Here are the Bristol and Saints teams

Returns at 2
By Duncan Wood
September 13 2002

Here are the Bristol Shoguns and Northampton Saints teams ahead of Sunday's clash. Bristol make 2 changes in their pack - one forced as Ross Beattie takes a breather and the other because Neil McCarthy has recovered from injury.

Here are the lineups for the clash at the Memorial Stadium.

It's a repeat of last season's Zurich Premiership semi final clash when Felipe Contepomi had a day to remember scoring all the Bristol points in a 32-24 win. That game could have gone either way and Sunday will very likely be the same.

Bristol are forced to make one change from the team that started last week against Wasps. Ross Beattie was shaken up by the body check he received from Trevor Leota and is rested. Matt Salter comes into the back row and Garath Archer takes over the captaincy.

Neil McCarthy also returns to the starting lineup having missed the first two games with an injury picked up on the preseason tour to Ireland.

Northampton have a settled look about them and name the side that started against Newcastle last week. Key playes for the Saints will obviously be the half back pairing of Dawson and Grayson and the watch out for the Southern Hemisphere influence of Connors and Blowers. Blowers was particularly prominent in both games played between these sides at the Memorial Stadium last season.

No pressure but Bristol have to win!