Itoje, Ford, Rees-zammit And Freeman Return In Prem

The Prem returns this play pinch 3 showpiece games back-to-back astatine awesome stadiums connected Saturday.

Gloucester return connected Leicester astatine Aston Villa's Villa Park for nan first clip arsenic they switch Kingsholm for Birmingham, Bristol Bears return to Cardiff's Principality Stadium to play Harlequins while Saracens look table-toppers Northampton astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

There are besides games connected Friday nighttime and Sunday earlier nan Prem takes a short two-week break arsenic team's return to European action.

You tin perceive to sum of each of nan matches connected BBC DAB and FM section radio, via BBC Sounds aliases nan BBC Sport website and app.

Christian Wade returns to nan Newcastle Red Bulls for nan sojourn of play-off chasing Exeter Chiefs to Kingston Park.

Wade, who precocious signed a one-year statement extension pinch Red Bulls will beryllium looking for his first Prem effort of nan play and nan 94th of his career.

Second statement Oscar Usher and centre Rhys Beeckmans besides travel into nan team, while indebtedness presence Ben Healy is named arsenic a replacement.

Exeter centre Nick Lilley is included for his first crippled since October successful a broadside that includes Newcastle-bound duo Rusi Tuima and Will Rigg.

Second-row Dafydd Jenkins gets nan play disconnected aft playing each but 4 minutes for Wales crossed nan Six Nations.

Newcastle: E Obatoyinbo; Wade, Hearle, Beeckmans, H Obatoyinbo; Connon, Benitez Cruz; Brocklebank, McGuigan (c), Palframan; Usher, Scott, Parsons, Christie, Leatherbarrow.

Replacements: Fletcher, Hancock, McCallum, Clarke, Gordon, Elliott, Healy, Spencer.

Exeter Chiefs: Woodburn; Brown-Bampoe, Lilley, Rigg, Ridl; Skinner, Varney; Sio, Yeandle (c), Roots; Tuima, Zambonin, Hooper, Vintcent, Fisilau.

Replacements: Heaven, Burger, Tchumbadze, Pearson, Worley-Brady, Cairns, Haydon-Wood, John.

There are 2 changes to nan Gloucester XV arsenic they take to Villa Park for their Slater Cup clash pinch Leicester Tigers.

Wales Under-20 skipper Deian Gwynne slots into nan backmost row, while Caolan Englefield starts up of nan injured Tomos Williams.

Williams' absence intends scrum-half Rhys Price takes his spot connected nan bench, wherever Seb Blake besides returns from injury.

England scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet is promoted to nan Leicester Tigers starting line-up aft coming disconnected nan chair successful nan triumph against Bristol Bears a week earlier.

As a result, Tom Whiteley drops to nan chair wherever is joined by nan fit-again brace of Adam Radwan and Harry Wells.

Gloucester: Redshaw; Joseph, Llewellyn, S. Atkinson (c), Thorley; C. Atkinson Englefield; Rapava Ruskin, Innard; Fasogbon, Clark, Alemanno, Gwynne, Ludlow, Clement.

Replacements: Blake, Bleuler, Knight, Thomas, Trenholm, Price, Barton, Edwards-Girau.

Leicester Tigers: Steward; Hamer-Webb, Wand, Bailey, Hassell-Collins; Searle, Van Poortvliet; Smith, Blamire, Heyes, Liebenberg, Chessum (c), Moro, Watson, Cracknell.

Replacements: Theobald-Thomas, Van der Flier, Hurd, Wells, Palmer, Whiteley, O'Connor, Radwan.

Bristol person brought their Six Nations internationals – Louis Rees-Zammit, Tom Jordan and Ellis Genge – backmost successful for their 2nd showpiece crippled astatine Cardiff's Principality Stadium.

The trio each return arsenic portion of six changes to nan broadside that was narrowly beaten by Leicester past week.

Aidan Boshoff besides comes onto nan wing, pinch Gabriel Ibitoye moving to nan bench, pinch Matias Moroni successful midfield and Viliame Mata successful nan backmost row.

There are besides 4 alterations to nan Harlequins line-up arsenic they activity a first Prem triumph since 25 October.

England's Marcus Smith has dropped retired of nan squad, pinch Wales world Jarrod Evans starting astatine fly-half and Jamie Benson astatine full-back.

Prop Joe Jones and 18-year-old England Under-20 fastener Elliot Williams are some group to make their first Prem starts.

Bristol: Rees-Zammit; Ravouvou, Moroni, Williams, Boshoff; Jordan, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Kloska; Dun, Owen, Luatua, Harding (c), S. Grondona.

Replacements: Gwilliam, Woolmore, Chawatama, Taylor, B. Grondona, Marmion, Janse van Rensburg, Ibitoye.

Harlequins: Benson; Isgro, Murley, Bradley, David; Evans, Townsend; Kerrod, Walker, Jones; Treadwell, Williams, Petti Pagadizabal, Kenningham, Dombrant (c).

Replacements: Riley, Hobson, Delgado, Green, Carr, Driscoll, Grant, Kerr.

Saracens invited backmost England skipper Maro itoje to their broadside for their conflict pinch Northampton astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Itoje is 1 of 4 changes pinch Rhys Carre returning to nan beforehand row, Andy Onyeama-Christie coming successful astatine flanker and Charlie Bracken taking complete astatine scrum-half.

Having rested their world stars for nan triumph complete Newcastle past week, Saints invited them backmost for The Showdown 6.

Tommy Freeman, Henry Pollock, Fin Smith and Curtis Langdon each commencement while Danilo Fischetti, Trevor Davison and Fraser Dingwall are connected nan bench.

Saracens: Daly; Elliott, Cinti, Tompkins, Segun; Farrell Bracken; Carre, Dan, Street, Itoje (c), Tizard, McFarland, Onyeama-Christie, Willis.

Replacements: George, Mawi, Riccioni, Isiekwe, Michelow, Van Zyl, Burke, Malins.

Northampton: Furbank (c); Freeman, Litchfield, Hutchinson, Ramm; Smith, McParland; Iyogun, Langdon, Green, Lockett, Prowse, Kemeny, Pearson, Pollock.

Replacements: Wright, Fischetti, Davison, Van Der Mescht, Munga, Chick, Weimann, Dingwall.

Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe

Sale Sharks coach Alex Sanderson welcomes backmost fly-half George Ford to his starting XV pursuing nan conclusion of nan Six Nations.

Ford is 1 of 4 returning England internationals who spell consecutive backmost into Sale's squad for nan conflict against reigning champions Bath - on pinch Bevan Rodd, Luke Cowan-Dickie and Tom Roebuck.

Elsewhere, location is simply a commencement for Nathan Jibulu astatine openside flanker while Rod du Preez returns astatine centre aft filling successful astatine fly-half successful Ford's absence.

Bath caput coach Johann van Graan has by opposition rolled nan changes and location are only 3 starters from nan broadside that beat Saracens 62-15 astatine nan Recreation Ground.

Santi Carreras fills successful astatine number 10 for Finn Russell who does not recreation to Greater Manchester, while Miles Reid captains nan side.

Sale Sharks: Carpenter; Roebuck, R. du Preez, Ma'asi-White, Reed; Ford, Quirke; Rodd, Cowan-Dickie, Harper, van Rhyn (c), Bamber, Dugdale, Jibulu, Vermeulen.

Replacements: Caine, McEachran, Raymont, D du Preez, Gilmore, Warr, Louw, O'Flaherty.

Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Hennessey, Redpath, Muir; Carrerras, Carr-Smith; Kirk, Frost, Sela, Jeanes, Molony, Hill, Staddon, Reid (c).

Replacements: Tuipulotu, Obano, du Toit, Ewels, Richards, van der Linde, Harris, Barbeary.