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Team news: Tigers at Bristol on Friday

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Manu Tuilagi returns to the Leicester Tigers squad for Friday's Aviva Premiership trip to Bristol Rugby.

Tuilagi made a try-scoring start to the season in the opening-day win at Gloucester Rugby but has been sidelined since by a groin injury.
 
He is named among the replacements as Tigers make a first trip to Ashton gate Stadium since 2007.
 
Tigers academy graduates Will Evans and George Worth come into the starting line-up this week.
 
Worth replaces Mathew Tait, who suffered a fractured jaw in the win over Harlequins last Sunday, while Evans comes into the back row.
 
In the only other changes to the line-up that started the 25-6 win over Harlequins on Sunday, Sam Harrison returns at scrum-half and Graham Kitchener comes into the second row.
 
Leicester Tigers (v Bristol Rugby, away, Friday 7.45pm)
15 George Worth
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Peter Betham
12 Owen Williams
11 Tom Brady
10 Freddie Burns
9 Sam Harrison
1 Ellis Genge
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Greg Bateman
4 Ed Slater
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Mike Fitzgerald
7 Will Evans
8 Luke Hamilton
 
Replacements
16 Harry Thacker
17 Riccardo Brugnara
18 Pat Cilliers
19 Harry Wells
20 Lachlan McCaffrey
21 Jono Kitto
22 Manu Tuilagi
23 Jack Roberts

Bristol Rugby: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Ryan Edwards, 13 Jason Woodward, 12 Will Hurrell, 11 Jack Tovey, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Rhodri Williams; 1 Kyle Traynor, 2 Marc Jones, 3 Gaston Cortes, 4 Ian Evans, 5 Mark Sorenson, 6 Mitch Eadie, 7 Olly Robinson, 8 Jordan Crane (c).
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19 James Phillips, 20 Jon Fisher, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Adrian Jarvis, 23 Jack Wallace.