Northampton Saints’ 21-year-old winger George Hendy is ready to begin within the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final in opposition to the Bulls after his heroics in opposition to Munster final week.
Hendy scored two tries after approaching from the bench final week, together with one epic solo effort, to seal the win for the Gallagher Premiership leaders within the spherical of 16, and has been promoted to the beginning XV by director of rugby Phil Dowson for the conflict at Franklin’s Gardens on Saturday.
He’ll take the No14 shirt from England wing Tommy Freeman, who will shift in-field to exterior centre, with Fraser Dingwall shifting to inside centre to cowl for the unavailable Burger Odendaal.
The one different change within the backline will see England scrum-half Alex Mitchell begin this week with Tom James dropping to the bench.
Dowson has made one change within the pack, with England flanker Lewis Ludlam and No8 Juarno Augustus swapping locations.
Ludlam will be a part of fellow England worldwide George Furbank on the bench, who’s in line to make his first look since injuring himself within the last match of the Guinness Six Nations in opposition to France in March.
This might be Ludlam’s final ever European sport for Northampton ought to they lose, with a transfer to Toulon agreed for subsequent season.
Northampton Saints XV
15 James Ramm
14 George Hendy
13 Tommy Freeman
12 Fraser Dingwall
11 Ollie Sleightholme
10 Fin Smith
9 Alex Mitchell
1 Emmanuel Iyogun
2 Curtis Langdon
3 Trevor Davison
4 Alex Moon
5 Alex Coles
6 Courtney Lawes (c)
7 Sam Graham
8 Juarno Augustus
Replacements
16 Sam Matavesi
17 Alex Waller
18 Paul Hill
19 Temo Mayanavanua
20 Angus Scott-Younger
21 Lewis Ludlam
22 Tom James
23 George Furbank