Marcus Smith set for Owen Farrell face-off as Premiership teams announced

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Harlequins fly-half Marcus Smith clashes with Saracens captain Owen Farrell.

Harlequins fly-half Marcus Smith clashes with Saracens captain Owen Farrell.

The Premiership season reaches Round Six and it’s derby weekend that includes Leicester Tigers against Northampton Saints on Saturday.

Check on all the team news below.

Friday

Bath Rugby v Bristol Bears

Bath: 15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Will Muir, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Jaco Coetzee, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Miles Reid, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Fergus Lee-Warner, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 GJ van Velze, 20 Alfie Barbeary, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Max Ojomoh

Bristol Bears: 15 Rich Lane, 14 Piers O’Conor, 13 Virimi Vakatawa, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Harry Randall (c), 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Harry Thacker, 6 James Dun, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Ed Holmes, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Will Capon, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Josh Caulfield, 20 Dan Thomas, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 James Williams, 23 Max Malins

Venue: Recreation Ground
Kick-off: 19:45 GMT
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Joe James, Greg Macdonald
TMO: Stuart Terheege

Sale Sharks v Newcastle Falcons

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Sam James, 12 Sam Bedlow, 11 Arron Reed, 10 Rob du Preez, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Dan du Preez, 7 Ben Curry (c), 6 Ernst van Rhyn, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 James Harper, 2 Agustin Creevy, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour 19 Ben Bamber, 20 Sam Dugdale, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 Tom Curtis, 23 Alex Wills

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Louis Brown, 13 Zach Kerr, 12 Cameron Hutchison, 11 Iwan Stephens, 10 Josh Thomas, 9 James Elliott, 8 Callum Chick (c), 7 Guy Pepper, 6 John Hawkins, 5 Kiran McDonald, 4 Tim Cardall, 3 Murray McCallum, 2 Bryan Byrne, 1 Phil Brantingham
Replacements: 16 Charlie Maddison, 17 Adam Brocklebank, 18 Mark Tampin, 19 John Kelly, 20 Josh Bainbridge, 21 Josh Barton, 22 Louie Johnson, 23 Oliver Spencer

Venue: Kingston Park
Kick-off: 19:45 GMT
Referee: Adam Leal
Assistant Referees: Simon Harding, Peter Allan
TMO: David Rose

Saturday

Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints

Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Josh Bassett, 13 Guy Porter, 12 Solomone Kata, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg (c), 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Charlie Clare, 1 James Cronin
Replacements: 16 Archie Vanes, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Sam Carter, 20 Matt Rogerson, 21 Tom Whiteley, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Matt Scott

Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank, 14 George Hendy, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 James Ramm, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Lewis Ludlam (c), 7 Tom Pearson, 6 Alex Coles, 5 Chunya Munga, 4 Alex Moon, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Alex Waller
Replacements: 16 Sam Matavesi, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Tom Lockett, 20 Henry Pollock, 21 Tom James, 22 Rory Hutchinson, 23 Ollie Sleightholme

Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 15:05 GMT
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace, Paul Dix
TMO: Hamish Smales

Harlequins v Saracens

Harlequins: 15 Nick David, 14 Tyrone Green, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Louis Lynagh, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Will Evans, 6 Dino Lamb, 5 George Hammond, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Will Collier, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Joe Marler
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Chandler Cunningham-South, 20 James Chisholm, 21 Danny Care, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Will Joseph

Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Alex Lewington, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 Owen Farrell (c), 9 Ivan Van Zyl, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Andy Christie, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Tom Willis, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Olly Hartley, 23 Tom Parton

Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Matthew Carley
Assistant Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys, Jamie Leahy
TMO: Tom Foley

Sunday

Exeter Chiefs v Gloucester

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Tommy Wyatt, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Ben Hammersley, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Tom Cairns, 8 Aidon Davis, 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Dafydd Jenkins (c), 4 Rusi Tuima, 3 Ehren Painter, 2 Jack Yeandle, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Dan Frost, 17 Nika Abuladze, 18 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 19 Lewis Pearson, 20 Ross Vintcent, 21 Stu Townsend, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Olly Woodburn

Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 George Barton, 9 Micky Young, 8 Jack Clement, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Albert Tuisue, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Freddie Clarke, 3 Fraser Balmain, 2 George McGuigan, 1 Mayco Vivas
Replacements: 16 Santi Socino, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Arthur Clark, 20 Freddie Thomas, 21 Stephen Varney, 22 Mark Atkinson, 23 Louis Hillman-Cooper

Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Ian Tempest
Assistant Referees: Dan Jones, John Meredith
TMO: Dean Richards

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