Brendon O'Connor and Lachlan McCaffrey return to join captain Ed Slater in the back row as Leicester Tigers travel to face Munster Rugby in the European Rugby Champions Cup on Saturday.In only their second-ever visit to Thomond Park in Limerick, Tigers meet Munster in the first half of the back-to-back fixtures in Pool 4.
With Slater at flanker, Graham Kitchener partners Mike Fitzgerald at lock and Marcos Ayerza returns to an all-international front row.
Ben Youngs returns at scrum-half alongside Owen Williams and there is only one other change in the back five from the team that gained a bonus-point win at Worcester Warriors last weekend with Matt Smith replacing Peter Betham at centre.
Argentina international wing Gonzalo Camacho is in line for his competitive debut for the club after being named among the replacements.
Tigers will be in the club’s home kit at Thomond Park.
Follow the club’s official social media pages and the website for updates throughout the game and the whole weekend in Ireland.
The return fixture in Round 4 is at Welford Road next Sunday (5.15pm kick-off) and tickets are available now. Book in person at Welford Road, phone 0116 319 8888 or book online by clicking here.
Leicester Tigers (v Munster Rugby, Thomond Park, Saturday 7.45pm)
15 Telusa Veainu
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Matt Smith
12 Seremaia Bai
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Owen Williams
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Graham Kitchener
5 Mike Fitzgerald
6 Ed Slater (c)
7 Brendon O’Connor
8 Lachlan McCaffrey
Replacements
16 Harry Thacker
17 Matias Aguero
18 Fraser Balmain
19 Dom Barrow
20 Tom Croft
21 Sam Harrison
22 Tommy Bell
23 Gonzalo Camacho
Munster: Andrew Conway, Keith Earls, Francis Saili, Denis Hurley, Simon Zebo, Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; James Cronin, Niall Scannell, BJ Botha, Dave Foley, Donnacha Ryan, Robin Copeland, Dave O'Callaghan, CJ Stander (c).
Replacements: Mike Sherry, Dave Kilcoyne, John Ryan, Mark Chisholm, Jack O'Donoghue, Tomás O'Leary, Tyler Bleyendaal, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino.
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