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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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Check on the Premiership<\/a> team news, here.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sale Sharks:<\/b> 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Rob du Preez (c), 12 Rekeiti Ma\u2019asi-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:<\/b>\u202f16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 WillGriff John, 19 Josh Beaumont, 20 Dan du Preez, 21 Sam Dugdale, 22 Raffi Quirke, 23 Tom O\u2019Flaherty<\/p>\n

British and Irish Lions hopeful suffers freak \u2018scratch and sniff\u2019 injury ahead of pivotal audition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saracens:<\/b> 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:<\/b> 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<\/p>\n

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

Saturday<\/b><\/p>\n

Bath v Newcastle<\/p>\n

Bath:\u00a0<\/b>15 Austin Emens, 14 Ruaridh McConnochie,\u00a013 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:<\/strong>\u00a016 Tom Dunn, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Josh Bayliss, 20, Guy Pepper, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Finn Russell, 23 Kepu Tuipulotu<\/p>\n

England bolter attracting Steve Borthwick interest ahead of summer tour after \u2018rapid development\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Newcastle:\u00a0<\/b>15 Louis Brown, 14 Alex Hearle, 13 Connor Doherty, 12 Max Clark, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart,\u00a08 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:<\/b>\u00a016 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Micky Rewcastle, 18 Murray McCallum, 19 Oscar Usher, 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 21 Max Pepper, 22 Oli Spencer, 23 Sammy Arnold<\/p>\n

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

Leicester Tigers v Harlequins<\/p>\n

Leicester Tigers:\u00a0<\/b>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:\u00a0<\/strong>16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Whitcombe, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Dan Kelly<\/p>\n

Harlequins:\u00a0<\/b>15 Tyrone Green,\u00a014 Cameron Anderson, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Luke Northmore, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Lewis Gjaltema,\u00a08 Alex Dombrandt (c),\u00a07 Jack Kenningham,\u00a06 Chandler Cunningham-South,\u00a05 George Hammond,\u00a04 Irne Herbst,\u00a03 Titi Lamositele,\u00a02 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements:\u00a0<\/strong>16 Nathan Jibulu, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Tom Lawday, 21 Will Evans, 22 Jake Murray, 23 Jamie Benson<\/p>\n

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

Northampton Saints v Bristol Bears<\/p>\n

Northampton Saints:\u00a0<\/strong>15 James Ramm, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Fraser Dingwall (c), 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Tom Litchfield, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell,\u00a08 Juarno Augustus,\u00a07 Henry Pollock,\u00a06 Josh Kemeny,\u00a05 Alex Coles,\u00a04 Temo Mayanavanua,\u00a03 Trevor Davison,\u00a02 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements:\u00a0<\/strong>16 Henry Walker,\u00a017 Tom West,\u00a018 Elliot Millar Mills,\u00a019 Tom Lockett,\u00a020 Angus Scott-Young,\u00a021 Tom James,\u00a022 Tom Seabrook,\u00a023 Will Glister<\/p>\n

Bristol Bears:\u00a0<\/strong>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),\u00a07 Santiago Grondona,\u00a06 Steven Luatua,\u00a0 5 Joe Owen,\u00a04 Josh Caulfield,\u00a03 Max Lahiff,\u00a02 Harry Thacker, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements:\u00a0<\/strong>16 Gabriel Oghre, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 George Kloska, 19 Viliame Mata, 20 Ben Grondona, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 James Williams, 23 Siva Naulago<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> cinch Stadium at Franklin\u2019s Gardens
Kick-off:<\/b> 17:30 BST (16:30 GMT)
Referee:<\/b> Adam Leal
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Andrew Jackson, Wayne Falla
TMO:<\/b> Matthew Carley<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/b><\/p>\n

Gloucester v Exeter Chiefs<\/p>\n

Gloucester:\u00a0<\/b>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:\u00a0<\/strong>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<\/p>\n

Exeter Chiefs:\u00a0<\/b>15 Josh Hodge, 14 Ben Hammersley, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Niall Armstrong,\u00a08 Greg Fisilau,\u00a07 Ross Vintcent,\u00a06 Ethan Roots,\u00a05 Dafydd Jenkins (c),\u00a04 Rusi Tuima,\u00a03 Marcus Street,\u00a02 Jack Yeandle, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements:\u00a0<\/strong>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<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Kingsholm
Kick-off:<\/b> 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT)
Referee:<\/b> Karl Dickson
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Luke Pearce, Calum Howard
TMO:<\/b> Dean Richards<\/p>\n

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