Tom James will start at fly-half for Saints for the first time with the black, green and gold beset by absences for Friday night’s Gallagher Premiership clash with Sale Sharks at the Salford Community Stadium (kick-off 7.45pm).
Saints have made three changes to the team that lost at Leicester Tigers last weekend as Phil Dowson's men get set to host Coventry in the Premiership Rugby Cup on Saturday (kick-off 2.45pm).
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