NEC Harlequins make three changes to the starting XV that defeated London Wasps last Sunday (17th November 2002) for tomorrow's (23rd November 2002) game away to Northampton Saints at Franklins Gardens in the Zurich Premiership, kick-off 12.00pm.
In the centre, 19 year-old Andy Reay will make his First XV debut in place of the injured Nick Greenstock. At scrum half, Scott Bemand comes in for the injured Nick Duncombe, with Matthew Powell taking Bemand's place on the bench.
In the pack, Luke Sherriff replaces Ace Tiatia in the back row, while Kai Horstmann and James Hayter are amongst the replacements for the first time.
"A lot has been said about our performance against London Wasps last weekend," said Mark Evans, NEC Harlequins Chief Executive. "However, we have to build on that by producing a similar performance against Northampton tomorrow. It will be a difficult task to get a result at Franklins Gardens, but it is a challenge we are looking forward too."
"We have something like 11 first choice players unavailable this weekend, but it is tremendous that youngsters such as Andy Reay, Kai Horstmann, James Hayter, Luke Sherriff and Jim Evans are coming through the ranks and challenging for first team places."
The full team is as follows:
15. Nathan Williams
14. Matt Moore
13. Rob Jewell
12. Andy Reay
11. Ben Gollings
10. Paul Burke
9. Scott Bemand
1. Bruce Starr
2. Tani Fuga
3. Laurent Gomez
4. Bill Davison
5. Alex Codling
6. Andre Vos (Capt.)
7. Luke Sherriff
8. Tony Diprose
Replacements:
16. Pablo Cardinali
17. Jim Evans
18. James Hayter
19. Kai Horstmann
20. Matthew Powell
21. Ugo Monye
22. Seb Fitzgerald