Brett Deacon, Julian White and George Chuter are the three changes to the starting XV, with the former Argentina coach otherwise sticking with the same side that recorded a comprehensive 42-13 victory in South West London last Sunday.
Deacon comes in at blindside flanker and Chuter is named at hooker. White starts in the front row after recovering from flu, while Frank Murphy is fit enough to be named among the replacements having also missed last weekend’s match due to the same virus. Dan Hipkiss also returns to the squad after being ruled out of the trip to The Stoop through a groin injury.
Alex Moreno takes White’s place on the bench, with Jordan Crane and Marco Wentzel also brought into the matchday 22.
Lewis Moody misses out through injury, as do Alesana Tuilagi, Seru Rabeni, Boris Stankovich, Richard Blaze, Martin Castrogiovanni, Luke Abraham and Harry Ellis. Centre Matt Cornwell returned to training this week as he continues his recovery from a back injury.
Tigers team vs Edinburgh (Murrayfield, Saturday, kick-off 3.30pm)
1. Marcos Ayerza
2. George Chuter
3. Julian White
4 Louis Deacon
5. Ben Kay
6. Brett Deacon
7. Tom Croft
8. Martin Corry (C)
9. Christophe Laussucq
10. Andy Goode
11. Tom Varndell
12. Aaron Mauger
13. Ollie Smith
14. Johne Murphy
15. Geordan Murphy
Replacements
16. Benjamin Kayser
17. Alex Moreno
18. Marco Wentzel
19. Jordan Crane
20. Frank Murphy
21. Ian Humphreys
22. Dan Hipkiss
