Premiership teams: Marcus Smith absent for season finale while Bath and Northampton Saints make wholesale changes

Adam Kyriacou 30 May 2025 1:22 PM

Jamie Benson starts at 10 for Harlequins.

The final regular-season round of the Premiership sees all five games take place at the same time on Saturday as the race for play-off spots reaches a conclusion.

As expected, both Northampton and Bath have made numerous changes to their teams after their respective European finals and the fact that Saints are out of the knockout race while Johann van Graan’s men have already locked up top spot on the standings.

Elsewhere, there’s no Marcus Smith for Harlequins as they head to Bristol Bears while Danny Care has played his last game for the club after being ruled out with an injury.

Check on the Premiership team news, here.

Bristol Bears v Harlequins

Bristol Bears: 15 Noah Heward, 14 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Fitz Harding, 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 George Kloska, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Yann Thomas
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Joe Owen, 20 Steven Luatua, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 Jack Bates

Harlequins: 15 Nick David, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Luke Northmore, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Jamie Benson, 9 Will Porter, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Will Evans, 6 Jack Kenningham, 5 George Hammond, 4 Jonny Green, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Nathan Jibulu, 17 Jordan Els, 18 Ollie Streeter, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Tom Lawday, 21 Jake Murray, 22 Sean Kerr, 23 Leigh Halfpenny

Venue: Ashton Gate
Kick-off: 15:05 BST (14:05 GMT)
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace, Greg MacDonald
TMO: Stuart Terheege

Exeter Chiefs v Sale Sharks

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Josh Hodge, 14 Paul Brown-Bampoe, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Tamati Tua, 11 Tommy Wyatt, 10 Harvey Skinner, 9 Stu Townsend, 8 Ethan Roots, 7 Richard Capstick, 6 Jacques Vermeulen, 5 Franco Molina, 4 Rusi Tuima, 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Jack Yeandle (c) 1 Kwenzo Blose
Replacements: 16 Dan Frost, 17 Scott Sio, 18 Jimmy Roots, 19 Christ Tshiunza, 20 Martin Moloney, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Ross Vintcent

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom O’Flaherty, 13 Rob du Preez, 12 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 11 Arron Reed, 10 George Ford, 9 Raffi Quirke, 8 Dan du Preez, 7 Ben Curry (c), 6 JL du Preez, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Ernst van Rhyn, 3 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 WillGriff John, 19 Ben Bamber, 20 Sam Dugdale, 21 Gus Warr, 22 Luke James, 23 Alex Wills

Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 15:05 BST (14:05 GMT)
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Dan Jones, Neil Chivers
TMO: Ian Tempest

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Gloucester v Northampton Saints

Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Jack Cotgreave, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Lewis Ludlow (c), 6 Jack Clement, 5 Arthur Clark, 4 Freddie Clarke, 3 Afo Fasogbon, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Ciaran Knight
Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 Kirill Gotovtsev, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Freddie Thomas, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Will Butler, 23 George Barton

Northampton Saints: 15 Jake Garside, 14 Toby Cousins, 13 Henry Lumley, 12 Tom Litchfield, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Rory Hutchinson, 9 Jonny Weimann, 8 Fyn Brown, 7 Tom Pearson, 6 Archie Benson, 5 Chunya Munga, 4 Ed Prowse (c), 3 Luke Green, 2 Henry Walker, 1 Tarek Haffar
Replacements: 16 Nathan Langdon, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Callum Hunter-Hill, 20 Tom Lockett, 21 Iakopo Mapu, 22 James Pater, 23 Ewan Baker

Venue: Kingsholm
Kick-off: 15:05 BST (14:05 GMT)
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys, Jonathan Healy
TMO: Andrew Jackson

Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons

Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Josh Bassett, 13 Solomone Kata, 12 Joseph Woodward, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Julián Montoya (c), 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Cronin, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Matt Rogerson, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Jack van Poortvliet, 22 Ben Volavola, 23 Mike Brown

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 14 Ben Redshaw, 13 Alex Hearle, 12 Sammy Arnold, 11 Max Pepper, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Freddie Lockwood, 7 Tom Gordon, 6 Cameron Neild, 5 Sebastian de Chaves, 4 John Hawkins, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Jamie Blamire (c), 1 Murray McCallum
Replacements: 16 Bryan Byrne, 17 Micky Rewcastle, 18 Callum Hancock, 19 Oscar Usher, 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 21 Joe Davis, 22 Oli Spencer, 23 Louis Brown

Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 15:05 BST (14:05 GMT)
Referee: Adam Leal
Assistant Referees: Hamish Grant, Wayne Falla
TMO: Hamish Smales

Saracens v Bath

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

Bath: 15 Jack Woods, 14 Austin Emens, 13 Louie Hennessey, 12 Will Parry, 11 Ruaridh McConnochie, 10 Orlando Bailey, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Arthur Green, 7 Tom Cowan, 6 Ethan Staddon, 5 Ewan Richards (c), 4 Will Jeanes, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Jasper Spandler, 1 Scott Kirk
Replacements: 16 Kepu Tuipulotu, 17 Arthur Cordwell, 18 Kieran Verden, 19 Mackenzie Graham, 20 George Timmins, 21 Neil le Roux, 22 Tyler Offiah, 23 John Stewart

Venue: StoneX Stadium
Kick-off: 15:05 BST (14:05 GMT)
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant Referees: George Selwood, John Meredith
TMO: Matthew Carley

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