain Millo-Chluski, 5 Patricio Albacete (c), 6 Yacouba Camara, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 8 Gillian Galan.
Replacements: 16 Christopher Tolofua, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Gert Muller, 19 Joe Tekori, 20 Gregory Lamboley, 21 David Mele, 22 Gael Fickou, 23 Maxime Médard.
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Duncan Taylor, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Brad Barritt (c), 11 Chris Wyles, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Neil de Kock, 1 Richard Barrington, 2 Schalk Brits, 3 Juan Figallo, 4 Jim Hamilton, 5 George Kruis, 6 Michael Rhodes, 7 Jacques Burger, 8 Jackson Wray.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Petrus du Plessis, 19 Hayden Smith, 20 Billy Vunipola, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Ben Ransom.
Watch Toulouse v Saracens from 12.30pm on Saturday on Sky Sports 3.