A try on his debut for Michael Rhodes with the flanker touching down from the ball of the maul to give the reigning champions the lead.

TRY SARACENS

Lovely pick up from Jamie George with the home side dominating early on.

Hodgson gets the game underway.

Here comes the sides as they make their way out onto the field.

Hello and welcome to Ultimate Rugby's live coverage of this Aviva Premiership game where the reigning champions Saracens begin the defence of their title at home to Sale Sharks today. As for Sale they enjoyed a successful campaign last season finishing in 7th and will be looking to build on that campaign under Steve Diamond who continues to be rumoured as the future England head coach. Kick off is less than 15 minutes away so stay with us for further updates and analysis.

Is this game televised?

At least we get our England players back for this... Right?