England star returns from injury for Saracens while South African centre makes Northampton Saints debut
Ben Earl in action for Saracens.
The Premiership heads into Round 10 this weekend with one game on Friday, three on Saturday and one on Sunday in what is set to be a thrilling group of fixtures.
Check out all the teams ahead of the weekend.
Bristol Bears v Exeter Chiefs
Bristol: 15 Max Malins, 14 Noah Heward, 13 Virimi Vakatawa, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Rich Lane, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 Steven Luatua (c), 5 Joe Batley, 4 James Dun, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Max Lahiff
Replacements: 16 Will Capon, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 George Kloska, 19 Josh Caulfield, 20 Joe Owen, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 James Williams, 23 Kalaveti Ravouvou
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Ben Hammersley, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ollie Devoto, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Stu Townsend, 8 Greg Fisilau, 7 Ross Vintcent, 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Dafydd Jenkins (c), 4 Rusi Tuima, 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Dan Frost, 1 Nika Abuladze
Replacements: 16 Max Norey, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Marcus Street, 19 Lewis Pearson, 20 Jacques Vermeulen, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Joe Hawkins, 23 Zack Wimbush
Venue: Ashton Gate, Bristol
Kick-off: 19:45 GMT
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: George Selwood, Alex Thomas
TMO: Dean Richards
Saracens v Newcastle Falcons
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Rotimi Segun, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Olly Hartley, 11 Lucio Cinti, 10 Manu Vunipola, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Andy Christie, 7 Toby Knight, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Theo McFarland, 3 Christian Judge, 2 Theo Dan, 1 Mako Vunipola (c)
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Tom West, 18 Ollie Hoskins, 19 Nick Isiekwe, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Billy Vunipola, 22 Gareth Simpson, 23 Tom Parton
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Tom Penny, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Matias Orlando, 11 Iwan Stephens, 10 Rory Jennings, 9 Hugh O’Sullivan, 8 Callum Chick (c), 7 Guy Pepper, 6 Pedro Rubiolo, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 4 Kiran McDonald, 3 Eduardo Bello, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Phil Brantingham
Replacements: 16 Bryan Byrne, 17 Adam Brocklebank, 18 Murray McCallum, 19 Tim Cardall, 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 21 James Elliott, 22 Brett Connon, 23 George Wacokecoke
Venue: StoneX Stadium, London
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Jack Makepeace
Assistant Referees: Harry Walbaum, Gareth Holsgrove
TMO: Rowan Kitt
Northampton Saints v Sale Sharks
Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank (c), 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Burger Odendaal, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Tom Pearson, 6 Angus Scott-Young, 5 Alex Coles, 4 Chunya Munga, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Sam Matavesi, 1 Alex Waller
Replacements: 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 Tarek Haffar, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Alex Moon, 20 Courtney Lawes, 21 Sam Graham, 22 Callum Braley, 23 Tom Litchfield
Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Sam James, 12 Rob du Preez, 11 Arron Reed, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Jean-Luc du Preez, 7 Ben Curry (c), 6 Ernst van Rhyn, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Nick Schonert, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ross Harrison
Replacements: 16 Tommy Taylor, 17 Tumy Onasanya, 18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 19 Josh Beaumont, 20 Sam Dugdale, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 Luke James, 23 Telusa Veainu
Venue: Franklin’s Gardens, Northampton
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Matthew Carley
Assistant Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys, Peter Allen
TMO: David Rose
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Harlequins v Gloucester
Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Nick David, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Cameron Anderson, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Danny Care, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Will Evans, 6 Dino Lamb, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Will Collier, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Joe Marler
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Irne Herbst, 20 James Chisholm, 21 Will Porter, 22 Will Edwards, 23 Lennox Anyanwu
Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Ruan Ackermann, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Freddie Clarke, 3 Kirill Gotovtsev, 2 George McGuigan, 1 Jamal Ford-Robinson
Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Jack Clement, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Max Llewellyn, 23 Jonny May
Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Adam Leal
Assistant Referees: Joe James, Mike Hudson
TMO: Stuart Terheege
Leicester Tigers v Bath
Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Harry Simmons, 13 Dan Kelly, 12 Solomone Kata, 11 Mike Brown, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Tom Whiteley, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Matt Rogerson, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 George Martin, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Julián Montoya (c), 1 James Cronin
Replacements: 16 Finn Theobold-Thomas, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Kyle Hatherell, 21 Olly Cracknell, 22 Joe Powell, 23 Jamie Shillcock
Bath: 15 Sam Harris, 14 Tom de Glanville, 13 Max Ojomoh, 12 Will Butt, 11 Matt Gallagher, 10 Orlando Bailey, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Jaco Coetzee, 7 Chris Cloete, 6 GJ van Velze (c), 5 Josh McNally, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Hame Faiva, 1 Juan Schoeman
Replacements: 16 John Stewart, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 Ewan Richards, 20 Miles Reid, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Louie Hennessey, 23 Brendan Owen
Venue: Welford Road, Leicester
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales, Paul Dix
TMO: Andrew Jackson