Sale have named Josh Beaumont, the son of former England player Bill, at number eight for their Heineken Cup Pool clash with Montpellier on Friday.
Openside Dave Seymour returns as captain.
Whilst Sale's chances of qualification have gone after back to back defeats to Toulon, they are eager to finish with a flourish and hopefully earn ranking points for future years in the competition.
Mark Cueto, who levelled the Premiership try-scoring record against Worcester moves to centre and plays alongside Mark Jennings who scored a try in the opening round against Cardiff Blues.
Meanwhile, Montpellier have recalled respective France and Argentina international forwards Fulgence Ouedraogo and Agustin Creevy to their side while Francois Trinh-Duc leads the backline.
The teams:
Sale Sharks: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Tom Brady, 13 Mark Cueto, 12 Mark Jennings, 11 Charlie Amesbury, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Will Cliff, 8 Josh Beaumont, 7 David Seymour, 6 James Doyle, 5 Tom Holmes, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 2 Marc Jones, 1 Aston Croall.
Replacements: 16 Tom Cruse, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 Tony Buckley, 19 Kearnan Myall, 20 Tommy Taylor, 21 Nathan Fowles, 22 Rob Miller, 23 Jordan Davies.
Montpellier: 15 Pierre Bérard, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Thomas Combezou, 12 Santiago Fernandez, 11 Yohann Artru, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Benoit Paillaugue, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Mamuka Gorgodze, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Aliki Fakate, 4 Mickael Demarco, 3 Maximiliano Bustos, 2 Agustin Creevy, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili.
Replacements: 16 Rassie van Vuuren, 17 Yvan Watremez, 18 Barry Fa'amausili, 19 Rémy Martin, 20 Alexandre Bias, 21 Eric Escande, 22 Paul Bosch, 23 Lucas Amorosino.
Date: Friday, January 11
Kick-off: 20:00
Venue: Salford City Stadium
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Assistant referees: Rhys Thomas (Wales), Wayne Davies (Wales)
Timekeeper: Mike Hamlin (England)
Citing commissioner: Gwyn Bowden (Wales)
Assessor: Andy Clift (Scotland)
Comments
TiggerLavros says...
Gorgodze didn't do a great deal in the game in Montpol, great player though he is. Cipriani has been good for Sale - their issues are much more related to the enormous number of penalties they give away at scrum time
Posted 20:01 11th January 2013
expattrussy says...
Gorgodze running through Cipriani's channel should be fun to watch!
Posted 18:28 11th January 2013
ruck_man7 says...
Sale..keep an eye on Montpeliers # 14! Nagusa has been in great form lately.
Posted 12:47 10th January 2013
ruck_man7 says...
Shame that Sam tuitupou isn't playing this week. I thought he played well at vicarage last week against Saracens
Posted 12:43 10th January 2013
sirtidychris says...
Great prospect....he played most his young rugby at flyhalf but is now generally seen as a lock being 6ft 7 and 17st, interesting that he is playing number 8 here. As far as I know he hasn't gone through the standard england age grade route of most young stars but instead earnt his bread and butter for Fylde rugby making a 'big' contribution towards there promotion and also getting a game for the babas along the way...at around 21 he is one to watch !! (looks a bit like his dad too!)
Posted 11:08 10th January 2013