Section Paloise v Northampton Saints: Full team news for Sunday's clash
Saints have brought back some international stars for Sunday's Investec Champions Cup opener at Section Paloise (kick-off 1pm UK time).
Alex Mitchell will make his 150th Northampton appearance as he starts at scrum-half, while Fraser Dingwall has recovered from injury to line up at centre.
Danilo Fischetti and Alex Coles are also in from the off after having been rested last week, while Henry Pollock is among the replacements.
George Hendy and James Ramm return from injury to start on the wings for Saints.
Rory Hutchinson comes back in at centre, while George Furbank captains the team from full-back.
Tom Pearson returns to the back row, making his 50th Saints appearance.
Cleopas Kundiona and Toby Thame are primed for their first Champions Cup appearances from the bench, with Saints opting for a 6:2 split.
Tom West, Tom Litchfield and Ollie Sleightholme have been added to the injury list this week.
Edoardo Todaro is serving the first game of his two-week ban, while Emeka Atuanya, Tommy Freeman, Will Glister, Curtis Langdon, Tom Lockett and Charlie Ulcoq continue to recover from injury.
Chunya Munga, Anthony Belleau, James Martin and Jonny Weimann have now been taken off the 'not considered for selection' list.
Section Paloise have made 10 changes to the team that beat La Rochelle in impressive fashion last Sunday, with former Leicester Tigers hooker Julian Montoya one of the players to keep his place as he skippers the in-form French side.
Gregoire Arfeuil, Jack Maddocks, Axel Desperes and Facundo Isa also start again.
Section Paloise: 15 Aymeric Luc; 14 Gregoire Arfeuil. 13 Jack Maddocks, 12 Nathan Decron, 11 Clement Laporte; 10 Axel Desperes, 9 Dan Robson; 1 Alexandre Echebehere, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 3 Jon Zabala Arrieta; 4 Thomas Jolmes, 5 Remi Picquette; 6 Sacha Zegueur, 7 Loic Credoz, 8 Facundo Isa.
Replacements: 16 Lucas Rey, 17 Remi Seneca, 18 Guram Papidze, 19 Mickael Capelli, 20 Joel Kpoku, 21 Reece Hewat, 22 Thomas Souverbie, 23 Quentin Valentino.
Saints: 15 George Furbank (c); 14 James Ramm, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 George Hendy; 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell; 1 Danilo Fischetti, 2 Craig Wright, 3 Trevor Davison; 4 Alex Coles, 5 JJ Van Der Mescht; 6 Josh Kemeny, 7 Tom Pearson, 8 Callum Chick.
Replacements: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Cleopas Kundiona, 19 Ed Prowse, 20 Henry Pollock, 21 Sam Graham, 22 Tom James, 23 Toby Thame.