Harlequins welcome back captain Will Skinner, England Saxons player Chris Robshaw and Tom Williams into the starting line-up for tomorrow's big clash against Northampton Saints.

It has been 12 weeks since the Stoop has host Guinness Premiership rugby and, even though Quins have lost a home league match since meeting Saracens in September, the strength of the competition punishes heavily any loss.

After last Saturday's defeat to Gloucester, Quins find themselves in the lower half of the table and needing another valuable home win.

There are five changes to the starting line-up that faced Gloucester last Saturday at Kingsholm.

In the forwards, Skinner returns to take back the captaincy from the covering Mike Brown, who did a fine job leading the side over the past three weeks.

The Quins flanker again joins with Robshaw to strengthen the pack, along with John Andress, who returns to the front row.

There are just two changes in the backs. Williams returns from injury and, with the absence of Gonzalo Tiesi, George Lowe starts this week, not on the wing but in the centres.

QUINS TEAM TO FACE NORTHAMPTON SAINTS, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 20 (3pm), THE STOOP

1 CERI JONES 2 CHRIS BROOKER 3 JOHN ANDRESS 4 JAMES PERCIVAL 5 LEWIS STEVENSON 6 CHRIS ROBSHAW 7 WILL SKINNER (Captain) 8 TOM GUEST 9 KARL DICKSON 10 NICK EVANS 11 TOM WILLIAMS 12 JORDAN TURNER-HALL 13 GEORGE LOWE 14 DAVID STRETTLE 15 MIKE BROWN

Replacements:

16 MATT CAIRNS 17 ASTON CROALL 18 JAMES JOHNSTON 19 TOMAS VALLEJOS 20 CHRIS YORK 21 STEVE SO'OIALO 22 RORY CLEGG 23 SAM SMITH