FORMER Worcester Academy player Neil Mason returns to the Warriors squad tomorrow for the trip to Northampton Saints (12.30pm).

The back-row player was recalled after linking up with Moseley in the summer and will be on the bench for the clash at Franklin's Gardens.

The starting line-up is unchanged from the side that beat Bristol last Friday. Lock Phil Murphy has been named in the side but will need a fitness test today on an injured toe.

If Murphy doesn't come through that, his place will be taken by Ed O'Donoghue and Tim Collier will sit on the bench.

Collier has been out of action since undergoing a hernia operation last month.

Kai Horstmann has recovered from a knee problem and should be fit to play at blind-side.

Club captain Pat Sanderson and prop Chris Horsman are once again absent because of international duty with England and Wales respectively.

Ben Cohen, who lined up alongside Sanderson in the last two internationals, has been named in the Northampton team after being released by England. The winger ran Worcester ragged when the two sides last met in the Powergen Cup.

Former Warriors academy star Dylan Hartley is on the bench for Saints alongside Sam Harding -- the brother of Sixways-bound Kiwi Tom Harding.

The club have urged fans to leave early for the game as Northampton Town have a match at 1pm.

Warriors: Le Roux, Havili, Rasmussen, Lombard, Delport; Drahm, Gomarsall; Windo, C Fortey, Taumoepeau, Murphy, Gillies, Horstmann, Tuamoheloa, Hickey. Replacements: Hickie, L Fortey, O'Donoghue, Mason, Powell, Brown, Hinshelwood.

Saints: Reihana, Clarke, Mallon, Davies, Cohen, Spencer, Howard; Budgen, Richmond, Barnard, Browne, Lord, Lewitt, Fox, Browne. Replacements: Hartley, Harbut, Gerard, Harding, Robinson, Vilk, Myring.

Meanwhile, Worcester wing Jonny Hylton has been named in the 12-man England Sevens squad for the opening two legs of the IRB Sevens.

England face Kenya, Uganda and Australia in Dubai. They then take on Canada, Portugal and Samoa in George, South Af-rica. They are seeded third in both competitions. Hylton will be hoping to win his first cap on December 1.