Date: Thu 01 May 2003
Quins team to play Northampton Saints - 2nd May 2003


NEC Harlequins make three changes to the team that started against Gloucester last weekend (26th April 2003) for tomorrow night's (2nd May 2003) game against Northampton Saints in the Zurich Premiership at the Stoop, kick-off 7.45pm.

Having picked up three yellow cards over the season, Ace Tiatia is serving a one match ban and his place in the back row goes to Roy Winters, while Jon Dawson replaces the rested Jason Leonard in the front row.

Billy Fulton dislocated a bone in his wrist last Saturday and will miss the rest of the season. His place at scrum half goes to Scott Bemand.

"This is an important game for us," said Mark Evans, NEC Harlequins Chief Executive. "A win against Northampton will guarantee us a place in the Wild Card play-offs and will give us a shot at qualifying for next season's Heineken Cup."

"However, Northampton are also looking to qualify for the Heineken Cup by finishing in fourth place in the league, so we know that we are going to face a tough battle."

The full team is as follows:

15. Nathan Williams
14. Dan Luger
13. Will Greenwood
12. Mel Deane
11. Ben Gollings
10. Paul Burke
. Scott Bemand
1. Ceri Jones
2. Tani Fuga
3. Jon Dawson
4. Bill Davison
5. Simon Miall
6. Roy Winters
7. Andre Vos (Capt.)
8. Tony Diprose

Replacements:
16. James Hayter
17. Bruce Starr
18. Karl Rudzki
19. Luke Sherriff
20. Laurent Gomez
21. Matthew Powell
22. Rob Jewell