Handre Pollard and Julian Montoya start for Leicester Tigers amid exit rumours as internationals flood back for Premiership Derby Weekend

Round Four of the Premiership is Derby Weekend and there are tasty match-ups across the board, including Gloucester v Bath and Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints.

The latter game sees the return of Springboks fly-half Handre Pollard and Los Pumas skipper Julian Montoya to the Leicester starting side in a timely boost to Michael Cheika.

Both players have this week been linked with moves away from Welford Road but will, of course, be fully focussed on claiming East Midlands bragging rights on Saturday night.

Elsewhere, internationals such as Santi Carreras (Gloucester) return to action while Juan Martin Gonzalez starts for Saracens against Quins after being on the bench last week.

Check on the Premiership team news below.

Friday

Sale Sharks v Newcastle Falcons

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Will Addison, 12 Sam Bedlow, 11 Arron Reed, 10 Rob du Preez, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Tom Curry, 7 Ben Curry (c), 6 Ernst van Rhyn, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Ben Bamber, 3 James Harper, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Si McIntyre
Replacements: 16 Ethan Caine, 17 Tumy Onasanya, 18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 19 Ben Bamber, 20 Dan du Preez, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 Tom Curtis, 23 Sam Dugdale

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Oli Spencer, 12 Cameron Hutchison, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Ethan Grayson, 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Callum Chick (c), 7 Tom Gordon, 6 Philip van der Walt, 5 John Hawkins, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Adam Brocklebank
Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Luan de Bruin, 18 Murray McCallum, 19 Freddie Lockwood, 20 Adam Scott, 21 Joe Davis, 22 Jack Metcalf, 23 Louis Brown

Venue: Salford Community Stadium
Kick-off: 19:45 BST
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant Referees: Andrew Jackson, John Meredith
TMO: Rowan Kitt

Saturday

Exeter Chiefs v Bristol Bears

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Josh Hodge, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Olly Woodburn, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Sam Maunder, 8 Ross Vintcent, 7 Richard Capstick, 6 Jacques Vermeulen, 5 Franco Molina, 4 Rusi Tuima, 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jack Yeandle (c), 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Dan Frost, 17 Will Goodrick-Clarke, 18 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 19 Jack Dunne, 20 Ethan Roots, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Ben Hammersley, 23 Greg Fisilau

Bristol Bears: 15 Rich Lane, 14 Jack Bates, 13 Joe Jenkins, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Fitz Harding (c), 7 Santiago Grondona, 6 Steven Luatua, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Josh Caulfield, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Jake Woolmore
Replacements: 16 Will Capon, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 George Kloska, 19 James Dun, 20 Benjamin Grondona, 21 Harry Randall, 22 Sam Worsley, 23 Benjamin Elizalde

Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Matthew Carley
Assistant Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys, Gareth Holsgrove
TMO: David Rose

Gloucester v Bath

Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Josh Hathaway, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Jack Clement, 5 Freddie Thomas, 4 Arthur Clark, 3 Afolabi Fasogbon, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Ciaran Knight
Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Val Rapava-Ruskin, 18 Kirill Gotovtsev, 19 Freddie Clarke, 20 Ruan Ackermann, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Charlie Atkinson, 23 George Barton

Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Will Butt, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Austin Emens, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Miles Reid, 6 Josh Bayliss, 5 Ross Molony, 4 Ted Hill, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Jaco Coetzee

Venue: Kingsholm
Kick-off: 15:05 BST
Referee: Adam Leal
Assistant Referees: Luke Pearce, Jonathan Healy
TMO: Tom Foley

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Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints

Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Dan Kelly, 12 Joseph Woodward, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Harry Wells, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Cronin, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Côme Joussain, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Will Wand

Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank (c), 14 James Ramm, 13 Tom Litchfield, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Tommy Freeman, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Archie McParland, 8 Sam Graham, 7 Angus Scott-Young, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 Chunya Munga, 4 Temo Mayanavanua, 3 Elliot Millar Mills, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Tom West, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Gavin Thornbury, 20 Tom Pearson, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Jake Garside, 23 Ollie Sleightholme

Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 17:30 BST
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace, Greg Macdonald
TMO: Andrew Jackson

Sunday

Harlequins v Saracens

Harlequins: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Nick David, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Lennox Anyanwu, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 James Chisholm, 7 Jack Kenningham, 6 Dino Lamb, 5 Stephan Lewies (c), 4 Irne Herbst, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Nathan Jibulu, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Will Evans, 22 Danny Care, 23 Jarrod Evans

Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Nick Isiekwe, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Jamie George, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Hugh Tizard, 20 Tom Willis, 21 Toby Knight, 22 Gareth Simpson, 23 Lucio Cinti

Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Tom Foley, Simon Harding
TMO: Dean Richards

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