Premiership team news: Finn Russell and Marcus Smith set for Lions shoot-out as England stars back in action
Finn Russell and Marcus Smith in action for Bath and Harlequins.
The Premiership season rolls on this weekend as Round 13 sees one game on Friday and three on Saturday before the action ends with Leicester v Saracens on Sunday.
Several England internationals return to domestic action after a mini break following their Six Nations exploits, with some having already laced up their boots last weekend.
One star back in action is Marcus Smith and the Harlequins fly-half will have a head-to-head battle with Bath’s Finn Russell that will interest Lions supporters and coaches.
Check on all the Premiership team news below.
Friday
Sale Sharks v Northampton Saints
Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Rob du Preez (c), 12 Sam Bedlow, 11 Tom O’Flaherty, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 JL du Preez, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Ernst van Rhyn, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Ben Bamber, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 WillGriff John, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Sam Dugdale, 21 Nye Thomas, 22 Will Addison, 23 Arron Reed
Northampton Saints: 15 James Ramm, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Burger Odendaal, 12 Fraser Dingwall (c), 11 George Hendy, 10 Tom James, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Angus Scott-Young, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 Alex Coles, 4 Chunya Munga, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Henry Walker, 17 Tarek Haffar, 18 Luke Green, 19 Temo Mayanavnaua, 20 Juarno Augustus, 21 Tom Pearson, 22 Jonny Weimann, 23 Tom Litchfield
Venue: Salford Community Stadium
Kick-off: 19:45 GMT
Referee: Hamish Smales
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace, John Meredith
TMO: Stuart Terheege
Saturday
Exeter Chiefs v Newcastle Falcons
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Harvey Skinner, 14 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Will Rigg, 11 Josh Hodge, 10 Ben Coen, 9 Stu Townsend, 8 Greg Fisilau, 7 Richard Capstick, 6 Martin Moloney, 5 Franco Molina, 4 Dafydd Jenkins (c), 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Jack Yeandle, 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Max Norey, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Jimmy Roots, 19 Rusi Tuima, 20 Kane James, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Tamati Tua, 23 Ben Hammersley
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 14 Alex Hearle, 13 Connor Doherty, 12 Max Clark, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Joe Davis, 8 Callum Chick (c), 7 Cameron Neild, 6 Freddie Lockwood, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 4 John Hawkins, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Adam Brocklebank
Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Micky Rewcastle, 18 Murray McCallum, 19 Adam Scott, 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Kieran Wilkinson, 23 Oli Spencer
Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Adam Leal
Assistant Referees: Harry Walbaum, Simon Harding
TMO: David Rose
Bath v Harlequins
Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Max Ojomoh, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Will Muir, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Miles Reid, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Ross Molony, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Guy Pepper, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Will Butt, 23 Jaco Coetzee
Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Luke Northmore, 11 Nick David, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Chandler Cunningham-South, 7 Tom Lawday, 6 Jack Kenningham, 5 Stephan Lewies (c), 4 Irne Herbst, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Jordan Els, 18 Wyn Jones, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 George Hammond, 21 Lucas Schmid, 22 Danny Care, 23 Jamie Benson
Venue: Recreation Ground
Kick-off: 15:05 GMT
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees: James Clarke, Jonathan Healy
TMO: Dean Richards
Gloucester v Bristol Bears
Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Josh Hathaway, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Jack Clement, 5 Freddie Thomas, 4 Freddie Clarke, 3 Afo Fasogbon, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Val Rapava-Ruskin
Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Ciaran Knight, 18 Kirill Gotovtsev, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Harry Taylor, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Will Butler, 23 George Barton
Bristol Bears: 15 Rich Lane, 14 Jack Bates, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Steven Luatua, 5 Josh Caulfield, 4 James Dun, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Jimmy Halliwell, 19 Paddy Pearce, 20 Jake Heenan, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 AJ MacGinty, 23 Siva Naulago
Venue: Kingsholm
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys, Wayne Falla
TMO: Andrew Jackson
Sunday
Leicester Tigers v Saracens
Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Solomone Kata, 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 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Whitcombe, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Izaia Perese
Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Angus Hall, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Fraser Balmain, 2 Jamie George, 1 Eroni Mawi
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Nick Isiekwe, 20 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 21 Ben Earl, 22 Gareth Simpson, 23 Alex Goode
Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Jonathan Cook, Calum Howard
TMO: Peter Allan
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