Four changes as Saints gear up for French test
Hartley, Clark, Fotuali’i and George North were part of a stellar replacements list for the 43-10 demolition of Sale Sharks last weekend, but they are thrust into the starting 15 in Paris.
Mike Haywood, Jon Fisher, Lee Dickson and Jamie Elliott are the men to drop out.
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Hide AdFisher, who was forced off at the break against Sale, is not in the matchday squad, but Haywood, Dickson and Elliott add strength from the bench.
Alex Corbisiero (shoulder) and Sam Dickinson remain sidelined.
Meanwhile, Racing Metro have named former Saints prop Brian Mujati on the bench for the Pool 5 tussle. Another ex-Saint, Juandre Kruger, starts in the second row.
Irish star Jonny Sexton has shrugged off an injury and will start at fly-half, while Wales centre Jamie Roberts is also named in the first 15.
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Hide AdSaints team to play Racing Metro (Saturday, October 17, ko 6.15pm): Ben Foden; Ken Pisi, George Pisi, Luther Burrell, George North; Stephen Myler, Kahn Fotuali’i; Alex Waller, Dylan Hartley, Salesi Ma’afu, Courtney Lawes, Christian Day, Calum Clark, Tom Wood, Samu Manoa
Replacements: Mike Haywood, Ethan Waller, Gareth Denman, James Craig, Phil Dowson, Lee Dickson, James Wilson, Jamie Elliott
Racing Metro: Dulin; Imhoff, Dumoulin, Roberts, Andreu; Sexton, Machenaud; Brugnaut, Lacombe, Ducalcon; Kruger, Van der Merwe; Lauret, La Roux, Claassen.
Replacements: Maurouard, Ben Arous, Mujati, Charteris, Gerondeau, Phillips, Gooseneck, Audrin.