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Team news: Aviva Premiership Rugby Final

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Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill has named his line-up for Saturday's Aviva Premiership Rugby Final against Harlequins at Twickenham on Saturday.

The starting line-up shows just one change to the team that ran out against Saracens in the semi-final, with Julian Salvi returning to the back row after his recovery from injury.

Toby Flood returns to the matchday squad after picking up an injury in the Round 22 victory over Bath, and George Ford starts at fly-half.

Geordan Murphy leads out the team in Leicester’s eighth successive Premiership Final, while Ford, Salvi and Manu Tuilagi are preparing for their first taste of Final action.

Leicester Tigers (v Harlequins, Aviva Premiership Rugby Final, Saturday 3.00pm)
15 Geordan Murphy (c)
14 Horacio Agulla
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi
12 Anthony Allen
11 Alesana Tuilagi
10 George Ford
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 George Chuter
3 Dan Cole
4 George Skivington
5 Geoff Parling
6 Steve Mafi
7 Julian Salvi
8 Thomas Waldrom

Replacements
16 Tom Youngs
17 Logovi’i Mulipola
18 Martin Castrogiovanni
19 Graham Kitchener
20 Craig Newby
21 Sam Harrison
22 Toby Flood
23 Scott Hamilton

Harlequins include Ugo Monye and Danny Care in the starting line-up on their return from injury in the only changes to the team that defeated Northampton Saints in the semi-final a fortnight ago.

Harlequins
15 Mike Brown
14 Tom Williams
13 George Lowe
12 Jordan Turner-Hall
11 Ugo Monye
10 Nick Evans
9 Danny Care
1 Joe Marler
2 Joe Gray
3 James Johnston
4 Olly Kohn
5 George Robson
6 Maurie Fa’asavalu
7 Chris Robshaw (c)
8 Nick Easter

Replacements
16 Rob Buchanan
17 Mark Lambert
18 Will Collier
19 Tomas Vallejos
20 Tom Guest
21 Karl Dickson
22 Rory Clegg
23 Matt Hopper