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Worcester Warriors are the Saints' first opponents in the 2008/09 Guinness Premiership.
The Warriors will visit Franklin's Gardens on Saturday, September 6th in the Premiership's opening round. September's other visitors to the Gardens are reigning champions London Wasps, while the Saints will travel to Newcastle Falcons, Saracens and Leicester Tigers. The East Midlands derby will be played on Wednesday, October 1st to enable the Grand Final to be brought forward by two weeks, a move made necessary by a clash with the British Lions' opening tour match in South Africa. The Saints will have three home matches at the turn of the year against Harlequins (Dec 20th), Bristol (Jan 3rd) and Leicester (Jan 10th), with their away game being at Bath (Dec 27th). Once again the last match at the Gardens will be against London Irish (April 18th) although the season finishes at Sale Sharks' Edgeley Park on the weekend of April 24th/25th/26th. "There are no easy games in the Premiership and September will be a massive challenge, especially with three away games," said Saints director of rugby Jim Mallinder. "Having said that, we will have to be at our best for the home matches as well! Worcester got better and better towards the end of last season and Wasps are always tough opponents. Newcastle, Saracens and Leicester will also be difficult trips. One thing is certain - we will be taking each game as it comes and giving it our best effort."
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