The penultimate round of the Premiership season kicks off with two matches on Friday as Newcastle Falcons meet Gloucester, while Sale Sharks take on Bristol.
On Saturday, there’s also two games as Northampton take on Saracens before Bath host Leicester, with Sunday seeing Harlequins face Exeter at the Twickenham Stoop.
In agreement with Quins and Chiefs, Premiership Rugby has agreed to allow scrum-half Danny Care to wear the number 9 shirt from the bench in that clash between the two clubs. The starting scrum-half, Will Porter, will wear the number 21 on their jersey.
In other news, Northampton Saints have recalled their first team for the meeting with Saracens, just seven days before their Investec Champions Cup final with Bordeaux.
Check on all the Premiership teams, here.
Friday
Newcastle Falcons v Gloucester
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 14 Ben Redshaw, 13 Alex Hearle, 12 Sammy Arnold, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Callum Chick (c), 7 Tom Gordon, 6 Cameron Neild, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 4 John Hawkins, 3 Murray McCallum, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Adam Brocklebank
Replacements: 16 Bryan Byrne, 17 Micky Rewcastle, 18 Luan de Bruin, 19 Oscar Usher, 20 Freddie Lockwood, 21 Joe Davis, 22 Oli Spencer, 23 Max Pepper
Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Jack Cotgreave, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Freddie Thomas, 5 Freddie Clarke, 4 Arthur Clark, 3 Kirill Gotovtsev, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Ciaran Knight
Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 Afolabi Fasogbon, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Albert Tuisue, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Charlie Atkinson, 23 Will Butler
Venue: Kingston Park
Kick-off: 19:45 BST (18:45 GMT)
Referee: Matthew Carley
Assistant Referees: Hamish Grant, Neil Chivers
TMO: Hamish Smales
Sale Sharks v Bristol Bears
Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Rob du Preez, 12 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 11 Tom O’Flaherty, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Dan du Preez, 7 Ben Curry (c), 6 JL du Preez, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Tadgh McElroy, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Alfie Longstaff, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 WillGriff John, 19 Ben Bamber, 20 Sam Dugdale, 21 Raffi Quirke, 22 Sam Bedlow, 23 Alex Wills
Bristol Bears: 15 Rich Lane, 14 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Josh Caulfield, 3 George Kloska, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Jake Woolmore
Replacements: 16 Will Capon, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 James Dun, 20 Joe Owen, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 Siva Naulago
Venue: Salford Community Stadium
Kick-off: 19:45 BST (18:45 GMT)
Referee: Adam Leal
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson, Jamie Leahy
TMO: Andrew Jackson
Saturday
Northampton Saints v Saracens
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 Henry Pollock, 7 Josh Kemeny, 6 Alex Coles, 5 Tom Lockett, 4 Temo Mayanavanua, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Craig Wright, 17 Tarek Haffar, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Ed Prowse, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21 Jonny Weimann, 22 Jake Garside, 23 Tom Seabrook
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Nick Isiekwe, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Jamie George, 1 Eroni Mawi
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Phil Brantingham, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Hugh Tizard, 20 Theo McFarland, 21 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 22 Charlie Bracken, 23 Angus Hall
Venue: cinch Stadium @ Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 15:05 BST (14:05 GMT)
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: George Selwood, Simon Harding
TMO: Dean Richards
Bath v Leicester Tigers
Bath: 15 Ciaran Donoghue, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Cameron Redpath, 12 Will Butt, 11 Will Muir, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Guy Pepper, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Max Ojomoh, 23 Arthur Green
Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Solomone Kata, 12 Joseph Woodward, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Julián Montoya (c), 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Cronin, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Matt Rogerson, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Dan Kelly
Venue: The Rec
Kick-off: 17:30 BST (16:30 GMT)
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace, Wayne Falla
TMO: David Rose
Sunday
Harlequins v Exeter Chiefs
Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Ben Waghorn, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 21 Will Porter, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Will Evans, 6 Jack Kenningham, 5 George Hammond, 4 Jonny Green, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Jordan Els, 18 Ollie Streeter, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Tom Lawday, 9 Danny Care, 22 Sean Kerr, 23 Nick David
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Josh Hodge, 14 Tommy Wyatt, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Tamati Tua, 11 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Stu Townsend, 8 Ethan Roots, 7 Richard Capstick, 6 Jacques Vermeulen, 5 Dafydd Jenkins (c), 4 Rusi Tuima, 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Jack Yeandle, 1 Kwenzo Blose
Replacements: 16 Dan Frost, 17 Billy Keast, 18 Marcus Street, 19 Christ Tshiunza, 20 Martin Moloney, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Nick Lilley
Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 15:00 BST (14:00 GMT)
Referee: Joe James
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson, Gareth Holsgrove
TMO: Dean Richards
Src: Planetrugby.com - https://www.planetrugby.com/news/premiership-teams-danny-care-granted-number-change-honour-while-lions-return-for-fully-loaded-northampton-saints
