The All Black centre and the British and Irish Lions prop were both among the replacements for last weekend’s trip to Toulouse, as was Luke Abraham, who earns a starting spot on the openside flank for Tigers’ eighth league game of the season.
Tom Croft joins Abraham in the back row, with captain Martin Corry moving to No8.
Mauger starts at inside centre, while Johne Murphy wears the No14 shirt for the final match of 2007.
The side features an all-international front five, with White packing down alongside George Chuter and Marcos Ayerza, with Ben Kay and James Hamilton named in the second row.
Frank Murphy and Andy Goode continue at halfback, with Tom Varndell, Ollie Smith and Geordan Murphy the other outside backs.
Tigers vs Sale Sharks (Sunday, December 23, Edgeley Park, kick-off 2.45pm)
15. Geordan Murphy
14. Johne Murphy
13. Ollie Smith
12. Aaron Mauger
11. Tom Varndell
10. Andy Goode
9. Frank Murphy
1. Marcos Ayerza
2. George Chuter
3. Julian White
4. James Hamilton
5. Ben Kay
6. Tom Croft
7. Luke Abraham
8. Martin Corry (c)
Replacements
16. Mefin Davies
17. Martin Castrogiovanni
18. Marco Wentzel
19. Jordan Crane
20. Christophe Laussucq
21. Dan Hipkiss
22. Sam Vesty
