SARACENS will select from a squad of 23 for Sunday's (February 24) vital Premiership clash with Leeds Tykes at Vicarage Road (kick-off 3pm).

However, one definite omission from the team will be Jannie de Beer, who will be replaced at fly-half by his South African compatriot Luke Smith.

The squad is: Winnan, Shanklin, Johnston, O'Mahony, Arasa, Smith, Sorrell, Horan, Bracken, Walshe, Flatman, Durant, Cairns, Russell, A. Benazzi, Murray, K. Benazzi, Hill, Chesney, Cole, Roques, Harbut, Roche.