Vereniki Goneva and Owen Williams return to the Leicester Tigers team for Saturday's Aviva Premiership Round 6 fixture away to Worcester Warriors (3pm).Both men missed the wins over Benetton Treviso in Europe and Bath Rugby in the last round of league action, but return for the weekend trip to Sixways.
Club captain Ed Slater leads the team after making his 100th appearance for the Tigers in the win over Bath, and he is joined in the second row by Graham Kitchener in his first start of the season.
There is some rotation in the forward pack with Matias Aguero starting in the front row for the first time and Jordan Crane returning at No8.
The replacements include international front rows Marcos Ayerza and Tom Youngs.
Tickets for Saturday’s game are available from the Warriors ticket office.
Leicester Tigers (v Worcester Warriors, away, Saturday 3pm)
15 Telusa Veainu
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Peter Betham
12 Seremaia Bai
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Owen Williams
9 Sam Harrison
1 Matias Aguero
2 Greg Bateman
3 Dan Cole
4 Ed Slater (c)
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Mike Williams
7 Tom Croft
8 Jordan Crane
Replacements
16 Tom Youngs
17 Marcos Ayerza
18 Fraser Balmain
19 Dom Barrow
20 Lachlan McCaffrey
21 Jono Kitto
22 Tommy Bell
23 Matt Smith
Worcester Warriors: 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Bryce Heem, 13 Wynand Olivier, 12 Ryan Mills, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Jonny Arr; 1 Na'ama Leleimalefaga, 2 Niall Annett, 3 Joe Rees, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 5 Darren Barry, 6 Matt Cox, 7 Sam Betty, 8 Phil Dowson (c)
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Val Rapava Ruskin, 18 Gareth Milasinovich, 19 Tevita Cavubati, 20 Marco Mama, 21 Charlie Mulchrone, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Ben Howard
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Team news: Tigers at Worcester Warriors
4 December 2015 11:56 AM
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