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Elissalde named at No9 for Toulouse

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French international scrum-half Jean-Baptiste Elissalde will start at scrum-half when Top 14 leaders Toulouse host Tigers this Sunday (kick-off 3pm GMT).

Elissalde replaces All Black No9 Byron Kelleher, who drops to the bench.

Argentinean prop Omar Hasan, who is well-known to Tigers head coach Marcelo Loffreda from his time with the Pumas, replaces Jean-Baptiste Poux, with Italian international Salvatore Perugini taking Hasan’s place among the replacements.

Toulouse
 
15 C Poitrenaud
14 V Clerc
13 Y Jauzion
12 F Fritz
11 C Heymans
10 V Courrent
9 J Elissalde

1 D Human
2 W Servat
3 O Hasan
4 F Pelous (captain)
5 P Albacete
6 Y Nyanga
7 T Dusatoir
8 S Sowerby

Replacements

16 V Lacombe
17 Salvatore Perugini
18 R Millo-Chlusky
19 G Lamboley
20 B Kelleher 
21 M Kunavor
22 M Medard