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Tuilagi Trio start tonight

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Samoan brothers in arms Henry, Alesana and Vavae Tuilagi will line-up in the same side tonight as Tigers Development take on Worcester at Welford Road. Henry makes his first start since the Guinness Premiership trip to Bath, while Alesana and Vavae take their places on either wing.

Tigers currently top the A League's Northern Conference after winning each of their opening five games.

Earlier in the season, a Tigers 22 that included Lewis Moody and Ollie Smith recorded a 22-18 victory at Sixways in their closest league encounter of the season so far.

In other team news, Frank Murphy, who started the recent first team victory over London Irish, starts at scrum-half, with Scott Bemand named among the replacements.

Matt Smith captains the side from no.10, with trialist Michael Passaportis continuing in the second row.

Youth is again given it's chance, with nine academy players in the starting XV and a further four on the bench.

The match kicks off at 7pm at Welford Road, with Tigers hoping for another bumper crowd.

Tigers Development XV

15 Mitchell Culpin
14 Alex Tuilagi
13 Chris Fletcher
12 Aiden McNulty
11 Vavae Tuilagi
10 Matt Smith (captain)
9 Frank Murphy

Matt Parr
2 Adam Bray
Dan Cole
4 Gregor Gillanders
5 Michael Passaportis
6 Alex Shaw
7 Chris Mundy
8 Henry Tuilagi

Replacements from

Phil Boulton
Dave Young
Greg Sammons
Ian Nimmo
Adam Varley
Scott Bemand
Tom Youngs