Premiership: Harlequins bolstered by England contingent for clash with London Irish
Check out the teams and our predictions for all of the weekend’s fixtures, here.
Sale Sharks’ last four matches in Gallagher Premiership Rugby have ended in one win, one defeat and two draws. The Sharks are unbeaten in their last seven Premiership Rugby matches at AJ Bell Stadium, whilst their only defeat there in the tournament in the last twelve months was to Exeter on 3 October. Saracens have lost just one of their last six Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches: 30-32 at London Irish on 19 February. Saracens won their most recent away game in Premiership Rugby 36-21 at Newcastle on 12 March. The last five fixtures between the two clubs in Premiership Rugby have all gone the way of home field advantage whilst Saracens most recent success at AJ Bell Stadium was 13-3 in February 2018.
Saracens by 5
15 Luke James, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Sam James, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Arron Reed, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Dan du Preez, 7 Ben Curry, 6 Jono Ross, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Ewan Ashman 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Nick Schonert, 19 JP du Preez, 20 Tommy Taylor, 21 Raffi Quirke, 22 Manu Tuilagi, 23 Jack Metcalf
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Max Malins, 10 Alex Goode, 9 Aled Davies, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Maro Itoje, 5 Tim Swinson, 4 Nick Isiekwe, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Jamie George (c), 1 Eroni Mawi
Replacements: 16 Tom Woolstencroft, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Theo McFarland, 20 Andy Christie, 21 Ruben de Haas, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Alex Lewington
AJ Bell Stadium
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Luke Pearce
Hamish Smales, Paul Dix
Stuart Terheege
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