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<blockquote data-quote="Bullitt" data-source="post: 276840"><p>Three of Northampton Saints' summer signings will make their first team debut in Sunday's Guinness Premiership Round 1 match against Worcester Warriors.</p><p></p><p>Phil Dowson, Shane Geraghty and Santiago Bonorino will all make their bow for their new team on home turf too, as the Saints welcome the Warriors in a re-match of last year's opening day clash.</p><p></p><p>The Saints have had a promising set of pre-season matches. But director of rugby Jim Mallinder today warned that these results are not necessarily an indicator of how the season will go.</p><p></p><p>"We had a positive pre-season, but that won't matter if we do not get a good result on Sunday afternoon," he said. "Worcester have a settled squad and will probably bring back in some influential players, such as Chris Latham and Rico Gear, who missed the end of last season. There are several other young talented players in the Warriors squad like Miles Benjamin and Alex Grove and if their pack gains some momentum they will cause us problems.</p><p></p><p>"However our players are ready. They have worked well over the past few weeks and there were several tough decisions to make for selection for this game. As ever we have focused fully on this game and are not looking ahead of ourselves. The most important thing is to get the Guinness Premiership off to a good start and we will be putting in every effort to achieve that on Sunday."</p><p></p><p>There are two more potential debutants on the bench - front rowers Regardt Dreyer and Alex Waller, both of whom won the 2009 'A' League with the Wanderers in May.</p><p></p><p>Tickets are still available for Saints v Worcester from the Saints Ticket Office. Prices start at just £15 for juniors and concessions and £24 for adults.</p><p></p><p>Order online 24 hours a day via the 'Tickets and Memberships' page of the Saints' website.</p><p></p><p>Supporters can also pop along to the Saints Ticket Office in person until 5pm this afternoon (Friday), between 9am and 12noon on Saturday and from 9am on Sunday.</p><p></p><p>Supporters are however advised not to leave their ticket purchasing until the last minute and to allow plenty of time to access the Franklin's Gardens stadium on Sunday.</p><p></p><p>NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY WORCESTER WARRIORS</p><p>Guinness Premiership Round 1</p><p>Franklin's Gardens</p><p>Saturday, September 6th, 2009</p><p>Kick off 1:15pm</p><p>15 Ben Foden</p><p>14 Paul Diggin</p><p>13 Jon Clarke</p><p>12 Shane Geraghty</p><p>11 Bruce Reihana</p><p>10 Stephen Myler</p><p>9 Lee Dickson</p><p>1 Soane Tonga'uiha</p><p>2 Dylan Hartley (capt)</p><p>3 Santiago Bonorino</p><p>4 Courtney Lawes</p><p>5 Juandre Kruger</p><p>6 Phil Dowson</p><p>7 Neil Best</p><p>8 Roger Wilson</p><p></p><p>Replacements</p><p>16 Regardt Dreyer</p><p>17 Brett Sharman</p><p>18 Alex Waller</p><p>19 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe</p><p>20 Scott Gray</p><p>21 Alan Dickens</p><p>22 James Downey</p><p>23 Chris Ashton</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/3831_5949.php" target="_blank">http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/3831_5949.php</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullitt, post: 276840"] Three of Northampton Saints' summer signings will make their first team debut in Sunday's Guinness Premiership Round 1 match against Worcester Warriors. Phil Dowson, Shane Geraghty and Santiago Bonorino will all make their bow for their new team on home turf too, as the Saints welcome the Warriors in a re-match of last year's opening day clash. The Saints have had a promising set of pre-season matches. But director of rugby Jim Mallinder today warned that these results are not necessarily an indicator of how the season will go. "We had a positive pre-season, but that won't matter if we do not get a good result on Sunday afternoon," he said. "Worcester have a settled squad and will probably bring back in some influential players, such as Chris Latham and Rico Gear, who missed the end of last season. There are several other young talented players in the Warriors squad like Miles Benjamin and Alex Grove and if their pack gains some momentum they will cause us problems. "However our players are ready. They have worked well over the past few weeks and there were several tough decisions to make for selection for this game. As ever we have focused fully on this game and are not looking ahead of ourselves. The most important thing is to get the Guinness Premiership off to a good start and we will be putting in every effort to achieve that on Sunday." There are two more potential debutants on the bench - front rowers Regardt Dreyer and Alex Waller, both of whom won the 2009 'A' League with the Wanderers in May. Tickets are still available for Saints v Worcester from the Saints Ticket Office. Prices start at just £15 for juniors and concessions and £24 for adults. Order online 24 hours a day via the 'Tickets and Memberships' page of the Saints' website. Supporters can also pop along to the Saints Ticket Office in person until 5pm this afternoon (Friday), between 9am and 12noon on Saturday and from 9am on Sunday. Supporters are however advised not to leave their ticket purchasing until the last minute and to allow plenty of time to access the Franklin's Gardens stadium on Sunday. NORTHAMPTON SAINTS TEAM TO PLAY WORCESTER WARRIORS Guinness Premiership Round 1 Franklin's Gardens Saturday, September 6th, 2009 Kick off 1:15pm 15 Ben Foden 14 Paul Diggin 13 Jon Clarke 12 Shane Geraghty 11 Bruce Reihana 10 Stephen Myler 9 Lee Dickson 1 Soane Tonga'uiha 2 Dylan Hartley (capt) 3 Santiago Bonorino 4 Courtney Lawes 5 Juandre Kruger 6 Phil Dowson 7 Neil Best 8 Roger Wilson Replacements 16 Regardt Dreyer 17 Brett Sharman 18 Alex Waller 19 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe 20 Scott Gray 21 Alan Dickens 22 James Downey 23 Chris Ashton [url="http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/3831_5949.php"]http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/3831_5949.php[/url] [/QUOTE]
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