Round 15 of the Premiership season gets underway with Sale v Saracens on Friday before three games on Saturday and Gloucester v Exeter on Sunday.

Several England stars are back in the mix this weekend, particularly in the East Midlands, with Northampton Saints bringing the likes of Fraser Dingwall and Tommy Freeman back into their starting XV.

Title-chasing Bath have opted to rotate their squad following a bruising encounter at Sandy Park last weekend, but still boast a side with 10 internationals in the 23. Interestingly, England U20s prospect Kepu Tuipulotu is also in line for a positional switch this weekend as well.

Check on the Premiership team news, here.

Friday

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Rob du Preez (c), 12 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 11 Arron Reed, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 JL du Preez, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Ernst van Rhyn, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Ben Bamber, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 WillGriff John, 19 Josh Beaumont, 20 Dan du Preez, 21 Sam Dugdale, 22 Raffi Quirke, 23 Tom O’Flaherty

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Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Angus Hall, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Olly Hartley, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Nick Isiekwe, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Alec Clarey, 2 Jamie George, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Harvey Beaton, 19 Theo McFarland, 20 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 21 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 22 Charlie Bracken, 23 Alex Goode

Venue: Salford Community Stadium
Kick-off: 19:45 BST (18:45 GMT)
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Harry Walbaum, George Selwood
TMO: Stuart Terheege

Saturday

Bath v Newcastle

Bath: 15 Austin Emens, 14 Ruaridh McConnochie, 13 Cameron Redpath, 12 Will Butt, 11 Louie Hennessey, 10 Ciaran Donoghue, 9 Tom Carr-Smith, 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Charlie Ewels (c), 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Niall Annett, 1 Francois van Wyk
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Josh Bayliss, 20, Guy Pepper, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Finn Russell, 23 Kepu Tuipulotu

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Newcastle: 15 Louis Brown, 14 Alex Hearle, 13 Connor Doherty, 12 Max Clark, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Callum Chick (c), 7 Cameron Neild, 6 Freddie Lockwood, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 4 John Hawkins, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 Jamie Blamire 1 Adam Brocklebank
Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Micky Rewcastle, 18 Murray McCallum, 19 Oscar Usher, 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 21 Max Pepper, 22 Oli Spencer, 23 Sammy Arnold

Venue: The Rec
Kick-off: 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys
Assistant Referees: Joe James, Gareth Holsgrove
TMO: Peter Allan

Leicester Tigers v Harlequins

Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Solomone Kata, 12 Joseph Woodward, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Kyle Hatherell, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Whitcombe, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Dan Kelly

Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Cameron Anderson, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Luke Northmore, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Lewis Gjaltema, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Jack Kenningham, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 George Hammond, 4 Irne Herbst, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Nathan Jibulu, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Tom Lawday, 21 Will Evans, 22 Jake Murray, 23 Jamie Benson

Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 15:05 BST (14:05 GMT)
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace, Jamie Leahy
TMO: David Rose

Northampton Saints v Bristol Bears

Northampton Saints: 15 James Ramm, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Fraser Dingwall (c), 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Tom Litchfield, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Henry Pollock, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 Alex Coles, 4 Temo Mayanavanua, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Henry Walker, 17 Tom West, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Tom Lockett, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21 Tom James, 22 Tom Seabrook, 23 Will Glister

Bristol Bears: 15 Rich Lane, 14 Deago Bailey, 13 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Fitz Harding (c), 7 Santiago Grondona, 6 Steven Luatua,  5 Joe Owen, 4 Josh Caulfield, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Gabriel Oghre, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 George Kloska, 19 Viliame Mata, 20 Ben Grondona, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 James Williams, 23 Siva Naulago

Venue: cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 17:30 BST (16:30 GMT)
Referee: Adam Leal
Assistant Referees: Andrew Jackson, Wayne Falla
TMO: Matthew Carley

Sunday

Gloucester v Exeter Chiefs

Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Jake Morris, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Jack Clement, 5 Freddie Thomas, 4 Arthur Clark, 3 Afo Fasogbon, 2 Seb Blake, 1 Val Rapava-Ruskin
Replacements: 16 Jack Singleton, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 Kirill Gotovtsev, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Freddie Clarke, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Charlie Atkinson, 23 Jack Cotgreave

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Josh Hodge, 14 Ben Hammersley, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Niall Armstrong, 8 Greg Fisilau, 7 Ross Vintcent, 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Dafydd Jenkins (c), 4 Rusi Tuima, 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jack Yeandle, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Max Norey, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 19 Richard Capstick, 20 Jacques Vermeulen, 21 Stu Townsend, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Will Rigg

Venue: Kingsholm
Kick-off: 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce, Calum Howard
TMO: Dean Richards

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