Stooke, a try scorer in last weekend’s 31-31 draw against Gloucester is joined in the second row by Charteris, who captains the side travelling to Twickenham Stoop. In an unchanged front row, Nathan Catt is joined by Henry Thomas and Tom Dunn, who scored twice in the West Country derby.

In the back row, Tom Ellis starts at blindside flanker having made his 50^th appearance for Bath Rugby last week, with Sam Underhill at openside and Zach Mercer switching to number eight to complete the pack.

Max Green and Freddie Burns feature in an unchanged half-back pairing, with Green making his second Gallagher Premiership start for the Blue, Black and White. Joe Cokanasiga and Semesa Rokoduguni occupy the left and right wing respectively, both impressing last week against the Cherry and Whites. Jamie Roberts remains at inside centre, with Jackson Willison outside him in the number 13 shirt. Tom Homer completes the backline at full-back.

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15 Tom Homer

14 Semesa Rokoduguni

13 Jackson Willison

12 Jamie Roberts

11 Joe Cokanasiga

10 Freddie Burns

9 Max Green

1 Nathan Catt

2 Tom Dunn

3 Henry Thomas

4 Elliott Stooke

5 Luke Charteris (c)

6 Tom Ellis

7 Sam Underhill

8 Zach Mercer

Replacements

16 Jack Walker

17 Jacques van Rooyen

18 Anthony Perenise

19 Charlie Ewels

20 Taulupe Faletau

21 Chris Cook

22 Rhys Priestland

23 Aled Brew

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