TEAM NEWS | Saracens Men v Bath Rugby

Sean Maitland says it is a dream come true for him as he prepares to make his 100th appearance for the club on Saturday afternoon. 

The Scotland International who signed for Saracens back in 2016 is the latest player to reach the landmark, and the prolific try-scorer has been a huge part of the success in recent years. 

There are three changes to the starting XV after the loss to Wasps last week as Sarries begin a new era at StoneX Stadium with supporters in the new West Stand for the first time. 

Co-captain Mako Vunipola starts in an unchanged front-row with Tom Woolstencroft and Vincent Koch, while Theo McFarland moves in to the second-row alongside Tim Swinson. 

Andy Christie, who spent part of the week in the Scotland camp gets the nod at blindside flanker, with Ben Earl and Billy Vunipola at the base of the scrum after their relentless performances at the Coventry Building Society Arena. 

Ivan van Zyl and Manu Vunipola will continue to steer the ship as half-backs, and Dom Morris is back at inside centre with Alex Lozowski outside him. 

In-form Alex Lewington stays on the left wing, with new centurion Maitland on the right and co-captain Alex Goode at full-back.

On the bench Richard Barrington provides plenty of experience,  and Elliott Obatoyinbo returns to the match day squad to cover the back-three. 

Maitland is proud to reach the landmark and is excited to lead the team out against Bath on Saturday. 

“To reach 100 games for Saracens is a dream come true. Every time I have put the jersey on from 1-100, all I’ve wanted to do is earn the respect from my fellow team mates and hopefully I have done that.”

Saracens Men team to play Bath:

1 Mako Vunipola (cc)

2 Tom Woolstencroft

3 Vincent Koch 

4 Theo McFarland

5 Tim Swinson

6 Andy Christie

7 Ben Earl 

8 Billy Vunipola 

9 Ivan van Zyl

10 Manu Vunipola

11 Alex Lewington 

12 Dom Morris  

13 Alex Lozowski

14 Sean Maitland 

15 Alex Goode (cc)

Replacements:

16 Ethan Lewis 

17 Richard Barrington

18 Sam Wainwright

19 Kapeli Pifeleti 

20 Sean Reffell 

21 Ruben de Haas

22 Brandon Jackson 

23 Elliott Obatoyinbo