Further to the Northampton Saints team announcement made earlier today, the club has announced that Ben Foden has not now been released from England duty and has therefore been made unavailable by the RFU for the trip to Welford Road.

Bruce Reihana moves to full-back with Paul Diggin coming on to the wing.

Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder said: “Northampton against Leicester is always a big game. You have to have a good attitude going into a derby match and our players have been training well this week.We’re looking forward to another match in front of a big crowd.” 

The amended Saints team for the Guinness Premiership match at Leicester is now as follows:
15 Bruce Reihana
14 Chris Ashton
13 Jon Clarke
12 James Downey
11 Paul Diggin
10 Stephen Myler
9 Lee Dickson
1 Regardt Dreyer
2 Brett Sharman
3 Soane Tonga'uiha
4 James Cannon
5 Christian Day
6 Phil Dowson (c)
7 Neil Best
8 Roger Wilson

Replacements
16 Joe Gray
17 Alex Waller
18 Jon Vickers
19 Mark Easter
20 Scott Gray
21 Alan Dickens
22 Barry Everitt
23 Joe Ansbro