International hooker Tom Youngs will captain Leicester Tigers for the first time in Sunday's Aviva Premiership fixture against Newcastle Falcons at Kingston Park.Youngs, Tom Croft and Geoff Parling all take their places in the starting line-up after being released from England’s Six Nations squad.
Parling is partnered by Sebastian De Chaves in the Tigers second row, with Laurence Pearce at No8.
Niall Morris returns to the team in the only change to the backline following last week’s win over Sale Sharks.
There is a place among the replacements for Julian Salvi after missing the last two games with a calf injury and for hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini as he returns from international duty with Italy.
Tigers will wear the club’s alternate orange kit at Kingston Park on Sunday.
This fixture is not scheduled for any live television broadcast but you can keep up to date with all of the action on the Tigers Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as the club website.
Aviva Premiership highlights are on ITV at 11.15pm on Sunday and ITV4 at 7pm and midnight on Monday. Highlights will also be shown on Rugby Tonight on BT Sport 2 on Monday evening at 8pm.
Leicester Tigers (v Newcastle Falcons, away, Sunday 3pm)
15 Mathew Tait
14 Niall Morris
13 Vereneki Goneva
12 Seremaia Bai
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Freddie Burns
9 Sam Harrison
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs (c)
3 Logovi’i Mulipola
4 Sebastian De Chaves
5 Geoff Parling
6 Tom Croft
7 Jamie Gibson
8 Laurence Pearce
Replacements
16 Leonardo Ghiraldini
17 Michele Rizzo
18 Fraser Balmain
19 Jordan Crane
20 Julian Salvi
21 David Mele
22 Tommy Bell
23 Jack Roberts
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Alex Tait, 14 Sinoti Sinoti, 13 Adam Powell, 12 Juan Pablo Socino 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Tom Catterick, 9 Ruki Tipuna; 1 Rob Vickers, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Alex Rogers, 4 Kane Thompson, 5 Dom Barrow, 6 Richard Mayhew, 7 Will Welch, 8 Mark Wilson
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Mark Irving, 18 Rob O’Donnell, 19 Josh Furno, 20 Andy Saull, 21 Sonatane Takulua, 22 Gonzalo Tiesi, 23 Noah Cato
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6 March 2015 12:00 PM

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