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Team news: Tigers at Worcester Warriors

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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