Hartley on bench and Dickson at scrum-half for Saints
Dylan Hartley has been dropped to the bench as director of rugby Jim Mallinder sticks by the team that crushed Treviso 66-0 last weekend for their Guinness Premiership opener.
Lee Dickson starts at fly-half with Carlos Spencer outside him in the game against Worcester Warriors at Franklin's Gardens on Sunday.
Mallinder has handed six of the summer signings their Saints debuts.
Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe and Christian Day partner each other in the second row, Roger Wilson, Neil Best and Scott Gray start in the back row while England Saxon Dickson wears the No.9 shirt.
The game also sees the return of Scotland winger Sean Lamont following his lengthy injury absence.
Meanwhile, Worcester skipper Pat Sanderson has lost his race to be fit in time for the Premiership curtain-raiser.
The back-row forward suffered a dead-leg in the friendly against Ulster last week and has been unable to shake-off the injury.
Saints
15 Bruce Reihana (capt)
14 Chris Ashton
13 Jon Clarke
12 James Downey
11 Sean Lamont
10 Carlos Spencer
9 Lee Dickson
1 Soane Tonga'uiha
2 Paul Shields
3 Euan Murray
4 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe
5 Christian Day
6 Neil Best
7 Scott Gray
8 Roger Wilson
Replacements
16 Dylan Hartley
17 Tom Smith
18 Alex Rae
19 Mark Hopley
20 Ben Foden
21 Stephen Myler
22 Joe Ansbro
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