Saracens without England ace for Bristol Bears showdown while Tyrone Green and Argentina star bolster Harlequins

The Premiership season reaches Round Five and there are some mouth-watering fixtures on the schedule this weekend including Bristol Bears v Saracens.

The latter will be without the services of England number eight Ben Earl for the trip to Ashton Gate while fly-half Fergus Burke also misses out due to a minor hamstring injury.

Elsewhere, England winger Joe Cokanasiga starts for Bath as they head to Quins, who are bolstered by Tyrone Green and Alex Dombrandt’s return and Rodrigo Isgro‘s debut.

Check on the Premiership team news below.

Friday

Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Connor Doherty, 12 Sammy Arnold, 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 Alex Hearle, 23 Cameron Hutchison

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 Ethan Roots, 5 Franco Molina, 4 Rusi Tuima, 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jack Yeandle (c), 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Jack Innard, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 19 Christ Tshiunza, 20 Greg Fisilau, 21 Tom Cairns, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Ben Hammersley

Venue: Kingston Park
Kick-off: 19:45 BST
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Adam Leal, Jamie Leahy
TMO: Dean Richards

Northampton Saints v Sale Sharks

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

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

Venue: cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 19:45 BST
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson, Simon Harding
TMO: Rowan Kitt

Saturday

Bristol Bears v Saracens

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

Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Tobias Elliott, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Josh Hallett, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Alex Goode, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Toby Knight, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Theo Dan, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Phil Brantingham, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Nick Isiekwe, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Nick Tompkins, 23 Brandon Jackson

Venue: Ashton Gate
Kick-off: 15:05 BST
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace, Gareth Holsgrove
TMO: David Rose

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Harlequins v Bath

Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Luke Northmore, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Will Porter, 8 Alex Dombrandt, 7 Will Evans, 6 Jack Kenningham, 5 Dino Lamb, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Titi Lamositele, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Nathan Jibulu, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Irne Herbst, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 James Chisholm, 22 Danny Care, 23 Jarrod Evans

Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Austin Emens, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Guy Pepper, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Ewan Richards, 20 Ted Hill, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Jaco Coetzee

Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Kick-off: 17:30 BST
Referee: Tom Foley
Assistant Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys, Greg Macdonald
TMO: Christophe Ridley

Sunday

Leicester Tigers v Gloucester

Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Josh Bassett, 13 Izaia Perese, 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 Tom Manz, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Dan Kelly

Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Josh Hathaway, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Ioan Jones, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Lewis Ludlow, 6 Jack Clement, 5 Freddie Thomas, 4 Arthur Clark, 3 Kirill Gotovtsev, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Ciaran Knight
Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Val Rapava-Ruskin, 18 Afo Fasogbon, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Albert Tuisue, 21 Harry Taylor, 22 Caolan Englefield, 23 Louis Hillman-Cooper

Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Referee: Hamish Smales
Assistant Referees: Karl Dickson, Wayne Falla
TMO: Andrew Jackson

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