Alex Sanderson makes just one change to his Sale Sharks side for the trip to London to face Saracens, with Tom O’Flaherty replacing Joe Carpenter (ankle) at full-back. 

Otherwise it’s the same side that scored nine tries against Newcastle in round three of the Gallagher Prem. That means second Prem starts for flanker Tristan Woodman and summer signing Marius Louw. 

On the bench, Rekeiti Ma-asi White and Luke James return from injury to offer exciting back-line options. 

England props Bevan Rodd and Asher Opoku-Fordjour start again in the front-row either side of Luke Cowan-Dickie, who marked his return to the side last weekend with a try against the Red Bulls. 

The towering Hyron Andrews starts once again in the second row alongside last Friday’s player of the match Ben Bamber, with skipper Ernst van Rhyn joining Woodman and Sam Dugdale in the back-row. 

Fresh from signing a new three year contract with the club, England fly-half George Ford starts once again alongside scrum-half Gus Warr, and they’ll have the pairing of Louw and Rob du Preez outside them in the centres. 

Scotland winger Reed and Tom Roebuck start on the wings with O’Flaherty at full-back. 

The Sharks bench is once again packed with young talent with hooker Nathan Jibulu joining James Harper and veteran Si McIntyre as the front row replacements. Tom Burrow and Ethan Caine – named as back row cover – are the rest of the forwards on the bench. 

Raffi Quirke, Ma’asi-White and James make up the rest of the replacements. 

Starting XV: 

15. Tom O’Flaherty 14. Tom Roebuck, 13. Rob du Preez, 12. Marius Louw, 11. Arron Reed, 10. George Ford, 9. Gus Warr; 1. Bevan Rodd, 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3. Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 4. Ben Bamber, 5. Hyron Andrews, 6. Ernst van Rhyn ©, 7. Tristan Woodman, 8. Sam Dugdale. 

Replacements: 

16. Nathan Jibulu, 17. Simon McIntyre, 18. James Harper, 19. Tom Burrow, 20. Ethan Caine, 21. Raffi Quirke, 22. Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 23. Luke James 

Match stats: 

Sale Sharks dominated the latest round with 9 tries scored and 57 points (both round-highs), while also making the most carries (156) and carry metres (640). 

Tom Roebuck has scored 4 tries this season (second-highest) and gained the most carry distance (167) in the latest round. 

George Ford has accumulated the most kick metres this season (1341) and achieved the highest kick metres per kick (43.0) in the latest round. 

Nathan Jibulu has scored 3 tries this season (joint-third highest) and led the latest round with 6 dominant contacts in the carrying game.