Saints At Full Strength

Northampton Saints will arrive in Limerick with a full strength side for the Heineken Cup clash tomorrow at Thomond Park Stadium.

Their starting XV shows two changes from the side that defeated Perpignan 34-0 in Franklin’s Gardens on Sunday with Courtney Lawes and Euan Murray returning to the side.

To accomodate Lawes, and retain the Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe/Juandre Kruger axis, Neil Best gets the chop, Lawes wearing the number 6 jersey with Phil Dowson on the openside.

Up front Murray comes in at tight-head for Brian Mujati who is named on the bench.

Northampton Saints: B Foden, C Ashton, J Clarke, J Downey, B Reihana, S Geraghty, L Dickson, S Tongauiha, D Hartley [capt], E Murray, I Fernandez Lobbe, J Kruger, C Lawes, P Dowson, R Wilson. Replacements: B Sharman, A Waller, B Mujati, C Day, N Best, A Dickens, S Myler, C Mayor