Bristol Bears v Northampton Saints: Full team news for Saturday's clash
Amena Caqusau will make his Gallagher PREM debut when Saints travel to Bristol Bears on Saturday evening (kick-off 5.45pm).
Caqusau impressed against Leicester Tigers at Mattioli Woods Welford Road last Friday and keeps his place in the starting 15.
Edoardo Todaro comes in on the other wing, replacing Ollie Sleightholme, who is not listed as unavailable but who has only recently returned from a lengthy hamstring injury.
George Furbank skippers the side, moving to full-back so that Fin Smith can return to start at fly-half.
Archie McParland is passed fit to start at scrum-half, having had to withdraw before the defeat at Leicester last week.
Manny Iyogun and Trevor Davison return to the front row, while Ed Prowse partners JJ van der Mescht in a heavyweight second-row combination.
Callum Chick comes in at No.8, meaning Sam Graham switches to seven.
Saints have some firepower in reserve as the likes of Tom Pearson and Rory Hutchinson are among the replacements.
But with England stars Alex Coles, Henry Pollock and Alex Mitchell given the weekend off due to their international endeavours, Saints again go to Bristol without many key men.
Emeka Atuanya, Anthony Belleau, Fraser Dingwall, Tommy Freeman, Will Glister, George Hendy, Curtis Langdon, Tom Lockett, Chunya Munga, James Martin, James Ramm, Charlie Ulcoq and Jonny Weimann are on eye-watering ‘not considered for selection’ list this week.
As for Bristol, they welcome back six stars from international duty for Saturday’s game.
Tom Jordan, Kalaveti Ravouvou, Santiago Grondona, Viliame Mata and Pedro Rubiolo are all named in Pat Lam’s starting 15, with Louis Rees-Zammit and Luka Ivanishvili among the replacements.
Jordan starts at full-back against the Saints, with Academy fly-half Sam Worsley wearing the No.10 shirt.
James Williams makes his first league appearance of the season, partnering Benhard Janse van Rensburg, fresh from signing a new contract with the club this week, in the midfield.
Harry Thacker will make his 141st appearance for the club, while Gabriel Oghre is set for his 50th competitive appearance from the bench.
Academy duo Jimmy Halliwell and Aidan Boshoff are also included among the replacements.
Ellis Genge, Will Capon, George Kloska, James Dun, Paddy Pearce, Steven Luatua, Kofi Cripps, Harry Randall, Max Pepper, AJ MacGinty, Toby Baker, Joe Jenkins, Gabriel Ibitoye, Rich Lane and Noah Heward are unavailable for the Bears.
Bristol Bears: 15 Tom Jordan; 14 Jack Bates, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou; 10 Sam Worsley, 9 Kieran Marmion; 1 Jake Woolmore, 2 Harry Thacker, 3 Lovejoy Chawatama; 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 5 Joe Batley; 6 Santiago Grondonna, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 8 Viliame Mata.
Replacements: 16 Gabriel Oghre, 17, Max Lahiff, 18 Jimmy Halliwell, 19 Joe Owen, 20 Luke Ivanishvili, 21 Sam Wolstenholme, 22 Louis Rees-Zammit, 23 Aidan Boshoff.
Saints: 15 George Furbank (c); 14 Edoardo Todaro, 13 Tom Litchfield, 12 Toby Thame, 11 Amena Caqusau; 10 Fin Smith, 9 Archie McParland; 1 Emmanuel Iyogun, 2 Craig Wright, 3 Trevor Davison; 4 Ed Prowse, 5 JJ Van Der Mescht; 6 Josh Kemeny, 7 Sam Graham, 8 Callum Chick.
Replacements: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Tom West, 18 Cleopas Kundiona, 19 Archie Benson, 20 Tom Pearson, 21 Tom James, 22 Rory Hutchinson, 23 James Pater.