World Cup trio Tom Youngs, Dan Cole and Vereniki Goneva return to the Leicester Tigers squad for Sunday's match against Harlequins, the opening home game of the Aviva Premiership season.Goneva comes in on the wing in the only change to the backline that started the win at London Irish in Round 1, while Youngs comes in at hooker. Cole is included among the replacements.
Sebastian de Chaves returns to the forward pack, with Mike Williams moving into the back row after starting at lock against Irish.
Owen Williams, who made his return from an eight-month injury absence last weekend, is again included among the replacements.
Peter Betham, Mike Fitzgerald, Mike Williams and Lachlan McCaffrey are make their home debuts in league action, with Opeti Fonua and scrum-half Ben White also in line for a home debut.
Kick-off on Sunday is at 2pm and tickets are available now. Book in person at Welford Road, phone 0116 319 8888 (option 2) or online.
Sunday afternoon will also feature a Women’s Premiership match at Welford Road between Lichfield Ladies and Wasps Ladies at 4.15pm, and there will be live coverage of the World Cup semi-final between Argentina and Australia on the screens in the Final Whistle.
Leicester Tigers (v Harlequins, Welford Road, Sunday 2pm)
15 Mathew Tait (c)
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Peter Betham
12 Seremaia Bai
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Tommy Bell
9 Sam Harrison
1 Logovi’i Mulipola
2 Tom Youngs
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Mike Fitzgerald
5 Sebastian de Chaves
6 Mike Williams
7 Tom Croft
8 Lachlan McCaffrey
Replacements
16 Harry Thacker
17 Riccardo Brugnara
18 Dan Cole
19 Laurence Pearce
20 Opeti Fonua
21 Ben White
22 Owen Williams
23 Matt Smith
Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 George Lowe, 12 Harry Sloan, 11 Charlie Walker, 10 Nick Evans (c), 9 Karl Dickson; 1 Mark Lambert, 2 Dave Ward, 3 Adam Jones, 4 James Horwill, 5 Sam Twomey, 6 Jack Clifford, 7 Luke Wallace, 8 Mat Luamanu.
Replacements: 16 Joe Gray, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Nick Easter, 21 Danny Care, 22 Ben Botica, 23 Ollie Lindsay-Hague
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23 October 2015 12:00 PM
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