The Sharks give away a penalty for not rolling away and Jason Woodward decides to go for the posts from halfway.

He doesn't have the distance but following his kick the visitors are back to a full compliment of players as Ryan Bevington's sin-bin ends. 

Harlequins have former England captain Chris Robshaw back at flanker for the first time since the Autumn internationals.

Wing Alofa Alofa comes in to replace Scotland international Tim Visser, who is rested.

George Naoupu is called onto the bench after James Chisholm failed a late fitness test.

Replacements: Ward, Evans, Collier, South, Naoupu, Dickson, Swiel, Walker.  

Worcester Warriors have made five changes from the Boxing Day defeat at bottom side Bristol.

Fly-half Ryan Mills returns in place of the injured Jamie Shillcock, while full-back Josh Adams, hooker Jack Singleton, prop Val Rapava Ruskin and lock Donncha O'Callaghan also come back in.

Replacements: Bregvadze, Leleimalefaga, Alo, Cavubati, Dowson, de Cothi, Braid, Olivier.  

Worcester start the new year looking to move away from danger at the bottom of the Premiership.

After losing to bottom club Bristol on Boxing Day, the Warriors are just two points above the West Country side.

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Worcester have only taken one point from their last six league games and are yet to add to their sole win of the season, against Newcastle in October.

Harlequins have won 14 of the last 15 Premiership meetings with the Warriors - but the Londoners have lost all five of their away games this season.

A first away win of the season must be one of Quins director of rugby John Kingston's resolutions in 2017. Will they break their duck today?

Saracens bring England winger Chris Ashton back into the starting line-up, after his scoring cameo from the bench against Newcastle on Christmas Eve.

Alex Goode starts at full-back but lock George Kruis misses out with a facial injury picked up against the Falcons.

Hayden Thompson-Stringer comes onto the bench after Petrus Du Plessis failed a late fitness test.

Replacements: Brits, Thompson-Stringer, Lamositele, Hamilton, Brown, De Kock, Lozowski, Earle.  

Leicester have restored hooker and club captain Tom Youngs, as well as England prop Dan Cole and scrum-half Ben Youngs to the starting XV.

Freddie Burns makes his 50th start for the Tigers at full-back.

Replacements: McGuigan, Cilliers, Bateman, Kitchener, Evans, Harrison, Worth, Brady.  

Saracens head into the hostile atmosphere of Welford Road looking to regain their place at the top of the Premiership table.

Sarries are five points behind leaders Wasps, and need a bonus-point win to sit at the summit this evening.

Given Leicester's home record this season, that will be a very difficult task.

The Tigers have only lost one of their last 14 home games in all tournaments, suffering a defeat by Wasps back in September.

Richard Cockerill's side won the corresponding fixture last season.

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Today Stephen Myler makes his 300th appearance for Northampton Saints. 

He becomes just the 16th player in the history of the club to reach the milestone, and just the second player this century to do so.

The fly-half made his first team debut just over 10 years ago and his tally of 2,444 points is the second highest recorded for Saints. 

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Since the first scrum of the afternoon Bristol's pack have been finding it very difficult to live with Sale's forwards. 

After a number of penalties against the visitors prop Ryan Bevington is shown a yellow card. 

Wales winger George North returns to the Northampton side for the first time since suffering a head injury on 3 December.

The 24-year-old replaces Juan Pablo Estelles in the side, with Harry Mallinder on the bench. 

Replacements: Clare, Waller, Hill, Ratuniyarawa, Gibson, Kessell, Mallinder, Estelles.  

Gloucester make eight changes, with the game coming just five days after their defeat by Harlequins at Twickenham.

Captain Greig Laidlaw and back row Ross Moriarty are among those rested, while Andrew Symons makes his full debut.

Charlie Sharples misses out with a knee injury, while Salesi Ma'afu starts in the front row against his old club and scrum-half Willi Heinz skippers the side.  

Replacements: Matu'u, McAllister, Afoa, Galarza, Moriarty, Laidlaw, Scott, Protheroe.

At Kingsholm it’s 9th versus 8th with both teams looking to push themselves up the Premiership table.

Gloucester head into the game off the back of a narrow loss against Harlequins but they haven’t been defeated at Kingsholm in any tournament since 1 October.

Northampton’s round 11 victory over Sale Sharks ended their four-game losing run in all competitions and they seem to enjoy playing at Gloucester, having been defeated just once there in their last four Premiership trips.

Up in the north west, much of the early possession has belonged to Bristol.

They’re looking confident with ball in hand but Sale’s defence is holding strong after eight minutes played.

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It's time to get 2017's Premiership Rugby under way. 

It’s a crisp afternoon at the AJ Bell Stadium and today’s match referee is Ian Tempest.

Both teams are out and Billy Searle kicks off for the visitors.

Bottom club Bristol make just one change following their morale-boosting 28-20 Boxing Day win over Worcester.

USA centre Thretton Palamo returns for a side chasing a fourth straight win in all competitions.

Replacements: Crumpton, Traynor, Ford-Robinson, Phillips, Sorenson, Williams, Jarvis, Arscott.  

Sale have a new half-back pairing, with Sam James moving to fly-half from outside centre and James Mitchell replacing Mike Phillips.

Captain Josh Beaumont, centre Sam Tuitupou and lock Jonathan Mills are the other changes for the Sharks.

Replacements: Briggs, Flynn, Longbottom, B Curry, Ioane, Phillips, MacGinty, McGuigan.