Bris vs Sarries (Sat, 17.00 - from behind the sofa).

[jimKRFC]

Bristol:
15. Luke Morahan (104 apps), 14. Deago Bailey (3 apps), 13. Joe Jenkins (1 app), 12. Sam Bedlow (54 apps), 11. Gabriel Ibitoye (debut), 10. Callum Sheedy (139 apps), 9. Will Porter (1 app); 1. Yann Thomas (94 apps), 2. Bryan Byrne (36 apps), 3. Jay Tyack (1 app), 4. Ed Holmes (91 apps), 5. Joe Batley (23 apps), 6. Magnus Bradbury (6 apps), 7. Jake Heenan (c) (75 apps), 8. Fitz Harding (35 apps).

Subs: 16. Harry Thacker (81 apps), 17. Jake Woolmore (115 apps), 18. Jonathan Benz-Salomon (8 apps), 19. John Hawkins (41 apps), 20. Dan Thomas (114 apps), 21. Andy Uren (141 apps), 22. Ioan Lloyd (64 apps), 23. Jack Bates (29 apps).

Unavailable: Ellis Genge, Kyle Sinckler, Max Lahiff, Will Capon, Chris Vui, Steven Luatua, Sam Jeffries, Sam Lewis, Harry Randall, Tom Whiteley, AJ MacGinty, Semi Radradra, Piers O’Conor, Siva Naulago, Toby Fricker, Charles Piutau.

Sarries:
1 Robin Hislop, 2 Theo Dam, 3 Marco Riccioni, 4 Callum Hunter-Hill, 5 Hugh Tizard, 6 Andy Christie, 7 Ben Earl (c), 8 Jackson Wray
9 Ivan van Zyl, 10 Alex Goode, 11 Sean Maitland, 12 Alex Lozowski, 13 Elliot Daly, 14 Alex Lewington, 15 Max Malins

Replacements:
16 Ethan Lewis, 17 James Flynn, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Andrew Kitchener, 20 Toby Knight, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Josh Hallett, 23 Tom Howe

unavailable:
M Vunipola, Mawi, Adams-Hale, George, Pifeleti, Woolstencroft, Wainwright, Itoje, Isiekwe, McFarland, B Vunipola, De Haas, Farrell, Manu Vunipola, Tompkins, Davies, Morris, Segun, Harris

Some new names in the Bristol line up, pleased to see Bailey and Joe Jenkins given a go and Jono BS on the bench. Bristol losing the unavailables but suffering a lot more in the drop off in quality I suspect. Given Sarries are playing really well, and Bristol are a steaming pile of horse manure at the moment, Sarries to walk it.....

[fivepointer]

Likely to be a tough afternoon for Bris. Saracens starting XV looks pretty good with quite a few internationals. It is good to see Ibitoye getting a start.

[Peej]

Sarries team during international windows now versus what it was in previous seasons is quite something, isn't it?

[Banquo]

Likely to be a tough afternoon for Bris. Saracens starting XV looks pretty good with quite a few internationals. It is good to see Ibitoye getting a start.

Sarries will do well to avoid being disjointed though, front 5 is heavily denuded, lots of talented backs, but a lot in different positions to all season.

[switchskier]

When did Hislop sign for sarrries? Always nice to see a player who's stuck at it for years continue to get chances, but sarries do have quite a budget Scotland feel this week

[FKAS]

That Sarries bench is badly diminished. Quite a few rescued from elsewhere. If Bristol can work them hard Saracens might well lack some second half impact.