Head coach Pat Howard has made five changes to his Leicester Tigers team for the Heineken Cup semi-final against Llanelli Scarlets.

Following last weekend's EDF Energy Cup Final victory at Twickenham, there are recalls for Geordan Murphy, Andy Goode, Alex Moreno and Louis Deacon, and the return from injury of Lewis Moody.

There are also changes on the bench, where Sam Vesty is joined by Seru Rabeni, Leo Cullen and Michael Holford.

Marcos Ayerza is suspended, while Howard is also without Martin Castrogiovanni (hamstring) and Paul Burke (knee) who were injured in the Twickenham win over the Ospreys last weekend.

Murphy is at full-back, with the rest of the backline unchanged from Twickenham. Goode joins Harry Ellis in the half-back pairing.

Moreno and Julian White prop either side of George Chuter, while Deacon joins Ben Kay in the second row. The back row features Moody, Jennings and captain Martin Corry.

Tickets for the game will remain on sale from Tigers until 4pm on Friday. The Walkers Stadium ticket office will be open for sales on matchday.

Leicester Tigers (vs Llanelli Scarlets, Walkers Stadium, Saturday 3pm)

15 Geordan Murphy
14 Tom Varndell
13 Dan Hipkiss
12 Daryl Gibson
11 Alesana Tuilagi
10 Andy Goode
9 Harry Ellis
1 Alex Moreno
2 George Chuter
3 Julian White
4 Louis Deacon
5 Ben Kay
6 Lewis Moody
7 Shane Jennings
8 Martin Corry (captain)

Replacements

16 Gavin Hickie
17 Michael Holford
18 Leo Cullen
19 Brett Deacon
20 Frank Murphy
21 Sam Vesty
22 Seru Rabeni