Aviva Premiership
Venue: The Stoop Date: Saturday 26 March Kick-off: 1415 GMT
Coverage: Live commentary on BBC London 94.9, BBC Gloucestershire, live scores and updates on BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 Live
Harlequins have Nick Easter, England’s stand-in skipper in Dublin a week ago, packing down against a Gloucester side who have won their last 11 games.
Scrum-half Danny Care, hooker Joe Gray and lock George Robson also return.
In-form Gloucester make major changes from the team that beat Newcastle in last weekend’s LV= Cup final.
Only flanker Akapusi Qera and number eight Luke Narraway remain up front for the Cherry and Whites, who are now without Mike Tindall for the season.
Flanker Pete Buxton has a broken arm, but internationals Paul Doran-Jones, Scott Lawson, Alasdair Strokosch and Rory Lawson return, while Brett Deacon and Alasdair Dickinson are available again.
England lock Dave Attwood returns following a lengthy suspension, while there is also a start for Freddie Burns at full-back.
Quins will be bidding to bounce back from their LV= Cup semi-final defeat against Newcastle last time out.
Gloucester head coach Bryan Redpath told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
“What we can’t do is get confused at playing high-tempo and playing a game that’s loose.
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“If you play at high-tempo under control, structure, field position and clarity, then that’s far more effective than playing off the cuff and loose as if you’ve got no real worries.
“We’ve got plenty of things to worry about and things to challenge us.
“We’ve won the LV= Cup, but the Premiership’s the main target.”
Harlequins: Brown; Camacho, Lowe, Turner-Hall, Monye; Clegg, Care; Marler, Gray, Andress; Kohn, Robson; Fa’asavalu, Robshaw, Easter.
Replacements: Brooker, Jones, Lambert, Vallejos, Skinner, Moore, Urdapilleta, Williams.
Gloucester: Burns; Sharples, Molenaar, Fuimaono-Sapolu, Voyce; Robinson, Lawson; Dickinson, Lawson, Doran-Jones; James, Attwood; Strokosch, Qera, Marraway.
Replacements: Azam, Thomas, Harden, Brown, Cox, Pasqualin, Trinder, May.
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Harlequins v Gloucester (Sat)