Makazole Mapimpi spills a box kick and it leads to a Sarries penalty and a first opportunity for them to attack.

The camera just cut to legendary South Africa winger JP Pietersen in the Sharks coaching box.

What a player he was.

His side have just mangled the Saracens scrum and won a penalty - any South African side you kind of expect to have the upper hand in the scrum and it's proving that way so far.

Saracens have struggled to get going.

A cross-field kick is presumably aimed towards Sharks wing Makazole Mapimpi but it's behind him and he kind of stands with his arms out after it runs out of play as if to ask 'what did you want me to do with that'?

But Sharks had the advantage and will come again.

Advantage Sharks early on as they win a penalty and kick to the corner.

Can they strike an early blow?

Sale, in their magenta change kit, are also under way against Clermont and immediately have an attacking scrum in their opponents' 22. A chance to build some early pressure.

Saracens get us under way kicking left to right.

A lovely scene to get us started as Andre Esterhuizen runs out onto the pitch with his children on his 100th Sharks appearance.

The weather in Durban looks more like what we're used to seeing in London though.

If you saw any of the Stormers game earlier it looked beautifully sunny.

We're almost ready to go.

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13:00 GMT

• Stormers 42-21 La Rochelle (Pool Three - result)

15:15 GMT

• Clermont Auvergne v Sale Sharks (Pool One)
• Sharks v Saracens (Pool One)

17:30 GMT

• Bordeaux Begles v Scarlets (Pool Four)
• Munster v Gloucester (Pool Two)

20:00 GMT

• Glasgow v Toulouse (Pool One)

Clermont Auvergne: Guillaud; Fall, Frier, Moala, Raka; Simone, Bezy; Lotrian, Fourcade, Ojovan, Simmons, Ceyte, Tixeront (capt), Kremer, Tolofua.

Replacements: Lam, Akhaladze, Tutisani, Ratuva, Muarua, Zamora, Plummer, Newsome.

Sale: Reed; O'Flaherty, Bedlow, Louw, Wills; Du Preez, Quirke; McIntyre, Jibulu, John, Burrow, Bamber, Vermeulen, Van Rhyn (capt), B Curry.

Replacements: Caine, Onasanya, Harper, Andrews, Woodman, Warr, Davies, Wehr.

It's not quite now or never for Sale Sharks, but they could really do with getting a result in France against Clermont Auvergne today.

Clubs have previously qualified from the pool stage with one win in this current tournament format, but generally two wins from four matches is good enough to secure a last-16 spot.

Sale are on the back foot after losing their opening game at home to Glasgow. In the January block of fixtures, they will host South African side Sharks and then end with a daunting trip to Toulouse.

Once again, they are without England fly-half George Ford today because of injury.

South African side Stormers lead the URC with six wins out of six and they've made it two wins out of two in the Champions Cup pool stage.

They've beaten Ronan O'Gara's La Rochelle 42-21, earning a bonus point in the process by scoring six tries, to join Leinster on nine points at the top of Pool One.

Leinster beat Leicester 23-15 on Friday, leaving the Tigers with no points from their opening two games.

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Saracens were one of three teams in Pool One to earn maximum points from their opening match.

It was a comfortable afternoon at the StoneX for Mark McCall's men last Saturday as they swept aside a youthful Clermont team 47-10.

Sarries, who joined Toulouse and Glasgow on five points, now face a tricky away test against the Sharks in Durban.

The South African side began with a 56-19 away defeat but in fairness it was against the mighty Toulouse so we could find out a little bit more about the side on their home turf today.

Sharks: Fassi; Van der Merwe, Hooker, Esterhuizen (capt), Mapimpi; Whitehead, Williams; Ganyane, Mbonambi, Jacobs, Jenkins, Van Heerden, Kolisi, Tshituka, Buthelezi.

Replacements: Swart, Mazibuko, Mdanda, Orie, Romao, Hatton, Jaden Henrikse, Jordan Henrikse.

Saracens: Daly; Segun, Spink, Hartley, Hall; Burke, Bracken; Mawi, Dan, Riccioni, Isiekwe, Wilson, McFarland, Onyeama-Christie (capt), Willis.

Replacements: Hadfield, O'Driscoll, Street, Tizard, Michelow, Earl, Simpson, Losowski.

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Sharks will be led by Andre Esterhuizen on his 100th appearance for the side.

The former Harlequins star starts at centre and is one of several South Africa internationals included, with Springboks captain Siya Kolisi and scrum-half Grant Williams also among those named in the starting XV.

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Scotland flanker Andy Onyeama-Christie will captain Saracens in Durban as they bid to make it two wins out of two in Pool One.

Ben Earl is named on a replacements bench which also includes Alex Lozowski, who has recovered from a long-term Achilles injury and could make his first appearance for Saracens since March.

Former England captain Owen Farrell, who started the win over Clermont Auvergne, and current England skipper Maro Itoje are not included in the matchday squad of 23.

Sharks v Saracens and Clermont v Sale - not a bad couple of fixtures to kick-off a Saturday afternoon of Champions Cup action.

Sarries head to South Africa on the back of a five-point win last weekend and are looking to consolidate their fine start against the Durban-based Sharks smarting from a heavy defeat to Toulouse.

Clermont and Sale both lost their opening fixtures and know how important a win will be today to their chances of progressing. Lose and the prospects will look fairly grim.

Oh and after these games we've got the likes of Munster v Gloucester and Glasgow v Toulouse to bring you, taking us all the way through the evening, so sit back, relax, and let's get the ball rolling.