In the back division, Andy Dunne starts at fly half and replaces Jeremy Staunton, who drops to the bench, with the other six changes being in the pack.

In the front row, Ace Tiatia starts at hooker in place of James Hayter, who misses out due to a groin injury. Karl Rudzki and Simon Miall are in the second row in place of Roy Winters and Simon Maling respectively.

There is a new look back row with Maama Molitika, Luke Sherriff and Kai Horstmann taking over from Nick Easter, Andre Vos and Tony Diprose. With Vos being rested for this match, Sherriff takes over the captaincy.

On the bench, Academy players Cameron Dott and Tom Muggridge form the front row cover for hooker and prop respectively, while Tom Williams has recovered from the illness that forced him to miss the Wasps game.

The full team is as follows:

15. Gavin Duffy
14. George Harder
13. Dafydd James
12. Mel Deane
11. Simon Keogh
10. Andy Dunne
9. Steve So'oialo
1. Ceri Jones
2. Ace Tiatia
3. Jon Dawson
4. Karl Rudzki
5. Simon Miall
6. Maama Molitika
7. Luke Sherriff (Capt.)
8. Kai Horstmann

Replacements:
16. Cameron Dott
17. Tom Muggridge
18. Nick Easter
19. Tony Diprose
20. Jeremy Staunton
21. Andy Reay
22. Tom Williams